Garmin MSN Direct User Manual

®

MSN

Direct

owner’s manual supplement

© 2008 Garmin Ltd. or its subsidiaries

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Tel. [phone] or (800)

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concerning the use and operation of this and other Garmin products.

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DirectBand, MSN, and the MSN logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the
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NOTE: For information on using your StreetPilot

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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.

January 2008 Part Number 190-00768-02 Rev. A

Getting Started

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.

Activating Your MSN Direct Receiver

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.

MSN® Direct Receiver Supplement 1

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.

Make sure 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’s Menu page, touch Tools >

MSN Direct.

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