Successfully installed new UK voice on Mitac C510E

Peasemold · Regular Visitor Joined: Jul 03, 2006 Posts: 83

I had to use Bluetooth and the Belkin dongle I have on my PC is not the best, but managed access the flash memory file system on the device and transfer voice file - a UK English female voice much better than the Colonel Blimp voice supplied. Availabe here:

http://my.pdamill.com/igo/voices/

Now all I need to do is get up to speed with updating the Miomap software, POIs and Cameras.

Peasemold

TheInspector · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 11, 2006 Posts: 32

Well done peasemold. Will try that when I get more confident! Please keep us informed regarding POIs etc.

lowie · Regular Visitor Joined: Feb 28, 2006 Posts: 68

nice one Peasemold . I have added the voice zip file and it works perfectly. All i need now is for mio to put out a speed camera database that actually shows the corect cameras and not ones that have been taken down 2 years ago!!

I have deleted the camera database and run the sync again so i'll test it on the m6 on Monday to see if its taken out the rogue cameras 8O

Sallyann · Lifetime Member Joined: Jun 23, 2006 Posts: 768

Stefan · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 26, 2005 Posts: 18

I have just bought a Mio 710 and I'm learning how to use it. First impressions are good. Excellent mapping, well displayed. The voice for English directions is a bit 'naff'. I noticed that there appears to be other files of UK voices available on the net and would appreciate any information from anyone who has replaced the standard file. I am not sure how to get into the hard drive to get the file into the machine. From reading, it appears that this can be done by bluetoothing from a PC. Any information on this appreciated. Finally, I have had the TMC working, but it seems to need a good signal. The standard wire does not seem up to it. I'm considering making up an attachment to connect into the car's radio antenna. Has anyone done this?

Regards,

Stefan

tegel · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 16, 2006 Posts: 24

Hi,
I tried to do the same with a Swedish female voice on my c710 but no success. I placed the zip file in the "Voice" folder on the mio (via Bluetooth) but it does not seem to be visible for the mio (does not appear in the language selection menu).

Do I have to reset the device? Do I have to unpack the ZIP-file?

/M

CeeJay · Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 10:43 am Post subject:

Hi tegel.

Might be worth trying a reset, I think I had to on mine. Confused

Also, you do not have to unzip the voice file, just copy the zipped voice file to the voice directory on the Mio as you did.

CeeJay.

DeeJay01

ianj · Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 12:07 pm Post subject:

It depends on the bluetooth stack on your computer. If you only have object transfer, set the shared folder in bluetooth settings to
\my flash disk\miomap\miomap\voice and transfer the zip file as an object transfer.

After getting a Toshiba stack to run on my Sony I could use the bluetooth file transfer profile which allowed access to the full flashdisk (which then made unlocking the unit much easier!) then just drag and drop the zip file to \my flash disk\miomap\miomap\voice

Ian

DeeJay01 · Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 12:11 pm Post subject:

DeeJay01 · Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 4:37 pm Post subject:

I've just downloaded the Bluesoleil software and i have managed to remove the unwanted files. The only problem i have now is that I cannot get my Nokia phone to sync up to nokia phone suite.

What do I do now? keep the bluesoleil for connectivity to my C710 or keep the normal bluetooth software for connectivity to phone suite.

GPSBear · Regular Visitor Joined: Jul 15, 2006 Posts: 137

I have copied Phillipa to the voices directory but I cannot see it in the list of languages - This is on 3.2 BTW. Tried the paper clip in the bottom - no change.

ernest_mio · Regular Visitor Joined: Aug 24, 2006 Posts: 98

Have you tried a hard reset using the switch at the bottom of the unit.

I think I read you have to leave it off for a minute or so.

Give that a try.

GPSBear · Regular Visitor Joined: Jul 15, 2006 Posts: 137

Nop - off for ten minutes - still no Phillipa :-(

GPSBear · Regular Visitor Joined: Jul 15, 2006 Posts: 137

After re doing the speedcam maps I loaded them up via bluetooth and decided to check the voices directory. The Phillipa file was there - but it was not the correct size. I suspect the BT transfer crapped out and I did not notice. Refreshed the copy and Phillipa came up in the list.

Moral of the story - Check the uploaded file sizes!
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