Garmin StreetPilot c550 Owner's Manual
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- Page 1 StreetPilot c550 ® ™ owner’s manual...
- Page 2 Garmin. Garmin hereby grants permission to download a single copy of this manual onto a hard drive or other electronic storage medium to be viewed and to print one copy of this manual or of any revision hereto, provided that such electronic or printed copy of this manual must contain the complete text of this copyright notice and provided further that any unauthorized commercial distribution of this manual or any revision hereto is strictly prohibited.
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Page 3: Contact Garmin
5 Contact Garmin • Adjusting the brightness: page 5 Contact Garmin if you have any questions or if you should encounter any difficulty while using your c550. • Cleaning and storing your unit: pages 52–53 In the U.S.A, contact Garmin Product Support by phone at 913/397.8200 or 800/800.1020, Monday–Friday, 8 AM–5 PM... -
Page 4: Table Of Contents
ONTENTS Preface ...........i Favorites ..........13 Serial Number ..........i Saving Places You Find ......... 13 Contact Garmin ..........i Finding Saved Places ........13 Quick Links ............i Saving Your Current Location ......13 Editing Saved Places ........14 Find It and Go! ........1 Viewing the Map and Other Pages ..15... - Page 5 FCC Compliance .......... 54 Customizing the Display ....... 36 Index ..........55 Changing the Navigation Settings ....37 Changing the Bluetooth Settings ....38 Using the Travel Guide ........39 Custom POIs (Points of Interest) ....40 Garmin © 2005 c550 Owner’s Manual...
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Page 6: Find It And Go
T AND T AND Go outside where you have a clear view of the sky to get satellite signals. Turn on your Garmin StreetPilot c550 to begin acquiring GPS satellite signals. The bars in the upper-left corner indicate satellite strength. After your c550 has acquired satellite signals, find your destination and go to it. -
Page 7: Following Your Route
Map page. Touch to take the better route. If you need to take a detour, press the Menu button to open the Menu page and touch Detour. Garmin © 2005 c550 Owner’s Manual... -
Page 8: Adding A Stop To Your Route
Search for the extra stop. add only one stop to Menu > Where to? your route. ➌ ➍ Touch Touch to add this stop before your destination. Touch to make this your new final destination Garmin © 2005 c550 Owner’s Manual... -
Page 9: Adding A Detour To A Route
Menu page. If you want to stop your current route, return to the Menu page and touch Stop. ➋ Touch Stop to end navigation. Touch Detour and your unit creates a new route if possible. Garmin © 2005 c550 Owner’s Manual... -
Page 10: Adjusting The Volume
• To extend the battery life, turn off GPS when you do not need to receive GPS signals. Touch > System > Mode > Off. • For more tips about the battery, see page Garmin © 2005 c550 Owner’s Manual... -
Page 11: Where To
Favorites—save and find your favorite locations. See page 7 as one of your Favorites. See pages 9 through 12 for more Extras—find optional items such as Custom POIs and Garmin information. Travel Guide points. See page XX and ™... -
Page 12: Finding An Address
Type the street Touch the street. Touch the address, if name and touch necessary. Touch Done. Finding an intersection is very similar to finding an address. Touch Intersection and enter the two street names. Garmin © 2005 c550 Owner’s Manual... -
Page 13: Go Home
HOME > Edit > Delete > Yes. (For information about editing and deleting a saved location from your Favorites, see page 15.) After you delete your Home Location, reset it following the steps above. Garmin © 2005 c550 Owner’s Manual... -
Page 14: Finding Points Of Interest
Using the On-Screen Keyboard Touch to enter numbers. Touch to delete the last character entered; touch and hold delete the entire entry. Touch to change the keyboard mode to use diacritical characters or special characters. Garmin © 2005 c550 Owner’s Manual... -
Page 15: Finding Recently Found Places
