Garmin Nuvi 670 one-month test run (questions & suggestions)

Hi there gurus of gps,
I recently bought a new Garmin 670 at Fryes for a thousand dollars for a
trip to Europe and surrounds and figured I'd ask this question of you
gogps.

My question is how do I turn (back) ON the speaking of street names?

The brand new Garmin Nuvi 670 started off vocalizing street names, but then
it plumb forgot how to verbalize street names only a day or two into the
trip. :(

Apparently I selected some obscure setting that turned off the voicing of
street names ... but I'd be darned if I can find that obtuse setting in
order to turn street name pronunciation back on.

Frustrated, a week into the trip, I worked around it by resetting
everything on the Garmin Nuvi 670 back to original factory settings ...
then, a day or two later ... uttering of street names by the Garmin Nuvi
670 suddently stopped again.

What am I doing which turns OFF Garmin Nuvi 670 street name enunciation?
What can I do to turn Garmin Nuvi 670 street name articulation back ON?

Donna

On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 12:14:14 GMT, Donna Davis wrote:

Another question is how to delete all the unused (or unneeded) ICONS on the
Garmin Nuvi 670 desktop screens?

A good number of the icons in my brand new Garmin Nuvi 670 either don't do
anything or don't do anything useful (to me).

Even Windows allows one to delete unwanted icons. But I could find nowhere
on the Garmin Nuvi 670 how to delete the rather large set of useless (or
nearly useless) program selection buttons which take up valuable space on
the Garmin Nuvi 670 desktop screens.

How does one delete those numerous square buttons on the Garmin Nuvi 670
which either don't do anything useful (why the heck are they there taking
up space anyway) or which don't do anything interesting (for me)?

Donna
PS: Should I ask these questions on separate threads?

A third question is how to get the Garmin Nuvi 670 to simply ask me each
time whether I want to travel the shortest or the quickest route each time
I select a destination to route to.

I simply can't believe this most basic of user preferences is too much to
ask of a GPS unit nowadays (or is it?).

Certainly, if I painstakingly navigate through the default settings, after
passing by a series of unwanted desktop icons, I can finally get to the
initial setup step that sets the default to EITHER shortest OR quickest.

But, where is the button to simply ASK me each time whether I want the
shortest or the fastest route? Can it be that everyone wants either one or
the other all the time? I can't believe that ... so there MUST be a setting
(somehwere, hidden behind one of those very numerous icons) that simply
tells the Garmin Nuvi 670 to ask me each time whether I desire the shortest
distance or the fastest time to destination.

May I ask you gurus of GPS ...

Where is the Nuvi 670 setting which tells the Garmin GPS to simply ASK each
time I add a destination whether I want the shortest or the quickest route?

Donna

There isn't such an option. The routing setting you already found is the
only way to set it.

Bruce.

On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 08:03:20 -0500, Bruce. wrote:

Thanks Bruce.

You seem to know the Garmin Nuvi 670 well. I wish I had read a review or
two BEFORE buying this Nuvi as I would likely have found out all these
unsettable things ahead of time.

For a thousand dollars, I expected (much) more. I wonder if other
thousand-dollar GPS devices allow you to switch between shortest or
quickest routes more easily???

Anyway, I'll summarize your answers to the set my questions soon so other
newbies have the information handy in a single posting.

Donna