Garmin 1490 LMT came from box with foreign language. How do I change it to English?

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• From the main menu touch "TOOLS" > "SETTINGS" > "LANGUAGE." Then change the "TEXT LANGUAGE" to change the text to English.
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Regards, Tony

For Garmin anyway: Make sure you have latest software first.
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To change the text language:

1. Touch Wrench icon on the screen with the Magnifying Glass and Map icon
2. Touch the Gears icon
3. Touch the down arrow
4. Touch the second option from the top1
5. Touch the middle blue box on right
6. Touch the up arrow until American English appears2
7. Touch American English
8. Touch OK
9. Touch Back

The device should be in selected text language.
Note 1 - In some cases, if there are Custom POIs loaded to the device then it may be the first option at the top.
Note 2 - If American English is not the language needed, please selected the desired language

How did it happen???
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To change the text language:

1. Touch Wrench icon on the screen with the Magnifying Glass and Map icon
2. Touch the Gears icon
3. Touch the down arrow
4. Touch the second option from the top1
5. Touch the middle blue box on right
6. Touch the up arrow until American English appears2
7. Touch American English
8. Touch OK
9. Touch Back

The device should be in selected text language.
Note 1 - In some cases, if there are Custom POIs loaded to the device then it may be the first option at the top.
Note 2 - If American English is not the language needed, please selected the desired language

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Press Wrench.
Press the button with the picture of gears on it.
Press Down arrow.
Choose second menu item from the top.
Press the middle of the 3 boxes on the right.
Press up arrow to find American or British English.

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To change the text language:

1. Touch Wrench icon on the screen with the Magnifying Glass and Map icon
2. Touch the Gears icon
3. Touch the down arrow
4. Touch the second option from the top1
5. Touch the middle blue box on right
6. Touch the up arrow until American English appears2
7. Touch American English
8. Touch OK
9. Touch Back

The device should be in selected text language.
Note 1 - In some cases, if there are Custom POIs loaded to the device then it may be the first option at the top.
Note 2 - If American English is not the language needed, please selected the desired language

Hi , Yes you can change the language.
Select Settings then Language.
You can then change the language for voice, text and also keyboard layout.
I hope this helps you out!

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Click on the wrench tool button, then the picture of the sprockets which is system, then click the lips/mouth. Once there, you should be able to change the voice and text to English. Just click on one of the boxes to change it to your chosen language.

Press Wrench.
Press the button with the picture of gears on it.
Press Down arrow.
Choose second menu item from the top.
Press the middle of the 3 boxes on the right.
Press up arrow to find American or British English.

Go to:
http://www.tomtom.com/support/index.php?Language=1&query=language&FID=4532

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