Garmin NUVI 205, NUVI 205W, NUVI 215, NUVI 215W, NUVI 265 Owner Manual

nüvi

®

205 and 205W series

owner’s manual

205, 205W, 215, 215W, 255, 255W, 265, 265W, 275, and 285W

for use with these nüvi models:

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Introduction

Introduction

myGarmin™

Go to http://my.garmin.com to access

Manual Conventions

When you are instructed to “touch”

something, use your nger to touch

an item on the screen.

The small arrows (>) used in the
text indicate that you should touch a
series of items. For example, if you

the latest services for your Garmin
products:

Register your Garmin unit.

•

Subscribe to online services for

•
safety camera information (see

pages 46–47).

Unlock optional maps.

•

see “touch Where to? > Favorites”
you should touch Where to?, and
then touch Favorites.

nüvi® Tips and Shortcuts

To quickly return to the Menu

•
page, touch and hold Back.

Touch and to see

•
more choices. Touch and hold
these buttons to scroll faster.

Screenshots in this manual are

•
taken from a widescreen unit and
may look different than your unit.

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Contact Garmin

Contact Garmin Product Support if you
have any questions while using your nüvi.
In the USA, go to www.garmin

.com/support, or contact Garmin USA

by phone at [phone] or (800)
800-1020.

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.

Introduction

Table of Contents

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

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

nüvi® Tips and Shortcuts........i

myGarmin™ ........................... i

Contact Garmin ..................... i

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

Step 1: Mount Your nüvi .......2

Step 2: Congure Your nüvi .. 3

Step 3: Acquire Satellites .....3

Step 4: Use Your nüvi ...........3

Finding Your Destination ......4

Adding a Stop .......................5

Taking a Detour ....................5

Stopping the Route ............... 5

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

Locking the Screen ............... 5

Where to? ............................ 6

Finding an Address ...............6

Setting a Home Location ......6

Go! Page Options .................7

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Finding a Place by Spelling

the Name .............................8

Searching Near Another

Location ................................8

Finding Recently Found

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

Favorites ............................... 9

Finding a Place Using the

Map ....................................10

Entering Coordinates .......... 11

Using Photo Navigation ...... 11

Navigating Off Road ........... 11

Walking to a Destination ..... 11

Using the Map ................... 12

Trip Computer .....................13

Turn List ..............................13

Next Turn ............................ 13

Making Hands-Free Phone

Calls ................................... 14

Pairing Your Phone ............. 14

Receiving a Call ................15

In a Call .............................16

Introduction

Phone Menu .......................16

Managing Files .................. 19

Supported File Types..........19

Loading Files ......................19

Loading Pictures for Photo

Navigation ..........................20

Deleting Files ..................... 20

Using the Tools ................. 21

Settings ..............................21

Where Am I? .......................21

Help ....................................21

MSN® Direct ........................ 21

ecoRoute™ .......................... 22

Picture Viewer ....................25

My Data ..............................26

World Clock .......................26

Calculator ..........................26

Unit Converter ...................27

Viewing Advertisements .....27

Using FM Trafc ................29

Trafc in Your Area .............30

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Severity Color Code ...........30

Trafc on Your Route .......... 30

Viewing the Trafc Map ......31

Viewing Trafc Delays ........31

Trafc Subscriptions ...........32

Customizing the nüvi ....... 33

Changing the System

Settings ..............................33

Changing the Navigation

Settings ..............................33

Adjusting the Display

Settings ..............................34

Updating the Time

Settings ..............................34

Setting the Languages .......35

Changing the Map

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

Changing Security

Settings ..............................36

Setting the Bluetooth

Technology Options ............36

Introduction

Changing the Proximity

Points Settings ...................37

Viewing Trafc Subscription

Information .........................37

Restoring All Settings .........39

Appendix ...........................40

Caring for Your nüvi ...........40

Locking Your nüvi ...............41

Calibrating the Screen ........41

Resetting Your nüvi ............42

Updating the Software ........42

Clearing User Data .............42

Battery Information ............43

Charging Your nüvi ............. 43

Changing the Fuse .............43

Removing the nüvi and

Mount .................................44

Mounting on Your

Dashboard ..........................44

nüMaps Guarantee™ ........... 45

Additional Maps ..................45

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About GPS Satellite

Signals ................................ 45

Extras and Optional

Accessories ........................46

Garmin Travel Guide ..........47

Specications .....................48

Declaration of Conformity ...50
Software License

Agreement ..........................50

Troubleshooting ................. 51

Index ..................................53

Getting Started

Getting Started

See the Important Safety and Product Information guide in the product box for product

warnings and other important information.

