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  • Page 1 nüvifone ™ quick start manual...

  • Page 2: Install The Sim Card And The Battery

    Install the SIM Card and the Battery SIMcard 1. Press down firmly on the battery cover and slide it off the back of your nüvifone. Batterycover 3. Locate the lithium‑ion battery that came in the product box. 4. Locate the metal contacts on the end of the lithium‑ion battery. 5. Insert the battery so that the metal contacts on the battery match up with the metal contacts 2. Insert the SIM card in the inside the battery compartment. slot at the top of the battery compartment. Insert the notched corner of the SIM card first with Battery the gold contacts facing up. The SIM card clicks into place. 6. Slide the battery cover onto the back of your nüvifone. nüvifoneG60QuickStartManual...

  • Page 3: Charge The Battery

    Charge the Battery Battery Meaning 1. Insert the appropriate plug Icons adapter into the AC adapter. Battery life. The more 2. Connect the small end of the USB colored bars that cable to the mini‑USB connector appear, the greater on the side of your nüvifone. the remaining battery 3. Connect the large end of the USB charge. cable to the AC adapter. Battery is charging. 4. Plug the AC adapter into a power outlet. External power is connected. Alternate Charging Methods • Insert your nüvifone into the Warning: This product contains a lithium- cradle, and connect the vehicle ion battery.

  • Page 4: Look At Your Nüvifone

    Look at Your nüvifone Powerkey: Pressandholdtoturnon/off; pressandreleasetolockand unlockthescreen. microSD ™ cardslot Headphone/ (undercap) audioout jack Volume up/down Touchscreen keys Mini-USB Camera connector Microphone See the “Important Safety and Product Information” section on pages 31–41 for product warnings and other important information. nüvifoneG60QuickStartManual...

  • Page 5: Understand The Home Screen Icons

    Understand the Home Main Icons Screen Icons Icon Description Touch to make a phone call. Touch to search for locations, including restaurants, hotels, and auto services. Touch to view the map. Call Status Icons —missed call icon showing the number of missed calls. The nüvifone Home screen has scrollable icons. Touch and drag —voice mail to view all the icons. For more icon showing the information, see page...

  • Page 6: Understand The Scrolling Screen Icons

    Understand the Scrolling Screen Icons Scrolling Icons Icons Application Icons Application Browse the web. Use the camera. Access text Access the tools, such as messages. checklists and the alarm clock. Access your e‑mail Open Ciao! ™ account(s). Access your calendar. Open the music player. View weather Access the settings for your information for your phone. area. Access your contacts. Tips and Shortcuts • Touch to return to the previous screen. •...

  • Page 7: Understand The Status Bar Icons

    Understand the Status Bar Icons Icon Description Mobile signal strength. The more colored bars that appear, the stronger the signal. A red “X” indicates no mobile signal strength. Network connectivity. This icon appears when the nüvifone is connected for Internet access. If the icon is white, the connection is in use. If the icon is gray, your nüvifone is trying to establish the data connection with the network. The connection type appears next to the icon: G—GPRS (2.5), E—Edge (2.75), 3G—3G (3.0). Wi‑Fi connectivity. This icon appears in place of the network ® connectivity icon when the nüvifone is using Wi‑Fi. Current time. The time is based on the location of the device or the selected time zone. nüvifoneG60QuickStartManual...

  • Page 8: Icons Description

    Icons Description The nüvifone is connected to a device using Bluetooth wireless ® technology. Bluetooth wireless technology is enabled. The nüvifone is not connected to a device. Satellite connectivity. The more colored bars that appear, the stronger the satellite signal. If there is no satellite signal or the nüvifone is in simulator mode, a red “X” appears. Teletypewriter (TTY) mode is activated. Battery charge. See page 3 for more information. nüvifoneG60QuickStartManual...

  • Page 9: Orient The Screen

    Orient the Screen Scroll the Screen • Rotate your nüvifone to the left • Touch and slide your finger to or the right to view in horizontal slowly scroll the menu. (landscape) mode. • Touch, quickly slide, and lift your •...

