Nuvi 200
Wed, 02/18/2009 - 1:04am
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15 years
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Does the Nuvi 200 support the mp3 alerts or do I have to convert to be able to use alerts? Or does the the file I downloaded have a built in default alert sound?
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15 years
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Does the Nuvi 200 support the mp3 alerts or do I have to convert to be able to use alerts? Or does the the file I downloaded have a built in default alert sound?
kennethammar wrote: Does
Does the Nuvi 200 support the mp3
NO mp3 in the 200, you need to use sox.exe and wav files.
Nuvi 200
Is that easy to use?
Nuvi 200, GPS MAP60CSx
Sox and Wav
Is that easy to use?
You put the SOX.EXE file in the same directory on your computer that has poiloader.exe. Find a copy of Audacity on the web and use it to load the MP3 and then export it as a WAV. The WAV file is then treated exactly like an MP3 when loading POI. The name must match - EXACTLY except for the extension. The most common reason WAV alerts don't play is the same as for MP3 files, double extensions.
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Sox and Wav
Thanx!
Nuvi 200, GPS MAP60CSx
Where is Sox, lost in the laundry room?
I wouldn't mind trying this on the 250. Where would one find the sox.exe program?
a.Download the latest
a.Download the latest PoiLoader file at http://www8.garmin.com/products/poiloader/ .
b.Download Sox Exe at http://rapidshare.com:80/files/139638423/sox.zip .
c.After un-zipping Sox Exe file place it in your Garmin folder where the PoiLoader exe file is located on the computer.
d.The wav file for alerts will be named the same as the CSV or GPX file except for the extensions.
e.You can make your own wav files by going to http://www.research.att.com/~ttsweb/tts/demo.php and typing in what you want it to say or use a program to convert mp3 files to wav. When using the conversion it must be saved as PCM, 44.100 kHZ., 16 bit, Mono
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Wave files actually have better sound quality, however the more than average ear can't hear the difference, your storage space will though.
MP3 compresses audio files such as wav files, which tend to be very large, into smaller files By being very selective and eliminating certain sound frequencies that can't be heard by the human ear. The format compresses the file to approximately 1/12 the size of the original file that older formats like Wave need.
So thats the difference, just use what you need for your Gps.
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Sox
a.Download the latest PoiLoader file at http://www8.garmin.com/products/poiloader/ .
b.Download Sox Exe at http://rapidshare.com:80/files/139638423/sox.zip .
c.After un-zipping Sox Exe file place it in your Garmin folder where the PoiLoader exe file is located on the computer.
d.The wav file for alerts will be named the same as the CSV or GPX file except for the extensions.
e.You can make your own wav files by going to http://www.research.att.com/~ttsweb/tts/demo.php and typing in what you want it to say or use a program to convert mp3 files to wav. When using the conversion it must be saved as PCM, 44.100 kHZ., 16 bit, Mono
Thanks, d/loaded. I'll play with this for the 250.
Reducing size of .wav files
Wave files actually have better sound quality, however the more than average ear can't hear the difference, your storage space will though.
MP3 compresses audio files such as wav files, which tend to be very large, into smaller files By being very selective and eliminating certain sound frequencies that can't be heard by the human ear. The format compresses the file to approximately 1/12 the size of the original file that older formats like Wave need.
So thats the difference, just use what you need for your Gps.
If the .wav files get too big you can use the Sound Recorder utility which comes standard with Windows XP (don't think it comes with Vista - but it can be copied to Vista from an XP machine) to reduce the size. Just load the original .wav in Sound Recorder and then use File/Save As to save in a different format. Reduce the bit rate or sampling rate to get a smaller size until you start to lose quality. We've done this to embed .wav's in Powerpoint presentations and it works well.
P.S. Just saw the instruction to save as 44,100Khz and 16b Mono above. So don't know if this will work. I'll give it a try and see.