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The rest of the options were set to the default values (No “Two pass”, Optimal quality, Audio quality set to Internal speaker mode).
Two pass This option is used to increase quality of the converted video content and decrease resulting file size. It also increases the conversion time by the factor of 1.5. It is recommended to use it only with high quality originals such as DVD mpeg streams. Most of the DivX, XviD files, do not need this option. You cannot increase the quality of the file that originally had poor quality.
Video quality Sets quality of the output file. The table below shows approximate conversion time:
The rest of the options were set to the default values (No “Two pass”, 400 Kbit/s, audio quality was set to the Internal speaker mode)
Audio quality Audio quality setting has 5 modes. · Professional · Headphone · External speaker · Internal speaker · Bluetooth By default, Internal speaker mode is selected. Professional, Headphone, and External speaker these modes are resource demanding and on some TomTom models you may experience lower frame rates because of high audio quality setting. These modes might not be available on all TomTom models.
Crop videos This option removes extra frame information on the left and right sides to optimally match your TomTom screen ratio and reduces the size of the black margins at the top and bottom of the screen. It is recommended to use this option in cases when the source movie is in wide screen format (e.g. DVD video). Using of this option is recommended if your video has 2.5:1 or more aspect ratio for TomTom GO, GO 300, GO 500, GO 700, Rider, Rider New Edition, One, One New Edition and 3:1 or more for TomTom GO 510, GO 710, GO 910, GO 520, GO 720, GO 920 and One XL. You also can use this option when the dimensions of your video is less than the dimensions of the screen of the TomTom device you are using in order to expand your video to full TomTom screen. You should realize that approximately 10-15% of the video information on left and right sides or on top and bottom will be lost.
Include Subtitles If this option is selected the application will try to locate subtitles file (*.srt or *.sub) in the video’s folder and will incorporate subtitles into the video stream. Be aware that you won’t be able to switch the subtitles off later on, and the only way to do so will be to perform another conversion of the source video but without subtitles. This option increases processing time by 5%. If your subtitles were not converted, please refer to Troubleshooting section of this document. In case of DVD conversion or multiple subtitle files default settings for subtitles will be taken into account. See chapter Subtitles.
Test Conversion If you are not sure which settings to use, it is recommended to select this option. Only 90 seconds of the video will be converted. After that you can preview it on your PC and/or install it on your TomTom, check if resulting quality suits you and perform conversion of whole file or adjust conversion parameters.
Logging Select this option to create video analysis and conversion logs in Log directory. This is recommended if you have problems with some of your videos, and wish to give more information for our customer support.
To start video conversion, press the Next button.
4. Perform the conversion
If the conversion process has been started you can always interrupt it by clicking the “Cancel” button. After conversion finishes, press the “Next” button to go to the Install screen. Progress of conversion is also indicated time to time in virtual TomTom window by means of displaying converted image that corresponds to currently processing part of video. This image is not displayed during 1st pass of 2-pass conversion.
5. Install needed videos on your TomTom All converted files are shown in the left
pane. All previously converted files will appear in this pane too. Select the
file you want to install on your TomTom and press transfer button
Converted files can be previewed on the PC.
Just press the preview button You can use Refresh button Eject button Press Converting DVD
There is no big difference between DVD and video file conversion. When a DVD is inserted into your DVD drive, it’s automatically detected and analyzed. After that all DVD titles available for conversion will be displayed. The automatic detection depends on Windows system settings. If automatic detection is disabled or if you have copied the content of your DVD drive into a directory on your PC, you have to manually open the VIDEO_TS file that is a part of every DVD.
After this step your DVD will be analyzed for a few seconds, and in case of multi title DVD several titles will be displayed, otherwise you will see only one title.
To convert a specific title just double click it; you will be prompted to enter a name for the title and the conversion will start.
Tip: Always try to preview the DVD Title before starting conversion. Some DVD’s are encrypted and might not be readable by the converter. If you’ve found that DVD is encrypted and still want to convert it, install a third party DVD decryption tool, for example, AnyDVD. Subtitles and audio tracksIn order to select default subtitles language open the dropdown menu and select the language you want
Do the same with the preferred audio track
By default English subtitles and English audio track are selected to be used in the conversion. To change this, edit your preferred languages lists. If selected audio or subtitle language is not present, English language will be used instead.
After that you have to re-convert your videos. At any moment in time it is possible to
press preview button
It is also possible to change the default
output directory for all converted movies by pressing Installing audio and image files on your TomTom
Simply press “Copy MP3”
Locate your TomTom drive and delete files from Audio folder. Alternatively, you can use Explorer button on Install tab sheet to open the Explorer with the mouse.
