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FuzzyDuck Occasional Visitor
Joined: Jul 31, 2006 Posts: 42 Location: UK
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Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 12:48 am Post subject: C510/C710 Roundabout exit instructions too late? |
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Hi Folks,
I've had my C510 for 3 weeks now and have grown to love lots of things about it, but one frustration is the voice instruction regarding which exit to take on a roundabout...
I'm very happy with the "Prepare to enter roundabout in 500 yards" then "Prepare to enter roundabout in 300 yards" but its only when you get to 100 yards do you get the addition of "take 1st/2nd/3rd/etc exit" -- and on large unfamiliar roundabouts, this is far too late and leads to infuriating lane hopping at the last minute!! 8O What's even more annoying is that the icon correctly shows the exit number well before the roundabout... it's just the voice that's too far behind (imho)
On another forum someone mentioned that with the voice files there are command sets that can be edited to adjust when certain instructions were given - but they didn't elaborate...
Has anyone found and "tweaked" these files??
Any help would be appreciated
Thanks _________________ FuzzyDuck
Proud owner of:
Mio C620t (the new baby) and a Mio C510e |
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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 Aug 01, 2006 3:15 am Post subject: |
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yes, please discuss this in the iGO forum, plenty of folks are doing that already. _________________ Lutz
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FuzzyDuck Occasional Visitor
Joined: Jul 31, 2006 Posts: 42 Location: UK
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CeeJay Frequent Visitor
Joined: Jan 06, 2006 Posts: 360 Location: East Sussex
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Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 5:37 pm Post subject: |
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Hi to all.
Just tried this and it works a treat.
Well chuffed. :D
CeeJay. |
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anarchyuk Occasional Visitor
Joined: Jul 15, 2006 Posts: 50
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Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 8:11 am Post subject: |
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I must admit i tried my C510 for the 1st time last night since getting it on Tuesday morning. I planned a few routes to go to & from where id normally go anyway just to see where it would take me, these routes all included roundabouts, crossroads and so on. Ive gotta admit that im well impressed first off with the unit, so clear n crisp in turn by turn directions, seems to have a great signal strength gps, brilliant all round for my bluetooth Nokia 6230i mobile as well.
As for instructions just before roundabouts i think mine are giving to me well in advance, to take a turn off whether it be 1st exit, 2nd exit, etc. Dont know if thats just my perception of it but i might try n fiddle around with the csv file to change the instruction in time when i get a bit more confident on what im doing but for now im very happy! :D |
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FuzzyDuck Occasional Visitor
Joined: Jul 31, 2006 Posts: 42 Location: UK
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Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 9:33 am Post subject: |
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Hi anarchyuk,
I agree that the the Mio is a fab little unit, it was just annoying to be approaching a large (multi lane) roundabout and only to be told at 100 yards which exit to take... and to find yourself in the left-hand lane when you need to be four lanes over in heavy traffic 8O On smaller roundabouts, 100 yards is fine
I took the plunge (with a little help from CeeJay) and decided to be brave and edit the voice/command files -- and it is fairly painless (honest!) I now have 2 female voices -- Phillipa and Fran :D
Fran is just a copy of the Phillipa file with my "tweaks" (in case I get any wrong I can switch back to Phillipa).
I tested her this morning... I now get the notification of which exit to take on both roundabout messages before the 100 yard one, so I get "prepare to enter roundabout in 300 yards take 3rd exit" AND I now have Fran say "motorway" instead of the ghastly "highway" too :D
Take the plunge! Edit away -- it's addictive _________________ FuzzyDuck
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ravi Regular Visitor
Joined: Aug 24, 2004 Posts: 119
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Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 10:25 am Post subject: |
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CeeJay,
How about sharing that edited notification file so that the rest of us can be rid of the late roundabout notification problem?
Regards
Ravi |
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Simebaby Occasional Visitor
Joined: Jun 14, 2006 Posts: 53
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Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 2:37 pm Post subject: |
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Can't get this to work... edited the config file, re-zipped and transferred back to the Mio. I can select Phillipa (the voice I changed), but when I select "OK" the unit resets.
What are people using to re-zip the file - I'm using WinRAR. |
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FuzzyDuck Occasional Visitor
Joined: Jul 31, 2006 Posts: 42 Location: UK
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Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 2:57 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Simebaby,
I used Winzip 8.1 to zip up the files after they had been edited...
One thing comes to mind... Have you chosen the option to "Include Paths" in the reassembled zip file?
The zip file must have the "flag_gbr.bmp" and "info.inf" at the root (not in a folder) but the .ogg audio files must be in the "audio" folder and the edited .csv files in the "config" folder...
If you haven't chosen to store the paths in the zip, these files may have floated up one level and when the software looks inside the config or audio folder it bombs because they aren't there 8O _________________ FuzzyDuck
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rondun Occasional Visitor
Joined: Jul 17, 2006 Posts: 42
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Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 2:58 pm Post subject: |
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I had to do this a couple of times before it worked - used windows own "zipper" - and the files can't be within a folder within the zipfile, either- just in the root of the zipfile. |
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rondun Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 3:11 pm Post subject: |
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Yes like Fuzzy said about the folders, thats what I meant! |
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Simebaby Occasional Visitor
Joined: Jun 14, 2006 Posts: 53
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Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 3:19 pm Post subject: |
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Sorted - I'd made an error in the .csv file.
Thanks all! |
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CeeJay Frequent Visitor
Joined: Jan 06, 2006 Posts: 360 Location: East Sussex
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Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 12:55 am Post subject: |
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ravi wrote: | CeeJay,
How about sharing that edited notification file so that the rest of us can be rid of the late roundabout notification problem?
Regards
Ravi |
Hi Ravi.
You got mail (PM).
CeeJay. |
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Ultrax Occasional Visitor
Joined: Aug 03, 2006 Posts: 55
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Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 7:08 am Post subject: Edited files |
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Hi Ceejay,
i have also had problems with editing the roundabout exit instructions and would appreciate a copy of this file.
Many thanks |
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xantia Regular Visitor
Joined: 30/12/2002 14:19:38 Posts: 78 Location: West Midlands. U.K.
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Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 3:31 pm Post subject: Edited 'round-a-bout' file |
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Hi Ceejay, can i have a copy of the file please
Mike _________________ TomTom Start 60
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