Software :)

[SupraMario]

magic, bring on the pics ...

[andy65b]

OK.....You have asked for pics so here is what I have been able to put together tonight.

The pictures are of the following.

1) Main menu

2) VICS

3) FM

4) Compass & Altitude

5) Fuel Consumption

6) Ave fuel consumption

7) Trip Computer

8) Service information

9) Service detail page (one of 4)

10) ETC

These will give you a good idea of what you will get. There are some more menu's in behind these but bear in mind that the following sections do not function in Australia. VICS, FM, ETC & Navigation.

The real benefit is that on a daily basis all the information you are looking at and using are in English and this is easier to read on the fly and adds to the resale of you car should you decide to sell.

Cheers

Andy

[rs73]

Question Andy,

If you set your service interval to every 500km for example, and you reached the distance,

does the popup alert also gets translated in English, or is it still popping up with Japanese?

Reason i asked is because I still see a little bit untranslated japanese text at the bottom of the screen in picture 2 & 3

[andy65b]

Question Andy,

If you set your service interval to every 500km for example, and you reached the distance,

does the popup alert also gets translated in English, or is it still popping up with Japanese?

Reason i asked is because I still see a little bit untranslated japanese text at the bottom of the screen in picture 2 & 3

The pop up warnings all come up in English, like the hand brake warning or the the Yellow box that comes up on the TV when you turn the ignition off.

The bits of japanese at the bottom of the screen are the sort of proofing that I am doing over the next 2 weeks. I am that these are corrected if possible.

those bits of text are explanations on the selection on the screen.

I have sent you an email as discussed.

cheers

Andy

[zei20l]

mate, any chance of a less-ugly font??

[Oaksey]

Well done!

[rex2ce]

Very patient man!

[Stephen Thorpe]

looks great... and good work again.

any chance of a definition of the pages that haven't been translated or won't work, what does VICS, FM, ETC mean.

I took a guess but just want to check!

as for the purchase of a V35... always takes me ages to bite the bullet. Deep pockets and short arms!

[andy65b]

looks great... and good work again.

any chance of a definition of the pages that haven't been translated or won't work, what does VICS, FM, ETC mean.

I took a guess but just want to check!

ETC = Electronic Toll Collection

FM = not 100% what this is used for. Chris Rogers may be able to explain it

VICS = Vehicle Information Control System. This gives information about traffic to the Navi system.

Navi = Navigation system

I believe this is what they do.

[andy65b]

Sorry, Just realised a posted the wrong image of the FM page.

[Houdini]

Andy makes a valid point about value in resale. $200 may be a lot of dough to spend for english when most of us can navigate around the screen from habit, but when you go to sell its a much easier pitch to show people in english.

[rs73]

From what my rather vague understanding of the Japanese kanji translation FM would be a service (only available in Japan) that allows news-flash or information be displayed on screen, e.g. traffic information, road works, accidents, or perhaps even any general news/advertising.

Even if that screen is translated, it would be of little to no use for us (most likely to no use).

[rs73]

Andy makes a valid point about value in resale. $200 may be a lot of dough to spend for english when most of us can navigate around the screen from habit, but when you go to sell its a much easier pitch to show people in english.

I second that.

There were people asking me info about V35 and they kind of being 'put off' when they learnt that the information screen is all in a language they can't understand.

[xscape237]

Rianto are you the rep in victoria?

If so then you can book me in to be the first customer.

[Easy Tiger]

Just a question about the fuel leaf Andy, In Jap format the leaf goes green upwards as fuel economy (ie fuel used to accelerate) gets better, so goes from 0km/L up to 15km/L. With the inversion to L/Km, how does this work? Does the leaf work backwards towards zero???

Edited November 16, 2009 by Easy Tiger

[andy65b]

Just a question about the fuel leaf Andy, In Jap format the leaf goes green upwards as fuel economy (ie fuel used to accelerate) gets better, so goes from 0km/L up to 15km/L. With the inversion to L/Km, how does this work? Does the leaf work backwards towards zero???

You can see how it is in it's worst form from the image.

As you get better economy the coloring of the leaf fades to grey to correspond the the fuel consumption. ie: if you were getting 15L/100, the leaf would be grey above this point and green below the 15L mark.

Cheers

Andy

[Tommy Kaira RL]

nothing confirmed yet but we will be working on it soon.

Cheers

Andy

Hi Andy if you dont have anyone from adelaide to help you I might be able to help out. I do alot of firmware and program upgrades for work if thats any help.

[andy65b]

Hi Andy if you dont have anyone from adelaide to help you I might be able to help out. I do alot of firmware and program upgrades for work if thats any help.

thanks Brad,

Give me a few days and I will get back to you about this.

Cheers

Andy

[iamhe77]

Pics look great Andy. Fantastic to see is all those sections in English. Very nice indeed!

mate, any chance of a less-ugly font??

hmmm... I see someone doesn't want a conversion and has put himself on the "bitch list"

[andy65b]

hmmm... I see someone doesn't want a conversion and has put himself on the "bitch list"

He has been on this list for a long time.......LOL