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Owner’s Manual
®
nüvi 700 Series
personal travel assistant
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Paceref ™ myGarmin Paceref Go to http://my.garmin.com to access the ® Thank you for purchasing the Garmin latest services for your Garmin products: ® nüvi 700 Series navigation device. • Register your Garmin unit. • Subscribe to online services for Manual Conventions safety camera information (see When you are instructed to “touch” page 46). something, use your finger to touch an item on the screen. • Unlock optional maps. The small arrows (>) used in the text Contact Garmin indicate t
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Paceref Where To ........................................8 Table of c T on T en s Go Page Options ..............................8 Preface.............................................i Finding an Address ...........................8 Manual Conventions ..........................i Finding a Place by Spelling the nüvi Tips and Shortcuts .....................i Name ..........................................9 ™ myGarmin .......................................i Setting a Home Location .............
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Paceref Receiving a Call ............................18 World Clock ...................................28 In a Call .........................................18 Language Guide .............................29 Phone Menu ...................................19 Calculator ......................................30 SMS/Text Messaging ......................21 Currency Converter ........................31 Unit Converter ...............................31 Using the Media Players .............22 Playing
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Paceref Battery Information ........................48 Customizing the nüvi ..................37 Changing the Fuse .........................48 Changing the System Settings .......37 Removing the nüvi and Mount ........49 Changing the Navigation Settings ..37 Mounting on Your Dashboard .........49 Setting the Languages ...................39 About GPS Satellite Signals ...........50 Changing the Map Settings ............39 Caring for Your nüvi .......................50 Adding Security Settings .
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GG ettin Stedart nüvi 700 Series Features GeTTinG s TarTed Features 710 750 750T 760 770 What’s in the Box? FM Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes transmitter nüvi GPS device and vehicle suction Speaks cup mount. street No Yes Yes Yes Yes names Vehicle power cable to provide external Hands- power, or an FM TMC traffic receiver Yes No No Yes Yes free calling to provide external power and traffic Includes information. See the table on the right. traffic Yes** No* Yes** Yes** Yes receiver USB cable to conn
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GettinG Stedart Your nüvi Unit Power key: slide to the left to turn the unit on/off; slide to the right to lock the screen GPS antenna Speaker Headphone/ audio out jack SD card slot Microphone External antenna Mini-USB connector connector Serial number Warning : This product contains a non-replaceable, lithium-ion battery. See the Important Safety and Product Information guide in the product box for important battery safety information. Check your state and local traffic laws before moun
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GettinG Stedart Step 1: Mount the nüvi 1. Plug the vehicle power cable into the Cradle power connector on the right side of the Power cable cradle. 2. Snap the cradle onto the suction cup arm. 3. Clean and dry your windshield and the suction cup with a lint-free cloth. Remove Suction cup mount the clear plastic from the suction cup. Place the suction cup on the windshield. 4. Flip the lever back, toward the windshield. 5. Fit the bottom of your nüvi into the cradle. 6. Tilt the nüvi back
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GettinG Stedart Step 2: Configure the Step 4: Use the nüvi nüvi C A B D To turn on your nüvi, slide the Power key to the left. Follow the on-screen E F instructions. Step 3: Acquire Satellites G I H Go outdoors to an open area, out of garages, and away from tall buildings. Stop your vehicle, and turn on the nüvi. A GPS satellite strength. ® Acquiring satellite signals may take a B Bluetooth technology status. few minutes. C Battery status. D Current time; touch to change time The ba
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GettinG Stedart Finding Your Destination The Where to menu provides several different categories for you to use when searching for addresses, cities, and other locations. The detailed map loaded in your nüvi contains millions of points of interest, such as restaurants, hotels, and auto services. Touch Where to. Select a category. Select a sub-category. ➊ ➋ ➌ Select a destination. Touch Go. Enjoy the route! ➍ ➎ ➏ TiP: Touch and to see more choices. nüvi 700 Series Owner’s Manual
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GettinG Stedart Following Your Route Adding a Via Point As you travel, your nüvi guides you to You can add a stop (via point) to your your destination with voice prompts, route. The nüvi gives you directions arrows on the map, and directions at the to the stop and then to your final top of the map. If you depart from the destination. original route, your nüvi recalculates the TiP: If you want to add more route and provides new directions. than one stop to the route, edit the current rou
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GettinG Stedart Taking a Detour Adjusting the Volume If a road on your route is closed, you can From the Menu page, touch Volume. take a detour. Touch and to adjust the master volume. Touch Mute to mute all audio. 1. With a route active, touch Menu. To set up the FM transmitter, see pages 2. Touch Detour. 35–36. The nüvi attempts to get you back on your original route as quickly as Locking the Screen possible. If the route you are currently To prevent accidental screen taps, slide ta
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Where t o Touch Save to save this location. See Where To page 10. The Where to menu provides several If a mobile phone with Bluetooth different categories you can use to search wireless technology is connected, touch for locations. To learn how to perform a to call this location (nüvi 710, 760, simple search, see page 5. and 770 only). TiP: Touch near to change the search area. See page 13. Finding an Address 1. Touch Where to > Address. Go Page Options 2. Touch Change State/Provin
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Where t o Finding a Place by Touch to add a space. Touch and to move the cursor. Touch Spelling the Name to delete the character. Touch to If you know the name of the location you select words you have recently typed and are looking for, you can spell it using the selected. on-screen keyboard. You can also enter letters contained in the name to narrow Touch Mode to select the keyboard the search. language mode. Touch to enter numbers and special characters. 1. Touch Where to >
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Where t o Changing Your Home Deleting Recently Found Location Places To change your home location, you must To remove all places from the Recently first delete it from Favorites. Found list, touch Clear > Yes. 1. Touch Where to > Favorites. noTe: When you touch 2. Touch Home > Edit > Delete > Clear, all items from the list are Yes. removed. It does not delete the actual place from your unit. After you delete your home location, reset it by following the steps in the “Setting a Home Loc
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Where t o Saving Places You Find 1. After you have found a place you want to save, touch Save. 2. Touch OK. The place is saved in Favorites. 4. Touch a button to edit the location: Finding Saved Places 1. Touch Where to. • Change Name—enter a new name, and touch Done. 2. Touch Favorites. Your saved locations are listed. • Change Map Symbol—touch a new symbol. TiP: Your Last Position is • Change Phone Number— automatically saved each time you enter a phone number, and remove the nü
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Where t o 6. Touch to add another location Creating and Taking to your route. Touch to remove Routes a location. Touch Where to > routes . Select the 7. Touch Next to calculate your route route you want to take and touch go . and view it on the map. 8. Touch Save to save the route and Creating a Saved Route exit. Use your nüvi to create and save routes before your next trip. You can save up to Editing Routes 10 routes. 1. Touch Where to (or Tools) > Routes. 1. Touch Where to (or Too
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Where t o • Touch Recalculate to change • Touch Save to save this location. the route preference to • Touch go to navigate to the calculate by faster time, shorter location. distance, or off road. • If the GPS mode is off, touch Set • Touch Delete to remove this Loc to set your location to the item. selected location. (See page 37.) noTe: Your changes are automatically saved when you exit Entering Coordinates any of the route edit pages. If you know the geographic coordinates of yo
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Where t o route to the coordinates. Navigating Off Road If you are not following roadways as Searching Near Near Another Another you navigate, use Off Road mode. Touch Tools > Settings > navigation > route Location Preference > off road > oK . Select a noTe: Your nüvi automatically destination and touch go to navigate off searches for places near your road to the destination. current location. 1. Touch Where to > Near. Walking to a Destination 2. Select an option: If you are walking to
