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thanks mate, finally fixed :) , i didnt change it though in the 1st place.

finally read all 20 pages! :D it kicked my ass, i was a bit here and there and from wat i understand this russian fella is still trying to pirate proof it :S im not sure though, someone comfirm?

thought how are some people that are selling have the thing converted :S, sorry for the stupid questions, im just a bit lost... :S

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The Max
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Nobby, we don't know each other, not that it's at all relevant. We're all busy here, in our own way - perhaps some more so than others. Regardless, we've all taken the time to do the same homework th

PranK
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Also, I have a Japanese version of War And Peace I was hoping you could translate for me?

Chris Rogers
Chris Rogers

^^ hit the nail on the head. People want this done for nix and expect it to work first go, be able to blame someone if it does not. TO THOSE CONTACTING ME FOR ENGLISH CONVERSIONS: I HAVE NO DONE

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Hey ezy03,

Good on ya for reading the whole thing, we've all had to do it at some stage.

To answer your question above:

No one has really converted the Japanese to English really. The conversions that are spoken about are GPS, TV conversions done by Chris Rogers, which is simply installing an Australian GPS and Australian Digital TV Tuner to the car to run through the original screen.

However all the options that come standard with the car are still in Japanese, i.e. the economy leave, the compass, the trip computer, etc, etc.

Hope that helps, I know it is a lot of information to absorb in one go, reading all 21 pages, hahaha.

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The GPS, TV etc will be all in english. It is just another application on top of the original Japanese stuff.

In the background (at the flick of a switch) is all the original Japanese stuff, which remains untouched.

The cost will be a couple of thousands.

The man you really want to speak to is Chris Rogers (that is his real name and his name in this forum, look him up) He is based in Brisbane but travels around Australia constantly working on these vehicles for all of us here in the forum.

He will be able to give you all the technical specifics of how this will all work.

Essentially, the car will have two GPS systems, one with Australian maps and in English, and one with Japanese maps and in Japanese, which you will never use.

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Stephen Thorpe

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The GPS, TV etc will be all in english. It is just another application on top of the original Japanese stuff.

In the background (at the flick of a switch) is all the original Japanese stuff, which remains untouched.

The cost will be a couple of thousands.

The man you really want to speak to is Chris Rogers (that is his real name and his name in this forum, look him up) He is based in Brisbane but travels around Australia constantly working on these vehicles for all of us here in the forum.

He will be able to give you all the technical specifics of how this will all work.

Essentially, the car will have two GPS systems, one with Australian maps and in English, and one with Japanese maps and in Japanese, which you will never use.

...unless you and the car are in Japan... :blink:

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Arrgghhh pressed the add reply too quickly :)

....as I was saying, yes that is an option I didn't think of, if both you and the car are in Japan......although it'll still be in Japanese, so unless you learn your "turn left", "turn right", "500 meters", etc, etc then it'll still be hard to use it.

Especially when you want to tell it where to go, where do you start??? LOL

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I know I'm bumping the thread which will probably start more question on it and I for one want the thread to die (it's been frustrating that it's taken sooo long and I've only been waiting 4 months not 18) but here goes...

What I'm basically thinking is that I've started to grow accustomed to the Japanese and really can't see myself using much of the Car computer stuff whether english or Japanese. And the fact that this guy's arsed around for so long instils no faith in me that if the software hack goes pear shaped you'll get any kind of support. Because he's taken so long I almost don't want to reward him by buying his software. So unless the end product is $5 then basically he can shove it! I mean seriously, he's probably spent 5 times the effort on his stupid (and defeatable) security measures. Realistically he's probably going to be asking $100 for his disks :rofl: , tell himhe's dreaming.

Is it just me being a crank pants or do others feel this way?

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I know I'm bumping the thread which will probably start more question on it and I for one want the thread to die (it's been frustrating that it's taken sooo long and I've only been waiting 4 months not 18) but here goes...

What I'm basically thinking is that I've started to grow accustomed to the Japanese and really can't see myself using much of the Car computer stuff whether english or Japanese. And the fact that this guy's arsed around for so long instils no faith in me that if the software hack goes pear shaped you'll get any kind of support. Because he's taken so long I almost don't want to reward him by buying his software. So unless the end product is $5 then basically he can shove it! I mean seriously, he's probably spent 5 times the effort on his stupid (and defeatable) security measures. Realistically he's probably going to be asking $100 for his disks :rofl: , tell himhe's dreaming.

Is it just me being a crank pants or do others feel this way?

Thanks for the positive comments.

Yes, it is taking a long time but I don't see you or anyone else in the World offering any other alternative that is remotely affordable.

Personally I am happy that some one on the other side of the World is prepared to produce a product that will help those that are interested.

Honestly I don't care if people want it or not. I am doing this to help the people who are interested.

I agree that the longer this takes the less people will want to buy it or feel the need for it as they are used to the screens. I can not change the time it is taking.

If you have another/better solution go on and post it.

Cheers

Andy

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Is it just me being a crank pants or do others feel this way?

cranky pants :rofl:

Agree with what Andy said above, and I think what most people are forgetting is that it is not costing anything to wait.

Got $100 and the disc is not ready? Go get you and yours a nice dinner.

Sorry Damo, but I seem to think that all these people that are whining about how long it has taken for someone to do something they can't will be very quick to fork out $100 (or whatever) once the disc is available.

If you don't want it, don't bother posting in this thread.

Pretty simple really.

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Andy,

Like most people am happy to wait. The thing is the programmer has to realize though is that the cars aren't getting any newer and portable navi's are getting cheaper. The jap trip computer options are second nature now. So the reality is that when the software comes out :- rather than people paying $100 for eg they may only pay 50 or buy a Portable / Warrantable /Local navi for just a bit more. The programmer is "shooting himself in the hip-pocket" the longer this goes.

So I guess the question is:- are we weeks away or months away? and what price is he anticipating for the conversion ?

thanks

Elie

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Hey guys,

As I understand the software conversion will simply convert the writing from Japanese to English for all in our car options, trip computer, etc., it will NOT fix our navi problem, in that the navigation CD that comes with the car will still be in Japanese and only for Japanese roads, not Australian maps, am I correct?

At least that is what I'm waiting for because I already had Chris fix my navi problem!

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andy65b

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Andy,

Like most people am happy to wait. The thing is the programmer has to realize though is that the cars aren't getting any newer and portable navi's are getting cheaper. The jap trip computer options are second nature now. So the reality is that when the software comes out :- rather than people paying $100 for eg they may only pay 50 or buy a Portable / Warrantable /Local navi for just a bit more. The programmer is "shooting himself in the hip-pocket" the longer this goes.

So I guess the question is:- are we weeks away or months away? and what price is he anticipating for the conversion ?

thanks

Elie

I agree, the longer it takes the less it is worth to any one interested.

That is why I have not quoted a price because I have still to negotiate this with him. He is aware that the cost will come down the longer it takes.

I hope weeks but he advised me last night that in his testing he has found some issues with the security that he wants to resolve first.

Cheers

Andy

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andy65b

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Did he realise that his proposed security model wont work? (unless it reads the VIN, or something)....

(i dont mean to sound rude, i am very grateful for the work that is underway)

You don't sound rude.

I really do not know how the system is going to create the unique security for each conversion but he is confident there is enough information that he can use to create a unique code. I don't know what information he is seeing in the system as he has wisely kept this to him self.

I like all of you want this sooner rather than later but he will not give me a fixed date at this stage.

Cheers

Andy

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