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I have obtained the USA & Canada maps but I'm missing the ''install'' file that will get tomtom to recognize the map. Any clue on how i can TOMTOM to regonize the map from my SD? (also tomtom home does not find the map either)
Possibly someone can show me where i can attach the install file to the map? I tried to search but could not find anything.
imasri29 said:
I have obtained the USA & Canada maps but I'm missing the ''install'' file that will get tomtom to recognize the map. Any clue on how i can TOMTOM to regonize the map from my SD? (also tomtom home does not find the map either)
Possibly someone can show me where i can attach the install file to the map? I tried to search but could not find anything.
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Not sure what format your map is in but if it's a folder with the map and other files in then just put the folder on the root of the SD card. If it's compressed (Zip etc) then extract it first. Tomtom should auto search for map files when it opens.
Maybe you could say what format the file is in.
Mike
Well when I installed TT and downloaded the one city map for free, it saved that in my \StorageCard\My Documents\<cityname> folder. The Western European maps I had I just copied into \StorageCard\My Documents\Western_Europe, started TomTom and did a 'switch map' in the menu. Asked me for the code and voila, it worked. Maybe a similar thing will work for you.
Chainfire said:
Well when I installed TT and downloaded the one city map for free, it saved that in my \StorageCard\My Documents\<cityname> folder. The Western European maps I had I just copied into \StorageCard\My Documents\Western_Europe, started TomTom and did a 'switch map' in the menu. Asked me for the code and voila, it worked. Maybe a similar thing will work for you.
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Yes, it is likely set to look in specific places so in your example it's
StorageCard\My Documents\Western_Europe
and mine works on
StorageCard\GB_plus_major_roads_of_Western_Europe
I'm not sure if the OP has downloaded to PC though.
Mike
mikechannon said:
just put the folder on the root of the SD card.
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Man thanks so much, it worked. I stayed up this morning before going to work trying to figure out why it wasn't being detected... and i dodn't know why i didn't think of this
mikechannon said:
Yes, it is likely set to look in specific places so in your example it's
StorageCard\My Documents\Western_Europe
and mine works on
StorageCard\GB_plus_major_roads_of_Western_Europe
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Wow, I'd *LIKE* to be able to specify where it looks for maps - cluttering up the root directory is so ugly. Does anyone know if this is a registry key or other configurable location? (I've never seen a path in TomTom 6.030)
TIA,
Richard
rsolomon said:
Wow, I'd *LIKE* to be able to specify where it looks for maps - cluttering up the root directory is so ugly. Does anyone know if this is a registry key or other configurable location? (I've never seen a path in TomTom 6.030)
TIA,
Richard
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Agreed. the root of my storage card looks like HELL because of tomtom. I wish I knew if I could delete most of it or just move it all into a 'tomtom' subfolder.
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Agreed. the root of my storage card looks like HELL because of tomtom. I wish I knew if I could delete most of it or just move it all into a 'tomtom' subfolder.
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Please PM if you figure this out. For one, I can't stand having it so cluttered, and two, I want to know what can safely be deleted. I mean, it's taking up a full gig on my storage card. Anyone know how to get rid of the canada maps? That should free up some space.
I have all my files associated with the map contained in a folder with the exact same name as the map - so no clutter of random tomtom files.
e.g.
In my case I have on the root of the SD Card:
Folder named:
GB_Plus_Major _Roads_of Western_Europe
Inside this folder is the actual Map file also called:
GB_Plus_Major _Roads_of Western_Europe
Also in the folder are all my safety camera files, favourites file etc etc maybe 40-50 files.
I'm not certain how "deep" tomtom will look. In other words will it find maps buried more than 1 tree level down? I assume not, but at least that allows all the files to be put in a tomtom specific folder. I can only assume therefore that the above poster who has his map in the Mydocuments folder has it as a file not in a folder and lots of the subsidiary files kicking around inside MyDocuments. I prefer a named folder on the root purely for Tomtom maps etc..
