Bingo...I have an espeaker now !!! Thanks for the tip Cheve. I do get the: (Spoken) "english_us/english_us_male/blablabla.wav" said to me a few times at the start of the route...? same prob as the rest of these guys? thans for all the work on this team...looking forward to 'going back' to Ovi maps for my GPS. J