Garmin (Europe) Ltd. by phone • Unlock optional maps. in green in this manual. When you are at +44 (0) 870.8501241. instructed to speak to your nüvi, talk in a normal voice directed to the unit. BMW Navigation Portable Pro Owner’s Manual...
Understanding the Menu Page ..3 Location........Playing Music ......21 Finding Your Destination ....4 Navigating Off Road ....Listening to Audible Books ..22 Following Your Route ....5 Walking to a Destination .... Adding a Stop.......5 BMW Navigation Portable Pro Owner’s Manual...
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Extras and Optional Games........27 Adjusting the Display Settings..33 Accessories ........40 Calculator ........27 Changing the Map Settings ..34 About GPS Satellite Signals..41 Currency Converter ....27 Setting the Bluetooth Technology Declaration of Conformity...41 Unit Converter ......28 Options ........34 BMW Navigation Portable Pro Owner’s Manual...
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Introduction Important Legal Notice Regarding Your FM Transmitter .........41 Software License Agreement ..42 Specifications ......43 Troubleshooting ......44 Index ......... BMW Navigation Portable Pro Owner’s Manual...
™ card slot Serial number External Microphone under battery antenna Mini-USB connector connector Speakers See the Important Safety and Product Information guide in the product box for product warnings and other important information. BMW Navigation Portable Pro Owner’s Manual...
5. Press the battery down into place. 3. Snap the protective cover on to the cradle when it is not in use. 6. Slide the battery cover back on until it clicks into place. BMW Navigation Portable Pro Owner’s Manual...
Supplement. Acquiring Satellites ➊ GPS satellite strength Go outdoors to an open area, out of ➋ Bluetooth technology status ® garages, and away from tall buildings. Stop your vehicle, and turn on the nüvi. BMW Navigation Portable Pro Owner’s Manual...
1. Touch Where to?. 2. Select a category. 3. Select a subcategory. 4. Select a destination. 5. Touch Go!. TiP: Touch to see more choices. BMW Navigation Portable Pro Owner’s Manual...
Your route is marked with a magenta line. before your destination. Touch Set as Follow the arrows as you take turns. new Destination to make this your new final destination. A checkered flag marks your destination. BMW Navigation Portable Pro Owner’s Manual...
Locking the Screen shortcut commands, see pages 14–16. To prevent accidental screen touches, slide Power key to the right ( ). To unlock the screen, slide the Power key to the center position. BMW Navigation Portable Pro Owner’s Manual...
5. Enter the street name, and touch Done. Select the correct street in the list, if If a mobile phone with Bluetooth necessary. technology is connected, touch to call 6. Touch the address, if necessary. BMW Navigation Portable Pro Owner’s Manual...
You can save places in your Favorites so it by following the steps of “Setting a you can quickly find them and create routes Home Location.” to them. Your home location is also stored in Favorites. BMW Navigation Portable Pro Owner’s Manual...
• Delete—removes this item from the Editing Saved Places Favorites list. Touch Yes. 1. Touch Where to? > Favorites. 2. Touch the location you want to edit. 3. Touch Edit. BMW Navigation Portable Pro Owner’s Manual...
If you know the geographic coordinates 1. Touch Where to? (or Tools) > Routes of your destination, you can use your nüvi > New. to navigate to your destination using the 2. Touch Add New Start Point. BMW Navigation Portable Pro Owner’s Manual...
3. Touch OK. time, shorter distance, or off road. • Delete—remove this route. NoTe: Your changes are automatically saved when you exit any of the route edit pages. BMW Navigation Portable Pro Owner’s Manual...
Map Page while Navigating a Route Trip Computer Page Turn List Page Next Turn Page TiP: A speed limit icon could appear as you travel on major roadways. This icon displays the current speed limit of the roadway. BMW Navigation Portable Pro Owner’s Manual...
Resetting Trip Computer If you want accurate trip information, reset the trip computer before beginning a trip. reset Trip Touch to reset the information on the Trip Computer page. Touch reset to reset the maximum speed. BMW Navigation Portable Pro Owner’s Manual...
