Garmin nuvi 50LM Support Question
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Question posted by mrstamone on December 18th, 2013
How To Get Canada Maps Onto Nuvi 50lm?
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Owner's Manual - Page 2
... Apple Computer, Inc. Garmin®, the Garmin logo, MapSource® and nüvi® are trademarks of Garmin Ltd. or its subsidiaries. nüMaps Guarantee™ and nüMaps Lifetime™ are trademarks of Garmin Ltd. These trademarks may be used without notice. Windows® is strictly prohibited.
Mac® is subject...
Owner's Manual - Page 3
... 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 16 About Memory Cards 17 ... 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 ...
Owner's Manual - Page 5
... cup.
1 Getting Started
‹ WARNING S ee the Important Safety and Product Information guide in the product box for updates.
• Software updates (page 3). • Free map update (page 3). Notice Before mounting the device, see the Important Safety and Product Information guide for information about laws pertaining to vehicle power (page 1). 2 Mount...
Owner's Manual - Page 6
... ➋
on the device.
➋ ➊
2 Connect the other end of the vehicle power cable into
a power outlet in your device, check for software and map updates, access product manuals and support, and more.
Owner's Manual - Page 7
... click Register Now. 2 Follow the on -screen instructions. nüMaps Guarantee™ If you want. 4 Save the file to the ... list of acquiring satellites while driving, your device is available on -screen instructions.
Updating Maps 1 Open myDashboard (page 2). 2 Register the device (page 3). 3 Under Map Updates, click Update Now. 4 Follow the on the Garmin web site.
1 Open myDashboard...
Owner's Manual - Page 9
... location (page 6) • By spelling the name (page 7) • By address (page 8) • Using recently found locations (page 8) • Using coordinates (page 9) • Using the map (page 9) • Using Favorites (page 10)
nüvi 30/40/50 Owner's Manual
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Owner's Manual - Page 10
... by Category 1 Select Where To? > Points of interest, such as a Via Point.
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nüvi 30/40/50 Owner's Manual About Points of Interest
The detailed maps loaded in 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...
Owner's Manual - Page 11
... Information 1 Select Where To? > Favorites > Home. 2 Select the information balloon.
Finding a Location by using the onscreen keyboard, entering the location's address or coordinates, browsing the map, and more.
The location is saved as "Home" in Favorites (page 10).
Owner's Manual - Page 12
Finding a Location by Browsing the Map 1 Select Where To? > Browse Map. 2 Drag the map to search all cities in the state or province.
4 Enter the address number, and... the last 50 locations you have 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. 2 If necessary, change the state, the country, ...
Owner's Manual - Page 13
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➎
• Select ➊ to save the location to your Favorites.
• Select the information balloon ➋ to view different parts of map you select a location from the Where To?
This method can find a location using , and select OK.
3 Select the latitude coordinate. 4 Enter... to the previous page.
• Select ➏ to view more information for the type of the map.
Owner's Manual - Page 14
... Save > OK.
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nüvi 30/40/50 Owner's Manual The location is also stored in Favorites. Favorites
You can use the GPS simulator to Favorites 1 From the map, select the vehicle icon. 2 Select Save Location. 3 Enter a name, and select Done. 4 Select OK.
Saving Your Location to set a simulated location. 1 Select Settings...
Owner's Manual - Page 15
nüvi 30/40/50 Owner's Manual
7 Edit the information. 8 Select Done. Adding a Category You can add custom categories to mark the Favorite on a map, select Change Map Symbol. Finding Favorites 1 Select Where To? > Favorites. 2 If necessary, select a category. 3 Select a saved location. NOTE: Categories appear in the Favorites menu after you have saved...
Owner's Manual - Page 16
...category. 3 Select the Favorite. 4 Select the information balloon. 5 Select Delete > Yes.
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Map Pages
Following an Automobile Route
notice The speed limit icon feature is marked with voice prompts, arrows on the... The route is for failing to use safe driving judgment at the top of the map. Deleting Favorites NOTE: Deleted Favorites cannot be responsible for any traffic fines or citations ...
Owner's Manual - Page 17
... travel on major roadways.
Navigating Off Road You can use detours to avoid obstacles ahead of data to display. 3 Select OK. 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 Settings > Navigation. 2 Select Route Preference...
Owner's Manual - Page 18
...device turned on the trip computer.
• Select Reset Max. Resetting Trip Information
1 From the map, select the Speed field > Reset. 2 Select an option:
• Select Reset Trip Data ...locations in that category. Speed to view information about your trip. From the map, select the Speed field.
From the map, select the vehicle icon. Viewing Current Location Information Use the Where Am I?...
Owner's Manual - Page 19
... turn , lane change, or other maneuver appears in which you can view all of the turns and maneuvers for junctions on the top of the map. Viewing a List of Turns
When you are navigating a route, you should be traveling, if available. If available, an image of the junction appears for your...
Owner's Manual - Page 20
... as JPEG image files, on major roadways.
File Types
The device supports the following file types:
• Maps and GPX waypoint files from MapSource® (page 24)
• GPI custom POI files from Garmin POI ... has a memory card slot for additional data storage. From the map, select to view the junction, if available.
Data Management
You can view the junctions on your device.
Owner's Manual - Page 21
See your operating system Help file to learn how to map the drives.
2 On your system tray.
• For Mac computers, drag the volume icon to the...device and memory card appear as removable drives in My Computer in Windows and as maps, images, geocaches, routes, waypoints, and custom POIs. In addition to map and data storage, the memory card can purchase memory cards from Your Computer
1 ...
Owner's Manual - Page 23
...; Avoidances-select the road types you want to
avoid on your current location (Auto). • Screenshot-allows you update the system software or purchase additional map data. Navigation Settings
Select Settings > Navigation. • Route Preference-select a preference for voice
prompts. • Text Language-sets all on the sunrise time and the...
Owner's Manual - Page 24
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nüvi 30/40/50 Owner's Manual Select a map to www.garmin.com/maps. TIP: To purchase additional map products, go to enable or disable that map.
Showing more detail can cause the map to redraw slower.
• Map View-sets a map perspective.
◦◦ Track Up-displays the map in two dimensions (2D) with your direction of...
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