So it may not necessarily enhance the navigation capabilities of your TomTom GO 720, but it’s pretty cool to be able to choose your own car symbol.

The GO 720 comes preloaded with a variety of fun choices. But, if you want to get a bit inventive, you can even create your own. Just follow these steps:

1) Select the digital image you’d like as a car icon;
2) Convert it to a 256-color bitmap file;
3) Size it such that it’s between 24 x 24 pixels and 128 x 128 pixels.
It has to be square or it won’t work;
4) “Erase” any imagery you don’t want to appear by coloring it red (RGB 255,0,0);
5) Plug your TomTom into your PC and open the root folder;
6) Put your bitmap image in the subfolder “cars” found in the “art” folder.

If you’ve followed the steps correctly, your image will appear as a selection on your device. Here’s the image I made (my lame Sentra) and how it looks on my device.

Have a cool car symbol on your GO 720? We want to see. Send us your bitmap at asktomtom@clubtomtom.com. If it’s tasteful, we’ll share with the class.

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