Garmin Laptop Mobile PC User Manual

quick start manual  
Garmin MobilePC  
turn-by-turn navigation software for your laptop  
 
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.  
Acquire GPS Signals  
1. Open  
Garmin Mobile PC.  
2. Move to an open area, out of parking garages, and  
away from tall buildings.  
View map: view a map of your current location. The  
map moves as you move to constantly show your  
current location.  
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.  
Finding a Destination  
The Where to? menu provides several categories and  
sub-categories to help you find destinations.  
Navigating with Garmin Mobile PC  
For complete information on using Garmin Mobile PC,  
click Help on the Menu page.  
1. Click Where to? > Food, Hotels....  
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2. Click a category. To nd a destination by name, click  
Spell Name, enter all or part of the name, and click  
the location you want.  
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  
on the map.  
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.  
vehicle icon shows your position  
Direction bar  
5. Click Go to navigate to this location.  
tip: Click and hold the Back button or the  
Garmin  
Mobile PC icon to quickly return to the Menu page.  
Time to  
next turn  
Information Page Options  
Speed  
After you select a destination, click More to get the  
coordinates of the destination and to see more options:  
Arrival  
time  
Heading  
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.  
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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.  
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.  
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. If you travel off course,  
Garmin Mobile PC automatically recalculates your  
route and provides new directions.  
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.  
Click tools > trip Computer to view trip information,  
including maximum speed, current speed, and current  
elevation.  
4. Search for your destination.  
While navigating a route, Garmin Mobile PC provides  
text-to-speech voice prompts. These voice prompts  
have extensive vocabularies and pronounce the street  
names as you approach turns.  
5. Click Go.  
6. Click Yes to add the location as a via point on your  
route. Click No to set the location as your new  
destination.  
note: The text-to-speech feature is available in  
English only.  
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Shape Route—select points on the map to  
customize an existing route. Click Add to save a  
change.  
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.  
Using Garmin Online™  
To save an active route, from the Menu page click  
tools > Manage My Data > Routes > Save.  
Use Garmin Online to download free location-relevant  
information such as hotel and fuel prices (USA only),  
live weather data, and flight status information. Safety  
camera information is a paid service available in  
Europe. Not all services are available in all areas. The  
use of Garmin Online requires an Internet connection.  
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.  
Rename—enables you to rename a saved route.  
edit/Review points—add additional via points and  
change the final destination of a route.  
Route preference—change the route preference to  
calculate by faster time or shorter distance.  
From the Menu page, click Garmin online. Click an  
item to view, such as weather, hotels, or fuel prices.  
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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.  
Fuel Prices  
The fuel prices feature displays fuel grades and their  
prices per gallon.  
1. Click Near to search for fuel stations near your  
current location or destination. Available options  
depend on whether you are navigating a route.  
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.  
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.  
Weather  
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.  
4. Click Sort to list locations in ascending order by fuel  
price.  
hotels.com® Rates  
Click hotels.com® Rates to view hotel rates, amenities,  
and ratings. Hotels are shown in ascending order with  
the nearest location first. Click Sort to list locations in  
ascending order by price.  
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Flight Status  
Safety Cameras  
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 camera information is a paid service available in  
some regions in Europe. Check http://my.garmin  
.com for availability. You can update safety camera  
information by clicking Garmin online > Safety  
Cameras. Click a region, and click Download.  
To purchase a new region or extend an existing  
subscription, visit http://my.garmin.com.  
More Information/Contact Garmin  
For information refer to the built-in Help system by  
clicking Help.  
To e-mail Garmin Product Support, go to  
In the USA, contact Garmin Product Support by phone  
at 913/397.8200 or 800/800.1020.  
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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.  
Always operate the vehicle in a safe manner. Do not become  
distracted by your laptop while driving, and always be  
fully aware of all driving conditions. Minimize the amount  
of time spent viewing your laptop’s screen while driving and  
use voice prompts when possible. Do not input destinations,  
change settings, or access any functions requiring prolonged  
use of your laptop’s controls while driving. Pull over in a safe  
and legal manner before attempting such operations.  
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.  
The navigation software is designed to provide route  
suggestions. It is not designed to replace the need for driver  
attentiveness regarding road closures or road conditions,  
traffic congestion, weather conditions, or other factors that  
may affect safety while driving.  
When navigating, carefully compare information displayed  
on your laptop to all available navigation sources, including  
information from street signs, visual sightings, and maps. For  
safety, always resolve any discrepancies or questions before  
continuing navigation and defer to posted road signs.  
You assume total responsibility and risk for using this  
software on your laptop.  
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This software is intended to be used only as a travel aid and must  
not be used for any purpose requiring precise measurement of  
direction, distance, location or topography. GARMIN MAKES NO  
WARRANTY AS TO THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS  
OF MAP DATA IN THIS SOFTWARE.  
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. In some countries, complete and accurate map information is  
either not available or is prohibitively expensive.  
THE WARRANTIES AND REMEDIES CONTAINED  
HEREIN ARE EXCLUSIVE AND IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER  
WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR  
STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY LIABILITY ARISING UNDER  
ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, OR NON-  
INFRINGEMENT FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  
THIS WARRANTY GIVES YOU SPECIFIC LEGAL RIGHTS,  
WHICH MAY VARY FROM STATE TO STATE OR COUNTRY  
TO COUNTRY.  
Limited Warranty  
This Garmin software product (excluding the map data, which is  
covered by the NAVTEQ End-User License Agreement set forth in  
this product documentation) is warranted to pertain substantially  
as described in the product documentation for one year from the  
date of purchase. Within this period, Garmin will, at its sole option,  
repair or replace the software. Such repairs or replacement will  
be made at no charge to the customer, provided that the customer  
shall be responsible for any transportation cost. This warranty does  
not cover failures due to abuse, misuse, accident, or unauthorized  
alteration or repairs.  
IN NO EVENT SHALL GARMIN BE LIABLE FOR ANY  
INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL  
DAMAGES, WHETHER RESULTING FROM THE USE,  
MISUSE, OR INABILITY TO USE THIS PRODUCT  
(INCLUDING GARMIN’S SOFTWARE and the third-party map  
data) OR FROM DEFECTS IN THE PRODUCT (INCLUDING  
GARMIN’S SOFTWARE and the third-party map data). Some  
states do not allow the exclusion of incidental or consequential  
damages, so the above limitations may not apply to you.  
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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  
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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  
Part Number 190-00880-03 Rev. A  
 

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