low volume on Garmin Nuvi 360T

[stevejewell]

I have the new Garmin nuvi 360T the volume seems very low even when set to full . has anybody else found this

[MaFt]

yep. best option is to turn the stereo down a bit or get some cheapy little battery powered speakers and plug them into the headphone socket.

i put it down to the slim design of the nuvi meaning a smaller speaker was needed to 'fit' inside.

MaFt

[stevejewell]

They say sometimes simplest ideas are the best I might just do whatb you think

[MaFt]

or if you use the mp3's on the nuvi then plug in a headphone jack to tape adaptor into our tape deck (assuming you don't have a cd player!). it pauses the music when it gives you wanrings and directions. either that or if you have a cd player then try a (now legal!!!!) fm transmitter to car stereo.

MaFt

[skipper1]

Hi stevejewell. Have you overcome the lack of volume? I am having the same problem. I see people are advising you to plug into the headphone socket. Which is it? My handbook only mentions a microphone jack socket which I assumed only took sound in (i.e.line in) Can it also be used with headphones as a line out?

Are there any electronic experts out there who can advise please?

[stevejewell]

Not got any further with it, at the moment it is almost useless if on the motorway doing any speed

[mikealder]

perhaps This Thread might give you a few clues as to other options on how to increase the colume level available from the device - Mike

[skipper1]

:D Mikes advice at the above thread which leads you to my similar question on the HGV and Motohomes Forum is great. I followed his advice, bought a small fm transmitter and it worked! Problem solved!

[steveg9000]

I am in the process of buying a satnav and had decided upon the Garmin nuvi 360T until I read about the voulme issue. If I use the fm transmitter or fm injection unit workarounds does that mean that I have to have my car stereo tuned just to the satnav or can I still listen to music via the radio or the CD player? If I can does the satnav automatically interrupt the CD?

Thanks

Steve

[stevejewell]

Yes that is a problem you cannot listen to any other channels or CD if you are tuned into the sat nav channel

[MaFt]

you could use the nuvi as an mp3 player which would then pause for directions and speed cam alerts etc

MaFt

[steveg9000]

Thanks MaFt. Do you mean still using the fm xm to link it through the car stereo? Would this provide stereo sound quality as I read in one of the reviews for this device that the MP3 player wasn't brilliant quality?

Thanks

Steve

[MaFt]

the built in mp3 player is very good quality. when i'm using the nuvi i often use the mp3's fed via a 'tape adaptor' to my stereo.

obviously using the fm link the quality is only fm and it'd be better to use a hardwired link to an aux input on the stereo if you have one

MaFt

[steveg9000]

Thanks MaFt. I have a Volvo with a factory fitted stereo so I'm not sure about an aux input. There doesn't appear to be an option to select such an input on the controls so I suspect there isn't one. I'll ceck with Volvo.

The other option I found last night on the net is a Bluetooth handsfree speaker from Nokia. Presumably I could use that as the nuvi has Bluetooth. It just plugs into the cigarette lighte socket. I guess it depends how loud that is though as some of those units can be a struggle to hear at high speeds.

Cheers

Steve

[MaFt]

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