How do you add phone numbers to POI's ?

LDR · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 19, 2005 Posts: 26

Im presuming you can't add them to the pre-installed POI's, but what about custom POI's that are available for d/load, and ones that you create yourself ?

Sorry if the answer is out there, but my initial search couldn't come up with anything..
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Privateer · Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2005 5:08 pm Post subject:

Hi LDR,

You can't do it via the TT GO, you'll need to edit the .OV2 with an editor like POIConvertor or POIEdit on your PC.

-1.00000,52.00000,The Red Lion Inn>44-1625-123456

Please see this thread for futher details.

Regards,
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LDR · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 19, 2005 Posts: 26

Ive just discovered that for some reason my Samsung d500 wont dial the numbers stored in the POI's, it comes up with a "not allowed" error msg on the phones screen, however I think it maybe down to the "-" inbetween all the numbers, as I opened up POIedit, removed the "-", resaved the file, and it then dialed the number straight away..does this mean I am going to have to edit out the "-" from every POI to get the d500 to work with the tomtom..cause that seems like a lot of work..
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TomTomGo700
v6.150 (7120/060801)
OS:1222
GPS v1.21 Boot 4.29
MOWE v568.0

Privateer · Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2005 3:23 pm Post subject:

Hi LDR,

I'm afraid that I don't have a TomTom GO (I have TomTom Navigator 5 on a PocketPC) so I can't dial the numbers from the POI anyway.

Hopefully a fellow GO user will be able to advise you! Thumbs Up

Regards,
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Robert.
iPhone 6s Plus, iOS 14.0.1: iOS CamerAlert v2.0.7
TomTom GO Mobile iOS 2.3.1; TomTom (UK & ROI and Europe) iOS apps v1.29
Garmin Camper 770 LMT-D

LDR · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 19, 2005 Posts: 26

So..there's nobody else here using a Samsung d500 with a TomTomGo 500/700 that gets this problem ? I find that hard to believe as the Samsung d500 is a very popular phone...
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GPS v1.21 Boot 4.29
MOWE v568.0

neil01 · Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2005 4:21 am Post subject:

I do not have any experience of any of the equipment/software you use.

However I have used a tool called dumpov2 to extract the contents of an OV2 file to a format readable in a speadsheet, and then after a few changes loaded it into CoPilot 5.

Although I have not used it, there is also a program make0v2, which I believe can create an OV2 file from a spreadsheet file (to which you presumably make the changes to the data first)

The link for both programs is:
http://rjdavies.users.btopenworld.com/html/winov2.html

There may well be better alternatives, but as I said, I am no expert here.

Unplugged · Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2005 4:52 am Post subject:

you could always use POIedit export it to CSV load in notepad and do a Fine Replace on "-" to "". Then you can load ti back and resave to OV2

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