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    Owner's Manual nüvi® 5000 GPS navigator
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    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 manual or of any revision hereto, provided that such electronic
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    the latest services for your Garmin products: • Register your Garmin unit. • Subscribe to online services for safety camera information (see page 39). • Unlock optional maps. Contact Garmin Contact Garmin if you have any questions while using your nüvi. In the USA, contact Garmin Product Support by
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    Preface Table of Contents Preface i Manual Conventions i nüvi Tips and Shortcuts i myGarmin i Contact Garmin i Getting Started 1 Your nüvi Unit 1 Step 1: Mount the nüvi 2 Step 2: Acquire Satellites 3 Step 3: Use the nüvi 3 Finding Your Destination 4 Following Your Route 5 Adding a Via
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    the FM Transmitter 28 nüvi 5000 Owner's Manual Preface Frequency Selection Tips............28 FM Transmitter Information.........29 Customizing your nüvi 30 Changing the System Settings....30 Changing the Navigation Settings 30 Adding Security Settings 31 Updating the Time Settings.........31
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    Preface Changing the Fuse 40 Removing the nüvi and Mount.....41 About GPS Satellite Signals........41 Caring for Your nüvi 41 Specifications 44 Index 45 iv nüvi 5000 Owner's Manual
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    sensor Speakers External antenna connector SD card slot warning: See the Important Safety and Product Information guide in the product box for product warnings and other important information. State law in Minnesota and California prohibits and/or restricts drivers from using suction mounts on
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    are using a traffic receiver in Europe, secure the traffic receiver's antenna to the windshield using the suction cups. To mount the nüvi using the dashboard mount: Use the enclosed mounting disk to mount your unit to the dashboard and comply with certain state regulations. nüvi 5000 Owner's Manual
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    few minutes. nüvi 5000 Owner's Manual Getting Started The bars indicate GPS satellite strength. When one bar is green, the nüvi has acquired satellite signals. Now you can select a destination and navigate to it. For more information about GPS, see page 41 and visit www.garmin.com /aboutGPS. Step
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    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. 1. Touch Where to?. 2. Select a category. icon displays the current speed limit of the roadway.  nüvi 5000 Owner's Manual
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    Following Your Route 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. If you depart from the original route, your nüvi your new final destination. A checkered flag marks your destination. nüvi 5000 Owner's Manual
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    detour. 1. With a route active, touch Menu. 2. Touch Detour. The nuvi attempts to find an alternate route that avoids the road directly ahead, and then the master volume level. To adjust the volume levels for the navigation prompts and media player, touch Mixer. Restore-restore the original volume
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    perform a simple search, see page 4. Where to? 7. Touch Go! to navigate to this location. Go! Page Options Finding an Address 1. Touch Where to? Touch the address, if necessary. nüvi 5000 Owner's Manual Touch Show Map to view this location on the map. If the GPS mode is off, touch Set Location
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    routes to them. You can also categorize your favorite locations. Saving Your Current Location 1. From the Map page, touch the vehicle icon. OR Touch Tools > Where Am I. 2. Touch Save Location. 3. Enter a name for If you are unsure of the category, touch All Favorites.  nüvi 5000 Owner's Manual
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    Delete-touch to remove this item from your Favorites. Touch Yes. You can also navigate to a picture by touching Tools > Picture Viewer, and then selecting a picture Touch a picture. 4. Touch Go! to navigate to the location. Touch Show Map to view the location on the map. nüvi 5000 Owner's Manual 
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    characters. Touch the button again to return to the full keyboard. tip: You can change the keyboard layout to ABCDE. See page 30. 10 nüvi 5000 Owner's Manual
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    list. 3. Select a restaurant from the list, and touch Go! to navigate to it. Searching Near Another Location Deleting Recently-Found Places To remove maps contained on your nüvi offer many points of interest, including lodging, banks, and shopping. Below are instructions for finding and navigating
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    Routes 1. Touch Where to? > Routes. 2. Select the route you want to navigate, and touch Go!. Creating a Saved Route Use your nüvi to create and save routes before your next to calculate by faster time, shorter distance, or off road. • Delete-remove the route. 12 nüvi 5000 Owner's Manual
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    + and - to zoom in and out. • Touch the map, and drag to view different parts of the map. • Touch any object on the map. An arrow appears pointing at the object. • Touch Save to save this location. • Touch Go! to navigate to this location. • If the GPS Mode is off, touch Set Location to set
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    Map Page Touch View map to open the Map page. The vehicle icon shows your current location. Touch and drag the map to view a different area of the map Touch the vehicle icon to save your current location. Touch Arrival or Speed to open the Trip Information page. Map Page while Navigating a Route
