Garmin ecoRoute User Manual

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ecoRoute

owner’s manual supplement

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January 2009 Part Number 190-00955-03 Rev. A Printed in Taiwan

ecoRoute

The ecoRoute feature calculates
your vehicle’s fuel economy, carbon
footprint, and fuel price of navigating
to a destination and offers tools for

improving fuel efciency.

The data provided by the ecoRoute
feature are estimates only. The data is
not actually read from your vehicle. To
receive more accurate fuel reports for

your specic vehicle and driving habits,

calibrate the fuel economy. See page 2.

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2. Connect your nüvi to your computer

3. Run WebUpdater, and follow the

After conrming that you want to

perform an update, WebUpdater
automatically downloads the update and
installs it on your nüvi.

Set Up ecoRoute

The rst time you touch Tools >

ecoRoute, you will be asked to enter

fuel and mileage information about your
vehicle.

Update Your nüvi

Update your nüvi 205 series or nüvi
705 series product to use the ecoRoute
feature.

1. Go to www.garmin.com/products

/webupdater, and download

WebUpdater to your computer.

using the mini-USB cable.

on-screen instructions.

ecoRoute™ Owner’s Manual Supplement 1

View the Fuel Report

If you have entered your vehicle prole

and the current fuel price, your nüvi
calculates your vehicle’s average fuel
economy, your carbon footprint, and the
cost of the fuel consumed.

Calibrate the Fuel Economy

Calibrate the fuel economy to receive
more accurate fuel reports for your

specic vehicle and driving habits.
Calibrate when you ll up your fuel tank.

1. Calculate your miles per gallon or

To view the fuel report, touch Tools
> ecoRoute > Fuel Report. The fuel
consumption data is based on estimates

2. Touch Calibrate.

3. Touch + and - to enter the result from

for speed and acceleration for an average
vehicle.

TIP: To ensure fuel data is always

recorded, keep your nüvi turned on
while driving.

4. Touch OK.

Touch Reset to reset the data.

liters per 100 kilometers.

step 1.

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Adjust the Fuel Price

Touch Tools > ecoRoute > Fuel Price
and enter the current fuel price. This
information is used to calculate the fuel
cost of routes and used to calculate the
fuel reports.

Take the Driving Challenge

The Driving Challenge tool helps you
maximize your fuel economy by scoring
your driving habits. The higher your
overall score for a Driving Challenge,
the more fuel you could save.

To take a Driving Challenge, touch Tools
> ecoRoute > Driving Challenge, then
touch Start.

Your overall score is the average of three
scores:

Acceleration score—gain points for
gradual acceleration; lose points for
rapid acceleration.

Deceleration score—gain points for
gradual braking; lose points for hard
braking.

Speed score—gain points for driving at
the best speed for conserving fuel, which
is 45–60 mph for most vehicles.

Touch on the Map page to view
details about your current challenge. The
leaf color on the driving challenge icon
changes depending on your performance
in the challenge.

When viewing the details, touch Stop >

Yes to stop the current challenge.

To reset your best scores, touch Reset.

ecoRoute™ Owner’s Manual Supplement 3

Adjust Your Vehicle Prole

You will create a vehicle prole the rst

time you touch Tools > ecoRoute. To

adjust the vehicle prole, touch Tools >

ecoRoute > Vehicle Prole.

City Fuel Economy—enter your

vehicle’s average city fuel economy.

Highway Fuel Economy—enter your
vehicle’s average highway fuel economy.

View the Mileage Report

Mileage reports provide the distance, the
time, the average fuel economy, and the
fuel cost of navigating to a destination.

A mileage report is created for every
route that you drive. If you stop a route
on your nüvi, a mileage report is created
for the distance you traveled.

To access a mileage report, touch

Tools > ecoRoute > Mileage Report,

TIP: For best results, calibrate your

fuel economy instead of adjusting the
city and highway fuel economy here.

Fuel Type—select a fuel type.

To reset your vehicle prole data, touch

Reset.

and select a report. You can view up
to 20 mileage reports on your nüvi.
You can also access mileage reports in
the Reports folder on your nüvi drive/
volume.

To reset the data, touch Reset.

View Driving Tips

Your nüvi provides driving tips to help
you save fuel. Touch Tools > ecoRoute
> Tips.

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View the Estimated Cost
of a Route

If you have entered your vehicle prole

and fuel cost, the Go! page provides the
estimated cost of the route.

Calculate Routes that
Use Less Fuel

1. Touch Tools > Settings >

2. Select Less Fuel.

The Less Fuel route is calculated based
on speed limit and acceleration data.

View the Overall Fuel
Cost

The Trip Computer also displays the
Overall Fuel Cost.

Navigation > Route Preference.

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For the latest free software updates (excluding map data) throughout the

life of your Garmin products, visit the Garmin Web site at

www.garmin.com.

© 2009 Garmin Ltd. or its subsidiaries

Garmin International, Inc.

1200 East 151st Street, Olathe, Kansas 66062, USA

Garmin (Europe) Ltd.

Liberty House, Hounsdown Business Park, Southampton,

Hampshire, SO40 9RB, UK

Garmin Corporation

No. 68, Jangshu 2nd Road, Shijr, Taipei County, Taiwan

www.garmin.com

Part Number 190-00955-03 Rev. A