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  • Page 1 nüvi 715 series ® owner’s manual...
  • Page 2 USA and other countries. Garmin Lock trademarks may not be used without the express permission of Garmin. The Bluetooth word mark and logos are owned by the Bluetooth SIG, Inc., and any use of such name by Garmin is ® under license. Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries.

  • Page 3: Nüvi Tips And Shortcuts

    Touch and hold to scroll faster. nüvi 715 Series Owner’s Manual Contact Garmin Contact Garmin if you have any questions while using your nüvi. Go to www.garmin.co.in and click Contact Support for regional support information. You may also contact Garmin local dealer for product support.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Introduction Table of Contents Introduction ...i Manual Conventions ...i nüvi Tips and Shortcuts ...i Contact Garmin ...i myGarmin ...i ™ Getting Started ...1 Step 1: Mount the nüvi ...2 Step 2: Configure the nüvi ...3 Step 3: Acquire Satellites ...3 Step 4: Use the nüvi ...3...
  • Page 5 Where Am I? ...27 Help ...27 Media Player ...27 Picture Viewer ...28 Custom Routes ...28 My Data ...28 World Clock ...28 Language Guide ...28 Calculator ...30 Unit Converter ...30 Playing Audio Through Your Vehicle Speakers ...31 Frequency Selection Tips ...31 FM Transmitter Information ...31 Customising the nüvi ...33 Changing the System Settings ...33...
  • Page 6 Military ...53 Public Safety ...53 Rail ...53 Recreation ...53 Space ...53 Surveying ...53 Timing ...53 How Accurate Is GPS? ...53 WAAS/EGNOS ...54 Sources of Errors ...55 Buying a GPS Receiver ...55 Complementary Navigation Aids ...55 nüvi 715 Series Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 7: Getting Started

    Power key: slide to the left to turn on/off the unit; slide to the right to lock the screen Headphone/ audio out jack card ™ slot Microphone WARNING: This product contains a lithium-ion battery. To prevent damage, remove the unit from the vehicle when exiting or store it out of direct sunlight.

  • Page 8: Step 1: Mount The Nüvi

    Getting Started Step 1: Mount the nüvi 1. Plug the vehicle power cable into the power connector on the right side of the cradle. Cradle Vehicle power 2. Remove the clear plastic from the suction cup. Clean and dry your windshield and the suction cup with a lint-free cloth.

  • Page 9: Step 2: Configure The Nüvi

    Step 2: Configure the nüvi Your unit should turn on automatically if it is plugged in and your vehicle is running. To manually turn on your nüvi, slide the Power key to the left. Follow the on-screen instructions. Step 3: Acquire Satellites 1.

  • Page 10: Finding Your Destination

    Getting Started Finding Your Destination The Where To? menu provides several different categories for you to use when searching for addresses, cities, and other locations. The detailed map loaded in your nüvi contains millions of points of interest, such as restaurants, hotels, and auto services.

  • Page 11: Following Your Route

    Following Your Route Your route is marked with a magenta line. As you travel, your nüvi guides you to your destination with voice prompts, arrows on the map, and directions at the top of the map. The upper-left corner indicates the distance to your next maneuver and the lane you should be in for the maneuver.

  • Page 12: Adjusting The Volume

    Getting Started Taking a Detour If a road on your route is closed, you can take a detour. 1. With a route active, touch Menu. 2. Touch Detour. The nüvi attempts to get you back on your original route as quickly as possible.

  • Page 13: Where To

    Where To? Where To? menu provides several different categories you can use to search for locations. To learn how to perform a standard search, see page 4 . Searching Near Another Location Your nüvi automatically searches for places near your current location. 1.

  • Page 14: Finding An Address

    Where To? Finding an Address The steps to find an address can vary depending on the maps that are loaded on your nüvi. 1. Touch Where To? > Address. 2. Touch Change State or necessary. Search All. 3. Touch Touch Spell City, enter the city, and touch Done.

  • Page 15: Setting A Home Location

    Using the On-Screen Keyboard When an on-screen keyboard appears, touch a letter or number to enter it. • Touch to add a space. • Touch to move the cursor. • Touch to delete the character. • Touch to select words you have recently typed and selected.

  • Page 16: Finding Recently Found Places

    Where To? Finding Recently Found Places Your nüvi stores the last 50 of your recent fi nds in the Recently Found list. The most-recently viewed places appear at the top of the list. Touch Recently Found > to view your recently found items.

