How to get my Garmin 350 to "speak out" the streat name? Is there a setting I need to change to get it to speak the street name?
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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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when you power on your Garmin and when you get to the screen Where To? Touch settings, touch the arrow to scroll down to Language & Keyboard and touch that until you get to Voice Language and you need to select American English- Samantha. That will give you voice directions. I hope this helps you. Eugene Barlow
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I don't see why some make a big fuss about the C330 nat having the capability of speaking the name of the street you need to turn onto. The fact that the C330 does display the street name at the top of the screen is adequate in most cases. The route indicator on the map itself has a large red arrow that is continually showing your route and exactly where to turn. With an accuracy of something like 50 feet, I don't see where it is such a necessity to have to have the thing tell you the street name when it's time to make a turn.
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Yes the GPS announce the street names after you update the system by contacting manufacture tech support, they will ask for your unit serial number to verify your purchase, then will send you a microSD card with the TTS voice files, follow the instructions, you copy and paste the files into your GPS microSD card on computer, the TTS Pro function will be enabled, you can select those TTS voice files to read the street names. I recently updated it and now I have some voices which speak the street names, very happy with it.
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Haven't tried to update since I just got my GPS. HOWEVER - it gives the wrong directions....When the map clearly shows to turn one direction, the voice prompt says to turn the opposite. Finally, I just turn it off and follow the road signs!!!! Not happy with my TomTom!!!
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I have mine set on "City" because that is where I do most of my driving. If I leave town, I set it on "Hwy".Decide where you do the most driving and leave it set there. It should work fine...mine does.
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I think that it's not OK that all it says on the box is "free traffic" instead of "free traffic with ads." I don't quite feel fully-informed by Garmin. I'm thinking seriously about returning my unit just because I don't like being treated like that.
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Thank you so much for your replies. I would have never figured it out on my own and would have had to call Garmin for help!!!! Thanks again.
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I did the update, went smooth. Do you know is there is a comprehensive list of what was fixed/updated?I have some issues driving on a divided highway (Dale Mabry in Tampa) when you go by all the turn lanes between median, the gps tells you to "stay right ahead", every half mile or so, very annoying and not needed. I am already on the road I should be on. Any word on the volume, I have sebring convertible, with the top up it is noisier than the average car, really can't even hear the gps.
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I do not know why Garmin expects the average user to know what files can be deleted and how to do it. If you have a Windows machine, you can do what I describe below. First of all, try to use a computer that does not have Garmin Lifetime Updater installed because it would probably try to initiate an update when you connect the unit to the computer. 1) Using the USB cable that came with the unit (or any other USB cable that fits the connection point on the unit) connect the unit to any USB port on the computer 2) Click Start - Computer (depending on which Windows you have it may say My Computer) 3) in the window that pops up find Garmin and double click on it 4) Double click on the Help folder; several subfolders of different languages will come up 5) Delete those folders whose language you feel are not needed 6) Click on the back arrow to get back to where all the main folders on the unit are shown (this is what came up after you did Step 3) 7) Do steps #4 and 5 on the Voice folder. You could also trim the Text and Keyboard folders in a similar manner, although the file names are abbreviated and you have to decipher which language each is. I did trim a lot of files, but I still needed to insert a memory card. I think claiming free lifetime map update is false advertising if you have to add, at your own cost, hardware to the unit to be able to download the update.
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Does the Garmin 250 or 200 come with Street name announcements, or just "right & left turn now?" Is the voice annoying? Henry
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Thanks for the input, I actually kept the original Garmin. I realized it couldn't recognize my position re: the street because my house is 1000 ft off the road. I actually like it a lot. It does quirky things like take me to the highway one way and bring me home another even though the streets are not one way. At this point, I'm glad I got it.
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The Garmin 800 does give similar directions to your car GPS...no voice commands but it does give an audible beep to warn you of upcoming turns. A friend who has used the Garmin on his bike for years gave me the tip to set the field in one of the windows "Time To Next" which gives you an idea of the next turn and also avoids turning on a street that may be near the actual turn. Also, remember to keep your eye on the road more than on the Garmin.
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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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I bought it for my wife. She loves the GPS but doesn't use the voice command. When talking to someone in the car, the GPS will join the conversation. Sorry I can't help with the voice command.
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Mike, I agree what Garmin said made no sense, but it is working today. So who knows what really happened. Where did you get those other updates for the traffic receiver?
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Follow the instructions on this site: http://www.garmin.com/en-US/maps/updates/?zebratwo=CJ&utm_source=CJ&utm_medium=Text&utm_campaign=Map