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Changing Settings

Touching the S

ETTINGS

button

on the S

OURCE

screen displays

the S

ETTINGS

screen (

right

). 

This lets you change any of
these GPS-500 settings:

Brightness

The B

RIGHTNESS

button lets you

adjust the GPS-500’s screen
brightness so you can clearly
see it in various lighting conditions. 

NOTE: You can adjust the screen brightness at any
time by pressing the Volume Control knob in. The
B

RIGHTNESS

indicator will be superimposed on the

screen and you can change the screen’s brightness
by rotating the volume knob.

Color Mode

The GPS-500 has two color modes: D

AY

(optimized for viewing in brighter light)

and N

IGHT

(opti-

mized for view-
ing in lower
light). There is
also an A

UTO

button, which
automatically
changes the color mode according to the time of day.

Language

The L

ANGUAGE

button lets you set the GPS-500’s screen and voice-guidance

languages to English, French or Spanish.

Volume Mixer

The Volume Mixer lets you adjust the 
relative volume levels of the music and the
navigation voice guidance. Touch the 
shaded volume bars on the screen to adjust
the volume levels up and down. 

Time

The T

IME

button lets you adjust the GPS-500’s

time settings:

T

IME

Z

ONE

:

The T

IME

Z

ONE

button lets you 

reset the GPS-500’s time zone to match the
local time. This is especially useful if you are
traveling through different time zones.

F

ORMAT

:

Switches between 12-hour and 24-

hour (military) time formats.

D

AYLIGHT

S

AVINGS

:

Selecting ON adds an hour to the current time.

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Summary of Contents for guide+play GPS-500

Page 1: ...Portable Touchscreen Navigation System and A V Media Player User Manual e d i u g y a l p 0 0 5 S P G...

Page 2: ...attery Under normal operating conditions this battery will provide superior service with a lifespan that is superior to those of other battery types To protect the performance of your GPS 500 and its...

Page 3: ...box should contain these items GPS 500 Unit Wall Charger Car Charger USB Cable Fold Flat Mounting Bracket Mounting Base Disc for Dash Mounting Adhesive Pad for Mounting Base Disc Alcohol Cleaning Pad...

Page 4: ...y a l p GPS 500 LEFT SIDE FRONT TOP BOTTOM BACK RIGHT SIDE Lock Switch Volume Brightness Control Headphone Jack Mini USB Connector Charger Port GPS Antenna ON OFF Button SD Card Slot Reset Button Spe...

Page 5: ...e GPS 500 onto the included fold flat mounting bracket for use in a vehicle Left Side LOCK SWITCH Locks the GPS 500 s touchscreen and all of its contols This prevents accidental operation without your...

Page 6: ...e to connect the GPS 500 s Mini USB Connector Charger port to the wall charger After the battery has charged for at least 6 hours 1 Make sure the LOCK switch is in the DOWN unlocked position 2 Go outd...

Page 7: ...zard will not reappear To change any of these settings see CHANGING NAVIGATION SETTINGS on page 16 User Manual e d i u g y a l p GPS 500 7 1 Touch the button for the screen language you want to use En...

Page 8: ...ouch the appropriate button for the city you want to travel to If you select one of the city buttons the ENTER CITY NAME screen below appears If you select OTHER LOCATION the SELECT COUNTRY and SELECT...

Page 9: ...page 13 CHOOSING A PLACE FROM THE GPS 500 S DATABASE The GPS 500 has a built in point of interest database with millions of entries in many different categories SERVICES Gas stations car dealers and r...

Page 10: ...u want to go The CONFIRM ADDRESS screen right appears 5 Touch GO to begin naviga tion The map screen will appear Once you start driv ing the GPS 500 will guide you to your destination See Navigating t...

Page 11: ...e of the second street The CONFIRM ADDRESS screen right appears 5 Touch the GO button to begin navigation The map screen will appear Once you start driving the GPS 500 will guide you to the intersecti...

Page 12: ...yet set your home address the GPS 500 will have you do so NAVIGATING TO RECENTLY VISITED OR SAVED LOCATIONS The GPS 500 stores a list of your recently visited locations in a HISTORY page and also lets...

Page 13: ...location and your direction of travel The route that the GPS 500 has calculated is indicated by the green line The map shows the distance to and direction of your next turn and also shows the remaini...

Page 14: ...g this button cycles the map view between 2D 2D north oriented and 3D See illustrations below right MAP ZOOM BUTTONS Repeatedly touching the and MAP ZOOM buttons zooms your view from a distance of jus...

Page 15: ...rip right The list shows the direction of each turn and how far to drive on each leg of the journey Touching the button for one leg of the journey and then touching the SHOW button will display a map...

Page 16: ...ring voice navigation prompts ROUTE PRIORITY When the GPS 500 calculates navigation routes you can set it to give priority to either the SHORTEST DISTANCE or the SHORTEST TIME top speed limits GPS DAT...

Page 17: ...following formats AUDIO SUPPORTS ID3 TAGS V1 AND V2 1 2 3 MP3 16 bit VBR CBR 44kHz 64kbps up to 320kbps 2 channel WMA 16 bit 44kHz stereo 32kbps up to 160kbps VBR and 32kbps up to 256kbps CBR 2 channe...

Page 18: ...t 5 Launch Windows Media Player 6 Locate the files you want to transfer 7 Select Windows Media Player s SYNC mode see below 8 Drag the files you want to transfer into the Windows Media Player SYNC LIS...

Page 19: ...your computer s USB hub see page 18 5 Launch Windows Explorer not Internet Explorer on your computer Find it at Start Programs Accessories Windows Explorer 6 Find the folder with your media in Windows...

Page 20: ...for the song you want to hear The GPS 500 will play the song then play through the rest of the songs in that genre NOTE Genre classifications are predetermined and cannot be changed by the GPS 500 BY...

Page 21: ...ng Videos Touch the VIDEO button on the SOURCE screen The MY VIDEOS screen below will appear All of the videos stored on your SD card will be displayed in the order in which they were put on the SD ca...

Page 22: ...ower light There is also an AUTO button which automatically changes the color mode according to the time of day Language The LANGUAGE button lets you set the GPS 500 s screen and voice guidance langua...

Page 23: ...ur driving or your view of the road On the Windshield On the Console On the Dashboard The installation of this device on the windshield between the driver and the windshield or otherwise in any manner...

Page 24: ...se adhesive covering 3 Attach the mounting base to the mounting location 4 Hold the mounting bracket s base against the mounting base 5 Push the mounting bracket lever towards the base to lock the bra...

Page 25: ...0 s battery while you drive 2 Use the GPS 500 s built in speaker or connect its headphone jack to your vehicle s audio system connecting cable not supplied The installation and use suggestions provide...

Page 26: ...r SD Card on pages 17 19 Screen is too bright or too dim Adjust the screen brightness using the volume control see Volume Brightness Control on page 5 or adjust the screen brightness in the SETTINGS m...

Page 27: ...or other countries Guide Play and Atlas are trademarks of Harman International Industries Incorporated Windows and Windows Media are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United State...

Page 28: ...ion of Conformity We Harman Consumer Group International 2 route de Tours 72500 Ch teau du Loir France declare in own responsibility that the product described in this manual is in compliance with tec...

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