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Garmin GVN 52 Owner's Manual

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  • Page 1 GVN 52 optimized for RV travel owner’s manual Authorized OEM Distributor www.riverparkinc.com...
  • Page 2 Information in this document is subject to change without notice. Garmin reserves the right to change or improve its products and to make changes in the content without obligation to notify any person or organization of such changes or improvements. Visit the Garmin Web site (www.garmin.com) for current updates and supplemental information concerning the use and operation of this and other Garmin products.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    My Locations ... 8 Saving Places from the Where To? Menu ... 8 Saving Places from the Map ... 9 RiverPark GVN 52 Owner’s Manual Setting a Home Location ... 10 Finding Saved Places ... 10 Editing Saved Places ...11 Deleting a Saved Place ...

  • Page 4: Technical Support

    FCC Compliance ... 45 Index ... 46 Limited Warranty ... 49 Technical Support For help or service, contact RiverPark, Inc. toll-free at 1-800-442-7717. You can also contact them online at www.riverparkinc.com. Contact Us Technical Click and then Support. RiverPark GVN 52 Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 5: Warning

    This product, its packaging, and its components contain chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer, birth defects, or reproductive harm. This Notice is being provided in accordance with California’s Proposition 65. If you have any questions or would like additional information, refer to the Garmin Web site at www.garmin.com/prop65. RiverPark GVN 52 Owner’s Manual Do not enter destinations, change settings, or access any functions requiring prolonged use of the navigation system’s controls while...

  • Page 6: Caution

    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.

  • Page 7: Getting Started

    Player. Back—returns to the previous page and cancels data entry. Speak—announces the next turn or the GPS status. RiverPark GVN 52 Owner’s Manual ETTING TARTED Thumb Stick—highlights options and moves the map pointer. Press in to select an item on the page.

  • Page 8: Manual Conventions

    Thumb Stick in to Select GPS Info > > Back Tools this page. button, then select Select to exit Select enter numbers. RiverPark GVN 52 Owner’s Manual to delete a character. Select insert a space.

  • Page 9: Find It And Go

    Using the remote control, follow the instructions on the next two pages to find a place and go to it! Finding a Restaurant ➊ Select Where To? ➍ Select a food category. RiverPark GVN 52 Owner’s Manual T AND ➋ Select Food, Hotel…. ➎...

  • Page 10: Following Your Route

    Your route is marked Follow the arrows. A checkered flag marks with a magenta line. your destination. For more information about the Map page, see page 13. RiverPark GVN 52 Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 11: Where To

    Finding an Address ➊ From the Menu page, select Where To? Select Address. ➍ Enter the street name and select Done. RiverPark GVN 52 Owner’s Manual HERE ➋ Select a state. Select Search All Cities or select a city. ➎...

  • Page 12: Understanding The Information Page

    Where To? ➋ Select an item from the search results list. page 8. Category Select category, such as Menu to view the main menu. > Recent Finds. to display recent finds from a certain Food, Hotel…. RiverPark GVN 52 Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 13: Finding Places In A Different Area

    From the search results list, select Near…. ➋ Select one of the search options. RiverPark GVN 52 Owner’s Manual Narrowing Your Search To narrow your search, you can spell part or all of the name of the location you are searching for.

  • Page 14: My Locations

    This place is now saved as a Favorite in My Locations. It also appears on the map with a name and symbol. To view a list of saved places, or to go to a saved place, see OCATIONS ➋ Select Add As Favorite. page RiverPark GVN 52 Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 15: Saving Places From The Map

    Favorites and assigns it a name (“001”). TIP: Refer to the upper-left corner of the screen. If the screen says “Favorites,” this place is saved as a Favorite. RiverPark GVN 52 Owner’s Manual page 13. Thumb Stick to browse the map and select the place you want to save.

  • Page 16: Setting A Home Location

    After you set your Home Location, select Where To? and then select Home. Finding Saved Places Press the Menu button and select Where To? ➊ ➋ Select Favorites. ➌ Select a saved place. Select Locations. RiverPark GVN 52 Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 17: Editing Saved Places

    ➊ Edit/Review Favorites. Select ➍ Select the item you want to edit. RiverPark GVN 52 Owner’s Manual My Data > Favorites. ➋ Select the item you want to edit. Name—enter a new name for the location using the on-screen keyboard.

  • Page 18: Deleting A Saved Place

    Select Selection. Selection—select each location and delete it individually. Category—select one category to delete all of the locations assigned to that category. Delete All—remove all saved places from your Favorites. ➌ Select a saved location. RiverPark GVN 52 Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 19: Viewing The Map And Using The Tools

    9 for more information. • When you are finished browsing the map, press the Back button. RiverPark GVN 52 Owner’s Manual AP AND SING THE shows your current location. To zoom in or out on the map, press the Thumb Advanced >...

