I could put this in the 3rd party apps section, but since I've only tested this on a TomTom ONE, I figured this forum was also appropriate.

There are a number of 3rd party apps that can be installed on the TomTom ONE. When you do, however, the Navcore7 menu icons get a bit messed up when the 3rd part app adds it's icon to the main icon menu.:

For example:
1) You lose the "HELP ME!" icon
2) You get a double "Guided Tours" icon
3) Some of the icons are in different orders

I actually found a cool program that adds an icon to your main menu that allows you to jump back to the Default TomTom menus and then allows you to jump back into the 'custom' menu where their icon is installed....this is all 'on the fly' and you don't need to connect to a computer and you don't need to power off your TomTom.

The program is called MenuTT and is located at tomtomheaven.com:
>>> MenuTT Webpage <<<

Simply copy the directories and files directly to your TomTom's root folder. The very first time you want to use the menu, may need to turn your TomTom off and then on again to boot with the menu icon.

a) First thing you'll notice is you now have 4 pages to your main menu:



b) On the 3rd page you'll notice the double "Guided Tours" icon



c) Scroll to the last page and you'll see the MenuTT Icon:



d) Click on that icon, wait a few seconds, you should hear a little alert sound and the system restarts and you now are back to the main TomTom Menus


e) The tricky part is finding how to get back to the 'custom' menu with the MenuTT icon. This coder found a sneaky spot to add an icon without messing up any of TomTom's icon menus. Follow the following screens to find the hidden icon:





Now, I personally speak English as my first language, so I modified the MenuPerso.cap file so that the MenuPerso (French meaning 'personal menu') stated "Scott's Personal Menu" . I also didn't like the icon, so I made my own as shown below:


The MenuPerso.cap file is located in the /opt/MenuTT/ folder on the TomTom. The code I used to change the name on the icon is the following line inside the MenuPerso.cap file:
COMMAND|GEO||MenuPerso.bmp|Scott's Personal Menu|

Make sure the MenuPerso.bmp file is your new image (of size 75 x 48 pixels) to have your custom icon displayed.

I also changed the Icon and title on the Main page as well:



This is the MenuTT.cap file in the /sdkregistry/ directory of your TomTom. I changed the same line as in the other file:
COMMAND|CMD||MenuTT.bmp|TomTom Default Menu|

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<><><><><><><> TomTom Go 920 <><><><><><><>

Click here for TomTom Customization Page of Goodies !!

 

Nice find!

 

What is that Media Center icon for? I have never seen that one on my 2nd edition.

 

That is a 3rd party application that turns the TomTom into an MP3 player and also an *.avi movie player. Nice application, but it isn't free (~ US$37). Future updates are supposed to add an image viewer to the suite...

You can download a trial version below:
>>> TomTom Media Center <<<

This is actually the application I added that garbled up some of the icons in Navcore7.

__________________
<><><><><><><> TomTom Go 920 <><><><><><><>

Click here for TomTom Customization Page of Goodies !!

 

Thanks for the find Birdman.
I just downloaded, but haven't installed it yet, but I have the feeling the 'cool' days are back !

 

I wonder if this would work on a 720? When I click that icon I already have 6 menu choices. Plus I have everything installed on an SD card. Does anyone know the mount position for the SD card in a 720. I know for the internal memory it's /mnt/sdcard.

Thanks.

 

Many thanks Birdman -

This does work on the 720, but I could not get it to work exactly as instructed.

I added a menu item in my custom menu, specifically (for me):
MENUITEM|TASK_SDK3|

Everything else exactly as you describe

---thanks ! --

 

I still need to find out what the mount position is for the SD card since I have everything on a 4 GB SD card. Anyone have an idea?

 

How do you install this if you have custom menu:

