Thread: 2007 Honda Civic SI Coupe Carputer install [Updated]

Originally Posted by Bxsteez

Alright it turns out the reason the colors look all dull is because of the MENU_ON and MENU_OFF.pngs have this semi transparent grey overlay which is what makes them look a little dull. So what i did is download paint.net and modified it to be a much lighter grey overlay. This is what it looks like now.


After that i was so impressed with the paint.net software which is free by the way i started playing around so more and editing more of the images. I changed the freefone limage to this:


I also figured what the hell let me modify my wifi manager screen too and this is what i came up with

That's some nice work.

Nice tip about the gray overlay. I may try it to see if i can get better contrast for day use.

I'm a CS3 user myself, but I may give your paint.net proggy a go just for grins. PS is incredabily powerful, but not extremely intuitive.........

I'm not sure wht you men by " what the hell let me modify the wifi manager" though......you mena in your paint program or in Void?

Thanks!!

I mean in paint.net cause i was impressed with it so much. I thought i could make the wifi manager look a lot better cause the first one i made was just in paint. lol...

I used PS CS3 too and i agree with u 100% its not intuitive but u start to get the hang of it eventually. Now paint.net is not only free but its really intuitive too. I believe its because its not as powerful as photoshop. Its like an advanced version of paint.

Originally Posted by redcell3

just thought i would throw this out there, but it probably wasn't a great idea to show all the numbers in your address book from your phone, i'm sure that some *** will start calling all those people and harrass them, might be a good idea to delete that vid and do a new one without any confidential information. That's just my two cents though

Yea i thought about that and ur probably right i should. I'll do one tonight and replace it. I was hoping nobody would notice the numbers lol... oh well Good thing i'm not in my own contact list lol......

Nice work your making great progress glad you got the freefone worked out hows the sound quality its been an issue (in the car) for everyone I know that uses it.

Good luck with the build keep us posted

Well freefone still doesn't fully work. I can still hear the audio through the speakers when i receive a call but not when i make one. I'm not quite sure why. And i used this bluetooth connect software that automatically opens the audio gateway but i assume this program causes some error in my bluetooth stack and my computer shuts down. Haven't found away around it quite yet.

I'm thinking about making an OBDII skin if i can find some skinable OBDII software. I'm also looking into making a skin that utilizes the fusionbrain. Not sure if its possible yet but what the heck i'll give it a shot.

Had a look at theose menu screens in PS3 and paint.net, didn't see a gray overylay.
Just looked transparent besides the graphics.
Any chance you could post your two new .png's for comparison?

Also, are you using a cdma or gsm phone?

I'm assuming gsm...........

hmmm it doesn't look slight grey and transparent??? Oops i'm sorry its not Menu_OFF and MENU_ON its MENU_EMPTY.png.

This is what mines looks like. I don't have the original anymore



I'm using a PocketPC GSM phone (the HTC Kaiser/AT&T Tilt)

Ahhh, I'll have a looky see.................

So here is the update from my purchases last night. This is what i've bought so far
M2-ATX 160W Intelligent DC-DC PSU
CRUCIAL, 2GB kit (1GBx2), 240-pin DIMM, DDR2 PC2-5300 memory module
Intel CORE 2 DUO T5600 1.83GHz SL9SG
JetWay J9F2-EXTRME-LF Socket M Intel 945GM HDMI Mini ITX Intel Motherboard - Retail
4965AGN - Intel Mini-PCI Express 802.11 a/b/g/n 300Mbps Laptop Wireless Card
BU-353 Weather-proof GPS Receiver
Seagate Momentus 7200.2 ST9200420AS 200GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s
Transcend 4GB Compact Flash Card (300X Speed)
Addonics CF - SATA hard disk adapter

Total cost of $693.24
This is phase 2 of my project. Once i get the hardware up and working i'll be adding a tv tuner and then buying the DWW-6500