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| Boyd |
Posted - 21 déc. 2007 : 02:16:23
For those of you who don't know, the TomTom GPS'es are actually little Linux computers inside, and quite a lot of things can be customized to suit your personal needs. The menus are one very useful change which you can easily implement. Unfortunately, the default structure buries some of the most commonly used commands on page two or three of the main menu. For me, two of the most important commands are clearing the active route and browsing the map, so I've moved them to the first menu page on my 920T.
If you have the remote control (included with the 920T, optional on other models) then the first item on the top left of the first menu page is particularly significant because punching the center cursor button twice on the remote will execute this command; I put Browse Map there on my unit.
There are at least three different ways to customize your menus that I know of. First, there's the free TomTom Menu Designer software which runs only on Windows PC's: http://xxx.gregoryduncan.com/ttmd/index.php
Next there's an online application which will build custom menus right in your web browser: http://www.skux.net/tomtom/menubuilder2/index.php
I haven't tried either of the above personally; since I'm an old time unix geek I prefer to just dive in there with the vi text editor and build my own menu by hand. All the info you need to do that can be found here: http://www.opentom.org/Menu_structure
As an example, here's my own custom menu for the 920T:
MENUBLOCK|BLOCK_MAIN|BTM_GPS_POSITION|
MENUPAGE|TASK_PAGE1|Main Menu 1 of 3|
MENUITEM|TASK_SHOW_MAP|
MENUITEM|TASK_DELETE_ROUTE|
MENUITEM|TASK_NAVIGATE_TO|
MENUITEM|TASK_MENU_TRAFFIC|
MENUITEM|TASK_MENU_PREFERENCES|
MENUITEM|TASK_PAGE2|
MENUPAGE|TASK_PAGE2|Main Menu 2 of 3|
MENUITEM|TASK_ADD_FAVORITE|
MENUITEM|TASK_SWITCH_NIGHTVIEW|
MENUITEM|TASK_SWITCH_2D3D|
MENUITEM|TASK_SET_COLOR_SCHEMES|
MENUITEM|TASK_MENU_PLAN_ATOB|
MENUITEM|TASK_PAGE3|
MENUPAGE|TASK_PAGE3|Main Menu 3 of 3|
MENUITEM|TASK_ITINERARY|
MENUITEM|TASK_MENU_ROUTE_INSTRUCTIONS|
MENUITEM|TASK_SET_BRIGHTNESS|
MENUITEM|TASK_SET_VOLUME|
MENUITEM|TASK_SHOW_GPS_STATUS|
MENUITEM|TASK_PAGE1|
HOWEVER there are some important caveats to consider before attempting any of this:
1. If you aren't comfortable messing with system files on computers, don't do it... it's highly unlikely, but you could make your unit non-functional by messing with it. Do a full backup of your GPS before creating custom menus.
2. These functions are part of the SDK which TomTom released for earlier versions of their system software. The latest version (Navcore 7) doesn't fully support this hack unfortunately. All of the functions in the examples above should work as expected, but some of the newer features can't be accessed in a custom menu. Specifically, "Help Me" and "Correct Map" aren't supported, so you will no longer have these features on your main menu if you build a custom menu. But there are work-arounds. You can correct the map using the cursor menu in the Browse Map screen. If you have a 920 or 720 you can add Help Me to your quick menu and access it there, but other versions of the TomTom don't have Quick Menus.
3. To expand a little on #2 above, there are a few preference items which aren't supported by the custom menus also. I would love to put the command to enable/disable autozoom on my first menu page but it's not supported. Because of this I have NOT customized my preference menu.
Finally, if you decide you no longer want the custom menus, or if you have problems it's very easy to revert to the defaults. Just delete the folder "sdkregistry" from the root directory of your TomTom and everything returns to normal. But realize that will also remove any 3rd party applications you may have installed on your TomTom. Actually, on most models all you should have to do is remove the "TomTom.mnu" file to revert to the default. However users report that some versions of the TomTom One will no longer have the Help Me function unless the whole sdkregistry folder is removed.
Enjoy!... |
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| Glenn1963 |
Posted - 23 mai 2012 : 19:58:53
Ok, it's been a couple years, I guess everyone else has this figured out 
I can't seem to apply the text description to TASK_PAGEn commands.
