I can't hear any voices

Faust · Regular Visitor Joined: May 02, 2005 Posts: 210

I am having difficulty with the voice POI's for the speed camera database and wondered if I am doing anything wrong when doing the install. I already have the POI speed camera database with whistles and bells etc. working without a hitch, but when I download the spoken voice alerts I get nothing when trying the test alert. I have a new GO 300 with latest firmware 5.10 installed and I downloaded the data.chk file 5158. I used the card reader on the PC to make the alterations and did the following. I renamed the original data.chk file as dataold.chk and then copied the new 5158 file to the SD card and renamed that with the name of the original i.e. data.chk I then put the card back in the TomTom, turned it on, went to manage POI's, selected a couple of the cameras, pressed the test button, and absolute silence. Have I missed doing anything.....?

lbendlin · Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 1:06 am Post subject:

please send your original data.chk so we can verify. Are you sure you have build 5158?
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Eldar · Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 10:06 am Post subject:

If you are not hearing any voices you've been cured :P

Faust · Regular Visitor Joined: May 02, 2005 Posts: 210

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Faust · Regular Visitor Joined: May 02, 2005 Posts: 210

I have emailed the file to Lutz as per his request. I have tried everything, every combination, but the gatso voice option will just not work on this TomTom unit.

rkm_hm · Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 10:02 pm Post subject:

You haven't inadvertently turned off all sound - or turned off "Warn when near POI" have you?

What happens if you rename the new data.chk file to (say) data.ch$ and then rename the original one back to data.chk? Do you get your bells and whistles back? If so, there's something wrong with the new data.chk file. If not, the problem lies elsewhere.
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sgould · Frequent Visitor Joined: Oct 05, 2004 Posts: 1320

You have actually gone through the process of "warn when near PoI" for each and every one of the cameras for different speeds, setting the voice and distance each time? Just installing the new data.chk won't get the voices.

Faust · Regular Visitor Joined: May 02, 2005 Posts: 210

Roger I tried what you suggest i.e. renaming new file and reverting back to old - I am back to bing bongs, bells etc straight away. My build version is the same as yours App 5.100 (5158/050510) OS 832 I have also gone through the warn when near POI and put in all the distance settings again. There must be something wrong with the 5158 new data chk file or something.

Faust · Regular Visitor Joined: May 02, 2005 Posts: 210

At last I have got it to work. However, I have had to remove the original data chk file completely from the SD card. Renaming the file with whatever name does not fool it - odd. All I need now is some assistance with the various speeds. Do I have to assign a voice for each gatso speed limit or is that part of it automatic after as an example just selecting Beep 1 for gatso.

sgould · Frequent Visitor Joined: Oct 05, 2004 Posts: 1320

You have to go through the whole list and re-enter every one again.

List is here:
http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/tomtom-go-poi-alerts.php

Faust · Regular Visitor Joined: May 02, 2005 Posts: 210

Well as stated previously, I have now got the voice files to work with the speed camera database, although there are quirks which I would like some advice about. First off, using the original SD card map which has not been corrupted in any way. Although I renamed the original data.chk file with various other names then called the new 5158 file data.chk the voices simply would not work. Finally I downloaded the 5158 file yet again and attempted the process once more. This time (and this happens whichever way I try to do it) I get an error message when trying to keep both the old and new data.chk files on the one card. The message states “error unable to complete transfer cyclic redundancy” If I remove the original file then everything works OK. The really odd thing though is that when I attempt the same process on my combined map SD card i.e. GB and France the transfer goes without a hitch, both old file with another name and new file on the on card……?

Next the actual voices. I have assigned each beep or bugle with the correct tag e.g. UK gatso beep 1 or beep 2 for gatso 30. I did this through manage POI,s then when prompted remove warning yes or no, I pressed no, then checked the yardage clicked done left warn when near POI unchecked and started process again selecting UK gatso again, then moving onto next tag e.g. Beep 3 gatso 40 and so on and so on. However, I noticed on my way to work today that although I get the warning message gatso, I do get anything to denote speed e.g. warning gatso 30 or 40 or whatever the speed limit is – should I be getting this information. The cameras I pass on my way to work are many and in various speed zones, but all I get is gatso. A long post I know, but I would appreciate some advice as I am somewhat puzzled.

xda · Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 2:16 pm Post subject:

I think your problem is that TT V5 POI warning features are severely limited in what it can achieve when compared to TT V3 running with either CheckPOInt or GPSAssist as you can't use wave files associated with each individual speed related camerae group to tell you what the speed limit is. Hopefully TT will release a SDK file for V5 to enable the use of 3rd party add-ons. Although I have ordered the upgrade I will stay with V3 as I like my spoken voice warnings such as "Warning approaching a Gatso" followed by a second warning "The speed limit is 30 mph"
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