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Owner’s Manual
®
nüvi 5000
GPS navigator
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Paceref ™ myGarmin Paceref Go to http://my.garmin.com to access the latest services for your Garmin products: Manual Conventions • Register your Garmin unit. When you are instructed to “touch” something, • Subscribe to online services for safety use your finger to touch an item on the screen. camera information (see page 39). The small arrows (>) used in the text indicate • Unlock optional maps. that you should touch a series of items. For example, if you see “touch Where to > Favorites” y
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Paceref Finding Recently-Found Table of c T on enTs Places ...................................... 10 Finding Points of Interest ............11 Preface............................................ i Searching Near Another Manual Conventions ...................... i Location ...................................11 nüvi Tips and Shortcuts................. i ™ .................................................................. Creating and Navigating myGarmin i Routes .............................
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Paceref Frequency Selection Tips ........... 28 Using the Tools ........................... 23 FM Transmitter Information ........ 29 Settings ........................................ 23 Where Am I? ................................. 23 Customizing your nüvi ............... 30 Help ............................................... 23 Changing the System Routes .......................................... 23 Settings ................................... 30 Music Player ...............................
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Paceref Updating the Software ................ 38 Extras and Optional Accessories ............................ 38 Changing the Fuse ...................... 40 Removing the nüvi and Mount ... 41 About GPS Satellite Signals ....... 41 Caring for Your nüvi .................... 41 Specifications .............................. 44 Index ............................................ 45 iv nüvi 5000 Owner’s Manual
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GettinG Stedart GeTTinG s TT ar ed Your nüvi Unit Power button mini-USB connector GPS antenna Speakers External antenna Light sensor SD card slot connector Warning: See the Important Safety and Product Information guide in the product box for product warnings and other important information. State law in Minnesota and California prohibits and/or restricts drivers from using suction mounts on their windshields while operating motor vehicles. (See California Vehicle Code 26708(a); Minnesota St
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GG ettin Stedart 5. Fit the bottom of your nüvi into the Step 1: Mount the nüvi cradle. To mount the nüvi using the 6. Tilt the nüvi back until it snaps into suction cup mount: place. 1. Plug the vehicle power cable into the power connector on the right side of the cradle. Cradle Power cable 7. Plug the other end of the vehicle power cable into a power outlet in 2. Clean and dry your windshield your vehicle. Your unit should turn with a lint-free cloth. Remove on automatically if it i
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GettinG Stedart The bars indicate GPS satellite caution: The permanent mounting adhesive is extremely strength. When one bar is green, the nüvi difficult to remove after it is has acquired satellite signals. Now you installed. can select a destination and navigate to it. For more information about GPS, see 1. Clean and dry the dashboard page 41 and visit www.garmin.com where you are placing the disk. /aboutGPS. 2. Remove the backing from the adhesive on the bottom of the Step 3: Use
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GG ettin 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. 1. Touch Where to. 2. Select a category. 3. Select a destination. 4. Touch Go. 5. Enjoy the route! Touch and to see more choices. A speed limit icon may appear as you travel on major roadways. Thi
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GettinG Stedart Following Your Route Adding a Via Point As you travel, your nüvi guides you to You can add stops (via points) to your your destination with voice prompts, route. The nüvi gives you directions arrows on the map, and directions at the to the via point 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
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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 to take a detour. adjust the master volume level. 1. With a route active, touch Menu. To adjust the volume levels for the navigation prompts and media player, 2. Touch Detour. touch Mixer. The nuvi attempts to find an alternate route that avoids the road directly ahead, restore —restore the original volume and then returns to your original route. If settings. th
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Where ot 6. Touch the address, if necessary. Where To 7. Touch Go to navigate to this The Where to menu provides several location. different categories you can use to search for locations. To learn how to perform a Go Page Options simple search, see page 4. Finding an Address 1. Touch Where to > Address. tip: Touch near to change the search area. See page 11. Touch Show Map to view this location on the map. If the GPS mode is off, 2. Touch Change State/Province, if touch Set Location t
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Where ot Setting a Home Location Favorites You can set a home location for the place You can save your favorite places in the you return to most often. Favorites category so you can quickly find and create routes to them. Your 1. Touch Where to > Go Home. home location is also stored in Favorites. OR Touch Tools > My Data > Set Saving Your Current Location Home Location. 1. From the Map page, touch the vehicle icon. 2. Select an option. OR Going Home Touch Tools > Where Am I. After you
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Where ot Finding Saved Places Finding a Place by Touch Where to > Favorites. Your Spelling the Name saved locations are listed. If you know the name of the location you are looking for, you can spell it using the Editing Your Favorites on-screen keyboard. You can also enter 1. Touch Where to > Favorites. letters contained in the name to narrow 2. Touch the location you want to the search. edit. 1. Touch Where to > Spell Name. 3. Touch Edit. 2. Using the on-screen keyboard, enter letters
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Where ot Using the On-Screen note: The button appears on the keyboard depending on Keyboard the keyboard language selected. When an on-screen keyboard appears, Touch to view diacritical touch a letter or number to enter it. characters. Touch the button again to return to the full keyboard. tip: You can change the keyboard layout to ABCDE. See page 30. Touch to add a space. Finding Recently-Found Places Touch to delete the character. Your nüvi stores the last 50 of your Touch a
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Where ot 2. Select an option: note: When you touch clear , all items from the Recently Found • Where I Am Now—search list are removed. This does not near your current location. delete the actual place from your • A Different City—search near unit. the city you enter. • My Current Route—search along your route. Finding Points of Interest The detailed maps contained on your • My Destination—search near your current destination. nüvi offer many points of interest, including lodging, banks,
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Where ot 4. Touch Add New End Point. • Optimally Reorder Points— automatically orders the points 5. Find a location as your ending on a route to minimize total point, and touch Select. distance. 6. Touch to add another • Recalculate—change the location to your route. Touch route preference to calculate to remove a location. by faster time, shorter distance, 7. Touch Next to calculate your route or off road. and view it on the map. • Delete—remove the route. 8. Touch Save to save this
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Where ot • Touch any object on the map. 3. Enter the coordinates, and touch An arrow appears pointing at Done. the object. Navigating Off Road • Touch Save to save this location. If you are not following roadways as you navigate, use Off Road mode. Touch • Touch Go to navigate to this t ools > Settings > navigation > route location. preference > off road > oK . Select a • If the GPS Mode is off, destination and touch go to navigate off touch Set Location to set your location to the sel
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USinG the Main PG a S e 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 12). Touch the text bar to open the Turn List page. Touch to zoom out. Touch to zoom in. Touch Menu to Touch the vehicle return to the Menu icon to save your page. current location. Touch Arrival or Touch Turn In to Speed to open the open the Next Turn Trip Information page. Ma
