Thread: SD Authentication

The voice from Loly is the 'new TTS large file' Espanol_European_Isabel.vpn from 1xxx/2xxx/3xxx series nuvi, the same format as the 2 American Spanish voices Javier & Paulina TTS which I linked for you in Post #21, Diego. Your unit obviously cannot use the newer TTS files.

The other voice I attached in Post #23 (Ana) is from a US nuvi 40, and it's the 'new type' VCT non-TTS the same as US Michelle and AU Matilda which work in both older and newer Nuvis. WknThDg reported they work in 2xxW in this post: [Only registered and activated users can see links. ], so I thought Ana might be compatible. Works fine in 40:



Obviously the older non-TTS voices do work, the ones around 1MB in size. That's the type you attached in Post #35, they're pretty much universal and work in everything else, older and newer garmin models and also GMPC/GMXT, as well as in your unit. The newer non-TTS VCT, which are about 2MB or more, and the newer TTS which are very large ~14-17MB, obviously do not work in it. So what you need is an 'older type' Spanish American non-TTS around 1MB and if such a voice exists it will work for sure.

The only other type that hasn't been tried is the 'old' TTS, so try these, but remove the 'new' TTS versions of Paulina & Javier first: [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]. I really don't think they will work, because i'm starting to suspect that your satnav is based more on GarminMobilePC/XT-type software running on a PDA-type unit, rather than standalone hardware based on nuvi-type hardware and firmware. Apologies to the boffins (caty, loly, giomen etc.) for using non technical descriptors (*-type), but I really don't know what we're dealing with here à la hw & sw.

Originally Posted by lolypop000

xml file is inside unit in internal storage.

Comes bundled with the device a hundred meter length instead garmindevice.xml on SD?

Originally Posted by lolypop000

xml file is inside unit in internal storage.

Originally Posted by Giomen

Comes bundled with the device a hundred meter length instead garmindevice.xml on SD?

Which is one of the reasons i think his unit is more like a PDA running Garmin Mobile software. How do the Kenwood units work Loly?

Originally Posted by diegoand

Hello lolypop000. The manual doesn't specify which model it is, I did go into the information menus of the unit and these are all the apparent versions I could find:

Software Version: 4.10
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The easy way for checking voice to compatibility it is "Audio 2.30 (Spanish)". Voice may be visible in list but if "Audio (no version showed)" it is means what voice is not compatible.

Originally Posted by Neil

Which is one of the reasons i think his unit is more like a PDA running Garmin Mobile software.

That's why I told him to unlock it with sw.unl

I know , you're usually streets ahead of me Caty.

Yes, that's normal. Many 'apparently random' unl codes will work for the same SID but are still specific to it.

There are no non-TTS versions of those voices available, and at present i know of no way to convert them directly from one type to another. The file types are completely different. The only way that i know to get a non-TTS voice file using the Paulina or Javier voice would be to labouriously manually record each phrase and edit them (e.g., record as a wav, 'Turn right on Elm Street' and then edit it to 'Turn right' and so on) until you had all the myriad required phrases to then combine them into a vpn file using Turboccc's non-TTSVoiceEditor for instance. You'd need a lot of time on your hands and be very dedicated. Even i wouldn't do it and i'm more than slightly obsessive/compulsive (self-diagnosed). Be fun to try though.