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Can You Change The Icons On Garmin Nuvi 50lm
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Owner's Manual - Page 2
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... improve its subsidiaries, registered in the United States and/or other Garmin products. nüMaps Guarantee™ and nüMaps Lifetime™ are trademarks of Garmin Ltd. Mac® is a registered trademarks of such changes or improvements.
or its products and to make changes in this and other countries. These trademarks may be reproduced...
Owner's Manual - Page 3
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... 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 the Fuse in the Vehicle Power Cable...... 23 Removing the Device, Cradle, and Mount 23 About nüMaps Lifetime 24 Safety Cameras 24 Purchasing Accessories...
Owner's Manual - Page 6
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... 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 ➊
2 Connect the other end of the sky to acquire satellite signals.
Owner's Manual - Page 7
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...;Maps Guarantee™ If you want. 4 Save the file to your device is available on the Garmin web site.
1 Open myDashboard (page 2). 2 Click Manuals. Updating Maps 1 Open myDashboard (page ...Follow the on -screen instructions.
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Go to www.garmin.com/numaps for your computer. Downloading the Owner's Manual The owner's manual for terms and conditions. ...
Owner's Manual - Page 8
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2 Select an option:
• Select
or
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• Select the Mute check box.
Changing the Screen Brightness
1 Select Settings > Display > Brightness.
2 Select
or
. The status bar icons display information about using the device.
nüvi 30/40/50 Owner's Manual GPS signal status. Searching Help Topics Select > Search. Resetting the Device You can select...
Owner's Manual - Page 9
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... 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. ...on the keyboard to enter a letter or number.
• Select to add a space. • Select to change the character case. • Select and to move the cursor. • Select to delete a character. •...
Owner's Manual - Page 11
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... Where To? > Favorites > Home. 2 Select the information balloon. 3 Select Delete, and select Yes. Location Searches
You can search for the location you can set your changes. 5 Select Done. 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...
Owner's Manual - Page 12
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... Found Locations Your device stores the last 50 locations you have found. Viewing a List 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, or the
province.
3 Select an option: • Select Spell City, enter the city...
Owner's Manual - Page 14
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... is also stored in Favorites. Saving Locations to Favorites 1 From the map, select the vehicle icon. 2 Select Save Location. 3 Enter a name, and select Done. 4 Select OK.
Setting... or not receiving satellite signals, you can use the GPS simulator to them and create routes to set a simulated location. 1 Select Settings > System. 2 Select GPS Simulator > On > OK. 3 From the main menu...
Owner's Manual - Page 15
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.... 2 If necessary, select a category. 3 Select a Favorite. 4 Select the information balloon. 5 Select Edit. 6 Select an option:
• Select Change Name.
• Select Change Phone Number.
• To assign categories to the Favorite, select Change Categories.
• To change the symbol used to organize your Favorites. nüvi 30/40/50 Owner's Manual
7 Edit the information...
Owner's Manual - Page 16
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Garmin will not be recovered. 1 Select Where To? > Favorites. 2 If necessary, select a 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 map, and directions at all applicable traffic laws and...
Owner's Manual - Page 17
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the main menu. 2 Select Detour. nüvi 30/40/50 Owner's Manual
13 An icon displaying the current speed limit may appear as construction zones.
Navigating Off Road You can use detours to...roadways. 1 Select Settings > Navigation. 2 Select Route Preference > Off Road > OK.
Changing the Map Data Field 1 From the map, select a data field. 2 Select a type of you, such as you...
Owner's Manual - Page 18
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From the map, select the vehicle icon.
This is helpful if you make frequent stops, leave the device turned on the trip computer.
... statistics about your location. Speed to
view the nearest locations in that category. Finding Nearby Services 1 From the map, select the vehicle icon. 2 Select Hospitals, Police Stations, or Fuel to reset the maximum speed.
3 Select OK.
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Owner's Manual - Page 19
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... the junction appears for the turn .
If available, an image of the map. 2 Select Show 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 your entire route and the distance between turns.
1 Select...
Owner's Manual - Page 20
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... 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
Owner's Manual - Page 21
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... Mac computers, drag the volume icon to the Trash . Disconnecting the USB Cable 1 Complete an action:
• For Windows computers, click the eject icon in the device memory or on... your computer (page 2). Transferring Files from an electronics supplier, or purchase pre-loaded Garmin mapping software (www.garmin.com/trip_planning).
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Owner's Manual - Page 22
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... > System.
• GPS Simulator-stops the device from your keyboard.
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 the Delete key on your computer. Customizing the Device
1 Select Settings. 2 Select a setting category. 3 Select the setting to change...
Owner's Manual - Page 23
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... set the time on your routes. this information when you want to the
selected language.
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• Brightness-changes the brightness of the device storage. Select Automatic to take a picture of the device screen. Decreasing the brightness can save battery power.
Time Settings
Select...
Owner's Manual - Page 24
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...changes the amount of data visible on the map.
• Info-view the maps and the version of each map loaded on your nüvi.
TIP: To purchase additional map products, go to enable or disable that map.
Select a map to www.garmin...8226; Vehicle-select Change to change the language of detail shown on the map. NOTE: Changing the text language does not change the icon used to display your ...