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®
StreetPilot 2720
owner’s manual
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© Copyright 2005 Garmin Ltd. or its subsidiaries Garmin International, Inc. Garmin (Europe) Ltd. Garmin Corporation st nd 1200 East 151 Street, Unit 5, The Quadrangle, No. 68, Jangshu 2 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 herei
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PREFACE Serial Number PREFACE Record the serial number (8-digit number located on the bottom ® ® Congratulations on purchasing the Garmin StreetPilot 2720. of the unit) in case your StreetPilot 2720 needs service or you want to buy more maps. Quick Tips • To find an address, see page 3. Serial Number: ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ • To learn about the map, see page 8. Contact Garmin • To adjust the backlight brightness, see page 16. If you encounter any difficulty while using your St
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PREFACE Deleting a Saved Place .........................................7 Changing the Navigation Settings .......................16 TABLE OF CONTENTS Setting a Home Location .......................................7 Adjusting the Traffic Settings ...............................16 Going Home ..........................................................7 Changing the Screen Settings ............................16 Preface ............................................................ i Viewing Unit Infor
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PREFACE Warning Failure to avoid the following potentially hazardous situations could Always operate the vehicle in a safe manner. Do not become distracted by result in an accident or collision resulting in death or serious injury. the unit while driving, and always be fully aware of all driving conditions. Minimize the amount of time spent viewing the screen of the unit while When installing the unit in a vehicle, place the unit securely so that it does not driving and use voice prompts w
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PREFACE Caution Failure to avoid the following potentially hazardous situations may The Global Positioning System (GPS) is operated by the United States result in injury or property damage. government, which is solely responsible for its accuracy and maintenance. The government’s system is subject to changes which could affect the The unit is designed to provide you with route suggestions. It does not accuracy and performance of all GPS equipment, including the unit. reflect road closures o
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FIND IT AND GO! FIND IT AND GO! ® ® Use the Garmin StreetPilot 2720 to find your destination and go to it. Finding a Restaurant Touch Where To? Touch Food, Hotel…. Touch Food & Drink. Touch a food category. ➊ ➋ ➌ ➍ Touch the place. Touch Go To. Enjoy the route! ➎ ➏ ➐ StreetPilot 2720 Owner’s Manual 1
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FIND IT AND GO! Following Your Route Follow the route to your destination using the map. As you travel, your StreetPilot guides you to your destination with voice prompts, arrows, and directions along the top of the map. If you depart from the original route, your StreetPilot recalculates the route and provides new route instructions. Read the driving instructions Your route is marked Follow the arrows. A checkered flag marks at the top of the page. with a magenta line. your destination. F
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WHERE TO? WHERE TO? You can access the Find menu by pressing the FIND key, or by touching Where To? on the Menu page. Finding an Address Touch Where To? Touch Address. Touch a state. Touch Search All Cities. ➊ ➋ ➌ ➍ Enter the number. Enter the street name. Select the street. Select the address. ➎ ➏ ➐ ➑ Touch Done. Touch Done. StreetPilot 2720 Owner’s Manual 3
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WHERE TO? Finding Streets and Cities Finding Recently Found Places Press FIND and touch Streets & Cities to search for Your StreetPilot stores the last 50 places you have a city, street, intersection, or exit. Finding Streets & found in Recent Finds. The most recently found places Cities is very similar to finding an address. appear at the top. Press the FIND key and Select an item from Finding a Place by Browsing the Map ➊ ➋ touch Recent Finds. the list. Press FIND and touch Browse Ma
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WHERE TO? Changing Your Search Area Narrowing Your Search You can change the search parameters to find places in a You can spell the item’s name to narrow your search results list. different area. From the search results Enter the name. ➊ ➋ From the search results Select one of the search list, touch Spell. Touch Done. ➊ ➋ list, touch Near…. options. Finding a Place Near Another Place After you find a place, press the FIND key. The Find menu opens and searches for items around the pl
