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Getting Started, Acquiring GPS Signals

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Getting Started Acquiring GPS Signals Before you can navigate to a destination, the GPS receiver must acquire satellite (GPS) signals. 1. Turn on your GPS receiver. 2. Open Garmin Mobile XT. 3. If you are using an external GPS receiver, make sure it is connected to your mobile phone using Bluetooth® wireless technology. 4. Go to an open area, out of parking garages, and away from tall buildings. Getting Started Note: For frequently asked questions about Bluetooth wireless technology, see www.garmin.com/support. Click Search Support. Enter "Bluetooth" and click Search.) Acquiring satellite signals may take a few minutes. The bars in the upper-left corner indicate satellite strength. While the GPS receiver is acquiring satellite signals or if it loses signals, the bars are red or hollow . When the bars are green , your GPS has acquired satellite signals; you can find your destination and go to it. To view information about the GPS receiver, select the GPS icon ( , , or ). You can also select (Menu >) Tools > Settings > System > Remote GPS. For more information about the Remote GPS page, see page 41. For more information about GPS, visit www.garmin.com/aboutGPS. Garmin Mobile XT Owner's Manual 

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Garmin Mobile XT Owner’s Manual
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Getting Started
Getting Started
Acquiring GPS Signals
Before you can navigate to a destination,
the GPS receiver must acquire satellite
(GPS) signals.
1. Turn on your GPS receiver.
2. Open
Garmin Mobile XT.
3. If you are using an external GPS
receiver, make sure it is connected to
your mobile phone using Bluetooth
®
wireless technology.
4. Go to an open area, out of parking
garages, and away from tall buildings.
NOTE:
For frequently asked questions
about Bluetooth wireless technology,
see
www.garmin.com/support
. Click
Search Support.
Enter “Bluetooth”
and click
Search
.)
Acquiring satellite signals may take a
few minutes. The bars in the upper-left
corner indicate satellite strength. While
the GPS receiver is acquiring satellite
signals or if it loses signals, the bars are
red or hollow
. When the bars
are green
, your GPS has acquired
satellite signals; you can find your
destination and go to it.
To view information about the GPS
receiver, select the GPS icon (
,
, or
). You can also select
(
Menu
>)
Tools > Settings
>
System
>
Remote GPS
. For more information
about the Remote GPS page, see
page
41.
For more information about GPS,
visit
www.garmin.com/aboutGPS
.