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nüvi
personal travel assistant
owner’s manual
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© 2005 Garmin Ltd. or its subsidiaries Garmin International, Inc. Garmin (Europe) Ltd. Garmin Corporation 1200 East 151st Street, Unit 5, The Quadrangle, No. 68, Jangshu 2nd Road, Olathe, Kansas 66062, U.S.A. Abbey Park Industrial Estate, Shijr, Taipei County, Taiwan Tel. 913/397.8200 or 800/800.1020 Romsey, SO51 9DL, U.K. Tel. 886/2.2642.9199 Fax 913/397.8282 Tel. 44/0870.8501241 Fax 886/2.2642.9099 Fax 44/0870.8501251 All rights reserved. Except as expressly provided herein, no part o
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PREFACE PREFACE Quick Links • Finding an address: page 5 ® ™ Congratulations on purchasing the Garmin nüvi Personal Travel • Viewing the Map page: page 13 Assistant. • Listening to MP3 files: page 25 Serial Number • Listening to an audible book: Record the serial number (8-digit number on the back of the unit) page 26 in case your nüvi needs service or you want to purchase additional • Converting currency: page 32 maps. • Transferring files to your nüvi: Serial Number: ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Saving Your Current Location ..........................9 Preface ...................................................i Editing Saved Places ....................................10 Serial Number ................................................i Setting a Home Location ...............................11 Contact Garmin ..............................................i Finding Recently Found Places .......................12 Quick Links ...................................................
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Using the Travel Kit ......................21 Viewing Traffic Events ..................................44 Using the Language Guide .......................21 Avoiding Traffic ............................................44 Using the Travel Guide ............................24 Traffic Symbols ............................................45 Listening to MP3 Files .............................25 Color Code ..................................................45 Listening to Audible Boo
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FIND IT AND GO! FIND IT AND GO! Flip up the antenna on the nüvi to get satellite signals. Then, use the Garmin nüvi to find your destination and go to it. Finding Your Destination ➊ ➋ ➌ Touch Where to? Select a category. Touch the Select a destination. arrows to see more categories. ➍ ➎ GPS Satellite Signals The bars in the upper left corner represent the satellite signals being received by your Enjoy the route! Touch . nüvi. When you see green bars, you have a strong signal. See page
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FIND IT AND GO! Following Your Route Follow the route to your destination using the Map page. As you travel, your nüvi guides you to your destination with vocal prompts, turn arrows on the map, and directions at the top of the Map page. If you depart from the original route, your nüvi recalculates the route and provides new route directions. Read the driving instructions at the top of the page. Your route is marked Follow the arrows A checkered with a magenta line. as you make turns. flag
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FIND IT AND GO! Adjusting the Volume and Brightness nüvi Tips and Press and quickly release the Power button or touch on the Menu page to access the Quick Settings. Move the sliders to adjust Shortcuts • To quickly return to the Menu the volume and brightness. Touch Mute to turn the volume off. page, press and hold Back. • Touch Help to learn more about the nüvi’s Travel Kit. • When you are listening to music or an audible book, quickly press the Power button twice to jump from any pa
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WHERE TO? WHERE TO? To learn how to perform a simple search using the Where To menu, see page 1. Go! Page Options Finding a Place by Spelling the Name From the Menu page, touch Where to? > Spell Name. ➊ ➋ Touch to create a turn-by- turn route to this location. Using the on-screen keyboard, Select the place Touch Show Map to view this enter letters contained in the you want to visit. location on the map. name. Then touch Done. Touch . Touch Save to save this location Touch to enter
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WHERE TO? Finding an Address To find an address, touch Where to? from the Menu page. Touch Address. ➊ ➋ ➌ ➍ Select a state. Touch Search All, Type the number Type the street of the address and name and touch or touch Spell City and spell the city. touch Done. Done. ➎ ➏ ➐ Select the street. Touch a city, if Touch the address, if necessary. necessary. Touch . Finding an intersection is very similar to finding an address. Touch Intersection and enter the two street names. Garmin © 2005 5 nü
