Garmin PERSONAL TRAVEL ASSISTANT 600 user manual

User manual for the device Garmin PERSONAL TRAVEL ASSISTANT 600

Device: Garmin PERSONAL TRAVEL ASSISTANT 600
Category: GPS Receiver
Manufacturer: Garmin
Size: 1.78 MB
Added : 3/25/2014
Number of pages: 49
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Owner’s Manual
®

nüvi 600/650
personal travel assistant

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© 2007 Garmin Ltd. or its subsidiaries Garmin International, Inc. Garmin (Europe) Ltd. Garmin Corporation st nd 1200 East 151 Street, Liberty House, Hounsdown Business Park, No. 68, Jangshu 2 Road, Olathe, Kansas 66062, USA Southampton, Hampshire, SO40 9RB, UK Shijr, Taipei County, Taiwan Tel. (913) 397.8200 or Tel. +44 (0) 870.8501241 (outside the UK) Tel. 886/2.2642.9199 (800) 800.1020 0808 2380000 (within the UK) Fax 886/2.2642.9099 Fax (913) 397.8282 Fax +44 (0) 870.8501251 All right

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Paceref nüvi Tips and Shortcuts Paceref ® • To quickly return to the Menu page, Thank you for purchasing the Garmin ® touch and hold Back. nüvi 600/650 navigation device. • Touch and to see more Manual Conventions choices. Touch and hold to scroll When you are instructed to “touch” faster. something, use your finger to touch an • To extend the battery life, close item on the screen. the GPS antenna when you are not The small arrows (>) used in the text navigating. If the antenna is cl

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Paceref Where To ........................................7 Table of c onTenTs Go Page Options ...................................7 Preface.............................................i Finding an Address ................................7 Manual Conventions ...............................i Go Home ...............................................8 ™ myGarmin ............................................i Finding Points of Interest .......................8 nüvi Tips and Shortcuts ...................

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Paceref Managing Files............................. 20 Appendix ......................................33 Supported File Types ...........................20 Updating the Software .........................33 Loading Files .......................................20 Additional Maps ...................................33 Deleting Files ......................................21 Resetting the nüvi ................................34 Extras and Optional Accessories .........34 Using FM Traffic ............

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Paceref Protecting Your nüvi Caring for Your nüvi • Do not store the nüvi where Your nüvi contains sensitive electronic prolonged exposure to extreme components that can be permanently temperatures can occur, because it damaged if exposed to excessive shock can cause permanent damage. or vibration. To minimize the risk of • Do not expose the nüvi to water. damage to your nüvi, avoid dropping Contact with water can cause this unit your unit and operating it in high-shock to malfuncti

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GettinG Stedart GeTTinG s TT ar ed What’s in the Box? nüvi unit and vehicle suction cup mount. Vehicle power cable to provide external power. USB cable to connect the nüvi to your computer. Your nüvi connects to your computer as a Mass Storage Device. See pages 20–21. Dashboard Disk to mount the suction cup mount on your dashboard. See page 37. Yellow Sheet that contains your unit’s serial number, registration number for registering on Garmin’s Web site, and unlock code for future reference.

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GG ettin Stedart Step 1: Mounting the nüvi Check your state and local traffic laws before mounting. Currently, state laws in California and Minnesota prohibit drivers from using suction mounts on their windshields while operating motor vehicles. Other Garmin dashboard or friction mounting options should be used. See page 37. Mounting the nüvi on Your Windshield 1. Plug the vehicle power cable into the power connector on the back of the cradle. 2. Clean and dry your windshield and the suction c

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GettinG Stedart Step 2: Configuring the Step 4: Using the nüvi nüvi D A To turn on your nüvi, press and hold the Power button on the top of the unit. E B Follow the on-screen instructions to configure your nüvi. C F Step 3: Acquiring A Touch to find a destination. Satellites B Touch to view the map. 1. Turn on the nüvi. C Touch to open the Travel Kit to use 2. Flip up the GPS antenna on the back features like the media player and of the nüvi, so that it is parallel to the world clo

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GettinG Stedart Finding Your Destination The Where to menu provides several different categories for you to use when searching for locations. 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 600/650 Owner’s Manual

