Advent GPS 400 - Speed Camera detector

rigsbycfo · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 03, 2006 Posts: 2

Advent GPS 400

Is there a Speed Camera download for this product, and if so, how do I access it?

Many thanks

rigsbycfo

matt_tee · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 18, 2006 Posts: 8

Has anyone got any ideas?

Andy_P · Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 9:40 pm Post subject:

You've got the piece of kit, maybe no-one else here does....
Is there anything in the instructions about POI's? Does it have its own built-in ones and say that you can add others? If so, does it say what format it needs? If it's all Greek to you, post the relevant bit of the manual here and someone may be able to help.

rigsbycfo · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 03, 2006 Posts: 2

No info in manual. I got this websiite fro their support team, so I'm still seeking whether there are any UK downloads for this product.

Where else would you recommend?

Thanks

Paul

peterc10 · Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2006 3:51 pm Post subject:

The problem is that this is not a well known or popular bit of kit. You really need to find out what software it runs, whether it accepts POIs, if so what format they have to be in, and how you load them. The best people to answer those questions will be the Advent tech support people.

If the answer is their own type of software with their own (or no) format for POIs you will have problems.
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matt_tee · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 18, 2006 Posts: 8

I have contacted the support team and await an answer. I will post if and when i get one.

the advent gps 400 runs the microsoft activesync software, windows ce.

when you use the explore function on the pc, not the gps, there are poi's stored in the navigation folder. is this where i could put speed camera poi's if i had any?

thanks, matt.

Darren · Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2006 6:53 pm Post subject:

I thought the ACER used Destinator?
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UsuallyLost · Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 10:47 am Post subject:

There is a review of Advent GPS at:
http://west-penwith.org.uk/blog/archives/47
which suggests that it uses Navigon 5.

I've had a quick glance through the Navigon forum at:
http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewforum&f=61
and can't find a lot of info on loading user defined POIs.

Maybe a bit of help, but there is one user there who mentions that he had speed cameras working, but then the thread wandered off to talk about something else.

Another more drastic solution! On GPSPassion at:
http://www.gpspassion.com/forumsen/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=44304
someone has opened up an Advent GPS to run as a normal PPC and is running TomTom on it!

Hope this is a bit of help.

Regards,

UL
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matt_tee · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 18, 2006 Posts: 8

received this reply from medion, who own advent.

We are sorry to inform you that Medion are unable to supply you with any
speed camera software, however you may be able to purchase this from any
good retailer such as PC World, Curry's, Halford's and Dixon's.

Navigation software updates will be made available for purchase on our
Webshop whenever we are provided with them from the manufacturers. The
software will include the map data current to the version of Medion
Navigator.

We are currently awaiting for stock of the latest upgrade packs to
arrive. Please check www.medionshop.co.uk regularly for pricing and
availability.

matt_tee · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 18, 2006 Posts: 8

could anyone tell me what version of windows ce this product runs on?

cannot find it anywhere.

peterc10 · Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2006 12:23 am Post subject:

Matt,

They and you seem to be getting a bit confused. Windows ce is the operating ssytem for the PDA. However for sat nav you need sat nav software such as Tom Tom or Navigon or Copilot, to name some of the more popular ones. With most of these you can then add a database (not strictly "software") of the camera positions but can only do so if the sat nav software you are using accepts "Points of Interest" (POIs) databases in a format supported by this site.

So first of all you need to find out what sat nav software you are actually running. Once you do then simebody will be able to tell you if the camera database works with it and how to load it.

Hope that helps
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HTC Sensation
Sygic GPS for Europe (No more TT "support"!)
Copilot for USA
Bury CC9060 bluetooth car kit & Brodit mount

UsuallyLost · Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2006 8:49 am Post subject:

I knew I'd seen it somewhere - just found it on the French GPSPassion site!

Apparently you need to use POIWarner with Navigon. All you then need to do is to use the .asc files from the PGPSW camera database, and you're away! Just make sure that it is Navigon, and I'm sure if you ask on the relevant forum here, someone there will tell you where to put the files.

It's probably in the manual anyway.

Regards,

UL
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Darren · Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2006 9:28 am Post subject:

A good guide has been created by user pocketgps and is available on his website here. Although it refers to Medion Mobile Navigator the same process applies to Navigon of which Medion's package is a re-badge.
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matt_tee · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 18, 2006 Posts: 8

Thank you so much for clearing that up.

The software that the advent gps 400 runs on, is the (navteq on board) navigon navigator 5 (version 5.1) dated aug 10th 2005.

thanks.

matt

haccker · Occasional Visitor Joined: Oct 22, 2006 Posts: 1

first of all i wish to thank everyone for the help

ok here we go .......

My Advent GPS400 is now running tom tom 6 and i have put speed camera's on it and loads and loads of poi and well everything.....ha ha ha

after reading information on this site i have found a way ..... well its easy now i know but there is a way of putting tt6 on the gps400

please feel free toreply to this to get the instructions of how to do it ...as i am writting them up now......

once again may thanks to everyone that helped.......

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