  • Page 10: Mount Your Nüvifone

    Mount Your nüvifone Suctioncuparm Before mounting the nüvifone, see page 34 for information about laws pertaining to Cradle windshield mounting. 1. Plug the vehicle power cable into the power connector on the back Lever of the cradle. 6. Fit the gold contacts on the left Cradle side of your nüvifone into the cradle. Vehicle 7. Tilt the nüvifone back until it power snaps into the cradle. cable 2. Remove the clear plastic from the suction cup. Clean and dry your windshield and the suction cup with a lint‑free cloth.

  • Page 11: Dial A Number

    Dial a Number Call a Contact The first time you touch the call 1. From the Home screen, touch Call > Contacts. icon, the nüvifone opens the Dial page. 2. Select a contact, and touch Call. 1. From the Home screen, touch Set Your Ringtone Call (> Dial). 1. If necessary, from the Home 2. Enter the phone number using screen, touch Settings >...

  • Page 12: Call Voice Mail

    Call Voice Mail • To search all cities, touch Search All. The voice mail icon appears on the • To enter a city or postal code, Home screen when you have new touch Spell City, enter the voice mail. city/postal code, and touch Select one of following methods Done. Select the city/postal code in the list. (Not all map to call your voice mail: data provides postal code • Touch Call > Contacts > searching.) Voice Mail. 4. Enter the number of the address, •...

  • Page 13: Use The Location Page

    Use the Location Page Find a Point of Interest When you select a location, the 1. From the Home screen, touch Search > Points of Interest. Location page appears. 2. Select a category and a subcategory, if necessary. 3. Select a destination. Find by Spelling the Name Enter some or all of the location •...

  • Page 14: Search With Google ™ Local Search

    Search with Google Set a Home Location ™ Local Search Set your home location for the place you return to most often. A data connection is required to use this service. Businesses listed with 1. From the Home screen, touch Google Local Search include ratings Search >...

  • Page 15: Follow Your Route

    Follow Your Route ➊ ➋ After you have selected a location, your nüvifone creates a route to ➐ the location. Your route is marked ➎ with a magenta line. As you travel, ➌ ➍ ➏ your nüvifone guides you to your destination with voice prompts, ➊...

  • Page 16: Add A Stop

    Add a Stop Touch anywhere in the Message: box to enter a message. 1. While navigating a route, touch 5. Enter a message, and touch > Search. Done. 2. Search for the extra stop. 6. Touch Send. 3. Touch Go!. Touch Add As a Via Point Read a Text Message add this stop before your final When you receive a text message, a destination. number icon appears next to the Text Message icon on the Home screen.

  • Page 17: Send A Location Message

    Send a Location Set Up E-Mail Message 1. From the Home screen, touch E-mail. Location messages contain text and Touch Add Account. GPS information that other nüvifone users can view. Non-nüvifone users 3. Enter the e‑mail address, and receive a plain text message with touch Done. location information. 4. Enter the e‑mail username (if necessary), and touch Done.

  • Page 18: Send An Email Message

    Send an E-Mail Message Check E-mail Messages 1. From the Home screen, touch 1. From the Home screen, touch E-mail. E-mail. 2. Touch Compose. 2. Touch > Check E-mail. If necessary, touch From: 3. Select an e‑mail message to view select the e‑mail account from which you want to send the e‑mail Touch Reply Reply All message. If you do not select write a response. Touch Forward an e‑mail account, the e‑mail to send the e‑mail message to message will be sent from the another recipient. default e‑mail account. 4. Touch To: to enter recipient information. 5. Touch the corresponding boxes to enter a subject and to add an attachment.

  • Page 19: Transfer Files

    Transfer Files 5. Copy and paste the files you want to transfer. You can transfer files, such as MP3s and JPEGs, to your nüvifone. Play a Song 1. If necessary, insert a microSD 1. From the Home screen, touch card in the memory card slot on Music Player. the side of the nüvifone. 2. Touch . 2. Connect the mini‑USB cable to 3. Select a category. the mini‑USB connector on the 4. Select an option: nüvifone. Connect the other end of the cable to your computer.