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GettinG Stedart Following Your Route Taking a Detour After you touch Go, the Map page opens If a road on your route is closed, you can with your route marked with a magenta take a detour. line. As you travel, your nüvi guides you 1. With a route active, touch . to your destination with voice prompts, 2. Touch Detour. arrows on the map, and directions at The nüvi attempts to get you back the top of the Map page. A checkered on your original route, as quickly as flag marks your destinati

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GettinG Stedart Locking Your nüvi Locking the Screen 1. Touch > System. To prevent accidental screen taps, touch > Lock to lock the screen. 2. Touch the button next to Garmin To unlock the screen, tap the Power Lock. Touch OK. button. 3. Enter a 4-digit PIN. Touch Yes to accept the PIN. Adjusting the Volume and 4. Touch OK. Drive to a security Brightness location, and touch Set. Touch . Touch to lower the Each time you turn on the nüvi, enter the volume/brightness and to raise

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Where t o Finding an Address Where To 1. Touch Where to > Address. The Where to menu provides several different categories you can use to search 2. Select a country and state/province, if necessary. for locations. To learn how to perform a simple search, see page 4. 3. Touch Spell City. Enter the city/ postal code, and touch Done. Go Page Options 4. Select the city/postal code in the list. Touch an item in the search results list to 5. Enter the number of the address, and view the Go pag

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Where t o Go Home Finding Points of Interest You can set a home location for the place 1. Touch Where to > Food, Lodging. you return to most often. 2. Select a category and a sub-category, if necessary. Touch the arrows to see 1. Touch Where to > Go Home. more categories. 2. Select an option. 3. Select a destination. Going Home After you set your home location, you Finding a Place by Spelling can route to it at any time by touching the Name Where to > Go Home. If you know the name of th

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Where t o Using the On-Screen Finding Recently Found Keyboard Places When an on-screen keyboard appears, Your nüvi stores the last 50 of your touch a letter or number to enter it. Use recent finds in the Recently Found list. the keyboard to spell words just like a The most recently viewed places appear computer keyboard. at the top of the list. Touch Where to > Recently Found to view your recently found items. Deleting Recently Found Places To remove all places from the Recently To

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Where t o Favorites You can save places in your Favorites, so you can quickly find them and create routes to them. Your home location is also stored in Favorites. 4. Touch a button to edit the location: Saving Places You Find • Change Name—enter a new 1. After you have found a place you name, and touch Done. want to save, touch Save. • Change Map Symbol—touch a 2. Touch OK. The place is saved in new symbol. Favorites. • Change Phone Number—enter a Finding Saved Places phone number,

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Where t o charts use different position formats, the Tips for Browsing the Map nüvi allows you to choose the correct • Touch the map, and drag to view coordinate format for the type of map different parts of the map. you are using. • Touch and to zoom in and out. Enter the coordinates, and then touch • Touch any object on the map. An Next. Touch Go to create a turn-by-turn arrow appears pointing at the object. route to the coordinates. • Touch Save to save this location. • Touch Go

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USG in the Main PG a eS UG sin The Main PaGes Map Page Touch View map to open the Map page. The vehicle icon shows your current location. Touch and drag the map to view a different area of the map (see page 10). To save your current location, touch Touch the text bar to open the vehicle icon, and touch Yes. the Turn List page. Touch to zoom out. Touch to zoom in. Touch to return Touch to open to the Menu page. the media player. Touch Arrival or Speed to open the Trip Touch Turn In to

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USinG the Main PaGS e Trip Information Page Turn List Page The Trip Information page displays When you are navigating a route, the your current speed and provides helpful Turn List page displays turn-by-turn statistics about your trip. To view the instructions for your entire route and the Trip Information page, touch the Speed distance between turns. Touch the green or Arrival field on the Map page. text bar on the top of the Map page to open the Turn List page. Touch a turn on Resetting

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t velra Kit hold to skip ahead. Touch to pause Tvelra KiT the song. Touch to repeat. Touch The Travel Kit provides many to shuffle. Touch the album art to features that are helpful when you are view details about the MP3 file. traveling across town or across the globe. Touch Travel Kit. Touch Help to NOTE: The nüvi plays MP3 files; it learn about the Travel Kit features. does NOT support M4A/M4P files. MP3 Player Listening to Your Playlists Your nüvi can play a playlist you have


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