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Owner’s Manual
™
nüvi 300/350
personal travel assistant
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Pcearef Preface ® ™ Congratulations on purchasing the Garmin nüvi personal travel assistant. The nüvi 300 and nüvi 350 are included in this manual. Unless otherwise specified, the information applies to both models. Manual Conventions When you are instructed to “touch” something, use your finger to touch an item on the screen. You will see small arrows (>) used in the text that indicate you should touch a series of items. For example, if you see “touch Where to > My Locations” you should to
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Tleab of c onTT en s Preface ...................................................i Where To ...............................................7 Manual Conventions ........................................i Finding an Address ........................................7 Contact Garmin ..............................................i Finding a Place by Spelling the Name ..............8 myGarmin™ ..................................................i Finding a Place Using the Map .........................9 F
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Tleab of c T on T en s SaversGuide ...............................................29 Viewing the Map and Other Pages .......17 Listening to MP3 Files ...................................30 Viewing the Map Page ..................................17 Listening to Audible Books ............................32 Trip Information Page ...................................18 Viewing Pictures .........................................37 Current Route Page ......................................19 Using the Worl
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Tleab of c T on T en s Purchasing Additional MapSource Maps ...........61 FM TMC Traffic Information ................52 Custom POIs (Points of Interest) ....................62 Connecting the FM TMC Traffic Receiver to Your nüvi ........................................................52 Battery Information ....................................64 Viewing Traffic Events ..................................53 About Satellite Signals..................................65 Avoiding Traffic ..............
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GeTTinG s Tar Ted GettinG Started Your nüvi nüvi Menu Page MCX connector B Power A (for an optional button external C H antenna) G D SD card F E slot Mini-USB Satellite signal strength indicator. Touch to view A port satellite signal information. Headphone B Battery indicator. plug C Touch to adjust the settings. Touch to adjust the volume and brightness. D E Touch to view traffic incidents, if an optional FM traffic receiver is connected. F Touch to use the Travel Kit. G Touch to
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GeTTinG s Tar Ted nüvi Tips and Shortcuts Quick Links • To quickly return to the Menu page, press and hold Back. • Finding an address: page 7 • Touch Help to learn more about the nüvi’s Travel Kit. • Viewing the Map page: page 17 • When you are listening to music or an audible book, quickly • Listening to MP3 files: page 30 press the Power button twice to jump from any page back to the • Listening to an audible book: player page. Press Back to return to the previous page you were page 32 v
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GT e TinG s Tar Ted Find Your Destination Flip up the antenna on the nüvi to get satellite signals. The bars in the upper left corner represent the GPS satellite signals being received by your nüvi. When you see green bars, you have a strong signal. See page 65 for more information. After you have a satellite fix, use the Garmin nüvi to find your destination and go to it. ➊ ➋ ➌ Select a category and Select a destination. Touch Where to. sub-category, if necessary. ➍ ➎ Touch Go. Enjoy the
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GT e TG in s Tar Ted Follow Your Route Follow the route to your destination using the Map page. As you travel, your nüvi guides you to your destination with vocal prompts, turn arrows on the map, and directions at the top of the Map page. If you depart from the original route, your nüvi recalculates the route and provides new route directions. For more information about using the Map page, see pages 17–19. Read the driving instructions at the top of the page. Your route is marked Follow th
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GeTTinG s Tar Ted Add a Stop to Your Route You can add a stop to your route. The nüvi gives you directions to the stop and then to your final destination. NoTe: You can add only one stop to your route. 1. With a route active, touch Menu on the Map page. 2. Touch Where to Search for the extra stop. 3. Touch Go. 4. Touch Yes to add this stop before your destination. Or, touch No to make this your new final destination. Add a Detour If a road on your route is closed, you can take a detou
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GeTTinG s Tar Ted Lock Your nüvi 1. Flip up the antenna on the nüvi to get satellite signals. 2. Touch > System > Garmin Lock. 3. Touch OK, and enter a 4-digit PIN. 4. Re-enter your four-digit PIN. 5. Touch OK. 6. Drive to a security location, and touch Set. Each time you turn on the nüvi, enter the 4-digit PIN or drive to the security location. NoTe: If you forget your PIN and your security location, you must send your nüvi to Garmin to get it unlocked. What is a Security Location? Yo
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Where To Where t o The Where To menu provides several categories to help you quickly find your destination. To learn how to perform a simple search using the Where To menu, see page 3. Finding an Address Search Tips From the Menu page, touch Where To > Address to enter • Do not enter the street prefix a specific address to which you want to navigate. Your nüvi walks or suffix. For example, to find you through the process of finding an address with on-screen North Main Street enter Main
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Where To Finding a Place by Spelling the Name If you know the name of the location you are searching for, you search only for locations by that name. If you only know part of Go Page Options the name, you can enter part of it to only list locations with those letter combinations in their names. 1. Touch Where to > Spell Name. 2. Using the on-screen keyboard, enter letters contained in the name. Touch Done. 3. Select the location you want to visit. The Go page opens. Touch Go to create a
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Where To Finding a Place Using the Map Viewing Places on Touch View map to open the Map page. Touch and drag the Map anywhere on the Map page to browse the map and view different You can view a place you have parts of the map. You can also touch Where to > found on the Map page. Browse Map. ➊ Tips for Browsing the Map • Touch the map and drag to view different parts of the map. • Use the and icons to zoom in and out. Touch Show Map. • Touch any object on the map. An arrow appea
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Where To Finding a Place Using Coordinates If you know the location coordinates (latitude and longitude), you can enter them to find the location. 1. Touch Where to > Coordinates. 2. Touch a field (rectangle) and use the on-screen keyboard to enter the coordinates. Touch Done. 3. After you have entered the coordinates, touch Next to open the Go page. Changing the Location Format Because different maps and charts use different position formats, the nüvi allows you to choose the correct c
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Where To Expanding Your Search ➊ ➋ Select an option. Touch Where to. Touch OK. Then touch Near. NoTe: Your nüvi • Where I Am Now—searches for places near your current automatically searches for location. places near your current • A Different City—searches for places near the city you enter. location. • My Current Route—searches for places along the route you are currently navigating. • My Destination—searches for places near your route destination. Garmin © 2005–2006 nüvi Owner
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My l oca Tions My LocationS You can save all of your favorite places in My Locations. You can also save your home location in My Locations. ➊ Saving Places You Find ➊ ➋ ➋ Touch OK. After you have found a place, touch Save. Finding Saved Places (Favorites) 1. Touch Where to > My Locations > Favorites. ➌ 2. Select the place you want to visit. NoTe: To delete all of your Favorites and your Custom POIs from your nüvi, touch Where To > My Locations > Delete All. Touch Yes. Garmin © 2
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My l oca Tions Editing Saved Places After you save a place, you can change the name of the place and its symbol on the map. Touch Where to > Changing the Name My Locations. To change the name, touch Change Name. Enter the new name using the on-screen ➊ ➋ keyboard. Touch Done. Changing the Map Symbol To change the symbol used on Touch Favorites. Select the place the map, touch Change Map you want to edit. Symbol and select a symbol from ➌ ➍ the list. Deleting Saved Places To delete
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My l oca Tions Finding Recent Selections Places Your nüvi stores the last 50 of your recent finds in Recent Selections. The most recently viewed places appear at the top of the list. Touch Where to > My Locations to view your recently found items. ➊ ➋ Touch Recent Select an item from Selections. the list. Deleting Recently Found Places To remove all places from the Recent Selections list, touch Clear. NoTe: When you touch Then touch Yes. Clear, all items from the list are removed. I