Tools menu, you can > Settings > System > Remote > Go Home Where Am I? speak Routes Page Down. Deactivate All Remotes. Hands Free Where To? 2. Touch Activate New Remote. BMW Navigation Portable Pro Owner’s Manual...
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To search using the Find Nearest places. shortcut command: 1. Say Find Nearest followed by a Point of Interest category, such as Italian “Find Place by Name” Restaurant. BMW Navigation Portable Pro Owner’s Manual...
2. Respond to the prompts to speak or spell the city name, the house number, your command. speech recognition mode. and the street. • page 44 for troubleshooting tips. BMW Navigation Portable Pro Owner’s Manual...
NoTe: You might have to set your connected. your phone. mobile phone to connect to the nüvi automatically when it is turned on. NoTe: Not all phones support all features of the nüvi Hands Free phone menu. BMW Navigation Portable Pro Owner’s Manual...
End Call to hang up. This does such as voice mail. minutes for the phone book to be available. not disconnect the call on hold. Phone book transfer is not available on all phones. BMW Navigation Portable Pro Owner’s Manual...
NoTe: To edit your home location transferred to the nüvi. It can take a few Where to? or phone number, touch > minutes to transfer this data to the nüvi. Favorites > Home > edit. BMW Navigation Portable Pro Owner’s Manual...
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5. If you want to attach a POI to the necessary. message, touch Point, and search 6. Select Send to send the message. for a POI. 6. Touch Send Send as Location Message, if applicable, to send the message. BMW Navigation Portable Pro Owner’s Manual...
3. Enter a name, and touch Done. Song status bar hold, and drag the status bar to a certain 4. To add more songs to your new playlist, place in the song. touch Edit > Songs. BMW Navigation Portable Pro Owner’s Manual...
Press and hold to move 2. Touch a playlist, and touch Play. forward or backward. • Touch to pause the book. • Touch the book cover art to view more- detailed information. BMW Navigation Portable Pro Owner’s Manual...
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Loading Audible Books Audible Books 1. Create an Audible.com account at http://garmin.audible.com. 2. Download AudibleManager ® 3. Open AudibleManager. Follow the on- screen instructions to activate your nüvi (one-time process). BMW Navigation Portable Pro Owner’s Manual...
22 volumes on Mac computers. the microSD card. • JPEG, JPG, PNG, BMP, and GIF image files: see pages 26 • GPX maps, routes, and waypoints files from MapSource : see page 39 ® BMW Navigation Portable Pro Owner’s Manual...
Loading Pictures for Photo nüvi memory contains important system Navigation files that should not be deleted. Download pictures with location information to your nüvi or microSD card for photo navigation. Visit http://connect .garmin.com/photos for more information. BMW Navigation Portable Pro Owner’s Manual...
For information about the Audible Player, touch info, and then touch to create a category. Touch Save Location to save pages 22–23. route to it. your current location. page 25 for more information about loading pictures to your nüvi. BMW Navigation Portable Pro Owner’s Manual...
—make the number negative or conversion rates manually so that you are see www.garmin.com/games. positive. always using the most-current rates. • —make the number a percent 1. Touch Tools > Currency Converter > (0.01). Update. BMW Navigation Portable Pro Owner’s Manual...
Clear to perform another Update > Change Base. conversion. 2. Touch the button next to New Base Currency. 3. Select a currency as your new base currency. 4. Touch OK > Change to finish. BMW Navigation Portable Pro Owner’s Manual...
If the nüvi is not turned on at the alarm time, it will turn itself on and sound the alarm. Snooze Touch to turn the alarm off for 10 minutes. Touch to turn the alarm off until tomorrow. BMW Navigation Portable Pro Owner’s Manual...
TMC data to receive traffic information. To avoid traffic on your route: 1. On the Map page, touch NoTe: For BMW kits that include traffic, you can only access the traffic 2. Touch to view traffic delays. information if the nüvi is connected to the mount.
