Change Navigation Splash Screen (White DVD = 06+ Pilots)

[blueintegraboy]

Original Thread --> Changing the Navigation Splash Screen - AcuraZine Community
2nd thread --> Navigation Hack Guide: Welcome Screen Mod, Trip Computer, OK Button Nag Removal - AcuraZine Community

I just performed this on my 2011 v4.92 DVD on my 2007 Pilot and works great. You can add any picture you want. I am quoting mostly from the first post in the above thread, with substitutions (from 2nd thread) to work on the 4.92 disc. If you have an older DVD, you can probably use the first post or skim through the 2nd thread to see if there's a version that you can use.

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Here are the instructions for changing the Navi Splash Screen (this is the picture that appears before the warning or nag screen). Once you've gone though this once or twice, the whole process can be done in around 15 minutes.

All the instructions below are for MS Windows.

Things you need:

A DVD reader
A CD writer and rewritable CD or CD-R
A suitable image which is 16bit bmp format, 480x234 pixels, 72x72 pixels per inch and 224,712 bytes in size (more on this below)
About 30MB spare disk space
You need to know the version of DVD you have. The instructions below work for 4.92 in a 2007 Pilot
A graphics program like Photoshop
'Bysin'(see below)

The Bysin program

Bysin is the user id of the fellow who originally figured out how to extract and exchange the images over on the Acura TSX forum.
He created a program called DumpNavi to do just that. Another fellow, Guicide, modified and tweaked the program to work with the 2006 Civic and called it Bysin.exe. The Bysin program will allow you to replace the splash screen image file contained within one of the BIN files used by the navi system.

Obtain the Bysin program by downloading http://guicide.com/cars/2006civic/nav/hacks/Bysin.zip -- Please go to guicide's Nav Hacks if you wish to see Guicide's source page before downloading, or just to pay him due respect for his work.

Create a folder on your PC called Navi_Splash and extract Bysin.exe and CECompressv4.dll from bysin.zip into it.

You should end up with C:\Navi_Splash\Release with the two files inside.
Move the two files into the Navi_Splash folder and delete the Release folder.


Preparing the image

First thing to note for PC users is that Microsoft Paint is not able to produce images in the correct 16bit 72x72pixel per inch format. I used Photoshop.
Second thing to note is that Navi expands the screen image by about 30 percent in the vertical. So initially choose an image that's cropped to about 480x300 pixels and then compress it vertically to 480x234 pixels.
Once you have your image exactly 480x234 pixels in size, you need to save it in the correct format.

The instructions for Photoshop are:
File Menu - Save As
File Name - The file should be named Opening1.bmp (and then copy and rename that same file as OpeningBase.bmp). It should be saved to the C:\Navi_Splash folder you created above.
Format - BMP
Click Save
Select 16 bit and click Advanced Modes
Select R5 G6 B5 and click OK
Now find the file that you just created and check it's size. It must be exactly 224,712 bytes in size. You need to start over if it is not.

Preparing the CD

1. Remove your 4.92 DVD from the navi unit under the passenger seat.
2. Put it your PC and copy the following files to the C:\Navi_Splash folder:

09Jog.bin
09Jog2.bin
09Jog128SZA.bin
09Jog128TA0.bin
09Touch.bin
09Touch2.bin
11Jog128Acu.bin
11Jog128M.bin
A0000_00.MNG
dca0.evt
DCA0.REG
dca0_mod.evt
EDATA_ENUS.bin
EDATA_FRCA.bin
PRG_INFO.MNG
UPDATE_APL.exe
UPDATE_APL_128M.exe


3. Open a Cmd window (Start / Run / Cmd)
4. Navigate to your Navi_Splash folder (type "cd c:\navi_splash" without quotes)
5. Switch the image contained within the 09Jog2.bin and 09Touch2.bin files using the Bysin program: (NOTE: the file names are case sensitive)

Type in one line at a time...

bysin 09Touch2.bin update OpeningBase.bmp OpeningBase.bmp
bysin 09Jog2.bin update Opening1.bmp Opening1.bmp
bysin 09Touch2.bin update OpeningBase.bmp OpeningBase.bmp
bysin 09Jog2.bin update Opening.bmp Opening.bmp


Press enter and you should see 'Updating ' after each line typed. Check your typing if you don't.

6. Insert your writable CD into your machine.
7. From your Navi_Splash folder, copy/burn the 17 files listed in step 2 to the CD.

Uploading the changes to Navi

1. Turn the ignition to Acc 1. Open the DVD reader's front panel and wait until you get an error message on the Navi screen.
2. Remove the DVD if necessary, insert your CD and close the flap
3. Press and hold Menu, Map/Guide and Cancel simultaneously for about 5 seconds until the Diagnostic menu appears.
4. Select Version
5. Select DownLoad and press the button

If all is ok with your CD the transfer should start. After about 20 seconds you should get a message telling you not to turn off the engine. This is followed by a progress bar.
If you get a Check Disk message, try steps 1 to 5 again. There may be something wrong with your CD if it still fails.
The transfer takes about 3 minutes after which the Navi will reboot. If all has gone well you should see your new image followed by an error saying the wrong disk is inserted. Put the DVD back in and turn the ignition off and back on again.
If you get a blank screen before the nag screen, there is likely something wrong with your image file.


To reset everything leave the DVD in the player and repeats steps 3, 4 and 5 above.


Disclaimer - I take no responsibility for any ill effects caused to your Navi system. You try this at your own risk.