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WHERE TO? Finding a Place Using the Map Viewing Places on Touch and drag anywhere on the Map page to browse the map and the Map view different parts of the map. You can also touch Where to? You can view a place you have > Browse Map. found on the Map page. ➊ Touch Show Map. Tips for Browsing the Map • Touch the map and drag to view different parts of the map. • Use the and icons to zoom in and out. ➋ • Touch any object on the map. An arrow appears pointing at the object you selecte
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WHERE TO? Expanding Your Search ➊ ➋ From the Menu page, Select an option. Touch OK. touch Where to? Then touch Near. NOTE: Your nüvi Where I Am Now—searches for places near your current automatically searches location. for places near your A Different City—searches for places near the city you enter. current location. My Current Route—searches for places along the route you are currently navigating. My Destination—searches for places near your route destination. Garmin © 2005 7 nüvi
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WHERE TO? Adding a Stop to Your Route You can add a stop (via point) to your route. The nüvi gives you directions to the via point and then to your final destination. ➊ ➋ NOTE: You can add With a route active, touch Search for the extra stop. only one via point to Menu > Where to? your route. ➌ ➍ Touch Yes to add this stop Touch . before your destination. Touch No to make this your new final destination Garmin © 2005 8 nüvi Owner’s Manual
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MY LOCATIONS MY LOCATIONS Understanding My Locations Saving Places You Find You can save all of your favorite places in My Locations. You can ➊ ➋ also save your home location in My Locations. Touch OK. After you have found a place, touch Save. Saving Your Current Location Finding Saved Places Touch anywhere on the Map. From the Menu page, touch Where to? > My Locations. An arrow points to your current location. Touch Save. Your ➊ ➋ current location is saved in your Favorites. T
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MY LOCATIONS Editing Saved Places After you save a place, you can change the name of the place and its symbol on the map. From the Menu page, touch Where to? > My Locations. Changing the Name ➊ ➋ To change the name, touch Change Name. Enter the new name using the on-screen keyboard. Touch Done. Touch Favorites. Select the place Changing the Map you want to edit. Symbol To change the symbol used on ➌ ➍ the map, touch Change Map Symbol and select a symbol from the list. Deleting Saved
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MY LOCATIONS Setting a Home Location You can set a Home location for the place you return to most often. After you have set your Home, you can easily Go Home. ➊ ➋ ➌ Touch Set Home. Touch an option. Touch Where to? > My Locations. Going Home Once your Home location is set, you can route to it at any time by touching My Locations and then Go Home. Changing Your Home Location Change your Home location by repeating the steps above. Garmin © 2005 11 nüvi Owner’s Manual
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MY LOCATIONS Finding Recently Found Places Your nüvi stores the last 50 of your recent finds in Recent Selections. The most recently viewed places appear at the top of the list. From the Menu page, touch Where to? > My Locations to view your recently found items. ➊ ➋ NOTE: When you touch Clear, all items from the Touch Recent Select an item from list are removed. It does Selections. the list. not delete the actual place from your unit. Deleting Recently Found Places To remove all plac
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VIEWING THE MAP PAGE AND OTHER PAGES VIEWING THE MAP AND OTHER PAGES Viewing the Map Page From the Menu page, touch View map to open the Map page. The position icon shows your current location. Touch and drag the map to view other areas of the map. Touch areas of the page to see additional information, as described below. Touch the text bar to Touch to zoom out. open the Turns List. See page 15. Touch Menu to return to the Menu page. Touch to zoom in. Touch Arrival or Speed to open th
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VIEWING THE MAP PAGE AND OTHER PAGES Trip Information Page The Trip Information page displays your current speed and provides helpful statistics about your trip. To view the Trip Information page, select Speed or Arrival on the Map page. Distance to your final Current direction destination of travel Distance traveled (Odometer) Trip Information Page Resetting Trip Information If you want accurate trip information, reset the trip information before beginning a trip. If you make frequent stop
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VIEWING THE MAP PAGE AND OTHER PAGES Current Route Page The Current Route page displays turn-by-turn instructions for your entire route. Touch the green text bar on the top of the Map page to open the Current Route page. This page displays all turns in the route and the distance between turns. Select a turn on the list to view the Next Turn page for that turn. Touch Map to view the entire route on the map. Direction of Upcoming turn the turn Distance to the upcoming turn Distance to Appr
