quick start manual Garmin Mobile PC™ turn-by-turn navigation software for your laptop
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➊ Install Garmin Mobile PC™ on Your Laptop 1. Insert the Garmin Mobile PC DVD-ROM into the CD drive on your laptop. note: If you are using an ultra-mobile PC (UMPC) or tablet PC, see your device documentation for instructions on how to install software. note: Garmin Mobile PC is compatible with Windows® 2000 SP2, XP, and Windows Vista® operating systems. 2. When prompted to install the Garmin Mobile PC navigation software, click Next.
Navigating with Garmin Mobile PC For complete information on using Garmin Mobile PC, click Help on the Menu page. Where to?: find addresses, points of interest (POIs) such as restaurants and hotels, saved locations, and a variety of other locations in your detailed map. View map: view a map of your current location. The map moves as you move to constantly show your current location. Finding a Destination The Where to? menu provides several categories and sub-categories to help you find destinations. 1.
• Save to Favorites: saves the location to Favorites, a collection of your favorite locations. • Save to Contacts: saves the location to your Microsoft® Outlook® contacts list. • Weather: shows the current weather condition and a five-day forecast for the selected location. Following the Route After you find a location, click Go to navigate to it. The map automatically opens with your route indicated by a magenta line. The vehicle icon shows your position on the map.
Adding a Via Point You can add stops (via points) to your route. Garmin Mobile PC gives you directions to the via point and then to your final destination. tip: If you want to add more than one via point to the route, see Editing a Route. 1. With a route active, click the direction bar at the top of the map page. 2. Click Edit. 3. Click Add Start Point or Add End Point, depending on when you want to stop at your via point. Clicking Add End Point will change your final destination to a via point. 4.
• Shape Route—select points on the map to customize an existing route. Click Add to save a change. Settings to choose how you are notified to connect to Garmin Online. Using Garmin Online™ The weather page displays current weather conditions and forecast information for the next five days for your location. Click on a day to see detailed weather information. Click New City to enter another location.
2. Click Near Other to search a different city or to browse the map. 3. Click a fuel grade to see fuel station information and fuel prices in ascending order with the nearest location first. 4. Click Sort to list locations in ascending order by fuel price. 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.
Warnings Failure to avoid the following potentially hazardous situations could result in an accident or collision resulting in death or serious injury. • 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.
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For the latest software and map updates, 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 February 2008 Part Number 190-00880-01 Rev.
