Garmin DELZ 580 Owner's Manual

Garmin®is not responsible for any traffic fines or citations youreceive for failing to follow all applicable traffic laws and signs.Your device provides features that can help encourage saferdriving and increase efficiency, even when you are driving in afamiliar area. The device plays an audible tone or message anddisplays information for each alert. You can enable or disablethe audible tone for some types of driver alerts. Not all alerts areavailable in all areas.Schools: The device plays a tone and displays the distance toand speed limit (if available) for an upcoming school orschool zone.Speed limit reduction: The device plays a tone and displaysthe upcoming reduced speed limit so you can be prepared toreduce your speed.Speed limit exceeded: The device plays a tone and displays ared border on the speed limit icon when you exceed theposted speed limit for the current road.Speed limit change: The device plays a tone and displays theupcoming speed limit so you can be prepared to adjust yourspeed.Wrong way on a one-way street: The device plays a messageand displays a full-screen warning if you travel the wrong wayon a one-way street. The edges of the screen appear red andan alert remains at the top of the screen until you leave theone-way street or correct your direction of travel.Railroad crossing: The device plays a tone and displays thedistance to an upcoming railroad crossing.Animal crossing: The device plays a tone and displays thedistance to an upcoming animal crossing area.Curves: The device plays a tone and displays the distance to acurve in the road.Slower traffic: The device plays a tone and displays thedistance to slower traffic when you approach slower traffic ata higher speed. Your device must be receiving trafficinformation to use this feature (Traffic, page 15).Fatigue warning: The device plays a tone and suggestsupcoming rest stops after you have been driving for morethan two hours without stopping.No trucks allowed: The device plays a tone when youapproach a road where no trucks are allowed.Risk of grounding: The device plays a tone and displays amessage when you approach a road where your vehiclecould become grounded.Lateral wind: The device plays a tone and displays a messagewhen you approach a road where there is risk of lateral wind.Narrow road: The device plays a tone and displays a messagewhen you approach a road that may be too narrow for yourvehicle.Steep hill: The device plays a tone and displays a messagewhen you approach a steep hill.State and country borders: The device plays a tone anddisplays a message when you approach the border of a stateor country.Enabling or Disabling Audible Driver AlertsYou can enable or disable the audible tone for some types ofdriver alerts. The visual alert appears even when the tone isdisabled.1 Select Settings > Driver Assistance > Audible DriverAlerts.2 Select or clear the check box next to each alert.Red Light and Speed CamerasNOTICEGarmin is not responsible for the accuracy of or theconsequences of using a red light or speed camera database.NOTE: This feature is not available for all regions or productmodels.Information about red light and speed camera locations isavailable in some areas for some product models. The devicealerts you when you approach a reported speed or red lightcamera.• Live red light and safety camera data is available as asubscription from Garmin Live Services using theSmartphone Link app (Garmin Live Services, page 12).• You must purchase a subscription to download and storesafety camera data on your device. Go to garmin.com/speedcameras to check availability and compatibility, or topurchase a subscription or one-time update. You canpurchase a new region or extend an existing subscription atany time.• In some regions, some product bundles include pre-loadedred light and speed camera data with lifetime updates.• You can use the Garmin Express™ software (garmin.com/express) to update the camera database stored on yourdevice. You should update your device frequently to receivethe most up-to-date camera information.Navigating to Your DestinationRoutesA route is a path from your current location to one or moredestinations.• The device calculates a recommended route to yourdestination based on the preferences you set, including theroute calculation mode (Changing the Route CalculationMode, page 5) and avoidances (Avoiding Delays, Tolls,and Areas, page 5).• You can start navigating to your destination quickly using therecommended route, or you can select an alternate route(Starting a Route, page 3).• If there are specific roads you need to use or avoid, you cancustomize the route (Shaping Your Route, page 5).• You can add multiple destinations to a route (Adding aLocation to Your Route, page 5).Starting a Route1 Select Where To?, and search for a location (Finding andSaving Locations, page 6).2 Select a location.3 Select an option:• To start navigating using the recommended route, selectGo!.• To choose an alternate route, select , and select a route.Alternate routes appear to the right of the map.• To edit the course of the route, select > Edit Route, andadd shaping points to the route (Shaping Your Route,page 5).The device calculates a route to the location and guides youusing voice prompts and information on the map (Your Route onthe Map, page 4). A preview of the major roads in your routeappears at the edge of the map for several seconds.If you need to stop at additional destinations, you can add thelocations to your route (Adding a Location to Your Route,page 5).Navigating to Your Destination 3