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RE: MyGIG Mods / Hacks? - 1/25/2008 3:24:05 PM   
mcinil

 

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Status: offline 		Didn't work on mine. 08 RT with nav. I did do the mod posted earlier for the update and maybe that has something to do with it also. oh well.
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RE: MyGIG Mods / Hacks? - 1/26/2008 3:28:00 PM   
futil

 

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Status: offline 		Same here.. I think they fixed that bug with the newer firmware.

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RE: MyGIG Mods / Hacks? - 2/1/2008 11:42:38 AM   
HILLSEY

 

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HILLSEY's photo gallery 		i see you guys are talking about 20/ 30 gig hard drives... mine has 50?

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RE: MyGIG Mods / Hacks? - 2/3/2008 7:18:26 PM   
futil

 

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Status: offline 		Harman Becker is supposed to be sending me a replacement radio, So that means I can screw with my current radio all I want when the new one arrives.. So I will try out different methods of adding larger hard drives and let you guys/girls know the results. If I can get a larger one running I will post instructions for you all.. I don't have a firmware CD, and don't know if the software update will format a new drive or if i will have to try ghosting it.. I'll probably try putting in a new drive and running the software update and see what happens first.. then move over to ghost afterwards if that doesn't work.. If I ghost it and it works I will just post the entire ghost image for you all or whatever duplicating software i use..

If it works then you can say.. "i see you guys are talking about 20/ 30 gig hard drives... mine has 200GB"  :)

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RE: MyGIG Mods / Hacks? - 2/17/2008 4:14:41 AM   
aenimon

 

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Status: offline 		futil...now that's what I'm talking about!  I'm sure I won't be the only one who will be excited to hear about your progress.  Best of luck.

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RE: MyGIG Mods / Hacks? - 2/18/2008 7:36:19 PM   
nightshade72

 

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ORIGINAL: futil

Harman Becker is supposed to be sending me a replacement radio, So that means I can screw with my current radio all I want when the new one arrives.. So I will try out different methods of adding larger hard drives and let you guys/girls know the results. If I can get a larger one running I will post instructions for you all.. I don't have a firmware CD, and don't know if the software update will format a new drive or if i will have to try ghosting it.. I'll probably try putting in a new drive and running the software update and see what happens first.. then move over to ghost afterwards if that doesn't work.. If I ghost it and it works I will just post the entire ghost image for you all or whatever duplicating software i use..

If it works then you can say.. "i see you guys are talking about 20/ 30 gig hard drives... mine has 200GB"  :)


They are using Seagate EE25 series drives in the MyGIG.. I would not recommend using a standard laptop drive unless you don't care if the drive dies on you.  I suspect that they are running a type of linux/bsd system.  You may be able to image the drive and then extend the volume somehow. 

Seagate EE25 drives go up to 40Gb.  These are the extreme temp, high vibration tollerant drives...

I would be more interested in getting the USB port active for accessing MP3 files on that.  I have a 32Gb dual channel USB memory stick.  Would be really nice to just stick that in and be able to play tunes directly from it rather than having to upload them to the receiver...

I pick up my RT AWD on Thursday.  I imagine I will get the lockpick for it sometime in the weeks following.  Maybe someone will have enough time to mess around and see if they can get it working with larger drives.. There are other vendors besides seagate making temp tollerant drives.. maybe they have bigger ones.

edit:  seems that the EE25.2 series go up to 80Gb.. but the drives are quite expensive..


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RE: MyGIG Mods / Hacks? - 2/19/2008 6:16:56 PM   
futil

 

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Status: offline 		For any of you that get your CD stuck in the radio and for anyone that would like to totally screw their radio up by pressing the wrong button..

You can access the Engineering Menu of the MyGIG by pressing the 3  Hard Keys: SEEK UP - SEEK DOWN - MENU all at the same time. Which will allow you to test your hard drive, restore the system to factory defaults, reinstall corrupt software, Screw up your MyGIG permanently, etc..

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RE: MyGIG Mods / Hacks? - 2/25/2008 1:59:33 PM   
ohman

 

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Status: offline 		"Screw up your MyGIG permanently, etc.. "

That should probably include recalibrating your Touch Screen to where the most important bottons are now inaccessible via the screen, (i.e. Restore To Factory Defaults) lol

(I can neither confirm nor deny that has actually occured ;) )

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RE: MyGIG Mods / Hacks? - 2/28/2008 8:12:25 PM   
futil

 

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Status: offline 		lol that was one of the first screens I played with.. But I was careful to calibrate them in order and correctly before moving on to the next window.. Did you really screw it up and did restoring the system fix it? (Would imagine it would fix it) if you restored to factory defaults, was any music or contacts missing afterwards?

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RE: MyGIG Mods / Hacks? - 3/7/2008 11:02:37 PM   
aenimon

 

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Status: offline 		     Three Questions:
1) I was curious if the DVD player plays burned DVD movies on either DVD+R, DVD-R, both, or neither.
2) Does it support playlists...if so, can you construct playlists on the fly?
2) Also, the impression I've gotten about the MP3 player is that it allows you to select an artist, but then just gives you a laundry list of songs with no option to have it show albums, and then songs in successive menu's.  Is there any word of a potential change to this in an update, since this is a pretty MP3 player basic inclusion?

Thanks guys!

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RE: MyGIG Mods / Hacks? - 3/31/2008 6:37:52 AM   
TheDeak08

 

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Status: offline 		So has anyone had any success ghosting the hard drive image to a larger drive?  I'm interested in doing this cause I just can't fit all my music on the so called 30 but you can use 17GB hard drive.

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RE: MyGIG Mods / Hacks? - 4/7/2008 10:17:34 PM   
ano

 

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Status: offline 		I have partial success. I make copy of Mygig drive by Norton Ghost to the larger hard drive, but cant resize partitions. Mygig work with the new drive, but the size of partitions is the same :(

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RE: MyGIG Mods / Hacks? - 4/8/2008 6:43:00 PM   
futil

 

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Status: offline 		Did you try Acronis True image and Acronis disk Director? Acronis tends to be more versatile than Norton products.. Plus it doesn't write any data to the original disk when making duplications.

http://thepiratebay.org/  There are a few reliable copies here..

I would try it myself but I don't feel like pulling my radio again.. but the next time I have to pull it I will try it if you don't get to it..

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RE: MyGIG Mods / Hacks? - 4/27/2008 8:03:08 PM   
nonrev

 

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Status: offline 		Have you exported the nav data yet?  It exports to a CVA file and it looks like it has the address book info in it. Anyone know how to edit the data?  It would be nice to be able to load the address book that way rather from the screen.

Vernon

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RE: MyGIG Mods / Hacks? - 5/1/2008 9:30:17 AM   
dnjtwigg

 

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Status: offline 		1)While in park, bring up the DVD and start watching the movie.
2)Push the AUDIO button, that will bring up the balance adjust menu
3)Put the vehicle in drive and start driving
4)Push DONE on the audio screen That should revert right to the movie instead of the standard mygig menu
****NOTE**** Subsequent DVD function or touching the screen will revert back to mygig screen but if you leave it alone it should play smoothly
DRIVE RESPONSIBLY!!
If you still have problems go to this link...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDBxxjP_XZc
That is a video to show you how to do it (in case your missing something)

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