RZ09

Pioneer AVIC-RZ09 (for Japanese domestic market) translation

This project can be used for translation of the similar Pioneer AVIC devices (AVIC-RL09, AVIC-RW09, AVIC-RZ09, AVIC-RZ07, AVIC-RZ06, AVIC-RL05, AVIC-RZ05, AVIC-RW03, AVIC-RZ03).

And also probably can be used for other line up Pioneer AVIC devices (AVIC-RL99, AVIC-RW99, AVIC-RZ99, AVIC-RZ77, AVIC-RZ66, AVIC-RZ55, AVIC-RW33, AVIC-RZ33, AVIC-RZ22).

Thanks to @dzo for ideas and some start-up sources

parsedat.c

Parses Japanese AVIC-RZ09 (and similar) data file initDB.dat.
Skips some dummy strings (like images, IDs, variables etc).
Writes strings “as-is” with TAB delimiter.
Fields: <address> <lengh> <original string>

Output file is in UCS-2 LE encoding, use Notepad++ (or other UCS-2 LE compatible editor, Chrome is OK for view strings) to see/edit results.

parsed104_with_addr.txt

Example of parsed initDB.dat (ver.1.04 of AVIC-RZ09).

translate.c

Step 1:

Load strings to translate from translation.txt file (in UCS-2 LE encoding):
Fields: <lenght> <original string> <translated string> with TAB delimiter.

End of strings - Windows-based CRLF.
Inside of the string’s content used Unix-based LF new-line symbol.

Step 2:

Open source file initDB.dat, search and compare source strings and size, and if similar - replace it to translated strings.
Other data blocks copied from source file to output file as-is.
Write results to initDB_out.dat file.

translation.txt

File with some strings translated from Japanese to English.

parsed104_tr_all.txt

File with all Japanese strings, extracted from initDB.dat, translated by Google Translator and saved “as-is”.

makever.c

Compile patched .NB0 file to AVIC-compatible FW file.

Input:
fw_104.nb0 - pathced .NB0 file.

Output:
PS140PLT.PRG - patched AVIC-platform file.
PS140PLT.VER - AVIC-platform version file.