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®
nüvi 42/52 Series
Owner’s Manual
December 2012 190-01530-00_0A Printed in Taiwan
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Transferring Files from Your Computer ........... 16 Table of Contents Deleting Files .................................................. 17 Getting Started ����������������������������������������� 1 Customizing the Device ������������������������ 17 Mounting the Device .......................................... 1 System Settings ............................................... 17 About myDashboard .......................................... 2 Navigation Settings .................................
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Purchasing Accessories .................................. 23 Contacting Garmin Product Support ................ 23 Troubleshooting .............................................. 24
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Mounting the Device Getting Started ‹ WARNING ‹ WARNING This product contains a lithium-ion battery. See the Important Safety and Product To prevent the possibility of personal injury or Information guide in the product box for product product damage caused by battery exposure warnings and other important information. to extreme heat, remove the device from the vehicle when exiting or store it out of direct Connect the device to vehicle power (page 1 sunlight. 1). Mount the device (p
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Charge your device as you drive before using it Plug the other end of the vehicle power 5 on battery power. cable into a power outlet in your vehicle. 1 Press the suction cup ➊ to the windshield. Snap the mount onto the suction cup ➏ 6 arm. Acquiring Satellites ➌ The device may require an open view of the sky to acquire satellite signals. When the bars ➊ ➏ are green, the device has acquired satellite ➎ signals. ➍ ➋ About myDashboard Use myDashboard to register your device, check While p
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Follow the on-screen instructions. 4 About Garmin Express Use Garmin Express to register your device, ™ nüMaps Guarantee check for software and map updates, access If you register the device at www.garmin.com product manuals and support, and more. /express within 90 days of acquiring satellites while driving, your device could be eligible for Setting Up Garmin Express one free map update. Go to www.garmin.com 1 Connect a USB cable ➊ to the mini-USB /numaps for terms and conditions. port ➋ o
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Turning Off the Device • Select or . 1 Tap the Power key ➊. • Select the Mute check box. ➊ Status Bar Icons The status bar is located at the top of the main menu. The status bar icons display information about features on the device. You can select some icons to change settings or view additional information. Select Power Off. 2 GPS signal status. Resetting the Device Current time. You can reset your device if it stops functioning. Hold the Power key for 10 seconds. Battery status. Ch
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Using the On-Screen Buttons • Select and hold to erase the entire • Hold to quickly return to the main menu. entry. • Select and to see more choices. • Select Mode to select the keyboard language mode. • Select and hold and to scroll faster. • Select to enter special characters, such as punctuation marks. Using the On-Screen Keyboard See “System Settings” to change the keyboard layout (page 17). Finding Locations Select Where To? > Points of Interest > 1 There are many ways to fin
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Enter all or part of the name. 5 About Points of Interest Select Done. The detailed maps loaded in your device contain 6 points of interest, such as restaurants, hotels, Searching Near Another Location and auto services. By default, your device finds locations closest Finding a Point of Interest by Category to your current location. You can find a location near another city or location. 1 Select Where To? > Points of Interest. Select Where To? > Near. 2 Select a category. 1 Select an opti
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Select the information balloon. 2 Saving a Home Location Select Edit. You can set your home location for the location 3 you return to most often. Enter your changes. 4 1 Select Where To? > Go Home. Select Done. 5 2 Select Enter My Address, Use My Current Location, or Choose from Recently Location Searches Found. You can search for locations by using the on- The location is saved as “Home” in Favorites screen keyboard, entering the location’s address (page 10). or coordinates, browsing t
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Finding an Address Finding a Location by Browsing the Map NOTE: The order of the steps may change Select Where To? > Browse Map. 1 depending on the map data loaded on your Drag the map to find the location. 2 device. Select the location. 3 Select Where To? > Address. 1 An information balloon appears for the If necessary, change the state, the country, 2 location. or the province. Select the information balloon. 4 Select an option: 3 Viewing a List of Recently Found • Select Spell C
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Finding a Location Using Coordinates Using the Location Map You can find a location using latitude and The location map appears after you select a longitude coordinates. This method can be location from the Where To? menu. helpful when geocaching. ➌ Select Where To? > Coordinates. 1 ➊ ➋ If necessary, select Format, select the 2 correct coordinate format for the type of map ➍ ➐ you are using, and select OK. ➎ ➏ Select the latitude coordinate. 3 • Select ➊ to save the location to your Ent
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Saving Your Location to Favorites • Select ➐ to view different parts of the map. From the map, select the vehicle icon. 1 Setting a Simulated Location Select Save Location. 2 If you are indoors or not receiving satellite Enter a name, and select Done. 3 signals, you can use the GPS simulator to set a simulated location. Select OK. 4 Select Settings > System. 1 The location is saved in Favorites. Select GPS Simulator > On > OK. 2 Saving Locations to Favorites From the main menu, select
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Select a Favorite. Select Where To? > Favorites. 3 1 Select the information balloon. Select the Favorite. 4 2 Select Edit. Select the information balloon. 5 3 Select an option: Select Edit > Change Categories. 6 4 • Select Change Name. Select New. 5 • To change the symbol used to mark the Deleting Favorites Favorite on a map, select Change Map NOTE: Deleted Favorites cannot be recovered. Symbol. Select Where To? > Favorites. 1 • Select Change Phone Number. If necessary, select a categor
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An icon displaying the current speed limit may Map Pages appear as you travel on major roadways. Following an Automobile Route Notice The speed limit icon feature is for information only and does not replace the driver’s responsibility to abide by all posted speed limit signs and to use safe driving judgment at all Taking a Detour times. Garmin will not be responsible for any While navigating a route, you can use detours traffic fines or citations that you may receive for to avoid obsta
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Stopping the Route Viewing Current Location Information While navigating a route, select > Stop. Use the Where Am I? page to view information about your current location. This is helpful if you Navigating Off Road need to tell emergency personnel your location. You can create straight-line routes that do not From the map, select the vehicle icon. follow roadways. Finding Nearby Services Select Settings > Navigation. 1 From the map, select the vehicle icon. 1 Select Route Preference > O
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Resetting t rip information 1 From the map, select the Speed field > Reset. 2 Select an option: • Select Reset Trip Data to reset the information on the trip computer. Select a turn. 2 • Select Reset Max� Speed to reset the The details for the turn appear. If available, maximum speed. an image of the junction appears for junctions on major roadways. 3 Select OK. Viewing the Entire Route on the Map Viewing a List of Turns While navigating an automobile route, select 1 When you are navigati
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Viewing the Next Turn Select Junction View. 2 While navigating an automobile route, a preview of the next turn, lane change, or other maneuver appears in the upper-left corner of the map. The preview includes the distance to the turn or maneuver and the lane in which you should be traveling, if available. From the map, select . Data Management You can store files, such as JPEG image files, on your device. The device has a memory card slot for additional data storage. NOTE: The device i
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Insert a memory card into the slot on the File Types device. The device supports the following file types: • Maps and GPX waypoint files from Transferring Files from Your ® MapSource Computer • GPI custom POI files from Garmin POI 1 Connect the device to your computer (page Loader. 3). Your device and memory card appear About Memory Cards as removable drives in My Computer in You can purchase memory cards from an Windows and as mounted volumes on Mac electronics supplier, or purchase p