  • Page 17: Using Photo Navigation

    You can load pictures that include location information on your nüvi or on an SD card, and then create routes to them. 1. Go to http://connect.garmin.com /photos to download pictures with location information. 2. Follow the instructions on the Web site to select and load pictures.

  • Page 18: Using Custom Routes

    Where To? Using Custom Routes Where To? Custom Touch > Select the route you want to take, and touch Go!. Creating a Custom Route Use your nüvi to create and save routes before your next trip. You can save up to 10 routes.

  • Page 19: Finding A Place Using The Map

    Finding a Place Using the To fi nd a location on the map, touch Where To? > Browse Map anywhere on the map. • Touch and drag to view different parts of the map. • Touch to zoom in and out. •...

  • Page 20: Entering Coordinates

    Where To? Entering Coordinates If you know the geographic coordinates of your destination, you can use your nüvi to navigate to your destination using the latitude and longitude coordinates (or other coordinate formats). This can be especially helpful when geocaching. 1.

  • Page 21: Using The Main Pages

    Using the Main Pages Map Page Map Page View Map Touch to view the Map page. • vehicle icon shows your current location. • Touch and drag the map to view a different area of the map (see page 13 ). ➊...

  • Page 22: Turn List Page

    Using the Main Pages Resetting Trip Information If you want accurate trip information, reset the trip information before beginning a trip. Touch Reset Trip to reset the information on the Trip Computer page. Touch Reset Max reset the maximum speed. Turn List Page When you are navigating a route, the Turn List page displays turn-by-turn...

  • Page 23: Using Hands-Free Calling

    To see if your device with Bluetooth technology is compatible with the nüvi, go to www.garmin.com/bluetooth. Pairing Your Devices Bluetooth wireless technology establishes a wireless link between devices, such as a mobile phone and the nüvi.

  • Page 24: Pairing Your Phone Using The Phone

    Using Hands-free Calling Pairing Your Phone Using the Phone 1. Enable the Bluetooth component on your phone. This might be in a menu called Settings, Bluetooth, Connections, or Hands-free. 2. Initiate a search for Bluetooth devices. 3. Select the nüvi from the list of devices.

  • Page 25: Phone Menu

    Phone Menu From the Menu page, touch view the Phone menu. Touch to view the signal strength, the battery level, and the name of the connected phone. NOTe: Not all phones support all features of the nüvi Phone menu. Using Your Phone Book Each time your mobile phone connects with the nüvi, the phone book is automatically loaded into the nüvi.

  • Page 26: Calling Home

    Using Hands-free Calling Calling Home Enter a phone number for your Home location, so you can quickly call home. To enter your phone number: 1. Touch Phone > Call Home. 2. Touch Enter Phone Number the keypad page, or touch From Phonebook (only available if your phone supports phone book...

  • Page 27: Using The Media Players

    Using the Media Players Using a Wireless Headset To listen to high-quality audio, you can connect an Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP) Bluetooth headset. For more information about Bluetooth technology, see page 17. To pair and connect, your device and the nüvi must be turned on and be within 10 metres of each other.
  • Page 28 Using Media Players Playlist • Touch the playlist to add songs, remove songs, and skip to another song in the playlist. • Touch to adjust the volume. • Touch to play the current song from the beginning; touch again to play the previous song on the playlist.
  • Page 29 To save your current playlist: 1. While listening to music, in the music player, touch Browse > Save Current Playlist. 2. Enter a name, and touch Done. To create a new playlist: 1. In the music player, touch Playlist > Create New 2.

  • Page 30: Listening To Audible Books

    Using Media Players Listening to Audible Books To purchase books from Audible.com go to http://garmin.audible.com. Listening to a Book 1. Touch Tools > Media Player. 2. Touch Source to view the audible book player. 3. Touch Browse. 4. Touch a category, and then touch a book title.

  • Page 31: Managing Files

    Managing Files You can store files, such as MP3s and JPEG image files, in the nüvi internal memory or on an optional SD card. NOTe: The nüvi is not compatible with Windows 95, 98, Me, or NT. It ® is also not compatible with Mac 10.3 and earlier.

  • Page 32: Deleting Files

    1. Browse your computer for the fi le you want to copy. 2. Highlight the fi le, and select Copy. 3. Open the “Garmin” or SD card drive/ volume. 4. Select Edit > Paste. The fi le appears in the list of fi les on the nüvi memory...

