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Owner's Manual - Page 2

... any purpose without notice. or its products and to change or improve its subsidiaries. © 2011 Garmin Ltd. or its subsidiaries, registered in this manual onto a hard drive or other electronic storage medium to be used without obligation to print one copy of this manual or of any revision hereto, provided that...

Owner's Manual - Page 3

...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 Route 12 Map Pages 14...Cards 17 Transferring Files from Your Computer 17 nüvi 30/40/50 Owner's Manual Deleting Files 18 Customizing the Device 18 System Settings ... Garmin Product Support 24 Troubleshooting 25 i

Owner's Manual - Page 5

nüvi 30/40/50 Owner's Manual Mounting the Device ‹ WARNING This product contains a lithium-ion battery. Getting Started &#... information. 1 Connect the device to windshield mounting. To prevent the possibility of direct sunlight. Charge your device as you drive before using it on battery power. 1 Plug the vehicle power cable ➊ into the USB port ➋ on the device. 2 Press...

Owner's Manual - Page 6

...and more. When the bars are green, the device has acquired satellite signals. About myDashboard Use myDashboard to acquire satellite signals. Setting Up myDashboard 1 Connect a USB cable ➊ to ...to the USB port on your computer. 3 Go to www.garmin.com/dashboard. 4 Follow the on-screen instructions. 2 nüvi 30/40/50 Owner's Manual ➌ ➎➋ ➍ ➊&#...

Owner's Manual - Page 7

...for one free map update. nüMaps Guarantee™ If you want. 4 Save the file to your computer. nüvi 30/40/50 Owner's Manual 3 Updating the Software 1 Open myDashboard (page 2). 2 Under Software Updates, click Update Now. 3 Follow the on -.... 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.

Owner's Manual - Page 8

...Display > Brightness. 2 Select or . Searching Help Topics Select > Search. nüvi 30/40/50 Owner's Manual Hold the Power key for 10 seconds. Status Bar Icons The status bar is located... You can reset your device if it stops functioning. GPS signal status. Using Help Select to change settings or view additional information. Current time. The status bar icons ...

Owner's Manual - Page 9

...to scroll faster. Using the On-Screen Buttons... language mode. • Select to enter special characters, such as punctuation marks. Using the On-Screen Keyboard See "System Settings" to change the keyboard layout (page ... (page 8) • Using recently found locations (page 8) • Using coordinates (page 9) • Using the map (page 9) • Using Favorites (page 10) nüvi 30/40...

Owner's Manual - Page 11

... the information balloon. Going Home Select Where To? > Go Home. Finding a Location by using the onscreen keyboard, entering the location's address or coordinates, browsing the map, and more. ... > Home. 2 Select the information balloon. 3 Select Delete, and select Yes. nüvi 30/40/50 Owner's Manual 3 Select Edit. 4 Enter your home location for locations by Spelling the Name 1 Select ...

Owner's Manual - Page 13

...map appears after you are using latitude and longitude coordinates. menu...parts of map you select a location from the Where To? Finding a Location Using Coordinates You can be helpful when geocaching. 1 Select Where To? > Coordinates.... 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...

Owner's Manual - Page 14

... An information balloon appears for the location (page 6). 2 From the location map, select Save > OK. 10 nüvi 30/40/50 Owner's Manual Your home location is saved in Favorites. Saving Locations to Favorites 1 From the map, select the vehicle icon. 2 Select Save... a Simulated Location If you are indoors or not receiving satellite signals, you can use the GPS simulator to them.

Owner's Manual - Page 15

...Change Phone Number. • To assign categories to the Favorite, select Change Categories. • To change the symbol used to organize your Favorites. NOTE: Categories appear in the Favorites menu after you have saved more than 12 Favorites. 1...> Favorites. 2 If necessary, select a category. 3 Select a saved location. nüvi 30/40/50 Owner's Manual 7 Edit the information. 8 Select Done.

Owner's Manual - Page 16

...responsible for failing to follow all applicable traffic laws and signs. nüvi 30/40/50 Owner's Manual If you may receive for any traffic fines or citations that you depart...not replace the driver's responsibility to abide by all posted speed limit signs and to use safe driving judgment at the top of the map. Garmin will not be recovered. 1 Select Where To? > Favorites. 2 If necessary,...

Owner's Manual - Page 17

... will be calculated as you travel on major roadways. nüvi 30/40/50 Owner's Manual 13 NOTE: If the route you , such as construction zones. Stopping the Route While navigating a route, select > Stop. Navigating Off Road You can use detours to avoid obstacles ahead of data to display. 3 Select OK. Changing...

Owner's Manual - Page 18

...select the Speed field. TIP: If you need to reset the maximum speed. 3 Select OK. 14 nüvi 30/40/50 Owner's Manual Resetting Trip Information 1 From the map, select the Speed field > Reset. 2 Select an option: • ...Max. Speed to tell emergency personnel your current location. Viewing Current Location Information Use the Where Am I? From the map, select the vehicle icon.

Owner's Manual - Page 20

... following file types: • Maps and GPX waypoint files from MapSource® (page 24) • GPI custom POI files from Garmin POI Loader (page 24) 16 nüvi 30/40/50 Owner's Manual Viewing an Upcoming Junction While navigating an automobile route, you approach a junction in a route, the image of that junction...

Owner's Manual - Page 21

...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, and custom POIs. nüvi 30/40/50... network drives cannot display nüvi drives. About Memory Cards You can be used to store files such as mounted volumes on the memory card. See your operating...

Owner's Manual - Page 22

... 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 ...on your computer. You need 18 nüvi 30/40/50 Owner's Manual Your device memory contains important system files that ...System. • GPS Simulator-stops the device from your keyboard. 2 Disconnect the cable from receiving a GPS signal, and saves...

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 custom safety cameras (page 24). 20 nüvi 30/40/50 Owner's Manual NOTE: Changing the text language does not change the icon used to display your position on the map. Download additional...

Owner's Manual - Page 26

... clear all user data. 22 nüvi 30/40/50 Owner's Manual Extending the Battery Life • Keep your device away from sight when not in use. • Remove the 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. Any...

Owner's Manual - Page 28

... to www.garmin.com/support. • In the USA, call (913) 397.8200. • In the UK, call 0808 2380000. • In Europe, call +44 (0) 870.8501241. 24 nüvi 30/40/50 Owner's Manual.... Contacting Garmin Product Support You can contact Garmin Product Support if you have access to the most up to four map updates each year for the accuracy of, or the consequences of using, a custom...