Garmin nüLink! 1690 LIVE User Manual

nüvi® 1690

owner’s manual

01102291

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents

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

Looking at Your nüvi .................. 1

Using the Main Menu................. 1

Using the Main Menu Toolbar .... 2

Mounting Your nüvi .................... 2

Charging Your nüvi .................... 3

Acquiring Satellites .................... 4

Selecting a Usage Mode ........... 4

Using the Power Button ............. 5

Adjusting the Volume ................. 5

Navigating the Screens ............. 5

Finding Your Destination............ 5

Adding a Stop ............................ 6

Changing Destinations .............. 6

Taking a Detour ......................... 6

Stopping the Route .................... 6

Finding Places .................... 7

Finding an Address .................... 7

Setting a Home Location ........... 7

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Using the On-Screen

Keyboard ................................. 8

Searching Near Another

Location .................................. 9

Finding Recently Found

Places ..................................... 9

Using the Go! Page ................... 9

Finding Places in Pedestrian

Mode ..................................... 10

Finding a Place by Spelling the

Name .....................................11

Using Favorites.........................11

Using Photo Navigation ........... 12

Sending Found Places to Your

nüvi ....................................... 13

Finding a Place Using

the Map ................................. 13

Entering Coordinates ............... 14

Using the Map Pages ....... 15

Viewing the Trip Computer ..... 16

Viewing the Turn List ............... 16

Viewing the Next Turn Page .... 17

Table of Contents

Viewing the Junction View

Page ...................................... 17

Using the Pedestrian Map

Page ...................................... 18

Using Trafc Data ............. 19

Trafc in Your Area .................. 19

Trafc on Your Route ............... 20

Viewing the Trafc Map ........... 21

Viewing Trafc Delays ............. 21

Disabling Trafc ....................... 21

Using Garmin nüLink!

Services ............................. 22

Finding a Destination with Local

Search ................................... 22

Finding a Destination Using

Phone Book Listings ............. 23

Finding Fuel Prices .................. 24

Checking Movie Times ............ 24

Finding Local Events ............... 24

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Making Hands-free Phone

Calls ................................... 25

Pairing Your Phone .................. 25

Receiving a Call ...................... 26

In a Call ................................... 27

Accessing the Phone Menu ..... 27

Finding Friends with

Ciao!™ ................................ 30

About Ciao! Networks .............. 30

Joining Ciao! ............................ 30

Inviting a Friend by Phone

Number ................................. 31

Inviting a Friend by E-mail ....... 31

Viewing an Invitation ................ 31

Accepting or Declining a Pending

Invitation ................................ 32

Viewing Friends ....................... 32

Removing a Friend .................. 32

Entering Your Status ................ 33

Changing Your Visibility ........... 33

Disabling Ciao! ........................ 33

Table of Contents

Managing Files .................. 34

Supported File Types ............... 34

Connecting Your nüvi to Your

Computer .............................. 34

Transferring Files ..................... 35

Deleting Files ........................... 35

Using the Tools ................. 36

Accessing the Settings ............ 36

Using the Where Am I? Page .. 36

Accessing Help ........................ 36

Using ecoRoute™ ..................... 36

Viewing myGarmin™

messages .............................. 40

Viewing Flight Information ....... 40

Viewing Weather Information .. 41

Using the Picture Viewer ......... 41

Using the Unit Converter ......... 42

Using the Currency Coverter ... 42

Using the World Clock ............ 43

Creating Routes....................... 43

Using the Calculator ................ 44

Accessing My Data .................. 44

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Viewing Offers ......................... 44

Customizing the nüvi ....... 45

Changing the System

Settings ................................. 45

Changing the Navigation

Settings ................................. 46

Adjusting the Display Settings . 46

Updating the Time Settings ..... 47

Setting the Languages............. 47

Changing the Map Settings ..... 48

Changing Security Settings ..... 49

Setting the Bluetooth Technology

Options .................................. 49

Changing the Proximity Points

Settings ................................. 50

Restoring All Settings .............. 50

Appendix ........................... 51

Caring for Your nüvi ................ 51

Locking Your nüvi .................... 52

Calibrating the Screen ............. 52

Updating the Software ............. 53

Clearing User Data .................. 53

Table of Contents

Battery Information .................. 53

Removing the nüvi and

Mount .................................... 54

Mounting on Your Dashboard .. 54

nüMaps Guarantee™ ................ 55

nüMaps Lifetime™ .................... 55

Additional Maps ....................... 55

About GPS Satellite Signals .... 55

Extras and Optional

Accessories ........................... 56

Garmin Travel Guide ............... 57

Contacting Garmin................... 58

Registering Your nüvi............... 58

Specications .......................... 60

Troubleshooting ....................... 61

Index .................................. 64

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Getting Started

Looking at Your nüvi

See the Important Safety and Product

Information guide in the product box for

product warnings and other important
information.

