CP6 bugs

PONDEROUS · Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 10:53 pm Post subject:

The hardware buttons don't always work with my CP 6 either. That applies to sound volume as Paul mentions, and also to the change of day colours to night and back. I am not sure that it's once only; it seems to come and go almost at random on my PPC.

Paul M also asked how to use a trip saved on the desktop without using the data download wizard. The following is the procedure:

In CP 6 Desktop, save the trip file using File | Save As. This will be saved by default to the directory named \Program Files\Copilot\Save. The trip file will have the extension .trp.

In My Computer, copy the file from \Program Files\Copilot\Save to the director on your Pocket PC named \Copilot \Save.

The saved trip will then be available in CP 6 under Saved Trip on the PPC. It's not the most user-friendly way of going about things and I think that ALK would do well to think about it a bit more for the future.
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Skippy · Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 11:05 pm Post subject:

PONDEROUS · Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 11:11 pm Post subject:

Skippy writes:

Paul-m · Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 12:06 am Post subject:

In CP 6 Desktop, save the trip file using File | Save As. This will be saved by default to the directory named \Program Files\Copilot\Save. The trip file will have the extension .trp.

In My Computer, copy the file from \Program Files\Copilot\Save to the director on your Pocket PC named \Copilot \Save.

The saved trip will then be available in CP 6 under Saved Trip on the PPC. It's not the most user-friendly way of going about things and I think that ALK would do well to think about it a bit more for the future.[/quote]

Must admit that was going to be my next effort to copy the trip file directly.
just another example of a badly designed user interface. It wouldnt take much to leapfrog the competition
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KenS · Regular Visitor Joined: Oct 25, 2004 Posts: 73

[quote="Paul-m"]Not sure if this is a bug or not but...

I found that while driving i can change the volume of spoken commands by pressing the up and down buttons on the iPAQ navigation buttons. However this only works once! having chosen the desired volume and let the screen return to normal i simply cant get this menu up again.
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I think this is a function of the PDA. Are you aware of the option under
Menu > Options > Volume to change the volume?
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PONDEROUS · Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 11:09 am Post subject:

KenS writes:

KenS · Regular Visitor Joined: Oct 25, 2004 Posts: 73

PONDEROUS · Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 2:06 pm Post subject:

KenS

What I am trying to describe is that, on both my PPCs, the exact volume scale that is produced in CP 6 by Menu > Options > Volume (your previous post) is also produced in CP 6 by pressing hardware buttons - without any mapping or configuration action. That is it produces the same pictures of little speakers with the scale between, in the same colours, at the bottom of the CP 6 Guidance mode screen. In other words, it brings up and uses the Copilot volume scale, not the OS one.

Going back to Paul-m's bug query, the fact is that sometimes the hardware buttons produce the result that I have described, but not always.
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PONDEROUS · Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 5:11 pm Post subject:

I've now installed the .WAV voice files and found that the volume adjustment is no longer intermittent. Perhaps it was something to do with the .tts voice.
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gsxr1000 · Regular Visitor Joined: Mar 14, 2005 Posts: 66

im pleased i stuck with tom tom

after the last carry on with copilot 5 reviewed by dave "alk" burrows
it left a very bad taste in my mouth with such a glowing review on a very very flawed product

but remarkably burrows could never accept or discover the flaws

from experience i would advise anyone to hold out for 1 or 2 unbiased reviews from different sources before throwing their money away

PONDEROUS · Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 8:54 pm Post subject:

I wrote previously:

HellFire · Regular Visitor Joined: Jul 25, 2004 Posts: 126

since the latest patch 6.0.1.22 in routing options where you can be warned to take breaks every time I disable it, it re-enables itself

HellFire · Regular Visitor Joined: Jul 25, 2004 Posts: 126

For the first time since the update, I tested it and CP6 kept freezing and quitting with memory errors. This update is a complete waste of time for me. Does the update work for anyone else?

Dave, do you have any ideas as to what is causing this?

NigelO · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 03, 2006 Posts: 39

Another bug (although I think I've seen it mentioned elsewhere too)

I live fairly close to the M6 Toll - I occasionally use it, but most of the time I'm too stingy to part with £3.50 each way.

So, I set the PPC to "always avoid" for the toll setting.

CP6 appears not to follow this implicit instruction, because on two journeys, it decided that the M6t was indeed a far better routing option and instructed me to turn onto it.

There is a comment above about glowing reviews of CoPilot. I actually spent £180 on CP6 on the strength of the reviews on this site (clearly before I found all the bug threads)

Perhaps someone should edit or remove the reviews???

toxotes · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 18, 2006 Posts: 6

Don't know if this has already been noted (too lazy to read older posts). I found out today that the PPC version of CP6 does not allow to change routing options to shortest. There is the option but i haven't found a way of saving that option. I have even tried to create a new profile but same thing happens - the option reverts to quickest. Very annoying. This is the second (in my opinion) critical bug in this software. If this has already been reported to ALK and so far they have not come up with a fix, what ARE they doing?
I am thinking of going back to CP5 and in the future going over to a different SatNav system altogether.

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