How to use British and Australian voices? Does anyone know how to choose the English and Australian voices for this nuvi 1300?
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Wow. Mine has lots of voices - we used the American, English and Aussie voices for a while - and then I downloaded one that sounds like Doctor Doom ... I like my creepy voice best, so far. Try updating your software at their website - maybe yours has a glitch or something?
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You can enter coordinates by hand or voice command. Like any machine, sometimes the voice command just doesn't translate correctly, so manual mode is necessary... it is intuitive, meaning it takes in a little information then offers several options of the full address. The big screen makes it easy to use. I use my Nuvi all the time.
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It has its own proprietary it seems. POLNAV. It can't pronounce some road names which doesn't bother me. It seems accurate and hasn't needed updating yet!
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What is VFoice. I'v never heard that term. Do you mean, how to change the voice on a Magellan GPS
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Go to: Tools > Settings > Language > Voices: Check the voice (there may be several) that has TTS (text-to-speech) after its name (or says, "speaks street names").The error messages sounds like a Garmin problem. Contact them by phone.
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It sounds like your voice got changed.... understanding that you only changed time zones... but is there some way you got changed to a voice that doesn't support TTS (text to speech)? I'd check that setting first, selecting a voice that has (TTS) after the name in the listing.
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there are certain voices that you can down load not sure which ones. But if you go to TomTom home and you can get voices there, not really sure which ones, and I think that some of them they charge for downloading them. Sorry can't help you more than that.
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Hello,it works well in UK & Australia if we per-install UK Maps well and also you can use it in US if we pre-install the US Maps well. Of course,we can teach you how to download and install Maps of different countries,thanks for your attention.
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In response to Rebecca King's statement: "the speakers are not great"I agree that NONE of the GPS units have great speakers (and I've looked at quite a few). So, I went to Wal-Mart and bought a $9 adaptor, which connects the output-jack of my Nuvi-350 directly to my car stereo.This is a MUST if you plan on using the nuvi's mp3 function and listening to music along the way. I've permanently wired mine so that it is a super easy connection and now I can hear all my mp3's (as well as Jill's navigation) through my car-speakers.Hope this is helpful to others... In response to Rebecca King's statement: "the speakers are not great"I agree that NONE of the GPS units have great speakers (and I've looked at quite a few). So, I went to Wal-Mart and bought a $9 adaptor, which connects the output-jack of my Nuvi-350 directly to my car stereo.This is a MUST if you plan on using the nuvi's mp3 function and listening to music along the way. I've permanently wired mine so that it is a super easy connection and now I can hear all my mp3's (as well as Jill's navigation) through my car-speakers.Hope this is helpful... » Read More In response to Rebecca King's statement: "the speakers are not great"I agree that NONE of the GPS units have great speakers (and I've looked at quite a few). So, I went to Wal-Mart and bought a $9 adaptor, which connects the output-jack of my Nuvi-350 directly to my car stereo.This is a MUST if you plan on using the nuvi's mp3 function and listening to music along the way. I've permanently wired mine so that it is a super easy connection and now I can hear all my mp3's (as well as Jill's navigation) through my car-speakers.Hope this is helpful to others... « Show Less
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Hi Alana, I live in Perth and own both the Australian version and the US version. They have different frequencies in line with Australian regulations for the aussie unit. I also find that the Australian unit has much better sound quality and volume for some reason. Regards, Mike
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I am not acquainted with the Garmin 800. Is it a Nuvi type? I believe that it is compatible with all Nuvi car sytems that have the SD slot. Does the 800 have an SD slot. 2015 udate? Don't believe it would be necessary since AU. & NZ roads would not change that much. I do have my SD for sale since I have used it, and was a life saver, on my only trip to AU & NZ last year. Since they drive on the left side of the road and have MANY roundabouts Down Under, I highly recommend one. I would sell mine at a VERY reasonable price. Respond to n0moe@aol.com (second character is a zero. Hope this helps. John Hosking
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Voice on my 255 nuvi went off.GPS works but silently..Is there a reset or is the unit broken? Voice temporarily returned, but it was in German!
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I used this card in a Nuvi 3590. I have to admit that when I returned to my country of residence, the 3590 no longer wanted to give me turn-by-turn street name voice prompts. A short upload from the Garmin site and it was fixed again. The nuvi 500 is a smaller and more rugged unit than the 3590 and has the additional micro simcard slot which is pretty standard today. There's absolutely no reason why the card shouldn't work. Beware, though, the version that I got sent had a few glitches, where we drove roads which though completed about 2 years ago, were not yet on the card and the GPS got a bit confused. But 98% was OK.
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There are so many Garmin options it's mind boggling. The nuvi 350, which I own, comes with North American maps. Looking to buy a gift for my dauughter so I explored a bit. The 200 comes with regional maps, which is basically the continental US. Since we live in Western NY, Canadian maps are useful so you need to go to a model with North America to get that. We traveled to Ireland in the spring but to get maps for Ireland you need to buy an SD card, which goes for over $100 (we left the Garmin home). Also recommend a model that says the street name in addition to 'turn right'. The units can get confused and that is a good 'verification' that you really should turn or exit. Additionally this is helpful because you should be looking at the road and not the Garmin to make sure your going the right way.
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No, it's probably not defective...1) Voice with Text-To-Speech (TTS): under Settings, go to Language, then click a choice for Voice -- make sure it's someone with English (e.g. American English-Jack) who also has the "(TTS)" tag. This will enable speech with street names.2) Exchange rates: you should update the rates manually. I suspect the exchange rates weren't a big priority for the Garmin folks.For more help with questions, the GPS itself has a Help button (next to Settings) that should answer some basic issues.Hope this is helpful. No, it's probably not defective...1) Voice with Text-To-Speech (TTS): under Settings, go to Language, then click a choice for Voice -- make sure it's someone with English (e.g. American English-Jack) who also has the "(TTS)" tag. This will enable speech with street names.2) Exchange rates: you should update the rates manually. I suspect the exchange rates weren't a big priority for the Garmin folks.For more help with questions, the GPS itself has a Help button (next to Settings) that should answer some basic issues.Hope this is helpful.
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I got it. Thank you very much.BTW, I must say the street names from the computer generated voice is very bad. It seems that there is not enough time for the name of the road is spoken out before the "road", "avenue", etc starting to cutting in.
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I had the same problem. There was absolutely nothing in the manual about how to enable text to speech. If you did not know the acronym ("TTS") and what that meant alongside the voices, you would never have guessed it. I love my unit, but was seriously disappointed with the poor documentation of the product. It is like so much tech doc these days: written BY the people who thoroughly understand the product's ins and outs and FOR the same sorts of readers (i.e., fellow knowers of the ins and outs)!