Garmin nuvi 50LM Support Question
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Question posted by kimcoon on April 14th, 2013
Garmin Nuvi 50lm Screen Goes Black When Plugged In
I have a Garmin Nuvi 50LM that I have been using for about 2 weeks while on a driving trip. Experienced an issue today where the screen goes black when plugged into the cig lighter but visible when the devise is not plugged in
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Owner's Manual - Page 2
... any unauthorized commercial distribution of this manual onto a hard drive or other countries. Garmin®, the Garmin logo, MapSource® and nüvi® are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc.
Go to the Garmin Web site (www.garmin.com) for any person or organization of Garmin. © 2011 Garmin Ltd. or its subsidiaries, registered in the content...
Owner's Manual - Page 3
... 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 Route 12 Map Pages 14
Data Management 16 File Types ... nüMaps Lifetime 24 Safety Cameras 24 Purchasing Accessories 24 Contacting Garmin Product Support 24 Troubleshooting 25
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Owner's Manual - Page 5
Charge your device as you drive before using it out of personal injury or product damage caused by battery exposure to extreme heat, remove the device from the vehicle when exiting or store it on battery power.
1 Plug the vehicle power cable ➊ into the USB port ➋ on the device.
2 Press the suction...
Owner's Manual - Page 6
About myDashboard
Use myDashboard to acquire satellite signals. Setting Up myDashboard 1 Connect a USB cable ➊ to the mini-USB port ➋
on -screen instructions.
2
nüvi 30/40/50 ...6 Tilt your device back until it snaps 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 ...
Owner's Manual - Page 7
A list of acquiring satellites while driving, your computer. nüvi 30/40/50 Owner's Manual
3
nüMaps Guarantee™ If you want. 4 Save the file to www.garmin.com/numaps for your device is available on -screen instructions.
Registering the Device 1 From myDashboard, click Register Now. 2 Follow the on -screen instructions. Go to your device...
Owner's Manual - Page 8
...4
2 Select an option:
• Select
or
.
• Select the Mute check box. GPS signal status.
Turning Off the Device
1 Tap the Power key ➊.
➊
2 Select ... Manual
Changing the Screen Brightness
1 Select Settings > Display > Brightness.
2 Select
or
.
Battery status.
You can reset your device if it stops functioning. Current time.
Using Help Select to ...
Owner's Manual - Page 9
Using the On-Screen Buttons • Hold to quickly return to the main menu. • Select and to see more... language mode.
• Select to enter special characters, such as punctuation marks. Finding 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...
Owner's Manual - Page 11
... Spell
Name. 2 Enter a business name or a type of business.
Finding a Location by using the onscreen keyboard, entering the location's address or coordinates, browsing the map, and more.
For ...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. Editing Your Home Location Information 1 Select Where To?...
Owner's Manual - Page 16
... with a magenta line. If 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 ... responsibility to abide by all posted speed limit signs and to use safe driving judgment at the top of the map. nüvi 30/40/50 Owner's Manual ...
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 From the map, select to view the junction, if available. When you can...
Owner's Manual - Page 21
...NOTE: Some computers with multiple network drives cannot display nüvi drives.
nüvi 30/40/50 Owner's Manual
17 About Memory Cards
You can be used to store files such as mounted ...computer, 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. Disconnecting the USB Cable 1 Complete an action:
•...
Owner's Manual - Page 22
...3 Select the setting to change it . System Settings
Select Settings > System.
• GPS Simulator-stops the device from your keyboard. You need
18
nüvi 30/40/50 ...not know the purpose of measure used for distances.
• Keyboard Layout-sets the keyboard layout.
• Safe Mode- disables all functions that should not be deleted.
1 Open the Garmin drive or volume. 2 If necessary, ...
Owner's Manual - Page 23
...a picture of the device storage. Screenshots are saved in the Screenshot folder of the device screen. Language Settings
Select Settings > Language. • Voice Language-sets the language for
calculating your...background (Day),
a dark background (Night), or automatically switches between the two based on -screen text to have the device set the time on your current location (Auto). • ...
Owner's Manual - Page 24
...8226; 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 shown on the map. Select a map to www.garmin....com/maps. TIP: To purchase additional map products, go to enable or disable that map.
NOTE: Changing the text language does not change the icon used...
Owner's Manual - Page 26
... finger pressed until the pop-up window
appears. 4 Select Yes to the cloth. 4 Gently wipe the screen with the cloth. Erasing User Data
1 Turn the device on. 2 Hold your finger on the windshield ...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 at http://my.garmin.com. Any items that you have saved ...
Owner's Manual - Page 28
...the locations of hundreds of using, a custom POI or safety camera database.
Check http://my.garmin.com for the life of your device.
Each region that you are driving too fast. About nü...weekly, so you have access to the most up to four map updates each year for availability.
You can warn you if you purchase has an expiration date. Purchasing Accessories
Go to www.garmin...
Owner's Manual - Page 29
... stay on the device screen.
charged for several minutes. seem accurate. satellite signals
• Make sure your device is not acquiring • Select Settings > System > GPS Simulator > Off. The... direct sunlight or in a hot environment, it (without interrupting the charge cycle). drives listed in My Computer.
Troubleshooting
Problem
Solution
My device is in USB mass storage ...
Owner's Manual - Page 30
... mode.
1 Disconnect the USB cable from your computer. 2 Turn off the device. 3 Plug the USB cable into a USB port on your computer and into USB mass storage mode.
...drives in my list assigning drive letters to your device drives. how to learn
of drives. I cannot see any new
If you have several network drives mapped on and goes into your operating system Help file to map or assign drive...
Owner's Manual - Page 32
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Printed in Taiwan or its subsidiaries
Garmin International, Inc. 1200 East 151st Street, Olathe, Kansas 66062, USA
Garmin (Europe) Ltd. Liberty House, Hounsdown Business Park, Southampton, Hampshire, SO40 9LR UK
Garmin Corporation No. 68, Zhangshu 2nd Road, Xizhi Dist., New Taipei City, 221, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
www.garmin.com
August 2011
Part Number 190-01336-00 Rev...
Quick Start Manual - Page 4
...Taiwan May 2011
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Printed in the USA and other countries.
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Olathe, Kansas 66062, USA
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Garmin®, the Garmin logo, and nüvi® are trademarks of Garmin Ltd. Liberty...
