The patch will be released within 3-4 days. I need to do some testing. Meanwhile, I hacked up a quick summary page and the patch will be published there. I'll post a note in the forum when it is ready.

Honda/Acura Alpine navi hacks

/AngryDad

 

Go to the main sticky here. Around the middle of the thread it talks about how to change the nag screen text. I posted an undetailed how-to on around page 10 of the thread (post #247). Not for the faint of heart. Just read the entire thread very carefully. Good luck!

 

one question, will this work for us that have the 3.30G cd? The other patch you made for the trip computer was 531bytes too big for it to be relpace. Just thought you might want to know

 

The patch is for navi.exe from 3.50 cd. It may or may not work with previous software revisions. As for "too big to fit" problem, you can overcome it by using cebin.exe to pack the file back to *.bin image.

/AngryDad

 

How about some social engineering? How about obtaining the source code from Alpine (of course, along with the docs, datasheets, chartflows and system architecture) and start improving on that? May I not continue and just leave your imaginations figure out the endless possibilities?
I encourage starting a thread where everyone could express their wildest desires (of course, within the poor SH4s capabilities). Post a link when and if such thread will exist.
If you feel like bashing, please do it on another subject besides the so-called "implications". Thaaaaaaanks!

PS - to AngryDaddy - you taste very much like Microsoft with its Vista release here... at least they dump out betas and RCs every so often. I surely do appreciate your efforts so far and am impressed by your thoroughness whereas you test your release for a long period to make sure it's working ok. Need any beta-testers?

 

beta testers.. lol

 

This is really a great and appreciated accomplishment AngryDad. Now someone needs to make a wizard UI where you can select the tweaks you want and the nag screen text changes and it will automatically make the changes to the code and spit out the .bin files needed.

 

As soon as I get this done, consider a donation sent.....I'm 100% OK with that!

Thanks again AngryDad!

 

Nah... I would recommend booting linux on it (which is not that hard). Then you could do pretty much wnatever you want... Integrated war driving, web access, etc...

When one of you totals your car, let me know. I'd be interested in getting a hold of the navi unit to play with.

/AngryDad

 

Patience, my friends, is a virtue.

/AngryDad

 

Have you been able to get a WinCE command prompt on it? Run Regedit on it? Have you tried inserting a PC card network interface card and attemtping a remote connection?

 

Keep up the great work, AngryDad.

 

Oh, I have plenty of patience. I should have said, as soon as you get the patch posted and I get it working on my car, I will be sending you a donation. I was even tempted to do it today!

I definitely give you 2 and more if I could for all your effort. I know I dont have the skill to do what you did, so I'm more than happy to donate to the cause!

 

what is cebin.exe? also i tired to update the HMImanager file via command promt, then it saiz it was to large. Also what do i have to do in cebin.exe?

 

check your orange disk... you might have version 3.40c, not 3.50.

The patch is for 3.50 but I have 3.40c in my car. I was able to "trim" the patched 3.50 file to fit within the 3.40c bin.

If you have 3.40c you would need to use the HMImanager.exe from the link below...

http://www.savefile.com/files/56150

the password is "kennyc"

This will not work with <3.40c.

 

Search results: CEbin

It comes with instructions on how to use it.

 

Another Link

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=DSNY25MW

for CEBin.zip. I believe it is the same file that is accessable via the above link. I think this does the same thing as dumpnavi.exe.

From one of the included files

# Replacing "wakeup screen" image in Acura TSX navi
#trace on
image %NAVI_HOME%\BN2HN18B.BIN

verbose on

echo Warning: the sizes of new and old files MUST be the same!
echo You were warned!
replaceFile Back.bmp NewWakeupScreen.bmp

saveToFile %NAVI_HOME%\BN2HN18B.NEW

 

Actually I used your patch on mine which is 3.40a

 

Somebody should compile all your patches into a single executable

 

ahhh... nice... glad it worked!

 

i may be able to do that in VB6, if i know what file inside of the bin's need to be changed

 

i'm awaiting eagerly for the patch.

 

so basically, cebin opens up the data files for you to trim it? Anyway, i have the orange 3.30G dvd

 

dumpnavi will not update a file if the new file is bigger than the one that's within the bin file.

However, the cebin program will let you replace the file within the bin with bigger sized file.

So in your case, forget about triming the file. You would need to learn how to use cebin instead.

 

I mentioned earlier about support for the 4.x versions such as my 06 Accord and the 07 TL have. Have you seen this version at all?

 

can someone send me like a dummies guide to CEBin.exe? or atleast post on how to use it.

 

i tried for about 30 min witht he instructions give.

first i imaged my file BN2HH12C.BIN with cebin
second i extracted BN2HH12C.BIN with dumpnavi and put in the new HMIManager.exe file
Now what do i do?

 

Let's start over...

1. copy all 9 bin files off your navigation dvd
2. use cebin to cram the patched HMIManager.exe into the BNHH401A.bin
3. burn all 9 files onto a cd/dvd
4. load the disc into navigation

 

Angrydad is there anything that can be done about the PC card? I know I have no clue, but is there any possible way to make it so that you could add mp3's to the card and play it through the audio system.....with minor tweeks to the system?

 

No need to burn all nine. Burn BN2HHMLD.BIN (loader application) plus the image for your vehicle (BNHH401A.bin in this case).

/AngryDad

 

You can read/write whatever you want from/to the card. If someone volunteers to write the player, playing mp3s will be possible.

/AngryDad

 

Just to clarify, the patch for this hasn't been released yet right? I think I'm part of the million Acurazine members who are waiting daily for this thing

 

Has anyone tried this? Does it work? If not I will burn another DL disk and try it out. Like everyone else I have never gotten a copy to work, but I also have never tried this method.

David

 

Would it be possible to use files that were complied for use on the Sega Dreamcast? This is also based on the SH4 processor.


Here are some links:

Dreamcast MP3 player
Steps that Dreamcast users went through to play mp3s
Another mp3 player called DreamBee
Visual C++ Project Wizard for Dreamcast
Whole list of audio/video applications for dreamcast
Sourceforge page for one of the players, DCPlaya

I really hope that some of this is helpful. Sorry if it's not and i'm just getting myself and others excited about nothing. Maybe it will cut down on some of the work that might be required.
Let me know if I can help out in anyway.

Mike

 

That would be awesome. Would this player show up on the navi screen, and would you be able to see track titles and such? How much work is involved in making the player?

 

Isn't the audio link between the navi and the audio system monaural? If so, what's the point of MP3 playback if it only comes out the center channel speaker?

 

It depends. Probably not. Though if there's a volunteer to try -- here is what you need to do:

1. Download dcmp3 player (first link above) and unpack it somewhere.
2. pack (using cebin) all DLL files into your BIN file.
3. Rename player application to TripComputer.exe and pack it into BIN.
4. boot navi and go to trip computer.
5. Share your experience here.

/AngryDad

 

I don't know, but I didn't know that. How about you point me to a link for this info

 

Angry, any updated time on release?

 

I'll try it when I get home.