Garmin nuvi 50LM Support Question
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Question posted by bafe on December 16th, 2013
Garmin 50lm How Do I Change Home Location
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Answer #1: Posted by waelsaidani1 on February 6th, 2014 4:21 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
... its subsidiaries, registered in any storage medium, for current updates and supplemental information concerning the use and operation of such changes or improvements.
Go to the Garmin Web site (www.garmin.com) for any purpose without the express permission of Garmin Ltd. nüMaps Guarantee™ and nüMaps Lifetime™ are trademarks of...
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 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-screen instructions.
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nüvi 30/40/50 Owner's Manual When the bars are green, the device has acquired satellite signals...
Owner's Manual - Page 7
... instructions. 3 Keep the original sales receipt, 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 device (page 3). 3 Under Map Updates, click Update...
Owner's Manual - Page 8
...select some icons to view information about features on the device.
Changing the Screen Brightness
1 Select Settings > Display > Brightness.
2 ...reset your device if it stops functioning.
Using Help Select to change settings or view additional information. nüvi 30/40/50...or
.
• Select the Mute check box. GPS signal status.
Battery status.
Hold the Power key for 10 seconds...
Owner's Manual - Page 9
....
• 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...to enter special characters, such as punctuation marks. Finding Locations
There are many ways to find locations. • By category (page 6) • Near another location (page 6) • By spelling the name (page ...
Owner's Manual - Page 10
... name. 6 Select Done. Searching Within a Category
To narrow your search results, you can find a location near another city or location. 1 Select Where To? > Near. 2 Select an option, and select OK. 3 If necessary, select a location. Adding a Stop to your current location.
Finding a Point of Interest by Category 1 Select Where To? > Points of Interest. 2 Select a category...
Owner's Manual - Page 11
... To? > Go Home. Editing Your Home Location Information 1 Select Where To? > Favorites > Home. 2 Select the information balloon. The location is saved as "Home" in Favorites (page 10). 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.
Saving a Home Location
You can set your changes. 5 Select...
Owner's Manual - Page 12
....
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nüvi 30/40/50 Owner's Manual
Clearing the List of Recently Found Locations Your device stores the last 50 locations you have found. 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...
Owner's Manual - Page 13
... your Favorites.
• Select the information balloon ➋ to view different parts of map you select a location from the Where To?
Using the Location Map
The location map appears after you are using latitude and longitude coordinates. Finding a Location Using Coordinates You can be helpful when geocaching.
1 Select Where To? > Coordinates. 2 If necessary, select...
Owner's Manual - Page 14
... the map, select the vehicle icon. 2 Select Save Location. 3 Enter a name, and select Done. 4 Select OK. An information balloon appears for the location (page 6). 2 From the location map, select Save > OK.
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nüvi 30/40/50 Owner's Manual Your home location is saved in Favorites. The location is also stored in Favorites.
Viewing a Route on...
Owner's Manual - Page 15
..., select a category. 3 Select a saved location.
Adding a Category You can add custom categories to mark the Favorite on a map, select Change Map Symbol. nüvi 30/40/50 ...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. ...
Owner's Manual - Page 16
... follow all applicable traffic laws and signs. nüvi 30/40/50 Owner's Manual The route is for failing 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
Stopping the Route While navigating a route, select > Stop. nüvi 30/40/50 Owner's Manual
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Changing the Map Data Field 1 From the map, select a data field. 2 Select a type of you travel on... a detour. 1 While navigating a route, select to return to avoid obstacles ahead of data to the location. Navigating Off Road You can use detours to
the main menu. 2 Select Detour.
Owner's Manual - Page 18
... about your trip.
page to
view the nearest locations in that category. TIP: If you need to tell emergency personnel your current location. Map Pages
Viewing Trip Information The trip information page... displays your present speed and provides statistics about your location. Resetting Trip Information
1 From the map, select the Speed field > Reset...
Owner's Manual - Page 22
... GPS signal, and saves battery power.
• Units-sets the unit of a file, do not delete 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.
Customizing the Device
1 Select Settings. 2 Select a setting category. 3 Select the setting to change...
Owner's Manual - Page 23
...
• Brightness-changes the brightness of the device storage. Select Automatic to have the device set the time on the sunrise time and the sunset time for your routes. Navigation Settings
Select Settings > Navigation. • Route Preference-select a preference for voice
prompts. • Text Language-sets all on your current location (Auto...
Owner's Manual - Page 24
... the top.
◦◦ 3D-displays the map in three dimensions (3D) in Track Up.
• Vehicle-select Change to change the language of each map loaded on the map.
Select a map to www.garmin.com/maps.
Proximity Points Settings
Select Settings > Proximity Points.
• Alerts-notifies you when you approach custom safety...
Owner's Manual - Page 27
...cup mount toward
you. 2 Pull the tab 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. Removing the Cradle from the Mount 1 ... ball on the top of the cradle. 2 Tilt the device forward. If your vehicle, you .
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Changing the Fuse in the Vehicle Power Cable
notice When replacing the fuse, do not lose any of the small...
Owner's Manual - Page 28
... you have access to the most up to four map updates each year for the life of your device.
Safety Cameras
‹ Caution Garmin is available in some locations. About nüMaps Lifetime
For a one-time payment, you can warn you if you are approaching a safety camera and can receive up -to...
