I haven't been able to find a way to change the voice of my navigation system or to have it speak street names. Is either possible?

Also, how can I stop a route that is progress, without starting another route?

Jerry

Additional voices can not be added. Read the manual for the rest.

I tried reading the manual, but could not find anything about having it say street names. I hate this manual. The type is small and gray. When I find a section I want, instead of giving directions right there, it typically says, "Go to page 35 and read "Blah, blah, Blah." It would be nice to have the directions right under the heading, rather than have to go to another page.

So, is it possible to have it say street names?

Jerry

Yes, its in the REGIONAL settings.

Thanks. I'll give it a try.

Jerry

All I could find under Regional are adjustments for display formats - date, time, etc. No way to make it say street names. Even cheap GPS will say the street names, so this should be able to do that.

Jerry

It is able to do it. Read your manual.

The manual is even worse than the radio. With no index, it is difficult to find a specific topic. I used my pdf version of the manual and did a search for "street names." That term was listed three times: twice for MSN and once for setting the display to show street names or not.

Then I did a search on "speak." Most of what I got was referring to speakers. There were a few references to speaking a command, as in voice command. No luck with "say," either.

Once again, is it possible to hear the street names, and if so, how?

Try a search for Samantha, or you could just read the whole manual which is what you should do anyway.

Since there is no mention of it in the manual, why should I read it - again? Apparently, this $1,000 unit cannot do what $150 units can do. I'll use my Garmin for a trip.

Jerry

Suit your self.

Thanks, VBLUE42. You've been a big help.

go to System Settings>Language menu. Change "voice language" to "Samantha" i believe that is the TTS voice. If my memory is correct, it should say "Samantha TTS". The bad part about Samantha is the voice quality its not as good.

Yep, just like it says in the manual.

Like many manuals, this one could use the input of someone who can read and write. On page 155, there are directions for doing what W4RHWK says above. Even in that description, however, there is no mention of having the voice say the street names. Step 3 should say that here is where you can select a male or female voice and tell the reader that the female voice say street names. The heading is for "Selecting the language." I already had English selected, so that did not get my attention when I looked trough the manual. The whole description is for selecting a language. If W4RHWK hadn't spelled it out for me, reading the step-by-step would have gotten me nowhere. Of course, in hindsight, I can see that TTS means Text To Speech. However, the manual says that TTS Setup is not normally used - will be used in the future.

Doing a search for Samantha in the pdf manual yields nothing.

Thanks W4RHWK.

Jerry

Actually, I normally am VERY much in favor of telling someone to read the manual...and have done that a few times on here.

In this case, though, I have to say the guys are correct...the manual is REALLY bad on this particular issue. And actually, the translations of the Pioneer manuals are generally inferior than others.

Another example...who goes around saying things like "To stop Bluetooth wave transmission...." ??? lol

It's clear one way Pioneer keeps their costs down is minimal translation checks...lol.

Yea I think your right. Jerryc41 I owe you an apology. My goal was to try and influence you to find the answer on your own and I will continue to do so on matters that can be addressed with a read of the manual but in this case it just isn't in there. I should have just given you the answer and I do apologize. I will certainly be more helpful in the future.

Well, you did get me to go through the manual again - and play around with the menues on the radio. I actually enjoy reading manuals - when they are readable and actually helpful. This one seems to be written in code.

Thanks for your help. I'll be back when I have more questions.

Jerry