Garmin GPS Kit nuvi 780 User Manual

®

MSN

Direct

owner’s manual supplement

© 2008 Garmin Ltd. or its subsidiaries

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content, refer to the specic owner’s manual for those products. This supplement does not

apply to those GPS navigators.

October 2008 Part Number 190-00768-02 Rev. B Printed in Taiwan

Getting Started

Activating Your MSN Direct Receiver

WARNING: See the Important Safety

and Product Information sheet in your

Garmin GPS navigator product box for
product warnings and other important

information. Garmin’s standard Limited

Warranty applies to this product.

The MSN® Direct Receiver receives MSN

Direct content such as trafc, weather,

gas prices, movie times, news, stocks,
local events, and Web favorites. For more
information about MSN Direct, see

http://garmin.msndirect.com or
www.garmin.com.

To receive MSN Direct content, your Garmin
GPS navigator must be connected to the
MSN Direct Receiver, your MSN Direct
Receiver must be activated, and you must be
in an MSN Direct coverage area (see

http://garmin.msndirect.com/coverage).

Connect the MSN Direct Receiver

Connect the MSN Direct Receiver to your
GPS navigator following the instructions that
came with your GPS navigator or the MSN
Direct Receiver.

MSN® Direct Receiver Supplement 1

Your use of the MSN Direct service,
as well as your use of the MSN Direct
content delivered to and displayed on
your device, is subject to the MSN Direct
Subscription Agreement, Terms of Use,
and Privacy Statement located at www

.msndirect.com. By using and activating

your navigation device, you hereby
accept such Subscription Agreement,
Terms of Use, and Privacy Statement, and
acknowledge that you are aware of and
have had an opportunity to fully review
them at the URL referenced above.

To receive MSN Direct content, rst you

must activate your service (free trial service
included).

To get the product key:

1. On your Garmin GPS navigator’s Menu

page, touch Tools > MSN Direct.

2. Write down the product key.

TIp: The yellow tag on your MSN

Direct Receiver also provides the
product key and activation information.

To activate your subscription:

1. Call [phone] or go to

http://garmin.msndirect.com/activate and

follow the directions.

2. Within two days, complete the following
steps:

Connect the MSN Direct® receiver to

•

your GPS navigator.

Provide external power to your GPS

•

navigator.

Ensure you are in an MSN Direct

•

coverage area (see http://garmin

.msndirect.com/coverage).

On your GPS navigator, touch Tools

•

> MSN Direct. If the Subscription
Inactive page appears, verify that one

signal bar is green.

It may take up to 20 minutes for your
subscription to be activated. After it
is activated, the MSN Direct menu is
accessible. On your Garmin GPS navigator
Menu page, touch Tools > MSN Direct.

Receiving Content

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NOTE: Garmin is not responsible for
the accuracy or completeness of the
MSN Direct content.

It can take several hours to receive all the

content the rst time you use the MSN

Direct Receiver, after you have traveled long
distances, or after you have not used your
MSN Direct Receiver for several days.

There is a (non-user replaceable)
rechargeable battery in the MSN Direct
Receiver that allows it to receive and store
updates for several days, even when not
connected to external power.

CAuTION: Pressing the Reset button

on the MSN Direct Receiver will reset
the system and delete stored content.

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NOTE: The screen shots shown in
this manual may not exactly match the
screens on your GPS navigator. The
images used in this manual are intended
for reference only.

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MSN® Direct Menu

On the Menu page, touch Tools > MSN

Direct. If your subscription is inactive, see

the previous page.

NOTE: The MSN Direct menu differs

depending on your unit.

To receive trafc information, select the
Trafc icon. For more detailed information
about trafc refer to your owner’s manual.

Weather

On the Menu page, touch Tools >

MSN Direct > Weather to view the forecast

and current conditions for today.

Trafc Information

NOTE: Some GPS devices provide

access to the Trafc menu using the
Trafc icon on the Map page. On those
devices, the Trafc button does not

appear in the MSN Direct menu.

MSN Direct provides local trafc

information for a number of metropolitan

areas. To learn whether trafc data is
available in your area and the type of trafc

data available, visit www.msndirect.com

/WhatYouGet.

MSN® Direct Receiver Supplement 3

Touch Other City to view weather
information for another city. Touch Forecast
to view the forecast for the next three days.

