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Old Jun 27, 2004 | 01:28 PM
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Female vs. Male Navi

Does anyone actually use the male voice for the Navi system. my wife obviuosly prefers it, but I stuck to the girl as the guy sounds :ghey:
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Old Jun 27, 2004 | 01:48 PM
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No, I use the female Voice Navi too.
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Old Jun 27, 2004 | 01:52 PM
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The dudes voice is soo sooooothing though. I feel tired everytime I put it on, lol
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Old Jun 27, 2004 | 02:05 PM
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I use the male voice.
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Old Jun 27, 2004 | 03:05 PM
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When I was at the dealer, I tried the female voice...she sounds like a bitch.
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Old Jun 27, 2004 | 03:25 PM
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I've tried both and actually find the male voice is clearer. My wife and I tried both voices repeat the same things and there were times the female was a bit less clear.
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Old Jun 27, 2004 | 05:24 PM
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I used the male voice. Its clearer and less annoying. Plus, I don't want a woman giving me directions. Its degrading and they're not to be trusted.
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Old Jun 27, 2004 | 06:43 PM
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i use the transexual voice...
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Old Jun 27, 2004 | 07:09 PM
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I dont think we get a male voice in canada? anyone confirm that? i think it's female english or female french up here....i'm beginning to despise that bitch :fingerfawk:
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Old Jun 27, 2004 | 07:47 PM
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I had female NAV in my 99TL and 00TL (sounded more oriental than the current one)
but I got sick of it...

now that I have a choice, I think the male voice sounds more professional and soothing....
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Old Jun 27, 2004 | 08:14 PM
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Originally Posted by gordon_gekko
....i'm beginning to despise that bitch :fingerfawk:
LOL
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Old Jun 27, 2004 | 08:18 PM
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there needs to be an annoyance setting with options like "tell me to turn off this road every 500 ft" or "tell me once to get off the freeway and STFU"

gets annoying when you're trying to listen to music.
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Old Jun 27, 2004 | 10:03 PM
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Originally Posted by GaleForce
I used the male voice. Its clearer and less annoying. Plus, I don't want a woman giving me directions. Its degrading and they're not to be trusted.
This is soo funny!!!

Good one GaleForce!
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Old Jul 30, 2004 | 09:49 AM
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The Males voice sounds like Hal from 2000. Dave? What are you doing Dave....
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Old Jul 30, 2004 | 03:24 PM
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I turned the voice off it was annoying
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Old Aug 30, 2004 | 03:53 AM
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Even my WIFE uses the girl....
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Old Aug 30, 2004 | 08:30 AM
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Originally Posted by RJANACONDA
Even my WIFE uses the girl....
Hmmmm ... We all may just found out an interesting little "nugget" about your wife.

I would like a firmware upgrade to the Navi that would give us an option to select "Automatic Navigation Voice ON/OFF".

I like the aural feedback when I give commands, so that I know that my "Radio 101.5 FM" command didn't get interpreted as "Radio 100.9 FM" for example. It should still give us the capability to press the "Directions" button on the Map display to get an audio cue on demand.
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Old Aug 30, 2004 | 12:40 PM
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Anyone else think there's gotta be a way to add a voice to the system? Any computer hackers out there that can tell us how? I would like my navi to curse and use poor english so it would be more realistic! Or maybe get some recordings from an NYC taxi driver! That would be cool.
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Old Aug 30, 2004 | 12:50 PM
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With the keyless memory settings, can Memory Setting one have a different voice (male) vs. Memory Setting two (female)? In other words, can one person have the male and the other have female, and when their seat and climate settings change automatically, can the voice preference do the same?

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Old Jan 26, 2005 | 11:03 PM
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Infiniti had an option to change the voice tone... I wished TL had that.

I use Male voice cuz female one just seems like it's b!tchin' all the time.

-.- I get that enough already!!!!
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Old Jan 26, 2005 | 11:07 PM
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Female voice ... all the time. I tried the male voice to humor my g/f, but then quickly changed it back.
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Old Jan 27, 2005 | 01:06 AM
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Female Voice for now. However, I'm starting to notice that I mentally tune her out. (Must be a habit I picked up from being married.) I have missed so many street turns because she'll say something, and It goes in one ear and out the other.

