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Anonymous Posted on Sep 23, 2010

I have the Garmin nuvi 255W GPS (car). The voice anouncements stopped in mid instruction and I have been unable to get it restarted. Maps still ok. What's my problem???

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    I tried both 1 & 2 solutions but they did not work. I also checked the volume - turned it on and off and on again, decreased it to 0 then increased it bacl to 100 but that also did not work. Could the sound circuit have shorted out??? Should I send the unit back to the factory for repairs???





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It's most likely that the voice file has become corrupted. However to be sure to solve the problem it's best to follow all the steps below.
First press the speaker symbol and check that the volume is not down fully or that the mute box is not ticked. If it is press the mute box to untick it or increase the volume. Otherwise follow the instructions below.

1. Press Tools, then press Settings (or Locale on some models), then press Language. You will see a bar for Voice. Press Voice and select a different voice. If this doesn't solve the problem it's most likely because the voice file has become corrupted. To replace the corrupted file.
2. Download webupdater from http://www8.garmin.com/support/collection.jsp?product=999-99999-27 and connect your satnav to your computer. Install webupdater and your satnav will look for updates. After it's finished it will give you an option to download voices. Click the ones you want and press next. The voices selected will be downloaded to your satnav.
When you have removed the satnav from the computer you'll need to select a voice again as described in para 1 above.

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Did you tried reset procedure.There are two resets. 1) Soft reset. 2) hard reset. The hard reset will delete all the data in your GPS so get the back up first before performing the hard reset. If you want to try this, make sure you've backup the data in your unit before answering to Yes. --------------- Reset procedure sets the unit to Factory settings on which the unit actually came to you.So all the sound and other settings get automatically set and unit mostly gets working in most of the cases. --------- The procedure is as follows:--- In the Quick Start Manual of Garmin Nuvi 255w GPS, it stated that you can reset the unit by pressing the RESET button at its bottom. However, the RESET button is not found on some Nuvi 255w.

Additional information in the Owner's Manual stated that if RESET button is not found, slide the POWER key and hold it for more than 8 seconds will do the same.
----------------- The Hard reset Now:--Try this only if the above soft reset does not helps:--- Another section in the Owner's Manual under the title "Clearing User Data" stated that holding your finger on the lower-right corner of the screen while turning on the unit and keeping the finger pressed until a message appear, that will allow you to delete all user-entered information. a message window pops up asking about "Do you really want to erase all user data?". There are 2 buttons to select, Yes or No. select "yes" to get the reset completed.Then check.----------------

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