Garmin nuvi 50LM Support Question
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Question posted by Trauerm on July 29th, 2013
How To Change Home Address On Garmin Nuvi 50lm
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Owner's Manual - Page 2
... reproduced, copied, transmitted, disseminated, downloaded or stored in the USA and other electronic storage medium to be viewed and to make changes in the United States and/or other Garmin products. or its products and to print one copy of this manual or of any revision hereto, provided that such electronic or...
Owner's Manual - Page 3
...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 ...Settings 20 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 Mount...
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 register your device, check for software and map...
Owner's Manual - Page 7
... languages appears.
3 Click Download next to the manual you want. 4 Save the file to www.garmin.com/numaps for your device could be eligible for one free map update. nüvi 30/40/50... Owner's Manual
3 nüMaps Guarantee™ If you register the device at http://my.garmin.com within 90 days of the product manuals in
a safe place.
Updating the Software 1 Open myDashboard ...
Owner's Manual - Page 8
... Select
or
.
You can reset your device if it stops functioning. Using Help Select to change settings or view additional information.
Hold the Power key for 10 seconds. Adjusting the Volume 1... Help Topics Select > Search.
The status bar icons display information about using the device. GPS signal status. Battery status.
Status Bar Icons
The status bar is located at the top of...
Owner's Manual - Page 9
... characters, such as punctuation marks.
Using the On-Screen Keyboard See "System Settings" to change the keyboard layout (page 18). 1 Select Where To? > Points of Interest > Spell...page 6) • Near another location (page 6) • By spelling the name (page 7) • By address (page 8) • Using recently found locations (page 8) • Using coordinates (page 9) • Using the...
Owner's Manual - Page 11
...Where To? > Go Home. 2 Select Enter My Address, Use My Current
Location, or Choose from Recently Found. Deleting Your Home Location 1.
nüvi 30/40/50 Owner's Manual
3 Select Edit. 4 Enter your home location for locations by Spelling...or "Coffee." 3 Select Done. 4 Select a location.
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Going Home Select Where To? > Go Home. Saving a Home Location
You can set your changes. 5 Select Done.
Owner's Manual - Page 12
... Recently Found Locations Your device stores the last 50 locations you have found. Finding an Address 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
province.
3 Select an option: • Select Spell City...
Owner's Manual - Page 14
... select Done. 4 Select OK. Saving Your Location 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...Manual Favorites
You can save locations in Favorites.
Viewing a Route on the map. Your home location is saved in your Favorites so you can quickly find them . Saving Locations to ...
Owner's Manual - Page 15
... in the Favorites menu after you have saved more than 12 Favorites. 1 Select Where To? > Favorites. 2 Select the Favorite. 3 Select the information balloon. 4 Select Edit > Change Categories. 5 Select a category, and select New.
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Editing Favorites 1 Select Where To? > Favorites. 2 If necessary, select a category. 3 Select a Favorite. 4 Select the information balloon. 5 Select Edit...
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
Stopping the Route While navigating a route, select > Stop.
Changing the Map Data Field 1 From the map, select a data field. 2 Select a type of you are currently taking is the only reasonable option, the device might ...
Owner's Manual - Page 19
..., a preview of the next turn appear.
Viewing the Entire Route on major roadways.
If available, an image of the junction appears for the turn , lane change, or other maneuver appears in which you can view all of the turns and maneuvers for your entire route and the distance between turns.
1 Select...
Owner's Manual - Page 20
... Types
The device supports the following file types:
• Maps and GPX waypoint files from MapSource® (page 24)
• GPI custom POI files from Garmin POI Loader (page 24)
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nüvi 30/40/50 Owner's Manual
NOTE: The device is not compatible with Windows® 95, 98, Me, Windows...
Owner's Manual - Page 21
Transferring Files from an electronics supplier, or purchase pre-loaded Garmin mapping software (www.garmin.com/trip_planning).
NOTE: Some computers with multiple network drives cannot display nüvi drives... open the file browser. 3 Select the file. 4 Select Edit > Copy. 5 Open the Garmin or memory card drive or
volume.
6 Select Edit > Paste. nüvi 30/40/50 Owner's Manual
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Owner's Manual - Page 22
... about several other software features. disables all functions that should not be deleted.
1 Open the Garmin drive or volume. 2 If necessary, open a folder or volume. 3 Select the file. ... > System.
• GPS Simulator-stops the device from your keyboard. Customizing the Device
1 Select Settings. 2 Select a setting category. 3 Select the setting to change it .
Deleting Files
NOTICE...
Owner's Manual - Page 23
... sunrise time and the sunset time for your routes.
Decreasing the brightness can save battery power.
nüvi 30/40/50 Owner's Manual
• Brightness-changes the brightness of the device storage. Display Settings
Select Settings > Display. • Color Mode-sets a light background (Day),
a dark background (Night), or automatically switches between...
Owner's Manual - Page 24
...Log-shows or hides the log of your travels.
• Map Data Layout-changes the amount of data visible on the map.
• Info-view the maps ...8226; Keyboard-sets the language for your nüvi.
NOTE: Changing the text language does not change the icon used to display your position on the map. Showing...-select Change to change the language of detail shown on the map.
Select a map to www...
Owner's Manual - Page 26
... Theft • Remove the device and mount from extreme
temperatures. • Decrease the screen brightness (page 4). • Do not leave your device at http://my.garmin.com. Extending the Battery Life • Keep your device away from sight when
not in direct sunlight. • Decrease the volume (page 4). Any items that...
Owner's Manual - Page 27
... ball on the suction cup toward you may need to replace the fuse located at the tip of the vehicle adapter.
1 Unscrew the end piece. Changing the Fuse in the Vehicle Power Cable
notice When replacing the fuse, do not lose any of the cradle. 2 Tilt the device forward.
