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StreetPilot 2730
owner’s manual
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© Copyright 2005 Garmin Ltd. or its subsidiaries Garmin International, Inc. Garmin (Europe) Ltd. Garmin Corporation 1200 East 151st Street, Unit 5, The Quadrangle, No. 68, Jangshu 2nd Road, Olathe, Kansas 66062, U.S.A. Abbey Park Industrial Estate, Shijr, Taipei County, Taiwan Tel. 913/397.8200 or 800/800.1020 Romsey, SO51 9DL, U.K. Tel. 886/2.2642.9199 Fax 913/397.8282 Tel. 44/0870.8501241 Fax 886/2.2642.9099 Fax 44/0870.8501251 All rights reserved. Except as expressly provided herein,
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PREFACE PREFACE Contact Garmin Serial Number ® If you encounter any difficulty while using your Garmin Record the serial number (8-digit number located on the ® StreetPilot 2730, or if you have any questions, in back of the unit, under the auto mount cradle) in case the U.S.A. contact Garmin Product Support by phone at your StreetPilot 2730 needs service or you would like to 913/397.8200 or 800/800.1020, Monday–Friday, buy additional maps. 8 AM–5 PM Central Time; or by e-mail at Serial Nu
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PREFACE Saving Your Current Location ............. 8 Deleting All Saved Routes ................ 18 TABLE OF CONTENTS Setting a Home Location ..................... 9 Stopping Your Route ......................... 18 Finding Saved Places ......................... 9 Adding a Detour to a Route .............. 18 Preface ......................................... i Editing Saved Places ........................ 10 Adding Avoidances ............................ 19 Contact Garmin ..........................
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PREFACE Using the Remote Control ................. 43 Listening to Audio Over the Looking at the StreetPilot 2730 ......... 44 Vehicle’s Speakers ................. 32 Using the 2730 Unit Keys ................. 45 FM Transmitter Tips .......................... 33 Installing the 2730 in Your Vehicle .... 45 Traffic Information .................... 34 Custom POIs (Points of Interest) ...... 47 Connecting the GXM 30 to Your Technical Specifications .................... 48 StreetPilot ...............
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PREFACE Warning This manual uses the term Warning to indicate a potentially hazardous situation, which, if not avoided, could result in death or serious injury. Failure to avoid the following potentially hazardous situations could When navigating, carefully compare information displayed on the unit to result in an accident or collision resulting in death or serious injury. all available navigation sources, including information from street signs, visual sightings, and maps. For safety, always
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PREFACE Caution This manual uses the term Caution to indicate a potentially hazardous situation, which, if not avoided, may result in minor injury or property damage. It may also be used without the symbol to alert you to avoid unsafe practices. Failure to avoid the following potentially hazardous situations may States government, which is solely responsible for its accuracy and result in injury or property damage. maintenance. The government’s system is subject to changes which could affect
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PREFACE Clean the touch screen using a soft, clean, lint-free Caring for Your StreetPilot 2730 cloth. Use water, isopropyl alcohol, or eyeglass cleaner The StreetPilot 2730 is constructed of high quality if needed. Apply the liquid to the cloth and then gently materials and does not require user maintenance other wipe the touch screen. than cleaning. Protecting Your StreetPilot 2730 Cleaning the Unit • Do not store the unit where prolonged exposure to Clean the unit’s outer casing using a
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FIND IT AND GO! FIND IT AND GO! Use the Garmin StreetPilot 2730 to find your destination and go to it. Finding a Restaurant Touch Where To? Touch Food, Hotel…. Touch Food & Drink. ➊ ➋ ➌ Touch a food category. Touch a place. Touch Go To. ➍ ➎ ➏ StreetPilot 2730 Owner’s Manual 1
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FIND IT AND GO! Following Your Route Follow the route to your destination using the map. As you travel, your StreetPilot guides you to your destination with voice prompts, arrows, and directions along the top of the map. If you depart from the original route, your StreetPilot recalculates the route and provides new route instructions. Your route is marked Follow the arrows. A checkered flag marks with a magenta line. your destination. For more information about using the map, see pages 12–1