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    or Arrival field on the Map page. If you make navigating a route, the Turn List page displays turn-by-turn instructions for your entire route and the distance between turns. Touch the text bar at the top of the Map navigating a route, the Next Turn page shows the turn on the map
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    status bar to rewind or skip to that point. You can also touch, hold, and drag the status bar to a certain place in the song. Supported File Types The nüvi supports MP3 music files, M3U and M3U8 playlist files, and Ogg and FLAC audio files. nüvi
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    location as the music files. To play a playlist: 1. In the music player, touch Browse > Playlists. All available playlists appear. 2. Touch a playlist, and touch Play. nüvi 5000 Owner's Manual17
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    Playlist-delete the selected playlist. Listening to Audible Books To purchase books from Audible.com, go to http://garmin.audible.com. Listening to a Book 1. Touch Tools > Audible Player. 2. Touch Browse. 3. Touch a 5. Touch Play to listen to the book from the bookmark. OR nüvi 5000 Owner's Manual
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    , go to http://buy.garmin.com or contact your Garmin dealer. 1. Connect the small end of the A/V adapter cable to the A/V In connector on the right side of the cradle. 2. Connect the red, white, and yellow connectors to the corresponding plugs on your video device. nüvi 5000 Owner's Manual19
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    Using the Media Players A/V IN connector 3. Apply external power to the video device, if necessary. Turn on the video device. 4. Touch Yes to switch to the video. To a video is playing, touch anywhere on the screen. note: There will be black lines around the video image. 20 nüvi 5000 Owner's Manual
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    most USB mass storage devices. Supported File Types • MP3 music files Managing Files Garmin POI Loader: see page 39 • Maps, routes, mounted volumes on Mac computers. note: On some operating systems or computers with multiple network drives, the nüvi drives may not appear. nüvi 5000 Owner's Manual
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    Loading Geotagged Pictures on Your nüvi You must download geotagged pictures to your nüvi to use the picture navigation feature.Visit www.fotoconnect.garmin. com for more information. 1. Connect your nüvi deleted. Be cautious of files located in folders entitled "Garmin." nüvi 5000 Owner's Manual
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    about traffic information. location. MSN® Direct Help Touch Help to get information about using your nüvi. With an optional MSN Direct Receiver, you can access MSN Direct content. For more information, see www.garmin .com/traffic or http://garmin.msndirect .com. nüvi 5000 Owner's Manual23
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    Direct Receiver see http://buy.garmin.com. Touch anywhere on the screen to stop the slide show. Games Touch Games to access multiple games available for your nüvi. Some of the games are trial versions only. For game instructions and purchasing information, see www.garmin.com/games. Navigating to
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    information. Using FM Traffic To the power outlet in the vehicle To the power connector on the nüvi cradle Power LED Status LED note: If your FM TMC traffic receiver has an antenna with suction cups on it, route the antenna on your windshield vertically using the suction cups. LED Blink
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    When you are not navigating a route and there is traffic on your road, the Map page displays a traffic while you are navigating, the nüvi automatically recalculates the route. The Map page displays or arrival time shown on the map. To avoid traffic on your route: 1. On the Map page, touch . 2. Touch
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    go to www.garmin.com/fmtraffic. Note: You do not need to activate the subscription included with your FM traffic receiver (if it came automatically after your nüvi acquires satellite signals while receiving traffic signals from the pay service provider. Severity Color Code Green = Low severity;
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    Vehicle's Speakers Playing Audio Through the Vehicle receiver, touch Auto Tune. Then tune your stereo to the selected channel. Manually Tuning the FM Transmitter If you are not using an FM traffic receiver tuned. Frequency Selection Tips For best results, select a frequency below 5000 Owner's Manual
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    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. As you drive, you may notice changes in the background static even though nüvi 5000 Owner's Manual29
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    System. GPS Simulator-enable the simulator to turn off the GPS mode to simulate navigation. Units- update the system software or purchase additional map data (see page 37). Restore-restore the system settings. Changing the Navigation Settings Touch Tools > Settings > Navigation 5000 Owner's Manual
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    navigation settings. Adding Security Settings Touch Tools > Settings > Security. Safe Mode-turn Safe Mode on or off. When your vehicle restoring the security settings will not clear your Garmin Lock PIN or Security Location. Updating the Time Settings Touch Tools > Settings > 5000 Owner's Manual31
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    North at the top. • 3D View-display the map in three dimensions (3D) in Track Up. Vehicle-touch the icon you want to use, and then touch OK. Scroll down to see more vehicle icons. Download additional vehicle icons at www.garmin .com/vehicles. Auto Zoom-enable Auto Zoom mode to automatically adjust
