Tom Tom Speed Cams over riding PGSW Ones

sdm197 · Lifetime Member Joined: Dec 06, 2004 Posts: 227

Hi All,

I have seen the many threads of users having the problem I am having (After using the search button Very Happy

), I painstakingly set up the speed zoned Cameras all over the UK and Europe (I travel alot) only to have those Censored

at Tom Tom remove all the warnings all 73 of them Evil or Very Mad

!!!!! Which I hasten to add where typed in spoken warnings as you can do this with the 920.

I understand that if I save the MapSettings.cfg file before I connect to Home to get the mapshare updates I should be OK. One thing I noticed and I dont now if this will help anyone is that it happened after I had downloaded some additional POI's from TT Home such as Travelodge etc Sad

.

My other questions are when it does this does it keep activating the TT Speed cameras even though they were switched off. They keep over riding the PGPSW ones I go to the unit it says the TT ones are switched off, but what I have to do is switch them back on so they are not "Greyed Out" then switch them back off again to get them to shut up! Also by saving the MapSettings.cfg file will this negate the changes to the map via the mapshare?

All replies Welcome

SDM197.

DennisN · Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:46 am Post subject:

Just a few penn'orth of ideas ...
1. Try to use TT Home as infrequently as possible.
2. Whenever possible, try not to use TT Home.

Now, first question may be how many POIs have you loaded? (Did you use the TT ones, or the ones from here?) There is a limit to how many the 720 will handle (and I'm not sure if anyone has been able to tie down how many - it was at first thought to be 300, but I think that's been reconsidered). Count how many files you have with the extension .OV2.

You could completely do away with the TT camera sets. Do a backup of everything (using Windows Explorer), so that you can always re-instate them if you wish, then on your 920 in Windows Explorer, delete all the files for their cameras. There are three files for each camera type, e.g. ...

Autovelox_IT_TomTom.ov2
Autovelox_IT_TomTom.ov2.dct
Autovelox_IT_TomTom.ov2.ver

Alternatively, in TT Home menu page 2, Remove items from my device, then select all the cameras.

Either way, you'll know the cameras can't mess you up any more (although I doubt that TT cameras are that clever anyway)!

You must have put in an awful lot of effort to type in all the spoken warnings. Didn't you fancy the ones available from here? I know there's not a lot of Euro ones yet, but I do believe they are under consideration.

MapSettings.cfg will not harm your Mapshare changes - it retains your personal settings, like the warnings, your Favourites and recent destinations etc.
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sdm197 · Lifetime Member Joined: Dec 06, 2004 Posts: 227

Hi Dennis,

Thanks for the reply, I have the PGPSW Speed cams for the UK & Europe the speed zoned ones as I like to know the speed restriction of the camera and this seems to be the only way of achieving this. I do alot of driving and if you are in unfamiliar territory and you see a camera you look for a speed limit sign and more often than not there isn't one. The other POI's I have loaded are Shell Garages, Travelodge, and Premier Inn's, and Motorway Exits, thats it, no others 35 OV2 files in total, thats not including the TT ones which bring it to 91! I have now removed the TT ones and I have 80 OV2 Files.

Thanks for the recommendation on the spoken warnings, it is a pain to have to type them all out again!

SDM197.

DennisN · Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 12:40 pm Post subject:

xda · Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 12:58 pm Post subject:

sdm197 · Lifetime Member Joined: Dec 06, 2004 Posts: 227

Hi Dennis,

Sorry I was having a lack of brain storm on the oV2 Files the total is 80 broken down as follows. I have now 73 PGPS Speedcam speedzoned Europe & UK ones, plus Travelodge, Premier Inns, MWay Exits, Shell Garages, GB Pharmacy GB Police Stations I presume these are TomTom as I never put them there plus one called PA7314 which I have no idea what it is any ideas anyone?

SDM197

Andy_P · Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 5:59 pm Post subject:

GB Pharmacy and GB Police Stations are two of the add-on files that TomTom produced in a big hurry when (because of the new "Help Me feature in v7 software) people started to realise how dreadful the POIs were for the UK. They also produced ones for GB Dentists and Doctors, surprised you've not got those too.
You can get them all (plus the guides) HERE

Anyway, I've just posted elsewhere, that if you have v715 maps you don't need those add-on files any more as they have been included in the standard POI categories. so you could delete those two if you are on v715 maps.

As for the PA7314 file, that means you must have corrected the position of a Hotel at some point... Wink

The PAxxxx.ov2 files are any updates you've made to the built-in POIs using Mapshare. The four-digit number relates it to one of the POI categories and 7314 is "Hotel/Motel". I've posted a list of all the codes here if you're interested:
MapShare Codes

dhn · Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 6:17 pm Post subject:

Andy_P · Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 6:34 pm Post subject:

It's "sticky" HERE (but then I can make it sticky myself there! Laughing

)

Darren · Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 6:47 pm Post subject:

Andy_P · Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 6:53 pm Post subject:

dhn (and anyone else). Did you know you can use those codes to MERGE your own POI files with the built in ones?
See this forum topic for details.

dhn · Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:16 pm Post subject:

dhn · Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:18 pm Post subject:

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