  • Page 20: Trip Computer

    > from the Menu page. Turn directions to see all the turns in the route. Select to scroll through the list. to scroll through all the button to zoom in RiverPark GVN 52 Owner’s Manual >...

  • Page 21: Gps Info Page

    The sky view shows the satellites you are receiving. The satellite signal strength bars indicate the strength of each satellite you are receiving. A solid bar indicates the GPS satellite is ready for use. RiverPark GVN 52 Owner’s Manual GPS Settings Press Menu Navigation >...

  • Page 22: Creating And Editing Routes

    ➋ Select an option and select Next. Select the starting point. ➎ Select your preference and select Next. OUTES > Routes. ➌ Select an option and select Next. Select the ending point. ➏ Select Finish. RiverPark GVN 52 Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 23: Editing A Saved Route

    ➊ Edit/Review Routes. Select ➍ Select the item to edit. RiverPark GVN 52 Owner’s Manual My Data > Routes. ➋ Select the route to edit. Rename—enter a new name for the route using the on-screen keyboard. Edit/Review Points—add, arrange, remove, re-order, and review points...

  • Page 24: Adding Stops To Your Route

    Auto Arrange—arranges the points to provide the shortest route. Remove—select the point you want to remove and then select Remove. Re-Order—select the point to move Move Up Move Down. and select Select Done when finished. RiverPark GVN 52 Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 25: Saving The Active Route

    Delete All Saved Stopping Your Route Press the Menu button and select Stop. Then select Yes. RiverPark GVN 52 Owner’s Manual Adding a Detour to a Route My Data > If you need to take a detour from your current route, press the Menu button and select Detour.

  • Page 26: Adding Avoidances

    Select the second corner of the area you want to avoid. Avoidance Setup. Select > > ➋ Use the thumb stick to select one corner of the area you want to avoid. ➍ Select Finish. RiverPark GVN 52 Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 27: Using The Logs

    Select a zoom setting at which the track log is visible. Select OK. Your track log is displayed as a fine dotted line on the map. RiverPark GVN 52 Owner’s Manual SING Using the Mileage Logs You can keep four different mileage logs of your travels.

  • Page 28: Xm Radio, Weather, And Stocks

    If your XM service is not activated within an hour, you can refresh the activation signal. Call XM customer care at 1-800-985- 9200; or go to www.xmradio .com/refresh, enter your radio ID where requested, and refresh the activation signal. RiverPark GVN 52 Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 29: Listening To Xm Radio

    Browse Select to select a Category and then a Channel. Select Play/Stop to turn the XM radio on or off. RiverPark GVN 52 Owner’s Manual ➋ Select XM Music Player. ADIO EATHER TOCKS ➌...

  • Page 30: Saving Your Favorite Channels As Presets

    The channel you are listening to is now saved as a preset. Playing a Preset To play a preset channel, select a preset button along the bottom of the XM Radio page. Browse You can also select > Presets. RiverPark GVN 52 Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 31: Saving Your Favorite Artists

    You can also select Category to select a different artist. RiverPark GVN 52 Owner’s Manual Scanning for Artists After you have saved several artists, you can select to scan the XM Radio for those artists. The navigation system automatically plays a song by an artist in your list.

  • Page 32: Viewing Xm Weather

    3. Select the City. A list of the nearest XM Weather sources appears. Select any item for more Weather. detailed weather conditions. 4. Select Forecast forecast page. Weather > to jump to the nearest city RiverPark GVN 52 Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 33: Viewing Your Forecast

    Forecast. XM Weather defaults to your current location. Select to view more forecast information. To select a different city, select Near… and follow the steps in the previous section. RiverPark GVN 52 Owner’s Manual Checking for County Warnings Weather > Press the Menu County Warnings.

  • Page 34: Viewing Stocks

    To add a stock, select (abbreviation), and select Done. The stock you added is now listed. To delete a stock, select the stock in the list. Select Yes. Stocks. button twice and select Stock, enter the stock symbol RiverPark GVN 52 Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 35: Traffic Information

    For more information about the FM Traffic Receiver or XM Smart Antenna, visit the Garmin Web site (www.garmin.com). For participating FM subscription providers and covered cities, refer to fmtraffic.

  • Page 36: Avoiding Traffic

    (Yellow) = Medium severity; traffic is a bit congested. (Red) = High severity; traffic is heavily congested or stopped. Thumb Stick in on the Map page to select the ➋ Select an item to avoid. and avoid traffic. ➌ Select Detour Around. RiverPark GVN 52 Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 37: Traffic Symbols

    Subscriptions—view your traffic subscriptions. If you have an FM Traffic Receiver connected, select Traffic Subscriptions to view your subscriptions. Select RiverPark GVN 52 Owner’s Manual the subscription to display the expiration date. To add a subscription, select International for information about adding an FM Traffic subscription.

