.WAV Conversion

A great freeware program is Audacity. Get your copy at http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Audacity will allow you to increase volume, increase the bass and edit many other characteristics of the sound file.

Download audacity (its freeware). Open the mp3 file and save as wav file.

I just use...

http://w15.media-convert.com/

Another possibility is Switch. There is a freeware version and it's very simple to use.

http://www.nch.com.au/switch/index.html

Steps to use WAV files in place of MP3 on 260 (260 does not have an MP3 player)

1. Download version 14.0.1 of SOX.EXE from http://sourceforge.net/projects/sox/

2. Place copy of SOX.EXE in C:\Program Files\Garmin folder. POILoader V2.5.2 will tell you SOX.EXE is missing if it encounters a .WAV file without SOX.EXE in the Garmin folder. (This is the default location Garmin used when I installed the software).

3. Use Audacity Portable to convert MP3 to WAV -- Export WAV settings 44100 HZ, 16-bit, MONO

Note: Audacity Portable makes no changes to your system. Please note the WAV settings. You can Google for Audacity Portable or go here: http://portableapps.com/apps/music_video/audacity_portable

4. Place WAV file in POI Collection file (use same name for CSV, BMP and WAV files if you're adding a sound to a warning or location). (POI Collection is the folder I use for uploads, you might use something different).

5. Upload to SD card using POILoader.

Hope this helps!

How do I save a sound file instead of playing it on the web. For example, see:

http://www.poi-factory.com/node/6201

Thanks

You can right mouse click on the sound file, select "Save Target As" and save the sound file to your hard drive.

I tried and I had the Save Link As...

There's no "Save Target As...".

I agree normally that's how you'll save a file to the hard drive. Just don't know why I don't see it. Could this be that the author does not allow this file for saving to hard disk?

What OS & Browser are you using? I use IE7 under WinXP Pro. When I right-click on either the Redlight-Cameras11.mp3 link or the Redlight-Cameras11.wav link, I get the normal context menu and Save Target As... is the 4th item down from the top.

The file you need to download and save must end in either .mp3 or .wav. "Save target" is the IE command while "Save Link" is Firefox.

If you are going to the Sounds link and trying to save the link to the file, it won't work. You need to open the first link and get to the actual files.