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How Do You Change The Route You Want To Take On A Garmin Nuvi 50lm
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Owner's Manual - Page 2
... must contain the complete text of this copyright notice and provided further that any purpose without the express permission of Apple Computer, Inc. Garmin reserves the right to change or improve its subsidiaries, registered in the USA and other electronic storage medium to be reproduced, copied, transmitted, disseminated, downloaded or stored in...
Owner's Manual - Page 3
... 7 Location Searches 7 Using the Location Map 9 Favorites 10
Map Pages 12 Following an Automobile Route 12 Map Pages 14
Data Management 16 File Types 16 About Memory Cards 17 Transferring Files from Your...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
... acquire satellite signals. When the bars are green, the device has acquired satellite signals.
About myDashboard
Use myDashboard to register 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 ➌
➎➋
➍
➊➏
5 Fit the bottom ➏ of...
Owner's Manual - Page 7
... or a photocopy, in several languages appears.
3 Click Download next to the manual you register the device at http://my.garmin.com within 90 days of the product manuals in
a safe place. Updating Maps 1 Open myDashboard (page 2). 2 Register the... map update. Go to your device is available on the Garmin web site.
1 Open myDashboard (page 2). 2 Click Manuals. nüMaps Guarantee™ If you...
Owner's Manual - Page 8
Turning Off the Device
1 Tap the Power key ➊.
➊
2 Select Power Off.
GPS signal status.
Searching Help Topics Select > Search. Changing the Screen Brightness
1 Select Settings > Display > Brightness.
2 Select
or
. You can reset your device if it stops functioning.
The status bar icons display information about ...
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 10
..., such as a Via Point.
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nüvi 30/40/50 Owner's Manual 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. You can search within some...
Owner's Manual - Page 11
... Where To? > Favorites > Home. 2 Select the information balloon. 3 Select Delete, and select Yes. Location Searches
You can search for the location you can set your changes. 5 Select Done.
Saving a Home Location
You can enter "Starbucks" or "Coffee." 3 Select Done. 4 Select a location.
7 The location is saved as "Home" in Favorites (page 10...
Owner's Manual - Page 12
... the last 50 locations you have found. Select Where To? > Recently Found. Viewing a List 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 13
... Format, select the correct
coordinate format for the location.
• Select ➌ to zoom in and out.
• Select ➍ to create a turn-by-turn route to this location.
• Select ➎ to return to the previous page.
• Select ➏ to view different parts of map you select a location from...
Owner's Manual - Page 14
... Done. 4 Select OK. Setting a Simulated Location If you are indoors or not receiving satellite signals, you can use the GPS simulator to 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 an area on the Map...
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
... times. As you travel, the device guides you to the destination with a magenta line.
The route is for any traffic fines or citations that 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...
Owner's Manual - Page 17
... as a straight line to
the main menu. 2 Select Detour. 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 can create straight-line routes that do not follow roadways. 1 Select Settings > Navigation. 2 Select Route Preference > Off Road > OK. Taking a Detour While navigating...
Owner's Manual - Page 19
... be traveling, if available. 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, select the
navigation bar at the top of the map. From the map...
Owner's Manual - Page 20
...has a memory card slot for additional data storage. Viewing an Upcoming Junction
While navigating an automobile route, you approach a junction in a route, the image of that junction appears briefly, if available. When you can store files, such... 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
..., 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.
Your device and memory card appear ...as removable drives in My Computer in Windows and as maps, images, geocaches, routes, waypoints, and custom POIs. NOTE: Some computers with multiple network drives cannot display nüvi ...
Owner's Manual - Page 22
...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 Select the file. 4 Press the Delete key on your computer. You need
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nüvi 30/40/50 Owner's Manual System Settings
Select Settings > System.
• GPS...
Owner's Manual - Page 23
...changes the brightness of the device storage. Decreasing the brightness can save battery power.
Select Automatic to have the device set the time on your
nüvi.
Navigation Settings
Select Settings > Navigation. • Route Preference-select a preference for
calculating your route... data. this information when you want to
avoid on your routes. Display Settings
Select Settings > Display...
Owner's Manual - Page 24
Select a map to www.garmin.com/maps.
Proximity Points Settings
Select Settings > Proximity Points.
• Alerts-notifies you when you approach ...your direction of travel at 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 the language for your ...