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adding voices to tomtom 5

Hi,
After many hours of trying to get tomtom to work on my mini s I finally did it. Only one problem now is hopw do i get the voice files to work? I have transfered the voice cabs that i want over to the device and storage card and ran from there. Installed perfectly but still no voices within tomtom? What am i doing wrong?
cheers

Well, in the directory u find tomtom directory, make a new sub-dir with the name tomtom and put the voice files there.

so i put the new "tomtom" folder in mydocuments/tomtom?
eg.
my documents/tomtom/tomtom
then do i install from here?
cheers

Hi!
@ferritt: I'm really wondering why your TomTom Setup is so complicated (compared to mine)... Most of us just copied the correct voice.cab (UK Janes file is called engf.cab) to the device and started it (NOT installing to the Storage Card).
It creates a folder under /My Documents -> tomtom with the following files in it -> CurrentMap.dat, data02.chk (that should read data05.chk for english Jane) and data02.vif (data05.vif).
Final view:
/My Documents/tomtom/
CurrentMap.dat
data05.chk
data05.vif
Hope this helps.
Greetings
plant

see what i have mate is the voice files (cab) from my tomtom 5 cd. But also i have the .chk files aswell on another tomtom cd which is the only one i could get working. so should i just put them into the .chk files ionto the tomtom folder?
cheers

plantagoo said:
Hi!
@ferritt: I'm really wondering why your TomTom Setup is so complicated (compared to mine)... Most of us just copied the correct voice.cab (UK Janes file is called engf.cab) to the device and started it (NOT installing to the Storage Card).
It creates a folder under /My Documents -> tomtom with the following files in it -> CurrentMap.dat, data02.chk (that should read data05.chk for english Jane) and data02.vif (data05.vif).
Final view:
/My Documents/tomtom/
CurrentMap.dat
data05.chk
data05.vif
Hope this helps.
Greetings
plant
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got it sorted at last
I was putting the files in the tomtom folder found in the root of the device not my documents.
cheers for ya help mate.
I would like to declare this thread closed. lol
cheers again

plantagoo said:
Most of us just copied the correct voice.cab (UK Janes file is called engf.cab) to the device and started it (NOT installing to the Storage Card).
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It is perfectly possible to install everything to the Storage Card. There's a complete walkthrough here (for the Universal, but the Wizard is very similar)
Edit: added direct download here

How to save docs as default into Storage Card\My Documents?

I'd like to save my new docs into the 'My Documents' folder of Storage Card automatically in order to save space in main (RAM) memory. I know it seems to be easy, just go to 'Options' and set 'Save to' Storage Card. I've done it in case of every frequently used program.
Camera and Excel works well, they place the new file into 'Storage Card\My Documents\My Pictures' and 'Storage Card\My Documents'. But Pocket Word and Notes place the new file just into Storage Card root.
Any hint how to solve it? Maybe some registry settings?
Thanks in advance
Tibor

P. Word registry settings - where?
Sorry, I know my question is not really Magician-specific, but I have an MDA Compact (with 1.13.00 WWE ROM, 1.13.00 Radio and 1.13.131 WWE Extended ROM) therefore this is the forum I often visit.
I appreciate if somebody has some hint...
The fact is that I tried to search for the Registry for Pocket Word settings, but found nothing (except some converters).

Solution
As it was my first request for assistance I thought the community was more helpful...
But no problem, finally I found the solution. (source: support.microsoft. com, article ID: 319616)
Let ME help if somebody has similar problem: you should delete the zero-byte-long 'ignore_my_docs' file from the root dir of Storage Card. This file prevents the built-in applications from using 'My Documents' dir as default/root folder while listing the files in 'Open File' window.
(If you need further explanation, refer to the above-mentioned Knowledge Base article.)
Cheers,
Tibor

Re: Solution
ctibor said:
As it was my first request for assistance I thought the community was more helpful...
But no problem, finally I found the solution. (source: support.microsoft. com, article ID: 319616)
Let ME help if somebody has similar problem: you should delete the zero-byte-long 'ignore_my_docs' file from the root dir of Storage Card. This file prevents the built-in applications from using 'My Documents' dir as default/root folder while listing the files in 'Open File' window.
(If you need further explanation, refer to the above-mentioned Knowledge Base article.)
Cheers,
Tibor
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I don't have a zero length file in my Storage Card. There was such a file in my /Storage directory. Is that what you meant?
I think the reason no one answered is that no one knew anything, not for lack of interest. Thanks for sharing the info...
You do realize that your storage card is not backed up by Activesync, whereas the main memory location is backed up? (Assuming you selected to sycronize files in Activesync)
Are you sure about the article number? I showed that article as "How to create a resource-only DLL to host an Outlook Today page"
Article ID : 319616
Last Review : April 30, 2004
Revision : 1.0

Re: Solution
Yes, this is the file I meant. I used the same MMC card with my previous device (Qtek 2060) that -I think- ran an older op. system, maybe that's why 'ignore_my_docs' was created on the card.
Yes, I use ActiveSync. I know it's not capable of synchronising the storage card, therefore I also use MobSync. It can.
Sorry, I mistyped the Article reference. The right ID no.: 319516.
Tibor
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How to change Ringtone Directory?

Hey,
is there any chance to change the ringe tone directory? I already read some threads. But changing directory in regedit HKCU\controlpanel\soundcategories\ring did not work
I aslo read that i might not be possible to change rings directory to SD-Card because of insufficient access speed to card... Is that right?
Thanks for update...

Anybody?
Thx...

TC25FFM said:
Anybody?
Thx...
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What's the purpose of changing the default ringtones directory? You can still put your ringtones wherever you like and select them with File Explorer....