Mike
mikechannon said:
I have all my files associated with the map contained in a folder with the exact same name as the map - so no clutter of random tomtom files.
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Right, but if you load various regional maps, you have a bunch of directories in your root: e.g. for the USA you might have AL,CO,FL,NY maps - except they're all clusters of states so it might be AL_LA_GA_FL and CO_WY_NV_AZ and NY_NJ_PA etc.
For Mapopolis I had: MAPS\FL, MAPS\CO, MAPS\NY, etc... so only 1 directory in the root was Mapopolis data.
TT6 does not appear to look anywhere below the root of the storage card for maps - at least it did NOT work when I tried to move all my map directories into TomTomMaps\xxxxxx.
The "key" I'm interested in would be something like "TomTomRoot = \" and change it to "TomTomRoot = \TomTomMaps\"
Does that make sense?
Richard
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Does that make sense?
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Now that I re-read Mike's posting, I think we want the same thing
Richard
Erm, mine are in storage card/Tomtom/GB map. Have always had it this way, in version 5 and 6. (6.030). Are you talking about something else here?
All my voices,POI etc are also in their own folders in the Tomtom folder on my card. In fact the only thing that isn't is the 7 digit postcode search which is on the device memory.
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Erm, mine are in storage card/Tomtom/GB map. Have always had it this way, in version 5 and 6. (6.030). Are you talking about something else here?
All my voices,POI etc are also in their own folders in the Tomtom folder on my card. In fact the only thing that isn't is the 7 digit postcode search which is on the device memory.
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Nope, that's exactly what I'd like - if I move all those folders to \Storage Card\TomTom\ then neither TomTomHOME nor the PPC app see the maps, etc.
I wonder if there's a file in your TomTom program directory which has that path in it somehow?
Richard
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I wonder if there's a file in your TomTom program directory which has that path in it somehow?
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Does you ttnavigator.bif file have anything like a path in it? Mine just has device info.
Richard
rsolomon said:
Does you ttnavigator.bif file have anything like a path in it? Mine just has device info.
Richard
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Sorry for the late reply, i dont have that file, mine is called ttmobile.bif and has the following...
[TomTomMobile]
DeviceName=KAISER
DeviceVersionHW=Windows CE 5.2
DeviceSerialNumber=*not for public forums!*
DeviceUniqueID=*not for public forums!*
ApplicationVersion=6000
ApplicationBuildNumber=7370
UserLanguage=English UK
UserName=
UserPassword=
MapName=tomtom_map_6.75_UK_and_IE_plus_major_roads_of_WE 1409
MapVersion=675.1409
I just got another Tom Tom Map. I had a previous one that was given as a free download. I placed the new map in the same folder. But when I start Tom Tom and go to change maps I do not see it. All I see is the original map. Where exactly should I be placing this new map? What am I doing wrong? Any help would be appreciated. TIA
Anyone Anyone?
Hi there,
Place each indvidual map folder under My Documents on Storage card. Each map must have its own folder eg. IBERIA, SOUTHERN AFRICA, etc etc. Then TomTom will pick up the new map.
Hope this helps.
Regards,
MAC
I have had both TomTom 6 & 7 running on my Kaiser and in both cases the maps were stored in folders off the root on the storage card - e.g \United_Kingdom_and_Republic_of_Ireland_Vxxx.xxxx\
FuSchnickens said:
I just got another Tom Tom Map. I had a previous one that was given as a free download. I placed the new map in the same folder. But when I start Tom Tom and go to change maps I do not see it. All I see is the original map. Where exactly should I be placing this new map? What am I doing wrong? Any help would be appreciated. TIA
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what i did is i actually just loaded the Map folder to my Storage card. clicked and dragged and it works like a charm. also when i set up my TT7 i installed it to my storage card instead of the device (i dont know if that makes a diff) but it seems to save my settings alot better when i am flashing my rom. so i dont need to reset my home address or anything
I found that most of my map folders end in the text ....MAP i.e.
