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    nüvi® 295W owner's manual
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    , disseminated, downloaded or stored in any storage medium, for any purpose without the express prior written consent of 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
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    Introduction Introduction The nüvi 295W is a multi-media device with integrated navigation and services. Contacting Garmin Product Support® Contact Garmin Product Support if you have any questions while using your device. Go to www.garmin .com/support, or call (913) 397.8200 or (800) 800.1020.
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    Table of Contents Table of Contents Introduction i Contacting Garmin Product Support i Registering Your Device i Updating the Software i nüMaps Guarantee i Buying Additional Maps i Getting Started 1 Cities 19 Navigating with Photos 19 Entering Coordinates 19 nüvi 295W Owner's Manual
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    31 Managing Your Contacts.......... 32 Browsing the Web 35 Using the Web Browser........... 35 Setting Your Browser Home Page 36 nüvi 295W Owner's Manual Table of Contents Adding a Web Page as a Bookmark 36 Viewing Your Web Page History 36 Changing Browser Settings..... 37 Playing Music
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    58 Clearing All User Data 58 Appendix 59 About Satellite Signals 59 Battery Information 59 Mounting on Your Dashboard 60 Removing the Device, Cradle, and Mount 61 Resetting the Device 61 Caring for Your Device 62 Specifications 62 Troubleshooting 64 Index 65 nüvi 295W Owner's Manual
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    Getting Started ‹ Warning See the Important Safety and Product Information guide in the product box for product warnings and other important information must be used ➐ with either the Garmin 2.5 mm to 3.5 mm adapter or the Garmin stereo headset with microphone. nüvi 295W Owner's Manual 
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    . Installing the Battery 1. Press down firmly on the battery cover. 2. Slide the battery cover off the back of the device. Battery cover 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.  nüvi 295W Owner's Manual
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    to charge. NOTE: To ensure optimal performance, you should charge the battery for at least four hours before using the device on battery power for the first time. If you completely discharge the battery, recharge it for at least 20 minutes before turning on your device. nüvi 295W Owner's Manual 
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    exiting or store it out of direct sunlight. Notice Before mounting the device, see the Important Safety and Product Information guide for information about laws pertaining to windshield mounting. Tip: For information about removing the device from the mount, see page 61.  nüvi 295W Owner's Manual
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    the device back until it snaps into the cradle. 9. Plug the other end of the vehicle power cable into a power outlet in your vehicle. nüvi 295W Owner's Manual 
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    navigate to a location. ➌ Touch to view the map. Orienting the Screen Rotate the device to view in horizontal (wide-screen) or vertical (portrait) mode.  nüvi 295W Owner's Manual
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    is based on the location of the device or the selected time zone. GPS satellite strength. The more colored bars that appear, the stronger the satellite mode, a red "X" appears. Battery charge level (page 59). External power is connected, and the battery is charging. External power is connected
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    Getting to Know Your Device Turning the Device On and Off Press and hold the Power key. Tips and Shortcuts • Touch to return to the previous in the scrolling menu. 1. From the scrolling menu, touch Settings > Applications > Main Menu Order. 2. Touch an item. 3. Touch .  nüvi 295W Owner's Manual
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    • Touch a key to enter text. • Touch to backspace. • Touch to shift. • Touch to turn on caps lock. • Touch to turn off caps lock. • Touch to close the keyboard. • Touch to display numbers and symbols. • Touch or headset connector to the audio-out connector on the device. nüvi 295W Owner's Manual 
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    navigate with your device, you must acquire satellites. Acquiring satellite signals can take a few minutes. 1. Turn on your device. 2. If necessary, go outdoors to an open area, away from tall buildings and device is set to vibrate, appears when the screen is locked. 10 nüvi 295W Owner's Manual
