Announcing the 3.5 Release

We decided to switch gears a bit for our next Centrafuse update. Instead of going from 3.1 to 3.2, we're jumping all the way to 3.5, yep THREE FIVE! The Centrafuse 3.5 update, swollen with over 200 changes is so drastic, that you'd half expect it to be a full paid upgrade. This update is absolutely free to all of our loyal users and available for download today from your account page. New users should download the latest version from the Trial Download page here.  

We thank you for your patience with this release, and hope you enjoy it!

New Europe maps are here! 

Also, as promised, the brand new 2010 maps for Europe are now here. There is a 30 day grandfather pricing in place, so if you think you should be eligible check the UPGRADE MAPS link on your account page, and if you have questions please contact us.  

Here are the major changes with 3.5: 

Centrafuse Market - We're pleased to announce the inclusion of Centrafuse Market with the 3.5 release. This represents a major step forward for Centrafuse and its ever-growing developer community. The benefits to this new built-in app store are many-fold. First, we were able to remove some of the lesser used plugin apps from the Centrafuse base install which makes for a more modular and lightweight installer with a smaller memory footprint and quicker load times. If you find yourself without something like OBD-II or Email, or need support for a particular radio, just open up the Market browser and download it.

Secondly, the Centrafuse Market streamlines and standardizes how plugin apps are created, deployed and updated. This means as a developer, you can quickly and easily push updates out to your users, avoiding the hassle of relying on detailed instructions, minimizing end-user install issues. Developers will be notified with instructions to sign up to submit Market applications later this week.  

The next phase of the Market will allow PAY-FOR apps, allowing developers to set prices, which we feel will bring a much broader selection of apps as we attract more developers to the Centrafuse developer community. This is planned tentatively for release with the 3.6 update.

Check out our video overview of Market:

Centrafuse Market Application Overview

Click here to read the complete release notes w/ instructions on how to access Market from the new 3.5 version. 

Centrafuse Auto 3.5 Feature List 

Market support

• Built-in support for Centrafuse Market - the all new Centrafuse "app store" and application directory 
• New lighter, more modular installer - Download and install apps directly from the Market  

Increased usability

• Enhanced overall ease of usability; increased contrast with the default skin
• Unified user interaction in Settings, Library and Market
• Restructured and organized "Settings"
• Improved user-friendliness when selecting audio record and playback devices
• Added visual voice recognition prompt
• Quickly find items in long listviews with the new "jump-to-letter" indexer
• Improved listview and "throw-scrolling" performance 
• Enhanced Navigation by increasing readability, usability of UI
• Almost 100% "advanced list views" throughout providing a more informative user experience
• Library album view now supports 3 different views: 3-up, 6-up and list mode. Click the disc icon to toggle
• Added Start menu shortcuts for enabling logging and exporting a system log report. 

Improved Multi-screen support

• Supports as many screens as OS allows (over 3 screens requires a very powerful machine)

Bluetooth Updates  

• Import contacts from your phonebook *requires handset Bluetooth PBAP support
• Listen to content on your phone using Bluetooth Audio *requires handset Bluetooth A2DP support
• Improved voice dialing of phone contacts 

Better Windows 7 support 

• Improved DVD/Video playback support for Windows 7
• Full compatibility with Windows 7 Aero
• Improved support for Windows 7 UAC (User Account Control)
   

Other new features 

• The much anticipated Gesture recognition has returned!
• Aux input support. Listen to an external device through your line input. *available on Market 
• General improvements to Email, Voice Notes, OBD-II, AM/FM Radio and more.
• Centrafuse self-update mechanism in place for 3.6 (no more reinstalling until next major build, 4.0)
   

Other improvements/bug fixes/enhancements -

• Fixed issues with license files and Windows 7 UAC
• Fixed major postcode bug for UK navigation users
• Fixed issues with bad ID3 tag characters affecting voice music search
• License files are now deployed to Application data, not Program Files for improved Windows 7 UAC compatibility
• Fixed bug in Email related to certain IMAP issues  

3.5 SDK Highlights - more specific info coming with the official 3.5 SDK launch later this week

• Centrafuse Studio Beta 1 - open and  edit a skin, drag and drop, change and export as new skin
• Code templates for Visual Studio for creating plugins, radio modules and more
• Plugin application code examples complete with documentation

3.5 Known Issues- These are the current known issues for the 3.5 release.  

• Transition issues with multi-screen dialogs (track details and volume)
• Dialing a POI not working in Navigation POI screens
• Voice recognition will not work when using both Mic input and Line input (any radio) on the same sound device. Must get a USB sound card for voice rec, if you use the line-input for anything.
• Aux input plugin won't work until you enable audio passthrough (Listen to this device) on the Line-input in Win7 (may be necessary on some Win7 systems)
• Voice dialing doesn't work on some contacts w/ special characters (isolated)
• Known issues with "High" effect profile (any issues, try different effect profile. Default is now Medium)
• Voice dialing while actively using Radio or sometimes BT audio causes the Answer (Yes/no) dialog to appear unnecessarily.
• # Selecting/viewing the last item in an advanced listview is sometimes not possible. Throw scrolling/scroll bar bug.
• # Not possible to scroll up or completely navigate the UI completely with a scroll wheel, or similar device (Powermate, SpaceNavigator), must use touchscreen.

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