Red = High severity—traffic is heavily congested or stopped. Road Closed Slow Traffic Traffic Subscriptions pages 35–36 for information about Accident adding a premium traffic subscription. Incident For more information about traffic subscriptions, go to Travel Information www.garmin.com/fmtraffic. BMW Navigation Portable Pro Owner’s Manual...
Usage Mode—specify how you will be Avoidances > Custom Avoids > View navigating to optimize routes: automobile, Custom Avoid List. Settings Bicycle, or Pedestrian. 2. Touch a custom avoid. Tools Settings > Navigation. Touch > 3. Select an option: BMW Navigation Portable Pro Owner’s Manual...
Use the arrows to scroll through your The default Safe mode is On. When your settings. options. vehicle is moving, Safe mode disables all functions that require significant operator restore—restore the original time settings. BMW Navigation Portable Pro Owner’s Manual...
• Delete—select the phone you want to Touch the icon you want to use, and then delete from the nüvi memory, and touch touch oK. Download additional vehicle Yes. icons at www.garmin.com/vehicles. BMW Navigation Portable Pro Owner’s Manual...
4. Touch Next on the nüvi, enter the code, auto to use the best provider for the area, and touch Done. Voice Personality—change the language or select a specific provider to use. for voice prompts. BMW Navigation Portable Pro Owner’s Manual...
40. Touch Tools > 1. Touch Tools > Settings. Settings Proximity Points. > 2. Touch Restore. Proximity alerts—turn on or off the alerts 3. Touch Yes. when you approach custom POIs or safety cameras. BMW Navigation Portable Pro Owner’s Manual...
2. Touch the button below Garmin Lock. the touch screen because damage might result. 3. Enter a 4-digit PIN and drive to a security location. BMW Navigation Portable Pro Owner’s Manual...
(white screen downloads the update and installs it on with “Press dot”). battery icon in the corner of the your nüvi. Menu page indicates the status of the nüvi BMW Navigation Portable Pro Owner’s Manual...
> > of batteries. your local waste disposal department for info. Check www.garmin.com information about properly disposing of the /unlock/update.jsp to see if an update for battery. your map software is available. To enable BMW Navigation Portable Pro Owner’s Manual...
POI or safety camera database. playing interesting facts about historical points, such as safety cameras and school sites along the way. For more information, zones. BMW Navigation Portable Pro Owner’s Manual...
You With the SaversGuide preprogrammed must check the local regulations in all microSD data card and membership card, European countries in which you intend your nüvi is a digital coupon book. BMW Navigation Portable Pro Owner’s Manual...
States. You accept full responsibility property of Garmin and is protected under for complying with all such laws and the United States of America copyright regulations applicable in your particular laws and international copyright treaties. BMW Navigation Portable Pro Owner’s Manual...
*Average acquisition times for a stationary Data stored indefinitely. receiver with a clear view of the sky. Computer interface: USB 2.0 high speed (480 Mbit) mass storage, plug-and- play operating system: Linux ® Headphone jack: Standard 3.5 mm BMW Navigation Portable Pro Owner’s Manual...
Speak slowly and clearly, and eliminate as much background noise as possible. Stop conversations, and turn down the radio understand my spoken volume. commands. Mount the nüvi in your car in a location that is free from excessive vibrations and away from obvious noise sources. BMW Navigation Portable Pro Owner’s Manual...
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> Navigation > Route Preference > Off Road > to put the nüvi in Off Road mode. Touch Where in a parking lot? > Favorites > Last Position > Go!. Navigate to your car! BMW Navigation Portable Pro Owner’s Manual...
39, detour FM transmitter background color Garmin Lock 33, clock for the world diacritical characters lithium-ion battery 38, geocaching computer connection display settings location message Go! page options driving directions BMW Navigation Portable Pro Owner’s Manual...
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7, system settings pairing a mobile phone registering miles your current location 9, Panoramio pictures mini-USB connector pedestrian navigation mode school zone database BMW Navigation Portable Pro Owner’s Manual...
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24–25 Travel Guide walking route 11, trip data, reset WebUpdater trip log Where Am I? turn-by-turn directions Where to? world clock unit ID units, convert zoom 10, 33, BMW Navigation Portable Pro Owner’s Manual...
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