i3 POI's

SJP · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 24, 2006 Posts: 8

Hi, I got one of the heavily discounted i3's earlier this week, and I am having a few problems with POI's. Other than that its an excellent product, none of the reception problems I've read about (I'm, sure that reception improved when I updated the firmware though!)

Here are my queries about POI's and the POILoader (2.2.1)

Can two (or more) files of POI's be loaded at one time? When I load a second file I seem to loose the first, and I'd like different proximity alert ranges for each set.

Can one of the deafult i3 icons be assigned to a new set of POI's, or do you have to configure your own new .bmp icon?

Can you access the user-POI data from the menus in the same way as you can the in-built POI data (e.g. set a user POI as a destination).

Thanks for your help!

PaulB2005 · Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2006 10:43 am Post subject:

SJP · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 24, 2006 Posts: 8

Fantastic!

Thanks a lot, re-loading the older POI files along with the new one works a treat.

I also notice that you can set proximity alerts for each individual POI file in sequence too, just what I wanted!

I can't believe I missed the Custom Points, I'd looked through the list numerous times!

Thanks again.

Any idea how many POI's the i3 can handle (I have a 256Mb card in it)?

Finally, can the Transflash card be backed-up easily from the i3 or do I need a compatible card-reader?

ride4smilesjonny · Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2006 12:03 pm Post subject:

SJP · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 24, 2006 Posts: 8

My most recent card-reader lists:-

MMC : Normal-MMC / MMC-II(RS) / T-Flash

....so I'm hopefull it will read/backup the card.

I'm up to 32,000 POI's thus far, I guess the i3 is a little more highly specified than my old Garmin E-Trex Vista with a 500 point capacity!

Has anyone tried enabling WAAS to improve accuracy of location? If so, does it work any better, or does a reduction in signal strength offset any benefit?

Aitch2 · Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2006 2:42 pm Post subject:

Yes - I use WAAS (actually EGNOS in the EU) - and it does seem more accurate to me...

Aitch
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MaFt · Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2006 2:49 pm Post subject:

i use EGNOG if i'm powered by the fag-lighter, if i'm on battery's then i leave it off. to be honest i don't think there's much difference cos the i3 'locks on' to the nearest road anyway.

MaFt

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