Route simulation, fast or slow for iGO 2006 or MIO

Default route simulation is fast. But if you wish you can change the settings so that the route simulation will be in normal speed. Do following:

Create a text file called SYS.TXT and add following lines


[debug]
slowsim=1


Now place this file in your IGO or Miomap directory on your storage card.

Customizing the startscreen for iGO 2006

In this first article i will explain how to customize the startscreen. The startscreen is located in the data.zip file, before you make modifications make sure you have made a backup of this
file.

I-Go:
In the data.zip file you can find 3 or 2 files named "loading1.jpg", "loading2.jpg" or "loading3.jpg".


Loading1.jpg is used for 240x320 resolution, loading2.jpg is used for 320x240 resolution. Loading3.jpg is only used in I-go for the 240x240 resolution for the hp ipaq hw6500,6510 and hw6515.
Extract the loading files inclusive pathname to your pc, then replace the loadingx.jpg with the new loading jpg file and add these new files to the data.zip file.

Miomap:
Extract data.zip file to your pc. Replace the loading.jpg in uip_mio\mio folder with the loading1.jpg after you have renamed the file to loading.jpg. Zip the data file again and recplace the data file on the sd card with the new dat.zip file

Below are customized startscreens for I-go and Miomap v3.2. Click on an image for full picture which can be saved to your own computer.

loading1.jpg	loading2.jpg	loading3.jpg

Color scheme for igo 2006 or mio 3.2/3.3

Color map schemes obtain
the definitions for the colors of roads, higways, water, urbanisation
and so on. Schemes can be selected from the Map options menu, here you
can select a color map for night or daylight. On the internet you can
find several scenes for your mio device or IGo. Downloaded schemes must
be installed in the
 \My Flash Disk\miomap\miomap\scheme
directory. Do not unzip the downloaded file but place it as a zip file
on your device. Below is an example of  a color scheme, click
on the map for download.
After you have installed the zip file you can select the new color map in the map options menu.

You can edit these zip
files youself, in a future article i will describe how to make your own
color scheme for your mio device.

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.

Skin Woody for Miomap V3.2

Today i have found this skin for miomap v3.2. This skin looks perfect with the wooden interior of my car.

Download: woody.zip