Speed Camera Voice Files & POI Alert Packs

by Darren Griffin

Our thanks go to forum member Andy_P2002 who has spent a great deal of time compiling these Speed Camera Alert sound files into collections suitable for use with TomTom Navigator Versions 5 and later (this includes installations on PocketPC, ONE, RIDER, and all versions of GO) and Route 66 and now also GARMIN devices that support .mp3 files.

Thanks are also due in no small part to Ray Flanagan and his excellent but sadly now defunct web-site TomTomSatNavInfo for granting permission to use his excellent voice files and also to forum members 'Mullet' and WillyEarthworm' for their own compilations and Feek, PhilPugh and m-a-r-k for their work on the Garmin compatible packages.

Detailed installation guides can be found at the foot of the page here.

Voice Alert Collections

A sample from each collection can be previewed by clicking the head silhouette in each set. There are voice file sets for each of the camera database types we have available. The icons visible below the sample in each collection indicate which types are available as follows:

	Single File:	Voice files to match the single file database files
	Consolidated by Type:	Voice files to match the consolidated database files
	Speed Zoned:	Voice files to match the speed zoned database files

Click the logos below to jump to the choices for your device manufacturer and to download your chosen set just click the relevant icon in the voice file set.

Installation Instructions

To install, download the correct package type that matches your safety camera download type, i.e. if you use the 'Consolidated by type' version of the database you will need the 'Consolidated by type' sound file set.

Garmin Nuvi

Standard PocketGPS File Users

1. Download and extract the contents of the zip file to your computer.
2. Copy the extracted .mp3 voice files to the POI folder you use when uploading POIs to your Garmin device.
3. Ensure you have ALL the POIs you wish to upload in the same folder including the correct version of the speed camera database that matches the voice pack type i.e. speed zoned.
4. Launch POI loader as normal, this will package the POIs AND the voice files and upload to your device. No further action is necessary.

ASH10 Camera Manager Users

The author's web page with full help can be found here.

TomTom GO, ONE, RIDER and PocketPC
Version 7 Users Please Read Additional Notes Below

1. Extract the contents of the downloaded zip file and copy these to the map folder on your device. The suitably named ogg files should be placed into the map folder where your POI’s are located, do not put them in a sub-folder.
2. With the files in place start TomTom Navigator and go to Change Preferences/ Manage POI/ Warn when near POI (this MUST be done even if your camera POI’s have been previously configured).
3. Select the first camera in the list, if asked whether you want to delete or remove the warning answer NO.
4. You should now be asked to select the warning distance, followed by the Warn Only if POI on route – please set-up these options as per your normal preference, remember everyone will use different settings dependent upon how they use the device.
5. Now repeat the above, setting up the POI warning for EACH camera category you have installed to the device.

TomTom models with text-to-speech capabilities only (910, x20, x30 etc):

In order to use the ogg files you must ensure "Sound Effect" is selected when configuring your POI Warnings. if you have correctly installed the matching .ogg files then this will be the default selection for all POIs that have an accompanying .ogg file of the same name:

Version 7/8 Note:

With the arrival of Version 7 & now 8 there is a small bug/change that affects the procedure. If you have installed the .ogg file packs you will be asked to choose a sound but will not be offered any options, this is normal. You will be asked 'Is this the sound you want?'. You should answer Yes on this screen. If you do, you will then see the warning distance screen and can proceed as normal.

If you mistakenly answer No then you may get a message saying No Photographs and the unit will freeze. If you have mistakenly done this, simply reset the device and start again, this time answering Yes when prompted.

Route66

1. Download the camera database, in the drop down box select “Route66”, in the next drop down box select UK- Speed Zoned complete CSV (23 files, and I don’t understand why you would want anything less than this) – Save this to a know location, for example (c:/Route66scameras) create this if you are not too sure right click the desktop of the PC and select “New Folder”, then call it Route66scameras.
2. Dock and connect to your PDA with the PC, select all the .bmp and .csv files stored in the above folder (should be 46 files in total), Right click and select “copy” from the pop-up box.
3. In Windows Explorer go to mobile device/ Storage Card/ POIS/ Britain then right click and select “Paste”, this will copy the required files across to the device.
4. If you find the Storage Card/ POIS/ Britain folder doesn't exist simply create it before copying the files across to the device.

Further Route66 details can be found here.

Notes:

The ‘p’ (for provisional) mobile site category was added to the download package in 2007. If you select the speed-zoned download this will give you an additional seven 'p' files and just one for the consolidated download. This is an optional category that contains un-verified mobile sites.

 

If you decide to install them you will have to decide how you want to be alerted to them. If you want to use the same warning as for the “normal” mobile sites you will need to make copies of the relevant mobile warnings and rename the copies with a “p” before the word “mobile” each time. However this will mean that you have no way of telling whether the site is confirmed or not.

 

As an alternative for those of you that wish to use this optional category you might like to try the pMobile TTS Crystal files instead. They match the Crystal voice (Created by ‘Andy_P’):

 

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Darren Griffin