Tech Help Please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ride4smilesjonny · Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 9:56 pm Post subject: Tech Help Please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi all,
can someone offer advice please, ive created my own csv files with my own personal pois, so now i need an icon, so iget an image, convert it to 22x22 on bitmap then u/l into the csv folder where it sits happily next to the xl/csv file, now after u/l to i3 and using my new poi it works, i can see my new icon i created from a jpeg (but changed to bitmap), looks fab, now i try to zoom in but i3 freezes, so i delete the icon from the folder and replace it with a copy of an existing icon (aldi), but the unit works fine now, no probs, but i want to use my new one, not bleedin aldi - HELP!!!!!!

Privateer

Hi ride4smilesjonny,

I don’t have a Garmin, but you might want to check the level of colours in your .BMP file. This is true for TomTom products, which are happy with .BMP files that have up to 256 colours.

Regards,
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Robert.
iPhone 6s Plus, iOS 14.0.1: iOS CamerAlert v2.0.7
TomTom GO Mobile iOS 2.3.1; TomTom (UK & ROI and Europe) iOS apps v1.29
Garmin Camper 770 LMT-D

ride4smilesjonny · Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 11:04 pm Post subject:

robert,
thanks for the reply, any ideas how i can do this, and if it exceeds how to reduce it?

Privateer · Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 11:45 pm Post subject:

Hi ride4smilesjonny,

If you're using a Windows PC, the best way is to use MS Paint. Open your .BMP in MS Paint and save it as a .BMP file with only 256 colours.

Another thought, are you using the exact same name for the .CSV file as your .BMP file?

If this doesn’t work then try saving the file as a 16 colour file.

Regards,
_________________
Robert.
iPhone 6s Plus, iOS 14.0.1: iOS CamerAlert v2.0.7
TomTom GO Mobile iOS 2.3.1; TomTom (UK & ROI and Europe) iOS apps v1.29
Garmin Camper 770 LMT-D

Privateer · Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 1:50 pm Post subject:

Hi ride4smilesjonny,

Another idea is to take the Aldi .BMP icon and use MS Paint to determine its attributes (e.g. size, number of colours, etc.). The colours can be worked out by using the "Save As" option where it should indicate 16 colours, 256 colours (8 bit), or 24 bit (16,777,216 colours).

In fact, if you do take the Aldi .BMP icon, save it as a new name and edit the new .BMP for use as your icon.

Regards,
_________________
Robert.
iPhone 6s Plus, iOS 14.0.1: iOS CamerAlert v2.0.7
TomTom GO Mobile iOS 2.3.1; TomTom (UK & ROI and Europe) iOS apps v1.29
Garmin Camper 770 LMT-D

ride4smilesjonny · Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 4:19 pm Post subject:

robert,
ive tried this as you say, even taking a copy of aldi into paint, recolouring it with a scrawl then resaving it, i added this to d/b and u/l to i3, but still it freezes, seems as soon as i touch an icon it upsets the is Confused

ride4smilesjonny · Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 4:20 pm Post subject:

and why whenever i type I three on here it shoes as i3 Confused

GRRRRRR!!!!!

ride4smilesjonny · Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 4:21 pm Post subject:

eh?????? ---now im confused, im thinking my wireless keyboard needs some new batts, bloomin technology

big_ash · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 18, 2006 Posts: 14

Don't know about any1 else but you've ceartinally fixed my problem. The traffic lights icon worked and so did the specs but gatso and others wouldn't work. Opened up the icon in psp and saw the difference between the 2 files, one had 2 colours the other had 16 colours. I increased the Gatso file to 16 colours and voilla it works. Thanks again.

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