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Tue, 07/26/2011 - 8:17pm

Prior to leaving on a 1500 mile trip with our RV, I updated my Rest Area POI. Prior to doing this, I was receiving a notification of a Rest Area two miles out. After downloading the updated version I received no alerts. When I went to "Extras" the Rest Area POI file was there and if I went to a specific RA, it did show that the POI did have an alert setting.

What did I do wrong?

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Tue, 07/26/2011 - 8:22pm

When you downloaded the new

When you downloaded the new file it has a 2 letter version identification. Did you keep that 2 letter version or name the file the same as the previously compiled file?

I usually run POILoader in manual mode and set it to 10560 foot distance alert. If the names of the 3 files (csv, bmp & wav) are exactly the same all should work fine.

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Tue, 07/26/2011 - 8:51pm

me too

I load manually and set distance in the loader to 10,000 feet

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Tue, 07/26/2011 - 10:15pm

I name mine: Rest Area

I name mine: Rest Area TourGuide

I load manually and set the distance at 10,560 feet (a 2 mile diameter).

I also have the wave (.wav) voice alert and the bitmap (.bmp) image named with the exact same prefix (Rest Area TourGuide).

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Wed, 07/27/2011 - 8:29am

like others

koot wrote:

I name mine: Rest Area TourGuide

I load manually and set the distance at 10,560 feet (a 2 mile diameter).

Like many others I load the file into EPE, add the distance and then save as a GPX. I then run POI Loader in Auto with the distance as part of the file.

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Wed, 07/27/2011 - 10:43am

Back on topic

Bear nailed it. The new rest area file has a different file name. Either edit your wav & bmp file names to match, or edit the rest area file name.

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Wed, 07/27/2011 - 12:09pm

Me too

Box Car wrote:

Like many others I load the file into EPE, add the distance and then save as a GPX. I then run POI Loader in Auto with the distance as part of the file.

If you have several files with proximity distances, the .gpx technique saves time and all it really requires is Extra POI Editor (EPE).

Get EPE at http://turboccc.wikispaces.com/Extra_POI_Editor#toc5