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Jim-Bob Regular Visitor

Joined: Apr 28, 2005 Posts: 125 Location: Yorkshire, England!
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Posted: Sun May 01, 2005 4:55 pm Post subject: |
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Do you have a lot of other POI files? (not including the origonal ones). Evn if there is plenty of space on the card the go will only display the first few extras. I say few not sure exactly how many but it will display enough to show all speed camera files if tou dont have many others. |
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sgould Frequent Visitor

Joined: Oct 05, 2004 Posts: 1320
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Posted: Sun May 01, 2005 5:31 pm Post subject: |
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If you go over 40 of your own PoIs they won't show. |
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dogdays Occasional Visitor

Joined: Dec 03, 2004 Posts: 38
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Posted: Sun May 01, 2005 6:34 pm Post subject: |
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I have 45 POI categories on the sytem but only 3 enabled. These are red-light, Gatso, and continental. I do not have the other cameras appearing as POI tick boxes.
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dogdays Occasional Visitor

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Posted: Sun May 01, 2005 6:38 pm Post subject: |
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Better make myself clear. The other POI,s are the ones from TomTom
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rkm_hm Frequent Visitor

Joined: Nov 28, 2004 Posts: 532 Location: Warwick, UK
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Posted: Sun May 01, 2005 8:05 pm Post subject: |
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Jim-Bob wrote: | The GATSO and mobile camera are zoned I think. Make sure you dont put the gatso and mobile cameras on to TTG from outside the speed zoned folder or it will warn you twice for the same camera. |
Ah, but that's just what many people want - myself included.
If you use different distances and sounds, you can get (say) a bell at 500 yards for the unzoned entry and "Warning, speed camera, 40 mph" at 300 yards from the zoned entry. You can thus have advanced warning of a camera - which alerts you to listen out for the detail as you get nearer to it.
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roamingrhino Occasional Visitor

Joined: May 03, 2005 Posts: 2
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Posted: Tue May 03, 2005 6:15 pm Post subject: |
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Hi guys
maybe Im dim or not technical minded or maybe both
read on - Just bought my very first portable Sat Nav system
tom tom 300
app5.000(4109/050407)
downloaded the speed camera /gatso and red light warnings no problem from the site mentioned in earlier threads but when I try to copy the file
(gatso verbal warning sounds eg Gatso 30 mph or something
2852.dat.chk (then rename it to dat.chk then copy it to my tom tom it says my card is full , so when I try to replace the new file with the old one
my tom tom freezes and stops working
then have to reset it to get it working again
at the moment it just has beeps or bugle or cow and a few others , would love it to be enabled to give verbal warnings instead
Do I need to get a larger sized sd card ?
I have followed the advice to a tee
downloaded the file to my desktop , renamed it , then try to copy it to the root directory and it pops up (full ) upon trying to swap the files new downloaded version for old it crashes,
what am I doing wrong here ?
Like I SAY , new to this , and not 100% up to speed technically either
appreciate any help
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lbendlin Pocket GPS Staff


Joined: 02/11/2002 22:41:59 Posts: 11878 Location: Massachusetts, USA
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Posted: Tue May 03, 2005 6:44 pm Post subject: |
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roamingrhino wrote: | Hi guys
- Just bought my very first portable Sat Nav system
tom tom 300
app5.000(4109/050407)
downloaded the speed camera /gatso and red light warnings no problem from the site mentioned in earlier threads but when I try to copy the file
(gatso verbal warning sounds eg Gatso 30 mph or something
2852.dat.chk |
You do appreciate the difference between these two numbers, right? ;-)
Your build is 4109, so you must not use the data.chk file for build 2852. You need to use the one for 4109. _________________ Lutz
Report Map Errors here:
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rkm_hm Frequent Visitor

Joined: Nov 28, 2004 Posts: 532 Location: Warwick, UK
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Posted: Tue May 03, 2005 7:22 pm Post subject: |
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roamingrhino wrote: |
2852.dat.chk (then rename it to dat.chk then copy it to my tom tom it says my card is full , so when I try to replace the new file with the old one
my tom tom freezes and stops working |
Unless I'm mistaken, the file needs to be called data.chk - not dat.chk
If there's not room on the card to replace the file (which requires both versions to be there during part of the process) make a backup copy of the old file on your PC, and then delete it from the SD card before installing the new version.
As Lutz has said, make sure that you use the right version of the file to match your firmware. |
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roamingrhino Occasional Visitor

Joined: May 03, 2005 Posts: 2
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Posted: Tue May 03, 2005 7:48 pm Post subject: |
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hi guys
thanks for responding so quick - guess what ? I was trying to download the wrong version
done as mentioned now and voila it works , they say common sense isnt common
have kept a backup copy of my old data.chk on my hard drive just in case
your help and advise are very much appreciated
thanks |
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MickeyM Lifetime Member
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Joined: May 12, 2005 Posts: 216 Location: Norfolk UK.
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Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 10:27 pm Post subject: Spoken word poi warnings |
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Mike: I had the spoken word warnings on my Tomtom Go with map v390 and firmeware v5. Now I have installed the new road map of the uk v517 I cannot get the voice alerts to work. I download them,open folder,select all, and send them to Tomtom,but to no avail. What am I doing wrong.It went so smooth with v390.Regards Mickey. |
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MikeB Frequent Visitor

Joined: 20/08/2002 11:51:57 Posts: 3859 Location: Essex, UK
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Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 10:31 pm Post subject: Re: Spoken word poi warnings |
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MickeyM wrote: | Mike: I had the spoken word warnings on my Tomtom Go with map v390 and firmeware v5. Now I have installed the new road map of the uk v517 I cannot get the voice alerts to work. I download them,open folder,select all, and send them to Tomtom,but to no avail. What am I doing wrong.It went so smooth with v390.Regards Mickey. |
What version of the application has been installed? If it is not the same as the download one then there is likely to be problems. _________________ Mike Barrett |
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MickeyM Lifetime Member
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Joined: May 12, 2005 Posts: 216 Location: Norfolk UK.
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Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 11:59 pm Post subject: Tomtom Go |
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It was version 4109/ Thanks, Mike. |
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laurie0236 Occasional Visitor

Joined: Jul 23, 2004 Posts: 18 Location: Skelmersdale
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Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 4:22 pm Post subject: |
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I received my new updated UK maps today and they are working ok, together with the safety camera database. I am now wishing to use the spoken sounds intead of the bells & whistles.
I have app 5.000 (4102/050329). Will I be able to use the file that is showing for V5 update. The version indicated for the download is 4109 but I have 4102.
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lbendlin Pocket GPS Staff


Joined: 02/11/2002 22:41:59 Posts: 11878 Location: Massachusetts, USA
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Zeena Regular Visitor

Joined: Oct 15, 2004 Posts: 187 Location: Norway
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Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 10:39 pm Post subject: |
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I have gone through TomTomTim "Quick and Dirty" instructions.
One question about the spreadsheet:
If you just want to replace a few of the sounds... what do you write in the lines that should be original sounds...? _________________ Gunnar Nystul, Forum Admin, TomTom Forum Norway and Nystul Navigasjon |
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