Australia_Map
Great_Britain_ Major Roads_of Europe_Map
Deutschland_Map
etc.
All in the root directory of the SD card.
Hi, guys...this forum is wonderful!!
How can I install new voices on TomTom?
I've inserted some files in "Voices" folder but it doesn't work 'cause the tomtom doesn't display the voice..
How can I do??
p.s.: sorry for my English...I'm from Naples (Italia) ..
dp10 said:
Hi, guys...this forum is wonderful!!
How can I install new voices on TomTom?
I've inserted some files in "Voices" folder but it doesn't work 'cause the tomtom doesn't display the voice..
How can I do??
p.s.: sorry for my English...I'm from Naples (Italia) ..
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Are you sure that you don't have two folders called voice i.e. voice/voice?
i've just one folder called "voices"..in it i've the files of chiara's voice that i've downloaded from the tomtom official site
The folder has to be in the root of the internal storage and called "Voices"
Then in tomtom you need to select the voice.
I had the same problem with some funny voices. You have to go to the menue and choose the option to show you every language.
You have to create a 'voices' folder under \Program Files\Navigator and place the .CHK and .VIF files in the voices folder and then open up tomtom and choose the voices.
Don't forget the .ini file!!
You put the voices files (.vif, .chk, .bmp) in your "voices" folder AND YOU MUST HAVE the collected.ini file in the same folder.....place the voices folder in the the root of Internal Storage. Appears that the older voice files for TT5 and TT6 needs the .ini file to work (for me anyway!!)
A little question: can be activated the TTS with tomtom? (i've read it's only for PNA devices?)
...i think there is a trick, because currently i am using the ttom tts voices fixed for iGO8 ... they can be used for another app and not for tomtom on the pda?
Damn, collected.ini is the one file I'm missing.. any idea where I can get that?
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You put the voices files (.vif, .chk, .bmp) in your "voices" folder AND YOU MUST HAVE the collected.ini file in the same folder.....place the voices folder in the the root of Internal Storage. Appears that the older voice files for TT5 and TT6 needs the .ini file to work (for me anyway!!)
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I don't have this file...can I create it with notepad?
i got it and i hope my way is available to you.
firsr, there are three files of each voice with the name format of data**(** is several numbers)
second, these three files are saved in the folder 'voices', which is in the fold of tomtom file saved in.(for me, that is \internal storage\program files\navigator\)
last, when you run tomtom and change the voice, there will be a prompt indicating whether you will choose the same language, choose NO even you plan to select an english voice.
i am using tomtom 7.450.9028 in diamond.
i created the voices folder and didn't need the collected.ini file for the voices to work, cheers.
TomTom Voices Working
It took me two days to work it out myself. I had no problems with the files themselves, my issue was that I had installed tt7 on my SD card. I re-installed it to the Device and was able to then upload the new voices easily enough.
One tip: I used the "Explore" option in MS ActiveSync to navigate to the correct folder and dragged the voices I wanted over to the folder ("voices") located in the /Program Files/Navigator folder on the device. Full Path: /Program Files/Navigator/voices
Be sure to check "No" when it asks if you want to use the current language, or you may not see your new voices.
The *.vif files are plain text and are interpreted by tt7 to discover the voice's sex and languge. There are three numbers below the data*.chk entry which seem to indicate this and I'm not sure what else. Most of the newer tt7 files I downloaded had three numbers, anyway. The third-party (simulated) celebrity voicesI downloaded did not have these and tt7 seemed to think they were "Chinese" or "Special". It's not really worth it for me to fiddle around with various values in the *.vif files, but someone may wish to tweak them...
Limit?
Is there a limit of the amount of voices stored in the voices folder.
My Navigator only picks up before DATA121. Beyond that it doesnt appear.
I have my TomTom installed on my storage card and voices on my storage card.
