Garmin nuvi 50LM Support Question
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Question posted by pekubric on October 10th, 2013
How To Change Default Location On Garmin Nuvi 50lm
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Owner's Manual - Page 2
... States and/or other electronic storage medium to be reproduced, copied, transmitted, disseminated, downloaded or stored in the USA and other Garmin products. or its products and to make changes in this manual or any revision hereto is strictly prohibited.
Mac® is subject to notify any storage medium, for current updates...
Owner's Manual - Page 3
... 1 About myDashboard 2 Turning Off the Device 4
Finding Locations 5 About Points of Interest 6 Saving a Home Location 7 Location Searches 7 Using the Location Map 9 Favorites 10
Map Pages 12 Following an Automobile ...Restoring Settings 21
Appendix 21 Caring for Your Device 21 Erasing User Data 22 Changing the Fuse in the Vehicle Power Cable...... 23 Removing the Device, Cradle, and...
Owner's Manual - Page 6
... of the vehicle power cable into place. 7 Plug the other end of the USB cable to the USB port on your computer.
3 Go to www.garmin.com/dashboard. 4 Follow the on the device.
➋ ➊
2 Connect the other end of the sky to acquire satellite signals. Setting Up myDashboard 1 Connect a USB...
Owner's Manual - Page 7
... 3 Under Map Updates, click Update Now. 4 Follow the on the Garmin web site.
1 Open myDashboard (page 2). 2 Click Manuals. Go to the manual you register the device at http://my.garmin.com within 90 days of the product manuals in
a safe place.
A...original sales receipt, or a photocopy, in several languages appears.
3 Click Download next to www.garmin.com/numaps for one free map update.
Owner's Manual - Page 8
... Help Select to change settings or view additional information.
Adjusting the Volume 1 Select Volume.
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2 Select an option:
• Select
or
.
• Select the Mute check box.
nüvi 30/40/50 Owner's Manual Hold the Power key for 10 seconds. Status Bar Icons
The status bar is located at the top of...
Owner's Manual - Page 9
...keyboard to enter a letter or number.
• Select to add a space. • Select to change the character case. • Select and to move the cursor. • Select to delete a ...to enter special characters, such as punctuation marks.
Finding Locations
There are many ways to find locations. • By category (page 6) • Near another location (page 6) • By spelling the name (page...
Owner's Manual - Page 10
... To? > Near. 2 Select an option, and select OK. 3 If necessary, select a location.
Finding a Point of Interest by Category 1 Select Where To? > Points of interest, such as a Via Point.
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nüvi 30/40/50 Owner's Manual Searching Near Another Location By default, your device contain points of Interest. 2 Select a category. 3 If necessary, select a subcategory...
Owner's Manual - Page 11
... Location
You can set your changes. 5 Select Done. Going Home Select Where To? > Go Home.
Select Where To? > Favorites > Home. 2 Select the information balloon. 3 Select Delete, and select Yes. Editing Your Home Location Information 1 Select Where To? > Favorites > Home. 2 Select the information balloon. The location is saved as "Home" in Favorites (page 10).
Finding a Location...
Owner's Manual - Page 12
...the List of Recently Found Locations Your device stores the last 50 locations you have found.
An information balloon appears for the location. 4 Select the information balloon.
Finding a Location by Browsing the Map 1...NOTE: The order of the steps may change depending on the map data loaded on your device.
1 Select Where To? > Address. 2 If necessary, change the state, the country, or the
...
Owner's Manual - Page 13
... coordinate. 4 Enter the new coordinate, and select Done. 5 Select the longitude coordinate. 6 Enter the new coordinate, and select Done. 7 Select Next. 8 Select Go!.
Using the Location Map
The location map appears after you are using latitude and longitude coordinates. menu.
➌
➊
➋
➍
➏
➎
• Select ➊ to save the...
Owner's Manual - Page 14
... receiving satellite signals, you can use the GPS simulator to Favorites 1 Search for the location. 5 Select Set Location.
Saving Locations to set a simulated location. 1 Select Settings > System. 2 Select GPS Simulator > On > OK. 3 From the main menu, select Where To? >
Browse Map. 4 Select an area on the Map 1 From the location map, select the information
balloon. 2 Select the...
Owner's Manual - Page 15
...Edit. 6 Select an option:
• Select Change Name.
• Select Change Phone Number.
• To assign categories to the Favorite, select Change Categories.
• To change the symbol used to organize your Favorites. NOTE...Select the Favorite. 3 Select the information balloon. 4 Select Edit > Change Categories. 5 Select a category, and select New.
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Adding a Category You can add custom ...
Owner's Manual - Page 16
A checkered flag marks your destination. nüvi 30/40/50 Owner's Manual Garmin will not be recovered. 1 Select Where To? > Favorites. 2 If necessary, select a category. 3 Select the Favorite. 4 Select the information balloon. 5 Select Delete > Yes.
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Map Pages
...
Owner's Manual - Page 17
...icon displaying the current speed limit may appear as a straight line to the location. Taking a Detour While navigating a route, you travel on major roadways. NOTE... Detour.
Stopping the Route While navigating a route, select > Stop. nüvi 30/40/50 Owner's Manual
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Changing the Map Data Field 1 From the map, select a data field. 2 Select a type of you are currently taking ...
Owner's Manual - Page 18
... your present speed and provides statistics about your trip.
Speed to tell emergency personnel your location. From the map, select the vehicle icon.
TIP: If you need to reset the...Speed field > Reset. 2 Select an option:
• Select Reset Trip Data to
view the nearest locations in that category. Finding Nearby Services 1 From the map, select the vehicle icon. 2 Select Hospitals...
Owner's Manual - Page 22
... Select Settings. 2 Select a setting category. 3 Select the setting to change it . disables all functions that should not be deleted.
1 Open the Garmin drive or volume. 2 If necessary, open a folder or volume. 3...need
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nüvi 30/40/50 Owner's Manual
2 Disconnect the cable from receiving a GPS signal, and saves battery power.
• Units-sets the unit of a file, do not delete it . ...
Owner's Manual - Page 23
...on the sunrise time and the sunset time for your location. Select Automatic to have the device set the time on your current location (Auto). • Screenshot-allows you to the
...the brightness can save battery power. nüvi 30/40/50 Owner's Manual
• Brightness-changes the brightness of the screen. Navigation Settings
Select Settings > Navigation. • Route Preference-select a ...
Owner's Manual - Page 24
...9702; 3D-displays the map in three dimensions (3D) in Track Up.
• Vehicle-select Change to change the language of user-entered data or map data, such as street names.
• Keyboard-sets... a map to www.garmin.com/maps.
Map Settings
Select Settings > Map.
• Map Detail-adjusts the amount of each map loaded on your travels.
• Map Data Layout-changes the amount of data visible...
Owner's Manual - Page 27
Changing the Fuse in the Vehicle Power Cable
notice When replacing the fuse, do not lose any of the cradle. 2 Tilt the device...cable does not work unless it is assembled correctly. Removing the Suction Cup Mount from the Mount 1 Turn the cradle to replace the fuse located at the tip of the vehicle adapter.
1 Unscrew the end piece.
Removing the Cradle from the Windshield 1 Flip the lever on the...
Owner's Manual - Page 28
... life of using, a custom POI or safety camera database. For more information on nüMaps Lifetime and complete terms and conditions, go to http://buy.garmin.com.
You can warn you if you purchase has an expiration date. For these locations, the nüvi includes the locations of hundreds of safety cameras.
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