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WHERE TO? WHERE TO? Finding an Address From the Menu page, touch Touch a state. Touch Search Enter the address number ➊ ➋ ➌ Where To? Touch Address. All Cities or select a city. and touch Done. Enter the street name and Select the street and then Select the address, if ➍ ➎ ➏ touch Done. select the city. necessary. Touch Go To. StreetPilot 2730 Owner’s Manual 3
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WHERE TO? Using the Where To? Menu The Where To? menu (also called the Find menu), provides several different categories you can use to search for locations. From the Menu page, touch Where To? Food, Hotel… menu Where To? menu Browse Map—use the map to find the location you are Address—enter the house number and street name to looking for. See page 5. find a specific address. See page 3. My Locations—save your favorite locations in My Food, Hotel…—search for places such as schools, Locatio
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WHERE TO? Finding a Place Using the Map Tips for Browsing the Map From the Menu page, touch View Map. You can also • Touch the map and drag to view different parts of touch Where to? > Browse Map. Touch and drag the map. anywhere on the map to browse the map (view different • Use the and icons to zoom in and out. parts of the map). • Touch any object on the map. An arrow appears Touch any object on the map. Touch Review. ➊ pointing at the object you selected. • Touch Review to open
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WHERE TO? Understanding the Information Page Finding Recently Found Places When you find a location, select it in the search results Your StreetPilot stores the last 50 places you have found list to open the item’s information page. in Recent Finds. Touch Where To? > Recent Finds. ➊ Information Page Touch Go To to create and follow a route to this location. Select an item from the search results list. ➋ Touch Advanced to view other options for this location: • Insert in Current Route—add th
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WHERE TO? Finding Places in a Different Area Narrowing Your Search You can search for locations in a different area, such as a To narrow your search, you can spell part of the name of different city or near your destination. the location you are searching for. From the search results list, touch Near…. From the search results list, touch Spell. ➊ ➊ Select one of the search options. Enter part of the name and touch Done. ➋ ➋ The locations near the option you selected are displayed. Locations
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MY LOCATIONS MY LOCATIONS Saving Places You Find Saving Your Current Location After you have found a place you want to save, select it From the Menu page, touch View Map. on the results list. Touch anywhere on the map. ➊ Touch Advanced. ➊ Touch Save As Favorite. ➋ Touch Add As Favorite. ➋ 8 StreetPilot 2730 Owner’s Manual
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MY LOCATIONS Setting a Home Location You can set a Home Location for the place you return to most often. From the Menu page, touch Where To? Touch Go Home. Select an option. Touch Save Home. ➊ ➋ ➌ After you set your Home Location, open the Find menu and touch Go Home. Finding Saved Places From the Menu page, touch Where To? Touch Favorites. Touch a saved place. Touch My Locations. ➋ ➌ ➊ StreetPilot 2730 Owner’s Manual 9
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MY LOCATIONS Editing Saved Places From the Menu page, touch Tools > My Data > Favorites. Touch Edit/Review Favorites. Touch an item to edit. Touch Edit. ➊ ➋ ➌ Touch an item to edit it. ➍ Name—enter a new name for the location using the on-screen keyboard. Location—edit the location of the place; you can use the map or enter new coordinates using the keyboard. Elevation—enter the elevation of the saved place. Category—assign this place to a category; touch to view the categories. Symbol—
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MY LOCATIONS Deleting a Saved Place From the Menu page, touch Tools > My Data > Favorites. Touch Delete Favorites. Touch By Selection. Touch a saved location. ➊ ➋ ➌ Touch Delete. ➍ By Selection—touch each location and delete them each individually. By Category—select one category to delete all of the locations assigned to that category. Delete All—removes all saved places from your Favorites. StreetPilot 2730 Owner’s Manual 11
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VIEWING THE MAP AND USING THE TOOLS VIEWING THE MAP AND USING THE TOOLS Viewing the Map Page From the Menu page, touch View Map to open the map. Touch an area of the map to see additional information, as shown below. The position icon shows your current location. While navigating a route, touch the green text bar to open the Turn List. See page 13. Touch to zoom out. Touch to zoom in. Touch the Speed or Arrival data field to open the Trip Computer. See page 13. Touch the map to view and b
