I've googled all it's worth, but I can't find a way to import
favorites to the 540. Is it possible? POI's are OK, but it's a few
steps easier to get to the favorites - or is there a shortcut / trick
to just show MY favorites, and not every gas station, restaurant, etc
that I'm missing?

I had a TomTom One XL I think years ago, and I could have sworn I
could import favorites...

Thanks

Evan
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On Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:44:17 -0700, Evan Platt
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> I've googled all it's worth, but I can't find a way to import
> favorites to the 540. Is it possible? POI's are OK, but it's a few
> steps easier to get to the favorites - or is there a shortcut / trick
> to just show MY favorites, and not every gas station, restaurant, etc
> that I'm missing?
>
> I had a TomTom One XL I think years ago, and I could have sworn I
> could import favorites...

The Favourites are in files called mapsettings.cfg (one per map folder) along
with Home Address and Recent Destinations. Unless you are happy to move all
of those as one group you might find that the easy and safe way to move
Favourites into archives or between devices is to first copy them into a POI
file and then move that file around.

Tony

On Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:42:56 +0100, "Anthony R. Gold"
<not-for-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>The Favourites are in files called mapsettings.cfg (one per map folder) along
>with Home Address and Recent Destinations. Unless you are happy to move all
>of those as one group you might find that the easy and safe way to move
>Favourites into archives or between devices is to first copy them into a POI
>file and then move that file around.

I should have mentioned that.. Yes, I did find that it's called
mapsettings.cfg, but haven't found a way to 'edit' or copy my POI's to
a mapsettings.cfg.
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On Tue, 31 Aug 2010 07:10:42 -0700, Evan Platt
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> On Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:42:56 +0100, "Anthony R. Gold"
> <not-for-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> The Favourites are in files called mapsettings.cfg (one per map folder) along
>> with Home Address and Recent Destinations. Unless you are happy to move all
>> of those as one group you might find that the easy and safe way to move
>> Favourites into archives or between devices is to first copy them into a POI
>> file and then move that file around.
>
> I should have mentioned that.. Yes, I did find that it's called
> mapsettings.cfg, but haven't found a way to 'edit' or copy my POI's to
> a mapsettings.cfg.

One by one. Click on a Favourite then save that position as a POI.

Tony

"Anthony R. Gold" <not-for-(E-Mail Removed)> a écrit dans le message de news:
(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Tue, 31 Aug 2010 07:10:42 -0700, Evan Platt
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:42:56 +0100, "Anthony R. Gold"
> > <not-for-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> >
> >> The Favourites are in files called mapsettings.cfg (one per map folder)
along
> >> with Home Address and Recent Destinations. Unless you are happy to move
all
> >> of those as one group you might find that the easy and safe way to move
> >> Favourites into archives or between devices is to first copy them into
a POI
> >> file and then move that file around.
> >
> > I should have mentioned that.. Yes, I did find that it's called
> > mapsettings.cfg, but haven't found a way to 'edit' or copy my POI's to
> > a mapsettings.cfg.
>
> One by one. Click on a Favourite then save that position as a POI.
>
> Tony

PIOEdit. I heard about it but not tried yet.

On Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:23:46 +0200, "frischmoutt" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>
> "Anthony R. Gold" <not-for-(E-Mail Removed)> a écrit dans le message de news:
> (E-Mail Removed)...
>> On Tue, 31 Aug 2010 07:10:42 -0700, Evan Platt
>> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:42:56 +0100, "Anthony R. Gold"
>>> <not-for-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>>
>>>> The Favourites are in files called mapsettings.cfg (one per map folder)
> along
>>>> with Home Address and Recent Destinations. Unless you are happy to move
> all
>>>> of those as one group you might find that the easy and safe way to move
>>>> Favourites into archives or between devices is to first copy them into
> a POI
>>>> file and then move that file around.
>>>
>>> I should have mentioned that.. Yes, I did find that it's called
>>> mapsettings.cfg, but haven't found a way to 'edit' or copy my POI's to
>>> a mapsettings.cfg.
>>
>> One by one. Click on a Favourite then save that position as a POI.
>>
>> Tony
>
> PIOEdit. I heard about it but not tried yet.

Give that man a star, it worked great! A great find.

http://www.poiedit.com/downloads.htm

Tony

On Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:53:30 +0100, "Anthony R. Gold"
<not-for-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>> PIOEdit. I heard about it but not tried yet.
>
>Give that man a star, it worked great! A great find.
>
>http://www.poiedit.com/downloads.htm
>
>Tony

Unless I'm missing something, POIEdit will OPEN mapsettings.cfg, but
will not SAVE a .cfg file - ie you cannot edit the mapsettings.cfg,
only read it.
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On Wed, 01 Sep 2010 06:44:50 -0700, Evan Platt
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> On Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:53:30 +0100, "Anthony R. Gold"
> <not-for-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>> PIOEdit. I heard about it but not tried yet.
>>
>> Give that man a star, it worked great! A great find.
>>
>> http://www.poiedit.com/downloads.htm
>>
>> Tony
>
> Unless I'm missing something, POIEdit will OPEN mapsettings.cfg, but
> will not SAVE a .cfg file - ie you cannot edit the mapsettings.cfg,
> only read it.

I believe that's right, .cfg is one of the source file formats but it is not
one of the destination file formats so you could use this to bring all your
Favourites into one POI file with just one click but you would then need to
go through them and manually add each of them to the Favourites of the second
device.

Else just copy the MapSettings.cfg file, but I advise you keep a backup of
the original file of the target device just in case something in the foreign
..cfg from of the donor device upsets it on account of difference in hardware
or in the application software etc.

I use Favourites as very temporary storage so would never have more than half
a dozen at one time, just for use in one particular trip, and they would be
deleted after the trip. If any have a longer useful life then they would be
stored into POI files and not left in Favourites. But that's just my custom.

Tony

"Anthony R. Gold" <not-for-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Wed, 01 Sep 2010 06:44:50 -0700, Evan Platt
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:53:30 +0100, "Anthony R. Gold"
>> <not-for-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>>>> PIOEdit. I heard about it but not tried yet.
>>>
>>> Give that man a star, it worked great! A great find.
>>>
>>> http://www.poiedit.com/downloads.htm
>>>
>>> Tony
>>
>> Unless I'm missing something, POIEdit will OPEN mapsettings.cfg, but
>> will not SAVE a .cfg file - ie you cannot edit the mapsettings.cfg,
>> only read it.
>
> I believe that's right, .cfg is one of the source file formats but it is
> not
> one of the destination file formats so you could use this to bring all
> your
> Favourites into one POI file with just one click but you would then need
> to
> go through them and manually add each of them to the Favourites of the
> second
> device.
>
> Else just copy the MapSettings.cfg file, but I advise you keep a backup of
> the original file of the target device just in case something in the
> foreign
> .cfg from of the donor device upsets it on account of difference in
> hardware
> or in the application software etc.
>
> I use Favourites as very temporary storage so would never have more than
> half
> a dozen at one time, just for use in one particular trip, and they would
> be
> deleted after the trip. If any have a longer useful life then they would
> be
> stored into POI files and not left in Favourites. But that's just my
> custom.
>
> Tony

I keep clear of Favorites (in mapsettings.cfg) and stuff my favourites in a
POI group I call Favourites - easier to manipulate/copy/share.

On Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:44:17 -0700, Evan Platt
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>to just show MY favorites, and not every gas station, restaurant, etc
>that I'm missing?

You really need to know where all the gas stations are, because
everytime you drive past a gas station, you're PASSING GAS !!!!

Poot