Quick Reference Guide nüvi 600/650 ® personal travel assistant
WARNING: See the Important Safety and Product Information guide in the product box for product warnings and other important information. Check your state and local traffic laws before mounting. Currently, state laws in California and Minnesota prohibit drivers from using suction mounts on their windshields while operating motor vehicles. Other Garmin dashboard or friction mounting options should be used. See the Important Safety and Product Information guide for more details. Mounting Your nüvi 1.
Warning: This product contains a lithium-ion battery. See the Important Safety and Product Information guide in the product box for important battery safety information. Turning On the nüvi Menu Page Press and hold the Power button on the top of the unit to turn it on. Follow the onscreen instructions to set up your nüvi; you only have to do this once. To turn your nüvi off, press and hold the Power button.
Finding Points of Interest Taking a Detour Enter letters contained in the name to narrow the search. Touch Where to > Food, Lodging > Spell Name. The nüvi attempts to get you back on your original route, as soon as possible. If the route you are currently taking is the only reasonable option, the nüvi might not calculate a detour. If a road on your route is closed, you can take a detour. With a route active, touch > Detour. 1. Touch Where to > Food, Lodging. 2. Select a category and a sub-category. 3.
Viewing the Main Pages Touch View Map to open the Map page. The vehicle icon shows your current location. Touch to save your current location. Touch the map and drag to view different parts of the map. Touch any object on the map; an arrow appears pointing at the object. 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.
Loading Files on Your nüvi Listening to MP3 Files Your nüvi’s internal memory and SD card appear as removable drives in My Computer on Windows® computers, and as mounted volumes on Mac® computers. Copy and paste files from your computer into the nüvi drives/volumes. When you are finished transferring files, click the Eject icon in your system tray on Windows computers, or drag the volume icon to the Trash on Mac computers. Unplug your nüvi.
Listening to Audible Books Resetting the nüvi Purchase books from Audible.com. Load MP3 files to the internal memory or SD card. From the Menu page, touch Travel Kit > Audible Book Player > Browse. Select a category and a book. If the nüvi screen stops functioning, turn the nüvi off and on again. If this does not help, do the following: 1. 2. 3. 4. Using Bookmarks To create a bookmark, touch > Bookmark. To view your bookmarks, touch and then touch a bookmark.
nüvi Tips and Shortcuts • To quickly return to the Menu page, touch and hold Back. • Touch and to see more choices. Touch and hold to scroll faster. • On the Map, touch to open the media player. Touch Source to switch between the MP3 and audible book player. • To adjust the nüvi’s settings, touch . • To extend the battery life, close the GPS antenna when you are not navigating. • To adjust the volume or the screen brightness, quickly tap the Power button. • To lock the screen, touch > Lock.
