Garmin 01039 Users Manual

StreetPilot® c550™

owner’s manual

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March 2006

Part Number 190-00642-00 Rev. A

PREFACE

PREFACE

Congratulations on purchasing the Garmin® StreetPilot® c550™.

Serial Number

Record the serial number (8-digit number on the back of the unit) in case your c550 needs service or you want to purchase additional maps.

Serial Number: ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

Contact Garmin

Contact Garmin if you have any questions or if you should encounter any difficulty while using your c550.

In the U.S.A, contact Garmin Product Support by phone at 913/397.8200 or 800/800.1020, Monday–Friday, 8 AM–5 PM Central Time. To send us a question through e-mail, go to www.garmin.com/support/ and click Technical Support. Fill out the form and click Submit .

In Europe, contact Garmin (Europe) Ltd. at 44/0870.8501241.

Quick Links

•Finding an address: page 5

•Viewing the Map page: page 13

•Using hands-free cell phone: page XX

•Listening to MP3 files: page 25

•Transferring files to your c550: pages 17–20 and page 55

•Adjusting the volume: page 5

•Adjusting the brightness: page 5

•Cleaning and storing your unit: pages 52–53

•Tips and Shortcuts: page 5

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface...................................................	i
Serial Number................................................	i
Contact Garmin..............................................	i
Quick Links....................................................	i
Find It and Go! ......................................	1
Finding Your Destination.................................	1
Following Your Route......................................	2
Adding a Stop to Your Route............................	3
Adding a Detour to a Route.............................	4
Stopping Your Route ......................................	4
Adjusting the Volume.....................................	5
Adjusting the Brightness.................................	5
c550 Tips and Shortcuts .................................	5
Where To?.............................................	6
Go! Page Options...........................................	6
Finding an Address ........................................	7
Go Home......................................................	8
Finding Points of Interest................................	9
Finding Recently Found Places.......................	10
Finding a Place Using the Map .......................	11
Expanding Your Search.................................	12

Favorites.............................................	13
Saving Places You Find .................................	13
Finding Saved Places....................................	13
Saving Your Current Location ........................	13
Editing Saved Places ....................................	14
Viewing the Map and Other Pages.......	15
Viewing the Map Page ..................................	15
Trip Information Page...................................	16
Turn List.....................................................	17
Next Turn Page............................................	17
Managing Files on Your c550...............	18
Step 1: Insert an SD Card (Optional) .............	18
Step 2: Connect the USB Cable .....................	18
Step 3: Transfer Files to Your c550.................	19
Step 4: Eject and Unplug the USB Cable.........	20
Information about Your c550 Drives ...............	20
Additional Help............................................	20
Deleting Files from Your c550........................	21
Supported File Types....................................	21

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Listening to MP3 Files .........................	22
Using the Hands-free Features of Your
c550 ..................................................	23
Connecting Your Phone to the c550 Using
BlueTooth ................................................	23
Phone Menu................................................	25
FM TMC Traffic Information ................	28
Connecting the FM Traffic Receiver.................	28
Avoiding Traffic............................................	29
Viewing Traffic Events ..................................	29
Adding a Subscription ..................................	30
Customizing the c550..........................	31
Restoring Settings .......................................	31
Changing the Map Settings ...........................	32
Changing the System Settings.......................	33
Localizing Your c550.....................................	34
Customizing the Display ...............................	36
Changing the Navigation Settings ..................	37
Changing the Bluetooth Settings....................	38
Using the Travel Guide..................................	39
Custom POIs (Points of Interest)....................	40

Appendix.............................................	41
Mounting Your c550 .....................................	41
Resetting Your c550.....................................	43
Clearing User Data.......................................	43
Caring for Your c550 ...................................	44
Updating the c550 Software..........................	46
Purchasing and Loading Additional MapSource
Maps.......................................................	46
Loading MapSource Waypoints on Your c550 ...	47
Bluetooth® Wireless Technology
Troubleshooting........................................	48
USB Interface Troubleshooting.......................	48
Battery Information ....................................	50
About Satellite Signals .................................	51
Technical Specifications ................................	52
Software License Agreement.........................	53
FCC Compliance ..........................................	54
Index ..................................................	55

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FIND IT AND GO!

