SoulReaver
09-10-2008, 06:39 PM
Hey guys, I noticed a bunch of guys are joining the Double Din Club, so I thought it would be cool to get some wallpapers posted up for the Avic.
First off I wanted to share with you guys the steps needed to get wallpapers onto a disc for you to install them onto your Avic. I'm not sure how this works for other double din units, but this method works for Pioneer's Avic Models, specifically the Avic D3.
STEP1:
First what you want to do is make 2 new folders on your desktop. One is going to be called "DUMMY TEXT". Make sure you name it in all caps and have the space between the two words. YOU HAVE TO DO IT LIKE THIS! The next folder is going to be called "PICTURES". Once again, all caps.
The dummy text folder is going to literally have thousands of text files in it. Open up notepad, mash down on your keyboard for about 5 minutes and just let the file fill up. Save the file as any name you want. I just used "text1". Now you need to copy that file and fill your folder up to 345 megabytes. I ended up having 4,500 files in my folder, but your may be different depending on how much text you have in each file. The reason you need to do this is because the avic only reads cds if they are a certain size. The dummy text fills the cd so it will read it.
There are methods out there that don't have you doing this, but it is still the most reliable. For the purpose of this tutorial we will be working with the most reliable method.
Now that that is finished, you can add some wallpapers.
Step 2:
Put all your pictures in the "PICTURES" folder. You can only have 20 pictures MAX on your disc.
The dimensions for a wallpaper are 500 x 240.
Step 3:
Next up you need to burn these folders to a disc via a program called power iso.
You can download a free trial of the program over here:
http://www.poweriso.com/download.htm
Step 4:
Insert your 2 folders. It may take a while but they will load. The text file is what will end up lagging your system.
The demo only lets you burn like half the size of your disk, but if you followed this tutorial then you will be fine.
Next you are gonna have to hit burn, its a little image of a fire. A little box will pop up and show you some more options. MAKE SURE YOU CLICK "FINALIZE". You have to finalize the cd or the Avic will NOT read it. Put your burn speed all the way up and burn that bitch. I chose not to test burn or any of that stuff.
Once the disc is finished you can put it into your Avic.
Step 5:
The disc will take like 3 LONG minutes to read. If it says "Reading Error" then you have to try again.
Once it has been read, go to your Navigation Menu. There is an option in here to change your wallpapers/backgrounds. Once you find it just go through and switch all your backgrounds to the new ones off the disc. Once you take the disc out, YOUR DONE!
I'm going to try and get some pictures to help out with this tutorial. If anyone goes through this process and takes pictures, send them to me and I'll get them into this thread.
Now for some wallpapers! Please, everyone who has made wallpapers submit them!
First off I wanted to share with you guys the steps needed to get wallpapers onto a disc for you to install them onto your Avic. I'm not sure how this works for other double din units, but this method works for Pioneer's Avic Models, specifically the Avic D3.
STEP1:
First what you want to do is make 2 new folders on your desktop. One is going to be called "DUMMY TEXT". Make sure you name it in all caps and have the space between the two words. YOU HAVE TO DO IT LIKE THIS! The next folder is going to be called "PICTURES". Once again, all caps.
The dummy text folder is going to literally have thousands of text files in it. Open up notepad, mash down on your keyboard for about 5 minutes and just let the file fill up. Save the file as any name you want. I just used "text1". Now you need to copy that file and fill your folder up to 345 megabytes. I ended up having 4,500 files in my folder, but your may be different depending on how much text you have in each file. The reason you need to do this is because the avic only reads cds if they are a certain size. The dummy text fills the cd so it will read it.
There are methods out there that don't have you doing this, but it is still the most reliable. For the purpose of this tutorial we will be working with the most reliable method.
Now that that is finished, you can add some wallpapers.
Step 2:
Put all your pictures in the "PICTURES" folder. You can only have 20 pictures MAX on your disc.
The dimensions for a wallpaper are 500 x 240.
Step 3:
Next up you need to burn these folders to a disc via a program called power iso.
You can download a free trial of the program over here:
http://www.poweriso.com/download.htm
Step 4:
Insert your 2 folders. It may take a while but they will load. The text file is what will end up lagging your system.
The demo only lets you burn like half the size of your disk, but if you followed this tutorial then you will be fine.
Next you are gonna have to hit burn, its a little image of a fire. A little box will pop up and show you some more options. MAKE SURE YOU CLICK "FINALIZE". You have to finalize the cd or the Avic will NOT read it. Put your burn speed all the way up and burn that bitch. I chose not to test burn or any of that stuff.
Once the disc is finished you can put it into your Avic.
Step 5:
The disc will take like 3 LONG minutes to read. If it says "Reading Error" then you have to try again.
Once it has been read, go to your Navigation Menu. There is an option in here to change your wallpapers/backgrounds. Once you find it just go through and switch all your backgrounds to the new ones off the disc. Once you take the disc out, YOUR DONE!
I'm going to try and get some pictures to help out with this tutorial. If anyone goes through this process and takes pictures, send them to me and I'll get them into this thread.
Now for some wallpapers! Please, everyone who has made wallpapers submit them!