Getting Started

Using the Main Menu

➊ ➋

Power button:

Press and hold to turn the nüvi on

and off. Press and quickly release to

view Power button menu, see page 5.

microSD™
card slot

Microphone

Mini-USB
connector

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➊

Touch to nd a destination.

➋

Touch to view the map.

➌

Touch to make a call when

connected to a compatible

mobile phone.

➍

Touch to adjust the volume.

➎

Touch to use tools such as
settings, help, and weather.

➌ ➍

➎

Getting Started

Using the Main Menu Toolbar

➋ ➌ ➍ ➎➊ ➏ ➐

➊

GPS signal status. Touch
and hold to view satellite
information.

➋

Bluetooth® technology status.

Touch to change Bluetooth
settings.

➌

Usage mode indicator. Touch to
select a usage mode.

➍

Current time. Touch to change

time settings.

➎

Current temperature. Touch
and hold to view weather
information.

➏

Garmin nüLink!™ services
signal status. Touch and hold to
view network information.

➐

Battery status.

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Mounting Your nüvi

Before mounting the nüvi, see the Important
Safety and Product Information guide

for information about laws pertaining to
windshield mounting

1. Remove the clear plastic from the
suction cup. Place the suction cup
on the windshield.

2. Flip the lever back toward the
windshield.

3. Snap the cradle onto the suction
cup arm.

4. Plug the vehicle power cable into
the back of cradle.

Suction cup arm

Cradle

Vehicle power cable

5. Fit the bottom of your nüvi into the
cradle.

Getting Started

6. Tilt your nüvi back until it snaps
into place.

7. Plug the other end of the vehicle
power cable into a power outlet in
your vehicle. Your unit should turn
on automatically if it is plugged in
and the vehicle is running. Follow
the on-screen instructions.

Charging Your nüvi

Charge your nüvi for at least 4 hours
before using on battery power.

While your nüvi is in the cradle,

•
connect one end of the vehicle
power cable to the power outlet in
your vehicle and the other end to
the mini-USB connector on your
cradle. The vehicle key may need
to be turned to ON/ACC for the
nüvi to charge.

Connect an AC adapter (optional

•
accessory).

Connect your nüvi to a computer

•

WARNING: This product contains a lithium­ion battery. To prevent damage, remove the
unit from the vehicle when exiting or store it
out of direct sunlight.

using a USB cable. The USB
cable is included with some nüvi
series packages. The computer
must be turned on for the nüvi to
charge.

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Getting Started

Acquiring Satellites

1. Go outdoors to an open area,
away from tall buildings and trees.

2. Turn on your nüvi.

Acquiring satellite signals can take a
few minutes. The bars indicate
satellite strength. When at least one
of the bars is green, your nüvi has
acquired satellite signals.

Selecting a Usage Mode

Pedestrian

that uses a combination of public
transit options, such as riding a bus
or subway, and walking. cityXplorer
maps are not included with your nüvi.
See www.garmin.com to purchase
cityXplorer maps.

Changing Your Usage Mode

1. From the Main menu, touch the
usage mode icon on the upper-left
corner.

2. Select a mode, and touch

3. Touch

Yes, and follow the

on‑screen instructions to congure

your settings.

OK.

Navigating Off Road

If you are not following roadways as

Bicycle

Your nüvi offers several usage modes
for navigation. Routing is calculated
differently based on your usage

Automobile

you navigate, use Off Road mode.
Touch Tools > Settings > Navigation
> Route Preference > Off Road >

OK.

mode. For example, in Pedestrian
usage mode with cityXplorer™ maps
loaded, your nüvi calculates a route

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Getting Started

Using the Power Button

Press and quickly release the power
button to view additional options:

Touch and to adjust the

•
screen brightness.

Touch Lock Screen to prevent

•
accidental screen touches.

Touch Power Off to turn off your

•
nüvi. You can also turn off the
nüvi by holding the power button
for approximately three seconds.

Press and quickly release the power
button to exit the menu.

Resetting Your nüvi

If your nüvi stops functioning, reset
your nüvi by pressing and holding the
Power button.

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Adjusting the Volume

From the Main menu, touch Volume.
Touch and to adjust the
volume. Touch the box next to Mute
to mute all audio.

Navigating the Screens

To quickly return to the Main

•
menu, touch and hold .

Touch and to see more

•
choices. Touch and hold to scroll
faster.

Finding YourYour Destination

The Where To? menu provides
several different categories for you
to use when searching for addresses,
cities, and other locations. The
detailed maps loaded in your nüvi
contain millions of points of interest,
such as restaurants, hotels, and auto
services.