To remove all places from the Recently Found list, touch Clear. Then touch Yes. NOTE: When you touch ➊ ➋ Clear, all items from the list are removed. It does not delete the actual place from your unit. Garmin © 2005 c550 Owner’s Manual... -
Page 16: Finding A Place Using The Map
Map. The Browse Map page opens with your current location selected. Touch Save to save your current location in Touch Back, Save, Favorites. • If the GPS is off, touch Set Loc. to set your location to the selected location. Garmin © 2005 c550 Owner’s Manual... -
Page 17: Expanding Your Search
A Different City—searches for places near the city you enter. location. My Current Route—searches for places along the route you are currently navigating. My Destination—searches for places near your route destination. Garmin © 2005 c550 Owner’s Manual... -
Page 18: Favorites
Save. Current Location Finding Saved Places Touch the vehicle icon on the From the Menu page, touch Where to?. map. Touch Yes. ➊ ➋ Touch Favorites. Touch the place you want to visit. Garmin © 2005 c550 Owner’s Manual... -
Page 19: Editing Saved Places
® the saved location. The Edit window opens. phone. Touch Change Phone Number, enter a phone number, Deleting Saved Places and touch Done. To delete this saved place, touch Delete. Then touch Yes. Garmin © 2005 c550 Owner’s Manual... -
Page 20: Viewing The Map And Other
When you are simply driving while viewing the Map page (not following a route), your Speed is shown in the lower left corner. The direction you are heading (Driving) is shown in the lower right corner. Garmin © 2005 c550 Owner’s Manual... -
Page 21: Trip Information Page
Touch Reset Trip to reset the information on the Trip Information page. Touch Reset Max to reset the Maximum Speed. Garmin © 2005 c550 Owner’s Manual... -
Page 22: Turn List
Map page, or touch any turn from the Turn List. Use the up and down arrows to view other turns in the route. When you are finished viewing the Next Turn page, touch Back. Garmin © 2005 c550 Owner’s Manual... -
Page 23: Managing Files On Your C550
Plug the small end of the USB cable into the mini-USB connector located on the side of your c550. Connect the larger end of the USB cable to an available USB port on your computer. Connecting the USB Cable Garmin © 2005 c550 Owner’s Manual... -
Page 24: Step 3: Transfer Files To Your C550
Browse your computer for the file you want to copy. Highlight the file and select Edit > Copy. Open the “Garmin” drive or the SD card drive (see the next page for information). Select Edit > Paste. The file then appears in the list of files on the c550 memory or SD card. -
Page 25: Step 4: Eject And Unplug The Usb Cable
After you connect your c550 to your computer, one or two additional drives appear in your computer’s list of drives. “Garmin” is the available storage in the c550’s internal memory. The other Removable Disk Drive is the SD card inserted in your c550. -
Page 26: Deleting Files From Your C550
NOT delete With the c550 connected to your computer, open My Computer. it. Your c550 memory Open your “Garmin” or the SD card drive. Highlight the file that contains important map you want to delete and press the Delete key on your computer’s... -
Page 27: Listening To Mp3 Files
MP3 file. Play All or touch the song pages, such as the map. you want to start with. NOTE: The c550 plays MP3 files only: it does not support iTunes M4A/M4P files. Garmin © 2005 c550 Owner’s Manual... -
Page 28: C550
When your phone is paired with your c550, a phone icon is displayed on the Menu page. Touch the icon to open the Phone menu to place calls and review your call history. Garmin © 2005 c550 Owner’s Manual... -
Page 29: Getting A Call
While you are on the phone, an icon floats in the upper right corner of the screen. Touch the icon to open the In Call Menu. Touch End Call to hang up. ➊ ➋ Garmin © 2005 c550 Owner’s Manual... -
Page 30: Phone Menu
From the Menu page, touch Touch Phone Book. Touch the phone book entry you want to call. The call is ➌ placed to the phone book entry you touched. Garmin © 2005 c550 Owner’s Manual... - Page 31 You can dial a number at any time, just as you can with your cell phone., To dial a number: From the Menu page, touch Touch Dial Number. Enter the number, and touch Dial. Garmin © 2005 c550 Owner’s Manual...
