Garmin Nuvi 215 Owner's manual

nüvi

®

215

owner’s manual

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nüvi 215 owner’s manual i

Introduction

Manual Conventions

When you are instructed to “touch”

something, use your nger to touch

an item on the screen.

The small arrows (>) used in the

text indicate that you should touch a

series of items. For example, if you

see “touch Where to? > Favourites”

you should touch Where to?, and

then touch Favourites.

nüvi

®

Tips and Shortcuts

To quickly return to the Menu •

page, touch and hold Back.

Touch • and to see

more choices. Touch and hold

these buttons to scroll faster.

Screenshots in this manual are •

taken from a widescreen unit and

may look different than your unit.

myGarmin

™

Go to http://my.garmin.com to access

the latest services for your Garmin

products:

Register your Garmin unit. •

Unlock optional maps. •

Contact Garmin

Contact Garmin Product Support 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.

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Introduction

Table of Contents

Introduction .......................... i

Manual Conventions .............. i

nüvi

®

Tips and Shortcuts........ i

myGarmin

™

........................... i

Contact Garmin ..................... i

Getting Started .................... 1

Step 1: Mount Your nüvi .......2

Step 2: Congure Your nüvi ..2

Step 3: Acquire Satellites ..... 3

Step 4: Use Your nüvi ...........3

Finding Your Destination ......4

Adding a Stop ....................... 5

Taking a Detour ....................5

Stopping the Route ...............5

Adjusting the Volume ............5

Locking the Screen ...............5

Where to? ............................ 6

Finding an Address ...............6

Setting a Home Location ......6

Go! Page Options ................. 7

Finding a Place by Spelling

the Name .............................8

Searching Near Another

Location ................................ 8

Finding Recently Found

Places ...................................9

Favourites .............................9

Finding a Place Using the

Map ....................................10

Entering Coordinates .......... 11

Using Photo Navigation ...... 11

Navigating Off Road ........... 11

Using the Map ................... 12

Trip Computer .....................13

Turn List ..............................13

Next Turn ............................13

Making Hands-Free Phone

Calls ................................... 14

Pairing Your Phone .............14

Receiving a Call ................15

In a Call .............................16

Phone Menu .......................16

nüvi 215 owner’s manual iii

Introduction

Managing Files .................. 19

Supported File Types..........19

Loading Files ......................19

Loading Pictures for Photo

Navigation ..........................20

Deleting Files .....................20

Using the Tools ................. 21

Settings ..............................21

Where Am I? .......................21

Help ....................................21

Picture Viewer ....................21

My Data ..............................22

World Clock .......................22

Calculator ..........................22

Unit Converter ...................23

Customizing the nüvi ....... 24

Changing the System

Settings ..............................24

Changing the Navigation

Settings ..............................24

Adjusting the Display

Settings ..............................25

Updating the Time

Settings ..............................25

Setting the Languages ....... 26

Changing the Map

Settings ..............................26

Changing Security

Settings ..............................27

Setting the Bluetooth

Technology Options ............27

Changing the Proximity

Points Settings ...................28

Restoring All Settings .........28

Appendix ........................... 29

Caring for Your nüvi ...........29

Locking Your nüvi ...............30

Calibrating the Screen ........ 30

Resetting Your nüvi ............31

Updating the Software ........ 31

Clearing User Data .............31

Battery Information ............31

Charging Your nüvi .............32

Changing the Fuse .............32

Removing the nüvi and

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Introduction

Mount .................................32

Mounting on Your

Dashboard .......................... 33

Additional Maps .................. 33

About GPS Satellite

Signals ................................34

Extras and Optional

Accessories ........................34

Specications .....................35

Declaration of Conformity ... 36

Software License

Agreement ..........................37

Troubleshooting .................38

GPS Guide for Beginners

............................................ 40

What is GPS? .................... 41

Space Segment .................. 42

Control Segment ................43

Monitor Stations .................43

Master Control Station (MCS)