I may need to change to the male voice.
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Old Jan 27, 2005 | 01:16 AM
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Originally Posted by 714tman
Female Voice for now. However, I'm starting to notice that I mentally tune her out. (Must be a habit I picked up from being married.) I have missed so many street turns because she'll say something, and It goes in one ear and out the other.

I may need to change to the male voice.
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Old Jan 27, 2005 | 07:22 AM
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Originally Posted by mobilezen
When I was at the dealer, I tried the female voice...she sounds like a bitch.

LOL!
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Old Jan 27, 2005 | 08:03 AM
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I have it set to the female voice because having a female trying to tell you what to do seems normal (probably also why I sometimes ignore the directions it gives me if I don't like them).
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Old Jan 27, 2005 | 08:45 AM
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I break it up...

Sometimes it's Bitchin Betty... Sometime it's Jeeves...

Every month or so I change...
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Old Jan 27, 2005 | 07:28 PM
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I want HOMER'S voice!

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm DONUT!!!

Or PETER from the Family Guy: "This is freakin' sweet!"

I think you may be able to take the DVD navigation disc, pop it into your computer, find the voice files, figure out how to play them, them using a microphone into your computer, modify them, rename the files with the same name (so the navi computer will recognize them), and write to a dual layer DVD. Could this work?
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Old Jan 27, 2005 | 07:44 PM
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im sure acura has some sort of protected file that isnt just mp3 files or whatnot. im sure they use another program to open their own special files.
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Old Feb 1, 2005 | 10:19 AM
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We tried both voices. Wife and I agree the male voice seems more professional & friendly, if that's possible.
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Old Feb 1, 2005 | 07:01 PM
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My 7 year old daughter insisted on the male voice. My wife prefers it slightly. I'm indifferent, so it's Hal.

Locked my keys in the trunk the other day. Found myself saying, "Open the pod bay door, Hal. OPEN THE POD BAY DOOR, HAL!!!"
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Old Feb 2, 2005 | 09:47 AM
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well I'm gay so I used the male voice. hahaha
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Old Feb 2, 2005 | 10:01 AM
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"When I was at the dealer, I tried the female voice...she sounds like a bitch. "

Haha, You sound like you know her...
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Old Feb 2, 2005 | 04:48 PM
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At the dealer the Female sounded better. I dont like competition, I don want some guy giving me directions like I'm an Idiot. Id have to Punch Him. Permit in under a year, and if my dad lets me take the car which we dont have yet its gonna be female. BTW GO MARINES
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Old Feb 22, 2005 | 01:09 AM
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For next year, I recommend a female's voice in spanish!!!
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Old May 30, 2006 | 02:28 PM
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Is there any way to change the female voice to a young sexy english girl's voice or a cutesy japanese school girl's voice? that would be badass..
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Old May 30, 2006 | 03:43 PM
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The TL's female voice is about as interesting as a telemarketing call.

I miss the voice on my VeeDub Jetta Navi (imported and retrofitted)...
She had this wicked thick British accent. I called her Kitty.
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Old May 31, 2006 | 12:30 PM
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Originally Posted by gldman
I turned the voice off it was annoying
Where do you turn the voice off in the setup menu?
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Old May 31, 2006 | 12:36 PM
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Originally Posted by lembowski
Where do you turn the voice off in the setup menu?
Just go into setup and where you can adjust the volume, you can select "off" on the left side....
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Old May 31, 2006 | 12:37 PM
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Originally Posted by crazymjb
At the dealer the Female sounded better. I dont like competition, I don want some guy giving me directions like I'm an Idiot. Id have to Punch Him. Permit in under a year, and if my dad lets me take the car which we dont have yet its gonna be female. BTW GO MARINES
BUY THE CAR ALREADY
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Old May 31, 2006 | 12:38 PM
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when the lady says, 'would u like to call....?'' , you can say, 'yea, bitch!'.
Then she says, "calling". She better do what i say. i own her
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