Garmin 360: can it announce street names? Just bought this product from Amazon. Very very disappointed: manual is worst I've seen from an English-speaking company; it thinks I'm on the city streets below interstate flyovers; it flipped to an old destination while I was driving and began rerouting me there in an unfamiliar city. I could go on. But the reason I bought this model is that I thought it would announce the street names when it told me to turn. It doesn't and there's no command I can give it to turn that feature on. Can the 360 be made to announce streets when it tells you to turn? NOTE: much much cheaper Tom-Toms can do exactly that! Garmin 360: can it announce street names? Just bought this product from Amazon. Very very disappointed: manual is worst I've seen from an English-speaking company; it thinks I'm on the city... » Read More Garmin 360: can it announce street names? Just bought this product from Amazon. Very very disappointed: manual is worst I've seen from an English-speaking company; it thinks I'm on the city streets below interstate flyovers; it flipped to an old destination while I was driving and began rerouting me there in an unfamiliar city. I could go on. But the reason I bought this model is that I thought it would announce the street names when it told me to turn. It doesn't and there's no command I can give it to turn that feature on. Can the 360 be made to announce streets when it tells you to turn? NOTE: much much cheaper Tom-Toms can do exactly that! « Show Less
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I don't like this manual either but with some playing with the unit you can figure out this petty easy.Finding POI for example.If you want to find POI at another location you have to make that your designation and then search POIs ,thats no where in the manual.
1840444
The user manual is online, Square Trade does the insurance on them if you purchase it and is inexpensive, it basically gets replaced. Normally I do not say anything negative about products but the TomTom generally does not give good direction. We stick with the Garmin because it gets us to our destination. The Tom-tom did not, it will tell you that you have reached your destination sometimes a mile away from where you are going.
1451544
Not so fast. I purchased the unit back in March of 2015 and the European maps were NOT PRELOADED. I had to contact TOMTOM customer service and send them proof of purchase. MAJOR HASSLE. I ended up returning the unit. Happens too often that vendors on Amazon have a poor understanding of the product they are selling.
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I am very upset about this. The Amazon website states that maps of US, Canada, Mexico, and Europe are included with lifetime updates. I bought this unit for European driving and bought this specifically for free lifetime European map updates. Even if you go to TomTom's web site, it mentions free lifetime updates. No where on the page for this device does it say that European map updates are not included. I called TomTom and the customer service was horrible. After 20 minutes on hold I explained to a "supervisor" that this was deceptive and wrong and he hung up on me. This company is deceptive and has disdain for it's customers. I am very upset about this. The Amazon website states that maps of US, Canada, Mexico, and Europe are included with lifetime updates. I bought this unit for European driving and bought this specifically for free lifetime European map updates. Even if you go to TomTom's web site, it mentions free lifetime updates. No where on the page for this device does it say that European map updates are not included. I called TomTom and the customer service was horrible. After 20 minutes on hold I explained to a "supervisor" that this was deceptive and wrong and he hung up on me. This company... » Read More I am very upset about this. The Amazon website states that maps of US, Canada, Mexico, and Europe are included with lifetime updates. I bought this unit for European driving and bought this specifically for free lifetime European map updates. Even if you go to TomTom's web site, it mentions free lifetime updates. No where on the page for this device does it say that European map updates are not included. I called TomTom and the customer service was horrible. After 20 minutes on hold I explained to a "supervisor" that this was deceptive and wrong and he hung up on me. This company is deceptive and has disdain for it's customers. « Show Less
1470417
It takes a subscription to those maps. My Tom Toms have not had those. I have use them now for four or five years on myservice truck fleet without any trouble Then I had one go bad in less than a year and wrote a less than favorable review. Tom Tom then answered with instructions to maybe take care of this and after sending the info I never heard from them again. This confirms some of the nightmares I read in the Amazon reviews. I have since purchased a Garmin that I like much better. My advice don't buy a Tom Tom.
