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iandrews Occasional Visitor
Joined: Dec 12, 2005 Posts: 8
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Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 12:08 pm Post subject: Tomtom One Route Question |
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I have just got a Tomtom One, and so far I am very impressed. I have a quick question though. Can I set up a route, but not have the spoken directions such as turn left or turn right (without just turning the speaker off).
The reason I ask is that I have set up the camera database, now if I set the POI’s to warn when on route I get informed of the cameras on my route, but I have to set up a route and have the directions as well and this can get a bit boring when I am going somewhere that I know. Now if I set the POI’s so they detect off route I get a lot more warnings that I don’t need from nearby cameras.
If you can’t then I suppose I can have the individual speed/camera categories set to warn on route, and then also install the all in one file and set this to detect off route, and then activate this when I don’t have a route planned and de-activate this when I do.
What do others do?
Thanks,
Ian. |
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iandrews Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 12:34 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for that, I'll give it a go.
Ian. |
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Andy_P Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jun 04, 2005 Posts: 19991 Location: West and Southwest London
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Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 12:39 pm Post subject: |
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There is no simple way to mute the voice but keep the alerts - it's been on the features wishlists for ages, but not implemented by TomTom yet (if ever).
The sneaky way that has been worked out is to install a "silent" voice file and switch to that. There is one on Ray's site here - [url]http://www.rayflanagan.co.uk/voice.zip [/url]
HOWEVER.....
The other day, I needed to remove a few more voices to fit something else on my card, and on my Go300 there are some "ghost" USA voices (Bonnie, Richard and Lori) that appear on the menu with a message saying they can be downloaded from the TomTom website.
If you've got those too, they can be selected like a real voice to give exactly what you want. |
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Andy_P Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jun 04, 2005 Posts: 19991 Location: West and Southwest London
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Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 12:41 pm Post subject: |
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Sorry Dan, didn't mean to ignore your reply, I was half way through writing mine but got called away, and you got in before me |
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depsi Occasional Visitor
Joined: Jun 26, 2004 Posts: 27
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Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2005 12:10 am Post subject: |
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i may be missing something here..
but don't you just say clear route and the tomtom still warns you when it detects your poi's |
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Unplugged Regular Visitor
Joined: Jul 31, 2005 Posts: 142 Location: Northampton
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Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2005 12:26 am Post subject: |
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Only if ytou have the "warn when on route ticked"
A lot of people leave it ticked sio they dont get speed camera warnings for 30mph cameras on paralell roads when there driving down a motoway at 70-100 :D |
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iandrews Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2005 10:50 am Post subject: |
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I tried the 'ghost' voice, and it work for me to.
Thanks,
Ian. |
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Unplugged Regular Visitor
Joined: Jul 31, 2005 Posts: 142 Location: Northampton
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Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2005 3:11 pm Post subject: |
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My only issue with the "silent" voices are one day i hope to tie the go into the telephone muting on the radio.
It will proably get well annoying if the radio mutes every 2 seconds without any sound coming out |
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Noobiest Occasional Visitor
Joined: Jan 07, 2007 Posts: 57
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Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 10:44 pm Post subject: |
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I have unzipped the 4 files for silent voice.
Which ones do I need and what the heck do I do with them? 8O
Thanks |
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mikealder Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jan 14, 2005 Posts: 19638 Location: Blackpool , Lancs
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Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 12:18 am Post subject: |
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You want the files that end with an extension of:
.bmp
.vif
.chk
Put these in the voices folder and the device will find the voice - Mike |
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Noobiest Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 12:38 am Post subject: |
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mikealder wrote: | You want the files that end with an extension of:
.bmp
.vif
.chk
Put these in the voices folder and the device will find the voice - Mike |
Weird. I currently only have 2 voices on my TT and neither of them have the.bmp
At least they are not in the voices folder.Whats my deal? |
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Noobiest Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 12:51 am Post subject: |
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Noobiest wrote: | mikealder wrote: | You want the files that end with an extension of:
.bmp
.vif
.chk
Put these in the voices folder and the device will find the voice - Mike |
Weird. I currently only have 2 voices on my TT and neither of them have the.bmp
At least they are not in the voices folder.Whats my deal? |
I think I sorted it...
It is not considered an english voice so it was hidden. |
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