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Question: Help! No spoken street names on TomTom XL 340 S Can anyone help? I can't find how to make my TomTom XL 340 S speak the street names. I just get the generic "turn Left" type directions.
Document: If you're the type of person who likes to customize stuff, get the XL 340 instead of the XL 350.P.S. If your TomTom can't find satellites quickly, try connecting it to a computer. One of the regular updates is the "GPS QuickFix," which enables the unit to find satellites quickly. If you don't update QuickFix, after a week it will take a few minutes to get a position fix.
This version of Tom Tom GPS provides for a larger screen, spoken street names with the directions and lifetime map updates. All of these are significant improvements over the basic Tom Tom One I had been using for years.Relatively inexpensive and a great bargain. Tiny issue: Spoken street names are not available with the (really fun) custom voices, and you have to stick with one of the standard voices to hear them. Not a biggie.
I love the lane guidance feature, but the spoken street names feature is sometimes flaky. It usually works well, but sometimes it doesn't seem to know the name of a street for an upcoming turn until I'm right on top of it.I have not updated any maps yet, I've just used it out of the box for about a week, but the Lifetime Maps Edition is a nice benefit that my last unit didn't have.Overall, it's a nice device.
They also have the added bonus of a larger screen, spoken street names and lifetime maps for reasonable price. I picked up an XL 350M at a local store, but returned it after a week due to the user interface. The XL 350 series has a simplified user interface that removes many of the options available on my old ONE.In particular, the XL 350 does not have 2D display with travel up or a compass.
Its always fun though when someone hears Snoop Dogg giving the directions for the first time. The problem with celebrity voices, (or at least, with Snoop's voice) is that Tom Tom can;t possibly program Snoop's voice to speak street names, since he recorded his voice in a studio. There's no way this device could store every street name, IF Snoop could even record every street name. It is just too much audio data.
Free lifetime map upgrades, easy to use, and helps me a lot in finding my ways. There is an POI option where I can just find a restaurant or gas station nearby. Also, the touchscreen works really well (as I know Garmin's screen can be hard to type/touch!). Re-routing is very quick - for me it is super useful as I always make a wrong turn. The screen is big enough and it is come with a suction mount.
It was a two-way street with a traffic signal at the ramp and left-turns were permitted. I am very glad I don't have to deal with that anymore.The 340 is a solid GPS. Lifetime maps is probably the biggest reason to upgrade from a previous TomTom (or other brand) model because map upgrades can pretty costly, especially if you need them frequently. But the smarter mapping system, including IQ is not to be overlooked.
Having a GPS to give you good directions to places in areas you are not familiar with is a great help. There's nothing worse than getting lost or writing down direction only to find out you wrote them down wrong.With this Tom Tom unit getting lost shouldn't be a problem.It has voice directions to you don't need to constantly be looking at the unit. You can enter GPS coordiantes, addresses or intersections to get directions.
I have had 6 different GPS devices over the years and they all worked reasonably well. While each had its limitations, they all worked and could be updated.But not this TomTom XL 340 M with lifetime maps. To make a long story short... this device does not recognize the map in its system and it can not be updated. Please read the other reviews about TomTom problems. The software and GPS unit look nice but it is very difficult, if not impossible, to update with lifetime maps.
The mount is easy to put on the bottom left corner of the windshield, and the unit is also easy to put on the mount.When compared to a Garmin Nuvi 255W, there are a few noticeable features that either excel or lack. On the TomTom XL 340TM, I like that all the information is on the screen (map, current speed AND posted speed limit, current time, time of arrival, distance left to destination, distance to next turn, and traffic along current path).
Answer: I have an older TomTom model, and out of the box this function was not enabled. To enable text-to-speech on my model (TomTom One XLS), I had to perform the following action: Tap on "Change Preferences". Go to screen four, and tap on "Change Voice". Select "Computer Voice". Tap "Read Aloud Steet Names", checking the box, and then tap "Done". These instructions were not found in the manual, but were on a card that was in the box.