Nuvi 750 TourGuide files not working

It looks good to me. I can use TourGuides and get audible alerts within the radius set with my nuvi 750. From here at POI Factory, I have the Schools POI set for a 550-foot radius and the RestAreasCombined set for 15000 feet. In both cases, I get the audible mp3 file alert at my radius setting and when near the POI location, I see the icon I chose in 3D mode.

So all I can say is that TourGuides work for me with my 750.

What happens if you create a route to one of your TourGuide POI locations as a final destination? When arriving, do you get a visual and audio alert as you expect?

Are you sure about the double extension?Did you set your computer to view extensions?

What distance did you set?

Did you use the Extra POI Editor to convert to .gpx. It has a feature that let's you set a tourguide distance for each entry and thus you can use "express mode" in POI Loader.

Charlesd45,

Thank you for your prompt reply. I am absolutely positive about the double extension.
I even had it double checked.
That's why I am wondering if it is something to due with the 750's?

Jgermann;

Thank you for your prompt reply, I set the distance for 5280 feet.

No it should work on the 750.The usual problem is the double extension or not named the same except the extensions.You stated that you have double checked all of that.

Can you give example how they are named?

jgermann;

Yes, I found out about the POI Editor through this forum, and to keep things simple, I just used a one line .csv file and converted that to a .gpx file using POI Editor. And that was the only file I loaded using the POI Loader software. I then ran did a simulated drive through and I still cannot get the alert.
I'm sure it's something really simple.

Peets_Coffee TourGuide.mp3
Peets_Coffee TourGuide.bmp
Peets_Coffee Tourguide.csv ( or .gpx when converted )

I can make the files available if necessary

Ok, tell us how you turned alerts on in your unit

Try renaming the .csv name so it is the same case as the other two (Peets_Coffee TourGuide.csv instead of Peets_Coffee Tourguide.csv)

My mistake in typing, the G in Guide is capitalized.
I wish it was that simple.

Thanks

Tools-
Settings-
Proximity Points-
Proximity Points, checked on
TourGuide, set to AutoPlay

The following link may help:
http://brillharts.com/GarminAlerts/

Get a manual at http://www8.garmin.com/support/userManual.jsp

I have the manual that came with the unit, and I downloaded a manual from Garmin, via your link.
Is there something in there that I am missing?

I found that site several days ago. I made a simple one coordinate entry as described and still no alert?
Its my understanding that it makes no difference on this unit for a .gpx or .csv file.
But I was willing to try.
Thanks again

Is the MP3 player working OK for music files?

Here's a thought. What coordinates did you enter?

Please show them exactly as entered into your csv file with commas...

Perhaps the lat and long aren't reversed. (For whatever reason, most mapping programs display latitude followed by longitude but Garmin POI files must be entered with longitude followed by latitude.)

My first attempt to enter coordinates into google landed me in the Antarctic... maybe you've done the reverse with your poi coordinates?

Perfect,
I just listened to a one hour .mp3 file using the mp3 player through the FM transmitter last night.
Perfect.

The first line of many is
-122.243337,37.763876,Peet's Coffee-Alameda,CA Alameda Peet's,1365 Park Street,Alameda, CA, 94501,(510) 473-0136,Mon-Fri:5am-10pm,Sat:5:30am-10pm,Sun:5:30am-9pm

This file was downloaded from this site, so I assumed it was correct.

Thanks

Are you using an SD card?
If so, did you load this file to that SD card?
If so, did you let the GPS transfer the poi file into the gps unit itself?
If not...

Is the old poi file still on the gps unit itself? (poi.gpi)

If so, go ahead and delete the one on the gps unit.

I do not use an SD card for the POI file.
I allow the POI loader to load the files directly to the unit.
I went ahead and deleted the old POI.gpi file and then re-installed directly to the unit using the POI Loader. I am able to see the icons, but still no alert.
Thanks

Garmin .csv files use only 4 fields; I assume the others are ignored, but may be problematic. Perhaps others can answer for sure.

The 4 fields are Lon, Lat, Name, Other Info (typically address).

Using a copy, try opening this file in Extra_POI_Editor, then save it back as a .csv (Garmin) and see if it puts the right info into the 1st 4 fields. Then use POI Loader to copy this file and the other 2 to your 750 and see if this helps.

CraigW asked this earlier but you didn't reply to his questions: "What happens if you create a route to one of your TourGuide POI locations as a final destination? When arriving, do you get a visual and audio alert as you expect?"

I just finished simulating a simple route, and I did not get any proximity alerts.
Thanks

Is that a space in the file name? If so, have you tried it without the space?

Let's start from scratch and see if you get a normal proximity alert. Reload the csv file without putting TourGuide in the name. Then route past the location and see if you get a normal proximity alert.

I have tried every combination possible.
Including space/no space. Underscore/no underscore.
So far, nothing is working.

Well, that was nice. Without the TourGuide name, I was able to get a normal proximity alert.
So, what's wrong with the TourGuide alert?
thanks for your help.

Now let's try putting TourGuide in the file name. But let's change the name in case that's causing the problem. So name all of the files testing_TourGuide.

And change the alert distance to 1000 feet.

On my 765t GPS, here is what I see when I set some options

Tools > Settings > Proximity Points (I have to scroll down to see this)

I have two choices
Proximity Alerts and TourGuide

Under Proximity alerts I see
<> Custom POIs as a choice PLUS I see a button on the last line for Audio which gives choices of
Single Tone
Continuous Tone

Under TourGuide I see
Auto Play
Prompt
Off

How is your unit NOW set????

With the TourGuide name, the alerts quit working. I also tried it without an icon or mp3 file, just to see if the default sound would make a difference. It didn't. Still having trouble with the TourGuide aspect.
Thanks

So I assumed he omitted the enclosing quotes.