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Transferring data from your computer
1
Connect the device to your computer (Connecting the Device
to Your Computer).
Depending on your computer operating system, the device
appears as either a portable device, a removable drive or a
removable volume.
2
On your computer, open the file browser.
3
Select a file.
4
Select Edit > Copy.
5
Browse to a folder on the device.
NOTE: for a removable drive or volume, you should not
place files in the Garmin folder.
6
Select Edit > Paste.
Customising the device
Map and vehicle settings
To open the Map and Vehicle settings, from the main menu,
select Settings > Map & Vehicle.
Vehicle: changes the icon to represent your position on the
map. Go to www.garmingarage.com for more icons.
Driving Map View: sets the perspective on the map.
Map Detail: sets the level of detail on the map. More detail may
cause the map to draw slower.
Map Theme: changes the colour of the map data.
Map Tools: selects the shortcuts that appear in the map tools
menu.
Map Layers: sets the data that appears on the map page
(Customising the map layers).
myMaps: sets which installed maps the device uses.
Enabling maps
You can enable map products installed on your device.
TIP: to purchase additional map products, go to
www.garmin.com/us/maps.
1
Select Settings > Map & Vehicle > myMaps.
2
Select a map.
Navigation settings
To open the Navigation settings page, from the main menu,
select Settings > Navigation.
Calculation Mode: sets route preference.
Avoidances: sets road features to avoid on a route.
Custom Avoidances: allows you to avoid specific roads or
areas.
Safe Mode: disables all functions that require significant
operator attention and could become a distraction while
driving.
GPS Simulator: stops the device from receiving a GPS signal
and saves battery power.
Calculation mode
Select Settings > Navigation > Calculation Mode.
The route calculation is based on road speeds and vehicle
acceleration data for a given route.
Faster Time: calculates routes that are faster to drive but can
be longer in distance.
Shorter Distance: calculates routes that are shorter in distance
but can take more time to drive.
Less Fuel: calculates routes that could use less fuel than other
routes.
Off Road: calculates a direct line from your location to your
destination.
Display Settings
To open the Display settings page, from the main menu, select
Settings > Display.
Orientation: sets the display to portrait (vertical) or landscape
(horizontal).
Colour Mode: sets the device to display day or night colours.
You can select Auto to allow the device to automatically set
day or night colours based on the time of day.
Brightness: adjusts the display brightness.
Display Timeout: sets the amount of idle time before your
device enters sleep mode.
Screenshot: allows you to take a picture of the device screen.
Screenshots are saved in the Screenshot folder of the device
storage.
Traffic Settings
To open the traffic settings page, from the main menu select
Settings > Traffic.
Traffic: enables traffic.
Current Provider: sets the traffic provider to use for traffic data.
Auto selects the best available traffic data automatically.
Subscriptions: lists current traffic subscriptions.
Optimise Route: selects whether to use optimised alternate
routes automatically or upon request (Traffic on your route).
Traffic Alerts: selects the traffic delay severity for which the
device displays a traffic alert.
Units and time settings
To open the Units and Time settings page, from the main menu
select Settings > Units & Time.
Current Time: sets the device time.
Time Format: allows you to select a 12-hour, 24-hour, or UTC
display time.
Units: sets the unit of measure used for distances.
Position Format: sets the coordinate format and datum used
for geographical coordinates.
Language and Keyboard Settings
To open the Language and Keyboard settings, from the main
menu, select Settings > Language & Keyboard.
Voice Language: sets the language for voice prompts.
Text Language: sets all on-screen text to the selected
language.
NOTE: changing the text language does not change the
language of user-entered data or map data, such as street
names.
Keyboard Language: enables keyboard languages.
Device and privacy settings
To open the Device settings page, from the main menu, select
Settings > Device.
About: displays the software version number, the unit ID
number and information on several other software features.
EULAs: displays the end-user licence agreements that apply to
your choice.
NOTE: you need this information when you update the
system software or purchase additional map data.
Travel History: allows the device to record information for the
myTrends™, Where I’ve Been and Trip Log features.
10 Customising the device
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