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[DIY pg.2!] what did you put as your stock headunit startup text?

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Old Aug 23, 2009 | 06:46 PM
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ahhh can i do these myself or i have to take it to the dealer for em to do it?
Old Aug 24, 2009 | 02:27 PM
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Lol i gotta re-do mine cause i disconnected the battery so i'll post it up once i get around to actually finding it. it's in the manual for the HU, not the car itself
Old Aug 24, 2009 | 04:05 PM
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Old Aug 24, 2009 | 04:33 PM
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ok for the lazy ones this is how you do it:
1.W. main unit on turn key from ACC position to the off position
2. On the main unit press and hold MUTE then turn key to ACC. The horizontal line in the LCD will start flashing
3. W/in 15sec after confirming the horizontal line is flashing press and hold the PRESET 1 button then turn the key to OFF position.
This completes shifting to the customize mode.
After completing the shift to customize mode, a flashing cursor shows the letter that can be edited by selecting a letter starting from "A".
1. Press PRESET 3 or 4 to change the flashing letter
2. Press PRESET 6 to select it
3. After you are finisehd selecting the text for the line, press and hold the PRESET 6 button.

Pretty elaborate directions but i remember having alot of trouble when i tried it so make sure you follow it step by step exactly lol
Old Aug 25, 2009 | 07:06 AM
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haha tnx.. done it!
Old Aug 25, 2009 | 11:20 PM
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If you have the premium unit it's a lot easier lol
Old Aug 26, 2009 | 01:31 AM
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Mine says Scion in Japanese text. And yes, you can do that... and no it is not in the manual (at least on the 05 - 06's) ... but since it was posted on here back in 2005 a ton of times along with the instructions listed above.. I will not post the directions
Old Aug 26, 2009 | 02:33 PM
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Kinda dorky but mine says System Ready so that it shows up at the same time as my Radar Detector says it. Yeah, it makes me feel really cool and i end up murmuring all systems go sometimes before i pull away. Yesterday i made it say a**hole with an arrow to the passenger so that my friend would see it when he got in, much laughter ensued.
Old Aug 26, 2009 | 05:48 PM
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haha.. ayy i dnt kno how to do spaces.. how?????
Old Aug 26, 2009 | 06:01 PM
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Originally Posted by 08superwhitetc
haha.. ayy i dnt kno how to do spaces.. how?????
i think its after the numbers. you will go through the uppercase and then the lowercase, then there is numbers 0-9 and then i think there is a space.
Old Aug 26, 2009 | 06:08 PM
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oki tnx..
Old Aug 26, 2009 | 08:49 PM
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"self destruct sequence activated" hahaah
Old Aug 31, 2009 | 05:32 PM
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Originally Posted by HookItUp7
If you have the premium unit it's a lot easier lol
is the premium hu the upgraded one from the dealer? if so how do you do it with that one?
Old Sep 1, 2009 | 02:58 AM
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Originally Posted by mjr4189
Kinda dorky but mine says System Ready so that it shows up at the same time as my Radar Detector says it. Yeah, it makes me feel really cool and i end up murmuring all systems go sometimes before i pull away. Yesterday i made it say a**hole with an arrow to the passenger so that my friend would see it when he got in, much laughter ensued.
haha thats awesome.
Old Sep 2, 2009 | 01:22 PM
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Should post pics of them. I will when I get the tc sometime this or next week.
Old Sep 3, 2009 | 03:38 AM
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When I got my '05 tC, it had some woman's name on it, so I had no choice but to pull out the manual and update it. It reads my website, Jaypoc.com now... I don't know how ANYBODY would figure that out without the manual.
Old Nov 18, 2009 | 10:08 PM
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Can someone let me know how to get the jap txt on my 2007 tC......pretty please...lol i've been searching and nada...thanks. =D
Old Dec 7, 2009 | 11:48 PM
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i have had this car since 07 and never knew you could do this, gotta come up with somethin cool.
Old Dec 11, 2009 | 07:19 PM
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been 'What it do' for the last 3 years.
Old Dec 11, 2009 | 07:26 PM
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this is tight



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