Updating the inbuilt Mib2 Satnav / Mib2 tricks and Mib1

[golfdave]

https://www.phonostar.de/download/vw/MQB2_Europe_v1.10.52.zip

Data Radio Station

I know about that website as thats where I got the first set from 10yrs ago!......I input my MIB1 hardware part no, & it comes up with the MIB1 Zip file which is different to the one in your link...

Funny thing there are two separate "GB" files of logos on the Zip file!..One set is circa 2013yr & the other set is newer, & as per usually the local commercial radio station logo is not on there, so I'll source it elsewhere or make it up from a screenshot..

 

[cairus]

can't say anything negative, all my channels have a logo

 

[Tell]

Well it's going to be that phonestar doesn't cater well for GB radio stations. We know that since the mib3 infotainment logo have gaps in them for the UK. It's a pet hate that on mib3 you can't update them. Since phonestar is primary a German Internet radio service they probably have a lack of interest in packaging up UK broadcasts in their wrapper. Austria will be a different kettle of fish... neighbouring Germany.

The media.info site linked to above is more use to back fill missing stuff for the UK on mib1 & 2 but you don't have that option on mib3.

 

[golfdave]

The media.info site linked to above is more use to back fill missing stuff for the UK on mib1 & 2 but you don't have that option on mib3.

I've just deleted all the logos form the phonostar, & used the ones from media.info site as more upto date, plus you just download the ones you want instead of having to download a whole Zip file of which you only need 2%!...

Just as an FYI:- the instruction book with my MIB1 states that the radio station logos can be upto 400 x 240 pixels, (no max file size stated), & in the following formats:- bmp, png, jpeg...

So I had to simply resize (downwards) the logos I got from "media.info" as most were above the 400 x 240 pixel dimensions. But its easy to do & worth it.

 

[golfdave]

Needed to add to the above post that some of the BBC logos that I downloaded form the media.info site have transparent backgrounds, even though they look as if they have a white background. You will notice this when you look at the photos in windows, or when you load them onto the car!

Easiest way is to save them as a JPEG file, or open them in a photoshop & "flatten image", which then replaces the transparent background with a white background, & then resave as a png.