Find city function – Garmin GPS 48 User Manual

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Language Setup

The GPS 48 offers nine different language selections:

English, Danish, French, German, Italian, Spanish,
Swedish, Portuguese and Norwegian.

To select a language:

1. From the Setup menu highlight ‘LANGUAGE’ and press

E

.

2. Highlight the desired language and press

E

.

Using the Find City Function

The Find City function lets you search the city data-

base for a city, by spelling the city name.

To search for a city by name:

1. Highlight the ‘CITY NAME’ field and press

E

.

2. Input the city name to search and press

E

.

If the city name includes a space, it is necessary to

select a blank in the appropriate places while spelling the
city name.

The latitude and longitude of the city location will be

displayed along with a bearing and distance from either
the current GPS position or a reference waypoint.

To view the city location on the map:

1. Highlight ‘SHOW MAP’ and press

E

.

After the search is complete the map will display the

city you selected at the crosshair on the the map.

Note: The city location may not be visible if the map

is zoomed to a large scale. To view the city location
lower the map zoom scale.

To return the map to the current GPS location:

1. Press the

Q

key.

To GOTO the city location from the map:

1. Press the

G

key.

2. Press the

E

key to activate the GOTO.

.To GOTO the city location from the find city page:

1. Highlight ‘GOTO’ at the bottom of the find city page and

press

E

.

2. Press

E

to confirm the GOTO.

If you GOTO a city location from the map or find

city page, a user waypoint will be created and added to
the user waypoint list using an abbreviated spelling of
the city name.

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Garmin’s exclusive Find
City function allows the
user to search for a city by
spelling the city name.

To quickly scroll through
duplicate city locations
continue pressing the up
or down arrow for the
next city/state/region.

REFERENCE

Find City

Function

To GOTO a city

location highlight
GOTO at the bot-
tom of the find city
page and press
ENTER.

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