Garmin nuvi 50LM Support Question
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Question posted by sanwayn on December 29th, 2013
How To Change Home Location On Nuvi 50ml
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Answer #1: Posted by waelsaidani1 on February 6th, 2014 4:16 AM
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- Touch Where to?
- Touch Favorites
- Touch the favorite named Home1
- Touch the "bubble" pointing at Home (usually says "Press for More")
- Touch Delete and confirm by touching Yes
- Touch the back button to exit the favorites list
- Touch Go Home
- Select the desired option for setting the new home location
The home location has now been changed. Repeat these steps as needed.
Related Garmin nuvi 50LM Manual Pages
Owner's Manual - Page 2
.... Garmin®, the Garmin logo, MapSource® and nüvi® are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the USA and other electronic storage medium to change without the express prior written consent of Garmin. or its subsidiaries. Windows® is strictly prohibited. nüMaps Guarantee™ and nüMaps Lifetime™...
Owner's Manual - Page 3
...Device 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, ...
Owner's Manual - Page 8
...Changing the Screen Brightness
1 Select Settings > Display > Brightness.
2 Select
or
.
Searching Help Topics Select > Search.
The status bar icons display information about using the device. Resetting the Device You can select some icons to view information about features on the device. Status Bar Icons
The status bar is located... check box. GPS signal status. Current time.
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...to change the character case. • Select and to move the cursor. • Select to delete a character. • Select and hold and to find locations. • By category (page 6) • Near another location ...
Owner's Manual - Page 10
... Where To? > Points of Interest. 2 Select a category. 3 If necessary, select a subcategory. 4 Select a location. 5 Select Go!. Searching Near Another Location By default, your device finds locations closest to a Route 1 While navigating an automobile route, select
Where To?. 2 Search for the location (page 6). 3 Select Go!. 4 Select Add as restaurants, hotels, and auto services.
Adding a Stop...
Owner's Manual - Page 11
.... 2 Enter a business name or a type of business.
Deleting Your Home Location 1.
Location Searches
You can set your changes. 5 Select Done.
Finding a Location by using the onscreen keyboard, entering the location's address or coordinates, browsing the map, and more. Saving a Home Location
You can search for the location you can enter "Starbucks" or "Coffee." 3 Select Done. 4 Select...
Owner's Manual - Page 12
...? > Recently Found > Clear.
8
nüvi 30/40/50 Owner's Manual Clearing the List of 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...
Owner's Manual - Page 13
...; Select ➎ to return to the previous page.
• Select ➏ to view more information for the type of the map. This method can find a location using , and select OK.
3 Select the latitude coordinate. 4 Enter the new coordinate, and select Done. 5 Select the longitude coordinate. 6 Enter the new coordinate, and select...
Owner's Manual - Page 14
... 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 an area on the Map 1 From the location map, select the information
balloon. 2 Select the route information box. The location is also stored in Favorites.
Your home location is saved in Favorites.
Saving...
Owner's Manual - Page 15
...a map, select Change Map Symbol. n&#...> Favorites. 2 Select the Favorite. 3 Select the information balloon. 4 Select Edit > Change Categories. 5 Select a category, and select New.
11 Editing Favorites 1 Select Where To...option:
• Select Change Name.
• Select Change Phone Number.
• To assign categories to the Favorite, select Change Categories.
• To change the symbol used to ...
Owner's Manual - Page 17
... icon displaying the current speed limit may appear as construction zones. NOTE: If the route you travel on major roadways.
Changing the Map Data Field 1 From the map, select a data field. 2 Select a type of you, such as... Manual
13 Navigating Off Road You can use detours to avoid obstacles ahead of data to the location. Stopping the Route While navigating a route, select > Stop.
Owner's Manual - Page 18
....
TIP: If you need to view information about your location.
Map Pages
Viewing Trip Information The trip information page displays your present speed and provides statistics about ...your current location.
This is helpful if you make frequent stops, leave the device turned on the...
Owner's Manual - Page 19
... of the map. Viewing the Entire Route on major roadways.
nüvi 30/40/50 Owner's Manual
15 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 22
...Select the file. 4 Press the Delete key on your computer. 2 Disconnect the cable from receiving a GPS signal, and saves battery power.
• Units-sets the unit of a file, do not delete ... Settings. 2 Select a setting category. 3 Select the setting to change it . System Settings
Select Settings > System.
• GPS Simulator-stops the device from your keyboard. Deleting Files
NOTICE If you...
Owner's Manual - Page 23
...Avoidances-select the road types you want to have the device set the time on your location. Navigation Settings
Select Settings > Navigation. • Route Preference-select a preference for your...brightness can save battery power. nüvi 30/40/50 Owner's Manual
• Brightness-changes the brightness of the device storage.
Screenshots are saved in the Screenshot folder of the screen....
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 ...◦◦ 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 the language...
Owner's Manual - Page 27
...1 Press up on the tab on the suction cup toward
you may need to replace the fuse located at the tip of the small pieces and make sure they are put back in the proper position.... 4 Place the metal tip in the end piece. 5 Screw the end piece back into the vehicle power
cable.
Changing the Fuse in the Vehicle Power Cable
notice When replacing the fuse, do not lose any of the vehicle adapter.
1...
Owner's Manual - Page 28
...date. Safety camera information is not responsible for the accuracy of, or the consequences of safety cameras. For these locations, the nüvi includes the locations of hundreds of using, a custom POI or safety camera database. The data is updated at any questions about this... conditions, go to http://buy.garmin.com. Safety Cameras
‹ Caution Garmin is available in some locations.
Owner's Manual - Page 29
...
mode? The device does not charge in my vehicle.
• Check the fuse in USB mass storage computer is not acquiring • Select Settings > System > GPS Simulator > Off. If the
device is supplying power to a
is in the vehicle power cable (page 23). • Verify the vehicle is turned on my...
