Kenwood DXN5220BT

the_big_1 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 04, 2006 Posts: 40

Hi all,

About to get a Kenwood DDNX5220BT sat nav.
I understans how to get CSV file to POI.GPI with Garmin etc and put on CD to load.
How do I get the icon for the speed camera on to the kenwood?

PaulB2005 · Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 7:39 pm Post subject:

Hi and welcome.

If you have already subscribed and downlaoded the files, add them to the folder on your PC where you keep your POIs and then follow the same procedure as you did with the POIs. The Speed Camera files are just the same as the POIs files.

the_big_1 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 04, 2006 Posts: 40

Hi,

I havent download as of yet, awaiting the unit coming first.
I have many other POI to add at the same time but not sure how to get all the correct icons on to the unit?

PaulB2005 · Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 6:31 pm Post subject:

You need to put all the CSV files and their corresponding BMP files together in one folder on your PC.

Then follow the instructions here

the_big_1 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 04, 2006 Posts: 40

Fab! I can do that.
How does the POI get connected to bmp? Is it the POI program that does it? I had a look at the CSV file in exel and none of the lines mention the bmp.Also, am I right in saying the Kenwood DNX5220bt isnt able to have the voices for the speed cams ?

PaulB2005 · Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 6:51 pm Post subject:

The CSV and the BMP must have the same name

i.e.

GATSO.CSV
GATSO.BMP
Sainsburys.csv
Sainsburys.bmp

and then POILoader then knows to pair them together....

Sadly, no the Kenwood models don't support the voice alerts.

the_big_1 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 04, 2006 Posts: 40

I understand now!
Do I just use the manual mode in the garmin software to set distance etc to POI?

PaulB2005 · Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 7:16 pm Post subject:

No. Just use Express. POILoader is quite clever and recognises words like GATSO, REDLIGHT, MOBILE and SPECS. It then sets up alerts for those files automatically.

Normal POIs, such as Sainsburys, you can set alerts for using manual Mode but i don't recommend it. It [BONG] gets very [BONG] annoying [BONG] driving around [BONG] town and [BONG] having the alerts [BONG] sounds every [BONG] few seconds / [BONG] minutes....... [BONG]. POILoader won't set up alerts for the normal (shop type) POIs...

Finally the first time you run POILoader on one screen you'll be given and option for the units to use. Make sure you select MPH and not the default KPH, else the alerts will happen at funny speeds, like 19 mph instead of 30 mph.....

Later you can start using Ash10s Camera Manager to download and customise the alert distances - see here. However i'd get used to the basics first....

the_big_1 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 04, 2006 Posts: 40

Cheers!
Thats what I was going to do, take off the bongs for none cams but if its all setup already, no need too. Will have to find out if the bong can be changed to something else.

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