On the Nuvi 7xx series as well as many other nuvi models, voice updates are free and downloadable from garmin.com. Garmin only charges for map upgrades. Maps do not contain voices. I have backups of french text to speech (TTS) voices. I would be happy to give you links to download them to you.
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Hi, though the language is in french you can change that into english, if you are familiar with Windows XP, please figure out the control panel menu, then inside the control panel find the icon for regional and laguage options. it has a globe icon.Tick the "language" tab menu, then the "details", and last "add" the new language.
Press TOOLS (the spanner icon in the bottom right of the screen with WHERE TO and VIEW MAP)
Press SETTINGS (The spanner icon) or LOCALE (the blue icon) whichever your satnav has
Press LANGUAGE (the lips icon)
This takes you to a screen with 3 items on it; VOICE, TEXT LANGUAGE and KEYBOARD
Press VOICE and select the name of an English speaking person to change the voice instructions to English. Press TEXT LANGUAGE and change it to English or American English if you're in the USA
The TEXT LAGUAGE should be showing DEUTCH beside it (the German word for German)
On the page that shows WHERE TO and VIEW MAP press TOOLS (The spanner symbol) in the bottom right corner
Press SETTINGS (the spanner symbol) or LOCALE (the blue symbol) on models that don't have a settings icon
Press LANGUAGE (the lips icon)
This brings you to a screen with 3 items on it. VOICE, TEXT LANGUAGE and KEYBOARD If it's in French you won't know which is which but it will show the language beside the TEXT LANGUAGE icon. Francais is the French word for French. To change the voice language press VOICE and select an English speaking name. To change the text language press TEXT LANGUAGE and select English or American English if you're in the USA.
The fastest way is to get it back to factory defaults and it will prompt you to select a language. The fastest way is to use a paper clip and insert it into the "Reset" hole in the case of your GPS
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