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    of time. If the device is in the mount with external power, the screen will not automatically lock. Manually Locking the Device Press the Power key. Unlocking the Device 1. Quickly press the Power Help 1. From the scrolling menu, touch Tools > Help. 2. Touch a topic. nüvi 295W Owner's Manual 11
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    > All Categories. 5. Touch your location. 6. Touch > Send Location. 7. Touch To. 8. Add a recipient. 9. Touch Done. 10. Touch Message. 11. Enter a message. 12. Touch Done > Send. nüvi 295W Owner's Manual
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    The detailed maps loaded in your device contain points of interest, such as restaurants, hotels, and auto services. Finding by Category 1. From the Home screen, touch Where To? > Points of Interest. 2. Touch Name. 2. Enter all or part of the name. 3. Touch an item. nüvi 295W Owner's Manual 13
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    an e-mail account (page 28). 1. Find a location. 2. Touch > Send Location. 3. Touch To. 4. Add a recipient. 5. Touch Done. 6. Touch Message. 7. Enter a message. 8. Touch Done > Send. 14 nüvi 295W Owner's Manual
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    To? > Home > Go!. Finding Local Businesses Before you can use this service, you must have a Wi-Fi connection (page 52). This service is not available in all areas. You can search for local businesses by term. • Touch an item to search by category. 3. Touch an item. nüvi 295W Owner's Manual 15
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    , touch View Map. 2. Touch the vehicle icon. 3. Touch > Save Location. 4. If necessary, enter a name, and touch Done. 5. Touch OK. The location is saved. 16 nüvi 295W Owner's Manual
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    , and touch Done. 3. Touch an item. Editing a Saved Location 1. From the Home screen, touch Where To? > Favorites. 2. Touch a category. 3. Touch an item. 4. Touch > Edit. nüvi 295W Owner's Manual 17
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    Where To? > Recently Found > > Clear > Yes. The list of recently found locations is cleared. These locations are not deleted from the map data. 18 nüvi 295W Owner's Manual
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    Before you can use this feature, you must have a Wi-Fi connection (page 52). This service is not available in all areas. Photographs contain information about the location where the photograph was 3. Touch a field to enter the latitude and longitude data. 4. Touch Next. nüvi 295W Owner's Manual 19
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    the intersection, if necessary. About Extras You can download additional content for your device, such as customized points of interest and travel guides, from www.garmin.com/extras. Finding Extras Before you can use extras, you must add them to your device. NOTE: Purchase fees and subscription fees
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    to abide by all posted speed limit signs and to use safe driving judgment at all times. Garmin will not be responsible for any traffic fines or citations that you may receive for failing to follow all Home screen, touch View Map. 2. Touch anywhere on the map. nüvi 295W Owner's Manual 21
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    ). 2. Touch Go!. The device creates a route to the location and opens the map. Your route is marked with a magenta line. As you travel, your device guides you to your destination with voice prompts, arrows on the map, and directions at the top of the map. If you deviate from the original
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    the turn. Viewing the Next Turn You can view the next turn on the map and the distance and time left before you reach the turn. 1. While navigating a route, touch the text bar on the top of the map. 2. Touch a turn on the list. 3. Touch and to see more turns in the route. nüvi 295W Owner's Manual
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    OK. Viewing Trip Information From the map, touch Speed. The trip information displays a compass, your speed, and other helpful statistics about your trip. 24 nüvi 295W Owner's Manual
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    , touch Speed > . 2. Touch an item to reset. Navigating in Walking Mode 1. Remove the device from the Speed > > Calibrate Compass. 2. Follow the on-screen instructions. About Custom Routes You can plan and save custom routes Touch Select The route is automatically saved. nüvi 295W Owner's Manual 25
