Garmin Garmin Mobile PC for Toshiba Quick Start Guide

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Garmin Mobile

turn-by-turn navigation software for your laptop

PC

quick start manual

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Acquire GPS Signals

1. Open Garmin Mobile PC.

2. Move to an open area, out of parking garages, and
away from tall buildings.

Acquiring satellite signals may take a few minutes.
The bars in the upper-right corner of the Menu
page indicate satellite strength. When at least one bar is

green, you can nd your destination and go to it.

Navigating with Garmin Mobile PC

For complete information on using Garmin Mobile PC,
click Help on the Menu page.

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Where to?: nd addresses, points of interest (POIs)

such as restaurants and hotels, saved locations, and a
variety of other locations in your detailed map.

View map: view a map of your current location. The
map moves as you move to constantly show your
current location.

Finding a Destination

The Where to? menu provides several categories and

sub-categories to help you nd destinations.

1. Click Where to? > Food, Hotels....

2. Clickacategory.Tondadestinationbyname,click

Spell Name, enter all or part of the name, and click

the location you want.

3. Click a sub-category, or click All Categories. A list
of destinations near your current location appears.

4. Click a destination to view it on the map. You can
also type the name of the destination in the text

baratthetopofthescreentonditinthelistof

destinations.

5. Click Go to navigate to this location.

TIP: Click and hold the Back button or the Garmin

Mobile PC icon to quickly return to the Menu page.

Information Page Options

After you select a destination, click More to get the
coordinates of the destination and to see more options:

Save to Favorites: saves the location to Favorites, a

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Weather: shows the current weather condition and a

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ve-day forecast for the selected location.

Following the Route

After you nd a location, click Go to navigate to it. The
map automatically opens with your route indicated by a
magenta line. The vehicle icon shows your position
on the map.

Direction bar

Time to

Speed

Heading

next turn

Arrival
time

collection of your favorite locations.

Save to Contacts: saves the location to your

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Microsoft® Outlook® contacts list.

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