Alternatively, to install MP3 files on your TomTom you can use any other file browser and simply open Audio folder on your TomTom drive and copy all your MP3 files in there. You can keep the directory structure (Media Center support directory browsing) but keep in mind only files in one directory will be played. Next version of Media Center will have a support for playlists. Installing and usage of external SD cardIt’s possible to install Media Center on an external SD card using Media Center installation wizard. This might be useful when you have completely separated SD card for videos or when internal storage of your TomTom device does not have enough free space to hold all your video materials. The Media Center installation wizard window looks like this:
You can choose between Internal memory and External SD card. If you check ‘Auto start Media Center’. The Media Center on you TomTom will start automatically when you switch on power without starting navigation software. This is particularly useful when you have several SD cards with converted videos.
External SD card is automatically recognized in Media Center application for Windows and on TomTom device. In this case in every browser screen you will see two top-level directories – ‘Internal’ and ‘ExternalX’. Where X specifies external storage number (maybe in future TomTom decide to add a second SD card) Internal will correspond to the internal memory and External – to external SD card. External SD card is only checked only at Media Center startup on TomTom device. If you need to replace the SD card, you have to exit Media Center to the navigation application, insert new SD card and start the Media Canter again. TomTom high end products support two different places where you can store your audio and video files: internal memory and SD card at the same time. In this case, when an external SD card is inserted in TomTom device, Video Conveter application automatically shows it’s content and will copy all new videos, music and images to the SD card.
ExtrasTools tab sheet contains useful utilities while operating Video Converter for TomTom.
Install media software – this button installs or reinstalls media software on your TomTom. Note that if you install Media Center for TomTom update that contains new version of video player, it’s detected and installed to your TomTom device automatically when Video Converter application is restarted. If it does not happen, you have to install media software to your TomTom device manually using this button. Uninstall media software – this uninstalls media software and all converted videos from your TomTom. Detect TomTom – if you’re using another model of the TomTom or you want to reinitialize program to the default settings for your TomTom model you can click on this button. Note that the videos converted for one TomTom model might not play on another type of device, that’s why you always need to re-detect your new TomTom and re-convert all videos for another type of device. Also note that if you have purchased Media Center for TomTom for one TomTom device, it will still remain in the demo version mode if you use it on another TomTom device. Help – opens help web page in your browser, it contains a link to this document. Purchase – you can purchase the full version of the software on our website www.mobilnova.com. See section Purchasing for more details. This button is not shown on the officially purchased and registered version of Media Center for TomTom, and running on the TomTom device it is registered for. If you have already paid for the activation for this device you will be automatically forwarded to the webpage with the full registered version. Select language – this button allows you to change the language of the Video Converter for TomTom.
Media Center Application on TomTom
After the Media Center application is installed on your TomTom device, the icon similar to the picture below should be visible on the last screen in the TomTom menu. Tap the screen to access the menu and press the arrow to scroll to the last screen. To start Media Center just tap on it.
Note: Media Center application icon is not installed by default into your TomTom Navigator main menu if you are using TomTom custom menu (TomTom.mnu). However, all necessary files are copied to your TomTom. To install the link to Media Center application into your custom menu manually, add link to TASK_SDK1 in the place where you prefer to it to be. Please note that if you are also using other TomTom SDK add-ons, the name of the menu item can vary from TASK_SDK1 till TASK_SDK10; in this case you should experiment with task names to determine which task corresponds to Media Center yourself.
Main screenMain screen allows browsing either through Videos, Music or Pictures by tapping the corresponding icons. If song is already playing tapping on the Music icon will open currently playing song in the Song playing screen.
Video browserVideo browser allows you to browse through your Video directory. To start the playback, select video by tapping on it and press “Play” button. To navigate across multiple video files press buttons with Up and Down arrows in the right section of the screen. To go to the Main screen, tap on the “Back” button.
Music browserMusic browser allows you to browse through your Audio directory and its subdirectories. As soon as the song is selected, a song playback screen will appear. Depending on the shuffle options songs either will be played in the order of appearance in the song browser or in a random sequence. When all songs in current directory have been played the audio playback will stop automatically. To go to the Main screen, tap on the “Back” button.
Picture BrowserPicture browser allows you to browse through your Images directory and its subdirectories. As soon as the picture is selected, a picture view screen will appear. To go to the Main screen, tap on the “Back” button.
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button to remove converted files either
from TomTom or from your PC, depending on the position of the cursor in the
video list boxes. 
rereads content of your TomTom if it has
been previously unplugged.
allows you safely eject TomTom device from
PC.
button to explore TomTom drive using
Windows explorer.
to
check what the output video will look like on you TomTom.
button.
or “Copy images“ 
button and it will open
a copy dialog window. You can specify a folder or an mp3 (jpg) file which you
want to copy to your TomTom. Files will be copied to Audio (Images) folder.
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D. Audio/Video synchronization adjustment E. Stop playback and exit.
Note that it’s not possible to restore default brightness and Audio/Video synchronization values using the remote control. To do this, you should use the OSD and tap and hold the corresponding icon for more than 2 seconds.
