Famous Voice Install Query

hotlips69 · Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 5:52 am Post subject: Famous Voice Install Query

I've got TomTom5 on my Windows Mobile 2003 PDA and have downloaded lots of famous voices and have been trying to get them to work with TomTom with partial success.

I've followed the instructions and copied the 3 loose files, e.g. data61.bmp, data61.chk, data61.vif to the correct TomTom folder on the PDA.

When I go to change the voice, instead of the correct picture & famous name showing on the selection screen, I just get an "unknown voice" and generic picture, yet the "test voice" correctly works with the famous voice in question!

Its like TomTom doesn't know the .bmp (image file) is there, and so just displays the generic picture.

Any ideas please????

mikealder · Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 6:48 am Post subject:

A folder called TomTom in the root of the memory card usually does the trick, it doesn't need to contain anything, also the voice files should be placed into the voices folder, if you don't have a voices folder in the root of the memory card simply create one and put the voice files into it - Mike

hotlips69 · Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 2:49 am Post subject:

mikealder · Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 9:25 am Post subject:

You can put the CAB files in a folder on the card and select each one in file Explorer to install the application, if you do this make sure each CAB file is set to Read Only or they will disapear the first time you run them, but as you are limitted to a certain number of installes over a given period of time to different devices why do you need the auto installer? - Mike

hotlips69 · Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 11:37 am Post subject:

alix776 · Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 11:58 am Post subject:

Mike means that if you want to use tomtom on a number of pdas then you are limited to 3 activations although for the license you must uninstall from the last pda before using it on another pda

1 the initial acctivation

2 second acctivation on second pda 7 days after initial activation

3 third accivation 180 day after the first activation and the one acctivation each 180 days to take in to consideration people unpgradeing there pda once or twice a year

if the battery runs flat on your pda and you then reinstall the tomtom application it then tis does not count as a second activation as the deevice code will be the same
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hotlips69 · Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 12:07 pm Post subject:

alix776 · Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 12:17 pm Post subject:

if the map has already been activated on the map then it wont count to the acctivations

as mike has said use the cab install is the eaiest way
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alix776 · Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 12:17 pm Post subject:

or even something like sprite back up woul work for you
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Oh the joys of being a courier.
device Lumia 950 xl

Mullet · Frequent Visitor Joined: Dec 12, 2005 Posts: 1051

Or install TT on the storage card and run from there.

hotlips69 · Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 12:38 pm Post subject:

Mullet · Frequent Visitor Joined: Dec 12, 2005 Posts: 1051

Only done this once for a pal but if my memory is correct all you need to do is copt and paste the Navigator folder from device to storage after installation and make a shortcut to the TTN.exe. Someone may bbe able to be more specific.

hotlips69 · Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 5:11 am Post subject:

The Navigator folder only contains 3 files: an navigator.exe, navigator.cfg & data.chk

I've copied the whole folder to the root of the memory card and also copied all 3 files seperately to the root of the memory card...just in case.

I rebooted the PDA and inserted the memory card and nothing happened at all, so your suggestion must be incorrect.

When its installed properly, you get a folder created in Program Files called Navigator, a TomTom folder in the root with several files & a folder in My Documents with a currentmap file.

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hotlips69 · Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 2:40 am Post subject:

For reference, I solved my problem by copying 9 .cab files (with their respective .ini files), making them read-only, and then manually clicking on them one-by-one.

TomTom installed fully as if it had been installed via the original CD. :P

Thanks for all the help everyone on this forum has given me!

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