FIND IT AND GO!

Go outside where you have a clear view of the sky to get satellite signals. Turn on your Garmin StreetPilot c550 to begin acquiring GPS satellite signals. The bars in the upper-left corner indicate satellite strength. After your c550 has acquired satellite signals, find your destination and go to it.

Finding Your Destination

	Touch	Where to?		Touch Food, Hotels….			Touch a category.

Touch a destination.

Touch Go!

Enjoy the route!

TIP: Touch and to see more choices.

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Following Your Route

Follow the route to your destination using the Map page. As you travel, your c550 guides you to your destination with vocal prompts, turn arrows on the map, and directions at the top of the Map page. If you depart from the original route, your c550 recalculates the route and provides new route directions.

Read the driving instructions at the

top of the page.

Your route is marked	Follow the arrows as	A checkered
with a magenta line.	you make turns.	flag marks your
		destination.

For more information about using the Map page, see pages 13–16.

Taking a Better Route

As you get closer to the destination the c550 evaluates more road options when calculating the route, which may result in a better route than what was originally calculated. When the StreetPilot has found a better route, a yellow diamond with a road in it is displayed in the lower-left corner of the Map page. Touch to take the better route.

If you need to take a detour, press the Menu button to open the Menu page and touch Detour.

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Adding a Stop to Your Route

You can add a stop (via point) to your route. The c550 gives you directions to the stop and then to your final destination.

With a route active, touch	Search for the extra stop.
Menu > Where to?

Touch Go!	Touch Yes to add this stop
	before your destination.
	Touch No to make this
	your new final destination

NOTE: You can add only one stop to your route.

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Adding a Detour to a Route

If you need to take a detour from your current route, touch Detour from the Menu page of the c550. The unit calculates a new route and provides you with new instructions. The c550

attempts to get you back on your original route as soon as possible.

On some routes, the route you are currently taking might be the only reasonable option. In this case, you cannot take a detour.

Stopping Your Route

If you want to stop your current route, return to the Menu page and touch Stop.

Touch Menu to return to the Menu page.

Touch Stop to end navigation. Touch Detour and your unit creates a new route if possible.

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Adjusting the Volume

Turn the Volume knob on the right side of the unit up to raise the volume or down to lower it.

Adjusting the Brightness

From the Menu page, touch to adjust the backlight brightness. Touch to lower the brightness and to raise it. Touch OK when you are done.

c550 Tips and

Shortcuts

•To quickly return to the Menu page, press and hold Back.

•To extend the battery life, turn off GPS when you do not need to receive GPS signals.

Touch > System > GPS Mode > GPS Off.

•For more tips about the battery, see page 57.

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WHERE TO?

WHERE TO?

The Where To? menu provides several different categories used to search for locations. From the Menu page, touch Where To? To learn how to perform a simple search using the Where To menu, see page 1.

Address—enter the house number and street name to find a specific address. See page 3.

Go Home—navigate a route to your Home Location.

Food, Hotel…—search for places such as schools, shopping centers, and hospitals. Touch and to view all of the categories.

Recently Found—find places you have recently found. Favorites—save and find your favorite locations. See page 7

Extras—find optional items such as Custom POIs and Garmin Travel Guide™ points. See page XX and XX.

Intersections—find the intersection of two streets. Cities—find a city.

Browse Map—use the map to find the location you are looking for. See the next page.

Go! Page Options

Touch Go! to create a turn-by- turn route to this location.

Touch Show Map to view this location on the map.

Touch Save to save this location as one of your Favorites. See pages 9 through 12 for more information.

If a cell phone with Bluetooth wireless technology is connected, touch to call this location.

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Finding an Address

To find an address, touch Where to? from the Menu page. Touch Address.

	Touch a state.	Touch Spell City			Touch a city.	Type the number
		and spell the city.				of the address and
						touch Done.

Type the street	Touch the street.	Touch the address, if
name and touch		necessary. Touch Go!
Done.

