Garmin nuvi 500 Series User manual

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These instructions relate to the Nuvi line and in particular the Nuvi 500. Your GPS may
have a different set of menus but the basic steps are the same.
Collecting “tracks” with your Nuvi GPS is easy to do.The “bread crumb” trail that shows
where you have been is your track and is referred to as the “Trip Log”. Your Trip Log
contains the GPS tracks that are used to create the snowmobile or ATV trail map.
Enable Trip Log
Your Trip Log must be “enabled” for you to see the bread crumb trail on your GPS. To
enable the Trip Log navigate to the Map menu and set Trip Log to “Show”.
Select Tools from main screen
Select Settings menu
Select Map menu
Set Trip Log to Show
Reset Trip Log
Before each ride, make sure to reset your Trip Log. To reset the Trip Log navigate to
the My Data menu and press “Clear Trip Log”.

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Select Tools from main screen
Select My Data menu
Press Clear Trip Log button
Confirm “Yes”
Reset Trip Statistics
Your Garmin Nuvi also logs trip statistics such as moving time, average speed and max
speed. You can reset these statistics from the main map screen by pressing the Speed
indicator in the lower left corner.

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Press the Speed indicator
Press Reset Trip and Max Speed
Capture your Trip Log (Tracks)
Capture the Trip Log at the end of each trip; you never know what small changes you
may have picked up along the way.
1. Connect the GPS to the computer with a USB cable.
2. Locate the GPS on your My Computer window.
3. Navigate to the \Garmin\GPX folder.
4. Drag the file “Current.gpx” to your computer. Note this file may have a different
name and be located in a different Garmin folder but as long as it contains the “.gpx”
extension it will likely be your trip log file.
5. Attach the GPX file to an email to GPS Trailmasters.

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