To use POIbase, you must register using a valid email address you have access to, as you will receive the POI’s you select for download via email. You can access the POIbase web edition via the following link: POIbase Web-Edition Log in or create a new account The video below (German only for now) explains all steps and settings, as well as how to edit POI and safety camera data using POIbase, and how to import custom POI categories. The POI’s can be found on the sat nav under Where to Categories Other Categories (Custom POI’s).The Garmin POI Loader will now process the POI data in the background and it will be transferred to the device or the SD card.We advise using Automatic mode unless you want to configure individual warning settings, though this may involve considerable time and effort on your part.Once the data has been downloaded to your PC, a popup will ask you to choose between Automatic mode (the Garmin POI Loader will process the data automatically) or Manual mode.Use the yellow Download approx (x) POIs at the bottom of the page to start downloading.Once you have finished browsing and selecting POI categories for download, use the back button at the bottom of the app to return to the main Load POIs and Speedcams page, then select My selected POIs to double check your selection.Click on the add button to activate POI categories for download. You can click through the main categories to browse subcategories. Choose the POI categories you wish to install via Load POIs and Speedcams, and then Download Speedcams or Download POIs.Select Fast Detection and then Select this device once your device has been found.Connect your Garmin with your PC and launch POIbase.Proceed as follows to install POI’s and/or safety cameras on your Garmin device: We recommend using the Optimized Packages, hence this is the default setting. The scope of potential mobile safety cameras can be customised, and as the Garmin POI-Loader has to be used manually, warnings can be customised and changes can be made to the distance settings. Directional warnings are disabled, hence speech output can be deactivated. Individual: The installation is done via the Garmin POI-Loader. Optimized Packages: Directional warnings including speech warnings, but no option to customise the scope of any potential mobile safety cameras or to deactivate the speech output and set custom warnings. The required format can be selected in the POIbase settings. POIbase offers two options to install safety camera data to Garmin devices.Some Garmin devices only display POI's en route and in the vicinity of your vehicle. This means you will not always see all POI's on the map while driving. It is not possible to set the zoom level from which POI's are to be displayed with Garmin systems, so it is sometimes necessary to zoom quite far into the map for POI's to be displayed.Please do not launch Garmin POI-Loader before using POIbase. For POIbase to recognise your Garmin system automatically, you will need to have installed the free Garmin POI-Loader.Directional safety camera warnings (only if Optimized Packages were selected for download).Audio warnings when approaching safety cameras with customizable voice settings.High resolution display of POI icons on the map.Safety cameras can both be displayed on the map and provide visual warnings.Automatic device recognition via POIbase.You know I’m not the only one who is frustrated. Garmin folks, you have to get it together… Please. The 4.2.2 version was completely unstable on the new Windows, so after a web search I found out there had been several updates since 4.2.2. Ironically, I did not receive any notice on the earlier version of BC (4.2.2) that an update was available, even after selecting Check for Updates. Seems to have become a bit more stable now, however I have not tried to connect a Garmin device and upload routes. Within the first 15 minutes of use BC crashed four times. But, BaseCamp is still about as slow as it was on my ten year old Windows. (BTW, I spent 30 years as a product manager responsible for complex medical imaging devices, so I do feel I have a sense of what makes a decient UI.) I just updated from a ten year old Windows to a new Windows 4.2 GHz i7, 32 GB RAM, 3TB Fusion Drive - very fast PC. I keep hoping Garmin will do an overhaul of this aged, unintuitive, overly complicated and frustrating application, but I am disappointed with each new release/update. I have been using Garmin devices for many years - BaseCamp for the past 10 years.
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