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nüvi 1490TV
owner’s manual
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Table of Contents Finding a Place by Spelling Table of Contents the Name ............................. 14 Searching Near Another Getting Started .................... 4 Location ................................ 15 Looking at Your nüvi .................. 4 Finding Recently Found Using the Main Menu................. 5 Places ................................... 16 Setting Up Your nüvi .................. 5 Finding a Place Using the Charging Your nüvi .................... 6 Map ..................
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Table of Contents In a Call .................................. 25 Using the Where Am I? Accessing the Phone Menu ..... 25 Page ...................................... 35 Accessing Help ........................ 35 Watching Digital TV .......... 28 Using the Picture Viewer ......... 36 Using the TV Menu .................. 29 Accessing My Data .................. 37 Hiding Channels ...................... 30 Using the World Clock ............ 37 Changing the Channel Order... 31 Using the Calculator
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Table of Contents Clearing User Data .................. 55 Customizing the nüvi ....... 46 Battery Information ................. 56 Changing the System Changing the Fuse .................. 56 Settings ................................. 46 Removing the nüvi and Changing the Navigation Mount .................................... 56 Settings ................................. 47 Mounting on Your Adjusting the Display Settings . 47 Dashboard ............................ 57 Updating the Time Settin
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Getting Started Getting Started Looking at Your nüvi ‹ WArnInG See the Important Safety and Product Information guide in the product box for product warnings and other important information. TV antenna Power button: ™ microSD Press to turn the nüvi on and off. card slot Video in (no audio) See page . Headphone out Speakers Mini-USB connector Microphone External TV antenna connectors 4 nüvi 1490TV Owner’s Manual
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Getting Started Using the Main Menu Ô Touch to use the tools. ➋ ➍ ➌ ➎ ➊ Setting Up Your nüvi ➏ ➐ ‹ WArnInG This product contains a lithium-ion battery. To prevent serious bodily injury or damage to the unit or ➑ ➒ ➓ Ô vehicle, remove the unit from the ➊ GPS satellite strength. vehicle when exiting or store it out ® ➋ Bluetooth technology status. of direct sunlight. ➌ Touch to select a usage mode. Mounting Your nüvi ➍ Current time. Touch to change 1. Remove the clear plastic from the ti
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Getting Started 2. Flip the lever back toward the 8. To expand the signal range, windshield. connect the external antenna to the traffic receiver and secure it to 3. Snap the cradle onto the suction the windshield using the suction cup arm. cups. 4. Plug the vehicle power cable into the back of your nüvi. Acquiring Satellites 1. Go outdoors to an open area, 5. Plug the other end of the vehicle away from tall buildings and trees. power cable into a power outlet in your vehicle. Your u
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Getting Started To change your usage mode: Selecting a Usage Mode 1. From the Main menu, touch the usage mode icon on the upper- left corner. Pedestrian 2. Select a mode, and touch OK. 3. Touch Yes, and follow the Bicycle Automobile on-screen instructions to configure your settings. Your nüvi offers several usage modes for navigation methods. Routing navigating Off road is calculated differently based on If you are not following roadways your usage mode. For example, in as you navigate,
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Getting Started Using the Power Button Adjusting the Volume Press and quickly release to view From the Main menu, touch Volume. additional options: Touch and to adjust the volume. Touch the box next to Mute • Touch and to adjust the to mute all audio. screen brightness. • Touch Lock Screen to prevent navigating the Screens accidental screen touches. • To quickly return to the Main • Touch Power Off to turn off your menu, touch and hold . nüvi. You can also turn off the • Touch an
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Getting Started 3. Select a subcategory. Finding Y Your our 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?. 4. Select a destination. 2. Select a category. 5. Touch Go!. nüvi 1490TV Owner’s Manual 9
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Getting Started 1. Select a route from the Route navigating in Pedestrian Options page to view the Itinerary Usage Mode page. Each route on the page offers a different combination Using the Itinerary Page of public transit or pedestrian In Pedestrian usage mode, the options. Itinerary page appears after you touch Go!. Select a leg of the route to view more detailed instructions, or touch Start to create a route. 2. Touch Start. Using the route Options Page In Pedestrian usage mode, t
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Getting Started Taking a Detour Adding a Stop 1. While navigating a route, touch 1. While navigating a route, touch . > Where To?. 2. Touch Detour. 2. Search for the extra stop. If the route you are currently taking 3. Touch Go!. is the only reasonable option, the 4. Touch Add as Via Point to nüvi might not calculate a detour. add this stop before your final destination. Stopping the route Changing Destinations 1. With a route active, touch Menu. 1. While navigating a route, touch 2
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Where To? 4. Enter the number of the address, Where To? and touch Done. The Where To? menu provides 5. Enter the street name, and touch several different categories you can Done. use to search for locations. To learn 6. Select the correct street in the list, how to perform a simple search, see if necessary. page 9. 7. Touch the address, if necessary. Finding an Address Setting a Home Location NOTE: Depending on the version Set your home location for the place of the maps loaded on yo
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Where To? Changing Your Home Using the Go! Page Location After you have selected a location to 1. Touch Tools > My Data > Set navigate to, the Go! page opens. Home Location. 2. Select an option: ➊ ➌ ➋ • Enter your address. ➍ • Use your current location. ➎ • Choose from a list of recently ➏ found locations. ➊ Touch to call this location when Editing Your Home Location connected to a phone. 1. Touch Where To? > Favorites > All Favorites > Home. ➋ Touch to view more 2. Touch Edit, enter yo
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Where To? Providing Feedback on Finding a Place by Points of Interest Spelling the name 1. On the Go! Go! page, touch the white page, touch the white Use the on-screen keyboard to spell box. Detailed information for the the name of the destination you are location appears. looking for. You can also enter letters 2. Touch Feedback for the following contained in the name to narrow the options: search. • Edit rating— touch a circle to 1. Touch Where To? > Points of give the point of inte
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Where To? Using the On-Screen Searching near near Another Another Keyboard Location When an on-screen keyboard 1. Touch Where To? > near. appears, touch a letter or a number 2. Select an option: to enter it. • Where I Am now—search near your current location. • A Different City—search near the city you enter. • A recent Destination — search near a recent destination. Touch to add a space. Touch • A Favorite Destination— and to move the cursor. select a destination from Touch to
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Where To? Saving Your Current Location Finding recently Found From the Map page, touch . Touch Places Save Location to save your current Your nüvi stores the last 50 of your location. recent finds in the Recently Found list. The most-recently viewed places Saving Places You Find appear at the top of the list. Touch 1. From the Go! page, touch Save. Where To? > Recently Found to 2. Touch OK. The place is saved in view your recently found items. Favorites. Deleting recently Found Fin
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Where To? • Attach Photo—select a Tips for Browsing the Map picture that you have loaded • Touch the map, and drag to view on your nüvi or on a memory different parts of the map. card to assign to the location. • Touch and to zoom in and • Change Map Symbol—touch out. a new symbol used to mark • Touch any object on the map. this location on the map. An arrow appears, pointing at • Change Phone number— the object, and a box displays enter a phone number, and information on the l
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Where To? Entering Coordinates Using Photo navigation If you know the geographic You can load pictures with location coordinates of your destination, you information onto your nüvi and then can use your nüvi to navigate to your create routes to them. destination using the latitude and 1. Go to http://connect.garmin.com longitude coordinates. This can be /photos (not available in all areas) especially helpful when geocaching. to download pictures with location information. 1. Touch Where
