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raywil77
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 10:13 pm    Post subject: splash screen for tom tom 700 Reply with quote

some help please.
trying to put a splash screen on my tom tom i have deleted the splash screen on the tom tom and copied and pasted a new one onto the tom tom i have had to rename it splash which i did and pasted it into tom tom but nothing coming up on screen. ( any help thanks )
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 10:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It has to be named splash.bmp and goes in the Root of the SD Card.

Check also that you have rotated it 90 degrees clockwise before loading on to TT.
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 11:40 pm    Post subject: tom tom 700 splash screen Reply with quote

thanks for that it did work ok when i swiched it on but after that one time on screen it wouldent come on again it just keeps coming up with a blank screen again and again. i went through the same process again and it came uo on screen just the once and then went of again hope you can help kind regards raywil77
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 12:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Oldboy... Are you sure?
I thought the format for the new widescreen devices is:
480x272 24bit 72dppi BMP **unrotated**
Copy to the root directory of the hard drive as splashw.bmp (not splash.bmp)

Another point to check:
Some if not all, Windows computers are shipped with the three letter file extensions "hidden" (to avoid confusing people? Evil or Very Mad ).
Therefore, it is really easy to accidently call the file splash.bmp.bmp or splashw.bmp.bmp without ever being able to see that you have.
To get rid of this annoying behaviour once and for all, go to the "Tools" menu in Windows Explorer or My Computer, select "Folder Options...", then on the "View" tab go to the 10th box down in the "Advanced settings" box and UN-tick "Hide extensions for known file types", then have a look at the file's name again.

Finally, I've heard that the "Home" software can convert images in other formats to work as splashscreens.
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 12:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Oh cripes! Sorry Oldboy.... I was SURE the heading said it was for the 910. Embarassed

raywil, ignore everything I said above except the second paragraph.

PLEASE could a mod edit this post to remove duff info.
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 10:26 am    Post subject: tom tom dsplash Reply with quote

thanks for reply and info still trying to work out why it wont workit comes up with the picture when you turn it on for the first time, but the next time you turn it on its vanished, dont know?
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 10:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

As for the picture coming up the first time it reboots and then never again, that means the format or the name is still wrong in some way.

Have you tried opening the original TomTom splash.bmp in whatever picture editing program you're using, click on "properties" or whatever its called, and matching your new picture to the size/shape/dots per inch/bit depth exactly?
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 1:39 pm    Post subject: tom tom splash Reply with quote

thankyou have sorted it now thanks very much.
kind regards raywil77
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 8:25 pm    Post subject: Re: tom tom splash Reply with quote

raywil77 wrote:
thankyou have sorted it now thanks very much.
kind regards raywil77
Be nice to know how you sorted it.;)
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