Garmin 01392 Users Manual

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nüvi

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205/205W series

owner’s manual

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Introduction

Introduction

myGarmin™

Go to http://my.garmin.com to access

Manual Conventions

When you are instructed to “touch”

something, use your nger to touch

an item on the screen.

The small arrows (>) used in the
text indicate that you should touch a
series of items. For example, if you

the latest services for your Garmin
products:

Register your Garmin unit.

•

Subscribe to online services for

•
safety camera information (see

page 44).

Unlock optional maps.

•

see “touch Where to? > Favorites”
you should touch Where to?, and
then touch Favorites.

nüvi® Tips and Shortcuts

To quickly return to the Menu

•
page, touch and hold Back.

Touch and to see

•
more choices. Touch and hold
these buttons to scroll faster.

Screenshots in this manual are

•
taken from a widescreen unit and
may look different than your unit.

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Contact Garmin

Contact Garmin Product Support if you
have any questions while using your
nüvi. In the USA, go to www.garmin

.com/support, or contact Garmin USA

by phone at [phone] or (800)
800-1020.

In the UK, contact Garmin (Europe)
Ltd. by phone at 0808 2380000.

In Europe, go to www.garmin

.com/support and click Contact

Support for in-country support

information, or contact Garmin
(Europe) Ltd. by phone at +44 (0)

870.8501241.

Introduction

Table of Contents

Introduction ..........................i

Manual Conventions .............. i

nüvi® Tips and Shortcuts........i

myGarmin™ ........................... i

Contact Garmin ..................... i

Getting Started ....................1

Step 1: Mount Your nüvi .......2

Step 2: Congure Your

nüvi .......................................3

Step 3: Acquire Satellites .....3

Step 4: Use Your nüvi ...........3

Finding Your Destination ......4

Following Your Route ...........5

Adding a Stop .......................5

Taking a Detour ....................6

Stopping the Route ............... 6

Adjusting the Volume ............6

Locking the Screen ............... 6

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Where to? ............................ 7

Finding an Address ...............7

Setting a Home Location ......7

Go! Page Options .................8

Finding a Place by Spelling

the Name .............................9

Searching Near Another

Location ................................9

Finding Recently Found

Places ................................. 10

Favorites ............................. 10

Finding a Place Using the

Map .................................... 11

Entering Coordinates .......... 12

Using Photo Navigation ......12

Navigating Off Road ...........13

Walking to a Destination ..... 13

Using the Main Pages ......14

Map Page ...........................14

Trip Computer .....................15

Turn List Page ....................15

Next Turn Page ..................15

Introduction

Making Hands Free Phone

Calls ................................... 16

Pairing Your Phone ............. 16

Receiving a Call ................17

In a Call .............................18

Phone Menu .......................18

Managing Files ..................21

Supported File Types..........21

Loading Files ......................21

Loading Pictures for Photo

Navigation ..........................22

Deleting Files ..................... 22

Using the Tools .................23

Settings ..............................23

Where Am I? .......................23

Help ....................................23

MSN® Direct ......................23

Picture Viewer ....................23

My Data ..............................24

World Clock .......................24

Calculator ..........................25

Unit Converter ...................25

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Viewing Advertisements .....26

Using FM Trafc ................27

Trafc in Your Area .............28

Severity Color Code ...........28

Trafc on Your Route .......... 28

Viewing the Trafc Map ......29

Viewing Trafc Delays ........29

Trafc Subscriptions ...........30

Customizing the nüvi .......31

Changing the System

Settings ..............................31

Changing the Navigation

Settings ..............................31

Adjusting the Display

Settings ..............................32

Updating the Time

Settings ..............................32

Setting the Languages .......33

Changing the Map

Settings ..............................33

Changing Security

Settings ..............................34

Introduction

Setting the Bluetooth

Technology Options ............34

Changing the Proximity

Points Settings ...................35

Viewing Trafc Subscription

Information .........................35

Restoring All Settings .........37

Appendix ...........................38

Caring for Your nüvi ...........38

Locking Your nüvi ...............39

Calibrating the Screen ........39

Resetting Your nüvi ............40

Updating the Software ........40

Clearing User Data .............40

Battery Information ............41

Charging Your nüvi ............. 41

Changing the Fuse .............41

Removing the nüvi and

Mount .................................42

Mounting on Your

Dashboard ..........................42

Additional Maps ..................43

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About GPS Satellite

Signals ................................ 43

Extras and Optional

Accessories ........................44

Garmin Travel Guide ..........45

Specications .....................46

Declaration of Conformity ...48
Software License

Agreement ..........................48

Index ..................................49

Getting Started

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Getting Started

See the Important Safety and Product Information guide in the product box for

product warnings and other important information.

Power key:

Slide to the left to turn the nüvi on/off;

Mini-USB connector

slide to the right to lock the screen.

Memory

card

slot

Speaker

Microphone

Reset button

NOTE: Memory card slots on units may be equipped for an SD card or a microSD

card.

