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Owner’s Manual
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StreetPilot C510
portable, affordable car navigation
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PREFACE PREFACE Tell us how you like this manual! ® Fill out the Product Documentation Thank you for purchasing the Garmin ® ™ Survey. Go to www.garmin.com/ StreetPilot c510 . contactUs/, and click Product Documentation Survey. Manual Conventions When you are instructed to “touch” something, use your finger to touch an Quick Links item on the screen. • Finding an address: page 7 You will see small arrows (>) used in the • Viewing the Map page: page 12 text. They indicate that you should
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PREFACE Preface ............................................i Where To? ......................................7 Manual Conventions .......................i Finding an Address ........................7 Quick Links ......................................i Go! Page Options ...........................7 Warning ..........................................iv Go Home .........................................8 Caution ............................................v Finding Points of Interest ..............8
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PREFACE Managing Files on Your c510 .....16 Appendix ......................................22 Supported File Types ...................16 Resetting Your c510 .....................22 Step 1: Insert an SD Card Caring for Your c510 ...................23 (Optional) .................................16 Changing the Fuse .......................24 Step 2: Connect the Using a Remote Antenna .............24 USB Cable ................................16 About Satellite Signals ................24 Step 3: Tr
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PREFACE Warning Failure to avoid the following potentially Always operate the vehicle in a safe manner. hazardous situations could result in an Do not become distracted by the unit while accident or collision resulting in death or driving, and always be fully aware of all driving serious injury. conditions. Minimise the amount of time spent viewing the screen of the unit while driving and When installing the unit in a vehicle, place the use voice prompts when possible. Do not input unit
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PREFACE Caution Failure to avoid the following potentially not be used to determine ground proximity for hazardous situations may result in injury or aircraft navigation. property damage. The Global Positioning System (GPS) is The unit is designed to provide you with route operated by the United States government, suggestions. It does not reflect road closures which is solely responsible for its accuracy or road conditions, traffic congestion, weather and maintenance. The government’s system
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PREFACE Product Registration Software License Help us better support you by Agreement completing our online registration today! BY USING THE c510, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS Connect to our Web site at www.garmin OF THE FOLLOWING SOFTWARE LICENSE .com/registration/. AGREEMENT. PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY. Use this area to record the serial number (8-digit number located on the back Garmin grants you a limited license to use the software embedded in this de
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GETTING STARTED GETTING STARTED What’s in the Box? c510 unit and vehicle suction cup mount. 12-Volt adapter to provide external power or FM TMC Traffic receiver (Deluxe versions only) to provide external power and traffic information. USB cable to connect the c510 to your computer. Your c510 connects to your computer as a Mass Storage Device (see pages 16–17). Dashboard Disk to mount the suction cup mount on your dashboard (see page 22). DVD-ROM (Deluxe versions only) to use the mapping softwar
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GETTING STARTED Step 1: Mounting the c510 Select a suitable location to mount the c510 on your windscreen. Clean and dry the selected area of your windscreen. ➋ ➊ ➌ Windscreen 1. Plug the power cable into the back of the c510. 2. Place the suction cup on the windscreen. Flip the lever back, toward the windscreen. 3. Snap the socket on the back of the c510 onto the ball at the end of the suction cup mount. 4. Plug the power cable into a power receptacle in your vehicle. Your unit should tur
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GETTING STARTED Step 2: Configuring the c510 To turn on your c510, press and hold the Power button on the side of the unit. Follow the on-screen instructions to configure your c510. Step 3: Acquiring Satellites Go outdoors to an open area, away from tall buildings and trees. Turn on the c510. Acquiring satellite signals may take 30–60 seconds. The bars in the upper-left corner indicate satellite strength. When the bars are green, your c510 has acquired satellite signals; you can find your de
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GETTING STARTED Finding Your Destination The Where to? menu provides several different categories for you to use when you search for locations. ➊ ➋ ➌ Touch Where to?. Select a category. Select a sub-category. ➍ ➎ ➏ Select a destination. Touch Go!. Enjoy the route! Touch the arrows to see more places. TIP: Touch and to see more choices. 4 c510 Owner’s Manual
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GETTING STARTED Following Your Route As you travel, your c510 guides you to your destination with voice prompts, arrows on the map, and directions at the top of the Map page. If you depart from the original route, your c510 recalculates the route and provides new directions. Your route is marked with a Follow the arrows as you A checkered flag marks your magenta line. take turns. destination. Adding a Stop to Your Route You can add a stop to your route. The c510 gives you directions to the st
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GETTING STARTED it. Touch OK when you are done. Adding a Detour If a road on your route is closed, you can Locking Your c510 take a detour. 1. On the Menu page, touch > 1. With a route active, touch Menu. System. 2. Touch Detour. 2. Touch the button next to Garmin Lock. Touch OK. Stopping the Route 3. Enter a 4-digit PIN. Touch Yes to 1. With a route active, touch Menu. accept the PIN. 2. Touch Stop. 4. Touch OK. Drive to a security location, and touch Set. Taking a Better Route
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WHERE TO? TIP: Finding an intersection is very WHERE TO? similar to finding an address. Touch Intersection, and enter the two The Where to? menu provides several street names. different categories used to search for locations. To learn how to perform a simple search, see page 4. Go! Page Options Touch an item in the search results list to Finding an Address view the Go! page. 1. From the Menu page, touch Where to? > Address. 2. Select a country and state, if necessary. 3. Touc
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WHERE TO? Go Home Finding Points of Interest 1. From the Menu page, touch You can set a home location for the place you return to most often. Where to? > Food, Hotels…. 2. Select a category and a sub-category, 1. From the Menu page, touch if necessary. (Touch the arrows to see Where to? > Go Home. more categories.) 2. Select an option. 3. Select a destination. Going Home 4. Touch Go!. Once your home location is set, you can route to it at any time by touching Finding a Place by
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WHERE TO? Using the On-Screen Finding Recently Found Keyboard Places When an on-screen keyboard appears, Your c510 stores the last 50 of your touch a number or letter to enter it. Use recent finds in the Recently Found list. the keyboard to spell words just like The most recently viewed places appear computer keyboard. at the top of the list. From the Menu page, touch Where to? > Recently Found to view your recently found items. Deleting Recently Found Places To remove all places
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WHERE TO? Editing Saved Places Favorites 1. From the Menu page, touch You can save places in your Favorites Where to? > Favorites. so you can quickly find them and create 2. Touch the location you want to edit. routes to them. Your home location is also stored in Favorites. 3. Touch Edit. Saving Places You Find 1. After you have found a place you want to save, touch Save. 2. Touch OK. The place is saved in Favorites. Finding Saved Places 4. Touch a button to edit the location: 1. F
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WHERE TO? Finding a Place Using the Expanding Your Search 1. From the Menu page, touch Map Where to? > Near. Use the Browse Map page to view 2. Select an option: different parts of the map. Touch Where to? > > Where I Am Now—searches for Browse Map. places near your current location. A Different City—searches for Tips for Browsing the Map places near the city you enter. • Touch the map and drag to view My Current Route—searches for different parts of the map. places along the
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USING THE MAIN PAGES USING THE MAIN PAGES Map Page On the Menu page, touch View map to open the Map page. The vehicle icon shows your current location. To save your current location, touch Touch the text bar to open the vehicle icon, and touch Yes. the Turn List page. Touch to zoom out. Touch to zoom in. Touch Menu to return to the Menu page. Touch Arrival or Touch Turn In to open Speed to open the the Next Turn page. Trip Information page. Map Page while Navigating a Route Trip In
