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PocketGPSWorld.com UK Safety Camera Database
TomTom GO 910, 520, 720 & 920 Instructions |
Updated 24th Dec 2007 |
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| Author: Mike Alder 13 May 2006
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Please note that the safety camera warning software is a free add-on to membership and as such is not a commercially guaranteed product. Both the camera database and the site offer community support and help only. That said, the answers to the vast majority of questions are provided within 24 hours.
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Installation and Configuration of the Speed Camera Database:
TomTom GO 910, 520, 720 & 920.
Firstly you need to be a subscribed member of the PocketGPSWorld site, please see here for information with respect to joining the site.
Once subscribed you will be able to enter the Speed Camera Download Section of the site and you will be presented with a screen that looks like this:
From the Drop down (or pop-up in this case) box labelled "SatNav System" select TomTom OV2, then press continue.
The next page of the download sequence will appear as thus:
There are a number of additional options to select from in the "Camera Selections" drop down box:
UK-Consolidated by type. Contains one file per camera type. Use this option if you want to discern between the different types of camera.
UK-Single file with all cameras. Use this option if you want to minimise the number of custom POI's loaded onto your device.
UK-Speed Zoned Complete. Use this option for the most comprehensive installation, capable of warning the driver of the camera type and the speed limit of the camera. From this point on the write-up will continue as if using this later UK-Speed zoned complete option as this is the one I use, the other options can be installed in the same way, its just you will see less files using the other downloads.
What are the other files?
AUS = Australia Cameras (limited data only)
EUR = European Cameras (limited data only)
USA = USA Cameras (limited data only)
Once you have decided on which database type you want press the "Download Database" button.
Click the "Save" button
Save the file to a known location on your PC as above (remember where you saved them).
Once the download is complete:
You should now click the "Open" button.
This will open WinZip (if loaded onto your PC, if not The Windows operating system XP will open the file anyway.
Select all the files and press the "Extract" button at the top, where "Extract files from the archive" is highlighted in yellow on this screen capture.
You now need to specify where you actually want to place the files, the simplest way is to dock your TomTom-Go-910 to the PC switch it on and press connect to PC when prompted by the device.
It 1s now possible to expand the "Extract to" box, locate the icon with the image of the TomTom Go and expand it. In the image above this is drive (F: ), but note this drive letter will change dependent upon the number of drives fitted into the PC. Scroll down the contents of the TomTom device and click the folder Western_Central_Europe.
Press the "Extract" button, when this part is complete the files are loaded onto the TomTom device, from this point on the guide uses just the TomTom screen.
Please use the TomTom unit directly for this as the TomTom Home software on the PC only allows access to certain configuration options, to do the following un-dock the TomTom from the PC.
Fire up the unit but do not connect to the computer. It is possible to do this whilst powered from the PC but NOT controlled by it.
Tap the screen then select
"Change Preferences"
Tap the Arrow Right icon to get to page two as shown below:
Select "Manage POI"
Select "Warn when near POI"
You need to use the up/ down arrows to locate the Pocketgps POIs, once you find one select it by tapping it in the list.
Note if you have installed the Speed Zoned set you might want to cross them off the list at the end of this guide, it can get confusing if not.
Set your Warning distance, this can be altered to reflect time in seconds by some simple mathematics,
See the table below for this information
As this is for setting up a GO-910 you may as well make use of the excellent Text To Speech capability of the device.
Type in whatever warning you want, there is a limit of 60 characters, but it is easy to get true spoken alerts using this method.
If you find the unit rattles the words off too quickly try using punctuation to slow down the pronunciation
http://www.loquendo.com/en/demos/demo_tts.htm
Also some user data from the Forum:
http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=39313
The final set up screen:
If you select this and then use the device without setting a route you will get no warnings, setting it can reduce the number of "False" alarms, but not ticking the box is what you should do for simply driving around.
It is up to you and how you want to use your device.
Now go back to the start of the configuration and repeat this operation for each of the additional cameras you have loaded to the device.
Remember, tick off the list as you configure the device.
IMPORTANT: PLEASE BOOKMARK THIS PAGE NOW FOR FUTURE REFERENCE
Add this page to your list of favorites/bookmarks. Please right click here.
NEED HELP? - > - > - >
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Please note that the safety camera warning software is a free add-on to membership and as such is not a commercially guaranteed product. Both the camera database and the site offer community support and help only. That said, the answers to the vast majority of questions are provided within 24 hours.
Click here if you have membership sign-up problems
Click here if you're downloading problems after reading the instructions above
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