tomtom 730 help

Nas · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 18, 2005 Posts: 14

Hi

i have just brought a TT 730. before had a TT One V3 what i have noticed that it tells you to turn into a road but does not display the road on the screen. also i thought the 720/730 model had voice alert of the road/street you turn into

Many thanks

GerryC · Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2009 9:45 pm Post subject:

To show the street names, tap the screen then tap "change preferences". Go to page 4 and tap "street name preferences". On that screen, ensure "show street names" and "show next street name" are ticked.

For the voices, you have to use a 'computer' voice. On page 1 of preferences, choose "voice preferences" then "change voice". Choose a voice (Kate or Simon) that has "computer" after it. Also on the voice preferences screen, tap "speech preferences" and make sure the first 3 are ticked.

I think that's all the options you need to check. Let us know is anything doesn't work. Confused

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Andy_P · Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2009 9:46 pm Post subject:

Hi and welcome

The second part of your question is easy....

There are two types of voice installed on the 730, "real" recorded voices, like Jane and Tim in the UK, and "computer" or 'text to speech' voices such as Kate and Simon.

The real voices just have a list of around 80 phrases which are used where apropriate, whereas the computer voices can be made to say anything they like, including the street names.
Switch to one of those and you will be given a list of options on two pages, the very first of which is "Read aloud street names"

Now.. the first part of your question has me confused!
The display while driving should be very similar to your old machine. A moving 3d view of the road ahead. when it wants you to turn off, you should get a blue arrow in the bottom right corner and the display will show the road approaching.

Maybe you mean you want it to show the NAME of the road, in the top right? That's done in "Street Name Preferences" in the preferences menu.

In addition to that, on motorways and some major roads, you can set the device for "Reality view" where it shows you a pretty picture of the lane layout, enabling you to choose the right part of the road.
This only works where they have programmed it into the maps, and you can switch it on or off in the preferences with "Show lane images" (if it's switched on already, it will show "Hide lane images" in the menu).

EDIT: Gah! beaten to the reply by a minute!!

Nas · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 18, 2005 Posts: 14

Sorry for the late reply i have made the changes and avery thing is now working. is there a better night display on the 730 then the crap blue one

thanks guys for your help Smile

spook45 · Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 8:41 pm Post subject:

Check out TOMTOM.com for hundreds of day and night color schemes. They also have POIs that are available for download. Use HOME to load and activate the color schemes you download.

Andy_P · Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 9:32 pm Post subject:

I use a day colour scheme called "GBNew" and at night I just set the TomTom to use that same one but dimmed.

I've never found it necessary to change the colours to see it well at night.

Anita · Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 10:07 pm Post subject:

Andy_P · Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 10:36 pm Post subject:

Anita · Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 10:47 pm Post subject:

Yes, Andy, I've got a 720.

Thanks for posting the pics. That's certainly some difference between the dimmed 720 and 940! Confused

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D4VE · Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 10:51 pm Post subject:

Nice to find I am not alone in using GBNEW I use at night too, but my unit is fixed to a Brodit vent mount so no reflections in screen for me. Smile

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