distance to speed camera locations

sweeps · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 20, 2006 Posts: 12

Hi, this is my first post, i have recently dowloaded the speed camera data base to my icn550, I have one problem in that i don't seem to have any control over the distance before the warning comes up. I have tried altering the distance but it doesn't seem to have an effect. Am I overlooking something? at present the warnings are coming too late, especially if travelling at speed.

Thanks

Andy_P · Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 5:16 pm Post subject:

Hi, and welcome!

If you are using TomTom's own camera warnings, they recently changed the way they do them so you cannot change either the warning distance or the alert sound. Daft eh?

Suggest you:
1. moan at them. It's a stupid, backward step.
2. Change over to using the database from here, which still gives you full control over alert distances, on-screen icons, and sound or real-voice warnings.

sweeps · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 20, 2006 Posts: 12

No, i downloaded from here, thanks for quick reply, any more ideas, i'm getting warned too late!!

Andy_P · Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 6:08 pm Post subject:

Well, when you set up the camera files to warn you (In Preferences / Manage POI / Warn when near POI) one of the pages you have to go through is where you set the distance.

If you have installed the "speed-zoned " set of files, you get this page for every type/speed of camera, so can set it differently for all of them.

A handly chart (from member Lost Property) gives you the distances to enter for different numbers of seconds warning at each speed:

Andy_P · Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 6:10 pm Post subject:

Aaaarg..... WHY CAN'T WE EDIT!!!
You've not got a TomTom, have you... Embarassed

mikealder · Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 6:11 pm Post subject:

Andy, please re-check the OP this is about an iCN550 so if it were using TomTom's database I would be very surprised!
Sweeps have you followed the installation guide which can be found HERE - Mike

Andy_P · Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 6:21 pm Post subject:

Our posts crossed Mike...
Sittinghere feeling stoopid now Crying or Very sad

sweeps · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 20, 2006 Posts: 12

sweeps · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 20, 2006 Posts: 12

Yes it looks like i can only adjust the distance to warnings in the poi editor when dowloading to the icn, bit of a pain.

sweeps · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 20, 2006 Posts: 12

Problem still not resolved, see new post in icn5xx forum.

Darren · Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 9:11 am Post subject:

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