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MY LOCATIONS MY LOCATIONS Saving Places You Find Editing Saved Places After you have found a place you want to save, select it on the Press the MENU key > Tools > My Data > Favorites. results list. The information page opens, as shown below. Touch Edit/Review Touch the location to edit. ➊ ➋ From the information Touch Add As Favorite. ➊ ➋ Favorites page, touch Advanced. Touch Edit. Touch an item to edit it. ➌ ➍ Finding Saved Places Your saved places are stored in the Favorites category
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MY LOCATIONS Deleting a Saved Place Press the MENU > Tools > My Data > Favorites > Delete Favorites. Touch By Selection. Touch a saved location. Touch Delete. ➊ ➋ ➌ Setting a Home Location You can set a Home Location for the place you return to most often. Press the FIND key. Touch Go Home. Select an option. Touch Save Home. ➊ ➋ ➌ Going Home After you set your Home Location, press the FIND key and touch Go Home. StreetPilot 2720 Owner’s Manual 7
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VIEWING THE MAP AND OTHER PAGES VIEWING THE MAP AND OTHER PAGES Viewing the Map Page From the Menu page, touch View Map to open the map, or press the MAP key. Touch an area of the map to see additional information, as shown below. The position icon shows your current location. While navigating a route, touch the green text bar to open the Turn List. See page 9. Touch to zoom out. Touch to zoom in. Touch the map to view and Touch the Speed or Arrival data field browse a 2-D map. to open th
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VIEWING THE MAP AND OTHER PAGES Trip Computer Turn List The Trip Computer indicates your current speed and provides The Turn List displays a list of turn-by-turn instructions for your helpful statistics about your trip. entire route as well as arrival information. To view the Trip Computer, select Speed or Arrival on the map. While navigating a route, touch the green text bar to open the You can also press the MENU key > Tools > Trip Computer. Turn List. You can also press the MENU key > Tool
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VIEWING THE MAP AND OTHER PAGES A signal strength bar appears for each satellite in view. A hollow GPS Info bar indicates the GPS receiver has found the satellite and is The GPS Info page displays the GPS receiver status, including collecting data. A solid bar indicates the GPS receiver has current satellite coverage, receiver status, and position accuracy. collected the necessary data, and the satellite is ready for use. To access this page, press the MENU key > Tools > GPS Info. From th
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CREATING AND EDITING ROUTES CREATING AND EDITING ROUTES Creating a New Route Press the MENU key. Touch Tools > My Data > Routes. Touch Create New Select a starting point Select an ending point To add a point, select ➊ ➋ ➌ ➍ Saved Route. and touch Next. and touch Next. Yes and touch Next. Select a midpoint Select an option Select your preference Touch Finish. ➎ ➏ ➐ ➑ and touch Next. and touch Next. and touch Next. StreetPilot 2720 Owner’s Manual 11
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CREATING AND EDITING ROUTES Editing a Saved Route Recalculating the Route Press the MENU key and touch Tools > My Data > Routes, Press the MENU key, and then touch Tools. Touch My Data > Routes > Recalculate Route. Touch Edit/Review Touch the route you want ➊ ➋ Routes. to edit. Adding a Detour to a Route If you need to take a detour from your current route, press the MENU key and touch Detour. Select a detour distance or a road to detour around. The unit calculates a new route. Saving the
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CREATING AND EDITING ROUTES Adding Avoidances Press the MENU key and Touch the down arrow and Select the road types you Touch Navigation. ➊ ➋ ➌ ➍ touch Settings. touch Avoidance Setup. want to avoid. Creating Custom Avoids You can enter specific areas and roads to avoid in your routes. From the Avoidance Setup menu, touch Custom Avoids. Touch Add New Avoid Touch the first corner and Touch the second corner Touch Finish. ➊ ➋ ➌ ➍ Area. touch Next. and touch Next. StreetPilot 2720 Owner’s Manua
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CUSTOMIZING THE STREETPILOT 2720 CUSTOMIZING THE STREETPILOT 2720 To change StreetPilot settings, press the MENU key and touch Language—change the voice and text language. Also, turn off Settings. See the following pages for more information. or on the text-to-speech feature. Touch Settings. Audio—turn on or off various Touch the setting. ➊ ➋ tones. Proximity Alerts—adjust the visual and audio notifications for custom POIs. See page 23. Units—change units of measure to Metric or Statute.
