Hi all:

Just wondering if anyone out there has found a hack to modify the RX-8 welcome window that appears when you start the car? It would be cool if we could put in our name/plate name along with "Mazda RX-8". Anyone find this hack yet?

no
someone else asked this
but nothing yet

I hate that screen

I dont notice it or im concentrat on something else. besides it s only on for couple second but it would be nice for it to said good mornig or good afternoon according to the time of the day.

how do you not notice it

It wont go away til you press enter

this nav is harder to hack than I thought it would be

Originally posted by mikeb
how do you not notice it

It wont go away til you press enter

this nav is harder to hack than I thought it would be It sounds like you're talking about a different message. I believe the original discussion was regarding the "mazda RX-8" that appears on the central red audio display when the car is started.

Personally, the only thing that annoys me about it is that Mazda is not capitalized.

your right

I was way off

I didn't even think about that

Eccles:

I agree... mazda should be or at least the "M" should be capitalized. I would be cool if we could change the greeting somehow to state good morning/afternoon, etc :)

My friends prelude says good moring and goodbye and it got old real quick

The lowercase 'm' works for me. It matches the capitalization in the logo graphic:


http://www.autoexpo.com.au/image_files/Mazda-logo.gif

Originally posted by JerryR
The lowercase 'm' works for me. It matches the capitalization in the logo graphic:
http://www.autoexpo.com.au/image_files/Mazda-logo.gif True, I hadn't thought of it like that.

Originally posted by mikeb
My friends prelude says good moring and goodbye and it got old real quick

Maybe for you, but some other people might like that feature...

I just want to personalize it. If I name the car Elvira maybe just "Elvira" or "Elvira is Ready" or for the more daring "Mistress is Ready". ;) Could also change it to my personalized plate: TREKN8

mine would say, "Flux Capacitor ... Initiated"

mine would say

you are good enough
smart enough
and gosh darn it people like you j/k

I just have the main folder for all my MP3 discs say what I want the display to say... Right now it just says "Frank's RX-8"... but im sure I will come up with something more creative soon... =)

Originally posted by mikeb
mine would say

you are good enough
smart enough
and gosh darn it people like you j/k

Now mike, that's the funniest thing you've said in a long time. How about more constructive comments like that instead of just "Me too!"

Originally posted by flyboyindy
I just have the main folder for all my MP3 discs say what I want the display to say... Right now it just says "Frank's RX-8"... but im sure I will come up with something more creative soon... =)
Smart idea. I only have the one MP3 disc, and it displays "Root" as the folder name... do you just rename the disc, or put all the MP3s in a folder off the root, or what?

Speaking of the MP3 player, I wish there were a way to make it automatically cycle through the ID3 tags, rather than needing to press DISP over and over again. Be nice if it scrolled the title, artist, and disc name lazily across the display while it was playing.

You will have to re-burn the disc and change the name of the very first folder (root). Good Luck

re-burn
Do you mean make a new copy or re-write the original?

With your next MP3 disc put no songs on the root. Instead create a directory, call it whatever you want, and place all your MP3's in there.

mine would say, "Computing calculations for the jump to hyperspace"