  • Page 20: Create A Playlist

    Create a Playlist Take a Picture 1. From the Home screen, touch 1. Press the Camera key. Music Player. 2. Press the Camera key halfway 2. Touch . to focus on the object. A green box appears on the screen. Your Touch Playlists > Playlist. nüvifone focuses on the object 4. Select a category. inside of the box. 5. Select songs to add to the playlist, or touch > Select All Songs to add all songs. 6. Touch OK. The playlist is saved with a generic name (for example, “Playlist 1”). Playlists are saved as .m3u files on 3. Press and hold the Camera key the nüvifone.
  • Page 21 Use Bluetooth Wireless ® Touch Add Device. An hourglass icon appears, indicating that the Technology nüvifone is scanning for devices. Your nüvifone can be paired with If you do not see an hourglass other devices using Bluetooth icon, touch Scan to scan. wireless technology. You must 4. Select the device you want to activate Bluetooth technology on add, and touch Yes. your nüvifone before pairing with 5. Enter the passkey of the device, another device.

  • Page 22: Synchronize Your Nüvifone

    Synchronize Your Use Wi-Fi ® nüvifone 1. From the Home screen, touch Settings > System > Wi-Fi. By synchronizing your nüvifone Touch Wi-Fi Off. with your computer, you can transfer your Microsoft Outlook contacts ® ® Touch On > OK. and calendar events to your nüvifone 4. Select a network. indicates contact list and calendar.
  • Page 23 page in your history. Tips for Browsing the Web • Touch and drag the screen to scroll a Web page. • Touch links, text-entry boxes, and other interactive items to activate them. Web Browser Icons Use the following icons when Use Traffic browsing the Internet.

  • Page 24: Register With Ciao

    Register with Ciao! —very slow or stop-and-go Before you join Ciao! for the first traffic. time, you must register your device. nOTE: Traffic information and 1. From the Home screen, touch delay times are not available in all Ciao!. areas. For more information, go to 2. Read and accept the on‑screen www.garminasus.com.

  • Page 25: Invite A Friend

    Join Ciao! 5. Select the network your friend is using. If your friend is using Ciao!, After you register your device, you you can select any network in the can join Ciao!. list. Touch OK. 1. From the Home screen, touch Accept an Invitation Ciao!. When you receive an invitation, a 2. Read and accept the registration message appears on the screen. information. Select a location update, Manual Touch OK or Yes. or Automatic.

  • Page 26: View The Calendar

    View a Weather Forecast View the Calendar This service is available as a paid 1. From the Home screen, touch Calendar. The current month subscription. A data connection is appears, with the current date required for this feature. circled in red. 1. From the Home screen, touch 2. Touch to change the Weather. month. 2. To view a detailed forecast, select 3. Touch Today to return to the a day.

  • Page 27: Schedule An Appointment

    Schedule an • Touch Repeat, and select an option. Appointment • Touch Repeat End, and 1. From the Home screen, touch select the date on which you Calendar. want the appointment to stop 2. Touch to change the recurring. month. 9. Touch Notes, and enter a note. 3. Select the date on the calendar, 10. Touch Save. and touch New. 4. Touch Subject, and enter a Register Your Product subject. Register your product at 5. Touch Location, and select an www.garminasus.com to help us option.

  • Page 28: Care For Your Device

    Care for Your Device nüMaps Guarantee ™ • Avoid dropping your device and To receive one free map update (if operating it in high-shock and high- available), register your nüvifone vibration environments. www.garminasus.com within • Do not expose the device to water. 60 days of acquiring satellites and Contact with water can cause this driving with your nüvifone.

