Getting down loaded poi's to work

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Regular POIs do not alert by default. If you want to be alerted, you must SET alerts. This can be done in a variety of ways.

If you run POI Loader in Manual Mode instead of Express Mode, you will get an option to set alerts.

Check out Hornby's great guide for more information.
http://www.poi-factory.com/node/6764

Be aware that in order for alerts to sound, you must be on the road on which the POI is locationed, traveling in the direction of the POI, and the POI must be sufficiently close to the road (typically 50 feet or less).

Hi tedseed10,

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To answer one of your questions about adding sounds and icons to a POI file. is really simple. Let's say, for argument sake, you have a POI file called "tedseed10_home.csv". In order for your associated sound file and associated icon to work with that specific POI file, the prefix for all three files "must" be named the same.

For example, this is the correct way to name your associated (.mp3 & .bmp) files:

tedseed10_home.csv
tedseed10_home.mp3
tedseed10_home.bmp

This would be incorrect and won't work:

tedseed10_home.csv
myhome.mp3
home_icon.bmp

HTH (hope that helps)

Regards,

Tailspin

Nüvi 670
Mac User

This is stright from POI loader on setting your alerts.

To load POIs using Manual mode:

Turn on your Garmin GPS device and connect it to your computer. If you are using a card reader, connect it to your computer.

Open POI Loader and click Next.

Make sure the appropriate device appears in the Device field. If not, click Find Device. If you have multiple devices connected to your computer, select the device you want from the drop-down list.

Click Next.

Select "Install new custom POI's onto your device."

Select the directory where the data files can be found. POI Loader detects all .csv and .gpx data files within that directory. If you have data files saved in additional directories listed under the main directory, POI Loader creates subcategories for those Custom POI files when they are loaded onto your unit. For example, if the main directory contains additional directories called "Food", "Resorts", and "Stores", POI Loader creates subcategories called Food, Resorts, and Stores on your unit.

Select the appropriate units for distance and speed (Feet and MPH or Meters and KPH).

NOTE: POI Loader uses these units to interpret the data within the data files. If you select units that are different from the units used in the data files, your speed alerts will not be accurate.

Select Manual and then click Next.

Adjust the settings for each individual data file:

If you want to ignore certain files, check "Ignore this file?".

If the file contains proximity alert points, check the appropriate box.

Select alert settings:

To set a speed alert, click Alert when speed is greater than the Alert Speed and enter the speed at which you want to receive an alert.

To set a proximity alert, click Alert when you get close to a point and enter the distance you want.

Click Next.

Repeat Steps 8–9 for each data file you want to load. After you choose the alert settings for all data files, POI Loader installs the POIs on your device.

NOTE: This replaces any existing Custom POIs installed on your device.

Click Finish.

thanks everyone who helped it works great now and sorry i took so long to thank you guys i was out of town, and to motorcycle mama sorry about the caps, this is all new to me, but im learning--tedseed10