tomtomone v3 home page

gazzahgv · Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 9:17 pm Post subject: tomtomone v3 home page

Hi all just updated the tomtom home page for the above tomtom and its changed.
now i want to add poi's from the poi downloads that ive save on my pc from on here does anyone know how to do it.
As its not the same as before when i did it
Regards
Gazza

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mikealder · Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 9:21 pm Post subject:

Welcome to the forum, by "Home Page" what do you mean, and are you using a TomTom One Third Edition, turn it over to look at the base, is there a slot for a memory card or not? - Mike

gazzahgv · Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 9:38 pm Post subject:

Hi mike,
no theres no slot for a memory card and yes its the 3rd edition (latest model)

the poi's have downloaded to my pc and i need to know how to put them on my tomtom

mikealder · Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 9:46 pm Post subject:

Copy the POI files to the map folder on the unit, each POI category will have a bmp (the icon) and an ov2 (the data) file put all these in the map folder using Windows Explorer on the PC, the TomTom will show up as a seperate drive when connected to the PC. Just double click it to open and select the map folder, put the POI files in it.

To set up the POI files you can enable them by going to Change Preferences/ Show POI on Map (which is on page one of the preferences menu), or you can go to page two of the Change Preferences menu and select "Warn When Near POI" if you want the device to alert you to the location as you are driving.

As allways when adding files to a device like this please ensure you have a FULL BACK UP BEFORE you start, this step is vital should things go wrong - Mike

gazzahgv · Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 10:09 pm Post subject:

thanks mike much appreciated Embarassed

gazzahgv · Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 11:45 am Post subject:

mike sorry to be a pain but do you need to put the little paint brush picture plus the ov2 file in the maps or just the ov2 file
Regards
Gazza

philpugh · Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 12:23 pm Post subject:

You need both. The 'paintbrush' image provides the icon for the POI. It is VERY important that this file has the same name (including cse of characters) as the .OV2 file.
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gazzahgv · Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 7:11 pm Post subject:

yers phil

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