speed camera down load

[markham]

Can anyone help.....I have downloaded the speed camera file and unzipped it.I get the response "File type unknown"
Windows does not recognize this file type.
look in FILEXT but this does not make sense to me.Any help would be most welcome

[Border_Collie]

Which device are you using and which file did you download?
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[markham]

I went to dowload database and selected TomTom OV2 then selected single file with all cameras UK .Then to my docs and unzip
Tom Tom 700

[DennisN]

Windows XP will unzip if you double click the file. Some earlier Win versions don't, in which case you'd need to get a copy of an unzipping program (I believe you can get a free download from the net).

If you were successful in unzipping the file, you do NOT open anything, simply copy the OV2 and BMP files into the map folder on your GO700.
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[PaulB2005]

Download it again and when it asks where you want to save the file change the filename to

camera.zip

[Andy_P]

I think he HAS unzipped it succesfully, Paul.

Markham... You are not dealing with Windows files at all. You are just using it as the "delivery boy". As Dennis says, don't try to open it, just copy it into the map folder on your TT and let TT sort it out.
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Hopefully you should be OK now, but if you are still having problems post back. If you do, it really helps if you can give as much info as possible, such as the actual filenames of what you download and what extacts when you unzip (including the three-letter extensions)

[markham]

Thanks for your help....but I am still struggling.Can you point me to where I find the Map folder on tom tom I have looked through them and cant see it.

[Andy_P]

The map folder is called something related to your map - such as "Great_Britain-Map", "Western_Europe" or "Outer_Mongolia-and-surrounding-area".

On a 700, it will be "Western Europe something or other", but as I don't have a 700 I can't tell you the exact name with all the hyphens in the right place. It should be obvious though.

When you've put the camera .ov2 file in the right place, there should be files called things like cline.dat, cnode.dat and cname.dat in the same folder.

[DennisN]

On my 700 I have an old map folder called Western_Europe-Map (with underscore and hyphen characters) and a new one called Western Europe with a space and no underscore or hyphen.
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[markham]

I dont see a map folder on the tomtom.Should I be looking on tomtom home.

[DennisN]

[markham]

A big thank you to everyone who helped me with this problem.I know from my own work how irritating it is to try and explain something you consider simple to someone who just does not get it .In particular I would like to thank dennisN for his excellent step by step guide.
"Yippee folks, it works like crazy"

[DennisN]

Well done.
Thank you for your kind words, you've just made my day. To be honest, I was really worried about doing that, panic stricken that the next post would be about grandmothers and eggs! Doing this by remote control none of us have any idea how much the advisee already knows or how they are reacting, so we all feel a little bit tentative with advice. I'm just glad to have been of help for once. I'll come back to you later for your words on the universe and everything.
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