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

Quite simply, when you change the voice of the GPS unit, make sure you
select a voice langauge which has (TTS) at the end of it.

TTS = Text To Speech

Other options will give you guidance, but won't speak the street
names.



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Tom

On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 22:34:18 +1000, Tom wrote:


Thank you Tom!

That TTS abbreviation next to the Garmin Nuvi 670 voice selection is
certainly unintuitive to me but I'm admittedly and obviously not a GPS guru
who, I presume, already know these things.

Now that I know that TTS speaks the street names, I will be sure to use it
in all my future voice selections.

This street annunciation on the Garmin Nuvi 670 is now no problem as your
answer is intuitive once I already know the answer. :)

Thanks,
Donna

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I found it intuitive to look at the Owner's Manual. P. 46:

"Languages noted with (TTS) are text-t0-speach voices, which have an
extensive vocabulary and pronounce the street names as you approach
turns."


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What a novel idea!