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jimmymerlin
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 Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2007 7:57 pm Post subject: New user trying to save speed cameras to my tomtom |
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Today I joined pocket gps world and downloaded the UK-speed zoned complete.
I clicked on the saved file and a message came up to unzip the file which I did and the files unzipped in a new window.
This is where I am now having the problem.
The instruction guide I printed out from the site then says to connect my 910 to my pc which I have done.
The next instruction then says it is now possible to expand the extract box,locate the the icon with the image of the tom tom go and expand it etc etc etc.
I am lost here, where do I look for this message and what do I do next? |
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Oldboy
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| Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2007 8:14 pm Post subject: Re: New user trying to save speed cameras to my tomtom |
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| jimmymerlin wrote: | The instruction guide I printed out from the site then says to connect my 910 to my pc which I have done.
The next instruction then says it is now possible to expand the extract box,locate the the icon with the image of the tom tom go and expand it etc etc etc. |
Did you read this Help Page?
http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/uksafetycameras-tomtom-go-910.php
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jimmymerlin
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| Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2007 9:39 pm Post subject: Re: New user trying to save speed cameras to my tomtom |
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| Oldboy wrote: | | jimmymerlin wrote: | The instruction guide I printed out from the site then says to connect my 910 to my pc which I have done.
The next instruction then says it is now possible to expand the extract box,locate the the icon with the image of the tom tom go and expand it etc etc etc. |
Did you read this Help Page?
http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/uksafetycameras-tomtom-go-910.php |
Thanks for the reply.
Yes I printed out the page to follow but after the image in the help guide that says "Download Complete" the next image gives information on unzipping and all that happens for me is that the file unzips in a different window and I cannot see any instructions to follow to show me how to extract.
I don't see the image that says "extract files from the archive highlighted in yellow" |
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Andy_P
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| Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2007 10:43 pm Post subject: |
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Different versions of Windows will give slightly different screens.
Don't panic.
All you need to achieve is:
1. Download the archive
2. Unzip it to produce the individual files
3. Copy the unzipped files into the map folder on your Go
It looks like you've already acheived steps 1 and 2.
For step 3, just connect up the Go and look for it as a new hard disk in Windows Explorer (in the same list on the left of the screen where your C: drive and your CD-roms are listed). Once you've found it, have a browse round and open up your map folder (it will be called something obvious like "Western Europe map" or similar). Leave that Explorer window open.
Open up another Explorer window to where the files you extracted from the archive were saved to, select all of them and drag them across to the other (map) window.
When they've all copied, that's it. |
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jimmymerlin
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| Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2007 7:59 pm Post subject: Re: New user trying to save speed cameras to my tomtom |
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| jimmymerlin wrote: | Today I joined pocket gps world and downloaded the UK-speed zoned complete.
I clicked on the saved file and a message came up to unzip the file which I did and the files unzipped in a new window.
This is where I am now having the problem.
The instruction guide I printed out from the site then says to connect my 910 to my pc which I have done.
The next instruction then says it is now possible to expand the extract box,locate the the icon with the image of the tom tom go and expand it etc etc etc.
I am lost here, where do I look for this message and what do I do next? |
Hi Andy
I have just tried what you sent me through last night. I copied the files across to my TomTom and it went OK.
The guide you told me to look at then eventually says to open the menu on TomTom that says "warn when near POI" It then tells me to find the pocketpgs POIs.
When I did this the first one that came up was the image of a yellow circle in a square box with the following letters after it " L11UUUUUUUUUUUUUU........" then the 1st speed showed after this entry.
On the guide it then says to set your warning distance but I did not get this screen.
What I had was a screen that showed 15 different statements that looked like this:-
107m GATSO :20502 @20
149m GATSO : 2843 @20
Then there was another 13 of them, but as I say this does not look anything like the guide is showing me.
What do I do next please.
Also, when I copy the list of POIs that includes petrol stations, banks etc which file do I put them in in my TomTom and do I need to delete anything that is alreaqdy in there?
Thanks Andy, sorry to cause you all these problems but I just can't get it to work at the moment.
Bye for now
Jimmy |
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Oldboy
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| Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2007 9:18 pm Post subject: Re: New user trying to save speed cameras to my tomtom |
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| jimmymerlin wrote: | | I have just tried what you sent me through last night. I copied the files across to my TomTom and it went OK. |
Can you list which Files you Copied across?
| jimmymerlin wrote: | The guide you told me to look at then eventually says to open the menu on TomTom that says "warn when near POI" It then tells me to find the pocketpgs POIs.