Finding an intersection is very similar to finding an address.

Touch Intersection and enter the two street names.

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Go Home

You can set a Home location for the place you return to most often. After you have set your Home, you can easily Go Home.

Touch Where to?.

Touch Go Home.

Touch an option.

Going Home

Once your Home location is set, you can route to it at any time by touching Where To? > Go Home.

Changing Your Home Location

To change your Home Location, you must first delete it from Favorites: from the Menu page, touch Where To? > Favorites > HOME > Edit > Delete > Yes. (For information about editing and deleting a saved location from your Favorites, see page 15.) After you delete your Home Location, reset it following the steps above.

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WHERE TO?

	Finding Points of Interest
	To find a point of interest (such as a restarant, hotel, or
	attraction), touch Where to? from the Menu page. Touch
		TIP: In any search results
	Food, Hotels…. Touch a sub-category (such as Food) to find
		list, if you do not see the
	the location.
	Finding a Place by Spelling the Name	place you want visit or
		you want to narrow your
	From the Menu page, touch Where to? > Food,	search results list, touch
	Hotels… > Spell Name.	Spell and enter the name
		or part of the name.

Using the on-screen	Touch the place
keyboard, enter letters	you want to visit.
contained in the name.	Touch Go!
Touch Done.

Using the On-Screen Keyboard

Touch to enter numbers. Touch to delete the last character entered; touch and hold to delete the entire entry.

Touch to change the keyboard mode to use diacritical characters or special characters.

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Finding Recently Found Places

Your c550 stores the last 50 of your recent finds in the Recently Found list. The most recently viewed places appear at the top of the list. From the Menu page, touch Where to? > Recently Found to view your recently found items.

Deleting Recently Found Places

To remove all places from the Recently Found list, touch Clear. Then touch Yes.

NOTE: When you touch Clear, all items from the list are removed. It does not delete the actual place from your unit.

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Finding a Place Using the Map

Use the Browse Map page to view different parts of the map. Touch Where to? > > Browse Map.

Tips for Browsing the Map

•Touch the arrows to view different parts of the map.

•Touch and to zoom in and out.

•Touch any object on the map. An arrow appears pointing at the object you selected.

•Touch Go to navigate to the selected location.

•Touch Save to save this location to your Favorites.

•Touch Back to return to the previous screen.

•To save your current location, touch Where to? > > Browse Map. The Browse Map page opens with your current location selected. Touch Save to save your current location in

Favorites.

•If the GPS is off, touch Set Loc. to set your location to the selected location.

Viewing Places on the Map

You can view a place you have found on the Map page.

Touch Show Map.

Touch Back, Save, or Go!

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Expanding Your Search

From the Menu page,	Touch an option.
touch Where to?	Touch OK.
Then touch Near.

Where I Am Now—searches for places near your current location.

A Different City—searches for places near the city you enter.

My Current Route—searches for places along the route you are currently navigating.

My Destination—searches for places near your route destination.

NOTE: Your c550 automatically searches for places near your current location.

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FAVORITES

FAVORITES

Saving Places You Find

After you have found a place, touch Save.

Touch OK.

Finding Saved Places

From the Menu page, touch Where to?.

Touch Favorites.				Touch the place
				you want to visit.

Saving Your

Current Location

Touch the vehicle icon on the map. Touch Yes.

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Editing Saved Places

After you save a place, you can change the name of the place and its symbol on the map. From the Menu page, touch Where to?

Touch Favorites.	Touch the place
	you want to edit.

Touch the Edit button.	Touch a button edit
The Edit window opens.	the saved location.

Deleting Saved Places

To delete this saved place, touch Delete. Then touch Yes.

Changing the Name

To change the name, touch

Change Name. Enter the new name using the on-screen keyboard. Touch Done.

Changing the Map

Symbol

To change the symbol used on the map, touch Change Map Symbol and touch a symbol from the list.

Changing the Phone

Number

You can save a phone number for this location to use with your Bluetooth® enabled cellular phone. Touch Change Phone Number, enter a phone number, and touch Done.

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