quick start manual nüvi 800 series ® personal travel assistant June 2008 © 2008 Garmin Ltd. or its subsidiaries 190-00847-01 Rev.
Your nüvi Unit Warning: See the Important Safety and Product Information guide in the product box for product warnings and other important information. Battery cover Power key: slide to the left to turn the unit on/off; slide to the right to lock the screen Microphone Headphone/ audio out jack GPS antenna MicroSD card slot Microphone Serial number under battery new Mini-USB connector External antenna connector Speakers Garmin® and nüvi® are trademarks of Garmin Ltd.
Step 1: Install the nüvi Battery Step 2: Mount the nüvi 1. Plug the vehicle power cable into the power connector on the right side of the cradle. 1. Locate the rectangular lithium-ion battery that came in the product box. 2. Slide the battery cover off the back of the nüvi. 3. Locate the metal contacts on the end of the lithium-ion battery. 4. Insert the battery so the metal contacts on the battery match up with the metal contacts inside the battery compartment. Cradle Microphone jack Power cable 2.
7. Plug the other end of the vehicle power cable into a power outlet in your vehicle. Your unit should turn on automatically if it is plugged in and the vehicle is running. 8. If you are using a traffic receiver in Europe, secure the traffic receiver’s antenna to the windshield using the suction cups. (The traffic receiver is included in the nüvi 860 package.) Step 4: Configure the nüvi To turn on your nüvi, slide the Power key to the left and let go after one second. Follow the on-screen instructions.
Understanding the Menu Page ➊ ➋ ➒ Finding an Address ➌ ➍ ➎ 1. Select Where to? > Address. 2. Select Change State/Province, if necessary. 3. Select Search All. OR Select Spell City, enter the city/postal code, and select Done. Select the city/postal code in the list. (Not all locations can be found using postal code searching.) 4. Enter the number of the address, and select Done. 5. Enter the street name, and select Done. Select the correct street in the list, if necessary. 6.
Viewing the Main Pages Select View map to open the Map page. The vehicle icon shows your current location. Touch and drag the map to view a different area of the map. After you touch Go, the Map page opens. Your route is marked with a magenta line. As you travel, your nüvi guides you to your destination with voice prompts, arrows on the map, and directions at the top of the Map page. A checkered flag marks your destination.
Taking a Detour Walking to a Destination 1. With a route active, select Menu. 2. Select Detour. If you are walking to your destination, use Pedestrian mode to optimize your route for walking. Select Tools > Settings > System > Usage Mode > Pedestrian > OK. If the current route is the only reasonable option, the nüvi might not calculate a detour. You can also select specific detours while navigating a route by using the Prompted Detour feature. Select Tools > Settings > Navigation > Prompted Detour.
Using Speech Recognition Voice Commands Use the speech recognition feature to speak to your nüvi to find destinations, select options, and perform other functions. The speech recognition feature does not work for all languages in all areas. See the owner’s manual at www.garmin.com for more information. 1. Press the large button on the remote. 2. Wait for the green speak icon to appear. 3. Speak a command.
You can also speak Find Nearest to search a location category. Location categories are Point of Interest categories contained in the nüvi. The Find Nearest command only works from the Menu page, Where to? page, and Map page. To speak shortcut commands: 1. Speak any shortcut command from the Shortcut Commands table. You can use shortcut commands from any screen. 2. Listen for the voice prompt before speaking your next command.
To speak the name of a popular place: 1. Speak Find Place by Name from any screen. 4. Speak Yes to navigate to the place, or speak No to go back to the list of found places. “Find Place by Name” “Yes” 2. Listen for the voice prompt, and speak the name of the place. The nüvi repeats the name of the place as it is searching. To speak an address: 1. Speak Find Address from any screen. 2. Respond to the prompts to speak or spell the city name, house number, and street.
6. Select your phone, and select OK. note: You can also navigate to a photo by touching Tools > Picture Viewer, and then selecting a photo. If the photo includes location information, touch Go! to create a route to that location. 7. Enter the Bluetooth PIN (1234) for your nüvi in your phone. Calling a Number 1. Select Hands Free > Dial. 2. Enter the number, and select Dial. 3. To end a call, touch > End Call.
You can listen to the audio from your nüvi on your vehicle’s speakers. On the Menu page, select Volume > Audio Output > FM Transmitter. Select an FM channel for the FM transmitter, and select the same channel on your nüvi. automatically recalculates the route. The Map page displays or when there is traffic on your route. The number in the icon represents the number of minutes the traffic has added to your route, which has been automatically calculated into the arrival time shown on the map.
