Vodafone Compass

How to Download and install Street Names

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Make navigating even easier, rather than just being told to “turn left in 100 metres”, with Street Names you are told “turn left in 100 metres into Macquarie Street”. Street Names are a feature generally only seen on the expensive Sat Navs such as Nav Man, Garmin, or Tom Tom. Compass provides them free.

The complete list of Australian street names is a large file of about 500MB in size. This file can be downloaded to your PC then transferred to your mobile handset.

We have put together a detailed step-by-step guide of how to download and install the Street Names, for Nokia, Samsung and Blackberry handset Compass subscribers.

If you have any problems installing the Street Names check the FAQs or contact us.

On your Nokia or Samsung handset 

• Make sure Vodafone Compass is already installed on your handset.
  
• Check that you have at least 500 MB of free space on your SD memory card in your phone. To check the amount of free space follow the steps below:
  


• On your handset you can see how much free memory you have available on your micro SD card.
• On the handset, in Menu open Tools and then Memory
• Here you will see a summary of how much free space you have on your SD memory card.
• The file is 500MB in size, so you will want to ensure you have at least 500MB of Free Space on your SD memory card. If you have less than 500MB you may need to delete some files on your SD memory card or buy a bigger memory card.






• Plug your Nokia or Samsung handset into your PC using your USB cable.
  


• When plugging your Nokia or Samsung handset into your PC you will be prompted to enable mass storage mode/Data Transfer Mode, select Yes.

On your PC

• Create the Street file directory on your micro SD card (F:\Compass\AppData\Streets)
  Note: F refers to whatever drive letter your PC has assigned to the handset's Mass Storage device. You may have a different letter.


• After connecting your handset, open My Computer.
• Select the drive that has removable disk next to it. Your drive may not necessarily be referred to as your F: drive.




• Double click the icon to open it.
• In the next window you should see a folder called Compass




• Double click the Compass icon
• In the next window you will see a folder called AppData, double click this






• In the AppData folder window Right Click and then select New > Folder




• Once you have created this folder, Right Click and rename it Streets




• Download the Street zip file onto your PC


• Click on the link below or type it into your address bar:
  http://www.yapp.com.au/voice/au.streets.zip
• Download the file labelled au.streets.zip onto your computer and take note where you save this file to.


• Extract all the files in the zip file to the Street directory you created on your micro SD memory card


• Your handset should still be connected to your PC and in Mass Storage Mode/Data Transfer Mode. If not please refer to those steps above.
•  Find where you downloaded au.streets.zip to.
Once you found au.streets.zip double click the icon. (In this example the file has been saved to a folder called Downloads in the C: drive)







• Once you double click on the icon the WinZip window will open.
• Highlight the three files and then click on the Extract Icon at the top of the screen.
• You should then be prompted for the location you wish to extract these files to.
• Go to F:\Compass\AppData\Streets on your SD memory card. This is the folder you created earlier. Then click Extract. (Remember your SD memory card may not be drive F:)


• You will see the files extracting.




• Once extracted you should also see the location where the files are stored to confirm it was done successfully.




Congratulations! Now you have installed the complete set of Australian street names for use with Vodafone Compass.

On your BlackBerry handset

• Make sure you have already installed Vodafone Compass on your BlackBerry handset.


• Check that you have at least 500 MB of free space on your SD memory card in your handset. To check the amount of free space follow the steps below:


• On the device, go to: Settings (may display as Options) > Media Card.
• Here you will see a summary of how much free space you have on your SD memory card.
• The file is 500MB in size, so you will want to ensure you have at least 500MB of Free Space on your SD memory card. If you have less than 500MB you will need to delete some files on your SD memory card.
• Also make sure that Auto Enable Mass Storage Mode When Connected: is set to Prompt. If it is not then change it by selecting the current option and changing it.



• Plug your BlackBerry handset into your PC using your USB cable.
  


• When plugging your BlackBerry device into your PC you will be prompted to enable mass storage mode.
• Select Yes. If you have a password on your BlackBerry handset you will be prompted for it.

On your PC

• Create the Street file directory on your micro SD card (F:\Compass\AppData\Streets)
  Note: F refers to whatever drive letter your PC has assigned to the handset's Mass Storage device. You may have a different letter.


• After connecting your handset, open My Computer.
• Select the drive that has removable disk next to it. Your drive may not necessarily be referred to as your F: drive.




• Double click the icon to open it.
• In the next window you should see a folder called Compass




• Double click the Compass icon
• In the next window you will see a folder called AppData, double click this






• In the AppData folder window Right Click and then select New > Folder




• Once you have created this folder, Right Click and rename it Streets




• Download the Street zip file onto your PC


• Click on the link below or type it into your address bar:
  http://www.yapp.com.au/voice/au.streets.zip
• Download the file labelled au.streets.zip onto your computer and take note where you save this file to.


• Extract all the files in the zip file to the Street directory you created on your micro SD memory card


• Your handset should still be connected to your PC and in Mass Storage Mode/Data Transfer Mode. If not please refer to those steps above.
•  Find where you downloaded au.streets.zip to.
Once you found au.streets.zip double click the icon. (In this example the file has been saved to a folder called Downloads in the C: drive)







• Once you double click on the icon the WinZip window will open.
• Highlight the three files and then click on the Extract Icon at the top of the screen.
• You should then be prompted for the location you wish to extract these files to.
• Go to F:\Compass\AppData\Streets on your SD memory card. This is the folder you created earlier. Then click Extract. (Remember your SD memory card may not be drive F:)


• You will see the files extracting.




• Once extracted you should also see the location where the files are stored to confirm it was done successfully.




Congratulations! Now you have installed the complete set of Australian street names for use with Vodafone Compass.