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pcaouolte Frequent Visitor
Joined: Dec 27, 2006 Posts: 998 Location: South Lincs, UK.
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Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2017 7:56 am Post subject: Garmin speed camera announcements truncated |
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Hi
I have recently moved from TomTom to Garmin in order to be able to continue to use the PGPSW camera warnings.
My new device is a Drive Smart 50 LMTD.
When a camera warning starts to play the Garmin will sometimes give a spoken direction before the camera warning finishes so I get something like:
"Warning Gats..In 300 yards turn left".
The TomTom would queue the announcements and allow the camera warning to complete before starting the direction instruction so I would get "Warning Gatso 60 mph. In 300 yards turn left"
Is this normal for the Garmin or have I got a setting wrong somewhere?
Paul _________________ Paul |
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sussamb Pocket GPS Verifier
Joined: Mar 18, 2011 Posts: 4456 Location: West Sussex
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Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2017 8:50 am Post subject: |
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No it's normal. If it didn't you'd end up missing the turning _________________ Where there's a will ... there's a way. |
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Kremmen Pocket GPS Verifier
Joined: Mar 03, 2006 Posts: 7049 Location: Reading
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Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2017 9:20 am Post subject: |
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Edit the WAV files.
Do you really need the 'warning' bit for example? _________________ Satnav:
Garmin 2599 LMT-D (Indoor test rig)
DashCam:
Viofo A119 V3
Car Average MPG :
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M8TJT The Other Tired Old Man
Joined: Apr 04, 2006 Posts: 10118 Location: Bexhill, South Sussex, UK
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Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2017 10:10 am Post subject: |
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Although that might partly effect a 'cure' by making the cam warnings shorter, surely it won't completely overcome the 'not queued' problem, or will it? |
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Kremmen Pocket GPS Verifier
Joined: Mar 03, 2006 Posts: 7049 Location: Reading
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Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2017 10:24 am Post subject: |
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The cam warnings do queue behind each other but Garmin's directional voice alerts do seem to have their own priority. As Suss says, needed to give the turn info at the right time.
"Bong Bong - Warning, speed camera ahead fifty miles per hour, bong bong"
"You should have turned left 100 yards ago"
Just checked mine, in the download package.
No before or after bongs or chimes.
"Fixed speed camera fifty miles per hour" _________________ Satnav:
Garmin 2599 LMT-D (Indoor test rig)
DashCam:
Viofo A119 V3
Car Average MPG :
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M8TJT The Other Tired Old Man
Joined: Apr 04, 2006 Posts: 10118 Location: Bexhill, South Sussex, UK
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Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2017 2:04 pm Post subject: |
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Kremmen wrote: | "Bong Bong - Warning, speed camera ahead fifty miles per hour, bong bong"
"You should have turned left 100 yards ago" | That won't happen because the nav message override the cam message and you just lose a bit of the cam message. |
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sussamb Pocket GPS Verifier
Joined: Mar 18, 2011 Posts: 4456 Location: West Sussex
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Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2017 2:16 pm Post subject: |
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I think he was implying that would happen if the cam message wasn't truncated _________________ Where there's a will ... there's a way. |
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Kremmen Pocket GPS Verifier
Joined: Mar 03, 2006 Posts: 7049 Location: Reading
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Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2017 2:58 pm Post subject: |
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Yes M will cotton on in a minute _________________ Satnav:
Garmin 2599 LMT-D (Indoor test rig)
DashCam:
Viofo A119 V3
Car Average MPG :
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M8TJT The Other Tired Old Man
Joined: Apr 04, 2006 Posts: 10118 Location: Bexhill, South Sussex, UK
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Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2017 3:03 pm Post subject: |
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OOPS
Must change 'The Other Tired Old Man' to 'Muppet' |
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sussamb Pocket GPS Verifier
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Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2017 3:18 pm Post subject: |
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Long overdue some might say _________________ Where there's a will ... there's a way. |
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walkerx Lifetime Member
Joined: Oct 21, 2009 Posts: 491 Location: South Yorkshire
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Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2017 4:01 pm Post subject: |
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i think the garmin works the same as tomtom - as my tomtom used to override the camera messages as well |
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pcaouolte Frequent Visitor
Joined: Dec 27, 2006 Posts: 998 Location: South Lincs, UK.
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Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2017 4:18 pm Post subject: |
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Thank you all for your replies.
I have shortened the message to "Bong Gatso 60" but sometimes I just get the Bong.
It may be due to the Text To Speech directions that the Garmin uses. My very old TomTom didn't do TTS and it never interrupted a camera announcement, if some other TomToms do interrupt camera messages then perhaps they are also using TTS.
I don't suppose the Garmin can do TTS announcements for POIs?
If I have the best possible solution available on the Garmin, which it appears from your replies that I have, then I will just work with what I have. _________________ Paul |
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