TomTom to Add 3rd Party POI Support by End of January 2011

sdm197 · Lifetime Member Joined: Dec 06, 2004 Posts: 227

Hi,

If I buy a new TomTom device I can load the PGPSW Camera Database, but not the OGG files, so what audio warning can you use??

Thanks in advance,

SDM197.

lyskamm · Occasional Visitor Joined: Oct 17, 2007 Posts: 58

You can use the (full or short) spken warnings (it will read the name of the POI and give you the distance) or type your own warning.

All those will work with the TTS (computer) voice you choose and they can be set when you activate the alarms.

BTW with the last software version you can now load your own ogg files Wink

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mikealder · Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 11:52 am Post subject:

Does the "MyTomTom interface" let you add audio files to the correct folder so "Method 2" could be used on a Nav3 device? - Mike

Andy_P · Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 12:01 pm Post subject:

Yes it does.

It's how I've always done my speed camera warnings (as my audio files have never been named the same as the camera ov2 files).

The current Navcore software doesn't show the files on screen alphabetically though, which is pretty crap..
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GenghisKhan · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 18, 2011 Posts: 7

Sorry guys you've lost me right at the end. So I upload all the files in one go.

Then is it as simple as:
Settings - Manage POI's - Select POI Category - Enter yards - Click "Sound effect" for each file? When I pick "sound effect" do I then get an option to pick the matching audio file or are they already linked in some way?

Thanks

Andy_P · Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 1:23 pm Post subject:

Sorry to confuse.... We drifted off onto a parallel conversation.

On all TomToms there are two ways to add sound files to POIs.

EITHER:

1. You give them the same name as the data file:
So you have:
pocketgps_uk_gatso_20.ov2 (the camera data file)
pocketgps_uk_gatso_20.bmp (the icon)
pocketgps_uk_gatso_20.ogg (the sound file)

(etc etc. for all the other camera types)

and you upload them ALL using the "Add POI" section of My TomTom (this is the equivalent to putting them all in the map folder on an old model)

The only disadvantage of that method is that when you do the "Warn when near setup" it automatically assigns the sound file to the POI and doesn't ask you it just says "Is this the sound you want to use" when it hasn't shown or played you anything. You just have to answer "Yes" and cary on each time.
Some people find that confusing.

OR....

2. You add the sound files using the "Add warning sounds" section of MyTomTom
(this is the equivalent to putting the audio files in the 'sounds' folder on an old model).

If you do it that way, the setup process is more logical (to me!) as you select the warning voices just like you would select any other sound effect on the normal menu page. You can also use sound files with shorter, more descriptive names.

TT would seem to prefer the second method, but both work.

It's entirely up to you which method you use.
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GenghisKhan · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 18, 2011 Posts: 7

Thanks Andy_P that seems very logical and I think all is clear now. Now off to buy the TT Live 1005!

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