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    down or up in the route. ◦ Touch > Remove Points to delete a via point. ◦ Touch > Optimally Reorder Points to automatically reorder the via points. 26 nüvi 295W Owner's Manual
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    . As you travel, the trip log appears on the map. Clearing the Trip Log From the scrolling menu, touch Settings > Navigation > > Clear Trip Log. nüvi 295W Owner's Manual 27
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    . 4. Enter the password. 5. Touch Done. 6. If necessary, enter accountconfiguration information from your service provider. 7. Touch Save. Viewing an E-mail Message Before you can send or receive e-mail new e-mail messages, if necessary. 3. Touch an e-mail message. 28 nüvi 295W Owner's Manual
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    , touch E-mail > Compose. 2. Touch To. 3. Select an option: • Touch Use Keyboard to enter a recipient. • Touch Add Contact to select a contact. 4. Touch Subject. 5. Enter a subject. nüvi 295W Owner's Manual 29
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    can view the following types of e-mail attachments: • Microsoft® Word • Excel® • PowerPoint® • Adobe® PDF • HTML • Plain text • JPEG • GIF • PNG • BMP • WMF • EMF 30 nüvi 295W Owner's Manual
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    e-mail account. 1. From the scrolling menu, touch Settings > Applications > E-mail. 2. Touch an account. 3. Touch Edit Account Settings > SMTP Settings > Signature. 4. Enter a signature. 5. Touch Done. nüvi 295W Owner's Manual 31
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    item. 3. Enter the information. 4. Touch Done or OK > . Searching for a Contact 1. From the scrolling menu, touch Contacts. 2. Touch and drag the contact list. 32 nüvi 295W Owner's Manual
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    a Contact 1. From the scrolling menu, touch Contacts. 2. Touch a contact. 3. Touch > Edit Contact. 4. Touch the picture. 5. Touch Choose Picture, touch a picture, and touch Select. 6. Touch . nüvi 295W Owner's Manual 33
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    menu, touch Contacts. 2. Touch a contact. 3. Touch Go! 4. If necessary, touch an address field to enter a location. 5. Find a location (page 12). 6. Touch Select > Go!. 34 nüvi 295W Owner's Manual
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    your history. • Touch and drag the screen to scroll the Web page. • Touch links, text-entry boxes, and other interactive items to activate them. nüvi 295W Owner's Manual 35
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    Before you can access Web browser features, you must have a Wi-Fi connection (page 52). 1. From the scrolling menu, touch Web Browser > > History. 36 nüvi 295W Owner's Manual
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    clear cookies. 7. Touch Subject. 8. Enter a subject. • Touch History > Yes > OK to clear the browser history. • Touch Cache > Yes > OK to clear the browser cache. nüvi 295W Owner's Manual 37
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    . You can place music files anywhere on the device internal storage or anywhere on the memory card. All supported music files on your device are displayed in the Music Player. 1. From the scrolling menu, touch Music must transfer music files to your device (page 52). 38 nüvi 295W Owner's Manual
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    , if necessary. 3. Select the check box next to each song to add to the playlist. 4. Touch OK. 5. Touch > Rename to rename the playlist (optional). nüvi 295W Owner's Manual 39
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    Player > > All > . 2. Enter all or part of the song, the album, or the artist. TIP: To begin a new search, touch > . 3. Touch the song. 40 nüvi 295W Owner's Manual
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    assign a GPS location to the photo (optional). NOTE: The device must be receiving GPS signals to assign a GPS location to supports the following file types for pictures: JPEG, PNG, and BMP For more information on copying files from your computer to your device, see page 52. nüvi 295W Owner's Manual
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    Use Keyboard to enter a recipient. • Touch Add Contact to select a contact. 6. Touch Subject. 7. Enter a subject. 8. Touch Message. 9. Enter the message. 10. Touch Send. 42 nüvi 295W Owner's Manual
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    . 7. Touch Set Landscape. Starting a Route to a Picture You can route to pictures that have GPS location information (page 41). 1. From the scrolling menu, touch Camera > . 2. Touch a photo. When GPS location information is saved, appears for the photo. 3. Touch > > Go!. nüvi 295W Owner's Manual 43