...........................................43

Ground Antennas ............... 44

User Segment ....................44

How Does GPS Technology

Work? ................................ 45

Who Uses GPS? ............... 46

Agriculture ..........................46

Aviation ...............................46

Environment .......................46

Ground Transportation ....... 47

Marine ................................47

Military ................................47

Public Safety ......................47

Rail .....................................48

Recreation ..........................48

Space .................................48

Surveying ...........................48

Timing .................................49

How Accurate Is GPS? ..... 50

WAAS/EGNOS ...................51

Sources of Errors ...............51

Buying a GPS Receiver .... 53

Complementary Navigation

Aids ....................................54

nüvi 215 owner’s manual 1

Getting Started

microSD™

card slot

Power key:

Slide to the left to turn the nüvi on/off;

slide to the right to lock the screen.

Microphone

Speaker

Mini-USB connector

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.

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Getting Started

Step 1: Mount Your nüvi

1. Plug the vehicle power cable into the back of your nüvi.

2. Snap the cradle onto the suction cup arm.

3. Remove the clear plastic from the suction cup.

Clean and dry your windshield and the suction

cup with a lint-free cloth. Press the suction cup

 rmly on the windshield.

4. Flip the lever back toward the windshield.

5. Fit the bottom of your nüvi into the cradle.

6. Tilt your nüvi back until it snaps into place.

7. Plug the other end of the vehicle power cable

into a power outlet in your vehicle. Your unit

should turn on automatically if it is plugged in

and the vehicle is running.

Step 2: Con gure Your nüvi

To turn your nüvi on, slide the Power key to

the left. Follow the on-screen instructions. To turn

your nüvi off, slide the Power key to the left.

Lever

Suction cup mount

Cradle

Vehicle power

cable

nüvi 215 owner’s manual 3

Getting Started

Step 3: Acquire

Satellites

1. Go outdoors to an open area,

away from tall buildings and trees.

2. Turn on your nüvi.

Acquiring satellite signals can take a

few minutes. The bars indicate

satellite strength. When at least one

of the bars is green, your nüvi has

acquired satellite signals. Now you

can select a destination and navigate

to it.

Step 4: Use Your nüvi

➊ ➋

➌

➎ ➏

➐

➑

➒

➍

➊

GPS satellite strength

➋

Bluetooth

®

technology status

➌

Battery status

➍

Current time. Touch to change

time settings.

➎

Touch to  nd a destination.

➏

Touch to view the map.

➐

Touch to make a call when

connected to a compatible

mobile phone.

➑

Touch to adjust the volume.

➒

Touch to use the tools such as

settings and Help.

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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 maps loaded in your nüvi

contain millions of points of interest,

such as restaurants, hotels, and auto

services.

1. Touch Where to?

2. Select a category.

3. Select a subcategory.

4. Select a destination.

5. Touch Go!.

TIP: Touch and to see

more choices.

nüvi 215 owner’s manual 5

Getting Started

Adding a Stop

You can add a stop (called a Via

Point) to your route. The nüvi gives

you directions to the Via Point and

then to your nal destination.

1. With a route active, touch Menu >

Where to?.

2. Search for the extra stop.

3. Touch Go!.

4. Touch Add as Via Point to add

this stop before your destination.

Touch Set as new Destination to

make this your nal destination.

Taking 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. If the route

you are currently taking is the only

reasonable option, the nüvi might not

calculate a detour.

Stopping the Route

1. With a route active, touch Menu.

2. Touch Stop.

Adjusting the Volume

From the Menu page, touch Volume.

Touch and to adjust the

volume. Touch the box next to Mute

to mute all audio.

Locking the Screen

To prevent accidental screen touches,

slide the Power key to the right

( ). To unlock the screen, slide the

Power key to the center position.

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Where to?

The Where to? menu provides

several different categories you can

use to search for locations. To learn

how to perform a simple search, see

page 4.

Finding an Address

NOTE: Depending on the version

of the maps loaded on your nüvi, the

button names can change and some

steps could be ordered differently.

