Garmin Speak with Amazon Alexa, Owner'S Manual

4

Plug the vehicle power cable into a power outlet in your 

vehicle.

5

If necessary, turn on the vehicle ignition switch to provide 

power to the power outlet in your vehicle.
The device turns on.

6

Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the initial 

device setup (

Pairing with Your Smartphone

, page 2

).

Connecting an Auxiliary Audio Cable

To connect the Garmin Speak device to your vehicle stereo 

using an auxiliary audio cable, you need a 3.5 mm male-to-male 

stereo auxiliary audio cable (not included).
You can send audio from the Garmin Speak device to your 

vehicle speakers using either a Bluetooth

®

 connection or an 

auxiliary audio cable. You should connect an auxiliary audio 

cable only if you do not want to send audio using a Bluetooth 

connection.

1

Connect one end of the cable to the 3.5 mm audio output 

jack on the Garmin Speak power cable plug.

2

Connect the other end of the audio cable to the auxiliary input 

jack for your vehicle stereo.
This jack may be labeled AUX or Line In. See your vehicle 

owner's manual for more information.

3

Set the audio source for your vehicle stereo to the auxiliary 

input.

Pairing with Your Smartphone

The Garmin Speak device requires a connection to the Garmin 

Speak app to operate. To use the device, you must pair it with 

your smartphone using the Garmin Speak app and complete the 

initial setup.

1

Connect the device to power (

Installing and Powering the 

Garmin Speak Device

, page 1

).

The first time the device turns on, it enters pairing mode 

automatically. The LED ring glows amber and animates while 

the device is in pairing mode.

2

If the device does not enter pairing mode automatically, or if 

you have already paired the device and want to pair with a 

different smartphone, hold   for 5 seconds to manually enter 

pairing mode.

3

From the app store on your smartphone, install and open the 

 Garmin Speak app.

4

Follow the on-screen instructions to pair and set up the 

device.

Device Overview

À

Mute button. Press to mute or unmute the microphones.
When you receive an incoming phone call, press to ignore the call.
Hold to manually enter pairing mode.

Á

Action button. Press to start speaking to the device.

TIP: 

You can also say Alexa to start speaking to the device.

When you receive an incoming phone call, press to accept the call.
When an alarm or timer sounds, press to dismiss the alarm or time.
Hold for two seconds to turn off the device.

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LED ring. Provides device status and navigation information, such 
as volume, listening mode, or upcoming turns.

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OLED screen. Provides device status and navigation information 
using symbols and text.

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Microphones.

Muting the Microphone

You can mute the microphone to prevent the device from 

listening for spoken requests. 

Press  .
While the microphone is muted, the LED ring is solid red.

Speaking to the Garmin Speak Device

The Garmin Speak device uses natural language processing to 

understand the intent of your requests. You can ask questions 

or speak commands in natural language, using complete 

sentences. Many example phrases are provided throughout the 

manual, but you can experiment with speaking to the device 

using the language most comfortable to you.

1

Start each request by either saying 

Alexa

 or pressing  .

The bottom of the LED ring glows cyan while the device 

listens to your request.

2

Getting Started