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    Enter Location Name, enter the address or location name, and touch Done. ◦ Touch Select Location, find a location, touch the location, and touch Select. 44 nüvi 295W Owner's Manual
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    the Weather Forecast ‹ CAUTION The weather information provided through this product is subject to service interruptions and may contain errors, inaccuracies, or outdated information, and consequently should not to driving or navigating in unsafe weather conditions. nüvi 295W Owner's Manual 45
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    feature, you must have a Wi-Fi connection (page 52). This service is not available in all areas. 1. From the scrolling menu, touch an option. 3. Touch the location. 4. Touch Select. Using the Clock For information on manually changing the time or the time zone, see page 55. Changing a City in the
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    to delete an alarm. • When the alarm sounds, touch Snooze to hear the alarm again in 10 minutes. • When the alarm sounds, touch Dismiss to turn off the alarm. Viewing the World Map From the scrolling menu, touch Tools > Clock > World Map. The map displays areas of daylight and night across
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    Lap and Split times to view details (optional). 6. Touch Reset to reset the timer. Using the Converter Converting Units 1. From the scrolling clear the number of units, touch > Clear (optional). Setting Conversion Rates Manually 1. From the scrolling menu, touch Tools > Converter. 2. Touch the
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    New. 3. Enter the note. 4. Touch Done. Editing a Note 1. From the scrolling menu, touch Tools > Notes. 2. Touch a note. 3. Touch Edit. 4. Edit the note. 5. Touch Done. nüvi 295W Owner's Manual 49
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    > Checklist. 2. Touch New Checklist. 3. Enter the name. 4. Touch Done. 5. Touch Add/Remove Items > New Item. 6. Enter the name of the item. 7. Touch Done. 50 nüvi 295W Owner's Manual
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    1. From the scrolling menu, touch Tools > Checklist. 2. Select an option: • Touch > Reset > Yes to delete all created checklists. • Touch > Delete Checklists, select the checklists to delete , and touch Delete > Yes. • Touch > Rename to rename the checklist (optional). nüvi 295W Owner's Manual 51
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    system files that should not be deleted. Be especially cautious of files located in folders entitled "Garmin." File transfer mode is also referred to as USB mass storage mode. Use file transfer mode -Fi connection is required to use e-mail, Web browser, and weather services. nüvi 295W Owner's Manual
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    a Network 1. From the scrolling menu, touch Settings > System > Wi-Fi. 2. Touch the network. 3. Enter the network encryption key, if necessary. 4. Touch > Forget This Network. nüvi 295W Owner's Manual 53
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    data. Security Settings Creating a PIN to Unlock the Screen When security is turned on, you must enter a PIN to unlock the device. 1. From the scrolling menu, touch Settings > System > Security > Off > On > OK. 2. Follow the on-screen instructions to create a PIN. 54 nüvi 295W Owner's Manual
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    Product Support. Your > System > Language. • Voice-sets the language for spoken instructions. • Text-sets the language for all onscreen text. • Keyboard or UTC. • Time Zone Selection-allows you to select a time zone manually. Audio Settings From the scrolling menu, touch Settings > Audio. • Vibrate
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    visual and audio alerts. Before you can use proximity alerts, you must load proximity points from www.garmin.com /extras. • Audio Boost-allows you to bypass the audio voltage limit of 150 mV. Navigation two dimensions (2-D) with your direction of travel at the top. 56 nüvi 295W Owner's Manual
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    be placed. 4. Touch . Display Settings From the scrolling menu, touch Settings > Display. • Brightness-changes the brightness of the screen. TIP: Decreasing the brightness can save battery power. nüvi 295W Owner's Manual 57
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    device is inactive for the selected length of time. TIP: Decreasing the auto lock time can save battery power. • Screen Shot-allows you to take a picture of the device screen. Viewing Software Information . From the scrolling menu, touch Settings > > Master Clear. 58 nüvi 295W Owner's Manual
