TT live 820 -Can I put your speed cams & voice warnings

riddler · Regular Visitor Joined: Jun 28, 2005 Posts: 70

Hi i have just purchased the above model now i know it will be on here somewhere but can i put the gpsworld speed cameras and voice warnings on to the device i have my tomtom on my computer.I have tried the method listed on here but it says the ogg files are not compatable with my device,anyone help if i have to put up with tomtom,s cameras and beep i,ll take it back,thanks in advance.

Andy_P · Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 11:53 am Post subject:

Where does it say the ogg files are not compatible with the 820 please? I don't think that's true, but it maybe that some instructions or pages are out of date...

Can you also give a link to the instructions you were following?

We are considering moving and updating the instructions, so any pointers you can give to any inaccuracies will be useful.

Anyway, here's some tips that might help...

Firstly, you use the new MyTomTom PC software (not Home).
Then, assuming the 820 works the same as the 1000 series models, you connect the device first, then select "Add community content" in the MyTomTom pop-up box.

That will open a new BROWSER window, with sections for"Add POIs", Add Voices" etc.

If you use the method where you leave all the voice warnings with the same name as the camera data files (**see below), you then upload ALL the .ov2, .bmp and .ogg files using "Add POI" (it's not obvious, but you can select multiple files to upload at once).

The selection of the voice warnings is then automatic during the "warn when near" setup on the machine itself, you just have to answer "yes" when asked if this is the sound you want to hear (even though you've not heard it) just like on previous models.

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** Alternatively, you can add them using the "Add sounds" section, and then assign them like any other sound effect, but in that case you would probably want to shorten the voice warning filenames first, so they are more easily read on screen.
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riddler · Regular Visitor Joined: Jun 28, 2005 Posts: 70

It says it on the my Tomtom it will accept the ova files but the ogg files it says are incompatible with this device.thanks for your reply by the way.

Andy_P · Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 5:42 pm Post subject:

Can you try some experiments?

So you get to this screen....

and if you select "Add POI" you can select an .ov2 file or a .bmp icon file and it accepts them, but not if you select an .ogg file? (as you can see from the picture, you can add .ogg files to a Go1000 like this).

What happens if you go to the section lower down for "Add warning sounds" (or just "Add sounds") and try adding an .ogg file there?
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riddler · Regular Visitor Joined: Jun 28, 2005 Posts: 70

Hi i have the top section but not the bottom section,i have captured a jpg image of the screen but don,t know how to put it on here.The exact phrase is"the poi set you are trying to install cannot be used with your device check that you have the correct file pocketgps_uk_gatso_30.ogg"It also says on the device this service is temporarily unavailable.

Andy_P · Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 11:14 pm Post subject:

riddler · Regular Visitor Joined: Jun 28, 2005 Posts: 70

Hi i,ve now found out after messing with this model that it converts text to speech so you can have spoken warnings gor the gpsworld cameras,it,s the same voice that reads out the directions but beggars can,t be choosers.

Andy_P · Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 10:35 pm Post subject:

Did you try my suggestion of trying the section lower down for "Add warning sounds" (or just "Add sounds")? what happened then?

Are there no other 820 owners here, who can check on theirs????
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riddler · Regular Visitor Joined: Jun 28, 2005 Posts: 70

I don,t know what you mean add sounds where do I find that!

Andy_P · Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2011 1:12 pm Post subject:

Ahh, OK, forget that... I'd forgotten you said previously

kirkie · Regular Visitor Joined: Aug 07, 2006 Posts: 93

I have just got this device and having an issue on where to even start to get the POI and Camera's on.

When I plug in the Device My TomTom is just a web page.

dhn · Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2011 12:55 pm Post subject:

When you plug the unit into the computer, an extra menu item appears in the desktop MyTomTom icon (in the notification area of the desktop). Says 'Add Community Content'. It's that choice, when selected, that should lead to a screen where the option to add poi's is shown.

You select custom poi's (ov2 files) and related .bmp files from your computer to add to your unit from there. While some browsers (such as IE) only allow selecting one file at a time, others such as Chrome or FireFox allow for multiple selections at a time.
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kirkie · Regular Visitor Joined: Aug 07, 2006 Posts: 93

Cheers

kirkie · Regular Visitor Joined: Aug 07, 2006 Posts: 93

POI downloaded, but is it not possible to have them in a category as on Community Content it is quite a long list.

Andy_P · Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2011 8:33 pm Post subject:

Not sure what you mean....

Each camera type *IS* a category of POI.

Or did you mean "can all the files be put into a folder before adding them"?

If that's what you mean - No.
All the POI files have to go into the map folder (that's effectively what MyTT is doing) and NOT in any sub-folders.

In that reapect, it's the same as it's always been when we copied the files manually on older models.
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