Garmin DriveAssist 51 Owner's Manual

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.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.Level crossing: the device plays a tone and displays thedistance to an upcoming level crossing.Animal crossing: the device plays a tone and displays thedistance to an upcoming animal crossing area.Curve: 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 17).Fatigue warning: the device plays a tone and suggestsupcoming rest stops after you have been driving for morethan two hours without stopping.Forward collision warning: the device alerts you when itdetects that you are not maintaining a safe distance betweenyour vehicle and the vehicle in front of you (Forward collisionwarning system, page 5).Lane departure warning: the device alerts you when it detectsyou may be crossing a lane boundary unintentionally (Lanedeparture warning system, page 5).Go alert: the device plays a tone and displays an alert whenstopped traffic starts moving.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 tick 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 15).• 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.Incident Detection and NotificationsYour Garmin DriveAssist device uses built-in sensors to detect apossible vehicle incident.• The device automatically saves dash cam video footagebefore, during and after the detected incident.• If you set up an incident contact, the device can send anautomated text message to that contact when it detects anincident and your vehicle stops moving. This can help alertthe contact to your situation if you are not able to call or senda message. This feature requires a connection toSmartphone Link and an active mobile data connection tosend a message.• If you have not set up an incident contact, the deviceautomatically displays the nearest address or geographiccoordinates when it detects an incident. This feature ishelpful if you need to tell emergency personnel your location.You can select More to view the Where Am I? page.Setting Up an Incident ContactBefore you can set up an incident detection contact, you mustcomplete these tasks:• Connect your device to Smartphone Link (Pairing with yourphone and connecting to Smartphone Link, page 14).• Select Settings > Wireless Networks, select your phonename, and verify the Phone calls option is enabled.The device must have access to the Smartphone Link app andto your smartphone phone book during the incident contactsetup. If you do not want to use your device for hands-freecalling, you can disable the Phone calls option after the incidentcontact setup is complete.1 Select Settings > Driver Assistance > IncidentNotification > Continue.A list of your smartphone contacts appears.2 Select a contact, and select Next.3 Verify the contact's phone number, and select Next.4 Enter your name or nickname, and select Done.5 Review the sample incident message, and select Next.6 Follow the on-screen instructions to inform your contact thatyou have added them as an incident contact.NOTE: the incident notification message includes the nameor nickname you entered, but it is not sent from your phonenumber. The message is sent using a third-party service, andyou should inform your incident contact that the incidentmessage will come from an unknown number.7 Select OK.8 Review the information, and select Save.Cancelling an Incident NotificationWhen the device detects an incident, a message and a voiceprompt inform you that a notification will be sent to your incidentcontact. A 60-second countdown timer starts when the incidentis detected, and the device sends the notification automaticallywhen the timer expires. If you do not want to send thenotification, you can cancel it.Before the timer expires, select Cancel.Disabling Incident NotificationsWhile incident notifications are disabled, the device does notsend an SMS notification when it detects an incident.1 Select Settings > Driver Assistance > IncidentNotification.2 Clear the Incident Detection SMS tick box.4 Driver awareness features and alerts