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Quick Start Manual
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nüvi 780
personal travel assistant with
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MSN Direct Receiver
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WARNING: See the Important Safety and Product Information guide in the product box for product warnings and other important information. What’s in the Box? Power key: slide to the left to turn the unit on/off; nüvi GPS device and vehicle suction cup slide to the right to lock the screen mount. ® Headphone/audio Vehicle power cable with built-in MSN out jack Direct Receiver to provide external power and MSN Direct content. USB cable to connect the nüvi to your SD card slot computer. Your
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WARNING: This product contains a non-user-replaceable lithium-ion battery. See the Important Safety and Product Information guide in the product box for important battery safety information. State law in Minnesota and California prohibits and/or restricts drivers from using suction mounts on their windshields while operating motor vehicles. (See California Vehicle Code 26708(a); Minnesota Statutes Section 169.71.) Other Garmin dashboard or friction mounting options should be used in those sta
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To receive MSN Direct content, first you Step 2: Configure the nüvi must activate your service (3-months free To turn on your nüvi, slide the Power service included). key to the left. Follow the on-screen instructions. 1. Connectthe vehicle power cable toyour nüvi and yourvehicle’ spower outlet. Turnyour vehicle’s keyto the ON/ACC Step 3: Acquire Satellites position,if necessary ,to power the nüvi. Go outdoors to an open area, out of garages, 2. Touch T
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Step 4: Use the nüvi Finding Points of Interest 1. Touch Where to?> Points of Interest. D A B C E F G H I 2. Select a category anda sub-category . A GPS satellite strength. 3. Selecta destination, and touch Go. ® B Bluetooth technology status. To enter letters contained in the name, touch C Where to? > Points of Interest > Spell Battery status. Name. D Current time; touch to change time settings. To search for a location in a different area, E touch Where to?
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Viewing the Main Pages Touch View map to open the Map page. The vehicle icon shows your current location. Touch the map and drag to view different parts of the map. Touch anywhere on the map; an arrow appears pointing at the object. After you touch Go, the Map page opens. Your route is marked with a magenta line. As you travel, your nüvi guides you to your destination with voice prompts, arrows on the map, and directions at the top of the Map page. A checkered flag marks your destination.
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Taking a Detour Locking Your nüvi 1. With a route active,touch Menu. 1. Touch Tools > Settings > Security. 2. Touch Detour. 2. Touch thebutton below Garmin Lock. 3. Enter a 4-digit PIN and driveto a security The nüvi attempts to get you back on your location. original route as quickly as possible. If the route you are currently taking is the NOTE: If you forget your PIN and your only reasonable option, the nüvi might not security location, you must send your n
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® Using MSN Direct The MSN Direct Receiver and nüvi must be in range of an MSN Direct coverage area. See http://garmin.msndirect.com/coverage for more information on coverage areas. Receiving Content Traffic It can take several hours to receive all the MSN Direct provides local traffic content the first time you use it, after you information for a large number of have traveled long distances, or after you metropolitan areas. To learn more about ® have not used your nüvi and MSN Direct
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been automatically calculated into the 5. Touch OK onthe nüvi. arrival time. To view the details of the 6. Select yourphone, and touch OK. delays, touch . If there is more than one 7. Enter thenüvi’ s Bluetooth PIN ( 1234)in delay, touch Details. Touch Avoid to avoid yourphone. this delay. Phone Menu Using Hands-Free Features Hands-free phone features are available only if your nüvi and your compatible mobile phone have Bluetooth wireless technology. Not all phones
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Loading Files on Your nüvi Listening to MP3 Files 1. Connect the USB cable to the mini-USB 1. Load MP3 files to the internal memory or connector onthe nüvi and toan available SDcard. USB porton your computer . Yournüvi’ s 2. Touch Tools> Media Player. Touch internal memory andSD card appear Sourceto openthe music player. as removable drivesin My Computer on ® Windows computers, and as mounted ® volumes on Mac computers. 2. Copy and
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Using the FM Transmitter More Information For more information about your nüvi, touch Before using the FM transmitter in your area, see the FM transmitter legal notice in the owner’s Tools > Help. manual. You can download the latest version of the You can listen to your nüvi audio on your owner’s manual from www.garmin.com. vehicle’s FM stereo speakers. For detailed information about the MSN 1. Fromthe Menu page,touch Volume> ® Direct content, download the MSN Direct FM T
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For the latest free software updates (excluding map data) throughout the life of your Garmin products, visit the Garmin Web site at www.garmin.com. © 2008 Garmin Ltd.or its subsidiaries Garmin International, Inc. st 1200East 151 Street, Olathe, Kansas 66062, USA Garmin (Europe) Ltd. Liberty House, Hounsdown BusinessPark, Southampton, Hampshire, SO40 9RB UK Garmin Corporation nd No. 68, Jangshu 2 Road, Shijr, Taipei County, Taiwan www.garmin.com January 2008 190-00859-02 Rev
