Please allow more characters in the Note field...

[Hans van de Ven MR.MRA]

You can add 512 characters in this field

[Nick Carthew]

Notes in shaping points are displayed and read aloud at 750 metres before the location of the shaping point. For via points, the notes are displayed and read aloud at 2 kilometres before the location of the via point.

[Nick Carthew]

I will just add to what @Hans-van-de-Ven-MR.MRA has written, the 512 characters includes spaces.

[richtea999]

A lovely number. Somebody somewhere worried about real kilobytes when they spec'ed this!

[Nick Carthew]

@richtea999 There was a technical reason for 512 but I can't remember what it was. It may not be relevant now but to be honest, 512 is about all you need. Any more and it is just too much information to take in. For anyone wanting more, you could always revert to the old method of a note in your tank bag. I actually sometimes miss my tank bag notes.

[Nomko Nomden]

@Hans-van-de-Ven-MR.MRA said in Please allow more characters in the Note field...:

You can add 512 characters in this field

512 Characters..... That should be mote than enough imho.

During riding i think you want a notification, not a whole story to be told.

If i add notes, they are not more than 3 lines with the most bare necessary information

[Tom Grzelinski]

OK, for whatever reason I have not been able to get more than 440 characters in the Note field.

I am not sure about the distances Nick. It was my experience on the last trip that the note was only spoken to you when you reached the waypoint. I will play a bit more...

[Nick Carthew]

@Tom-Grzelinski Copy and paste your note into Word and use the character count with spaces. I can assure you it is 512. I can also assure you of the distances for the annoucements to be played is correct.

[Nick Carthew]

Just enough room for an extra full stop if needed. 511 characters with spaces.

[Jörgen]

If there is too much text, you have overshot your goal while he is still reading aloud.