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How do I install custom Points of Interest?
1.
In the Add new POIs section, click Browse to select a source file. The Open dialog box will open.
2.
Select the file from your local or network drive, then click Open.
3.
From the POI Category section:
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use an existing custom POI category,
select the Existing category option, then select a type
from the drop-down list.
Replace an existing POI,
select the Existing category option and a type from the
drop-down list, then select Replace existing POIs.
If you want to create a new POI instead, then select
Add to existing POIs.
create a new custom POI category,
select the New category option, then type a name for
the POI category.
4.
Set Alert setting as required:
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enable a visual warning when a POI of this
category is in close proximity,
select the Visual alert checkbox.
select an icon to display on the
Map
screen for POIs of this category,
click Browse to select the icon file from your local or
network drive.
When you have located the icon file, select it and
click Open.
The icon file must be a bitmap (*.png and *.bmp)
graphic with a minimum size of 6x6 pixels and a
maximum size of 32x32 pixels.
If you do not select a custom icon, a default icon will
display.
select the distance from a POI of this
category at which the visual warning
should display or the warning chime
should sound,
select the distance from the Distance box.
To change the units used to measure distance for this
POI category, from the tools menu click on options and
from the general option select Use metric units checkbox.
enable a warning sound when a POI of this
category is in close proximity,
select the Audio alert checkbox.
select a custom sound alert file to play
when a POI of this category is in close
proximity,
either select a sound file from the list, or
click Add to select a sound file (.WAV format) from
your local or network drive. When you have located
the file, select it and click Open.
If you do not select a custom sound file, a default
sound alert will play.
5.
Click Add to device to add the POI to your Navman.
Each file corresponds to a POI category; for example, Hotels.csv will be listed on your Navman as the
Hotels category.
