Garmin Nuvi 855 Instruction manual

nüvi®805 series

quick start manual

November 2008 190-01047-01 Rev. A Printed in Taiwan

Your nüvi Unit

WARNING: See the Important Safety and Product Information guide in the product box for product warnings and other

important information.

Microphone External

antenna

connector

GPS antenna

Serial number

under battery

Battery cover

new

Speakers

Mini-USB

connector

MicroSD

card slot

Headphone/

audio out

jack

Microphone

Power key:

slide to the left to turn the unit on/off;

slide to the right to lock the screen

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.

Before mounting the nüvi, see the Important Safety

and Product Information guide for information

about laws pertaining to windshield mounting

Garmin®, the Garmin logo, and nüvi®are trademarks of

Garmin Ltd. or its subsidiaries, registered in the USA and

other countries. Garmin Lock™and nüMaps Guarantee™

are trademarks of Garmin Ltd. or its subsidiaries. These

trademarks may not be used without the express permission

of Garmin. The Bluetooth®word mark and logos are owned

by the Bluetooth SIG, Inc., and any use of such name by

Garmin is under license. Panoramio™is a trademarks of

Google Inc.

Step 1: Install the nüvi

Battery

1. Locate the rectangular lithium-ion battery

that came in the product box.

2. Slide the battery cover off the back of the

nüvi.

3. Locate the metal contacts on the end of

the lithium-ion battery.

4. Insert the battery so the metal contacts

on the battery match up with the metal

contacts inside the battery compartment.

5. Press the battery down into place.

6. Slide the battery cover back on until it

clicks into place.

Ways to Charge Your nüvi

Use the vehicle power cable.

Use the USB cable.

Use an optional AC adapter cable.

•

Step 2: Mount the nüvi

1. Plug the vehicle power cable into the

power connector on the right side of the

cradle.

Power

cable

Cradle

Microphone

jack

2. Snap the cradle

onto the suction

cup arm.

3. Clean and dry

your windshield

and the suction

cup with a lint-free cloth. Remove the

clear plastic from the suction cup. Place

the suction cup on the windshield.

4. Flip the lever back, toward the

windshield.

5. Fit the bottom of your

nüvi into the cradle.

6. Tilt the nüvi back until it

snaps into place.

Suction cup

mount

Suction cup

mount

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.

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included in the nüvi 865 package.)

Step 3: Activate and Mount

the Speech Recognition

Remote Control

Pull the clear tab out of the remote control to

activate it.

Mount the remote control in a convenient

location in your vehicle, such as on your

steering wheel. Use the strap to secure the

remote control in place.

Step 4: Congure the nüvi

To turn on your nüvi, slide the Power

key to the left and let go after one second.

Follow the on-screen instructions.

Step 5: Acquire Satellites

Go outdoors to an open area, out of garages,

and away from tall buildings. Stop your

vehicle, and turn on the nüvi. Acquiring

satellite signals may take a few minutes.

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, visit

www.garmin.com/aboutGPS.

Understanding the Menu

Page

➊➋ ➌ ➍

➎ ➏

➐ ➑ ➒

➊

GPS satellite strength

➋

Bluetooth

technology status

(Bluetooth technology is not available

on the nüvi 855.)

➌

Battery status

➍

Current time. Touch to change time

settings.

➎

Select to nd a destination.

➏

Select to view the map.

➐

Select to make a call when connected to

a compatible mobile phone.

➑

Select to adjust the volume.

➒

Select to use the tools such as media

players, settings, and Help.

Finding an Address

1. Select Where to? > Address.

2. Select Change State/Province, if

necessary.

3. Select Search All.

Select Spell City, enter the city/postal

code, and select Done. Select the

city/postal code in the list. (Not all

locations can be found using postal code

searching.)

4. Enter the number of the address, and

select Done.

5. Enter the street name, and select Done.

Select the correct street in the list, if

necessary.

6. Select the address, if necessary.

NOTE: Depending on the version of the

maps loaded on your nüvi, the button

names can change and some steps could be

ordered differently.

Viewing the Main Pages

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 to zoom in, and touch to zoom out.

Touch Menu to return to the Menu page.

A speed limit icon could appear as you travel on major roadways.

Touch to view the Trip

Computer.

