No voice navigation on Garmin 830 and similar GPS devices?
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I've never tried it.
The screens they use are a special type called "transreflective", which allows them to be readable in sunlight without a backlight (which is the think that uses the most power). It's not perfect but it works reasonably well.
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That makes a lot of sense. As I mentioned above, I have my Garmin configured for maximum battery live (WAAS turned off, etc.) and the Garmin in my truck has a choice of dozens of languages, that might be a lot of power hungry computer power to do voice which certainly is convenient to someone in a car driving at freeway speeds, but not really needed for bicyclists.
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The newer Garmins can use your phone to make voice announcements. That is, they relay the turns to the phones and let the phone do the voice generation.This should let the phone run for much longer than doing everything on the phone. One reason the Garmins don't do this without the phone is because the computers in them are slow (another way to make them run longer).
I've never tried it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZlq3sAIG1c
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I've never tried it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZlq3sAIG1c
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A thanks to NJKayaker for this little tidbit.
@OP, this means you can get voice prompts from a recent Garmin, and garmin has rally good navigation and maps so this might work for you. Only issue I can think of is I'd doubt the phone BT is going to be smart enough to do a simultaneous BT voice prompt to the phone at the same time you are trying to do a BT connection to a set of headphones, mostly as BT connections can be stupid this away, so you might need a set of cabled headphones.
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OP here. Thanks again, all. In my defense, I was aware of the smartphone angle. This sentence in my post appears to have gotten lost lower in the thread:
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Maybe I should stick to the iPhone and buy the 830 for my stoker!
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Well, who knew !. I did look thru my 1030 manual, no mention of course. The Garmin manuals truly suck.
A thanks to NJKayaker for this little tidbit.
@OP, this means you can get voice prompts from a recent Garmin, and garmin has rally good navigation and maps so this might work for you. Only issue I can think of is I'd doubt the phone BT is going to be smart enough to do a simultaneous BT voice prompt to the phone at the same time you are trying to do a BT connection to a set of headphones, mostly as BT connections can be stupid this away, so you might need a set of cabled headphones.
A thanks to NJKayaker for this little tidbit.
@OP, this means you can get voice prompts from a recent Garmin, and garmin has rally good navigation and maps so this might work for you. Only issue I can think of is I'd doubt the phone BT is going to be smart enough to do a simultaneous BT voice prompt to the phone at the same time you are trying to do a BT connection to a set of headphones, mostly as BT connections can be stupid this away, so you might need a set of cabled headphones.
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I have a set of BT headphones around, I'll try it next, but a big thanks to njkayaker for this link, I tried it on my 1030 and paired iPhone 8 with plugged in headphones when I got home, setup no problem, you just need to turn up the volume in the Garmin Connect App, but otherwise is a painless setup.
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I have a set of BT headphones around, I'll try it next, but a big thanks to njkayaker for this link, I tried it on my 1030 and paired iPhone 8 with plugged in headphones when I got home, setup no problem, you just need to turn up the volume in the Garmin Connect App, but otherwise is a painless setup.
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I have a set of BT headphones around, I'll try it next, but a big thanks to njkayaker for this link, I tried it on my 1030 and paired iPhone 8 with plugged in headphones when I got home, setup no problem, you just need to turn up the volume in the Garmin Connect App, but otherwise is a painless setup.
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Agree, thanks @njkayaker!
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Which begs the joke about the older gentleman riding solo down the road on a tandem, gets pulled over by a cop, who tells him his wife fell off the bike about a mile back. "Oh, thank God" the old fart says, "I thought I'd gone deaf".
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Ha! The way it works now, the stoker has the paper map. So I listen to the RWGPS lady telling me "In 1/4 mile, turn right." I repeat it out loud. Then the real-life lady with paper map says: "Oh she must mean turn at Olive Ave."
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Now if you are riding alone, that is a different story, but for tandem riding two computers or GPS devices are totally unnecessary.
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Another 830 user chiming in. I use and highly recommend Aftershokz Aeropex during rides. Once paired to a phone w/ Garmin Connect installed, with the alerts settings enabled, you can perfectly hear your surroundings plus the Garmin alerts, including voice navigation. These in no way physically cover/block your ears from hearing anything in your immediate environment. (They also sound pretty decent for music, although bass response will be less due to bone conduction tech. A fair trade-off IMHO when considering safety while riding.)
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Another 830 user chiming in. I use and highly recommend Aftershokz Aeropex during rides. Once paired to a phone w/ Garmin Connect installed, with the alerts settings enabled, you can perfectly hear your surroundings plus the Garmin alerts, including voice navigation. These in no way physically cover/block your ears from hearing anything in your immediate environment. (They also sound pretty decent for music, although bass response will be less due to bone conduction tech. A fair trade-off IMHO when considering safety while riding.)
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You do have to make sure the headphones don't get caught in the helmet straps when taking them off, though. The first time I rode with them, I thought I had lost them after discovering they weren't still on my head after removing the helmet. Luckily, they just got caught in the straps when I pulled the helmet off. (That time, I believe, I put them on AFTER I put the helmet on. Now, I always put them on first, then the helmet. No issues with them inadvertently getting pulled off. ) The Aeropex are so light that I don't even notice them when they're not playing any audio.
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Told that one to my wife/ stoker IMMEDIATELY.
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The only Garmin computer I have is a watch, so it's always powered on and connected to the phone. But the feature set is close to an Edge, not identical. This must just be something you get and I don't.