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    . If the device is not receiving GPS signals, appears. For troubleshooting information about acquiring satellites, see page 64. Viewing Detailed GPS Signal Information From the scrolling menu, touch Tools > Where Am I? > > Satellite Info. Appendix Battery Information in the status bar indicates the
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    department for information on properly disposing of the battery and device. If you need to replace the battery in the device, use the lithium-ion battery, Garmin Part Number: 010-11212-14. For more information 4. Remove the clear plastic cover from the top of the disk. 60 nüvi 295W Owner's Manual
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    leak, and/or injury. If the device stops functioning, you may need to reset the device. 1. Press and hold the Power key to turn off the device. 2. Press and release the Power key to turn on the device. 3. If necessary, remove and replace the battery (page 59). nüvi 295W Owner's Manual 61
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    °F (from -15°C to 55°C) Charging Temperature range: from 32°F to 113°F (from 0°C to 45°C) Connector: Mini-USB for power or computer, 2.5 mm audio for headphones Battery type: User-replaceable 1200 mAh lithium-ion battery 62 nüvi 295W Owner's Manual
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    or DC input using mini-USB connector Usage: 3 W max. GPS receiver: High-sensitivity Acquisition times*: Warm:
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    Appendix Troubleshooting Issue/Question How can I acquire satellite signals? The device will not turn on. The device will not charge. Which files can I delete? Solution Verify that the GPS simulator is off. Ensure that the GPS has enough time to initialize. When the GPS is turned on for the first
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    automatic screen lock 11 automobile mode 56 avoiding road features 24, 57 B backlight. See brightness battery 3 charging 3 cover 2 discharging 3 information 59 installing 2 life 59 removing 60 replacing 60 50-51 creating 50 deleting 51 using 51 cities 19 nüvi 295W Owner's Manual 65
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    55 stop watch 48 compass 25 calibrating 25 connector headphone/audio out 1 mini-USB 1 contacting Garmin i contacts 32-34 adding 32 assigning location information 34 deleting 33-34 editing 33-34 for 29 new messages 28 sending messages 29 sending pictures 42 66 nüvi 295W Owner's Manual
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    G general device settings 54 geocaching 19 globe view 22 going home 15 GPS acquiring satellites 59 signal information, viewing 59 simulator 54 guarantee, new maps 18 lever, suction cup 5 list, recently found 18 lithium-ion battery 60 local search 15, 16 nüvi 295W Owner's Manual 67
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    56 2-D 57 3-D 57 north up 57 track up 56 master clear 58 maximum speed, resetting 25 memory card installing 2 slot 1 transferring files 52 menu, customizing 57 messages, e-mail navigation settings 56 new maps i next turn 23 nighttime screen background 58 68 nüvi 295W Owner's Manual
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    i O obstacles, avoiding 24 on-screen keyboard 9 on and off, turning the device 8 orienting the screen 6 P parking spot. See last support i R recently found list, clearing 18 recently found locations 16 registration i removing the device, cradle, and mount 61 resetting 295W Owner's Manual 69
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    39-40 playing 38 specifications 62 speed limit 21 spelling a point of interest 13 stop watch 48 storing the device 62 suction cup arm 5 lever 5 support i surfing the Web 35 nüvi 295W Owner's Manual
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    screen 59 tips 8 touchscreen, using 8 transferring files 52 trip information 24 trip log 27 turning on and off 8 turns 23-24 U units of measure 54 updating maps i software i URLs entering 35 sending removing a network 53 world map 47 Z zooming 22, 23, 31 nüvi 295W Owner's Manual 71
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    , Inc. 1200 East 151st Street, Olathe, Kansas 66062, USA Garmin (Europe) Ltd. Liberty House, Hounsdown Business Park, Southampton, Hampshire, SO40 9LR UK Garmin Corporation No. 68, Jangshu 2nd Road, Sijhih, Taipei County, Taiwan www.garmin.com April 2010 Part Number 190-01218-00 Rev. A Printed
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