Some more info. Using rel 17 I set up to navigate to a destination and without the engine running I could barely hear the the "computing route" voice. The slider for the volume is at the highest point on the volume slider.
Now I found a value <sound_volume>100</sound_volume> in settings.xml. No matter what I do to the volume slider this value does not change. (I turned on autosave already). So I was wondering if I could edit that value to something larger? Is that a percentage (like 100% volume)? If it is a value like the size of roads icons etc what are the min max number that can go in there?
New info: the value of sound_volume makes no difference either.
I am using this receiver and the navigation software (that came with it kudos 7.5) has a voice, but Map Factor does not. I have tried everything...older versions 17.0 Settings.xml has volume set at 100, slider at top and the best I get is a faint voice saying computing route, with engine off. Is there some magic setting for audio in this unit I need to make voices work?
Or is this just a problem with Mapfactor free and this unit. I would purchase the software BUT without voices it won't happen.
If you have things to try I would be most agreeable to "test" different scenarios for you.
Just found this:
In the Settings.xml file line 8 says <sounds>en-us</sounds>
When this was installed the installer set the GPS voice to 0 volume. I found that if you touch the screen of the mapping window it brings up a menu for speakers. One of the screens is for GPS volume. This only happens when the GPS pgm has screen control.