  • Page 33: Using The Tools

    Using the Tools The Tools menu provides many features that are helpful when you are traveling across town or across the globe. Settings For information about the settings, see pages 33–37. Where Am I? Touch Tools > Where Am I? information about your current location.

  • Page 34: Picture Viewer

    3. Enter the new city and touch Done. 4. Touch the new city in the list, and touch Save. Language Guide The Garmin Language Guide puts data from Oxford’s multilingual resources and five bilingual dictionaries in the palm of your hand.
  • Page 35 More Variations • Touch words in the phrase or get a different translation. nüvi 715 Series Owner’s Manual Bilingual Dictionaries The Garmin Language Guide provides > five bilingual dictionaries. From 1. Touch 2. Touch 3. Touch a translation option. If necessary, touch 4.

  • Page 36: Calculator

    Using the Tools University Press 2002. Multilingual Wordbank © Oxford University Press 2001. Multilingual Phrasebank © Oxford University Press 2001. Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © Oxford University Press and Hachette Livre 2005. Pocket Oxford-Duden German Dictionary © Oxford University Press and Bibliographisches Institut &...

  • Page 37: Playing Audio Through Your Vehicle Speakers

    Playing Audio Through Your Vehicle Speakers Check local laws before using the FM transmitter in your area. If an FM transmitter is available on your nüvi, you can listen to the nüvi audio on an FM stereo. NOTe: When using the FM transmitter function on the nüvi, hands-free phone calls through the nüvi might be overheard by adjacent...
  • Page 38 Playing Audio Through Your Vehicle Speakers The distance between the vehicle power cable, the nüvi, and the FM stereo antenna may also affect the noise level. Vehicles with antennas located far away, such as a rear-mounted antenna, may experience more interference from outside noise sources than vehicles with front-mounted antennas.

  • Page 39: Customising The Nüvi

    Customising the nüvi 1. Touch Tools > Settings. 2. Touch the setting you want to change. 3. Touch the button below the setting name to change it. Changing the System Settings Touch Tools > Settings > System. nüvi 715 Series Owner’s Manual Customizing the nüvi GPS Mode—enable the simulator to turn off the GPS mode and simulate...

  • Page 40: Changing The Navigation Settings

    Screen Shot—enable screen shot mode. Touch to take a screen shot. The picture bitmap fi le is saved in the Garmin\Screenshot folder on the nüvi drive. Brightness—adjust the backlight brightness level. Reducing the backlight brightness increases your battery life.

  • Page 41: Updating The Time Settings

    Updating the Time Settings Tools Settings > Time. Touch > Time Format—select a 12-hour, 24- hour, or UTC time format. Current Time—select Automatic update the time automatically. When Automatic is not selected, you can adjust the time in 15-minute increments. Restore—restore the original time settings.

  • Page 42: Adding Security

    Restore—restore the original security settings. Restoring the security settings will not clear your Garmin Lock PIN or Log. security location. Bluetooth Technology Settings Touch Tools Phone or Audio—select...

  • Page 43: Changing The Proximity Points Settings

    to delete from the nüvi memory, and touch Yes. Bluetooth—enable and disable the Bluetooth component. The Bluetooth icon appears on the Menu page if the Bluetooth component is enabled. To prevent a device from automatically connecting, select Disabled. Friendly Name—enter a friendly name that identifies your nüvi on devices with Bluetooth technology.

  • Page 44: Appendix

    Screen, and select Recalibrate adjust the sensitivity of the screen. Locking Your nüvi Garmin Lock is a theft-deterrent system that locks your nüvi. Each time you turn on the nüvi, enter the PIN or drive to the security location. 1. Touch Tools >...

  • Page 45: Additional Maps

    PIN. NOTe: If you forget your PIN and your security location, you must send your nüvi to Garmin to get it unlocked. You must also send a valid product registration or proof of purchase.

  • Page 46: Battery Information

    Appendix your nüvi, connect your nüvi to your Garmin\poi computer. Open the in the nüvi drive or the SD card drive. Delete the fi le entitled poi.gpi. Battery Information Your nüvi contains an internal, non- replaceable, lithium-ion battery. Do not remove or attempt to remove the battery.

  • Page 47: About Gps Satellite Signals

    About GPS Satellite Signals Your nüvi must acquire GPS (Global Positioning System) satellite signals to navigate. If you are indoors, near tall buildings or trees, or in a parking garage, your nüvi cannot acquire satellites. Go outside to an area free from tall obstructions to use your nüvi.