Gas Prices

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NOTE: It can take up to 24 hours to
download all of the gas prices for your

current area the rst time you use the

MSN® Direct Receiver, after you have
traveled long distances, and after you
have not used the MSN Direct Receiver
for several days.

1. On the Menu page, touch Tools > MSN

Direct > Gas Prices. The gas stations

nearest you are listed. Prices in green
are considered low prices, red prices are
high.

2. Touch a gas station to view details.

3. Touch

Go to navigate to this location.

Movie Times

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NOTE: It can take up to 6 hours to
download movie information for your

area the rst time you use the MSN

Direct Receiver, after you have traveled
long distances, and after you have not
used the MSN Direct Receiver for
several days.

To nd a movie by the title:

1. On the Menu page, touch Tools > MSN

Direct > Movie Times.

2. Touch

3. Touch a movie title. The nearest theaters

4. Touch a theater. Movie times and theater

5. Touch

Find by Movie Title. Current

movies are listed.

showing the movie are listed.

information are listed.

Go to navigate to this location.

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To nd a movie by the theater:

1. On the Menu page, touch Tools > MSN®

Direct > Movie Times.

2. Touch

3. Touch a theater. The movies showing at

4. Touch a title. Movie times and theater

5. Touch

Find by Movie Theater. Nearest

theaters are listed.

that theater are listed.

information are listed.

Go to navigate to this location.

News

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NOTE: It can take several minutes to

download news items the rst time you

use the MSN Direct Receiver, after
you have traveled long distances, and
after you have not used the MSN Direct
Receiver for several days.

On the Menu page, touch Tools > MSN

Direct > News to view current news items.

Breaking news stories are listed rst. Touch

an item to read the news item.

Stocks

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NOTE: It can take up to 20 minutes

to download stock prices the rst time

you use the MSN Direct Receiver, after
you have traveled long distances, and
after you have not used the MSN Direct
Receiver for several days.

1. On the Menu page, touch Tools > MSN

Direct > Stocks to view current stock

prices.

2. Touch a stock listing to view detailed
information about that stock.

Stock prices are delayed approximately
20–40 minutes.

Adding Stocks

You can add up to 30 stocks. After you add a
stock, the price of the stock will be updated
the next time the price is broadcast (typically
within 40 minutes).

MSN® Direct Receiver Supplement 5

To add a stock symbol:

1. On the Menu page, touch Tools > MSN®

Direct > Stocks > Add > Add Stock.

2. Enter the stock symbol, and touch

Done.

To add a stock index:

1. On the Menu page, touch Tools > MSN

Direct > Stocks > Add > Add Market

Index.

2. Touch the index you want to add.

Deleting Stocks

1. On the Menu page, touch Tools > MSN

Direct > Stocks.

2. Touch the stock you want to delete.

3. Touch

Delete.

Local Events

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NOTE: It can take up to 6 hours to

download local events the rst time

you use the MSN Direct Receiver, after
you have traveled long distances, and
after you have not used the MSN Direct
Receiver for several days.

1. On the Menu page, touch Tools > MSN

Direct > Local Events.

2. Touch a date.

3. Touch an event category and a sub­category, if necessary.

4. Touch an event to view details.

5. Touch

Go to navigate to this event.

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Web Favorites

The Web Favorites feature allows you to nd
a location using your computer and send that
location to your GPS navigator.

1. Go to www.msndirect.com/webfavorites.

2. Click

3. Find a location.

4. Select

5. On the GPS navigator Menu page, touch

6. Select the location, and touch

Sign in to sign in or create a

Windows Live ID.

Send to GPS. If necessary, add

your MSN® Direct receiver to your MSN
Direct account. The location is sent
wirelessly to your GPS navigator. In about
15 minutes, the location appears on your
GPS navigator.

Tools > MSN Direct > Web Favorites.

Go to

navigate to the location.

Service Status

The Service Status page displays the MSN
Direct Receiver battery level and the MSN
Direct signal strength. If your subscription is
inactive, see page 2.

Battery level Signal strength

Renewing Your MSN Direct Service

1. On the Menu page, touch Tools > MSN

Direct > Service Status.

2. Touch

You can also renew your subscription by
going to www.msndirect.com/activate.

Subscription for instructions on

how to renew your MSN Direct service
(free trial service included).

MSN® Direct Receiver Supplement 7

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.

© 2008 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

October 2008 190-00768-02 Rev. B