How to add another language in GPSMAP 66s

[komy14]

Dear friend, I just buy gpsmap66s from amazon.com in USA and shipping this product to Thailand and I found some problem,no Thai language in menu.

I install garmin express and try to see in update and not found Thai Language in update.

I want to use Thai language on this device, what should I do? (Or at least can read Poi in Thai languge in this machine )

Thank you so much.

[GPSrChive]

I suspect, like many other Garmin models, there is a specific version of this device for Asia territories, and these models may have the language option you seek.

You may be able to copy a language file from one of these devices also, but I am not certain it would work properly until it has been tested.

[komy14]

I tried to find file *.gtt from other garmin models sold in Thailand.

By copying file Thai.gtt from folder garmin/text into Gpsmap66s garmin/text.It's not work.

I'm not sure if that's right. If there is another method, please try to suggest method.

[GPSrChive]

I thought that might happen.

Can you share the *.gtt text file so we can do some of our own testing?

Thank you!

[Przekątny]

I tried to find file *.gtt from other garmin models sold in Thailand.

By copying file Thai.gtt from folder garmin/text into Gpsmap66s garmin/text.It's not work.

I'm not sure if that's right. If there is another method, please try to suggest method.

The device will not accept the added language, if you rename the *.gtt file to the existing name in the device,
the language contained in the file will be displayed.

[komy14]

I thought that might happen.

Can you share the *.gtt text file so we can do some of our own testing?

Thank you!

I upload into this. *** DO NOT USE EXTERNAL HOSTS (See Forum Rules) ***

*** Reformatted to conform with Forum Guidelines ***

Thai

Thai.rar

Thank you so much

[komy14]

I tried to find file *.gtt from other garmin models sold in Thailand.

By copying file Thai.gtt from folder garmin/text into Gpsmap66s garmin/text.It's not work.

I'm not sure if that's right. If there is another method, please try to suggest method.

The device will not accept the added language, if you rename the *.gtt file to the existing name in the device,
the language contained in the file will be displayed.

It's not work,

I change to Thai.gtt to Portuguese.gtt ,It still the same way point name in Thai is blank.

And I try to change menu to Portuguese,It's disappeared no Portuguese menu,Until I went to copy file Portuguese.gtt. and then come back.

Thankyou so much

[GPSrChive]

It's not work,

I change to Thai.gtt to Portuguese.gtt ,It still the same way point name in Thai is blank.

And I try to change menu to Portuguese,It's disappeared no Portuguese menu,Until I went to copy file Portuguese.gtt. and then come back.

You will also likely need to edit the Thai.gtt in a text editor to have same file name header as language you are replacing, this is what the Garmin Device actually uses to identify each language file.

For example, the Portuguese.gtt file header:

Code: Select all

    <hdr>
        <lang>Portuguese</lang>
        <desc>Português</desc>
        <type>Primary</type>
        <sort>0</sort>
        <cpage>Portuguese</cpage>
        <pnum>006-D8278-06</pnum>
        <ver>2.80</ver>
        <upperkbrd>A</upperkbrd>
        <lowerkbrd>a</lowerkbrd>
        <maplang>a</maplang>
        <gdnclang>Portuguese</gdnclang>
    </hdr>

Copy that header into the Thai.gtt file using a text editor like notepad++.

You can make edits like:

Code: Select all

    <hdr>
        <lang>Thai</lang>
        <desc>Thai</desc>
        <type>Primary</type>
        <sort>0</sort>
        <cpage>Thai</cpage>
        <pnum>006-D8278-06</pnum>
        <ver>2.80</ver>
        <upperkbrd>A</upperkbrd>
        <lowerkbrd>a</lowerkbrd>
        <maplang>a</maplang>
        <gdnclang>Thai</gdnclang>
    </hdr>

or

Code: Select all

<hdr>
	<lang>Thai</lang>
	<desc>ไทย</desc>
	<type>Primary</type>
	<sort>0</sort>
	<cpage>874</cpage>
	<pnum>006-D8278-06</pnum>
        <ver>2.80</ver>
	<upperkbrd>ฆฉซฌญฎฏฐฑฒณธผฝฤฦภศษฬฮฯำึืโๆ็๊๋์.()</upperkbrd>
	<lowerkbrd>กขคงจชดตถทนบปพฟมยรลวสหอะัาิีุูเแใไ่้</lowerkbrd>
</hdr>

Make sure you back up all your original language files before modification!

[GPSrChive]

We just tried a few of these edits and none seemed to work...

[komy14]

Thank you very much for your help.I want to ask more I have 3 more garmin devices. The first one is Fenix5X. I looked in the folder garmin/text and found that there is a Thai file but it's Thai.LN3 (but open it in notepad and found that the code is not similar).

Spoiler

1684473289872.jpg

And the other two devices are garmin drive assist50lm,Oregon650.

Spoiler

1684473255244.jpg

I can't find the text folder in there. Both are devices that can use Thai. I don't know if there is a way to retrieve the data.