Garmin Mobile XT microSD North America Owner's Manual

owner’s manual

Garmin Mobile® XT

navigation software for your mobile device

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Introduction

Introduction

Thank you for purchasing the Garmin
Mobile® XT navigation software. For
complete information on using Garmin
Mobile XT, refer to the built-in Help
system; select on the main page of the
Garmin Mobile XT program.

Manual Conventions

When you see text in blue, click the text
with your mouse to follow a link for
more information. For example, to learn
how to perform a standard search, see

page 4.

When you are instructed to “select”
something, use the navigation key
on your mobile device, or use the
touchscreen to select an item on the
screen.

You will see small arrows (>) in the text.
They indicate that you should select a
series of items. For example, if you see
“select Where to? > Home” you should

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use the navigation key or touchscreen to
select Where to?, and then select Home.

Garmin Mobile XT is compatible with
a broad range of Nokia Symbian®,
Windows Mobile®, and Palm OS® Treo™
smartphones. There may be differences
in the software interfaces on various
phones. For example, on some phones
you may need to select Menu in order to
see additional options. These differences
are indicated with parentheses. For
example, if the manual instructs you to
select (Menu >) Tools and your phone
does not have a Menu option, just select

Tools.

Garmin Mobile XT can be used on
mobile phones as well as personal digital
assistants (PDAs) and other mobile
devices. This manual uses the word
“phone” to mean the mobile device on
which you are using Garmin Mobile XT
navigation software.

Introduction

Tips and Shortcuts

Select and hold the Back button to

•
return to the main menu.

When present, you can select to

•
return to the main menu.

myGarmin™

Go to http://my.garmin.com to access the
latest services for your Garmin products:

Register your Garmin unit.

•

Subscribe to online services for safety

•
camera information (see page 24).

Unlock optional maps.

•

Contact Garmin

Contact Garmin Product Support if you
have any questions while using your
Garmin Mobile XT. In the USA, go to

www.garmin.com/support, or contact

Garmin USA by phone at
[phone] or [phone].

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.

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Introduction

Table of Contents

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

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

Tips and Shortcuts ............................ ii

myGarmin™ ...................................... ii

Contact Garmin ................................ ii

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

Acquiring GPS Signals .....................1

Using the Main Page ........................2

Where to? .......................................5

Information Page Options .................5

Finding Places Near Other

Locations ..........................................6

Going Home ....................................7

Finding an Address ...........................8

Finding a Location by Spelling the

Name ...............................................9

Finding a Location Using Local

Search ..............................................9

Finding Fuel Prices ........................10

Navigating to a Contact .................11

My Locations ..................................11

Finding Recently Found Places ......12

Finding Extras ................................12

Finding Cities .................................12

Finding Intersections .....................13

Finding a Location Using Photo

Navigation ......................................13

Using Location Messages .............14

Entering Location Coordinates .......14

Routing .........................................15

Adding a Detour to Your Route .......16

Stopping Your Route ......................16

Adding Stops to a Route ...............17

Avoiding Roads and Areas .............17

Saving a Route ...............................19

Planning a Route ...........................19

Garmin Online

Checking Subscription Status ........22

Viewing Weather Data ....................22

Viewing Trafc Data .......................23

Viewing Flight Data.........................24

Downloading Safety Cameras .......24

™ ...............................................

21

Location Messages .....................25

Sending Your Location ..................25

Requesting a Location Message ...26

Routing to a Location .....................26

My Locations ................................27

Saving a Location ...........................27

Creating a New Saved Location .....27

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Editing My Locations .....................27

Deleting All Saved Locations ..........28

Contacts .......................................29

Assigning a Location to a Contact ..29

Editing Contacts ............................29

Routing to an Appointment .............30

Tools .............................................31

Browsing the Map ..........................31

Where Am I? ...................................32

Managing Data ..............................32

Settings ........................................35

Map Settings .................................35

System Settings ............................36

Routing Settings .............................38

Display Settings ..............................39

Audio Settings ...............................39

Garmin Online Settings ..................40

Proximity Points Settings ................40

About .............................................41

Restore Defaults .............................41

Appendix ......................................42

Remote GPS Page .........................42

Index .............................................44

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Getting Started

Getting Started

Acquiring GPS Signals

Before you can navigate to a destination,
the GPS receiver must acquire satellite
(GPS) signals.

