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Feek Lifetime Member

Joined: Mar 04, 2008 Posts: 173 Location: Englandshire.
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Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 8:45 pm Post subject: Removing unwanted stuff from a Nuvi 760 |
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Hi,
There are some things on my Nuvi 760 which I'm not interested in - The Garmin supplied camera database, all the foreign language voices etc etc.
Assuming I make backups, is it OK to simply delete things like the unwanted CyclopsSample files in the \garmin\poi directory and the unwanted voices from the \garmin\voice directory etc etc? |
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skes Occasional Visitor

Joined: Oct 22, 2006 Posts: 17
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Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 3:08 pm Post subject: |
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I did and it still works. |
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PaulB2005 Pocket GPS Moderator


Joined: Jan 04, 2006 Posts: 9323 Location: Durham, UK
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Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 4:57 pm Post subject: |
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How much space did you gain? |
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skes Occasional Visitor

Joined: Oct 22, 2006 Posts: 17
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Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 3:20 pm Post subject: |
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Roughly about 300mb |
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chris_ah1 Regular Visitor

Joined: Feb 24, 2008 Posts: 106
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Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 6:05 pm Post subject: |
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does the unit run faster without the bloat?
300MB on a 2GB device is not bad. |
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skes Occasional Visitor

Joined: Oct 22, 2006 Posts: 17
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Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 10:24 pm Post subject: |
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Haven't noticed any difference.
Should imagine it wont make any difference because it's mostly stuff thats not loaded into memory unless needed. |
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Feek Lifetime Member

Joined: Mar 04, 2008 Posts: 173 Location: Englandshire.
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Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 10:05 pm Post subject: |
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I've done it, didn't speed anything up but just freed up some space. All still works as expected. |
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kshotton45 Occasional Visitor

Joined: Mar 23, 2005 Posts: 46
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Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 9:40 am Post subject: |
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There's also some Audible files, some Help files in other languages and in the Text file there's loads of different languages. Does anyone know if it's O.K to delete these ?
Thanks Keith. |
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Feek Lifetime Member

Joined: Mar 04, 2008 Posts: 173 Location: Englandshire.
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Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 10:38 am Post subject: |
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Yes you can, I've deleted all the Audible stuff and the only thing left in my help directory is British_English and all is working well. |
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spacerunner Occasional Visitor

Joined: Sep 19, 2004 Posts: 21
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Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 6:51 pm Post subject: |
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Do you have to delete the Garmin speed camera data base to be able to use the PGPSW camera files. If not, how does the unit distinguish between the two sets of data. If both sets are present will it cause problems? |
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PaulB2005 Pocket GPS Moderator


Joined: Jan 04, 2006 Posts: 9323 Location: Durham, UK
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Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 6:55 pm Post subject: |
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Quote: | Do you have to delete the Garmin speed camera data base to be able to use the PGPSW camera files. If not, how does the unit distinguish between the two sets of data. If both sets are present will it cause problems? |
You don't have to. You can just switch them off in the Tools, Settings, Proximity Points, Change... screen by unticking Garmin Safety Cameras.
Best you do switch them off otherwise you'll get duplicate and out of date alerts.... |
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spacerunner Occasional Visitor

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Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 7:15 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks...never thought of that!  |
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