Adding POI with sound alerts to you BMW MK4 nav system.
Proviso; this software is still in development and may give some interesting results while in use so please report any bugs or strange behaviour
You use this at you own risk.

Download POISoN.zip.pdf, remove .pdf extension then unpack ZIP archive somethere (c:\poison for example).
GKT+ runtime environmet must be installed to run poison.exe

A: OS Software modification
1. Open original V32 image with UltraIso.
2. Extract navboot file from CD image to c:\poison
3. Run patch.exe to add sound notification code.
4. Replace military base icon (romicons #216) to something you like.
5. Put modified navboot file back to CD image.

B: Voice modification
1. Extract voice file from V_2/Voices/0506 (gb_f.csf for english)
2. Edit voice phrases #8 #9 using NavSpeak utility, for example: 322,323,88,250,191 (high beep, low beep, a pause, attention, ahead)
3. Put modified voice file file back to CD image.

C: Force SW upgrade
1. Extract sw_rel.tbl form CD image
2. Use hex editor to change first 4 bytes from '1000' to '1001' to force upgrade.

D: Force Voice upgrade
1. Create directory /V_2/Voices/0507 in original disc image and copy all files from /V_2/Voices/0506 to it
2. Copy voice.lst file from poison zip archve to /V_2/Voices/0507
3. Copy lng_rel.tbl file from poison zip archve to /V_2/RR/0101/BMWC01S first 4 bytes in lng_rel.tbl must be the same as in sw_rel.tbl

Burn CD and upgrade the system.

E:Adding POI to map database:
1. Copy map database from CD/DVD to the hard drive (bibliogr and carindb files are enough fo CD, bibliogr and DB folder for DVD maps).
2. Run poison.exe, open map folder (folder where bibliogr file located)
3. Add your own POI or import from plain lon/lat txt or csv file.
Take a look at http://www.poiplaza.com/index.php?p=...pg=ds&lsts=616
You can use: iGO 8 txt, iGo txt, GARMIN csv, destinator asc, mio asc, navigon asc, route 66 csv and tomtom asc files from there.
4. Save modified database
5. Insert modified database (carindb file of DB folder) back to image using UltraIso.

Note: Don't create new disc from scratch, it will not work.

F: Burn the disc.

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