1. Turn on your GPS receiver.

2. Open

3. If you are using an external GPS
receiver, make sure it is connected to
your mobile phone using Bluetooth®
wireless technology.

4. Go to an open area, out of parking
garages, and away from tall buildings.

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Acquiring satellite signals may take a
few minutes. The bars in the upper-left
corner indicate satellite strength. While
the GPS receiver is acquiring satellite
signals or if it loses signals, the bars are
red or hollow . When the bars
are green , your GPS has acquired

satellite signals; you can nd your

destination and go to it.

To view information about the GPS
receiver, select the GPS icon ( ,

(Menu >) Tools > Settings > System
> Remote GPS. For more information
about the Remote GPS page, see page

41. For more information about GPS,

visit www.garmin.com/aboutGPS.

NOTE: For frequently asked questions

about Bluetooth wireless technology,
see www.garmin.com/support. Click

Search Support. Enter “Bluetooth”

and click Search.)

, or ). You can also select

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Getting Started

Using the Main Page

Where to?—nd addresses,

Points of Interest (restaurants, hotels,
attractions), intersections, and a variety
of other locations. See pages 5–14 for

information on nding destinations.

View map—see a map of your

current location. The map moves as you
move to constantly show your current
location.

Garmin Online—access Garmin

Online features

Tools—use tools that are useful for

navigation, such as route details and
Location Messages (page 25–26).

Exit–close the Garmin Mobile XT

application.

Location Messages—you have a
new location message. See page 25–26
for information.

Message—you have a new message

from the Garmin Online™ server.

Help—learn more about Garmin
Mobile XT.

NOTE: From the map, you may have

to select Menu to see Tools, Garmin

Online, and Help. This is indicated

with parentheses. For example, (Menu
>) Tools. If your phone does not have
a Menu option, just select Tools.

GPS disabled—select to enable (turn
GPS on).

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GPS enabled—searching for your
GPS unit. Select to view the Remote
GPS page.

Satellite Strength—select to view

the Remote GPS page.

If you leave the map and want to return,
select View map on the main Garmin
Mobile XT page. Select Stop on the
main Garmin Mobile XT page to stop
the active route.

Following the Route

After you nd a location, select

Go! to create a route to it. The map

automatically opens with your route
indicated with a magenta line. The
position icon shows your position on the
map. Directions appear at the top of the
page. Your current speed and estimated
arrival time appear at the bottom of the
page.

You can select (Menu >) Tools >

Browse Map to show a different view of

the map.

NOTE: By default, severe trafc is

avoided when routes are generated. To
change this and other routing settings,
select (Menu >) Tools > Settings >

Routing. See page 42.

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Getting Started

Finding Points of Interest
(POI)

The Where to? menu provides several
categories and sub-categories to help

you nd destinations. You can enter

addresses, look up locations you recently
found, and view locations you have
saved.

1. From the main page, select Where

to? > Points of Interest.

2. Select a category. To nd a location

by name, select Spell Name, enter all
or part of the name, and then select
the location you want.

3. Select a sub-category or select All

Categories. A list of locations near

your current location appears.

4. Select the location to open the

information page.

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Where to?

Where to?

Use the Where to? menu to nd

addresses, restaurants, attractions, and a
variety of other locations. You can also

nd nearby ight times and fuel prices.

To learn how to perform a standard
search, see page 4.

Many categories in the Where to?
menu require detailed map data that
is either preloaded on your memory
card or downloaded from MapInstall
or MapSource. You must have detailed
maps loaded on your device in order to

nd locations within some of the Where

to? categories, such as Addresses and
Points of Interest.

