step by step

[wingcoman]

Hi
Sorry to be a pain, but i have browsed the forums fairly well, but could you lead me to a link where i can find step by step instructions on how to download poi and then upload them on to TT one 3rd edition perhaps showing the screens i will experience and folders i will come across. I was thinking initially of supermarkets as a starter.
Hope this makes sense. I have only had the unit for a week and it is all very new to me.
Thanks again.

[Andy_P]

I doubt if there are any such instructions actually written up, as we are only just getting to grips with how the 3rd Edition works differently to every other TomTom so far.
Also, it is hard to know at exactly what level of computer knowledge to pitch it at.

But the basic principle is that you:
1. Download the POIs you want. If you get them from here, you click on the "download POIs" link in one of the boxes on the left of this page.
They will arrive as "zip" archives - SAVE them to somewhere on your PC.
2. Un-zip them. On windows XP this involves opening Windows Explorer (not Internet Explorer), finding the file wherever you saved it, right-clicking and selecting "extract all"
3. You should now have two files, "whatever.ov2" and "whatever.bmp". Those are the POI data file and the icon file. Select them both with the mouse, right-click and "copy"
4. Connect your Go to the PC via the USB cable. The PC should eventually recognise it as a new "mass storage device" or "hard drive". If TomTom "Home" starts up, ignore it and shut it down again.
5. Select the TomTom in Explorer and find the map folder. It will be called something like "Great Britain" or "Western Europe". Open that folder and "paste" the two files you copied into it.
6. Unplug the TomTom and let it re-boot. (ALWAYS press "Safely remove hardware" in the system tray next to the clock before you unplug though)
7. You new POI category should now be available. You will need to "enable" it in the menus to see it on the map.

I'm normally careful to only write instructions while actually doing the thing I'm describing on the unit, but a) I don't have a One 3rd Ed, and b) I don't even have my normal TT with me today, so apologies for anything I've missed out. I'm sure others will be along in no time to correct it if I have!

[wingcoman]

Andy.
Spot on, i think i was trying to do too much at once. Thanks for the advice it will be easier next time.
Dave

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