- Page 32 (Missed, Dialed, or Received) to view those calls. The calls are listed in chronological order; the most recent calls are at the top of the list. To call one of the numbers listed, touch it. Garmin © 2005 c550 Owner’s Manual...
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Page 33: Fm Tmc Traffic Information
For FM Traffic Receiver. participating subscription providers and coverage areas, refer to the Garmin Web site at http://www.garmin.com/fmtraffic. NOTE: The FM Traffic Receiver and c550 must Connecting the FM Traffic Receiver... -
Page 34: Avoiding Traffic
➌ From the map Touch an item to Touch Avoid. page, touch view details. Viewing Traffic Events ➊ ➋ ➌ From the Menu Touch an item to Touch an option. page, touch view details. Garmin © 2005 c550 Owner’s Manual... -
Page 35: Adding A Subscription
25-character traffic subscription code. ➊ ➋ ➌ Touch > Touch Add. From the Menu page, touch Traffic. ➍ ➎ ➏ Touch Next. Enter the code and Touch Done. touch Done. Garmin © 2005 c550 Owner’s Manual... -
Page 36: Customizing The C550
Touch to display Touch the setting the Settings menu. you want to change. To restore settings for an individual category, such as Map, touch the Restore Settings button on that particular page. Garmin © 2005 c550 Owner’s Manual... -
Page 37: Changing The Map Settings
Touch the icon you want to use. Map Info—view the maps loaded on your c550 and their version. Touch a map to enable (check mark present) or disable (check mark not present) that map. ➌ Restore—restore the original map settings. Garmin © 2005 c550 Owner’s Manual... -
Page 38: Changing The System Settings
About—display your c550’s software version number, unit ID number, and audio version number. This information is needed ➌ when you update the system software (see page 53) or purchase additional map data (see page 54). Restore—restore the original system settings. Garmin © 2005 c550 Owner’s Manual... -
Page 39: Localizing Your C550
The voices have an extensive vocabulary, and they pronounce the street names as ➍ you approach turns. The pre-recorded voices have a limited vocabulary and do not speak names of locations or streets. Garmin © 2005 c550 Owner’s Manual... - Page 40 Daylight Saving—set to On, Off , or Auto if it is available. ➊ Time Format—choose a 12-hour, 24-hour, or UTC time format. Units—Change units of measure to kilometers (Metric) or miles (Statute). ➋ ➌ Garmin © 2005 c550 Owner’s Manual...
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Page 41: Customizing The Display
files to your c550 or SD card. Screen Shot—enable Screen Shot mode. Touch the camera icon ➋ to take a picture of the screen. The picture bitmap file is saved XXX. ➌ Garmin © 2005 c550 Owner’s Manual... -
Page 42: Changing The Navigation Settings
If you have an FM TMC Traffic Receiver, you can also avoid traffic incidents. Attention Tone—turn on or off the attention tone. ➌ Restore Settings—restore the original navigation settings. Garmin © 2005 c550 Owner’s Manual... -
Page 43: Changing The Bluetooth Settings
first time. Restore—restore the original Bluetooth settings. Restoring the Bluetooth settings will not clear the pairing information. Garmin © 2005 c550 Owner’s Manual... -
Page 44: Using The Travel Guide
CCESSORIES Using the Travel Guide Much like a paper travel guide, the Garmin Travel Guide provides detailed information about places, such as restaurants and hotels. Your nüvi comes with a few sample travel guide points; to purchase the Travel Guide accessory, go to the Garmin Web site at http://www.garmin.com/products/nuvi/... -
Page 45: Custom Pois (Points Of Interest)
Downloads. Using the POI Loader program, you can store the Custom POIs on your “Garmin” drive or your SD card. You can also customize the proximity alert settings for each POI using the POI Loader. Refer When the Proximity Alarms are to the POI Loader Help File for more information;... -
Page 46: Appendix
Garmin © 2005 c550 Owner’s Manual... - Page 47 Remove the backing from the permanent mounting adhesive on the bottom of the disk Suction Place the disk on the dashboard. cup mount Place the suction cup mount on top of the disk and flip the lever down (toward the disk). Lever Disk Garmin © 2005 c550 Owner’s Manual...
