FYI.
Voice control on the on the Nuvi's
There is a bit of a fly in the ointment here with the voice control which effects cross boarder (country to country), I'll try to explain.
Someone in England (with the default language set to English) can say an English an address or poi and the Nuvi will navigate to that address / poi which is normal, but if he decides to travel to France and says "Paris" or other French address it will not work, unless you change the machines default language to French, so the voice will only except Addresses or poi in the country of the default language.
which isn't too much of a problem for folks living on a large continent like the USA or Australia but pretty awkward considering millions of Europeans head off driving to different country's each year,
the only workaround I have found is to make my destinations as Favourites and call up the favourites as and when needed, or when in a different country call up categories and then "supermarkets" or "Restaurants" etc. then pick from the list but this is only local stuff.
I would gather in the states if you travelled to Mexico the country / language problem would kick in but not sure what happens in Canada being English / French speaking,
Just thought it was worth pointing out Just in case it’s a deal breaker with anyone, I can only confirm this with the new Nuvi’s 2*99 but gather it across the Garmin brand cant comment on Tom Tom or others but would think there are a number of factors in play here, one being your ability to speak the given language good enough to pronounce the place names
i.e. Eiffel tower = La tour Eiffel. but to me it’s not a deal breaker as you can still use the old fashion way by manually enter your destination.
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