Garmin Drivesmart 55 Owner's Manual

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Avoidances: sets road features to avoid on a route.Custom Avoidances: allows you to avoid specific roads orareas.Toll Roads: sets preferences for avoiding toll roads.Tolls and Fees: sets preferences for avoiding toll roads and tollstickers.NOTE: this feature is not available in all areas.Environmental Zones: sets the avoidance preferences forareas with environmental or emissions restrictions that mayapply to your vehicle.Restricted Mode: disables all functions that require significantoperator attention.GPS Simulator: stops the device from receiving a GPS signaland saves battery power.Calculation Mode SettingsSelect Settings > Navigation > Calculation Mode.The route calculation is based on road speeds and vehicleacceleration data for a given route.Faster Time: calculates routes that are faster to drive but canbe longer in distance.Shorter Distance: calculates routes that are shorter in distancebut can take more time to drive.Off Road: calculates a direct line from your location to yourdestination.Setting a simulated locationIf you are indoors or not receiving satellite signals, you can usethe GPS simulator to plan routes from a simulated location.1 Select Settings > Navigation > GPS Simulator.2 From the main menu, select View Map.3 Tap the map twice to select an area.The address of the location appears at the bottom of thescreen.4 Select the location description.5 Select Set Location.Wireless network settingsThe wireless network settings allow you to manage Wi‑Fi®networks, paired Bluetooth devices and Bluetooth features.Select Settings > Wireless Networks.Bluetooth: enables Bluetooth wireless technology.Paired Device Name: the names of paired Bluetooth devicesappear in the menu. You can select a device name to changeBluetooth feature settings for that device.Search for Devices: searches for nearby Bluetooth devices.Friendly Name: allows you to enter a friendly name thatidentifies your device on other devices with Bluetoothwireless technology.Wi-Fi: enables the Wi‑Fi radio.Saved Networks: allows you to edit or remove saved networks.Search for Networks: searches for nearby Wi‑Fi networks(Connecting to a Wi‑Fi Network, page 18).Driver Assistance SettingsSelect Settings > Driver Assistance.Driver Alerts: allows you to enable or disable alerts forupcoming zones or road conditions (Driver awarenessfeatures and alerts, page 2).Speeding Alert: alerts you when you are exceeding the speedlimit.Proximity Alerts: alerts you when you approach speedcameras or red light cameras.Proximity alerts settingsNOTE: you must have custom points of interest (POIs) loadedfor proximity points alerts to display.NOTE: this feature is not available in all areas.Select Settings > Driver Assistance > Proximity Alerts.Audio: sets the style of alert that plays when you approachproximity points.Alerts: sets the type of proximity points for which alerts areplayed.Backup camera settingsThe backup camera settings allow you to manage pairedGarmin backup cameras and camera settings. This menuappears on your navigation device only when the device isconnected to a wireless camera receiver cable. See the owner'smanual for your backup camera for detailed information aboutpairing cameras and camera settings. Go to garmin.com/backupcamera to purchase a Garmin backup camera.Select Settings > Backup Camera, and select a paired camera.Unpair: removes the paired camera. You must pair the cameraagain before you can view it using this device and cable.Rename: allows you to rename the paired camera.Guidance Lines: shows or hides guidance lines and allows youto adjust the position of the guidance lines.Display settingsSelect Settings > Display.Colour Mode: allows you to select day or night colour mode. Ifyou select the Auto option, the device automatically switchesto day or night colours based on the time of day.Brightness: allows you to adjust the display brightness.Display Timeout: allows you to set the amount of idle timebefore your device enters sleep mode while using batterypower.Screenshot: allows you to take a picture of the device screen.Screenshots are saved in the Screenshot folder of the devicestorage.Traffic SettingsFrom the main menu, select Settings > Traffic.Traffic: enables traffic.Current Provider: sets the traffic provider to use for traffic data.The Auto option selects the best available traffic dataautomatically.Subscriptions: lists the current traffic subscriptions.Optimise Route: enables the device to use optimisedalternative routes automatically or upon request (Avoidingtraffic delays on your route, page 8).Traffic Alerts: sets the traffic delay severity for which the devicedisplays a traffic alert.Units and time settingsTo open the Units and Time settings page, from the main menu,select Settings > Units & Time.Current Time: sets the device time.Time Format: allows you to select a 12-hour, 24-hour or UTCdisplay time.Units: sets the unit of measure used for distances.Position Format: sets the co-ordinate format and datum usedfor geographical co-ordinates.Setting the Time1 From the main menu, select the time.Garmin DriveSmart settings 17