Garmin DriveSmart™ 50/60/70 Owner’s Manual November 2015 190-01921-00_0A
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Table of Contents Getting Started............................................................... 1 Support and Updates .................................................................. 1 Updating Maps and Software with Garmin Express .............. 1 Device Overviews ....................................................................... 1 Garmin DriveSmart 50 Device Overview ............................... 1 Garmin DriveSmart 60 Device Overview ...............................
Disabling Bluetooth Features for Your Smartphone with Android ................................................................................. 13 Smartphone Link ....................................................................... 13 Downloading Smartphone Link ............................................ 13 Sending a Location from Your Phone to Your Device ......... 13 Garmin Live Services ................................................................ 14 Subscribing to Garmin Live Services ..........
Getting Started 6 Click Add a Device. WARNING See the Important Safety and Product Information guide in the product box for product warnings and other important information. • Update the maps and software on your device (Updating Maps and Software with Garmin Express, page 1). • Mount the device in your vehicle and connect it to power (Connecting the Device to Vehicle Power, page 2). • Acquire GPS signals (Acquiring GPS Signals, page 2).
Garmin DriveSmart 60 Device Overview 2 Press the mount Á onto the suction cup  until it snaps into place. 3 Press the suction cup to the windshield, and flip the lever à back toward the windshield. 4 Fit the tab on the top of the mount into the slot on the back of the device. À Á  à Power key Mini-USB power and data port 5 Press the bottom of the mount into the device until it clicks. 6 Plug the other end of the vehicle power cable into a power outlet in your vehicle.
Current time. Select to set the time (Setting the Time, page 17). Battery charge level. Connected to the Smartphone Link app. Select to view connected device and subscription information (Pairing with Your Phone and Connecting to Smartphone Link, page 12). Temperature. Select to view the weather forecast (Viewing the Weather Forecast, page 15). Using the On-Screen Buttons On-screen buttons allow you to navigate the pages, menus, and menu options on your device.
• If there are specific roads you need to use or avoid, you can customize the route (Shaping Your Route, page 5). • You can add multiple destinations to a route (Adding a Location to Your Route, page 4). Starting a Route 1 Select Where To?, and search for a location (Finding and Saving Locations, page 7). 2 Select a location. 3 Select an option: • To start navigating using the recommended route, select Go!. • To choose an alternate route, select , and select a route.
TIP: To create complex routes with multiple destinations or scheduled stops, you can use the trip planner to plan, schedule, and save a trip (Planning a Trip, page 5). 1 From the map, select > Where To?. 2 Search for a location (Finding and Saving Locations, page 7). 3 Select a location. 4 Select Go!. 5 Select an option: • To add the location as the next destination in your route, select Add As Next Stop. • To add the location to the end of your route, select Add As Last Stop.
Changing Routing Options for a Trip Avoiding Toll Roads You can customize how the device calculates the route when you start your trip. 1 Select Apps > Trip Planner. 2 Select a saved trip. 3 Select > Trip Settings. 4 Select an option: • To add shaping points to your trip, select Shape Route, and follow the on-screen instructions (Shaping Your Route, page 5). • To change the calculation mode for the trip, select Route Preference (Changing the Route Calculation Mode, page 5).
Avoiding an Area Select Settings > Navigation > Custom Avoidances. If necessary, select Add Avoidance. Select Add Avoid Area. Select the upper-left corner of the area to avoid, and select Next. 5 Select the lower-right corner of the area to avoid, and select Next. The selected area is shaded on the map. 6 Select Done. 1 2 3 4 Disabling a Custom Avoidance You can disable a custom avoidance without deleting it. 1 Select Settings > Navigation > Custom Avoidances. 2 Select an avoidance. 3 Select > Disable.
Navigating to Points of Interest Within a Venue You can create a route to a point of interest (POI) within a larger venue, such as a store in a shopping mall or a specific terminal in an airport. 1 Select Where To? > Enter Search. 2 Select an option: • To search for the venue, enter the name or address of the venue, select , and go to step 3. • To search for the POI, enter the name of the POI, select , and go to step 5. 3 Select the venue.
Finding Emergency Services and Fuel You can use the Where Am I? page to find the nearest hospitals, police stations, and fuel stations. 1 From the map, select the vehicle. 2 Select Hospitals, Police Stations, or Fuel. A list of locations for the selected service appears, with the nearest locations at the top. 3 Select a location. 4 Select an option: • To navigate to the location, select Go! • To view the phone number and other location details, select .
Weather: Displays weather conditions for your area. photoLive: Displays live traffic cameras from your photoLive subscription (photoLive Traffic Cameras, page 15). Viewing a Map Tool 1 From the map, select 2 Select a map tool. The new trip data field appears in the trip data map tool. . The map tool appears in a panel at the edge of the map. When you are done using the map tool, select . 3 Enabling Map Tools By default, only the most commonly used map tools are enabled in the map tools menu.
