How to create a custom startscreen in iGO8

Follow the steps below for creating a custom startscreen.

1. Download a picture you like.
2. Resize the picture to 240x320 (depending on your device).
3. Save the picture as 'loading.bmp' in bmp format.
4. Download branding.zip from your iGO device to your computer
5. Open branding.zip with Winrar and add loading.bmp to \ui_igo8\240x320
6. Copy branding.zip back to your iGO device.

Start iGO and you will have your own startscreen.

VW startscreens for iGo8, iGo 2006, miomap and others

Below new splash screens for IGO or Mio.

320x240

320x340

IGO8 out of memory problem

On some devices an out of memory message can occur, especially on older or device with a small internal memory.

This can be solved with following sys.txt


[project]
name="igo8_pda"

[folders]
app="%SDCARD%/IGO8"

[interface]
maxzoom2d=6000000
show_exit=1
popup_info=1
poi_show_all_btn=1

[screen]
menu_animation=0

[debug]
show_oneway_3d=1
show_oneway=1
show_gps_pos=1
skip_eula=1
show_pedestrian=1
poi_labels=1
show_arrows_on_route=1
tts_min_ready_wav=1
tts_getaway_time=200
tts_expected_engine_delay=1400
sound_q_length="200"
no_file_cache="0"
cache="1024"
enable_roadshadow=1
reserve_memory=1500000

[map]
popup_info=1
show_labels=1
3d_max_tiltlevel=9000

[msnd]
msnd.start=0

[tts]
tts_buffer=131072
tts_logics=3
priority="HIGH"
always_say_road_names=1
announce_street_name=1
announce_exit_directions=1
skip_exit_numbers=0

[sound]
queue_length=200


Put the sys.txt file in the root of the IGO map.
Above sys.txt was tested on a HP ipaq with 64 mb memory

Modifying voice instructions

When you approach a roundabout (rotary/traffic circle) then voice instructions are given 800, 300 and 100 metres prior, but only the very last one tells you which exit to take. It would be much better if the 300 meter announcement would contain the complete instructions, including the number of the exit to take.

So now we are going to change the voice instructions. The voice file is stored in the map voice, every zip file is a voice you can select in I-go or Miomap. In the zip file you find an file called commands.csv. We have to modify this file, extract this file to yoour pc with full file path. after the modifications we have to add this file to the zip file also with full file path.

Look for following line in the file:
,"300[equal,minsilence=10,if_not_2]","*prepare_to_enter_roundabout",
"prepare_to enter roundabout in %dist"

Replace this line with following:
,"300[equal,minsilence=10,if_not_2,exit]","*enter_roundabout_exit",
"in %dist enter roundabout take %exit exit"

Now we have a voice command in 300 meters prior to the roundabout telling which exit we have to take.