1. Touch Where to? > Address.

2. Change the state or province, if

necessary.

3. Touch Spell City, enter the city,

and touch Done. Select the city

in the list. If you are unsure of the

city, touch Search All.

4. Enter the street name, and touch

Done.

5. Select the correct street in the list,

if necessary.

6. Touch the address, if necessary.

NOTE: The map preloaded does not

support house number search.

Setting a Home Location

Set your home location for the place

you return to most often.

1. To set your home location, touch

Where to? > Go Home.

2. Select an option:

Enter your address.•

Use your current location.•

Choose from a list of recently •

found locations.

Going Home

To navigate home after you have set

your home location, touch Where

to? > Go Home.

nüvi 215 owner’s manual 7

Where to?

Changing Your Home

Location

To set a different home location:

1. Touch Tools > My Data > Set

Home Location.

2. Select an option:

Enter your address.•

Use your current location.•

Choose from a list of recently •

found locations.

To edit your home location:

1. Touch Where to? > Favourites >

All Favourites > Home.

2. Touch Edit, enter your changes,

and touch Done.

If you delete your home location,

you can reset it by following the

steps on page 6.

Go! Page Options

➊

➋

➌

➍

➊

Touch to view the route on the

map.

➋

Touch Go! to create a turn-by-

turn route to this location.

➌

Touch Map to view this

location on the map.

➍

Touch Save to save this

location to your Favourites.

If a mobile phone with Bluetooth

wireless technology is connected,

touch the phone number to call this

location.

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Where to?

Finding a Place by

Spelling the Name

If you know the name of the

destination you are looking for,

you can spell it using the on-screen

keyboard. You can also enter letters

contained in the name to narrow the

search.

1. Touch Where to? > Points of

Interest > Spell Name.

2. Using the on-screen keyboard,

enter letters of the name of your

destination. Touch Done.

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

and to move the cursor. Touch

to delete a character. Touch and

hold to erase the entire entry.

Touch Mode to select the keyboard

language mode. Touch 123 to enter

numbers.

Searching Near Another

Location

1. Touch Where to? > Near….

2. Select an option:

Where I Am Now• —search

near your current location.

A Different City• —search near

the city you enter.

My Current Route• —search

along your active route.

My Destination• —search near

your current destination.

nüvi 215 owner’s manual 9

Where to?

Finding Recently Found

Places

Your nüvi stores the last 50 of your

recent nds in the Recently Found

list. The most-recently viewed places

appear at the top of the list. Touch

Where to? > Recently Found to

view your recently found items.

Deleting Recently Found

Places

To remove all places from the

Recently Found list, touch Clear >

Yes.

NOTE: When you touch Clear, all

items in the list are removed. This

process does not delete the actual

place from your nüvi.

Favourites

You can save places in your

Favourites so you can quickly nd

them and create routes to them.

Your home location is also stored in

Favourites.

Saving Your Current

Location

From the Map page, touch .

Touch Save Location to save your

current location.

Saving Places You Find

1. From the Go! page, touch Save.

2. Touch OK. The place is saved in

Favourites.

Finding Saved Places

1. Touch Where to?.

2. Touch Favourites. Your saved

locations are listed.

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Where to?

Editing Saved Places

1. Touch Where to? > Favourites.

2. Select the category and the

location you want to edit.

3. Touch Edit.

4. Touch an item to edit:

Change Name• —enter a new

name, and touch Done.

• Attach/Change Photo—

select a picture that you have

loaded on your nüvi or on a

memory card to assign to the

location.

Change Map Symbol• —touch

a new symbol used to mark

this location on the map.

Change Phone Number• —

enter a phone number, and

touch Done.

Change Categories• —select

another category for the

location.

• Delete—touch Yes to remove

this item from the Favourites

list.

Finding a Place Using

the Map

Use the Browse Map page to view

different parts of the map. Touch

Where to? > Browse Map.

