this one is for the GEEKS who are capable of doing hex edits on raw image data. this is how to approach the language conversion from japanese to english on the XENAVI navi systems.
in essence you are swapping the character set out. all other operations remain the same and you will still have the same issues (IE maps) as before
now if you have ABSOLUTELY NFI what I'm talking about..
DO NOT ATTEMPT IT!
grab a hex editor if you do not already have one.
here are a few links for the good ones.
http://www.hhdsoftware.com/Products/home/h...ditor-free.html
http://frhed.sourceforge.net/
http://www.chmaas.handshake.de/delphi/free...xvi32/xvi32.htm
next go to you local nissan dealer(or if you have a yahoo japan account grab them there.) and order these DVDs
for V35 from 2004.5-2006.11
DISC A :25920-EG07A
DISC B : 25920-EG06B
Disc A is the map update
Disc B is the one you are interested it. this contains a Firmware image/language update.
fire up your hex editor and start pulling DISC B to bits. isolate the firmware image first then isolate the the main screen image. (this is so you can add your own 'touch' to it if you wish.) be careful what you modify
from here you will need the ASCII character sets to swap across from japanese to english
ENGLISH:
http://www.asciitable.com/
KATAKANA
http://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U30A0.pdf
be aware that the japanese is in two byte form so a null character may need to be used.
as an example:
S - $53 in english
whereas in katakana:
SA - $30B5 (there are 5-6 variants-this one was used as an example only.)
bearing that in mind, search for common text (IE menu words) terms and swap as required
recompile the disc , burn it to a blank DVD and go play. keep your OEM DVD handy.
thats the GIST of the language swap do not hassle me for info or an image - you will be faced with an IMMEDIATE - NO!
CKV36 works in a similar fashion I'm told . (I'm mucking with CPV35 s2/s3 units as a project so I can learn something new and so I have a later box to decode the data commands into the TV tuner .)
if someone has a chassis number for a CKV36 I'll dig the DVD part numbers up
AGAIN IF YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE ABOVE -DO NOT ATTEMPT IT!