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    names. Voice Personality-change the language for voice prompts. Adjusting Video Input Settings The nüvi supports NTSC composite video input. Touch Tools > Settings > Video Input. Switch to Video-select how the nüvi switches to video mode when an A/V cable is connected. nüvi 5000 Owner's Manual33
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    (POIs), a safety camera database, or a TourGuide receiver is an optional accessory for the nüvi 5000. With the traffic receiver connected, touch Tools > Settings > Traffic. Note: You can only access the traffic settings if your nüvi is connected to external power and an FM TMC traffic receiver
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    best Garmin FM Traffic Web site at www.garmin .com/fmtraffic. Customizing the nüvi Note: You do not need to activate the subscription included with your FM traffic receiver service. If you own multiple FM traffic receivers, you must obtain a new code for each receiver. nüvi 5000 Owner's Manual35
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    are erased. Adjusting the Volume Levels From the Menu page, touch Volume to adjust the master volume level. To adjust the volume levels for the navigation prompts and media player, touch Mixer. Restore-restore the original volume settings. 36 nüvi
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    instructions. Additional Maps You can purchase additional MapSource map data from Garmin and load the maps on the internal memory of your nüvi or on an optional SD card. Also, check www.garmin.com/unlock /update.jsp to see if an update for your map software is available. nüvi 5000 Owner's Manual
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    follow the onscreen instructions. 38 After confirming that you want to perform an update, WebUpdater automatically downloads the update and installs it on your nüvi. Extras and Optional Accessories For more information about optional accessories, go to http://buy.garmin.com, www.garmin.com/extras
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    accessories, go to http://buy.garmin.com or contact your Garmin garmin .com for availability. For these areas, the nüvi includes the locations of hundreds of safety cameras. Your nüvi alerts you when you are approaching a safety camera and can warn you if you are driving too fast. The data is updated
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    your nüvi to your computer. Open the Garmin\poi folder in the nüvi drive or your nüvi to play third-party, GPS-guided audio tours. These audio tours can back in the proper place. If your unit will not turn on in your vehicle, you may need to replace the fuse located at the tip of the vehicle adapter
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    cradle from the mount, turn the cradle to the right or left. Apply For more information about GPS, go to www.garmin.com/aboutGPS. pressure in that direction until the cradle snaps off the mount. To remove the suction cup mount with a mild detergent solution, and then nüvi 5000 Owner's Manual41
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    theft, remove the unit and the mount from sight when not in use. Remove the residue on the windshield left by the suction cup. • Do not keep your unit in the glove compartment. • Register your product at http://my.garmin.com. • Use the Garmin Lock feature. See page 37. 42 nüvi 5000 Owner's Manual
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    regulations applicable in your particular country of operation. Garmin disclaims all responsibility for your failure to follow local laws and regulations. See www.garmin.com /fm-notice for more information. Appendix using your European model nüvi in the United States. nüvi 5000 Owner's Manual43
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    vehicle power cable or AC power using the optional accessory. Usage: 4.2 W at 12.0 V, Typical GPS receiver: High-sensitivity Acquisition times*: Warm:
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    15 Innddeexx E emergency assistance 23 external antenna connector 1 Extras 38-40 F Favorites 8 files 21-22 deleting 22 loading 21 managing 21-22 supported types 21 transferring 22 finding places 4 by address 7 by name 10-11 Go page options 7 item on map 13 near another location 11
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    pictures 24 Next Turn page 15 O off road, routing 13, 30 on-screen keyboard 10-11 on-unit Help 24 output, audio headphone jack 44 vehicle speakers 28 P picture navigation loading geotagged pictures 22 pictures 24 PIN, Garmin Lock 31 playing video 19-20 nüvi 5000 Owner's Manual
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    stopping 6 S Safe Mode 31 Safety Camera 39-40 satellite signals 3, 41 saving update 38 software version 30 specifications 44 speed limit icon 4 spelling the name 10 storing your nüvi 42-43 suction cup mount 2 supported receivers 25 transferring files 21-22 nüvi 5000 Owner's Manual47
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    15 U unit ID 30 updating maps 37-38 software 38 USB 1 ejecting 22 mass storage mode 21-22 user data, delete 36 V vehicle icon 14, 32 via point, adding 5 video input 19-20, 33-34 voice personality 33 volume i, 3, 6, 36 for media player 6, 36 for navigation prompts 6, 36 W WebUpdater 38
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    PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY. Garmin grants you a limited license to Garmin. You acknowledge that the Software is the property of Garmin Garmin and that the Software in source code form remains a valuable trade secret of Garmin Declaration of Conformity Hereby, Garmin declares that this nüvi
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    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. © 2007 Garmin Ltd. or its subsidiaries Garmin International, Inc. 1200 East 151st Street, Olathe, Kansas 66062, USA Garmin (Europe) Ltd. Liberty House,
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