Garmin nuvi 50LM Support Question
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How To Change Home On Garmin Nuvi 50lm
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Owner's Manual - Page 2
... or of any revision hereto, provided that any revision hereto is subject to change without notice.
Garmin reserves the right to change or improve its subsidiaries, registered in the USA and other Garmin products. © 2011 Garmin Ltd. Garmin hereby grants permission to make changes in any storage medium, for any person or organization of this and...
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 the mini-USB port ➋
on -screen instructions...
Owner's Manual - Page 7
... free map update. Registering the Device 1 From myDashboard, click Register Now. 2 Follow the on the Garmin web site.
1 Open myDashboard (page 2). 2 Click Manuals. nüvi 30/40/50 Owner's ...Manual
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nüMaps Guarantee™ If you want. 4 Save the file to www.garmin.com/numaps for your computer. Go to your device is available on -screen instructions. 3 Keep the ...
Owner's Manual - Page 8
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Battery status.
Status Bar Icons
The status bar is located at the top of the main menu.
Using Help Select to change settings or view additional information. Searching Help Topics Select > Search. GPS signal status.
The status bar icons display information about using the device.
nüvi 30/40/50 Owner's Manual...
Owner's Manual - Page 9
... language mode.
• Select 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. 2 ... 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
...Enter My Address, Use My Current
Location, or Choose from Recently Found. Saving a Home Location
You can set your changes. 5 Select Done. Editing Your Home Location Information 1 Select Where To? > Favorites > Home. 2 Select the information balloon.
Going Home Select Where To? > Go Home. Select Where To? > Favorites > Home. 2 Select the information balloon. 3 Select Delete, and select Yes.
Owner's Manual - Page 12
... 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, enter the city...
Owner's Manual - Page 14
...home location is saved in Favorites. Saving Locations to them. Setting a Simulated Location If you are indoors or not receiving satellite signals, you can quickly find them and create routes to Favorites 1 Search for the location. 5 Select Set Location. Favorites
You can use the GPS...set a simulated location. 1 Select Settings > System. 2 Select GPS Simulator > On > OK. 3 From the main menu, ...
Owner's Manual - Page 15
.... 2 If necessary, select a category. 3 Select a Favorite. 4 Select the information balloon. 5 Select 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. Finding Favorites 1 Select Where To? > Favorites. 2 If necessary, select...
Owner's Manual - Page 16
... follow all applicable traffic laws and signs. A checkered flag marks your destination. As you travel, the device guides you to the destination with a magenta line. 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
... currently taking is the only reasonable option, the device might not calculate a detour. 1 While navigating a route, select to return to
the main menu. 2 Select Detour.
Changing the Map Data Field 1 From the map, select a data field. 2 Select a type of you, such as a straight line to display. 3 Select OK.
Taking a Detour While...
Owner's Manual - Page 19
... the turn or maneuver and the lane in the upper-left corner of the map. 2 Select Show Map. From the map, select .
2 Select a 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 The device has a memory card slot for additional data storage. NOTE: The device...
Owner's Manual - Page 21
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Installing a Memory Card The device supports microSD™ and microSDHC memory or data cards. Transferring Files from an electronics supplier, or purchase pre-loaded Garmin mapping software (www.garmin.com/trip_planning). Your device and memory card appear as removable drives in My Computer in Windows and as maps, images, geocaches, routes, waypoints...
Owner's Manual - Page 22
... Settings. 2 Select a setting category. 3 Select the setting to change it . 2 Disconnect the cable from receiving a GPS signal, and saves battery power.
• Units-sets the unit of... and information 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. 4 Press the...
Owner's Manual - Page 23
.... • Route Preference-select a preference for voice
prompts. • Text Language-sets all on your location.
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
calculating your route. • Avoidances-select the...
Owner's Manual - Page 24
....com.
• Trip 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 and the version of detail... custom safety cameras (page 24).
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nüvi 30/40/50 Owner's Manual Select a map to www.garmin.com/maps. Showing more detail can cause the map to redraw slower.
• Map View-sets a map perspective...
Owner's Manual - Page 26
... residue left on the lower-right corner of the
device screen. 3 Keep your device in the glove compartment. • Register your device at http://my.garmin.com.
Owner's Manual - Page 27
... the cradle to the right or left. 2 Apply pressure until the socket on the cradle
releases the ball on the suction cup toward you.
23 Changing the Fuse in the Vehicle Power Cable
notice When replacing the fuse, do not lose any of the small pieces and make sure they are...
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