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nüvi 715 series
owner’s manual
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© 2008–2009 Garmin Ltd. or its subsidiaries Garmin International, Inc. Garmin (Europe) Ltd. Garmin Corporation 1200 East 151st Street, Liberty House, Hounsdown Business Park, No. 68, Jangshu 2nd Road, Olathe, Kansas 66062, USA Southampton, Hampshire, SO40 9RB, UK Shijr, Taipei County, Taiwan Tel. (913) 397.8200 or Tel. +44 (0) 870.8501241 (outside the UK) Tel. 886/2.2642.9199 (800) 800.1020 0808 2380000 (within the UK) Fax 886/2.2642.9099 Fax (913) 397.8282 Fax +44 (0) 870.8501251 All ri
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Introduction Contact Garmin Introduction Contact Garmin if you have any questions while using your nüvi. Manual Conventions Go to www.garmin.co.in and click When you are instructed to “touch” Contact Support for regional support something, use your finger to touch an information. item on the screen. You may also contact Garmin local The small arrows (>) used in the text dealer for product support. indicate that you should touch a series of items. For example, if you see “touch ™ myGa
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Introduction Entering Coordinates ......................14 Table of Contents Using the Main Pages .................15 Introduction .....................................i Map Page .......................................15 Manual Conventions ..........................i Trip Computer .................................15 nüvi Tips and Shortcuts .....................i Turn List Page ................................16 Contact Garmin .................................i Next Turn Page ....................
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Introduction Where Am I? ...................................27 Appendix ......................................38 Help ................................................27 Ways to Charge Your nüvi ..............38 Media Player ..................................27 Calibrating the Screen ....................38 Picture Viewer ................................28 Locking Your nüvi ...........................38 Custom Routes ...............................28 Additional Maps ..............................3
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Introduction Aviation ...........................................52 Environment ..................................52 Ground Transportation ...................52 Marine ............................................52 Military ............................................53 Public Safety .................................53 Rail .................................................53 Recreation ......................................53 Space .............................................53 Surveying ....
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Getting Started Getting Started Power key: slide to the left to turn on/off the unit; GPS antenna Speaker slide to the right to lock the screen Headphone/ audio out jack ™ SD card slot Microphone Mini-USB External antenna connector connector Serial number (remove cradle to view serial number) WARNING: This product contains a lithium-ion battery. To prevent damage, remove the unit from the vehicle when exiting or store it out of direct sunlight. nüvi 715 Series Owner’s Manual 1
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Getting Started 5. Snap the cradle onto the suction cup Step 1: Mount the nüvi arm. 1. Plug the vehicle power cable into the power connector on the right side of 6. Fit the bottom of your nüvi into the the cradle. cradle. 7. Tilt the nüvi back until it snaps into Cradle Vehicle power place. cable 2. Remove the clear plastic from the suction cup. Clean and dry your windshield and the suction cup with a lint-free cloth. 8. Plug the other end of the vehicle 3. Place the suction cup on
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Getting Started Step 2: Configure the Step 4: Use the nüvi nüvi ➊ ➋ ➌ ➍ Your unit should turn on automatically ➎ ➏ if it is plugged in and your vehicle is running. To manually turn on your nüvi, slide the Power key to the left. ➐ ➑ ➒ Follow the on-screen instructions. ➊ GPS satellite strength. ® Step 3: Acquire Satellites ➋ Bluetooth technology status. 1. Go outdoors to an open area, out of ➌ Battery status. garages, and away from tall buildings. 2. Stop your vehicle, and turn on the
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Getting Started Finding Your Destination The Where To? menu provides several different categories for you to use when searching for addresses, cities, and other locations. The detailed map loaded in your nüvi contains millions of points of interest, such as restaurants, hotels, and auto services. ➊ Touch Where To?. ➋ Select a category. ➌ Select a subcategory. ➍ Select a destination. ➎ Touch Go!. ➏ Enjoy the route! 4 nüvi 715 Series Owner’s Manual
