Speed camera plug-in for TomTom GO, TomTom ONE and TomTom RIDER

Installation Guide

Please note:

If you have a version of TomTom Go that is less than 4.4, please download the latest free update of TomTom. You can find more information about this at German TomTom support area.
The update can also be directly downloaded here..
If you have various map folders on your TomTom GO, please repeat the following steps for each map folder.

Please unzip the overlay with a suitable program - we recommend WINZIP - in a target folder of your choice. In our example, we selected the folder "C:/temp/new folder"; see illustration:
The unzipped files can now be found in the folder that you selected (in our example it is "C:/temp/new folder"); see illustration:
Mark all unzipped files; click them with the right mouse button and then press Copy;see illustration:
Exit TomTom GO on your computer and select drive "TomTom" in the Explorer or in 'My computer'. Now, use the right mouse button and click the TomTom map folder (it ends with the word "Map";in our example it is the folder "DE_AT_CH_PL_CZ_Plus-Map") and then select Paste;see illustration:
The data will now be copied to your TomTom Go.
When the copy process is finished, all the necessary files are in your TomTom Go and there is a folder structure that looks approximately like the following:
That was the most difficult part. You can disconnect the TomTom GO from your PC once again. Now, only the overlays still have to be activated.
Start the TomTom navigation system and activate the new high accident area POIs under "Change preferences -> Enable/disable POIs", see illustration:
By using the menu option "Manage POIs -> Warn when near POI" you can instruct the TomTom navigation system to issue an acoustic warning before all speed cameras. This warning can be set individually for each category (50 speed cameras, 100 speed cameras, and so on).
After choosing the category, you can enter the distance as of which the TomTom navigation system should give you an acoustic warning.

We recommend the following settings;of course, you are free to adjust the values to suit your needs:

20-30 mph speed camera 200 m

40-50 mph speed camera 250 m

60-70 mph speed camera 500 m

variable speed camera 500 m

red light 100 m
Then, select the warning signal for each category. The TomTom navigation system provides 15 different sounds. We recommend a short, terse sound in order to not disrupt any voice messages from the navigation program for any longer than necessary.
We recommend that you don't activate the menu option "Warn only if POI is on route".

Why?
Our speed camera database works with an accuracy of +/- 20m. Therefore, it is possible that the TomTom navigation system won't recognise a speed camera, because the program would assume that the speed camera is on the other side of the road due to a slight deviation. In addition, there are also many speed cameras that are on the left side of the road but work in both directions or can be swivelled. Therefore, please don't activate this item, and all speed cameras in your direction of travel with an angle of 90º to the left and right, will be included in the warnings.

Tip: They can accomplish updates of the safety camera database completely simply with PoiEdit. You proceed after the installation guide "Speed camera update with PoiEdit" and select as data format "ov2" and as target folder the according "map" folder on your tomtom device.

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