WARNING: This product contains a lithium-ion battery. To prevent damage, remove the
unit from the vehicle when exiting or store it out of direct sunlight.

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™

Getting Started

Suction cup mount

Cradle

Suction cup mount

Cradle

Vehicle power

cable

Vehicle power

cable

Before mounting the nüvi, see the Important Safety and Product Information guide for
information about laws pertaining to windshield mounting.

Step 1: Mount Your nüvi

1. Plug the vehicle power cable into the back of your nüvi.

2. Snap the cradle onto the suction cup arm.

3. Remove the clear plastic from the suction cup.

Clean and dry your windshield and the suction

cup with a lint-free cloth. Press the suction cup
rmly on the windshield.

4. Flip the lever back toward the windshield.

5. Fit the bottom of your nüvi into the cradle.

6. Tilt your nüvi back until it snaps into place.

7. Plug the other end of the vehicle power cable

into a power outlet in your vehicle. Your unit

should turn on automatically if it is plugged in
and the vehicle is running.

8. If you are using a trafc receiver in Europe,
connect the external antenna to the trafc

receiver and secure the external antenna to

the windshield using the suction cups. (Trafc

receivers are included in some nüvi 205/205W

series packages.)

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Getting Started

Step 2: Congure Your

nüvi

To turn your nüvi on, slide the

Power key to the left. Follow the

on-screen instructions. To turn your
nüvi off, slide the Power key to
the left.

Step 3: Acquire
Satellites

1. Go outdoors to an open area,
away from tall buildings and trees.

2. Turn on your nüvi.

Acquiring satellite signals can take a
few minutes. The bars indicate
satellite strength. When at least one
of the bars is green, your nüvi has
acquired satellite signals. Now you
can select a destination and navigate
to it.

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Step 4: Use Your nüvi

➊ ➋ ➌ ➍

➎ ➏

➐ ➑ ➒

➊

GPS satellite strength

➋

Bluetooth® technology status

(Available on the nüvi 215,
215W, 265, 265W, and 275.)

➌

Battery status

➍

Current time. Touch to change

time settings.

➎

Touch to nd a destination.

➏

Touch to view the map.

➐

Touch to make a call when

connected to a compatible

mobile phone.

➑

Touch to adjust the volume.

➒

Touch to use the tools such as

settings and Help.

Getting Started

Finding YourYour Destination

The Where to? menu provides several different categories for you to use when
searching for addresses, cities, and other locations. The detailed maps loaded
in your nüvi contain millions of points of interest, such as restaurants, hotels,
and auto services.

1. Touch Where to?. 2. Select a category. 3. Select a subcategory.

4. Select a destination. 5. Touch

TIP: Touch and to see more choices.

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Go!.

Getting Started

Following Your Route

As you travel, your nüvi guides
you to your destination with voice
prompts, arrows on the map, and
directions at the top of the map. If
you depart from the original route,
your nüvi recalculates the route and
provides new directions.

Your route is marked with a

magenta line. Follow the arrows as

you take turns.

A checkered ag marks

your destination.

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Adding a Stop

You can add a stop (called a Via
Point) to your route. The nüvi gives
you directions to the Via Point and

then to your nal destination.

1. With a route active, touch Menu >

Where to?.

2. Search for the extra stop.

3. Touch

4. Touch

Go!.
Add as Via Point to add

this stop before your destination.

Touch Set as new Destination

to make this your new nal

destination.

Getting Started

Taking a Detour

1. With a route active, touch Menu.

2. Touch

The nüvi attempts to get you
back on your original route as
quickly as possible. If the route
you are currently taking is the only
reasonable option, the nüvi might not
calculate a detour.

Detour.

Locking the Screen

To prevent accidental screen touches,
slide the Power key to the right
( ). To unlock the screen, slide the

Power key to the center position.

Stopping the Route

1. With a route active, touch Menu.

2. Touch

Stop.

Adjusting the Volume

From the Menu page, touch Volume.
Touch and to adjust the
volume. Touch the box next to Mute
to mute all audio.

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Where to?

Where to?

The Where to? menu provides
several different categories you can
use to search for locations. To learn
how to perform a simple search, see

page 4.

Finding an Address

NOTE: Depending on the version

of the maps loaded on your nüvi, the
button names can change and some
steps could be ordered differently.

1. Touch Where to? > Address.

2. Touch

3. Change the state, country, or

Spell City, enter the

city/postal code, and touch Done.
Select the city/postal code in the

list. (Not all map data provides
postal code searching.) If you are
unsure of the city, touch Search

All.

province, if necessary.

3. Enter the number of the address,

and touch Done.

4. Enter the street name, and touch

Done.

5. Select the correct street in the list,
if necessary.

6. Touch the address, if necessary.

Setting a Home Location

Set your home location for the place
you return to most often.

1. To set your home location, touch

Where to? > Go Home.