MENUBLOCK|BLOCK_MAIN|BTM_GPS_POSITION|
MENUPAGE|TASK_PAGE1|Planning 1 of 1|
MENUITEM|TASK_NAVIGATE_TO|
MENUITEM|TASK_MENU_FIND_ALTERNATIVES||"Find Alternative"|
MENUITEM|TASK_PLAN_VIA|
MENUITEM|TASK_AVOID_ROUTE_LINE||"Avoid Part of Route"|
MENUITEM|TASK_CONFIRM_DELETE_ROUTE||"Clear Route"|
MENUITEM|TASK_PAGE2|
MENUPAGE|TASK_PAGE2|Mapping 1 of 2|
MENUITEM|TASK_SHOW_MAP||"Browse Map"|
MENUITEM|TASK_ITINERARY||"Itinerary Menu"|
MENUITEM|TASK_MANAGE_MAPS||"Manage Maps"|
MENUITEM|TASK_SDK1|
MENUITEM|TASK_SET_PLANTYPE||"Planning Preferences"|
MENUITEM|TASK_PAGE3|
MENUPAGE|TASK_PAGE3|Mapping 2 of 2|
MENUITEM|TASK_MAINTAIN_POI||"Manage POI's"|
MENUITEM|TASK_SWITCH_POI||"Show/Hide POI's"|
MENUITEM|TASK_CONFIGURE_POI||"Enable/Disable POI's"|
MENUITEM|TASK_MENU_PLAN_ATOB||"Advanced Planning"|
MENUITEM|TASK_ADD_FAVORITE||"Add Favourite"|
MENUITEM|TASK_PAGE4|
MENUPAGE|TASK_PAGE4|Tracking/Misc. 1 of 1|
MENUITEM|TASK_SDK1|
MENUITEM|TASK_SDK2|
MENUITEM|TASK_SDK3|
MENUITEM|TASK_EMPTY|
MENUITEM|TASK_EMPTY|
MENUITEM|TASK_PAGE5|
MENUPAGE|TASK_PAGE5|Audio & Vision 1 of 4|
MENUITEM|TASK_SET_VOLUME||"Volume Preferences"|
MENUITEM|TASK_SWITCH_SOUND||"Sound On/Off"|
MENUITEM|TASK_SET_VOICE||"Change Voice"|
MENUITEM|TASK_SET_PROMPT||"Voice Prompt Preferences"|
MENUITEM|TASK_SET_CLOCK_TYPE|
MENUITEM|TASK_PAGE6|
MENUPAGE|TASK_PAGE6|Audio & Vision 2 of 4|
MENUITEM|TASK_SET_HIDEMAP||"Map On/Off"|
MENUITEM|TASK_SET_STATUS||"Status Bar Preferences"|
MENUITEM|TASK_LEFTHANDED||"Operate Left/Right Handed"|
MENUITEM|TASK_SET_KEYBOARD_SIZE||"Keyboard Setup"|
MENUITEM|TASK_SWITCH_ASN||"ASN On/Off"|
MENUITEM|TASK_PAGE7|
MENUPAGE|TASK_PAGE7|Audio & Vision 3 of 4|
MENUITEM|TASK_SET_BRIGHTNESS||"Change Brightness"|
MENUITEM|TASK_SET_BACKLIGHT||"Backlight Preferences"|
MENUITEM|TASK_SWITCH_NIGHTVIEW||"Night/Day View Switch"|
MENUITEM|TASK_SET_COLOR_SCHEMES||"Change Colour Schemes"|
MENUITEM|TASK_SWITCH_2D3D||"3D On/Off"|
MENUITEM|TASK_PAGE8|
MENUPAGE|TASK_PAGE8|Audio & Vision 4 of 4|
MENUITEM|TASK_SET_DIST_UNITS||"Set Units"|
MENUITEM|TASK_SET_COMPASS||"Compass Preferences"|
MENUITEM|TASK_SWITCH_TIPS||"Tips On/Off"|
MENUITEM|TASK_ROTATE_DISPLAY|
MENUITEM|TASK_EMPTY|
MENUITEM|TASK_PAGE9|
MENUPAGE|TASK_PAGE9|Preferences 1 of 2|
MENUITEM|TASK_MENU_PREFERENCES||"Preferences Menu"|
MENUITEM|TASK_SET_NAME_DISPLAY||"Name Preferences"|
MENUITEM|TASK_SET_CRADLE||"Docking Preferences"|
MENUITEM|TASK_MAINTAIN_FAVORITES||"Manage Favourites"|
MENUITEM|TASK_CHANGE_HOME_LOCATION||"Change Home Location"|
MENUITEM|TASK_PAGE10|
MENUPAGE|TASK_PAGE10|Preferences 2 of 2|
MENUITEM|TASK_MENU_TRAFFIC||"Traffic Menu"|
MENUITEM|TASK_TRAFFIC_SETTINGS||"Traffic Settings"|
MENUITEM|TASK_SET_LANGUAGE||"Switch Language"|
MENUITEM|TASK_SET_TOLL||"Toll Charge Preferences"|
MENUITEM|TASK_EMPTY|
MENUITEM|TASK_PAGE11|
MENUPAGE|TASK_PAGE11|Help & Info 1 of 2|
MENUITEM|TASK_HELP_GENERAL|
MENUITEM|TASK_HELP_ITINERARY|
MENUITEM|TASK_HELP_PLANNING|
MENUITEM|TASK_HELP_MAPBROWSER|
MENUITEM|TASK_HELP_ZOOMING|
MENUITEM|TASK_PAGE12|
MENUPAGE|TASK_PAGE12|Help & Info 2 of 2|
MENUITEM|TASK_SHOW_GPS_STATUS|
MENUITEM|TASK_RESET_SETTINGS||"Reset Factory Settings"|
MENUITEM|TASK_DOC_BROWSER||"Document Browser"|
MENUITEM|TASK_TUTORIAL||"Help Tutorial"|
MENUITEM|TASK_ABOUT||"Show Version"|
MENUITEM|TASK_PAGE1|


Fell free to copy and paste this menu. I spent a while creating this. I just need to know how to install this with my current setup.

I allready installed this and i noticed it took my sdkregisty folder items and moved them to sdkregistry.old folder.

 

Sorry for the ignorance. Why SDK3? Can I and should I use SDK1 if this is the only app in the directory. How do I link that to the MenuTT.cap file in the SdkRegistry directory?