Power key:

Slide to the left to turn the nüvi on/off;

Mini-USB connector

slide to the right to lock the screen.

Memory

card

slot

Speaker

NOTE: Memory card slots on units may be equipped for an SD card or a microSD™

card.

WARNING: This product contains a lithium-ion battery. To prevent damage and potential
bodily injury, remove the unit from the vehicle when exiting or store it out of direct sunlight.

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Microphone

Getting Started

Suction cup mount

Cradle

Suction cup mount

Cradle

Vehicle power

cable

Vehicle power

cable

Before mounting the nüvi, see the Important Safety and Product Information guide for
information about laws pertaining to windshield mounting.

Step 1: Mount Your nüvi

1. Plug the vehicle power cable into the back of your nüvi.

2. Snap the cradle onto the suction cup arm.

3. Remove the clear plastic from the suction cup.

Clean and dry your windshield and the suction
cup with a lint-free cloth. Press the suction cup

rmly on the windshield.

4. Flip the lever back toward the windshield.

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

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.

8. If you are using a trafc receiver in Europe,
connect the external antenna to the trafc

receiver and secure the external antenna to

the windshield using the suction cups. (Trafc

receivers are included in some nüvi 205 and

205W series packages.)

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Getting Started

Step 2: Congure Your
nüvi

To turn your nüvi on, slide the

Power key to the left. Follow the

on-screen instructions. To turn your
nüvi off, slide the Power key to
the left.

Step 3: Acquire 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. Now you
can select a destination and navigate
to it.

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Step 4: Use Your nüvi

➊ ➋ ➌ ➍

➎ ➏

➐ ➑ ➒

➊

GPS satellite strength

➋

Bluetooth® technology status

(Available on the nüvi 215,
215W, 265, 265W, 275, and
285W.)

➌

Battery status

➍

Current time. Touch to change

time settings.

➎

Touch to nd a destination.

➏

Touch to view the map.

➐

Touch to make a call when

connected to a compatible

mobile phone.

➑

Touch to adjust the volume.

➒

Touch to use the tools such as

settings and Help.

Getting Started

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.

1. Touch Where to?.

2. Select a category.

3. Select a subcategory.

4. Select a destination.

5. Touch Go!.

TIP: Touch and to see

more choices.

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Getting Started

Adding a Stop

You can add a stop (called a Via
Point) to your route. The nüvi gives

Stopping the Route

1. With a route active, touch Menu.

2. Touch

Stop.

you directions to the Via Point and

then to your nal destination.

1. With a route active, touch Menu >

Where to?.

2. Search for the extra stop.

3. Touch

4. Touch

Go!.
Add as Via Point to add

this stop before your destination.

Touch Set as new Destination to

make this your nal destination.

Adjusting the Volume

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

Locking the Screen

To prevent accidental screen touches,
slide the Power key to the right
( ). To unlock the screen, slide the

Taking a Detour

1. With a route active, touch Menu.

2. Touch

Detour.

Power key to the center position.

The nüvi attempts to get you
back on your original route as
quickly as possible. If the route
you are currently taking is the only
reasonable option, the nüvi might not
calculate a detour.

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Where to?

Where to?

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 4.

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, country, or

province, if necessary.

3. 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.) If you are

unsure of the city, touch Search

All.

4. Enter the number of the address,

and touch Done.

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
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.

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Where to?

Changing Your Home

Go! Page Options

Location

To set a different 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.

To edit your home location:

1. Touch Where to? > Favorites >

All Favorites > Home.

2. Touch

If you delete your home location,
you can reset it by following the
steps on page 6.

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Edit, enter your changes,

and touch Done.

➊

➋

➌

➍

If a mobile phone with Bluetooth
wireless technology is connected,
touch the phone number to call this
location.

➊ ➋
➌ ➍

Touch to view the route on the

map.

Touch Go! to create a turn-by-

turn route to this location.

Touch Map to view this

location on the map.

Touch Save to save this

location to your Favorites.

Where to?

Finding a Place by Spelling the Name

If you know the name of the
destination you are looking for,
you can spell it using the on-screen
keyboard. 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. Touch Done.

Using the On-Screen
Keyboard

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

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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.

Searching Near AnotherNear Another
Location

1. Touch Where to? > Near….

2. Select an option:

Where I Am Now—search

•

near your current location.

A Different City—search near

•

the city you enter.