  • Page 29: Troubleshooting

    Troubleshooting Problem/Question Solution/Answer My nüvifone will not • Ensure that the GPS simulator is turned off. acquire satellites. From the Home screen, touch Settings > System > General > GPS Simulator > Off. • Ensure that you are receiving satellite signals. From the Home screen, touch View Map. Touch the vehicle icon. Touch > Satellite Info. • Verify that the GPS antenna is unobstructed. You must be outdoors or in a vehicle and have a clear view of the sky. Solid materials (except untinted glass), buildings, and dense trees can block satellite signals. • Ensure that the GPS has enough time to initialize. When the GPS is turned on for the first time, it may take a few minutes to initialize. My nüvifone will not turn • Charge the battery.
  • Page 30 Problem/Question Solution/Answer I need to turn off the From the Home screen, touch Settings > System > General > Airplane Mode > On. wireless features of my nüvifone (for example, for an airplane flight). I am trying to charge The battery might have exceeded the maximum my nüvifone, but I charging temperature. If the nüvifone is receive a message that mounted, remove it from the mount and place it battery charging was somewhere out of direct sunlight. suspended. nüvifoneG60QuickStartManual...

  • Page 31: Important Safety And Product Information

    Important Safety and Product Information Warnings Failure to avoid the following • Always operate the vehicle in a safe potentially hazardous situations manner. could result in an accident or collision • Minimize the amount of time spent resulting in death or serious injury. viewing the device’s screen while driving and use voice prompts when general Device Warnings:...

  • Page 32: Battery Warnings

    California’s Proposition unattended vehicle. To prevent damage, 65. See www.garmin.com/prop65 remove the device from the vehicle or more information. store it out of direct sunlight, such as in the glove box.
  • Page 33 5°F to another battery presents a risk of fire or 140°F (from -15°C to 60°C). explosion. To purchase a replacement battery, see your Garmin or ASUS • Do not operate the device outside of dealer or the Garmin-Asus Web site.
  • Page 34 MaP DaTa inFOrMaTiOn: One placing “non-transparent material” of the goals of Garmin and ASUS is on the windshield or placing objects to provide customers with the most on the windshield in locations that obstruct the driver’s vision. iT iS THE complete and accurate cartography that USEr’S rESPOnSiBiLiTy TO...

  • Page 35: Avoid Hearing Damage

    Avoid Hearing Damage Avoid Seizures, Blackouts, You can permanently damage your and Eyestrain ears and lose hearing if you listen to A very small percentage of people can the receiver, earbuds, headphones, or experience seizures or blackouts caused headsets at high volume. by light flashes or patterns, such as while watching videos or playing games.
  • Page 36 RF energy. This product emits RF energy below the published limits when operating in its maximum output power mode and when used with Garmin- nüvifoneG60QuickStartManual...

  • Page 37: Fcc Compliance

    (5/8 inch) from your body. lower output power modes, depending • Only use the device with Garmin- on many factors including proximity to Asus approved accessories. Only use network cellular towers and the absence accessories that do not have metal parts of external interference.

  • Page 38: Industry Canada Compliance

    GPS unit. • Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help. This product 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 nüvifoneG60QuickStartManual...

  • Page 39: Limited Warranty

    1 year starting from the date of the hardware product manufactured by or retail purchase by the original end-user for Garmin or Asus that can be identified purchaser (collectively the “Warranty by the Garmin-Asus logo affixed to it.
  • Page 40 DEFECTS IN THE PRODUCT who is not an authorized service provider OR FROM ANY BREACH OF of Garmin or Asus; or (iv) damage to a WARRANTY OR OTHER LEGAL product that has been modified or altered THEORY.
  • Page 41 SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY FOR ANY BREACH OF WARRANTY. When a refund is given, the product for which the refund is provided must be returned to Garmin or Asus and becomes Garmin-Asus property. Obtaining Warranty Service To obtain warranty service visit www.garminasus.com/support/warranty...
  • Page 44 The combined Garmin/Asus logo is a trademark of Garmin Ltd. and ASUSTek Computer, Inc. Garmin is a trademark of Garmin Ltd. or its subsidiaries, registered in the USA and other countries. ® Ciao! , nüMaps Guarantee , and nüvifone...

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