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Vandam
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 Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 9:19 pm Post subject: confused |
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Hello all,
This is my first post yes another newbie with a question.
am i allowed to download free poi's or do i have to pay a subsciption first, i have already had a go at downloading some but no joy i am useing internet internet explorer not sure which version and everytime I download a poi it cums up with the compressed zipped folder is invalid or corrupted what do i have to do to get around this problem.
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mikealder
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| Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 9:28 pm Post subject: |
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| Welcome to the forum, next to the download button is a check box named "Show Link" select this and try again, keep your selection down below 22 categories and it will work fine for you, the POI Download access does not require subscription. - Mike |
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Vandam
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| Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 10:36 pm Post subject: |
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Cheers mikealder,
I was just about to give up,  so now i am happy THANKS  |
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Vandam
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| Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 11:05 pm Post subject: |
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| mikealder wrote: | | Welcome to the forum, next to the download button is a check box named "Show Link" select this and try again, keep your selection down below 22 categories and it will work fine for you, the POI Download access does not require subscription. - Mike |
I have just downloaded poi succesfully now, will put them in my tomtom later many thanks for your kind help. |
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mikealder
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| Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 11:20 pm Post subject: |
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Glad to hear you got that little issue resolved, please be aware most TomTom devices have a limit as to the number of custom POI files they can use so don't install everything that is available.
The limit depends upon the device / software version it is running, this limit can vary from as low as 27 upto 300.
If you let us know the device and the software version we can advise on the limit (tap the sat strength meter to find the version number displayed middle right of the presented screen) - Mike |
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Vandam
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| Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 12:29 am Post subject: |
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| mikealder wrote: | Glad to hear you got that little issue resolved, please be aware most TomTom devices have a limit as to the number of custom POI files they can use so don't install everything that is available.
The limit depends upon the device / software version it is running, this limit can vary from as low as 27 upto 300.
If you let us know the device and the software version we can advise on the limit (tap the sat strength meter to find the version number displayed middle right of the presented screen) - Mike |
Hi mikealder,
I have atomtom Go 500 version 7.160 |
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mikealder
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| Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 12:33 am Post subject: |
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Keep the custom POI file content to below 100 and you should be OK the quantity refers to the number of files in the map folder that have a file extension of ov2
If you have selected all the MapShare POI updates this will consume a large proportion of your limit - Mike |
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Vandam
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| Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 12:48 am Post subject: |
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| mikealder wrote: | Keep the custom POI file content to below 100 and you should be OK the quantity refers to the number of files in the map folder that have a file extension of ov2
If you have selected all the MapShare POI updates this will consume a large proportion of your limit - Mike |
Cheers i only need about six, i am now looking for some new warning sounds but can not work how to do it yet or if they are compatible for my version.
Regards Vandam. |
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mikealder
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| Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 9:36 am Post subject: |
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| The warning sounds are best if created in ogg format sampled at 22050Hz, or you can use any of the online Text To Speech engines to produce the warning, I use Audacity for messing around with sound files, nice and easy to use and supports the Ogg format - Mike |
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Vandam
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| Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 3:50 pm Post subject: |
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| mikealder wrote: | | The warning sounds are best if created in ogg format sampled at 22050Hz, or you can use any of the online Text To Speech engines to produce the warning, I use Audacity for messing around with sound files, nice and easy to use and supports the Ogg format - Mike |
Thanks agian Mikealder,
I will give it a try later, but i am not very good with all this computer stuff and it takes me ages to do things on mine i suppose i am a old, i should have started years ago but i wll keep on ploding on as i normaly get there in a roundabout sort of way.
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Andy_P
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| Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 4:56 pm Post subject: |
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If you don't want to make your own, there are some ready-made ones on THIS PAGE.
Most of them are for the PGPSW speed camera warnings, but at the bottom are some ones made for other POIs. |
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Vandam
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| Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 5:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Andy_P2002 wrote: | If you don't want to make your own, there are some ready-made ones on THIS PAGE.
Most of them are for the PGPSW speed camera warnings, but at the bottom are some ones made for other POIs. |
Thanks Andy,
I will take a look now the ready made one's seem the easiest option for me what whith me being computer illiterate. 
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Vandam
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| Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 8:50 pm Post subject: |
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| Andy_P2002 wrote: | If you don't want to make your own, there are some ready-made ones on THIS PAGE.
Most of them are for the PGPSW speed camera warnings, but at the bottom are some ones made for other POIs. |
Andy How do find out the correct package type for my tomtom Go 500
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Oldboy
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| Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 7:23 am Post subject: |
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| Vandam wrote: | | Andy How do find out the correct package type for my tomtom Go 500 |
The TomTom Files are not Device specific, so you can try them all using the samples, and choose the one that you like.
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Vandam
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| Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 11:21 am Post subject: |
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| Oldboy wrote: | | Vandam wrote: | | Andy How do find out the correct package type for my tomtom Go 500 |
The TomTom Files are not Device specific, so you can try them all using the samples, and choose the one that you like. |
Thank you Oldboy,
I am not very good at all this computer stuff but willing to learn, i suppose it going to be a long day for me looking around on this site as i am realy slow and make a lot of mistakes.
Thanks agian for your help.
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