  • Page 48: Removing The Nüvi And Mount

    Appendix Removing the nüvi and Mount To remove the nüvi from the cradle, press the button on the bottom of the cradle up, and tilt the nüvi forward. To remove the cradle from the mount, turn the cradle to the right or left. Apply pressure until the socket on the cradle releases the ball on the mount.

  • Page 49: Declaration Of Conformity

    Declaration of Conformity Hereby, Garmin declares that this nüvi product is in compliance with the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of Directive 1999/5/EC. To view the full Declaration of Conformity, see the Garmin Web site for your Garmin product: www.garmin.com. Appendix...

  • Page 50: Software License Agreement

    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 of the product. Title, ownership rights, and intellectual property rights in and to the Software remain in Garmin.

  • Page 51: Specifications

    Usage: 10 W max. Battery life: Up to 3 hours depending on usage and settings Battery type: Non-replaceable lithium- ion battery GPS receiver: High-sensitivity Acquisition times*: Warm: <1 sec. Cold: <38 sec. Factory Reset: <45 sec. *Average acquisition times for a stationary receiver with a clear view of the sky.

  • Page 52: Troubleshooting

    Appendix Troubleshooting Problem/Question Solution/Answer My nüvi never gets Take your nüvi out of parking garages and away from tall buildings satellite signals. and trees. Remain stationary for several minutes. The suction cup will not Clean the suction cup and windshield with rubbing alcohol. Dry with stay on my windshield.
  • Page 53 Make sure your phone is turned on and is less than 10 metres connect to the nüvi. (about 33 feet) away from your nüvi. Go to www.garmin.com/bluetooth for more help. How do I know my nüvi When your nüvi is in USB mass storage mode, a picture of a nüvi is in USB mass storage connected to a computer is shown.
  • Page 54 Appendix Problem/Question Solution/Answer Touch How can I find my car Road in a parking lot? Favourites How can I change the Use Bicycle mode to optimize your route for biking. Touch navigation mode to ride Settings my bicycle? How can I walk to Use Off Road mode.

  • Page 55: Gps Beginner's Guide

    With a GPS receiver, you have an amazing amount of information at your fi ngertips. Here are just a few examples of how you can use GPS technology.

  • Page 56: Space Segment

    Space Segment At least 24 GPS satellites orbit the earth twice a day in a specific pattern. They travel at approximately 7,000 miles per hour about 12,000 miles above the earth’s surface. These satellites are spaced so that a GPS receiver anywhere in the world can receive signals from at least four of them.

  • Page 57: How Does Gps Technology Work

    GPS satellites that are in view and then uses that information to determine and display your location, speed, time, and so forth. Your GPS receiver does not transmit any information back to the satellites. GPS Beginner’s Guide...

  • Page 58: Who Uses Gps

    Who Uses GPS? GPS technology has many amazing applications on land, at sea, and in the air. You might be surprised to learn about the following examples of how people or professions are already using GPS technology: Agriculture In precision farming, GPS technology helps monitor the application of fertilizer and pesticides.

  • Page 59: Military

    Military Military aircraft, ships, submarines, tanks, jeeps, and equipment use GPS technology for many purposes including basic navigation, target designation, close air support, weapon technology, and rendezvous. Public Safety Emergency and other specialty fleets use satellite navigation for location and status information.

  • Page 60: How Accurate Is Gps

    GPS receiver. You can increase accuracy by ensuring that when you use (or at least when you turn on) your GPS receiver, you are in an area with few or no obstacles between you and the wide open sky. When you fi rst...

  • Page 61: Sources Of Errors

    WAAS. Sources of Errors Errors can affect the accuracy of the GPS signal. Take your GPS receiver to an area with a wide and unobstructed view of the sky to reduce the possibility and impact of some errors.

  • Page 62: Complementary Navigation Aids

    Complementary Navigation Aids Remember, a GPS receiver is a complement to navigation and should not be the only navigational tool that you use. Using a paper map, a simple compass, and having knowledge of manual navigation is a good, safe practice.
  • Page 63 For the latest free software updates (excluding map data) throughout the life of your Garmin products, visit the Garmin Web site at www.garmin.co.in © 2008–2009 Garmin Ltd. or its subsidiaries Garmin International, Inc. 1200 East 151st Street, Olathe, Kansas 66062, USA Garmin (Europe) Ltd.

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