Since there was so much information in so many threads, I thought it would be helpful to make one last post to resolve all of the questions people keep asking.

---Please NOTE all of these procedures are HACKS and you could destroy your navigation computer--- Use the instructions and the files at your own risk. The below procedures have been done by others, but you are on your own if you screw something up.

IF you have MKIII, or MKIV and want to change your Splash Screen on the nav computer. The MKII does not seem to have splash screen that I am aware of, but I do not know about all of the software versions

2Wires made a nice program that you can download and change the gif file logos. Here is a How to guide http://www.xoutpost.com/102790-post161.html

GifExtractor http://www.car-deck.info/redirect.php?gifextractor Gif Extractor was made by the hard work of 2Wires check out his website here http://www.car-deck.info/ and the shop here http://www.car-modules.info/They have a nice CarPC offering, that I am now running in my car. You should at least check it out for all of his hard work and effort

One of the best things about the Car-Deck product is that they have sorted out the CD Changer emulation so that you can run CarPC AND Sirius in the same car. Their CD emulation uses the new CD player emulation and works very well.

You need .NET 1.1 installed to run this file:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
Else there is an error like 0x00000035c.




IF you have MKIV and want to change the viewing perspective (see image below), you have some options (you can edit the splash screen on any version)




1) Install V26.09A which is Alpha pre-release code on your navigation computer. http://www.xoutpost.com/101008-post1.html This code is actually OLDER than the BMW Released v26 software, and has known bugs.

2) Install V26.09A navigation, and then upgrade to V26 BMW released code http://www.xoutpost.com/43557-post1.html This option will temporarily allow you to operate your system in Perspective Mode until you change the viewing option.

3) Install V26 Perspective. http://www.xoutpost.com/navos2.php You can install using the Alcohol 120% files .mdf and .mds OR you can just take the single file navboot.zip http://www.xoutpost.com/navos2.php and drop it into a fresh clean V26 BMW released CD image. The directory you will need to replace the old navboot file is \V_2\RR\0101\BMWC01S\app_sw

This method will Exchange the Poiting NORTH menu option for Perspective under split screen ONLY. You can USE Perspective in any mode, the mod was ONLY done in the source code for Split screen. If you want to change the map viewing to Pointing North you will need switch to full screen mode. The Logo is the ===BMW=== logo


4) Install V26 Toggle. Detailed Pictures on this link http://www.bimmerboard.com/forums/posts/164175

http://www.xoutpost.com/navos2.phpYou can install using the Alcohol 120% files .mdf and .mds OR you can just take the single file navboot toggle.zip http://www.xoutpost.com/navos2.php and drop it into a fresh clean V26 BMW released CD image. The directory you will need to replace the old navboot file is \V_2\RR\0101\BMWC01S\app_sw

This method will EXCHANGE the Poiting NORTH menu option for Perspective under split screen ONLY. You can USE Perspective in any mode, but only toggle it in Split screen. If you want to change the map viewing to Pointing North you can just press the menu item Direction of travel TWICE. This menu item toggles between pointing north and direction of travel. The Logo is the ===BMW=== logo

5) Install V26 Toggle 3D. http://www.xoutpost.com/navos2.phpYou can install using the Alcohol 120% files .mdf and .mds OR you can just take the single file navboot toggle.zip http://www.xoutpost.com/navos2.php and drop it into a fresh clean V26 BMW released CD image. The directory you will need to replace the old navboot file is \V_2\RR\0101\BMWC01S\app_sw

This method will EXCHANGE the Poiting NORTH menu option for Perspective under split screen ONLY. You can USE Perspective in any mode, but only toggle it in Split screen. If you want to change the 2D map viewing to Pointing North you can just press the menu item Direction of travel TWICE. The menu item for Travel Direction toggles between pointing north and direction of travel in 2D.

If you want to change the map 3D Perspective viewing from Direction of travel to Pointing North you can just press the menu item Direction of travel TWICE. As in 2D, the menu item Perspective toggle between pointing north and direction of travel for 3D Perspective.
The Logo is the ===BMW=== logo

6) "Final" Version. You can change modes in split and Full screen by selecting Pointing North or Direction of travel. For example If in Pointing North 2D selecting Pointing North will bring up Pointing North 3D!

http://www.xoutpost.com/navos2.php
If you want to change the map from Pointing North 2D to 3D Perspective Pointing North you can just press the menu item Pointing North TWICE. If you want to change the map from Travel Direction 2D to 3D Perspective Travel Direction you can just press the menu item travel Direction TWICE.
The Logo is the gif image ===BMW=== logo

**** NOTE when using ANY of the alcohol 120% mdf or mds files, burning the image may give you an error that the mds file is a different size than the mdf. Just select option two to ignore the file size in the mds file and use the file size of the image. If you are an alcohol 120% expert, maybe you can tell us how to fix that error. I only used this program as everyone else was using it.

If there are any additional updates to the V26 files I will post them on http://www.xoutpost.com/navos2.php and update this thread

Regards,
Martin
www.bimmernav.com