When I did this the first one that came up was the image of a yellow circle in a square box with the following letters after it " L11UUUUUUUUUUUUUU........" then the 1st speed showed after this entry. |
How did you go about 'finding' the Camera POI? When you use Warn When Near you should only be able to see the Name of the POI and the related Bitmap.
| jimmymerlin wrote: | On the guide it then says to set your warning distance but I did not get this screen.
What I had was a screen that showed 15 different statements that looked like this:-
107m GATSO :20502 @20
149m GATSO : 2843 @20
Then there was another 13 of them, but as I say this does not look anything like the guide is showing me.
What do I do next please. |
I have no idea how you could see this information in the Warn When Near Screen!! 
| jimmymerlin wrote: | | Also, when I copy the list of POIs that includes petrol stations, banks etc which file do I put them in in my TomTom and do I need to delete anything that is alreaqdy in there? |
I wouldn't even contemplate adding other POIs to the Device if you can't get the Cameras working. It makes it difficult to put a finger on the problem.
Do one thing at a time. Then if something goes wrong, you'll kniw it was the last thing you did. ;)
List out for us everything you did, in the order that you did it. Each Menu you went to and what you did there. We need to know everything so that we can find a solution quicker. 
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jimmymerlin
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| Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2007 10:34 pm Post subject: Re: New user trying to save speed cameras to my tomtom |
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| Oldboy wrote: | | jimmymerlin wrote: | | I have just tried what you sent me through last night. I copied the files across to my TomTom and it went OK. |
Can you list which Files you Copied across?
| jimmymerlin wrote: | The guide you told me to look at then eventually says to open the menu on TomTom that says "warn when near POI" It then tells me to find the pocketpgs POIs.
When I did this the first one that came up was the image of a yellow circle in a square box with the following letters after it " L11UUUUUUUUUUUUUU........" then the 1st speed showed after this entry. |
How did you go about 'finding' the Camera POI? When you use Warn When Near you should only be able to see the Name of the POI and the related Bitmap.
| jimmymerlin wrote: | On the guide it then says to set your warning distance but I did not get this screen.
What I had was a screen that showed 15 different statements that looked like this:-
107m GATSO :20502 @20
149m GATSO : 2843 @20
Then there was another 13 of them, but as I say this does not look anything like the guide is showing me.
What do I do next please. |
I have no idea how you could see this information in the Warn When Near Screen!!
| jimmymerlin wrote: | | Also, when I copy the list of POIs that includes petrol stations, banks etc which file do I put them in in my TomTom and do I need to delete anything that is alreaqdy in there? |
I wouldn't even contemplate adding other POIs to the Device if you can't get the Cameras working. It makes it difficult to put a finger on the problem.
Do one thing at a time. Then if something goes wrong, you'll kniw it was the last thing you did. ;)
List out for us everything you did, in the order that you did it. Each Menu you went to and what you did there. We need to know everything so that we can find a solution quicker. |
Hi
The files I copied across were from your download site and was called pgsw-speed-cams and when this was unzipped there were loads of files in there such as ;-
pocketgps-ukgatso-20.bmp
-20.ov2
then there were lots more files with a similar name as the above but instead of the word gatso the files were listed with different names as follows, mobile, pmobile, redlight, specs and temp.
To get to the warn near POI screen I followed the guide that is printed on your site for a tomtom910 it says, get tomtom screen that shows the navigate to icon on it,
then hit, change preferences
then hit, manage pois
then select, warn near poi
then when the POI catergory appears at the top of the next screen scroll through until you come to the pocketgps pois, which were labelled as 20 (mph) pocketgps UK gatso 20 and teh there were another 14 listed after this.
Thanks Jimmy |
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JockTamsonsBairn
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| Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2007 11:50 pm Post subject: Re: New user trying to save speed cameras to my tomtom |
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| jimmymerlin wrote: | On the guide it then says to set your warning distance but I did not get this screen.
What I had was a screen that showed 15 different statements that looked like this:-
107m GATSO :20502 @20
149m GATSO : 2843 @20
Then there was another 13 of them, but as I say this does not look anything like the guide is showing me.
What do I do next please. |
That sounds like the Browse Map, Find, POI, "pocketgps uk gatso 20".
| jimmymerlin wrote: | | The guide you told me to look at then eventually says to open the menu on TomTom that says "warn when near POI" It then tells me to find the pocketpgs POIs. |
This means go down through the list of POI Categories until you find the 1st pocketpgs POI category "pocketgps uk gatso 20".
