iQue 3600 - how long does it take to tranfer the data?

[SilverLoz]

I have followed the well-written instructions created by Strumble and everything has gone smoothly up to the point where I HotSynced the camera data to the iQue. It has been HotSyncing for about 45mins and still shows no signs of finishing! Surely this isn't right? (I have cancelled the HotSync and tried again, with the same result).

The MPS file is 1.0MB (10,000+ waypoints) and the iQue has 10.7MB free memory. (By comparison, when transferring maps, the whole of the UK (166MB) only takes about 5 mins).

[missing_user]

[SilverLoz]

Thanks for answering. I feel a little foolish I have added the overlay, so you're right, I only need the audible warnings for those I'm most likely to encounter.

I can see how to identify the red light cameras (those that have an -R- in the middle) but how do you decide which ones are in, say, Scotland ?

Sorry if this is obvious but I can't figure it out and have spent a couple of hours poring over the forums!

[missing_user]

In the Speed Camera download page.
Download the Garmin .gdb file.
Unzip it
I assume that as you have an iQue, you therefore have Mapsource on your PC.
Open the unzipped .gdb file.

This opens then in MapSource. All 10400 cameras will be available to view!
The 'panning' and 're-drawing' in MapSource will be sloooowwww!!

Select all cameras [draw a box around] that you will not need for the coming month.

I usually remove all cameras above a line Aberystwyth on the west coast to the east coast.

Depending on your location remove all the pointless cameras out of your area.

This should make the database more 'iQue friendly'!!

On my other unit, 60CSx, this is unnecessary, as it can handle 10400 cameras through the POI loader, without fuss, in seconds.

[SilverLoz]

Thanks Strumble, I had tried drawing a box on the map to select a group of waypoints but because the screen update was so slow I didn't wait long enough to see it happening so figured it didn't work that way! Anyway, I did figure out a couple of ways to start removing unwanted waypoints.

Once in MapSource, I clicked the "symbol" heading to sort the waypoints by symbol then scrolled down until I found the first with the red star symbol (redlight type). I clicked on this to highlight it then scrolled down until I found the last entry with the red star symbol. Holding SHIFT, I clicked on this one thereby highlighting all redlight waypoints. I then hit DEL to remove them.

Next I clicked on the "position" heading until the waypoints were sorted descending (i.e. with downwards arrow head next to the word "position"). I highlighted the entry at the top of the list and scrolled down until I found the most northerly entry I was interested in (N54 09.938). Holding SHIFT I clicked on this to highlight all those above and hit DEL. I repeated this procedure by highlighting and deleting the most southerly entry I was interested in (N51 45.121) to the bottom of the list. This got the list down to less than 5,000.

The screen was then responsive enough to easily use the 'draw a box around it' method. I got the list down to about 3,500 waypoints and I used this to load into my iQue. It worked a treat.

I'm sure you knew this already but thought I would post it anyway in case it might help someone else.

[missing_user]

I'm glad you managed it, as it is so easy 'next time'!!!
Selecting the cameras 'my way' is dependant on the ability of the PC.
Perhaps you should select in smaller 'chunks'.

'Your method' is/was the way I removed the redlight cameras, but is more difficult to convey to others. [I hate redlight cameras on the iQue as in cities the audible warning is non-stop- no problem on my 'patch']

Now you have achieved the inclusion of the database on your unit, please post your method and comments on the relevant iQue page [on the left] for others to benefit in the future.

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