Changing the Map Perspective 1 Select Settings > Map & Vehicle > Driving Map View. 2 Select an option: • Select Track Up to display the map in two dimensions (2D), with your direction of travel at the top. • Select North Up to display the map in 2-D with north at the top. • Select 3-D to display the map in three dimensions. 3 Select Save. Traffic Data NOTICE Garmin is not responsible for the accuracy or timeliness of the traffic information.
• Speak commands as they appear on the screen. • Respond to voice prompts from the device as needed. • Increase the length of your wakeup phrase to reduce the chance of accidental voice command activation. • Listen for two tones to confirm when the device enters and exits voice command. Starting a Route Using Voice Command You can say the names of popular, well-known locations. 1 Say your wakeup phrase (Setting the Wakeup Phrase, page 11). 2 Say Find Place.
Connecting to the Smartphone Link App on Your Apple Device Before you can connect to the Smartphone Link app, you must pair and connect your Garmin DriveSmart device with your phone. If you did not connect to the Smartphone Link app during the pairing process, you can connect to it for additional Bluetooth features. The Smartphone Link app communicates with your phone using Bluetooth Smart technology.
Garmin Live Services Receiving Notifications while Viewing the Map Before you can use Garmin Live Services, your device must be connected to a supported phone running Smartphone Link (Pairing with Your Phone and Connecting to Smartphone Link, page 12). Connecting to Smartphone Link provides access to Garmin Live Services. Garmin Live Services provides free and subscriptionbased plans to view live data on your device, such as traffic conditions and weather.
Calling a Location 1 Select Apps > Phone > Browse Categories. 2 Select a point of interest. 3 Select Call. Receiving a Call When you receive a call, select Answer or Ignore. Using the Call History Your call history is loaded from your phone to the device each time your phone and the device connect. It may take a few minutes for the call history to be available. Some phones do not support this feature. 1 Select Apps > Phone > Call History. 2 Select a category.
2 3 4 5 Select Touch to Add. Select a road. Select an intersection. Select Save. Viewing a Traffic Camera Before you can view a traffic camera, you must save a traffic camera (Saving a Traffic Camera, page 15). 1 Select Apps > photoLive. 2 Select a camera. Viewing Previous Routes and Destinations Before you can use this feature, you must enable the travel history feature (Device and Privacy Settings, page 17). You can view your previous routes and places you have stopped on the map.
Bluetooth Settings Select Settings > Bluetooth. Bluetooth: Enables Bluetooth wireless technology. Search for Devices: Searches for nearby Bluetooth devices. Friendly Name: Allows you to enter a friendly name that identifies your device on other devices with Bluetooth wireless technology. Disabling Bluetooth 1 Select Settings > Bluetooth. 2 Select Bluetooth. Display Settings Select Settings > Display. Orientation: Allows you to set the display to portrait (vertical) or landscape (horizontal).
• Connect the device to a computer using a USB cable. The device may charge slowly when connected to a computer. Some portable computers may not charge the device. • Connect the device to an optional power adapter accessory, such as a wall power adapter. You can purchase an approved Garmin AC-DC adapter suitable for home or office use from a Garmin dealer or www.garmin.com.
My device does not appear as a removable drive on my computer On most Windows computers, the device connects using Media Transfer Protocol (MTP). In MTP mode, the device appears as a portable device and not as a removable drive. MTP mode is supported by Windows 7, Windows Vista , and Windows XP Service Pack 3 with Windows Media Player 10. ® My device does not appear as a portable device on my computer On Mac computers and some Windows computers, the device connects using USB mass storage mode.
Index Symbols 2-D map view 11 3-D map view 11 A accessories 19 active lane guidance 4 addresses, finding 8 answering calls 15 audio, proximity points 17 automatic volume, enabling 3 avoidances 6 area 6, 7 deleting 7 disabling 7 road 6 road features 6 tolls 6 B backup camera 16 battery charging 2, 17, 18 maximizing 18 problems 18 Bluetooth technology 12, 14, 19 disabling 17 disconnecting a device 15 pairing a phone 12 settings 17 Bluetooth Technology 12 disabling calls 13 managing phones 12, 13 brightness
Garmin Live Services 13 software updating 1 version 17 specifications 17 speech recognition 11 speed cameras 3 subscriptions, Garmin Live Services 14 suction cup 18 T theft, avoiding 18 time settings 17 tolls, avoiding 6 tools, maps 9, 10 traffic 10, 11, 17 adding subscriptions 11 alternate route 6 cameras 15, 16 incidents 10 map 10 receiver 11 searching for delays 10 traffic cameras, viewing 16 travel history 17 trip information 10 resetting 10 viewing 10 trip log, viewing 10 trip planner 5, 6 editing a t
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