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tonys66
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 8:27 am Post subject: |
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| Where you from jim |
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Andy_P
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 1:06 pm Post subject: |
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BGF is right, it looks like you are looking at POI entries in the "Browse map" page.
You need to be in CHANGE PREFERENCES / ENABLE/DISABLE POI to enable the camera files, and in:
CHANGE PREFERENCES / MANAGE POIs / WARN WHEN NEAR POI to set up the alerts.
We'll get there in the end, mate |
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jimmymerlin
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| Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2007 4:35 pm Post subject: |
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| tonys66 wrote: | | Where you from jim |
south wales |
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DennisN
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| Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2007 7:24 pm Post subject: |
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| jimmymerlin wrote: | | tonys66 wrote: | | Where you from jim |
south wales |
Big place. Do you ever go abroad, like Bristol? If you had answered "Erith Kent", I suspect tonys66 would have offered to meet you and just give you the final demonstration. You are almost there, don't give up. Read and obey the two bits in Andy's post which are in capital letters. Then when it works, smile smugly. :D
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jimmymerlin
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| Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 8:01 pm Post subject: |
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| DennisN wrote: | | jimmymerlin wrote: | | tonys66 wrote: | | Where you from jim |
south wales |
Big place. Do you ever go abroad, like Bristol? If you had answered "Erith Kent", I suspect tonys66 would have offered to meet you and just give you the final demonstration. You are almost there, don't give up. Read and obey the two bits in Andy's post which are in capital letters. Then when it works, smile smugly. :D |
I'm applying for a passport and when I get it through I may make the trek accross to the other side of the water ( I live in Swansea) !!!!!!!
Used to live in Briissol many years ago when I was an apprentice and used to work for BR in Brissol Bath road for 2 years and travelled everyday from swansea.
I think the main problem I've had trying to download the speed cameras is that the instructions that are given on this site miss out one or two little steps which  me up !!!!!!!
I think I have cracked it know, but I still have a few questions if you can help.
Do I have to delete any of the original speed camera files that where supplied in my Tom Tom 910 from new.
Also do i put the poi's I have downloaded from this site ( for hotels,banks petrol stations etc etc) in the same file as the cameras?????
Thanks for the help and can you remind me of the rugby score from a few weeks ago when Wales played England !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Revenge is sweet !
Thanks and bye for now
Jimmy |
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Oldboy
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| Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 9:02 pm Post subject: |
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| jimmymerlin wrote: | | Do I have to delete any of the original speed camera files that where supplied in my Tom Tom 910 from new. |
It is better to do so. It also a good idea to use HOME to do it, so that you don't delete the wrong thing. ;)
| jimmymerlin wrote: | | Also do i put the poi's I have downloaded from this site ( for hotels,banks petrol stations etc etc) in the same file as the cameras????? |
All POIs go into the Map Folder. Cameras are no different to banks, just a collection of Locations. (Do you like the comparison of Cameras and Banks?) :D
| jimmymerlin wrote: | Thanks for the help and can you remind me of the rugby score from a few weeks ago when Wales played England !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Revenge is sweet !
Thanks and bye for now |
If you are going to bring things like that up then thanks will not be anywhere near enough to get infomation. 
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DennisN
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| Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 9:23 pm Post subject: |
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Yes, you delete the Tom Tom cameras. There are instructions somewhere on this site on how to do it with TT Home. I did it using Windows Explorer, but I'm a smarty pants old bloke. If I recall correctly, there are 57 TT camera OV2 files.
I have to confess that I can't be doing with instructions (everybody here knows that!) - But I succeeded with the cameras first time after reading an absolute minimum. Maybe you're young? Maybe you read too much?
Yes, the extra POIs go into the Western Europe map folder along with the cameras. BUT BEWARE!! You have a limit of 100, so the Wales - England score would probably jigger it up.
Sorry, I can't remember that score, but it was something impressive like Cymru 4, Loegr 1 (probably even worse than that though). There's a chance that Ireland are about to do something similar cricketwise. Both England teams were suffering from a severe shortage of Yorkshiremen.
I wonder if it was you who did an illegal right turn into BR at Bath Road and wrote off my Skoda (with my daughter driving)? If so, thank you very much - my skinflint (ex)missis made me buy it and I didn't really like it very much (well, actually, I hated the  thing!).
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