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Phone Dial From Custom POI List

 
Thu, 01/01/2009 - 2:11pm

I have just joined the group and boy is it great. I have a Garmin 760 paired with a Motorola V360. It works great. I am even able to voice dial. My problem is with the custom POI's that I have loaded. If I go to Where To then to Extras then to custom POIs all the custom POI's are there along with the phone numbers, but I am not able to call a number after selecting a POI from here.

If I select phone then, Points of Interest, then Extras,then Custom POI's and then select a POI I get a no matches found. Am I doing something wrong or is this the way it is supposed to work.

I would really like to be able to automatically call the number without having to enter it manually.

Thanks

Tom

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Thu, 01/01/2009 - 2:17pm

you have to use gpx files, not csv

Clickable dialing requires that your POI's be saved in GPX format.

Thu, 01/01/2009 - 2:20pm

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gtsimon1 wrote:

I would really like to be able to automatically call the number without having to enter it manually.

Tom,
For a phone number to be dial-able, the file must be of gpx format (not csv). If you want to convert, look into GeePeeEx Editor.

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Thu, 01/01/2009 - 4:25pm

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I would just add that not only does it have to be GPX format but it also must be formatted correctly. Just converting a CSV to GPX typically won't work correctly. Definitely look into GeePeeEx Editor.

Thu, 01/01/2009 - 4:46pm

Nice

I like the new look MM

Thu, 01/01/2009 - 5:51pm

is GeePeeEx Editor

is GeePeeEx Editor free?
Thanks

Thu, 01/01/2009 - 5:56pm

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ncstatesman wrote:

is GeePeeEx Editor free?
Thanks

It is very inexpensive and there is a free trial version: http://geepeeex.googlepages.com/

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