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Owner’s Manual
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StreetPilot C530
portable, affordable car navigation
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PREFACE PREFACE Tell us how you like this manual! ® Fill out the Product Documentation Thank you for purchasing the Garmin ® ™ Survey. Go to www.garmin. StreetPilot c530 . com/contactUs, and click Product Documentation Survey. Manual Conventions When you are instructed to “touch” something, use your finger to touch an Quick Links item on the screen. • Finding an address: page 7 You will see small arrows (>) used in the • Viewing the Map page: page 12 text. They indicate that you should
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PREFACE Preface ............................................i Where To? ......................................7 Manual Conventions ..........................i Finding an Address ...........................7 Quick Links ........................................i Go! Page Options .............................7 Warning ........................................... iv Go Home ..........................................8 Caution .............................................v Finding Points of Interest ..
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PREFACE Charging the c530 ..........................22 Customizing the c530 .................16 Calibrating the Screen ...................22 Changing the Map Settings ............16 Battery Information ........................23 Changing the System Settings .......17 Updating the c530 Software ...........23 Localizing Your c530 ......................17 Purchasing and Loading Additional Changing the Navigation Settings ..18 MapSource Maps ......................24 Customizing the Display ......
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PREFACE Warning Failure to avoid the following potentially Always operate the vehicle in a safe manner. hazardous situations could result in an Do not become distracted by the unit while accident or collision resulting in death or driving, and always be fully aware of all driving serious injury. conditions. Minimize the amount of time spent viewing the screen of the unit while driving and When installing the unit in a vehicle, place the use voice prompts when possible. Do not input unit
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PREFACE Caution Failure to avoid the following potentially not be used to determine ground proximity for hazardous situations may result in injury or aircraft navigation. property damage. The Global Positioning System (GPS) is The unit is designed to provide you with route operated by the United States government, suggestions. It does not reflect road closures which is solely responsible for its accuracy or road conditions, traffic congestion, weather and maintenance. The government’s system
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PREFACE Product Registration Software License Help us better support you by Agreement completing our online registration today! BY USING THE c530, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS Connect to our Web site at www.garmin OF THE FOLLOWING SOFTWARE LICENSE .com/registration. AGREEMENT. PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY. Use this area to record the serial number (8-digit number located on the back Garmin grants you a limited license to use the software embedded in this dev
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GETTING STARTED GETTING STARTED What’s in the Box? c530 unit and vehicle suction cup mount. 12-Volt adapter to provide external power. USB cable to connect the c530 to your computer. Your c530 connects to your computer as a mass storage device (see page 14). Dashboard Disk to mount the suction cup mount on your dashboard (see page 20). Yellow Sheet that contains your unit’s serial number, registration number for registering on Garmin’s Web site, and unlock code for future reference. Looking a
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GETTING STARTED Step 1: Mounting the c530 Select a suitable location to mount the c530 on your windshield. Clean and dry the selected area of your windshield. ➋ ➊ ➌ Windshield 1. Plug the power cable into the back of the c530. 2. Place the suction cup on the windshield. Flip the lever back, toward the windshield. 3. Snap the socket on the back of the c530 onto the ball at the end of the suction cup mount. 4. Plug the power cable into a power receptacle in your vehicle. Your unit should turn
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GETTING STARTED Step 2: Configuring the c530 To turn on your c530, press and hold the Power button on the side of the unit. Follow the on-screen instructions to configure your c530. Step 3: Acquiring Satellites Go outdoors to an open area, away from tall buildings and trees. Turn on the c530. Acquiring satellite signals may take a few minutes. The bars in the upper-left corner indicate satellite strength. When the bars are green, your c530 has acquired satellite signals; you can find your de
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GETTING STARTED Finding Your Destination The Where to? menu provides several different categories for you to use when you search for locations. ➊ ➋ ➌ Touch Where to?. Select a category. Select a sub-category. ➍ ➎ ➏ Select a destination. Touch Go!. Enjoy the route! TIP: Touch and to see more choices. 4 c530 Owner’s Manual
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GETTING STARTED Following Your Route As you travel, your c530 guides you to your destination with voice prompts, arrows on the map, and directions at the top of the Map page. If you depart from the original route, your c530 recalculates the route and provides new directions. Your route is marked with a Follow the arrows as you A checkered flag marks your magenta line. take turns. destination. Adding a Stop to Your Route You can add a stop to your route. The c530 gives you directions to the st
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GETTING STARTED Adding a Detour Locking Your c530 1. On the Menu page, touch > If a road on your route is closed, you can System. take a detour. 2. Touch the button next to Garmin 1. With a route active, touch Menu. Lock. Touch OK. 2. Touch Detour. 3. Enter a 4-digit PIN. Touch Yes. Stopping the Route 4. Touch OK. Drive to a security 1. With a route active, touch Menu. location, and touch Set. 2. Touch Stop. Each time you turn on the c530, enter the PIN or drive to the security lo
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WHERE TO? TIP: Finding an intersection is very WHERE TO? similar to finding an address. Touch Intersection, and enter the two The Where to? menu provides several street names. different categories used to search for locations. To learn how to perform a simple search, see page 4. Go! Page Options Touch an item in the search results list to Finding an Address view the Go! page. 1. From the Menu page, touch Where to? > Address. 2. Select a state and city, if necessary. 3. Type the
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WHERE TO? Go Home Finding Points of Interest 1. From the Menu page, touch You can set a home location for the place you return to most often. Where to? > Food, Hotels…. 2. Select a category and a sub-category, 1. From the Menu page, touch if necessary. (Touch the arrows to see Where to? > Go Home. more categories.) 2. Select an option. 3. Select a destination. Going Home 4. Touch Go!. After your home location is set, you can route to it at any time by touching Finding a Place by
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WHERE TO? Using the On-Screen Finding Recently Found Keyboard Places When an on-screen keyboard appears, Your c530 stores the last 50 of your touch a number or letter to enter it. Use recent finds in the Recently Found list. the keyboard to spell words just like a The most recently viewed places appear computer keyboard. at the top of the list. From the Menu page, touch Where to? > Recently Found to view your recently found items. Deleting Recently Found Places To remove all place
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WHERE TO? Editing Saved Places Favorites 1. From the Menu page, touch You can save places in your Favorites, Where to? > Favorites. so you can quickly find them and create 2. Touch the location you want to edit. routes to them. Your home location is also stored in Favorites. 3. Touch Edit. Saving Places You Find 1. After you have found a place you want to save, touch Save. 2. Touch OK. The place is saved in Favorites. Finding Saved Places 4. Touch a button to edit the location: 1.
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WHERE TO? Finding a Place Using the Expanding Your Search 1. From the Menu page, touch Map Where to? > Near. Use the Browse Map page to view 2. Select an option: different parts of the map. Touch Where to? > > • Where I Am Now—searches for Browse Map. places near your current location. • A Different City—searches for Tips for Browsing the Map places near the city you enter. • Touch the map and drag to view • My Current Route—searches for different parts of the map. places along
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USING THE MAIN PAGES USING THE MAIN PAGES Map Page On the Menu page, touch View map to open the Map page. The vehicle icon shows your current location. To save your current location, touch Touch the text bar to open the vehicle icon, and touch Yes. the Turn List page. Touch to zoom out. Touch to zoom in. Touch Menu to return to the Menu page. Touch Arrival or Touch Turn In to open Speed to open the the Next Turn page. Trip Information page. Map Page while Navigating a Route Trip In
