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How To Change Home Fon A Garmin 50lm
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Owner's Manual - Page 2
.... These trademarks may be reproduced, copied, transmitted, disseminated, downloaded or stored in the United States and/or other Garmin products. Mac® is a registered trademarks of such changes or improvements. Garmin reserves the right to change without obligation to download a single copy of this and other countries.
nüMaps Guarantee™ and nüMaps...
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
... device back until it snaps 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-screen instructions.
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nüvi 30/40/50 Owner's Manual About myDashboard
Use myDashboard to acquire satellite signals.
Owner's Manual - Page 7
... Register the device (page 3). 3 Under Map Updates, click Update Now. 4 Follow the on the Garmin web site.
1 Open myDashboard (page 2). 2 Click Manuals.
Downloading the Owner's Manual The owner's .... 3 Follow the on-screen instructions.
nüvi 30/40/50 Owner's Manual
3 Go to www.garmin.com/numaps for one free map update. nüMaps Guarantee™ If you want. 4 Save the file...
Owner's Manual - Page 8
...;
2 Select Power Off. Resetting the Device You can select some icons to view information about features on the device. Changing the Screen Brightness
1 Select Settings > Display > Brightness.
2 Select
or
. You can reset your device if it stops functioning. Using ....
Hold the Power key for 10 seconds.
nüvi 30/40/50 Owner's Manual
GPS signal status. Battery status.
Owner's Manual - Page 9
...Locations
There are many ways to scroll faster.
Using the On-Screen Keyboard See "System Settings" to change the keyboard layout (page 18). 1 Select Where To? > Points of Interest > Spell
Name. ...on the 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 character. ...
Owner's Manual - Page 11
..., and more.
For example, you return to most often. 1 Select Where To? > Go Home. 2 Select Enter My Address, Use My Current
Location, or Choose from Recently Found. Location Searches...
You can search for the location you can set your changes. 5 Select Done.
nüvi 30/40/50 Owner's Manual
3 Select Edit. 4 Enter your home location for locations by Spelling the Name 1 Select Where ...
Owner's Manual - Page 12
... the information balloon.
Select Where To? > Recently 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, enter the city...
Owner's Manual - Page 14
...can quickly find them and create routes 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.... 2 Select the route information box. Your home location is saved in your Favorites so you can save locations in Favorites.
Favorites
You can use the GPS simulator to them. Viewing a Route on the...
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.
11 Finding Favorites 1 Select Where To? > Favorites. 2 If necessary, select a category. 3 Select a saved location. nüvi 30/40/50...
Owner's Manual - Page 16
... to follow all times. As you travel, the device guides you depart from the original route, the device recalculates the route and provides new directions. 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
... > Stop. nüvi 30/40/50 Owner's Manual
13 Navigating Off Road You can use detours to avoid obstacles ahead of data to the location.
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
.... Viewing the Next Turn
While navigating an automobile route, a preview of the map. 2 Select Show Map. The preview includes the distance to the turn , lane change, or other maneuver appears in which you can view all of the turns and maneuvers for junctions on the Map 1 While navigating an automobile route...
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
Owner's Manual - Page 21
...Owner's Manual
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Transferring Files from an electronics supplier, or purchase pre-loaded Garmin mapping software (www.garmin.com/trip_planning). The file appears in the list of files in the device ... computer, 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. Disconnecting the USB Cable 1 Complete an...
Owner's Manual - Page 22
... the Garmin drive or volume. 2 If necessary, open a folder or volume. 3 Select the file. 4 Press the Delete key on your computer.
2 Disconnect the cable from receiving a GPS signal,... the Device
1 Select Settings. 2 Select a setting category. 3 Select the setting to change it . Your device memory contains important system files that require significant operator attention and could become...
Owner's Manual - Page 23
Decreasing the brightness can save battery power. nüvi 30/40/50 Owner's Manual
• Brightness-changes the brightness of the device storage.
Language Settings
Select Settings > Language. • Voice Language-sets the language for voice
prompts. • Text Language-sets all ...
Owner's Manual - Page 24
... and the version of your nüvi. TIP: To purchase additional map products, go to www.garmin.com/maps.
Download additional vehicle icons at the top.
◦◦ 3D-displays the map in three... the top.
◦◦ North Up-displays the map in Track Up.
• Vehicle-select Change to change the language of user-entered data or map data, such as street names.
• Keyboard-sets ...
Owner's Manual - Page 26
... leave your device in use. • Remove the residue left on the lower-right corner of the
device screen. 3 Keep 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). All original settings...