Thread: Can I enable BT on a US 1300 and get audible alerts for JCV?

@Neil
You are too modest :-} Honda does have Cruise Control and YES use it every time possible - but a bit difficult in metro with traffic speeds up and down and speed zones changing 40/50/60/70 every few Km here. Yes same for me - I think ADR require speedos to display 5% higher than "real" speed. Gives us a bit of leeway, but still its easy to miss a sign like 40 for school or 50 for whatever (like near me the local MP just did it on an arterial road on 3 resident complaints - Police Minister said "goodie!") and get done for lots of $$$s and points. "Audible speed alerts" should be on ALL GPSs.

A thought: ..... for the JCVs: since POIs get a repeated alert tone , could we extract the lon/lat positions of JCVs out of that file and place them in a custom POI file and the alert happen as a matter of course?

For the Over-Speed-Limits - if we cant get the EU functionality it would require a code mode - very simple for someone experienced in the software (@lolypop000) - I am an old programmer of mainframes etc in the 1980s, it should be about 10-12 lines of code - read both values and compare , condition "1" or "0", if "1" then run alert routine. But admittedly I am 25 years out of it. Loly????

As for the BT (OT) matter - FYI there is a "MIC slit" on the LHS of the bezel on my US 1300. Could that be for a mic (whether on the PCB or not?) Maybe worth an entry on the new thread you are going to start for me Neil. Thx again.
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@Giomen
Thx for reply. Neil suggests a Nav Software expert - I see you are described as one in your profile. Please see my post #939. Are you able to help with these "alerts"?
Thx
PG

Oh I see @Neil
I missed the fact that the 1300 had a slit in the bezel where the mike "should" (could?) be. Mistakenly thought that was a tell-tale sign there was a mic onboard :-/
Is it hard to open the casing and check out the insides? Any tips (even by PM) would be appreciated. (Have found nothing yet from attempts to see pcb pictures etc.)
Yes, I know OT - so please transfer this to new thread 13xx BT when you get a chance thx Neil.

@Lolypop000 and @Giomen - the profile for you guys says "Navigation Software Expert" so I am hoping to hear your further thoughts on the "BING" suggestion for JCV and over SPEED LIMIT.

I do hope that one of you gurus can come up with a solution for an Audible Alert.
Thx
PG

Originally Posted by dasilvarsa

All the things you are trying to do here, are not available at the moment and will probably never be available.

On researching the internet I have come across a number of version of Nuvi 1300 that DID have Bluetooth built in - India Model and UAE model. In other countries it was the 1310 that had Bluetooth. There is also some information that there IS a mic (behind the bezel slit) in the 1300 but NO BT chip. It was my suspicion that the PCB would be the same on all 1300 models and that there could be an empty socket to insert a BT chip on 1310s 1340s 1350s and 1390s. If so I was hoping to get some info on the chip and source one to fit to my 1300. This is a feature in would like to enable if possible - so could be on topic, but in case it is OT and I was waiting to post more on this when Neil opens a new thread for me (as I am new her and not sure how to open a new topic or even if I am allowed with so few posts up).

As for the "audible alerts" since the EU models have it for OVER Speed Limit I though that might not be too difficult for a NSE guru - and as Cyclops Safetty Camera POIs have an "audible alert" on 1300 and all other 13xx, I though there may be a way to trick the system into thinking the JCV lat/long are POI.

Still wondering
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