Tips for Browsing the Map

Touch the map, and drag to view •

different parts of the map.

Touch • and to zoom in and

out.

Touch any object on the map. •

An arrow appears pointing at the

object.

Touch • Save to save this location.

Touch • Go! to navigate to the

location.

If the GPS mode is off, touch • Set

Loc to set your location to the

selected location.(See page 24)

nüvi 215 owner’s manual 11

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. This can be

especially helpful when geocaching.

1. Touch Where to? > Coordinates.

2. Touch a box to enter a coordinate.

3. Touch Format to change the type

of coordinates. Because different

maps and charts use different

coordinate formats, the nüvi

allows you to select the correct

coordinate format for the type of

map you are using.

4. Enter the coordinates, and touch

Next.

Using Photo Navigation

Panoramio

™

provides pictures that

include location information. You

can load these pictures on your nüvi

or on a memory card and create

routes to them. Go to http://connect

.garmin.com/photos to download

pictures with location information.

See page 20 for more information.

1. Touch Where to? > Favourites >

Panoramio Photos. Pictures you

have saved on the nüvi drive or

on the memory card are listed.

2. Touch a picture.

Navigating Off Road

If you are not following roadways

as you navigate, use Off Road

mode. Touch Tools > Settings >

Navigation > Route Preference >

Off Road > OK.

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Using the Map

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. A checkered ag marks

your destination. If you depart

from the original route, your nüvi

recalculates the route and provides

new directions.

➎

➊

➋

➌

➍

➊

Touch to view the next turn.

➋

Touch to view the turn list.

➌

Touch to zoom in and zoom out.

➍

Touch to view the Where Am I?

page.

➎

Touch to view the trip computer.

nüvi 215 owner’s manual 13

Using the Map

Trip Computer

The trip computer displays your

current speed and provides helpful

statistics about your trip.

To view the trip computer, touch the

Speed eld on the map.

If you make frequent stops, leave the

nüvi turned on so it can accurately

measure elapsed time during the trip.

Resetting the Trip

Computer

Reset the trip computer before

beginning a trip. From the map,

touch the Speed eld. Touch Reset

Trip to reset the information on the

trip computer. Touch Reset Max to

reset the maximum speed.

Turn List

When you are navigating a route,

the turn list displays turn-by-turn

instructions for your entire route and

the distance between turns.

Touch the text bar on the top of the

map to open the turn list. Touch a

turn on the list to view the next turn

for that turn. Touch Show Map to

view the entire route on the browse

map page.

Next Turn

When you are navigating a route, the

next turn shows the turn on the map

and the distance and time left before

you reach the turn.

To view an upcoming turn on the

map, touch the turn indicator on the

map, or touch any turn from the turn

list.

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Making Hands-Free Phone Calls

Making Hands-Free

Phone Calls

Using Bluetooth wireless technology,

your nüvi can connect to your

mobile phone to become a hands-

free device. To determine whether

your mobile phone with Bluetooth

technology is compatible with the

nüvi, go to www.garmin.com

/bluetooth.

Bluetooth wireless technology

establishes a wireless link between

devices, such as a mobile phone and

the nüvi. The rst time you use two

devices together you must “pair”

them by establishing a relationship

using a PIN or passkey. After the

initial pairing, the two devices can

connect automatically each time you

turn them on.

NOTE: You might have to set your

mobile phone to connect to the nüvi

automatically when it is turned on.

Pairing Your Phone

To pair and connect, your phone and

the nüvi must be turned on and be

within 10 meters of each other.

Initiate pairing from your nüvi or

from your phone. Refer to your

phone instructions.

To pair using your phone

settings:

1. Enable the Bluetooth setting

on your nüvi. Touch Tools >

Settings > Bluetooth.

2. Select Enabled.

3. Enable the Bluetooth component

on your phone. This might be in a

menu called Settings, Bluetooth,

Connections, or Hands-free.

4. Initiate a search for Bluetooth

devices.

5. Select the nüvi from the list of

devices.

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