Proximity Issue

If you are using a Windows computer with POI Loader and trying to use custom alert sound files, you need to use .WAV files (not .MP3) along with the SOX.EXE sound utility program. See Charlie's FAQ here: http://www.poi-factory.com/node/25730.

If you are just wanting the standard "bong" alert sound, check your settings for Proximity Alerts. I am not sure where they are on a nuvi 57LM, but probably somewhere under Settings > Proximity Alerts > Type of alerts.

Here is the video version for the link Alan posted above https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dsJTUmvb6_o

Thanks for the reply folks. BMP and WAV files work just fine. The issue is that I have the proximity set for 3 miles and it doesn't work. After I get to within 1000 feet or so, the alert sounds. I must have something off that needs to be on or something... back to the book.

Did you drive the road that the Cracker Barrel was on or was it on a side road? This will make a difference. I have TourGuide set up on my GPS for Cracker Barrel. Any time I am within the specified distance (in this case 5280 feet) I will get an alert announcing Cracker Barrel ahead. The way to do this is name your POI like this; TourGuideCrackerBarrel_5280.gpx, TourGuideCrackerBarrel_5280.wav, name everything else this way, e.g. bmp, etc.
They should now give you the alert your are looking for.

Garmin alerts do not work at a "radius" by default. They work as an "along the route" alert.

You need to check out TourGuides if you want that type of alert.

http://www.poi-factory.com/search/node/tourguides

First, an explanation. Proximity alerts will activate only if the coordinates for the POI locations are within 30 meters (roughly 98 feet) from the road on which the GPS is traveling.

What you want - and I do this for Cracker Barrel myself - if to create a TourGuide file.

see TourGuide Radius Alerts

I agree that you need Sox.exe

se Getting voice alerts on units without mp3 capability

Thanks folks for the info. I was thinking a radius proximity as in tomtom. Renamed the files by adding TourGuide and all is working fine.
Thanks again....

Well done!

I've been using POI's for some time now and have set them up the way I wanted. I've also used EPE to set distances for alerts.

I'd been told that it cannot be done the way I do my POI's but it works for me. That they should be sorted into for example, a restaurant folder, a fuel station folder, hotels/motels etc.

I'd also been told you cannot have more than 30 items in one folder.

I have one main POI folder which contains 144 GPX locations, 136 wav files and 136 BMP files. Those do not get updated too often.

I have a separate folder for Red Light Cameras and another for Speed Cameras since both get updated more frequently.

Now I also use EPE editor to set my distance alerts, which are the same for all "Waypoints". I set all for about a 1/2 mile distance alert.

To be honest I have no idea how to use "Tourguide" and have never renamed a file or "Waypoint" to that.

As I recall, there is a 32 file subsets limitation (where a subset can contain a .gpx/.csv, a .mp3(if device supports)/.wav and/or .bmp) for a "sub-folder" underneath the main folder to which POI Loader is pointed.

I think you can have a many files as you want in the main folder.