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daz162 Occasional Visitor
Joined: Jul 05, 2009 Posts: 3
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Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 9:38 pm Post subject: please help new to i go 8 |
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hi there i have a i go 8 on my in car dvd player and i am wondering if there are any upgrades i can get ie there are no poi and no speed cammeras if there are upgrades i will need to know how to get them my i go 8 is stored on a sd card if that makes a difference many thanks darren |
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M8TJT The Other Tired Old Man
Joined: Apr 04, 2006 Posts: 10118 Location: Bexhill, South Sussex, UK
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Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 8:16 am Post subject: |
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DAZ. Welcome to our forums.
IGO8 is vastly upgradeable, but the fist thing that you MUST do is make a copy of your SD card onto your computer. A legal copy of IGO will only run on the card that it was supplied on, so if you screw it up, there's not much chance of recovering the situation.
Which version of IGO do you have? Settings ~Right arrow ~ About. It will be something like 8.2.0.xxxxx.
You also need to be reasonably familliar with file handling and folder/directory structures on a PC to be able to 'upgrade'.
If it's a standard IGO, then it's easy to add our speedcam database, new voices, new colour schemes, etc.
Quit a lot of the IGO software is based on text *.ini files which are easily edited (if you know what you are doing) and there are a lot of 'skins' around which affect (a lot) how the display looks and the facilities and commands that are available.
PS please use caps and other punctuation in your posts, it makes a post quite difficult to read without them |
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daz162 Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 9:31 pm Post subject: |
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Hi sorry English was never my strong point.
The version I have is 8.0.0.4 if that helps. How do I make a full copy of the card to the computer as I cant aford to cock it up.
can do most things on computer but I dont always no what its called that Iam doing Hope that makes sense darren |
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M8TJT The Other Tired Old Man
Joined: Apr 04, 2006 Posts: 10118 Location: Bexhill, South Sussex, UK
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Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 10:34 pm Post subject: |
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Hi again Daz.
daz162 wrote: | Hi sorry English was never my strong point. |
10 out of 10, I would say.
I can probably help you here if you have a Windows machine. I don't know anything about Macs.
Basicly what you need to do to backup your SD card (assuming Windows) is:
1. Create a folder (Directory) on your PC called IGOBackup or something similar.
2. Stick the SD card into an SD card reader, or the slot on your PC.
3. Windows should auto detect this as a drive (say F: drive).
4. Open the drive to view all the files.
5. Highlight all the files then right click on the selected files and choose the 'Copy' option.
6. Navigate to your newly created (empty) folder on your PC
7. Right click in it and choose 'Paste'
This will copy everything from the SD card to your PC, so that if you screw up, you can always copy the files back.
Now that we know what version of IGO you have, we should be able to help further if you want.
You should have a folder on your SD card IGO8~Content~Speedcam. Can you confirm this please. |
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daz162 Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 1:01 pm Post subject: |
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Hi many thanks for your instructions on making a backup copy they were spot on even down to which drive the card was in..
Yes can confirm that i have a folder for speed cams, poi etc.
Your help Is very much appreciated(had to look that up) |
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M8TJT The Other Tired Old Man
Joined: Apr 04, 2006 Posts: 10118 Location: Bexhill, South Sussex, UK
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Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 1:20 pm Post subject: |
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If you want the PGPSW database, highly recommended as the best, you will need to first subscribe to PGPSW then download the IGO database from the download page, extract the pgpsw.txt file and copy it into the 'content~speedcam' folder on your SD card. When you restart IGO, it will appear to hang on 'Initiallising warning data' (or something like that). This is IGO converting the .txt file into the .spd file that it uses internally. This 'hang' may last a couple of mins or so, so be patient. You should then see the pgpsw speed cam icons on the map (if you are zoomed in enough). Let me know how you get on. |
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rov Occasional Visitor
Joined: Jul 02, 2009 Posts: 2
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Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 12:27 pm Post subject: Igo POI'S |
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Hi There.
i have been reading through this post and the info is very helpful.
Do you know how to put POI's on to the sd card, my system does not have any installed.
i have the speed cams on, but finding difficult to get poi's on. |
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Border_Collie Pocket GPS Verifier
Joined: Feb 01, 2006 Posts: 2543 Location: Rainham, Kent. England.
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Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 3:54 pm Post subject: |
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Quote: | Do you know how to put POI's on to the sd card, my system does not have any installed. |
Your card should have come with built in POI's, I suggest you get onto the supplier for a replacement card. If you bought it on e-bay you may have a 'dodgy' card. _________________ Formerly known as Lost_Property
And NO that's NOT me in the Avatar. |
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rov Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 5:11 pm Post subject: |
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Many thanks will get on the case.
but just in case, i take it there is no chance of me doing it my self?? |
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Border_Collie Pocket GPS Verifier
Joined: Feb 01, 2006 Posts: 2543 Location: Rainham, Kent. England.
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Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 7:12 pm Post subject: |
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I think your best route is HERE where you will find official map updates and extras. _________________ Formerly known as Lost_Property
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