Documentation for Nuvi 200

Thu, 01/03/2008 - 11:00pm

williea

16 years

I just got a Nuvi 200 for Christmas and I really like it. The only complaint that I have is the terrible documentation. Today, I accidentally touched something and got a screen that enabled me to put in my Home address. I have no idea what I touched, nor how to get back to that screen. I have searched every screen that I know of. I think that there must be a lot of undocumented capabilities.

Has anybody found any documentation on the Garmin site? I received a 16 page fold out booklet with the unit that is pretty worthless.

Thanks for any help.

Thu, 01/03/2008 - 11:17pm

playbeasy

16 years

Manuals download

You can download the manual for your device at the following URL.

https://buy.garmin.com/shop/store/manual.jsp?product=010-006...

That being said, it looks like it's the 16 page fold out you're talking about. :-/

Thu, 01/03/2008 - 11:37pm

rivrnorth

16 years

documentation

Finding this site is probably better than original documentation, and it goes beyond what you would find in the non-existent manual anyway. Good luck.

Thu, 01/03/2008 - 11:41pm

williea

16 years

Thanks.

Fri, 01/04/2008 - 5:15pm

Guttermouth

16 years

Try the help files on the unit itself

When you have some free time, like sitting in the car waiting for someone, try going through the help files on the GPS unit itself. They actually are not all that bad and do cover all the options and settings, where as that "manual" we got barely covers even a fraction of the available settings.

--
Garmin nüvi 200 (my first GPS), 780, & 3700 Series. And a Mac user.

Fri, 01/04/2008 - 5:24pm

williea

16 years

Thanks, I'll try it.

Fri, 01/04/2008 - 6:31pm

Dsorgnzd

16 years

If you have some time to

If you have some time to waste, you can also copy the content of the help files and create a Word document from them. With your Nuvi connected to your computer via the USB cable, look at the GARMIN folder on the Nuvi. There you will find a folder named HELP. Copy this entire folder to your computer. Then, working with the copy (not the original file on the Nuvi, lest you do something awful to it), open the HELP folder. You'll see folders with the various languages. Open the folder for your language (American_English, for example) and inside you'll find the help files. There are 46 in American English. You can open any of them with Notepad, delete the extraneous material (various instructions enclosed within < and > signs, which I cannot include here since this board will see them as html tags), copy just the text, and paste it into a Word document. I have done this for the files numbered 1-20, and would be happy to share this partial guide with anyone who's interested. If anyone wants to do the remaining files (starting with #21) to complete the guide, have at it. Otherwise, I'll probably get around to it sometime soon.

Here, if it works, is a link to the file I put together: http://home.triad.rr.com/dsorgnzd/Garmin%20Nuvi%20200%20Help...

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"Recalculating... drive 0.2 miles, then abandon vehicle." ------------- [ETrex Venture CX; Nüvi 40; Drive 52]

Fri, 01/04/2008 - 7:08pm

onceaking

16 years