quick start manual Garmin Mobile™ PC turn-by-turn navigation software for your laptop
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Acquire GPS Signals 1. Open Garmin Mobile PC. 2. Move to an open area, out of parking garages, and away from tall buildings. Acquiring satellite signals may take a few minutes. The bars in the upper-right corner of the Menu page indicate satellite strength. When at least one bar is green, you can find your destination and go to it.
2. Click a category. To find a destination by name, click Spell Name, enter all or part of the name, and click the location you want. 3. Click a sub-category, or click All Categories. A list of destinations near your current location appears. 4. Click a destination to view it on the map. You can also type the name of the destination in the text bar at the top of the screen to find it in the list of destinations. 5. Click Go to navigate to this location.
Directions appear at the top of the screen. Your current heading (direction of travel), speed, time to next turn, and estimated arrival time appear at the bottom of the screen. If you are not navigating a route, your current heading and speed appear at the bottom of the screen. Click View Map on the Menu page to return to your route. Click Stop to stop the active route. Click Detour to calculate an alternate route.
Creating and Saving a Route To create and save a route, from the Menu page click Tools > Manage My Data > Routes > New. After creating the route, click Done to save the route. To save an active route, from the Menu page click Tools > Manage My Data > Routes > Save. Editing a Route You can edit a route to change the route name, add additional via points, or reshape the route. 1. Click Tools > Manage My Data > Routes. 2. Click a route, and click Edit. 3. Click a category to edit.
Click Options from any of the Garmin Online items (except Weather) to save the selected location to your Favorites, to add the selected location as a via point to a current route, or to view weather information for the selected location. Click Subscription Status to view activation and subscription information for paid services. Click Settings to choose how you are notified to connect to Garmin Online.
Flight Status The flight status feature displays airports in ascending order with the nearest major airport to your location listed first. Click an airport to check the status of a flight, and to get departure and arrival information. Click Map to see an airport location on the map. Safety Cameras Safety camera information is a paid service available in some regions in Europe. Check http://my.garmin .com for availability.
Important Safety and Product Information Warnings Failure to avoid the following potentially hazardous situations could result in an accident or collision resulting in death or serious injury and/or property damage. • When using your laptop in a vehicle, place the laptop securely so it does not obstruct the driver’s view of the road or interfere with vehicle operating controls, such as the steering wheel, foot pedals, or transmission levers. Do not place in front of or above any airbag.
Important Information Map Data Information: One of the goals of Garmin is to provide customers with the most complete and accurate cartography that is available to us at a reasonable cost. We use a combination of governmental and private data sources, which we identify in product literature and copyright messages displayed to the consumer. Virtually all data sources contain some inaccurate or incomplete data.
Garmin retains the exclusive right to repair or replace the software or offer a full refund of the purchase price at its sole discretion. SUCH REMEDY SHALL BE YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY FOR ANY BREACH OF WARRANTY. To obtain warranty service for your Garmin Mobile PC software, contact Garmin at 800-800-1020 or email at www.garmin.com/support.
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. 1200 East 151st Street, Olathe, Kansas 66062, USA Garmin (Europe) Ltd. Liberty House, Hounsdown Business Park, Southampton, Hampshire, SO40 9RB UK Garmin Corporation No. 68, Jangshu 2nd Road, Shijr, Taipei County, Taiwan www.garmin.com Part Number 190-00880-03 Rev.
