Quick Reference Guide

nvi 300/350
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 nvi

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For a tight grip, clean and dry your windshield before mounting the suction cup.
Plug the power cable into the back of the cradle. Snap the cradle onto the suction cup arm. Place the suction cup on the windshield. Flip the lever back, toward the windshield. Flip up the GPS antenna, and then fit the bottom of your nvi into the cradle. 6. Tilt the nvi back until it snaps into place. 7. Plug the power cable into a power receptacle in your vehicle. Your unit should turn on automatically if it is plugged in and your vehicle is running.

Windshield

Warning: This product contains a lithium-ion battery. To prevent damage and risk of fire due to high temperatures, remove the unit from the vehicle or store it out of direct sunlight, such as in the glove box. For more information, see www.garmin.com/safety.

Charging Your nvi

Connect the nvi to the mount and start your vehicle. Connect the USB cable to the nvi and your computer. Connect the AC adapter to a wall outlet and the mini-USB connector on the side of the nvi. The AC adapter is included with the nvi 350 only.

Acquiring Satellites

Before the nvi can find your current location and navigate a route, you must do the following:
1. Go outdoors to an open area, away from tall buildings and trees. 2. Flip up the GPS antenna on the back of the nvi, so that it is parallel to the ground. 3. Turn on the nvi.

Turning On the nvi

Press and hold the Power button on the top of the unit to turn it on. Follow the onscreen instructions to set up your nvi; you only have to do this once. To turn your nvi off, press and hold the Power button.
Acquiring satellite signals can take a few minutes. The bars indicate satellite strength.

More Information

Download the English owners manual from www.garmin.com/products/nuvi. Click the Manuals link, and then click Download. nvi 350 users: You can access a PDF file of the owners manual on the nvis internal memory. See page 7 for more information.

Finding Your Destination

1. From the Menu page, touch Where to.
Adding a Stop to the Route
You can add a stop to your route. The nvi gives you directions to the stop and then to your final destination. Note: You can add only one stop to your route.
2. Select a category, and a sub-category, if necessary. Touch and to see more choices. 3. Select a destination. 4. Touch Go. 5. Enjoy the route!

1. While navigating a route, go to the Menu page, and touch Where to. 2. Search for the extra stop. 3. Touch Go. 4. Touch Yes to add this stop before your destination. Or, touch No to make this your new final destination.

Taking a Detour

As you travel, your nvi guides you to your destination with voice prompts, arrows on the map, and directions at the top of the Map page. If you depart from the original route, your nvi recalculates the route and provides new route instructions.
When navigating a route, touch Menu > Detour. The nvi 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 nvi might not calculate a detour.

Stopping the Route

When navigating a route, touch Menu > Stop.

Viewing the Map Page

From the Menu page, touch View map to open the Map page. The position icon shows your current location. Touch buttons on the Map page to see additional information.
Touch the directions bar to open the Current Route page. Touch to zoom out. Touch to zoom in.
Touch Arrival or Speed to open the Trip Information page. Touch Menu to open the Menu page.
Touch Turn In to open the Next Turn page.

Finding an Address

1. From the Menu page, touch Where to > Address. 2. Select the country (if necessary) and the state/region. 3. Select or enter the city/postal code. 4. Type the address number. Touch Done. 5. Type the street name until a list of streets appears or touch Done. 6. Select the street. 7. Select a city, if necessary. 8. Select the address. Touch Go.

Saving Places You Find

1. After you have found a place you want to save, touch Save. 2. Touch OK. The place is saved in My Locations > Favorites.
Saving Your Current Location

Finding Saved Places

1. From the Menu page, touch Where to. 2. Touch My Locations > Favorites.
1. From the Menu page, touch Where to. 2. Touch My Locations > My Current Location. 3. Touch Save > Yes.

Setting a Home Location

1. Touch Where to > My Locations. 2. Touch Set Home. 3. Select an option to find and set your home location.
After you have set your Home location, you can route to it at any time by touching Where to > My Locations > Go Home.
Adjusting the Volume and Brightness

Listening to MP3 Files

To access the Quick Settings, quickly press and release the Power button. Move the sliders to adjust the volume and brightness. You can also touch on the Menu page to adjust the levels. Touch Lock to prevent accidental screen taps. To unlock the screen, press the Power button and touch Unlock.

To load MP3 files on your nvi, see the previous page. From the Menu page, touch Travel Kit > MP3 Player > Browse. Select a category. To play the entire category, touch Play All. To play one song, touch the title.
Note: The nvi supports MP3 and M3U file; it does not support iTunes M4A/M4P files.
Loading Files on Your nvi
Connect the mini-USB connector to the side of the nvi. Connect the larger end of the cable to an available USB port on your computer. Your nvi 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 nvi 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 nvi.

Playing Audible Books

To load audible books on your nvi, see the previous page. From the Menu page, touch Travel Kit > Audible Book Player > Browse. Select a category and a book.
Controlling Music and Books
Touch to adjust the volume. Tap to go to the beginning of the song/chapter; touch and hold to skip back. Tap to skip to the end of the song/chapter; touch and hold to skip ahead. Touch to pause the song/book. Touch to repeat. Touch to shuffle.
Traffic Information with an FM TMC Traffic Receiver

Resetting Your nvi

To access FM TMC traffic data, connect a GTM traffic receiver to the mini-USB connector on the side of the nvi. For more information about Garmin FM traffic receivers, visit www.garmin.com/traffic.
If your nvi locks up (freezes up), turn off the nvi and then back on. If this does not help, reset your nvi:
Viewing Traffic Incidents
From the Menu page, touch traffic incidents in your area.

to display

Avoiding Traffic
The Map page displays when there is a traffic incident on your current route or on the road on which you are traveling. To avoid a traffic incident, touch , select a traffic incident, and touch Avoid.
1. Unplug the power and USB cables to remove external power. 2. Raise the antenna. 3. Press the Reset button for about 3 seconds. 4. Connect the nvi to a power source using the power cable. The nvi should automatically turn back on and operate normally.

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