Change your car symbol
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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Justin Lloyd-Jones said,
September 5, 2007 @ 9:39 am
Hello,
Thought you may want a copy of the BMP I created for my Tomtom 720 of my car Citroen Picasso Silver.
Derek A. Ward said,
October 9, 2007 @ 10:24 am
A black Toyota Tundra double cab pickup icon.
Rob said,
November 10, 2008 @ 6:06 pm
Hi - My GO 720 won’t change car symbols. Any ideas? I open the folder, select a pre-made car symbol…screen says “car symbol changed” but I still have the old blue arrow???
Thanks,
Rob P.