For example,
MENUITEM|TASK_PAGE2|"MainMenu.bmp"|"Main Menu"| displays the bitmap, but not the text. Others, like
MENUITEM|TASK_MENU_PREFERENCES|"Options.bmp"|"Options"|
work fine.
Is this supposed to work or is it known not to?
It's on an XL350, all the latest updates.
Thanks!
-G |
| gpspassion |
Posted - 08 juin 2010 : 12:33:16
Welcome to the TomTom section. The tomtom.mnu fule is just a text file really, it needs to be placed in the \sdkregistry folder at the root. TomTom are killing that "feature" with the new Start/Easy interface though... |
| Mongo |
Posted - 08 juin 2010 : 04:34:42
quote:
Originally posted by gpspassion
They should, the "language" hasn't changed since this trick was discovered. The only problem might be with new features that didn't exist at the time, some detective work will be needed ;-)
Hi, all. New to TomTom (have Mio C520, which is great w/MioPocket etc, but sadly no more maps). Have tried to find any .mnu file on my XL340S, but wondering if it is in some sort of archive file? Can any one advise - and thanks!
M |
| gpspassion |
Posted - 07 mai 2010 : 16:49:59
Indeed, you can start with the list Boyd put in the first message. |
| telemike |
Posted - 07 mai 2010 : 15:08:44
Seems the http://www.gregoryduncan.com site is down |
| gpspassion |
Posted - 22 janv. 2010 : 21:56:53
They should, the "language" hasn't changed since this trick was discovered. The only problem might be with new features that didn't exist at the time, some detective work will be needed ;-) |
| MLabo |
Posted - 22 janv. 2010 : 21:13:42
Has anybody customized the menu of an XXL 540s ? Will any of the utlities on the net work? They all seem to have been designed for (or at least tested on) older TomTom models, or on the Go series. |
| gpspassion |
Posted - 05 nov. 2009 : 12:12:39
Well this is a user forum so you feel it's lacking feel free to contribute, complaining has never helped anyone. |
| dzr |
Posted - 04 nov. 2009 : 15:27:25
Are there any updates to Customize the menus with the current software releases for the One140S and XL340S? I see lots of old info..
Thanks |
| gpspassion |
Posted - 23 juil. 2008 : 03:20:12
Sounds good, one way to go back to an older version is to delete the ttsystem file and let TomTom HOME do the updates for you, it will start with the oldest version for your model, v6 generally then up to v7 and v8 if applicable. |
| unclekracker |
Posted - 22 juil. 2008 : 17:06:00
To be honest I don't know. I just backed up everything and then installed TTnav7.166.8497_ONE and now I have that feature back. I have been reading about this thing all morning and found some instructions for getting it back and it is working perfectly now. I'm sure I lost some features but everything I have read about the Itinerary and seen so far by messing with it, it seems worth it. |
| gpspassion |
Posted - 22 juil. 2008 : 16:06:45
What version of the software do you have ? If it's v8 chances are it's gone indeed. |
| unclekracker |
Posted - 22 juil. 2008 : 16:04:19
My wife just bought me the TomTom ONE 3rd Edition. I tried to do the cutom menu beace I wanted the Itinerary feature. The custom menu works but when I click on Itinerary, the unit freezes then reboots. It does this every time, it seems like they have removed the Itinerary feature all together. Anyone know anything about? Is there anyway to get that feature back?
Thanks ahead of time for any help. |
| cleo43 |
Posted - 02 mars 2008 : 23:55:43
Daq. I (and several others) have no problem using the MenuBuilder. We just start from scratch, not half and half like you do. |
| dag |
Posted - 02 mars 2008 : 13:15:26
I just tried the TomTom Menu Builder (http://xxx.gregoryduncan.com/ttmd/index.php).
It does only one sub-menu, the preferences sub-menu. It does not see any of the other sub-menus, such as the itinerary functions. It also does not provide a feature to add pages or sub-menus.
I am also a Linux operator and have no fear of editing the menu myself. So, I manually added a page to the main menu, then used the Menu Builder to add the icons. Once I added a page, I was able to add menu items.
Another function that ought to be looked at, if the Menu Builder is updated to add sub-menus and pages, is the ability to move icons down, not over write them. Such as: I want to add an icon on page one. If I drop that icon on row 1 column 2, the existing icon is removed rather than pushed down the list, which should in turn push all the rest down.
Just my opinion. A great tool, but lacks functionality.
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