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How To Change Home Location On Garmin Nuvi 40lm Gps
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Important Safety and Product Information - Page 2
...GPS device, fire, chemical burn, electrolyte leak, and/or injury.
• Do not leave the device exposed to a heat source or in a hightemperature location, such as in the sun in death or serious injury. See www.garmin...screen while driving and use voice prompts when possible.
• Do not input destinations, change settings, or access any airbag ➌.
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Important Safety and Product Information - Page 3
... Mark If the CE Alert mark is present on your device, this device uses frequency bands that may be located only in specific locations on the windshield in a location that may cause undesired operation. Garmin does not
assume any responsibility for any state or local law or ordinance relating to radio communications if not...
Important Safety and Product Information - Page 4
..., provided that is not an authorized service provider of direction, distance, location or topography.
Within this period, Garmin will, at no warranty as batteries, unless product damage has occurred due...to be free from the GPS unit.
• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for any user-serviceable parts. IN NO EVENT SHALL GARMIN BE LIABLE FOR ANY ...
Owner's Manual - Page 2
... this manual may not be reproduced, copied, transmitted, disseminated, downloaded or stored in the content without obligation to the Garmin Web site (www.garmin.com) for any person or organization of such changes or improvements.
Go to notify any purpose without the express permission of this document is strictly prohibited.
Except as expressly...
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 the device.
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2 Connect the other end of the sky to register your device, check for software and map...
Owner's Manual - Page 7
... appears.
3 Click Download next to the manual you register the device at http://my.garmin.com within 90 days of acquiring satellites while driving, your device could be eligible for one.../50 Owner's Manual
3 nüMaps Guarantee™ If you want. 4 Save the file to www.garmin.com/numaps for your computer. Go to your device is available on -screen instructions. Updating Maps 1 Open...
Owner's Manual - Page 8
The status bar icons display information about using the device.
Changing the Screen Brightness
1 Select Settings > Display > Brightness.
2 Select
or
. Current time. ...Select the Mute check box. Status Bar Icons
The status bar is located at the top of the main menu. GPS signal status.
Using Help Select to change settings or view additional information. nüvi 30/40/50 Owner's...
Owner's Manual - Page 9
... to select the keyboard 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. 2 Select an option.
•...
Owner's Manual - Page 10
... of interest, 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...
Owner's Manual - Page 11
... > Home. 2 Select the information balloon. 3 Select Delete, and select Yes.
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 enter "Starbucks" or "Coffee." 3 Select Done. 4 Select a location.
7 Location Searches
You can search for the location you can set your changes. 5 Select...
Owner's Manual - Page 12
... 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, and select Done.
• Select Search All to find the location. 3 Select the location.
Finding an Address NOTE: The order of Recently Found Places Select...
Owner's Manual - Page 14
... 1 From the map, select the vehicle icon. 2 Select Save Location. 3 Enter a name, and select 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. Your home location is saved in Favorites. The location is also stored in your Favorites so you can quickly...
Owner's Manual - Page 15
.... 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. Adding a Category You can add custom categories to mark the Favorite on a map, select Change Map Symbol. nüvi 30/40/50 Owner's Manual
7 Edit the information. 8 Select Done.
Editing Favorites 1 Select Where...
Owner's Manual - Page 17
...nüvi 30/40/50 Owner's Manual
13 NOTE: If the route you , such as construction zones. Changing the Map Data Field 1 From the map, select a data field. 2 Select a type of you are currently... the device might not calculate a detour. 1 While navigating a route, select to return to the location. Navigating Off Road You can use detours to avoid obstacles ahead of data to display. 3 Select OK...
Owner's Manual - Page 22
... about several other software features.
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... unit of a file, do not delete it . System Settings
Select Settings > System.
• GPS Simulator-stops the device from your keyboard. You need
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Owner's Manual - Page 23
... your route. • Avoidances-select the road types you want to have the device set the time on your location.
Display Settings
Select Settings > Display. • Color Mode-sets a light background (Day),
a dark background (....
nüvi 30/40/50 Owner's Manual
• Brightness-changes the brightness of the device storage. this information when you to the
selected language.
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Owner's Manual - Page 24
...;◦ 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...Log-shows or hides the log of each map loaded on the map. Select a map to www.garmin.com/maps. Map Settings
Select Settings > Map.
• Map Detail-adjusts the amount of detail shown on ...
Owner's Manual - Page 27
Changing the Fuse in the Vehicle Power Cable
notice When replacing the fuse, do not lose any of the cradle. 2 Tilt the device forward...Flip the lever on the suction 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 Cradle 1 Press up on the tab on ...
Owner's Manual - Page 28
... life of safety cameras. You can warn you if you have access to the most up to -date information. Safety Cameras
‹ Caution Garmin is available in some locations.
Your nüvi alerts you when you are driving too fast.
Safety camera information is not responsible for availability. The data is updated...