Getting Started

1. Touch Where To? > Points of

Interest.

2. Select a category.

3. Select a subcategory.

4. Select a destination.

5. Touch

Go!.

Changing Destinations

1. While navigating a route, touch

> Where To?.

2. Search for the extra stop.

3. Touch

4. Touch

Go!.

Set as New Destination to

make this your nal destination.

Adding a Stop

1. While navigating a route, touch
> Where To?.

2. Search for the extra stop.

3. Touch

4. Touch

Go!.
Add as Via Point to

add this stop before your nal

destination.

Taking a Detour

1. While navigating a route, touch

.

2. Touch Detour or Recalculate.

If the route you are currently taking is
the only reasonable option, the nüvi
might not calculate a detour.

Stopping the Route

1. With a route active, touch Menu.

2. Touch

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Stop.

Finding Places

Finding Places

The Where To? menu provides
several different categories you can
use to search for locations. To learn
how to perform a simple search, see

page 5.

5. Enter the street name, and touch

Done.

6. Select the correct street in the list,
if necessary.

7. Touch the address, if necessary.

Setting a Home Location

Set your home location for the place

Finding an Address

NOTE: Depending on the version
of the maps loaded on your nüvi, the
button names can change and some
steps could be ordered differently.

1. Touch Where To? > Address.

2. Change the state, the country, or
the province, if necessary.

3. Touch

4. Enter the number of the address,

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Search All. If you know the

city, touch Spell City, enter the
city/postal code, and touch Done.
Select the city/postal code in the
list. (Not all map data provides
postal code searching).

and touch Done.

you return to most often.

1. To set your home location, touch

Where To? > Go Home.

2. Select an option:
Enter your address.

•
Use your current location.

•
Choose from a list of recently

•
found locations.

Going Home

To navigate home after you have set
your home location, touch Where

To? > Go Home.

Finding Places

Changing Your Home
Location

1. Touch Tools > My Data > Set

Home Location.

2. Select an option:
Enter your address.

•
Use your current location.

•
Choose from a list of recently

•
found locations.

Using the On-Screen Keyboard

When an on-screen keyboard
appears, touch a letter or number to
enter it.

Editing Your Home Location

1. Touch Where To? > Favorites >

All Favorites > Home.

2. Touch

Edit, enter your changes,

and touch Done.

If you delete your home location, you
can reset it by following the steps in
“Setting a Home Location.”

Touch to add a space. Touch
and to move the cursor. Touch
to delete a character. Touch and hold

to erase the entire entry.

Touch Mode to select the keyboard
language mode. Touch to
enter special characters, such as
punctuation marks. To change the
keyboard layout, see page 45.

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Finding Places

Searching Near AnotherNear Another
Location

1. Touch Where To? > Near.

2. Select an option.

Finding Recently Found Places

Your nüvi stores the last 50 of your

recent nds in the Recently Found

list. The most-recently viewed places
appear at the top of the list. Touch

Where To? > Recently Found to

view your recently found items.

Deleting Recently Found

Places

To remove all places from the
Recently Found list, touch Clear
> Yes. All items from the list are
removed, but this does not delete the
actual place from your nüvi.

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Using the Go! Page

After you have selected a location to
navigate to, the Go! page opens.

➌

➊

➋

➍
➎
➏

➊

Touch to view more

information for the location.

➋

Touch and to zoom in
and out.

➌

Touch to call this location when

connected to a phone.

➍

Touch to save this location to
your Favorites.

➎

Touch to create a turn-by-turn
route to this location.

➏

Touch to return to the previous
page. Touch and hold to return
to the Main menu.

Finding Places

Finding Places in Pedestrian Mode

1. Select Pedestrian usage mode
(see page 4).

2. Touch Where To? > Points of

Interest.

3. Select a category.

4. Select a subcategory.

5. Select a destination.

6. Touch

7. If you have cityXplorer maps for

Go!.

the current metropolitan area
loaded on your nüvi, select the
route you would like to take.
Each route on the page offers a
different combination of public
transit or pedestrian options.

8. Select a leg of the route to view
more-detailed instructions, or
touch Start to create the route.

See www.garmin.com to purchase
cityXplorer maps.

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Finding Places

Finding a Place by Spelling the Name

Use the on-screen keyboard to spell
the name of the destination you are
looking for. You can also enter letters
contained in the name to narrow the
search.

1. Touch Where To? > Points of

Interest > Spell Name.

2. Using the on-screen keyboard,
enter letters of the name of your
destination.

3. Touch

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Done.