Hi guys. I've got an MDA Compact IV and got it upgraded to a Diamond. But lost the 2577 folder and with it the icon for Copilot 7. It means that everytime I want to use Copilot 7 I have to go to File Explorer and Internal Storage. Does anybody have a .cab or something to help me with this? It would be very much apreciated.
PS: If I do a hard reset, would all the settings go back to what they were in the MDA Compact IV? Anyway, I like the Diamond look much better and would only go back if I could save the 2577 folder - and would immediately retreat back to the good looks and better funcionality of the Diamond.
Can you just recreate the shortcut to the Copilot executable? I'm not sure what you mean by "2577 folder".
2577 is the name of the autostart folder. several programs use it on storage cards, like igo, and garmin and a bunch of others.
mr.jaguar said:
2577 is the name of the autostart folder. several programs use it on storage cards, like igo, and garmin and a bunch of others.
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Exactly! When I upgraded from T-Mobile to Manila the 2577 folder vanished from my mobile, apparently because it was in the device instead of the Internal Storage, where all the Copilot 7 maps are. And I need it now so that I can start Copilot 7 without having to access the Internal Storage first and look for the GPS before using it. The only way to have a Copilot icon at the Start button is by "pulling it" from the infamous 2577 folder. Does anybody have it in the form of a .cab? Can it be copied from one mobile and used in another? Help please.
Hi guys. I've got an MDA Compact IV and got it upgraded to a Diamond. But lost the 2577 folder and with it the icon for Copilot 7. It means that everytime I want to use Copilot 7 I have to go to File Explorer and Internal Storage. Does anybody have a .cab or something to help me with this? It would be very much apreciated.
PS: If I do a hard reset, would all the settings go back to what they were in the MDA Compact IV? Anyway, I like the Diamond look much better and would only go back if I could save the 2577 folder - and would immediately retreat back to the good looks and better funcionality of the Diamond.
We can use Vista\XP-SharedSDcard as Network folder in WinMo via VM_Network_Browser+Network_Folder.
May by you know some program for WinMo that can emulate this SDcard (or Network folder) as StorageCard for WinMo?
Have asked the same thing, searched, but failed
Although more or less similar options have been descibed at this forum, I'm also still look "exactly" for what you are asking.
Reason : TomTom and some Aviation Software that I run won't run unless they see something like \Storage Card (in whatever language)
We need to emulate the drive from Vista to WinMo, connecting isn't a problem... we know, it's the emulation that is need for the reason above.
The software isn't available for Vista, so I don't care the power drain of running vista, JUST for the SD card.
So connecting it as a network folder won't help, anyone with a trick to fool WinMo into thinking it's the local SD card ?
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Although more or less similar options have been descibed at this forum, I'm also still look "exactly" for what you are asking.
Reason : TomTom and some Aviation Software that I run won't run unless they see something like \Storage Card (in whatever language)
We need to emulate the drive from Vista to WinMo, connecting isn't a problem... we know, it's the emulation that is need for the reason above.
The software isn't available for Vista, so I don't care the power drain of running vista, JUST for the SD card.
So connecting it as a network folder won't help, anyone with a trick to fool WinMo into thinking it's the local SD card ?
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Hi mate did you find anything for this, agree with you tomtom needs to see a folder called \storage card for it to work.
SD card access still strongly desired!!
I too am also looking for access to the SD card so that I can load up my WM side with many many programs!
thought i nearly had it....
on my x1 with tomtom7 installed there is a file in navigator folder called currentmap
when i open this file in notepad i got map location @ \stoarge card
so what i thought i could do is just change that to network\ storage card etc etc
but it did not work..............
never mind hey
N2h said:
thought i nearly had it....
on my x1 with tomtom7 installed there is a file in navigator folder called currentmap
when i open this file in notepad i got map location @ \stoarge card
so what i thought i could do is just change that to network\ storage card etc etc
but it did not work..............
never mind hey
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We are rooting for you! keep at it!
I just got my Shift, so now I can start testing on my device too!