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Page 48: Resetting Your C550
finger pressed until the pop- Place your thumb nail in the groove located under the up window appears. Touch Garmin logo on the face plate. clear all user data. Gently pull off the face plate. All original settings are restored. -
Page 49: Caring For Your C550
• Though a PDA stylus can also be used to operate the touch screen, never attempt this while operating a vehicle. Never use a hard or sharp object to operate the touch screen or damage may result. Garmin © 2005 c550 Owner’s Manual... -
Page 50: Using A Remote Antenna
GPS satellite signals, such as when you are practicing or using the MP3 player. Using a Remote Antenna You can use an optional external remote antenna (Garmin GA 25MCX). This is very helpful when operating the unit in a vehicle with a coated windshield or an in-screen (in the window) heating system, which can block GPS signals. -
Page 51: Updating The C550 Software
38) and serial number (see page i). To load maps to your c550 memory or SD card, select the name for your “Garmin” drive or SD card drive. Refer to the MapSource help file for more information about using MapSource and loading maps on your Garmin GPS. -
Page 52: Loading Mapsource Waypoints On Your C550
Save as Type. Click the Save button. With your c550 connected to your computer, copy the *.gpx file into in the Garmin\Waypoints folder in the “Garmin” drive. The waypoints you created in MapSource are now in Where To? > Favorites. -
Page 53: Bluetooth ® Wireless Technology Troubleshooting
Try the solution listed above. I cannot find any drives If you have several network drives mapped on your computer, named “Garmin” in my Windows may have trouble assigning drive letters to your c550 list of drives. drives. Follow the steps on the following page to assign your drive letters. - Page 54 Click a c550 removable disk drive (either the internal memory or your SD Card drive). Right-click your mouse and select Change Drive Letter and Path…. Select Edit…, select a drive letter from the drop-down list, and click OK. Garmin © 2005 c550 Owner’s Manual...
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Page 55: Battery Information
Battery 1/4 full down (from the Menu page, touch to adjust the brightness). • To maximize the life of the lithium-ion battery, do not leave your c550 direct sunlight and avoid prolonged exposure to excessive heat. Garmin © 2005 c550 Owner’s Manual... -
Page 56: About Satellite Signals
When the c550 has acquired satellite signals, the signal strength bars on the Menu page are green When it loses satellite signals, the bars turn red or disappear For more information about GPS, visit the Garmin Web site at http://www.garmin.com/aboutGPS. Garmin © 2005... -
Page 57: Technical Specifications
Battery life: 4 to 8 hours depending on usage GPS (WAAS) Accuracy: Headphone jack: Standard 3.5 mm Position: <5 meters, typical For a complete list of specifications, visit the Garmin Web site at Velocity: 0.05 meter/sec RMS http://www.garmin.com/products/c550/spec.html. Garmin © 2005... -
Page 58: Software License Agreement
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 of the product. Title, ownership rights, and intellectual property rights in and to the Software remain in Garmin. -
Page 59: Fcc Compliance
The unit does not contain any user-serviceable parts. Repairs should only be made by an authorized Garmin service center. Unauthorized repairs or modifications could result in permanent damage to the equipment, and void your warranty and your authority to operated this device under Part 15 regulations. -
Page 60: Index
North Up Computer connection License Agreement Favorites 14, 15 Connecting the USB Cable Listening to music Files Contact Garmin On-screen keyboard deleting Current Location, saving managing Customizing your nüvi M4A/M4P supported types Phone Number Garmin © 2005 c550 Owner’s Manual... - Page 61 Safe Mode events Satellite Signals subscription Save Transferring Files places you find 6, 14 Trip Information Page Saved Places Troubleshooting delete edit Turn-by-turn directions Save Current Location Turn off the beeping save your current location Garmin © 2005 c550 Owner’s Manual...
- Page 62 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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