Garmin nvi 500 user manual

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nüvi 500/550
quick start manual

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Contact Garmin Important Information Contact Garmin if you have any questions See the Important Safety and Product while using your nüvi. In the USA, go Information guide in the product to www.garmin.com/support, or contact box for product warnings and other Garmin USA by phone at (913) 397-8200 or important information. (800) 800-1020. In the UK, contact Garmin (Europe) Ltd. by Warning : This product contains a phone at 0808 2380000. lithium-ion battery. To prevent damage, remove th

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Getting Started Power button: Press and hold to turn on/off the nüvi. Press quickly to adjust the backlight GPS antenna brightness. Battery cover Speaker Serial number under the battery Battery contacts Release key: Slide up to open the battery cover. Mini-USB connector under ™ microSD card slot the weather cap under the battery 

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Step 1: Install the nüvi Battery Step 2: Charge Your nüvi 1. Locate the lithium-ion battery that came Use the vehicle power cable to charge your in the product box. nüvi. To purchase an optional USB cable or 2. Slide the release key up to open the AC adapter cable, go to http://buy.garmin battery cover on the back of the nüvi. .com. 3. Locate the metal contacts on the end of Step 3: Mount Your nüvi the lithium-ion battery. 1. Pull back the weather cap from the mini- 4. Insert the battery

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5. Place the suction cup on the windshield. Step 5: Acquire Satellites Go outdoors to an open area, out of garages, 6. Flip the lever back, toward the windshield. and away from tall buildings. Stop your vehicle, and turn on the nüvi. Acquiring 7. Fit the bottom of your nüvi into the cradle. satellite signals may take a few minutes. The bars indicate satellite strength. When the bars are green, the nüvi has acquired satellites signals. Now you can select a destination and navigate to i

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Finding Points of Interest Using the Menu Page 1. Touch Where To? > Points of Interest. ➊ ➋ ➌ ➍ 2. Select a category. 3. Select a destination, and touch Go!. ➎ ➏ To search by name, touch Where To? > Points of interest > Spell name . ➐ ➑ To search in a different area, touch Where To? > near . ➊ GPS satellite strength. ➋ Usage mode. Touch to change to Using the Go! Page driving, walking, bicycling, or boating mode. nOTE: Pages appear differently based on your usage mode and settings. For mo

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Using the Map Page ➊ Touch to view Your route is marked with a magenta line. the compass As you travel, your nüvi guides you to your (navigating off road). destination with voice prompts, arrows on the map, and directions at the top of the map. A checkered flag marks your ➋ Touch the text destination. If you depart from the original bar to view the route, your nüvi recalculates the route and turn list. provides new directions. ➊ ➋ ➌ Touch to zoom in and out. ➌ ➍ Touch the vehicle ic

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® Taking a Detour Using TracBack If the road ahead is closed, you can take a Touch Where To? > TracBack to view your detour. recent track. Touch Save to save the track to your Favorites. Touch go! to retrace your nOTE: Detour is not available when recent path of travel. navigating off road. 1. With a route active, touch Menu. Securing Your nüvi 2. Touch Detour. 1. Touch Tools > Settings > Security > Garmin Lock. The nüvi attempts to find an alternate route 2. Enter a 4-digit PIN and dr