Touch to view the Next

Turn page or the Lane

Assist page (if available).

Touch to view the Turn

List page.

Touch to view the

Where Am I? page.

•

Taking a Detour

1. With a route active, select Menu.

2. Select Detour.

If the current route is the only reasonable

option, the nüvi might not calculate a detour.

You can also select specic detours while

navigating a route by using the Prompted

Detour feature. Select Tools > Settings >

Navigation > Prompted Detour. While

navigating a route, touch Detour on the

Menu page, and select a detour.

Adding a Stop (Via Point) to

Your Route

1. With a route active, select Menu >

Where to?.

2. Search for the extra stop (via point).

3. Select Go!.

4. Select Add as Via Point to add this stop

before your destination. Select Set as

new Destination to make this your new

naldestination.

TIP: To add more than one stop, edit the

current route. Select Where to? > Routes.

Walking to a Destination

If you are walking to your destination, use

Pedestrian mode to optimize your route for

walking. Select Tools > Settings > System

> Usage Mode > Pedestrian > OK.

Securing Your nüvi

1. Select Tools > Settings > Security.

2. Select Garmin Lock.

3. Enter a 4-digit PIN and drive to a security

location.

NOTE: If you forget your PIN and your

security location, you must send your nüvi

to Garmin to get it unlocked. You must

also send a valid product registration or

proof of purchase.

Resetting the nüvi

If the nüvi screen stops functioning, turn the

nüvi off and on again. If this does not help,

slide the Power key to the left and hold it

there for a minimum of 8 seconds. The nüvi

should operate normally.

You can also remove the battery, and then

reinstall it.

Using Speech Recognition

Use the speech recognition feature to speak

to your nüvi to nd destinations, select

options, and perform other functions. The

speech recognition feature does not work for

all languages in all areas. See the owner’s

manual at www.garmin.com for more

information.

Using the Remote Control

Use the remote control to start or stop a

speech recognition session.

Start speech

recognition

Stop speech

recognition

Voice Commands

1. Press the large button on the remote.

2. Wait for the green speak icon to

appear.

3. Speak a command.

Using Speech Recognition

Speech recognition uses four search

methods:

Speak any text on the screen

Speak shortcut commands

Speak the name of a popular place

Speak an address

To speak any text on the screen:

1. Speak any word on the screen. For

example, from the Tools menu, you can

speak Routes or Page Down.

2. Listen for the voice prompt before

speaking your next command.

•

To speak shortcut commands:

1. Speak any shortcut command from the

Shortcut Commands table. You can use

shortcut commands from any screen.

2. Listen for the voice prompt before

speaking your next command.

Shortcut Commands

Audible Player Help

Cancel Route Main Menu

Detour Music Player

Find Address Stop Listening

Find City Tools Menu

Find Favorite Trip Computer

Find Place by

Category

View Map

Find Place by Name Volume Down

Find Recently Found Volume Up

Go Home Where Am I?

Hands Free Where To?

You can also speak Find Nearest to search

a location category. Location categories are

Point of Interest categories contained in

the nüvi. The Find Nearest command only

works from the Menu page, Where to? page,

and Map page.

To search using the Find Nearest

shortcut command:

1. Speak Find Nearest followed by a Point

of Interest category, such as Italian

Restaurant.

“Find Nearest Italian Restaurant”

Additional examples of Find Nearest

commands include:

Find Nearest Gas Station

Find Nearest Grocery Store

Find Nearest Bank

Find Nearest Movie Theater

•

To speak the name of a popular place:

1. Speak Find Place by Name from any

screen.

“Find Place by Name”

2. Listen for the voice prompt, and speak

the name of the place. The nüvi repeats

the name of the place as it is searching.

“Starbucks”

3. A list of places appears. Speak the line

number of the place you want.

“Line 1”

4. Speak Yes to navigate to the place, or

speak No to go back to the list of found

places.

“Yes”

To speak an address:

1. Speak Find Address from any screen.

2. Respond to the prompts to speak or spell

the city name, house number, and street.

nüMaps Guarantee™

To receive one free map update, register

your nüvi at http://my.garmin.com within

60 days of acquiring satellites. You are

not eligible for the free map update if you

days after the rst time your nüvi acquires

satellites. For more information, go to www

.garmin.com/numaps.

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