Using Favorites

You can save places in your

Favorites so you can quickly nd

them and create routes to them.
Your home location is also stored in
Favorites.

Saving Your Current Location

From the Map page, touch . Touch

Save Location to save your current

location.

Saving Places You Find

1. From the Go! page, touch Save.

2. Touch

OK. The place is saved in

Favorites.

Finding Places

Finding Saved Places

1. Touch Where To?.

2. Touch

3. Select a category. Your saved

Favorites.

locations are listed.

Editing Saved Places

1. Touch Where To? > Favorites.

2. Select the category and the
location you want to edit.

3. Touch

4. Touch an item to edit.

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Edit.

Using Photo Navigation

You can load pictures that include
location information. You can load
these pictures on your nüvi or on a
memory card and create routes to
them.

1. Connect your nüvi to your
computer.

2. Go to

3. Follow the instructions on the

4. Touch

5. Touch a picture.

http://connect.garmin.com
/photos to download pictures with

location information.

Web site to select and load
pictures.

Where To? > Favorites

> Photos. Pictures with location
information are listed.

Finding Places

Sending Found Places to Your nüvi

You can send locations to your
device from various online sources,
including http://connect.garmin.com.

1. Find a location on a supported
Web site.

2. Follow instructions on the Web
site to send the location to your
myGarmin account.

3. To transfer locations to your
device manually, connect your
device to your computer using a
USB cable (see page 34).

Finding a Place Using the Map

Use the Browse Map page to view
different parts of the map. Touch

Where To? > Browse Map.

Locations sent to your myGarmin
account are transferred automatically
to Favorites on your device through
nüLink! services. Touch Where To?
> Favorites to view the locations.

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Finding Places

Tips for Browsing the Map

Touch the map and drag to view

•
different parts of the map.

Touch and to zoom in and

•
out.

Touch any object on the map.

•
An arrow appears, pointing at
the object, and a box displays
information on the location.
When the box displays Press for

more, several POIs exist at that

location. Press to see the list of
POIs.

Touch Save to save this location.

•

Touch Go! to navigate to the

•
location.

If the GPS simulator is on, touch

•

Set Location to set your location

Entering Coordinates

If you know the geographic
coordinates of your destination, you
can use your nüvi to navigate to your
destination using the latitude and
longitude coordinates. This can be
especially helpful when geocaching.

1. Touch Where To? >

Coordinates.

2. Touch

3. Touch the coordinate you want to

4. Enter the coordinates, and touch

5. Touch

Format to select the

correct coordinate format for the
type of map you are using.

adjust.

Done.

Next. The coordinates are

displayed on a map.

to the selected location. See page

45.

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Using the Map Pages

Using the Map Pages

Your route is marked with a magenta
line. As you travel, your nüvi guides
you to your destination with voice
prompts, arrows on the map, and
directions at the top of the map. If
you depart from the original route,
your nüvi recalculates the route.

Touch and drag the map to view a
different area of the map. A speed
limit icon could appear as you travel
on major roadways.

➊ ➋

➊

Touch to view the Next Turn
page or the Junction View page,
when available.

➋

Touch to view the Turn List.

➌

Touch and to zoom in
and out.

➍

Touch to return to the Main
menu.

➎

Touch to view the Trip

Computer.

➏

Touch to view the Where Am I?

page.

➐

Touch to change the data eld.

➌

➏

➍

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➎

➐

Using the Map Pages

Viewing the Trip Computer

2. Touch

3. Touch

Reset > Reset Trip Data

to reset the information on the trip
computer.

Reset > Reset Max to

reset the maximum speed.

Viewing the Turn List

The trip computer displays your
current speed and provides statistics
about your trip. To view the trip
computer, touch the Speed eld on
the map.

NOTE: If you make frequent stops,
leave the nüvi turned on so it can
accurately measure elapsed time
during the trip.

Resetting Trip Computer
Information

1. From the map, touch the Speed

eld.

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When you are navigating a route,
the turn list displays turn-by-turn
instructions for your entire route and
the distance between turns.

1. Touch the text bar on the top of
the map to open the turn list.

2. Touch a turn on the list to view
the next turn for that route.

3. Touch

Show Map to view the

entire route on the Browse Map
page.

Using the Map Pages

Viewing the Next Turn Page

When you are navigating a route, the
next turn shows the turn on the map
and the distance and time left before
you reach the turn.

To view an upcoming turn on the
map, touch the turn indicator in
the upper-left corner of the map, or
touch any turn on the turn list.

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Viewing the Junction View Page

When available, the Junction View
page displays a view of some
upcoming junctions and in which
lane you should be driving.

To view the Junction View page,
touch the upper-left corner of the
Map page. To access the Junction
View page from the Next Turn page,
touch Junction View.