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I was surprised when I got this that it didn't tell you how in the manual. The way I turned it on is to change your profile. Go to the tools (wrench and screwdriver at the bottom of the screen) and select profiles. If you select "vehicle" it will give you directions when you input a destination. At least mine did when I told it to go to a geocache. As for your maps, I have both selected. World maps and Detailed. The detailed is the summit and city series, so I would bet it would have to be checked to enable the turn by turn. Good luck.
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It only shows you what road you are on when it is NOT navigating to a destination you put in. When you are navigating to a destination the unit is "working" and shows you what it thinks you NEED and that is the NEXT turn and NOT the street you are on. This makes perfect sense. If you are in an area you don't know you don't need the road you are on but rather the road you turn on next and the distance to this road and turn. After all, it already gave you the road you are on when you turned on it. If it just said, "turn on Elm St." then you are on Elm St. :) Make sense?
696250
I was told that all update and downloads could be done by connecting the GPS to your computer. The Unit I purchased I've sent back. It is not user friendly and there were many issues with it, such as brightness, Bluetooth pairing, the on/off switch. My opinion is that by trying to save money you get what you pay for. Buy a better know brand you'll be happier.
772652
My Street Pilot seems to be more detailed with instructions. If I pass a turn off, it will notify me that I have. The Nuvi will keep silentuntil I have another opportunity to get on track taking me too far out of my way.
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Go to: Tools &gt; Settings &gt; Language &gt; 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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There is a setting to adjust the sound of the GPS voice and the music does go down when there are directions to be spoken but be aware that the GPS SUCKS!!! It tells me you have reached your destination on the left and it's either a mile or so up the road or it gives the wrong side. I have had nothing but problems with it, I should have just stuck with my Garmin. TERRIBLE!!!
1289872
My guess is 255W speaks street names in North America version only. You can see it on www.garmin.com when you do side by side comparison.
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Yes, Espanol Americas is an option in the Language section of the "Settings" that shows up on the "Home" screen. There are actually 2 names listed, but only one (Paulina) speaks the street names. You may have to go to garmin.com to download updates (free) if it is not included when you start with a new unit. Good luck!
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Watch for the "suffixes" on the Garmin Model Numbers to know what features they come with. For example, if you see "2757 LMT" that means that 2757 comes with Lifetime Maps & Traffic. If you see just "LM" without the "T," then it just comes with Lifetime Maps. Other Garmins without these exact suffixes will not have these features. I just bought a "2757 LM," & it does not come with Voice Command, but it does come with Lifetime Maps. I chose not to get Voice Command, because if I tell a tail-gater "exactly where to go" in traffic... I do not want my Garmin to take me there. : D Watch for the "suffixes" on the Garmin Model Numbers to know what features they come with. For example, if you see "2757 LMT" that means that 2757 comes with Lifetime Maps & Traffic. If you see just "LM" without the "T," then it just comes with Lifetime Maps. Other Garmins without these exact suffixes will not have these features. I just bought a "2757 LM," & it does not come with Voice Command, but it does come with Lifetime Maps. I chose not to get Voice Command, because if I tell a tail-gater "exactly where to go" in... » Read More Watch for the "suffixes" on the Garmin Model Numbers to know what features they come with. For example, if you see "2757 LMT" that means that 2757 comes with Lifetime Maps & Traffic. If you see just "LM" without the "T," then it just comes with Lifetime Maps. Other Garmins without these exact suffixes will not have these features. I just bought a "2757 LM," & it does not come with Voice Command, but it does come with Lifetime Maps. I chose not to get Voice Command, because if I tell a tail-gater "exactly where to go" in traffic... I do not want my Garmin to take me there. : D « Show Less
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Thanks for the update, dsrussell. I'll take your advice and check out the review of the 765 that you mentioned at gpsmagazine.com. It's too bad that the folks at Garmin didn't include this info about the 765 in their owners manual. Must have been an oversight on their end. Again,thanks a bunch!
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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. Feb 24, 2014 by joshzaid
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Not quite clear on what you mean. Essentially the update is supposed to give you new info that wasn't included in the previous data, like new streets or some that were previously excluded. One problem I have found is, that when trying to update maps, the system does not allow it, and Garmin will NOT answer when queried about it. VERY disappointing and to my thinking fraudulent (as it prevents me from getting my money's worth.)