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Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2020 6:58 pm Post subject: New Garmin Zumo XT
Having had a Zumo 595LM & Montana 600, I am familiar with the speed camera data base installation via POI loader.
I have loaded the data base on to my new Zumo XT & can see the files present on the unit, however I have not been able to get the unit to display the cameras whilst navigating or provide proximity alerts.
I believe that I have the relevant settings in place, I would appreciate comments from anybody that has it working on the Zumo XT.
Hi Phil,
thank you for the response, this type of thing is a little 'above my pay grade' but I can see custom POI in amongst the text. The speaker on the unit works fine & the bluetooth to my helmet comms.
I spoke to Garmin & I think they are not that familiar with the unit yet. I am a little surprised as the data base worked perfectly on my Zumo 595. I will give it some time as this unit only came out in March & something may change in the future.
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Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2020 1:31 am Post subject:
SimonCrewe wrote:
...this type of thing is a little 'above my pay grade' but I can see custom POI in amongst the text.
(I should have mentioned, that ye-olde Internet Explorer is a good XML file viewer and formats them into something readable.)
I assumed the "CustomPOI section" must be there, because that's what POILoader looks for - but it's a good thing to have it confirmed.
There are a number of things I can think of that might be going on...
Back in 2007, the first support call I put into Garmin, was regarding my StreetPilot C510's propensity for crashing, if I went anywhere near a Netto supermarket
It turned out, that the .BMP for the Netto icon was in a different format to the rest and the C510 couldn't cope!
Or, it could be that the audio associated with each alert isn't supported - back in the old days, they would support MP3 audio, but then there was a switch to .WAV (but a only a very particular flavour of .WAV). It could be that the requirement has changed again.
With that in mind, perhaps you could create a really simple Custom POI alert - and use the 'GPS simulator' to see how it is handled. Help is available, if required, for creating such a file.
and he wrote:
I am a little surprised as the data base worked perfectly on my Zumo 595.
Given that the 595 is a close relative of my 346, have you had the bug whereby it repeats the last half a second of a camera alert - only stopping when it gets another audio instruction?
(As in, "Variable speed camera, north, north...north ...north ...north ...north ...north ...north ...north")
I particularly enjoy that, when it's a motorway camera and it's 10 miles to the next junction and an opportunity to sort it out!
...this type of thing is a little 'above my pay grade' but I can see custom POI in amongst the text.
(I should have mentioned, that ye-olde Internet Explorer is a good XML file viewer and formats them into something readable.)
I assumed the "CustomPOI section" must be there, because that's what POILoader looks for - but it's a good thing to have it confirmed.
There are a number of things I can think of that might be going on...
Back in 2007, the first support call I put into Garmin, was regarding my StreetPilot C510's propensity for crashing, if I went anywhere near a Netto supermarket
It turned out, that the .BMP for the Netto icon was in a different format to the rest and the C510 couldn't cope!
Or, it could be that the audio associated with each alert isn't supported - back in the old days, they would support MP3 audio, but then there was a switch to .WAV (but a only a very particular flavour of .WAV). It could be that the requirement has changed again.
With that in mind, perhaps you could create a really simple Custom POI alert - and use the 'GPS simulator' to see how it is handled. Help is available, if required, for creating such a file.
and he wrote:
I am a little surprised as the data base worked perfectly on my Zumo 595.
Given that the 595 is a close relative of my 346, have you had the bug whereby it repeats the last half a second of a camera alert - only stopping when it gets another audio instruction?
(As in, "Variable speed camera, north, north...north ...north ...north ...north ...north ...north ...north")
I particularly enjoy that, when it's a motorway camera and it's 10 miles to the next junction and an opportunity to sort it out!
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