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gav311
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 10:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi,

Ive tryed burning just the poi file thats been created by adding all the files together in the poi loader didnt work. Disc Error Waited nothing!

i tryed opening folders and adding the files together like as described with in the forum then puting through poi loader then burning to cd that just plays the speech track warning track by track.

Ive copyed files in folder and had disc error and waited five minutes no joy.

im totally confused now losing the will the live! Where im i going wrong..
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 12:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It sounds like you are just copying the mp3s onto a disc.

If you were doing it correctly you would only have one file. A file called POI.GPI which you burn onto a disc in the folders i mentioned before.

From your first post you stated

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i have installed the speed camera database


If you managed to add the speed cameras in the first place then you must have done it right in the past. All you have to do to have the voices is add the mp3 files to the speed camera files and then create the POI.GPI file with POILoader exactly as you did before. Then upload and do exactly the same as you did before with a disc to get it on the unit. There's nothing more to it. You are doing exactly the same process as before - the only difference is the number of files.....
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 8:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi, i really am confused this is what im doing and it just reads disc error each time when i load just the poi file which the loader has created.
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 8:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

im on about 20 pounds worths of cd's now!

Is it just the poi.gpi file that has been created from the other files been put together that needs putting onto the cd? or my garmin folder i created with all the files including the created poi.gpi file?

I tryed both poi.gpi on its own and get disc error. and all together which plays track by track speech sounds.

When i downloaded the speed camera database file i extracted file into garmin folder i created on desktop i then put garmin folder into poi loader saved folder was garmin next option was C:\Users\rebecca\Desktop\Garmin this gave me the poi.gpi within the folde rwith other files burned to cd and this worked. but this doesnt seem to work now with the mp3 files.

kind regards, Gavin
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 30, 2010 7:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

You need only the POI.GPI file but inside a couple of folders

x:\garmin\poi\poi.gpi

where x is your CD drive.

Once you have the POI.GPI file make a folder somewhere on the PC called

garmin

(all lower case). Inside that make a folder called

poi

(all lower case). Put the POI.GPI file inside the poi folder. Burn the 2 folders and POI.GPI file to CD making sure you have the structure above and finalise.

Others have mentioned that if you ignore the disk read error message it works eventually.

Also make sure you have the unit in [NAV] mode.

Does the unit have an SD Card slot because you can use that too?
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 30, 2010 8:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi,

ok thats sound good. i will try that when i have some more disc tomorrow, unfortunatly it doesnt have a sd card.

thank you for all you help,

kind Regards, Gavin
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 30, 2010 6:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ive followed your insructions but still no joy.... Even tryed the g in garmin folder in a capital as ive read that can work. is there anything else i could try to your knowlegde?
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 30, 2010 6:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

PaulB2005 wrote:
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correct me if im wrong but dont the voice files have to be converted to wav format for them to work


Only if your unit doesn't have an MP3 player.

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what now? i tryed burning straight to disk didnt work?


What did happen? Messages etc You just need to do the same as you did before.


the mp3 player on the dnx5220 and other kenwoods is seperate from the navigational software.
to get voice alerts on my kenwood i used wav files named them the same as the cam files so for gatso 30 you should have
GATSO_30.CSV
GATSO_30.BMP
GATSO_30.wav
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 30, 2010 6:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

thank you. ill try that. cheers
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 30, 2010 7:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

just been looking to convert the filesfrom mp3 to wav but my nav (garmin) doesnt support that, so i presumed it wont work, is that the case, i do i proced anyway.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 30, 2010 7:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi,
What unit are you operating? is it the same as mine..

Regards, Gavin
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 30, 2010 8:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Use Audacity to convert the files...

I was sure others used the mp3 files on a DNX5220 but i've read in another thread that no Kenwood unit supports voice alerts... Confused

cjay2412 is using the 7260BT....

So now some do and some don't... I have the horrible feeling the 5220BT doesn't as i can't find anyone else who confirms it works with the 5220BT...
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 30, 2010 9:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

ive tryed to convert the files using the progam given, changed from mp3 to wav downloaded the sox file and unziped and add to my garmin file with new wav files and speedcamera datadbase and then put into loader, is that right as it says sox exe is not correct spelling?
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 01, 2010 1:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

i'm using the dnx 5240bt i do know someone using the new dnx 7260bt and got to admit its an impressive bit of kit but myself couldnt justify the extra several hundred pounds. as the 5240 and the 5220 both run the same software i don't see why it shouldn't work mine is running v 2.70 which you can upgrade to on the garmin website if you haven't already.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 01, 2010 10:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi,

Can i ask how you converted your files ive tryed following the given instructions but i not really sure what im doing. this is all new to me, Ive have updated to v 2.7 last night. Is it possible you could email me a file which is already converted ready so i could just burn the file to cd?

Kind Regards, Gavin


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