Changing Your TomTom GO Splash Screen
You can now customize your TomTom GO with a personal picture that displays on start-up and shutdown! This is easily accomplished using your PC and the included USB cable. To change the TomTom splash screen follow the instructions below:
- Select the image or photograph you want to have displayed on your TomTom GO
- Open an image editing program (Paint, Microsoft Office Picture Manager, etc.)and rotate the selected image 90 degrees clockwise
- Re-size the image to 320 pixels high x 240 pixels wide. (For TomTom Navigator the image needs to be resized to 320 pixels HIGH and 240 pixels WIDE.)
- Save the image as a 24-bit Bitmap file named “splash.bmp”
- Plug Your TomTom GO into your computer via the USB cable
- Open your TomTom GO “hard drive” within My Computer
- Locate the original splash file which is called “splash.bmp” and rename it to “splash1.bmp” (this naming allows you keep the original TomTom splash screen)
- Copy your image (splash.bmp) from your computer to the same TomTom GO directory
- Disconnect and boot up your TomTom GO. Your personalized picture should be there to greet you when you turn it on or off!
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Eelco Langelaan said,
November 4, 2005 @ 9:22 am
For TomTom GO (700) the image should also be 320 HIGH and 240 WIDE, and not the other way around as stated in the instructions…
Administrator said,
November 11, 2005 @ 2:19 pm
Thank you Eelco Langelaan for the correction.
Kenneth Kay said,
December 6, 2005 @ 12:02 pm
On a TomTom 700 the splash screen was replaced and works normally buton a TTGo it didn’t work? Any idea why?
Chris said,
December 13, 2005 @ 3:48 pm
Worked like a charm, once I caught that the .bmp can only be 24 bit. Thanks for the help.
Administrator said,
December 14, 2005 @ 12:40 pm
Hey Kenneth – frequently problems occur when renaming or formatting the image to replace the splash screen. Make sure that your custom image is a 24-bit bitmap file named “splash.bmp”. If this does not correct your problem please e-mail us at asktomtom@clubtomtom.com and I can help you further.
Kathy P said,
December 27, 2005 @ 1:03 pm
Works like a charm, I saved my file in Photoshop as a 24 bit and it looks great. Thanks.
Mark said,
January 1, 2006 @ 10:18 pm
I have a LG VX8100 cell phnoe, I have not been able to add my contact lists to my Go 700. I have downloaded the new 5.420 version and still no luck. Does anyone have any advice?
Magic said,
January 19, 2006 @ 6:40 am
Thanks for this info..especially the bit about 320 high and 240 wide. I did it the other way around and the splash would only come up after I removed and replaced the SD card.. Now it comes on every time I turn it on or off! Sweet..
Administrator said,
January 27, 2006 @ 11:03 am
Hello Mark, several phones are able to connect via Bluetooth to the GO devices and transfer the phone’s contact list. Please check the compatibility list located online here:
http://www.tomtom.com/products/features.php?ID=76&Language=4
If you have any further questions, please let us know!
Ken Kay said,
March 3, 2006 @ 3:23 am
I tried again last night; created a 320 wide x240 tall jpeg and saved as bitmap 24-bit after rotating it clockwise. And then send it to my TomTom Go. It replaced the splash screen. Neat!
matthew said,
June 17, 2006 @ 11:49 am
Hello
I have tried this when trying to change the splash on a 910 - no luck - any ideas ??
Thanks guys
Administrator said,
June 19, 2006 @ 11:31 am
matthew,
Have you made sure to re-size the image to 320 pixels high x 240 pixels wide? Also, make sure to save the image as a 24-bit Bitmap file named “splash.bmp” Don’t forget to locate the original splash file which is called “splash.bmp” and rename it to “splash1.bmp” (this naming allows you keep the original TomTom splash screen).
Give it another shot, and let us know if you can get it to work.
Phil said,
June 28, 2006 @ 1:27 pm
The x10 series require an image of 480×272, the image should be landscape i.e. as you would view it and replaces the file splashw.bmp in the root of the SDcard or hard drive depending on which model you have.
Hope this helps.
Phil
ron said,
August 27, 2006 @ 5:03 am
I tried to cahnge my splash screen, but now i dont have an image at all, the original one was delted from the tomtom hard drive, all i get now when i switch on is a blank screen, anyone help?
Rene said,
August 28, 2006 @ 5:54 am
Hi,
On my website I have several splashscreen for the TomTom-series. Check it out. It’s under TomTom Stuff
[url]http://www.vanmook.net[/url]
Neil Styles said,
September 18, 2006 @ 5:16 pm
I have also created a tool to help you make your splash pages
http://neilstyles.com/generator.php
Richard said,
October 19, 2006 @ 5:56 pm
With Reference to Ron Aug 27th 2006 I had the same Problem with my 510 saved as splashw.bmp rather than splash.bmp as above and worked perfectly and as phil said June 28th 2006 save image at 480 x 272 pixels
MinefielD said,
October 26, 2007 @ 8:39 am
Is there a website that hosts splash screens as ive made loads but at this minute in time they are all for the tomtom one XL
Heres one and would like to find a site i can upload them all to for people to download and use if they wanted .
http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/5383/splashwp1.png
MinefielD said,
October 26, 2007 @ 8:43 am
another one here they are for some reason on imageshack and as PNG files but just right click and when saving as select bitmap instead of png
http://img178.imageshack.us/my.php?image=splashwme6.png
Rudi said,
November 29, 2007 @ 4:50 am
you can also do the same for antitheft.bmp, that way you can put the image you want when shutting down
Jonathan Pope said,
January 9, 2008 @ 8:24 pm
Does anyone have a transparent TomTom Logo to add to splash screens pictures to make them look professional.
Many Thanks
Jon
Robert said,
January 13, 2008 @ 6:21 pm
You can also change the signoff splash screen too! Just repeat the process for the file antitheftw.bmp (antitheft.bmp for small screens) and make sure that the antitheft warning is turned on in safety alerts.
…Robert
Robert said,
January 13, 2008 @ 10:27 pm
Please note that if you use your TomTom upside-down you will need to create and use upside-down splash screens. TomTom does not turn these upside-down automatically for you!
…Robert