Wanted to share a little trick I found concerning Kenwoods with monitors (double din and flip outs) which allows you to change the start up screen from the quirky Kenwood one to whatever you want. Below is the directions I found as well as a link to the file needed and a picture of my DDX712 starting up:

To enter setup Mode, Press and hold FNC & EJECT keys, then press RESET Key.
· Release reset key, and hold FNC & EJECT Key until illumination activates.
· Connect the USB Thumb drive containing image file and convert program. All files must be in the root directory.
· There is no extension on the convert program.
· If you want to change the opening image to your own image (i.e., company logo), Press OEM Image.
· The OEM Image will be grayed out till files are seen on USB device.
· If you want to put original KENWOOD opening back, press KENWOOD image.
· Select the image you want to use.
· When the image is loaded, select Enter Your new opening will remain for few seconds and then switch to the Source Select menu.
· Power down and power up, the new picture should stick



http://www.dfwcorvettes.com/files/convert.zip
Unzip the file and ensure it is on the USB drive you are using to load the custom start up picture

Also, it is best to design the picture at 480x270 then resize the height in photoshop to 480x234 because for some reason, the head unit will stretch the height on its own.

 

Damn, all of that to change that image? The AVIC F-series has an option for this in the Settings. Nice tip though!

 

It actually takes less than 3 minutes to complete. The instructions are longer than needed to be detailed as possible.

 

oh wow.. is this just the startt up screen? is there a trick for the background?

 

Yes, that is my custom start up screen while the head unit is booting up. Which Kenwood head unit do you have?

 

New design for the start up screen:

 

heres mine tell me what you think

 

I really like that start up screen. Looks more professional than mine. I decided to go with the companies logos I have used vs having the stickers all over the car itself. Here is what mine looked like before loading on the head unit:

 

thats a good idea