Help! No spoken street names on TomTom XL 340 S Can anyone help? I can't find how to make my TomTom XL 340 S speak the street names. I just get the generic "turn Left" type directions.
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I have an older TomTom model, and out of the box this function was not enabled. To enable text-to-speech on my model (TomTom One XLS), I had to perform the following action: Tap on "Change Preferences". Go to screen four, and tap on "Change Voice". Select "Computer Voice". Tap "Read Aloud Steet Names", checking the box, and then tap "Done". These instructions were not found in the manual, but were on a card that was in the box.
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I read that if you have this problem with no street names spoken, the fix is to do a factory reset on your unit and that will correct this problem. Worth a try!
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this is a useful information i am going to try this and let you people know if ti worked in my case or not..
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they should really include this information in the manual. i cant uderstand why not.
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yes the spoken street names are available only with certain voices - the ones labeled computer
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I had this problem too. On the TomTom Home application, the computer voices were listed as not being usable by the device (even though they came pre-installed on the device). I tried the factory reset (holding down power button on the unit for 15 seconds until it restarts). This did not work. Then I followed the instructions to reinstall the TomTom application on the device from here: http://www.tomtom.com/9091 . This worked. I also should have tried restarting the TomTom Home application before or after the factory reset of the device. That may have worked.
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I followed D. Kovac's instructions on re-installing the TomTom application on the device but did not work. When I finished the install and rebooted the XL 340, the device complained it had no maps installed! Next, I re-connected the device to the computer and TomTom Home errored saying I had installed the wrong app version. It gave me a new update, which I installed and I ended up back in square one!
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I have the older model TomTom XL-S and know that ONLY the computerized female or male voices will actually speak the street names. All other voices included with the GPS are "real" voices and therefore cannot speak the actual street names, just the generic type directions as you mentioned. I don't know if your newer model TomTom is the same, but it sounds to me like it might be. Hope this helped!
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Ok thanks. I thought mine was broken since I set its preferences to Avoid U-Turns and it was still telling me to "make a U-turn". For some reason it does not have oneway street info for at least two cities here in Oregon with populations over 12000.
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The "T" stands for Traffic (Real time display of current traffic around your location).LMT=LifeTime Maps &Traffic.Your; own model? Funny question! Which one did you buy?I do not have this exact unit but I have used similar items in the past.
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The C340 has "full" spoken directions as well. It will read the street names and exit numbers to you. The C330 only tells you to "turn left" and so on, although it does display the names/exits at the top.
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in most cases it all depends on the voice settings of the GPS. Only certains voices will say the street names. Check the voice settings
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I have no idea. I only have a TomTom. You could probably ask the manufacturer.
1081033
Call TomTom customer service & ask them to activate/update your Lifetime Map service. Then connect your GPS to your computer
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I had two Garmins. I changed to TomTom get the free maps. I am so disappointed. It said I could get street names announced. but I have never been able to do that. It just states go right in 300 feet. There might be 5 right turns within that distance which I have to guess. It gives me a choice of about 5 people and none give street names although someone said I have to get Betty and the machine says "You have chosen a voice which does not give street names". Wish I could I have tried all of them. Next one will be a Garmin again. When new maps are needed, I can just get a new one for nearly the same price. I had two Garmins. I changed to TomTom get the free maps. I am so disappointed. It said I could get street names announced. but I have never been able to do that. It just states go right in 300 feet. There might be 5 right turns within that distance which I have to guess. It gives me a choice of about 5 people and none give street names although someone said I have to get Betty and the machine says "You have chosen a voice which does not give street names". Wish I could I have tried all of them. Next one will be a Garmin again. When new maps are needed, I can just get a new one... » Read More I had two Garmins. I changed to TomTom get the free maps. I am so disappointed. It said I could get street names announced. but I have never been able to do that. It just states go right in 300 feet. There might be 5 right turns within that distance which I have to guess. It gives me a choice of about 5 people and none give street names although someone said I have to get Betty and the machine says "You have chosen a voice which does not give street names". Wish I could I have tried all of them. Next one will be a Garmin again. When new maps are needed, I can just get a new one for nearly the same price. « Show Less
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Ok I am finding the best way for me to manage multiple stops is just to punch them in as Add as Via Point, then go to Custom Routes, Current Route, Save, then Manual Reorder. When you are Done the GPS shows you a map with your Start, Stops and End flags along the pink route line. Manually Reorder again if needed. If you know that you can't park on the side of the street Garmin wants you to just over/under shoot your turn, it will reroute you to go around the block and still reach your point. I updated the unit with the latest maps yesterday and it still has a problem with oneway streets.
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I recently bought the Tom Tom 335SE XL and right out the box it was difficult to use tried to enter some addresses and it just wasn't coming up with a location. The addresses were of places like WalGarmin nuvi 255Walmart in case you were wondering.Well with hours of lost sleep I rented the Garmin and right off the bat everything work and seamlessly too. Have not retuned the Tom Tom because I am torn as to whether or not to dump it .Seriously that how frustrated i was.
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I used it traveling from Germany to France just last december. Coming back to Germany i realized some major roads where outdated, it was as easy as hooking up the tomtom to my mac, create a username on the lifetime update for my unit and there, updated maps for free!!! Beware that they are quite heavy updates, so depending on your connection speed it may take a while.
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Like Bz stated once you contact Jensen and request the TTS update then your system will have voice for street names and you will be able to use the TTS PRO settings. I went to Jensen's website and used their chat now window. I told them I wanted TTS and they took my address and 6 days later they sent me a micro SD card with the update and instructions.
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Hi Jill,Thank you so much for this information. I was set on returning my Mio C520 because it didn't say the street name but the specifications mentioned that it did TTS. In any event, I am now keeping it. I was thinking about the Nuvi 250W with less features and more money, but I like the MIO C520 for the price. Thanks again.
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Gosh, I really don't know! I would contact TomTom and ask them. I think that you can purchase other country maps but not really sure. Your best bet is to contact the company and see for yourself. I'm sorry that is all I can tell you. Good Luck.
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Thanks guys for the update. I ended up in buying nuvi 2460LMT and I liked voice command, bluetooth connection with my iphone4. I didn't like Jill's terrible voice and missing map details.When I cross speed limit then I see a blinking red notification on screen. Does you nuvi2460 LMT gives an audible warning when you cross speed limit?Thx
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Use settings | Locale. Several of the voices are marked "TTS". Those, and only those, speak street names.The unit comes from the factory with the voice set to "Jill". None of them sounds really pleasant -- the speakers are not great -- but all the TTS voices seem reasonably understandable.-dk
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I've owed my TomTom for a number of years now. The first one with the Traffic charger went after 1 year (which I believe is the warranty period). I got online and bought a new one which I've had no problems with. I used to roll it up pretty small. The newer one I loosely coil. I believe that's made the difference. TomTom has excellent customer service by the way.