Proposed new menu text
 

I'm going to make a my own build of nav firmware (aimed at people in the USA) and put it up for download.

It'll have
1) a custom BMW starup screen (yet to be designed)
2) a neater sky picture in perspective mode
3) the ability to switch between American and British voices (French will be removed)
4) more intuitive menu text. Here's what I'm thinking:

http://www.linquist.net/temp/bmwnav.gif

Thoughts?

The very best of luck. I think that what you are playing with will ulitimately end up with you killing your system. - But perhaps you have loads of money to replace it? You are messing with software that you cannot possibly understand.:nanana:

And by the way, you need to get out of your Mom's bedroom & enter the real world. Your right hand doesn't work unless mom say's it's OK for baby...........:mad:

I accept that challenge.

I should have it completed by tomorrow.

I've made a few similar changes (although not the French to US English) using Navtweek II in a customised V28 and all works fine.

I think all your planned changes have been done before and are documented here. Make sure you use the female voices only - don't try the male files as these are much older and smaller.

I changed "Memorise Veh. Position" to "Memorise X3's Position"

Be careful with the sky - I changed mine to a better resolution image but ended up with a broad white band for the horizon - the colour change from blue (top) to light blue to white (bottom) must be similar to the BMW standard sky image to avoid this problem.

Actually, I already successfully have a sunset picture I took as the sky on my nav, it's not similar at all....

I'm looking forward to seeing it. I want to update my nav software but scared to screw something up. I asked a dealer to do it and they were going to charge $260 - so I figured I'd just keep the old version without any of these neat things.

Did I say tomorrow? I meant today :).

I just successfully completed all 4 of my tasks. You can now switch to GB (British) voices!

Startup screen.. picture I took this morning:

http://www.linquist.net/gallery2/d/55472-3/IMG_1497.jpg

Now called "Info & POIs (Points of Interest)" instead of "Information":



http://www.linquist.net/gallery2/d/55473-3/IMG_1499.jpg


Now called "Points of Interest" instead of "Travel Information"

http://www.linquist.net/gallery2/d/55474-3/IMG_1500.jpg

Point of Interest (POI) in city or at current location...

http://www.linquist.net/gallery2/d/55475-3/IMG_1501.jpg


Address book entries are now called ENTRIES instead of "addresses"...and "Add current location" replaces "Memorize Veh. Position"...

http://www.linquist.net/gallery2/d/55476-3/IMG_1502.jpg


My sunset sky picture... taken at Pescadero State Beach on Hwy 1 in Northern California. It scrolls left or right as you turn just as the clouds do in the default picture...

http://www.linquist.net/gallery2/d/55477-3/IMG_1503.jpg


...and finally, in settings, you can choose GB! You'll get the same English menus with the British voice!

http://www.linquist.net/gallery2/d/55478-3/IMG_1504.jpg


I recon' I'll upload this mdf/mds to megaupload later today.

Nice work! I'm digging the sunset.

Very cool Kris - nice work! Love the sunset!

Awsome! Wish I had it.