Garmin nuvi 40LM Support Question
Garmin nuvi 40LM Support Question
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Question posted by DENIjpow on February 13th, 2014
How Do You Change The Home Setting On The Garmin Nuvi 40
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Important Safety and Product Information - Page 2
... the vehicle in death or serious injury. See www.garmin.com/prop65 for an extended time, store within the ...its components contain chemicals known to the State of damage to the GPS device, fire, chemical burn, electrolyte leak, and/or injury.
... voice prompts when possible.
• Do not input destinations, change settings, or access any airbag ➌.
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Owner's Manual - Page 2
..., disseminated, downloaded or stored in the USA and other countries. Garmin reserves the right to make changes in the United States and/or other countries. or its products and to change without the express prior written consent of Garmin. Windows® is subject to change or improve its subsidiaries, registered in any storage medium, for...
Owner's Manual - Page 3
... About Points of Interest 6 Saving a Home Location 7 Location Searches 7 Using the ...40/50 Owner's Manual
Deleting Files 18
Customizing the Device 18 System Settings 18 Navigation Settings 19 Display Settings 19 Time Settings 19 Language Settings 19 Map Settings 20 Proximity Points Settings 20 Restoring Settings 21
Appendix 21 Caring for Your Device 21 Erasing User Data 22 Changing...
Owner's Manual - Page 6
... access product manuals and support, and more. About myDashboard
Use myDashboard to acquire satellite signals. Setting Up myDashboard 1 Connect a USB cable ➊ to the mini-USB port ➋
on...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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Owner's Manual - Page 7
... 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 the Software 1... instructions.
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3 nüMaps Guarantee™ If you want. 4 Save the file to www.garmin.com/numaps for your device is available on the Garmin web site.
1 Open myDashboard...
Owner's Manual - Page 8
... Device You can select some icons to view information about features on the device.
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GPS signal status. Using Help Select to change settings or view additional information. Changing the Screen Brightness
1 Select Settings > Display > Brightness.
2 Select
or
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You can reset your device if it stops functioning. Turning Off the...
Owner's Manual - Page 9
...the keyboard 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 18). 1 Select Where To? > Points of Interest > Spell
Name. 2 Select an option.
&#... Using coordinates (page 9) • Using the map (page 9) • Using Favorites (page 10)
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Owner's Manual - Page 11
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3 Select Edit. 4 Enter your home location for locations by Spelling the Name 1 Select Where To? > Points of Interest > Spell
Name. 2 Enter a business name or a type of business.
The location is saved as "Home" in Favorites (page 10). Location Searches
You can search for the location you can set your changes...
Owner's Manual - Page 12
... order of Recently Found Places Select Where To? > Recently Found > Clear.
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An information balloon appears for the location. 4 Select the information balloon. Clearing the List of the steps may change depending on the map data loaded on your device.
1 Select Where To? > Address. 2 If necessary...
Owner's Manual - Page 14
... location is also stored in Favorites.
Setting a Simulated Location If you are indoors or not receiving satellite signals, you can use the GPS simulator to them.
An information balloon appears for the location (page 6). 2 From the location map, select Save > OK.
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Saving Locations to Favorites...
Owner's Manual - Page 15
.... 5 Select a category, and select New.
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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 To? > Favorites. 2 If necessary, select a category. 3 Select a Favorite. 4 Select the information balloon. 5 Select...
Owner's Manual - Page 16
... may receive for failing to the destination with a magenta line. nüvi 30/40/50 Owner's Manual A checkered flag marks your destination. The route is for any ...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 ...
Owner's Manual - Page 17
... may appear as a straight line to the location.
NOTE: If the route you travel on major roadways. 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...
Owner's Manual - Page 19
... the map. 2 Select Show Map. From the map, select .
2 Select a turn appear. nüvi 30/40/50 Owner's Manual
15 Viewing a List of Turns
When you are navigating a route, you should be traveling, if...text bar on the top of the map.
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...
Owner's Manual - Page 21
...Select Edit > Paste.
Transferring Files from an electronics supplier, or purchase pre-loaded Garmin mapping software (www.garmin.com/trip_planning). The file appears in the list of files in your system tray.... Windows and as maps, images, geocaches, routes, waypoints, and custom POIs. nüvi 30/40/50 Owner's Manual
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Insert a memory card into the slot on the device.
About Memory...
Owner's Manual - Page 22
...GPS signal, and saves battery power.
• Units-sets the unit of a file, do 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...
1 Select Settings. 2 Select a setting category. 3 Select the setting to change it . You need
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Owner's Manual - Page 23
...sets all on-screen text to have the device set the time on your
nüvi. Decreasing the brightness can save battery power. Display Settings
Select Settings > Display. • Color Mode-sets...time format. • Current Time-manually set the time based on your location. Language Settings
Select Settings > Language. • Voice Language-sets the language for your routes. Select ...
Owner's Manual - Page 24
... you when you approach custom safety cameras (page 24).
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nüvi 30/40/50 Owner's Manual Select a map to www.garmin.com/maps. NOTE: Changing the text language does not change the icon used to redraw slower.
• Map View-sets a map perspective.
◦◦ Track Up-displays the map in two dimensions (2D...
Owner's Manual - Page 26
... (page 4). • Do not leave your device in the glove compartment. • Register your device at http://my.garmin.com.
Erasing User Data
1 Turn the device on. 2 Hold your finger on the windshield by the
suction cup. &#...the volume (page 4). Any items that you have saved are restored.
All original settings are erased. 3 Apply the liquid to clear all user data.
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Owner's Manual - Page 29
... of parking garages and away from tall buildings and trees.
• Remain stationary for very long.
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If the
device is placed in direct sunlight or in USB mass storage computer is supplying power... it cannot charge. satellite signals
• Make sure your device is not acquiring • Select Settings > System > GPS Simulator > Off.
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