My Current Route—search

•

along your active route.

My Destination—search near

•

your current destination.

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.

NOTE: When you touch Clear, all

items in the list are removed. This
process does not delete the actual
place from your nüvi.

Where to?

Favoritesvorites

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

Finding Saved Places

1. Touch Where to?.

2. Touch

OK. The place is saved in

Favorites.

Favorites. Your saved

locations are listed.

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Where to?

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.

Change Name—enter a new

•

name, and touch Done.

Attach Photo—select a

•
picture that you have loaded
on your nüvi or on a memory

card to assign to the location.

Change Map Symbol—touch

•

a new symbol used to mark

this location on the map.

Change Phone Number—

•

enter a phone number, and

touch Done.

Change Categories—select

•

another category for the

location.

Delete—touch Yes to remove

•
this item from the Favorites
list.

Finding a Place Using the Map

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

Where to? > Browse Map.

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.

Touch Save to save this location.

•

Touch Go! to navigate to the

•
location.

If the GPS mode is off, touch Set

•

Loc to set your location to the

selected location. (See page 33.)

Where to?

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 a box to enter a coordinate.

3. Touch

4. Enter the coordinates, and touch

Format to change the type

of coordinates. Because different

maps and charts use different
coordinate formats, the nüvi
allows you to select the correct
coordinate format for the type of

map you are using.

Next.

Using Photo Navigation

You can load pictures with location
information onto your nüvi and then
create routes to them.

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1. Go to http://connect.garmin.com/

photos (not available in all areas)

to download pictures with location
information.

2. Follow instructions on the Web

site to select and load pictures.

3. Touch

4. Touch a picture.

Where To? > Favorites

> Photos. Pictures with location
information are listed.

Navigating Off Road

If you are not following roadways
as you navigate, use Off Road
mode. Touch Tools > Settings >

Navigation > Route Preference >
Off Road > OK.

Walking to a Destination

If you are walking to your
destination, use Pedestrian mode
to optimize your route for walking.
Touch Tools > Settings > System >

Usage Mode > Pedestrian > OK.

Using the Map

Using the Map

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. A checkered ag marks

your destination. If you depart
from the original route, your nüvi
recalculates the route and provides
new directions.

➊ ➋

➌

➍

➎

➊

Touch to view the next turn.

➋

Touch to view the turn list.

➌

Touch to zoom in and zoom out.

➍

Touch to view the Where Am I?
page.

TIP: A speed limit icon could appear

as you travel on major roadways.
This icon displays the current speed
limit of the roadway.

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➎

Touch to view the trip computer.

Using the Map

Trip Computer

The trip computer displays your
current speed and provides helpful
statistics about your trip.

To view the trip computer, touch the

Speed eld on the map.

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

Resetting the Trip

Turn List

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

Touch the text bar on the top of the
map to open the turn list. Touch a
turn on the list to view the next turn
for that turn. Touch Show Map to
view the entire route on the browse
map page.

Computer

Reset the trip computer before
beginning a trip. From the map,
touch the Speed eld. Touch Reset

Trip to reset the information on the

trip computer. Touch Reset Max to
reset the maximum speed.

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Next Turn

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 on the
map, or touch any turn from the turn
list.

Making Hands-Free Phone Calls

Making Hands-Free

connect automatically each time you
turn them on.

Phone Calls

Bluetooth wireless technology is
available on the nüvi 215, 215W,
265, 265W, 275, and 285W.

Using Bluetooth wireless technology,
your nüvi can connect to your
mobile phone to become a hands­free device. To determine whether
your mobile phone with Bluetooth
technology is compatible with the
nüvi, go to www.garmin.com

/bluetooth.

Bluetooth wireless technology
establishes a wireless link between
devices, such as a mobile phone and

the nüvi. The rst time you use two

devices together you must “pair”
them by establishing a relationship
using a PIN or passkey. After the
initial pairing, the two devices can

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NOTE: You might have to set your

mobile phone to connect to the nüvi
automatically when it is turned on.

Pairing Your Phone

To pair and connect, your phone and
the nüvi must be turned on and be
within 10 meters of each other.

Initiate pairing from your nüvi or
from your phone. Refer to your
phone instructions.

To pair using your phone
settings:

1. Enable the Bluetooth setting

on your nüvi. Touch Tools >

Settings > Bluetooth.

2. Select

3. Enable the Bluetooth component

Enabled.

on your phone. This might be in a
menu called Settings, Bluetooth,
Connections, or Hands-free.