2. Select an option:

Enter your address.

•

Use your current location.

•

Choose from a list of recently

•

found locations.

Going Home

To navigate home after you have set
your home location, touch Where

to? > Go Home.

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Where to?

Changing Your Home

Go! Page Options

Location

To set a different home location:

1. Touch Tools > My Data > Set

Home Location.

2. Select an option:
Enter your address.

•
Use your current location.

•

Choose from a list of recently

•

found locations.

To edit your home location:

1. Touch Where to? > Favorites >

All Favorites > Home.

2. Touch Edit, enter your changes,
and touch Done.

If you delete your home location,
you can reset it by following the
steps on page 7.

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➊

➋

➌

➍

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

➊ ➋

➌ ➍

Touch Route Info to view

a turn-by-turn map to this
location.

Touch Go! to create a turn-by-

turn route to this location.

Touch Map to view this

location on the map.

Touch Save to save this

location to your Favorites.

Finding a Place by
Spelling the Name

If you know the name of the
destination you are looking for,
you can spell it using the on-screen
keyboard. You can also enter letters
contained in the name to narrow the
search.

1. Touch Where to? > Points of

Interest > Spell Name.

2. Using the on-screen keyboard,
enter letters in the name of your

destination. Touch Done.

Using the On-Screen
Keyboard

When an on-screen keyboard
appears, touch a letter or number to
enter it.

Where to?

Touch to add a space. Touch
and to move the cursor. Touch

to delete a character. Touch and

hold to erase the entire entry.

Touch Mode to select the keyboard
language mode. Touch &?% to
enter special characters, such as
punctuation marks.

Searching Near AnotherNear Another
Location

Your nüvi automatically searches for
places near your current location.

1. Touch Where to? > Near….

2. Select an option:

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Where to?

Where I Am Now—search

•

near your current location.

A Different City—search near

•

the city you enter.

My Current Route—search

•

along your active route.

My Destination—search near

•

your current destination.

Finding Recently Found
Places

Your nüvi stores the last 50 of your

recent nds in the Recently Found

list. The most-recently viewed places
appear at the top of the list. 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 >

Yes.

NOTE: When you touch Clear, all

items in the list are removed. This
process does not delete the actual
place from your nüvi.

Favoritesvorites

You can save places in your

Favorites so you can quickly nd

them and create routes to them.
Your home location is also stored in

Favorites.

Saving Your Current
Location

From the Map page, touch .
Touch Save Location to save your
current location.

Saving Places You Find

1. From the Go! page, touch Save.

2. Touch

OK. The place is saved in

Favorites.

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Finding Saved Places

1. Touch Where to?.

2. Touch

Favorites. Your saved

locations are listed.

Editing Saved Places

1. Touch Where to? > Favorites.

2. Select the category and the

location you want to edit.

3. Touch

4. Touch an item to edit:

Edit.

Change Name—enter a new

•

name, and touch Done.

Attach Photo—select a

•

picture that you have loaded
on your nüvi or on a memory

card to assign to the location.

Where to?

Change Map Symbol—touch

•

a new symbol used to mark

this location on the map.

Change Phone Number—

•

enter a phone number, and

touch Done.

Change Categories—select

•

another category for the

location.

Delete—touch Yes to remove

•

this item from the Favorites

list.

Finding a Place Using
the Map

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

Where to? > Browse Map.

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Where to?

Tips for Browsing the Map

Touch the map, and drag 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.

Touch Save to save this location.

•

Touch Go! to navigate to the

•
location.

If the GPS mode is off, touch Set

•

Loc to set your location to the

selected location. (See page 31.)

Entering Coordinates

If you know the geographic
coordinates of your destination, you
can use your nüvi to navigate to your
destination using the latitude and

1. Touch Where to? > Coordinates.

2. Touch a box to enter a coordinate.

3. Touch

4. Enter the coordinates, and touch

Format to change the type

of coordinates. Because different
maps and charts use different
coordinate formats, the nüvi

allows you to select the correct

coordinate format for the type of
map you are using.

Next.

Using Photo Navigation

Panoramio™ provides pictures that
include location information. You
can load these pictures on your nüvi
or on a memory card and create
routes to them. Go to http://connect

.garmin.com/photos to download

pictures with location information.
See page 22 for more information.

longitude coordinates. This can be
especially helpful when geocaching.

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1. Touch Where to? > Favorites >

Panoramio Photos. Pictures you

have saved on the nüvi drive or
on the memory card are listed.

2. Touch a picture.

Navigating Off Road

If you are not following roadways
as you navigate, use Off Road
mode. Touch Tools > Settings >

Navigation > Route Preference >
Off Road > OK. Select a destination

and touch Go! to navigate off road to
the destination.

Walking to a Destination

If you are walking to your
destination, use Pedestrian mode
to optimize your route for walking.
Touch Tools > Settings > System >

Usage Mode > Pedestrian > OK.

Where to?

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