POI alerts

Did you load them onto your GPSr using Garmin's POI Loader application in the manual mode and set the proximity alert either with a distance or speed ?????
If they are speed or red light files they could be loaded in express mode if the name has not been changed.

Did you SET alerts for your POIs? Regular POIs do not alert by default. You must SET an alert. This can be done in a variety of ways. If you run POI Loader in Manual Mode instead of Express Mode, you can set alerts.

Also, the nuvi 260W does not have an MP3 player, so MP3 files will not work. Several members have been successful at using WAV files instead. If you search the forum for SOX, you should find a long thread discussion it.

Check out Phil's great explanation of setting alerts for more info about alerts.

http://www.poi-factory.com/node/6764

Thanks, Ken. I Didn't use the manual mode. I'll try that.

Thanks, Mama,

I'll see if I can convert the MP3 files to WAV files and see if that works.

For testing purposes, I setup a POI alert for Walgreens. If the store is on a corner that you pass, it will only alert if the address of the store is on the street you are traveling, not the street you are crossing. You may still pass the POI, but the alert did not trigger, because it thinks the POI is on a different street.

That is good to know. thanks.

You might want to check this thread.

http://www.poi-factory.com/node/13429

I have a nuvi 260 and wav files will work great. As suggested, Audacity is good for converting the mp3 files.

HI, Simba1994,

If what you want is for an alert (.wav files work nicely on the Nuvi 260, by the way) to go off at a particular distance, whether the location is on your current road or not, just set it up as a TourGuide file. Include the "word" TourGuide, spelled and capitalized exactly as it is here in the name. (Ex: TourGuide_Rest_Areas.csv OR TourGuide_Rest_Areas.gpx) Use POI Loader in manual mode and establish a distance alert at whatever number of feet you wish. The alert will then sound when you approach within that distance of each location in the file from any direction, and on any road.

Hi cowmanfl,

I don't understand how this is different than just using the .wav file with the poi file. When you install it using the manual setting you can set the distance for the alert. What's different using the TourGuide file? I might want to try it, but I'm not sure why.

Thanks,

The .wav file is not the issue, the difference is having the alert sound within a certain range. The POI file requires the POI to be on or very near the route you are traveling. The TourGuide file lets you specify a distance from the POI regardless of whether it is along your route or not.

So you could set it for a couple of miles or something? I'm gonna have to try this.
Thanks

I converted am MP3 file to WAV and loaded it with the corresponding CSV file, but it didn't work. All I got was a "bong-bong" and a visual alert. Any advice?

Did you follow the steps in the thread regarding installing SOX?

gpfoster is right, the .wav file is NOT the issue. I just threw that in as an aside. The TourGuide file lets you use any distance, from any direction, up to 200,000 feet, or roughly 37 miles. I routinely set my alerts for 158,400 ft (30 miles) for "Oldies" radio stations, for example. This works fine for the Nuvi 260, I don't know what maximums might exist for all of the other models.

OK. That makes sense. I'm gonna have to give this a try. Another interesting thing to learn about my 260.
Thanks