Information Page Optionsnformation Page Options

After you choose an item, you can select

Go! to create a route to this location, or

select (Menu >) Options to access the
information page:

•

•

•

•

Phone icon—call the location (if

available).

Save to My Locations—save the

location.

Save to Contacts—saves the location

to your phone’s contact list.

Add as Via Point—adds the location

to your current route.

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Where to?

Weather—shows the current weather

•

conditions at that location. See page

22.

Send Location—Sends a message

•

with location information.

Map—view the location on a map.

•

Sending a Found Location

You can nd a location and send it

to people in your Contacts list. The
information is sent to Garmin Mobile XT
users as a location text message. Non­users receive a text message only.

1. Find a location.

2. On the information page, select

(Menu >) Options > Send Location.

3. Select a contact from the list.

4. Select the message text you want

to include with the location, or
select Custom to create your own
message.

5. To attach a map of the location,
select (Menu >) Options > Attach

Map. (The MMS service required for

this feature may not be available on
all phones.)

6. To send the location, select Send.

Finding Places Near Other Locations

By default, Garmin Mobile XT nds

places near your current location. You

can also use Garmin Mobile XT to nd

places near your current road or route,
your route destination, or a location you
select.

1. From the main page, select Where

to? > Near.

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Where to?

2. Select an option:

Near Current Location—

•

searches for places near your
current location.

Near Current Route—searches

•

for places along the route you are
currently navigating.

Near Route Destination—

•

searches for places near your
current route destination.

Near Other—searches for places

•

near the city you enter or near the
map item you select.

3. Select Done.

Going Home

You can set a home location for the place
you return to most often.

1. From the main page, select Where

to? > Home.

2. Select an option to set your home
location.

After you have saved your home
location, you can create a route to it by
selecting Where to? > Home.

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Where to?

Changing Your Home
Location

To change your home location, you must

rst delete it:

1. From the main page, select (Menu
>) Tools > Manage My Data > My

Locations.

2. Select Home > Delete > Yes.

After you delete your home location,
select Where to? > Home to set a new
home location.

Finding an Address

1. From the main page, select Where

to? > Addresses.

2. Select a country and state/region (if
necessary).

3. To search all cities, select Search

All Cities. You can also select Spell
City/Postal Code, enter part of the

name, and then select the city from
the list.

4. Enter the house number and then

5. Enter all or part of the street name

6. If many addresses match your search



TIP: You can search for a postal code.
Enter the postal code instead of the
city name. (Not all map data provides
postal code searching.)

select Next.

or number and then select the street
from the list.



NOTE: When entering street
information, you do not need to enter

a prex or sufx. For example, to nd

“E Main St,” you can enter “Main.”

criteria, select the correct address
from the list. The information page for
the address opens.

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Where to?

Finding a Location by Spelling the Name

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

1. From the main page, select Where

to? > Points of Interest.

2. Select Spell Name.

3. Using the on-screen keyboard or
keypad, enter letters in the name.
Select Done.

4. Select the point of interest you are
looking for.

Finding a Location Using Local Search

Local search enables you to search for
the most current location information.

In addition to searching by spelling the
name of a location, you can also search

for locations within a specic category,

like hair salons or art galleries. Your
phone must have an Internet connection
to access this information. See your
phone service provider for applicable
charges.

1. From the main page, select Where

to? > Local Search.

2. Select Spell Name.

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Where to?

3. Using the on-screen keyboard or
keypad, enter letters for what you
want to search for. Select Done.

4. Select a point of interest.

TIP: You can also nd the local search

feature under (Menu >) Garmin

Online > Local Search. For more

information about Garmin Online, see

page 21.

Finding Fuel Prices

You can nd fuel prices in select

markets. Your phone must have an
Internet connection to access this
information. See your phone service
provider for applicable charges.

1. From the main page, select Where

to? > Points of Interest > Fuel >
Fuel Prices.

2. Select a fuel type.

Your phone connects to the Internet to
use this Garmin Online service. A list
of fuel prices near your current location
appears.

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