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Garmin Nuvi 3xxx Speaker volume

  • 07-01-2008 12:36pm
    #1
    fisab
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 232 ✭✭


    Hi, I got a Garmin nuvi 310 for christmas, and love it apart from the poor speaker volume. My car is a noisy diesel so at speed it drowns out the weak speaker. I planned to use the sat nav for playing podcasts and audio books but need to boast the volume somehow.

    I could use an FM transmitter but my experience with their quality has been poor.
    My car radio hasnt an AUX input and hasnt a cassette player (only a CD).

    1. Is there any hack to increase the volume?
    2. Is there such thing as an adapter from the earphone jack to a CD player (similar to the cassette adapter).
    3. Any other options apart from replacing my car radio,

    Many thanks


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  • #2
    mondeo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,675 ✭✭✭mondeo


    Go onto the garmin website and install the firmware update. It adjusts the volume to make it louder. I had this problem also lad and got the update and it's much louder now......:D

    Tomasso


  • #3
    fisab
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 232 ✭✭fisab


    mondeo wrote: »
    Go onto the garmin website and install the firmware update. It adjusts the volume to make it louder. I had this problem also lad and got the update and it's much louder now......:D

    Tomasso

    It would be brilliant if that was it.
    By firmware, do you mean "software update"?

    Mine is at version 4.2. The latest is 4.4.

    But I have noticed something in the update history that implies that the max volume may go down not up:

    Changes made from version 4.30 to 4.40:

    Correct a problem with the Detour function locking up
    Corrected translations of Go Home
    Updated Traffic Translations

    Changes made from version 3.90 to 4.30:

    <snip>
    Fixed issue with max volume to stop over driving the speakers and blowing them out
    <snip>

    Are you at version 4.4?


  • #4
    optiplexgx270
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,510 ✭✭✭optiplexgx270


    im on version 4.4 but cant comment on speakers, only that i didnt notice the volume going up or down for that matter...

    Would love to get a 720 instead of a Nuvi 370 i have to say.


  • #5
    fisab
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 232 ✭✭fisab


    Updated from 4.2 to 4.4 last night.
    Based on a limited test I did notice less distortion on the top volume setting. Before there was distortion on the very top setting so I couldnt really use it - now I think I can so if this proves to be the case across the board then, yes the upgrade has made a difference.
    Many thanks for all the replies.


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