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Getting Started Adding a Via Point Following Your Route You can add a stop (Via Point) to your Your route is marked with a magenta route. The nüvi gives you directions line. As you travel, your nüvi guides you to the stop and then to your final to your destination with voice prompts, destination. arrows on the map, and directions at the top of the map. The upper-left corner 1. With a route active, touch Menu > indicates the distance to your next Where To?. maneuver and the lane you s
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Getting Started Taking a Detour Adjusting the Volume If a road on your route is closed, you can From the Menu page, touch Volume. take a detour. Touch and to adjust the master volume. Touch Mute to mute all audio. 1. With a route active, touch Menu. 2. Touch Detour. To adjust the volume levels for the voice prompts, the media player, and the The nüvi attempts to get you back phone, touch Mixer. Adjust the levels on your original route as quickly as as needed. Touch Restore to retur
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Where To? Go! Page Options Where To? Touch an item in the search results list to The Where To? menu provides view the Go! page. several different categories you can use to search for locations. To learn how to perform a standard search, see page 4 . ➊ ➋ ➌ Searching Near Another ➍ ➎ Location Your nüvi automatically searches for ➊ Touch to call this location, if a places near your current location. mobile phone with Bluetooth wireless technology is connected 1. Touch Where To? > N
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Where To? Finding an Address Finding a Place by The steps to find an address can vary Spelling the Name depending on the maps that are loaded If you know the name of the location you on your nüvi. are looking for, you can spell it using the on-screen keyboard. You can also enter 1. Touch Where To? > Address. letters contained in the name to narrow 2. Touch Change State or Province, if the search. necessary. 3. Touch Search All. 1. Touch Where To? > Points of Interest > Spell Name.
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Where To? Using the On-Screen Setting a Home Location Keyboard You can set a Home location for the When an on-screen keyboard appears, place you return to most often. touch a letter or number to enter it. 1. 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 • Touch to add a space. After you set your Home location, you • Touch and to move the can route to it at any time by tou
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Where To? Finding Recently Found Favourites You can save places in your Favourites, Places so you can quickly fi nd them and create Your nüvi stores the last 50 of your routes to them. Your Home location is recent fi nds in the Recently Found list. also stored in Favourites. The most-recently viewed places appear at the top of the list. Touch Where To? Saving Your Current Location > Recently Found to view your recently From the Map page, touch . Touch found items. Save Location t
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Where To? • Change Map Symbol—touch a Finding Your Last Position new symbol. Your Last Position is automatically • Change Phone Number—enter a saved each time you remove the nüvi phone number, and touch Done. from the cradle when the cradle is • Change Categories—create and change the category in which this receiving power. Use this feature to find location is saved. your car in a parking lot. • Delete—touch Yes to remove this 1. Touch Where To?. item from the Favourites list. 2. Tou
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Where To? 7. Touch Next to calculate your route Using Custom Routes and view it on the map. Touch Where To? > Custom Routes. 8. Touch Save to save the route and Select the route you want to take, and exit. touch Go!. Editing Custom Routes Creating a Custom Route 1. Touch Where To? (or Tools) > Use your nüvi to create and save routes Custom Routes. before your next trip. You can save up to 2. Select the route you want to edit. 10 routes. 3. Touch Edit. 1. Touch Where To? (or Tools) >
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Where To? Finding a Place Using the • Touch to switch between a 3D ( three-dimensional) map and a 2D Map (two-dimensional) map. To fi nd a location on the map, touch • Touch to rotate the viewing angle Where To? > Br owse Map or touch in 3D view. anywhere on the map. • As you zoom out, the map changes to a digital elevation map showing the contours of the area. • Zoom far out to view a globe. Touch and spin the globe to quickly fi nd different areas of the world. • Touch
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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 (or other coordinate formats). This can be especially helpful when geocaching. 1. Touch Where To? > Coordinates. 2. Touch Format to select the correct coordinate format for the type of map you are using. 3. Touch a direction field to select a new direction. 4. Touch a numeric field to enter the co
