POI's TT910 I'm confused - again!

topref · Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 6:06 pm Post subject:

Am going to go through this post nice and steady and see where it gets me - Thank You for all your responses.

topref · Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 8:56 pm Post subject:

DennisN · Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 9:28 pm Post subject:

Well, you've certainly frightened me off with your big bold red writing!! I shall now leave you to those who are clever, tolerant and who can understand your confusing, conflicting, imprecise statements.

DennisN · Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 9:39 pm Post subject:

Hirvevarra · Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 9:51 pm Post subject:

Andy_P · Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 11:28 pm Post subject:

OK clutching at straws, here's my last try...

Hirvevarra · Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 11:49 pm Post subject:

As its a 910, which comes with many worldly maps pre-installed & not knowing the usage of said maps or whether some need installing afterall ( USA? ), etc....I'm going to throw this one in for a laugh.

Have you got 'Western & Central Europe' map selected?

just a thunk?
hirve

topref · Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 12:51 am Post subject:

Sorry DennisN. It was to distinguish my text from everyone else's and to emphasise my frustration that something that cost quite a bit of money is being such a bitch to set up. It was not meant as a personal attack on you. At least I wasn't SHOUTING. That would have been rude.

Hirvevarra: yes, that's exactly why I was checking via TT Home. They must be in the unit somewhere but they're not visible via it. So, to confirm they were actually there, that's the only way I could think of to check.

The version's 6.510. When I connect via TT Home, it tells me there are no upgrades at this time. I thought I'd read somewhere here or on a newsgroup that someone had version 6.522 - or did I dream that?

Going to read Andy's latest thread now.

thank You all for persevering with me.

topref · Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 1:22 am Post subject:

[quote="Andy_P2002"]OK clutching at straws, here's my last try...
[quote="topref"]
Unzip it on PC to get two files: Yes, two files
National_Trust.ov2 and National_Trust.bmp When I right click on each file they do, indeed show a .bmp and an .ov2 extension
Make sure you can see the three letter extensions.
I don't understand why you need to right click on them. If you have Windows Explorer set up to show file extensions as suggested by BJF in post #9 then you will see the extensions in the Explorer windows (both for your PC harddisk and for the TomTom drive).
I don't think it is as important in this case as when renaming files (such as when making splashscreens), but doing it proves that there is no odd "double extension" or "no extension" going on (remember we are dealing with files that are to be used on a Linux, not Windows, based machine).

The view was in ICONS and not LIST. That's why I couldn't see the .OV2 extension. They do indeed have the appropriate extensions. Will do a non-bold text this time!

Now copy those to the Europe map folder and see if the POI now appears in "Enable POI category" on the Go. Opened Drive I, the one created by the conection of the unit, and cut and pasted both files over BUT when clicking on "Enable POI category" it's not there - just the default categories starting with Airport and the last being Zoo. None of the accompanying boxes have ticks alongside them.

I cannot tell you the exact name of your map folder, but the National_Trust.ov2 and National_Trust.bmp files should appear in the same place as cline.dat, cname.dat, and cnode.dat when looked at in a Windows Explorer pane. Yes?

[color=red]Yes most definitely

Not sure if this has been suggested before, I can't face going back through it all: Do you only have ONE map folder? (if you have added or updated the maps recently there will be two). There is no chance that you are putting the files into the wrong map, or another folder? [/color] No. The unit is brand New and these are the first things that I'm installing. There is only one Folder.
That's how I was doing it yesterday, and guess what, it shows as being in the POI's under TT Home.
Yes, and we can't see exactly what you are doing wrong, but wrong it certainly is, because this works for everyone else.
Who cares what home shows? If you don't see them in the POI list on the machine itself, then I'm afraid you either don't have a valid, un-corrupted, properly named ov2 file there, or you have a broken machine.

[color=red]Sounds like a broken machine then doesn't it because the National trust files didn't show. But why then did the Speedcams show up? Is there a chance that the pre-installed speedcam files for the continent are actually taking up the POI spaces on my particular machine?

mikealder · Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 9:43 pm Post subject:

Have you sent it back? - if not here is one other idea we haven't considered as yet - try resetting the device Please see HERE for the location of the Reset switch. If a standard press and release doesn't cure the fault, try pressing and holding the reset button for 30 seconds (it is best to use a pin for this - some paper clips can bo too larger diameter). Mike

Andy_P · Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 3:54 pm Post subject:

Did we miss that suggestion? Rolling Eyes

topref · Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 5:35 pm Post subject:

No I didn't. I've not sent it back and have followed Mike's advice. And here's what happened.

Did what Hirvevarra suggested but I knew it was the correct map as the speedcams were showing. Double checked it and that was the case.

The software version number is v6.510.

Now. Carried out Mike's suggestion. All fine so I began to re-install.

Now Andy, I went back to your suggestion and dowloaded and installed the National trust POI. Hey presto, it's in my unit. Problem sorted (or so I thought).

Downloaded the PGPS Speedcam database. Installed, and they're there. I've also set the "Warn within X yards".

Went into the main PGPS POI database and just downloaded four fuel locations (Teso, Asda, Morrisons and (I think) Sainsbury's).

They're not showing Crying or Very sad

It's the same again. But due to the fact that the National Trust one is, then it's not down to my unit - or is it? What do you guys think?

I've not downloaded the 60 previous selections. I thought I'd do a few at a time and it still hasn't worked.

Now. When I look in Drive "I" on my PC, which is the TomTom unit, it does indeed show that the fuel files are there.

I read and understand the advice given a day or so ago that the TT POI's are dealt with in a different way and are not counted toward the 100 POI's allowed but when I count each red map-pin file in drive "I", there are 105 - which include the pre-installed ones plus my PGPS Speedcams plus the fuel ones mentioned earlier.

Does anyone think that it's time for me to delete the foreign speed POI's to see whather that makes room for the PGPS POI's that I really want my unit to show?

mikealder · Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 6:32 pm Post subject:

It looks like we are making some progress at long last, could I suggest you take a long and hard look at the Western Europe Map folder and identify exactly how many files there are in the folder that end with the ov2 extension, do this via Windows Explorer NOT TomTom Home, this will give a true quantity of the POI files resident on the device.

The reset will not delete any files previously stored on the device, it simply resets the unit back to a known configuration, so its quite possible the POI files you loaded are still in the folder, please report back how many ov2 files you actually have as this sounds to be the problem now - Mike

PS I cannot believe we got this far without suggesting the reset option! - one to remember in future, as we seem to be getting a large number of queries lately WRT POI's and rlated problems (mostly on the One V3)

Andy_P · Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 6:43 pm Post subject:

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