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Using TomTom Bluetooth remote control
TomTom Bluetooth remote control has following layout in comparison to the old remote control:
Please note that Bluetooth remote control connection is only possible when there are no other Bluetooth connections in TomTom navigation software prior to start of Media Center. This means that if you use hands-free or TomTom PLUS services via mobile phone, you will have to disconnect it. You also should not use Bluetooth remote control with TomTom Navigation application before the start of Media Center.
Audio playback on TomTom
Audio playback screen
Audio playback starts as soon as you tap on any MP3 file in the Audio browser.
- Song name (A) as it appears in the ID3 tag or in case it is empty the name of the file
- Progress bar (B) – tapping on it should change the playback position to an approximately corresponding position on the progress bar. Note that in demo version playback time is limited and jumping over the limit will stop the music playback
- MP3 information (C) – album, artist, genre, if it is present in ID3 tag
- Back (D) – opens Song Browser in the last position
- Next (E) – jumps to the next song
- Pause/Play (F) – stop/continue playback
- Prev (G) – jumps to the previous song
- Volume control (H) – allows to adjust volume level (works only in the Direct audio output mode)
- Options (I) – opens Audio Options screen
Audio options screen
Audio output options
Direct – TomTom application will be stopped and audio output is done in the same way as during Video playback. This is default and recommended mode.
System and TomTom – allow using Media Center together with the TomTom application (navigation software).
Depending on your TomTom model and your firmware your may experience problem with the last two modes. If this is the case Media Center will automatically switch to Direct mode
Difference between System and TomTom mode is that in TomTom mode settings of the TomTom application are used for audio output.
TomTom output mode should work on GOx10, GO700 and GO500. It will not work on One.
System output mode should work on all devices but the audio initialization time is quite long and the audio output in TomTom has to be muted using TomTom menu, otherwise volume adjustments in Media Center will block the TomTom and crash whole system.
Change of the audio output mode might have the effect only after restarting the Media Center.
Other options
Sort songs alphabetically – sorts/unsorts songs in the current directory. Every time this options is changed and saved (confirmed with “OK” button) caching splash screen will appear.
Shuffle playback – plays song in a random sequence.
Tapping on ”OK” button will save the settings.
Tapping on ”Back” button will bring you back to the Song playing screen
Simultaneous audio playback and navigation
This feature is only possible when audio output option “System” or “TomTom” audio output mode is selected (refer to the previous chapter Audio output options). In this mode navigation can be used normally with MP3 playback in the background. Please note that it’s only enabled for MP3 audio playback. It’s not possible to use navigation and play video at the same time.
TomTom audio output mode
If TomTom audio output mode is selected, MP3 playback is muted as soon as a TomTom navigation audio instruction is played back. MP3 playback is resumed after navigation instruction is finished.
System audio output Mode
If System audio output mode is selected, audio in TomTom navigation should be disabled using the “Preferences” menu of TomTom application. In this case, audio navigation instructions are not possible and MP3 playback is continuous. However, it’s possible to use TomTom visual navigation at the same time. On some TomTom models you may experience delays switching from one song to another in System audio output mode.
To be able to use MP3 playback together with navigation you should set the audio output mode either to “TomTom” or “Direct”, start the audio playback and exit the Media Center using “Exit” button on the Main screen. The exit confirmation screen will appear:
Tap on ‘No’ in the exit confirmation screen. If the audio output mode is set to “Direct” pressing on ‘No’ button will have no effect.
Volume control
Volume control depends on the Audio Output settings.
In “Direct” mode volume control can be used directly without changing TomTom Navigation application settings.
In “System” mode audio in TomTom Navigation application should be disables (muted) see System audio output Mode and volume control is only possible inside the Media Center.
In “TomTom” mode volume control is not possible inside Media Center. You can change the volume level directly in TomTom Navigation application (please note that the change will take place only at the playback of next audio navigation instruction).
Picture Viewing on TomTom
Picture viewing screen
Picture Viewing starts as soon as you tap on any JPG file in the Picture browser.
- Picture (A) – shows the currently selected picture in the picture browser
- Picture counter (B) – shows the number of the picture in the current folder
- Options (C) – opens Picture Options screen
- Progress bar (D) – shows the rendering progress of the next image
- Prev (E) – jumps to the previous image
- Pause/Play (F) – stop/continue slideshow
- Next (G) – jumps to the next image
- Back (H) – opens Song Browser in the last position
Picture options screen
Repeat – in the slideshow mode allows to start showing picture all over again
Show number – shows picture number in the format ( x of y)
Delay – allows to set delay between showing images in the slideshow mode
Purchasing
The easiest way to purchase our software is to click on the Purchase button from Video Converter application. You will be automatically forwarded to our website and the correct data (your TomTom Device ID, serial number, and TomTom model) will be filled in the online order from for you.
Alternatively, you can get these data following simple procedure below and fill in on our web site manually,(www.mobilnova.com)
1. Start TomTom Video Converter and go to the Tools tab.
2. Click on “Detect TomTom” button and information