I have set in registry to point to my storage card.
HKCU\ControlPanel\SoundCategories\Ring
Directory = \Storage Card\Rings
where "Rings" is a sub folder inside my Storage Card.

kaer said:
I have set in registry to point to my storage card.
HKCU\ControlPanel\SoundCategories\Ring
Directory = \Storage Card\Rings
where "Rings" is a sub folder inside my Storage Card.
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I have tried to make the change but it seems not to work.
Some suggestion?
Thanks

How do you change registry? Thanks.

anonimo said:
What's the purpose of changing the default ringtones directory? You can still put your ringtones wherever you like and select them with File Explorer....
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yes,he can do this by file explorer, but when i select an mp3(for ex.) it copy that to rom of device, (without MMC it will work)...this will populate the memory

Well, it seems that WM6 can see ringtones in root of storage card so there's no need for any registry tricks (it doesn't work either) just copy all your ringtones there and select it from Sound&Notification option in Settings...

I'd advise not putting ringtones into a Storage Card. Most of the time it will be OK, but sometimes, the initialisation time of the card will mean the phone won't ring till after the call gets transferred to VM.
MP3 and WMA ringtones need the initialise the WMP kernel to play, which adds to the time taken to activate.

Just copy the ringtone you need to \Storage Card\My Documents
works fine to my wm6.
thanks.

You can also create a folder on the storage card called 'My Ringtones' and it works

10X maxxtech,
its work!

The other trick is to shorten the mp3 down to about 15 to 20 seconds of the actual part of the song etc you want.
This keeps the file size right down.

sorry to bring back a really old thread, but i figured its better than creating a new one...
I havea question, I added ringers of *.wma's to my \windows directory, but when I go to Sounds & Notifications, I dont see any of my added ringtones, am I doing something wrong here?
In the Registry, the location for rings states the "\Windows\" directory...

nobody!?!?!

sorry, double post!

mdou said:
You can also create a folder on the storage card called 'My Ringtones' and it works
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Good suggestion.
Thankx

Location of tsk themes???

Hi,just setting up my M700 and need to transfer my themes over.Usually do this by just restoring from sprite backup. However this time I did a complete clean install. Problem is I cant find the normally present themes folder so as for them to appear in the today menu. Usually its in the windows folder but I cant find it.Where can I put them oe where is it located (the're a lot of them in a folder I created called themes) so as to be visable to the device ie usable/selectable as today backscreens? Thanx all.

The .tsk files should be stored in \windows
When you say that you can't see it, do you mean that you can't see \windows in the explorer on your PC when the phone is connected via ActiveSync?
If this is the case, then it might be due to the fact that the \windows folder is hidden and the explorer on your PC is not showing hidden files and folders.

Try also in My Documents.

Thanx for the reply,unfortunately didnt work
@Its : I can see the windows folder in both my trinity and pc
@MacGuy2006 : Have looked in my documents to no avail
Perhaps another way of posing the question would be how or where do I put additional themes so i can use them. I would rather not have them just put in like that in the windows or whatever folder as I'd like to keep them tidy and organised in their own sub-folder called themes.That way I can edit/remove/add them easily. What pathway or tweak if possible could I use to run them off the storage card to save on space?
Thanx again.

dabs1 said:
Thanx for the reply,unfortunately didnt work
@Its : I can see the windows folder in both my trinity and pc
@MacGuy2006 : Have looked in my documents to no avail
Perhaps another way of posing the question would be how or where do I put additional themes so i can use them. I would rather not have them just put in like that in the windows or whatever folder as I'd like to keep them tidy and organised in their own sub-folder called themes.That way I can edit/remove/add them easily. What pathway or tweak if possible could I use to run them off the storage card to save on space?
Thanx again.
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You can put the tsk files in the ROOT directory "/" of your miniSD card and WM5 will find them. I do this to save storage on my phone.

Matterhorn said:
You can put the tsk files in the ROOT directory "/" of your miniSD card and WM5 will find them. I do this to save storage on my phone.
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ok thanx matterhorn. May have to do that as its proving a pain.Just that I have more than enough space on the trinity itself.just cant get them to be seen

I download the zipped up tsk file to the storage card.
When I upzip it (by double clicking on the new icon shown in my storage card it gives the options of where you want to send it). I send it to the "my dococuments" on my phone. Then when you go into "settings", then "today" screen you'll have a choice of all your new tsk files added to the original ones.

[Q] Accidentally renamed directory in my device

I Accidentally renamed a directory in "my device" on my GT-I8000.
Can someone post a screenshot or list ?
WM6.1 Pro

\My Storage
\Storage Card
\
Application Data
ConnMgr
Documents and Settings
My Documents
Temp
Program Files
Widgets
Windows

Thank you for the reply. I still have all those dirs and several more.
The contents of the directory renamed accidentally are these subdirs:
Application Store
AppToDate
ArcSoft
CorePlayer
LockScreen
MDS
Microsoft
MobilityFlow
Opera9
PhotoAlbum.Data
Shazam
Skyfire
Skype
Sounds
Volatile
WindowsLive
wmTorret
Zirconia
Does anyone Know the name of this directory in WM6.1??

This is the "Program Files" folder. But it can be a different name depending on your language.

"Program Files" is still there in the My Device dir.
There are about 20 programs in that dir.

NamelessRanger said:
"Program Files" is still there in the My Device dir.
There are about 20 programs in that dir.
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Thats correct.
In my NL langauge I have:
- Program files
- Programmabestanden
Both are used for program files but the last one is written in Dutch. Install a new program to "My Storage" and it will create the correct name here too.