  • Page 38: Adding An Fm Traffic Receiver Subscription

    Select Next. ➏ Menu button three times to open the Settings menu. Select ➌ Select Traffic. Select Subscriptions. Enter the code and ➐ Select OK. select Next. About > www.garmin.com/fmtraffic to purchase a ➍ Select Subscription. RiverPark GVN 52 Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 39: Changing The Settings

    34 for more information. Select Advanced to adjust the volume levels of the navigation prompts and XM radio separately. RiverPark GVN 52 Owner’s Manual HANGING THE ETTINGS Changing the General Settings Menu Press three times to open the Settings menu. Then...

  • Page 40: Customizing The Audio Settings

    Then select Attention Tone—turn on or off the attention tone that sounds before voice prompts. Touch Screen Tone—turn on or off the tone that sounds each time you select something on the screen. RiverPark GVN 52 Owner’s Manual General > Audio.
  • Page 41 Time Format—select 12- or 24-hour time format. Daylight Saving—select Auto, Yes, or No. The Auto setting automatically adjusts the time for daylight saving, based on your time zone. RiverPark GVN 52 Owner’s Manual Selecting Units Press Menu Change units of measure to Statute, Metric, or Custom.

  • Page 42: Changing The Map Settings

    Auto Zoom distance, from 120 feet to 300 miles. Route Color—select the color of the route line. Dim Roads—dim roads that are not on your route. You can customize this setting to Never or While Routing. RiverPark GVN 52 Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 43 Wide. ➋ Select Next. ➍ Select the type of data ➎ you want to see. RiverPark GVN 52 Owner’s Manual > > Select the type of data ➌ Select a data field you fields to customize. want to change.

  • Page 44: Changing The Navigation Settings

    Next Turn Pop-up—select when the Next Turn pop-up window appears. Off-Route Recalculation—set the way the navigation system responds when off the route. You can silence the “off-route, recalculating” message here. Navigation. RiverPark GVN 52 Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 45: Adjusting The Traffic Settings

    Menu three times. Then select Software—the unit’s software version, audio version, and unit ID are listed. RiverPark GVN 52 Owner’s Manual Detail Maps—view information about the preloaded detailed maps. FM Traffic Receiver—if you have a FM Traffic Receiver, you can view the FM Traffic Receiver’s unit is displayed XM—if you have an XM Smart Antenna, you can view...

  • Page 46: Appendix

    Download 3. Read and agree to the terms. Click Download. 4. Select Save. Then save the update onto an SD card. 5. Insert the SD card into the side of the GVN 52. Make and the key on sure the system is powered on. Your software is updated automatically.

  • Page 47: Clearing All User Data

    RiverPark GVN 52 Owner’s Manual After downloading your POI database, use the Garmin POI Loader to install the POIs onto an SD card. Then, you can use the SD card to load the POIs into the navigation system.

  • Page 48: Finding Custom Pois

    Deleting All Custom POIs POIs. To delete all custom POIs from your navigation system, press the Custom POIs General > Menu button twice and select My Data Delete All. Select > to confirm. RiverPark GVN 52 Owner’s Manual >...

  • Page 49: Weather Data Warranty

    This information is provided “as is” and XM and Garmin disclaim any and all warranties, express and implied, with respect thereto or the transmission or reception thereof.

  • Page 50: Xm Satellite Radio Service Agreement

    Reception of the XM signal may vary depending on location. Subscriptions subject to Customer Agreement included with the XM Welcome Kit and available at www.xmradio.com. Available only in the 48 contiguous United States. XM is a trademark of XM Satellite Radio Inc. RiverPark GVN 52 Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 51: Software License Agreement

    Software License Agreement BY USING THE GVN 52, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE FOLLOWING SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT. PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY. Garmin grants you a limited license to use the software embedded in this device (the “Software”) in binary executable form in the normal operation...

  • Page 52: Index

    5–7 browse customize orientation update maps zoom metric units midpoints in the route mileage logs My Locations 8–12 Go Home My Favorites Recent finds name of a saved place RiverPark GVN 52 Owner’s Manual ii, 11,...
  • Page 53 RiverPark GVN 52 Owner’s Manual editing finding saved routes ii, 11 adding points to deleting editing navigating saving places you find...
  • Page 54 NDEX 19, 29, 33 radio scanning Radio ID zoom RiverPark GVN 52 Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 55: Limited Warranty

    Garmin dealer for repairs. The GVN 52 is fastened shut with screws. Any attempt to open the case to change or modify the unit in any way will void your warranty and may result in...
  • Page 56 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. © Copyright 2006 Garmin Ltd. or its subsidiaries Garmin International, Inc. 1200 East 151 Street, Olathe, Kansas 66062, U.S.A.

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