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colboy20 Occasional Visitor
Joined: Apr 27, 2009 Posts: 4
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Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 8:02 am Post subject: 19 mph speed alert |
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Hi. Have a Garmin 205WT and when in a 30MPH zone it frequently indicates on the alert screen an icon that says 19mph zone. I am unaware of any 19mph zones in the area I live. I trust I have posted this in the correct forum.Please advise and thanks in advance. |
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M8TJT The Other Tired Old Man
Joined: Apr 04, 2006 Posts: 10118 Location: Bexhill, South Sussex, UK
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Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 8:09 am Post subject: |
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Hi Colboy20.
Welcome to our forums.
Your problem is a MPH/KPH thing. (19MPH = 30KPH. ) I think it's a setting in POI loader that I believe defaults to KPH.
An expert will be along in a while, if you havn't sorted it by then. |
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Darren Frequent Visitor
Joined: 11/07/2002 14:36:40 Posts: 23848 Location: Hampshire, UK
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Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 8:10 am Post subject: |
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You have installed the POIs using POILoader set to 'Meters and km/h' rather than 'Feet and mph'. This is explained in the install guide.
To correct you must re-install but this time ensure you change the POILoader settings to use MPH rather than KM/H.
_________________ Darren Griffin |
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M8TJT The Other Tired Old Man
Joined: Apr 04, 2006 Posts: 10118 Location: Bexhill, South Sussex, UK
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Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 8:29 am Post subject: |
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M8TJT wrote: | An expert will be along in a while. | Well, a minute actually |
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Darren Frequent Visitor
Joined: 11/07/2002 14:36:40 Posts: 23848 Location: Hampshire, UK
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Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 8:35 am Post subject: |
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Why Garmin choose metric as the default I can't understand, particularly as an American company! _________________ Darren Griffin |
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M8TJT The Other Tired Old Man
Joined: Apr 04, 2006 Posts: 10118 Location: Bexhill, South Sussex, UK
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Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 8:50 am Post subject: |
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Perhaps it's because more of the world's population use metric rather than Imperial. But, given that, I'm surprised that the Americans bow to common useage. |
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colboy20 Occasional Visitor
Joined: Apr 27, 2009 Posts: 4
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Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 8:01 pm Post subject: |
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Hi again
Thank you for your advice but the POI loader is set to feet and mph when I load the Garmin and it frequently warns 19mph zone.
I imagine if I had inadvertantly loaded the metric version it could not have said '19MPH'.
Any more advice please. |
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Darren Frequent Visitor
Joined: 11/07/2002 14:36:40 Posts: 23848 Location: Hampshire, UK
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Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 8:04 pm Post subject: |
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colboy20 wrote: | Thank you for your advice but the POI loader is set to feet and mph when I load the Garmin and it frequently warns 19mph zone. |
I don't mean to question you but as we have no 19mph cameras in the UK database that isn't possible.
You are in the UK and using the UK database? And have you tried a re-install whilst checking that the POILoader setting is correct? _________________ Darren Griffin |
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colboy20 Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 8:13 pm Post subject: |
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Yes to all your questions. POI loaded feet and mph and using uk map.
I have out on the same route as yesterday with the reinstalled poi and yes it says 19 mph zone.
I will try again tomorrow and let you know the result.
Thank you
Colin |
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MaFt Pocket GPS Staff
Joined: Aug 31, 2005 Posts: 15144 Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire
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Posted: Sat May 29, 2010 8:30 am Post subject: |
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have you installed the POIs to the device? sounds like the existing ones haven't been overwritten...
run poi loader and select the option to remove all pois.
take it for a drive and confirm you get NO warnings.
THEN try a reinstall of the POIs
MaFt |
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Daggers Lifetime Member
Joined: Jun 20, 2005 Posts: 1096 Location: Solihull, UK
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Posted: Sat May 29, 2010 9:19 am Post subject: |
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This is a regular question that comes up over and over again. The answer is ALWAYS related to the mph/kph issue. I recommend that you look a little bit closer at how you have installed the cameras. _________________ Garmin DriveSmart 50 LMT-D |
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PaulB2005 Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jan 04, 2006 Posts: 9323 Location: Durham, UK
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Posted: Sat May 29, 2010 10:41 am Post subject: |
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Also check the garmin/poi folder on the unit. You should have ONE file called POI.GPI.
Delete any files you have in that folder (or MOVE them to your PC) and reload the database. |
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JockTamsonsBairn Lifetime Member
Joined: Jan 10, 2004 Posts: 2777 Location: Bonnie Scotland (West Central)
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Posted: Sat May 29, 2010 2:34 pm Post subject: |
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Paul,
Could the Garmin hidden file/recycle bin thingy be in play here? _________________ Jock
TomTom Go 940 LIVE (9.510, Europe v915.5074 on SD & 8.371, WCE v875.3613 on board) |
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colboy20 Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Sat May 29, 2010 2:52 pm Post subject: Thank you |
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MaFt wrote: | have you installed the POIs to the device? sounds like the existing ones haven't been overwritten...
run poi loader and select the option to remove all pois.
take it for a drive and confirm you get NO warnings.
THEN try a reinstall of the POIs
MaFt |
Many thanks for everyones advice. I removed all the POI's as suggested then reinstalled and all now ok. Great forum.Thank you. Colin |
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PaulB2005 Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jan 04, 2006 Posts: 9323 Location: Durham, UK
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Posted: Sat May 29, 2010 4:22 pm Post subject: |
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Possible but it's usually associated with POIs that won't go away. i.e. Speed cameras that have been removed from the database but still appear on the device when the latest database is loaded. |
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