Setting up a Montana to Work Like a Garmin Automotive Device

The Montana® outdoor handhelds allow the user to set up the navigation features to mirror our automotive devices, like the Nüvi® or Garmin Drive™ GPS navigator series.

Since the Montana handheld is an outdoor device, there are some changes to the settings that must be done for it to behave in this way. Those changes are listed below.

Important

• In order for the Montana handheld to route on roads like an automotive device, they must have a routable road map loaded. Examples of this kind of mapping are City Navigator® or Topo 24K
• While changing these settings will get the Montana handheld to behave as similarly to Garmin automotive devices as possible, there are some features that are not the same

Switching Profile on the Montana Handheld

1. Access the Main Menu
   • Montana 600 handheld users: Touch  to open the Application drawer
   • Montana 700 handheld users: Touch
2. Select Profile Change
3. Select Automotive or Driving

Once the profile is set properly, you also want to ensure the routing preferences are correct.

Checking or Changing Routing on the Montana Handheld

1. Access the Main Menu
2. Select Setup
3. Select Routing
4. Select Activity
5. Select Automobile Driving
6. Enable Lock On Road
   • Montana 600 handheld users: Select Lock On Road > Yes
   • Montana 700 handheld users: Touch toggle (toggle green and up = enabled)

Finally, you want to set up the map to view like an automotive device.

Setting Up the Map View on the Montana Handheld

1. Access the Map page
   • Montana 600 handheld users: Select Map
   • Montana 700 handheld users: Select  from the Favorites Bar
2. Select
3. Select Setup Map or Map Setup
4. Select Dashboard
5. Select Nüvi or Automotive
6. Select Orientation
7. Select Automotive Mode

The device should now behave very similarly to an automotive device.

Turn-by-Turn Directions

For more information on getting turn-by-turn directions on your Montana handheld, see - My Outdoor Garmin Handheld is Navigating in a Straight Line

If you wish to hear turn-by-turn vocal instructions, the following needs to be done:

• Tones need to be enabled from the Setup menu where you can also customize them
• The Montana needs to either be placed in a speaker mount or used with headphones/headset:
  • Montana 600 handheld series users: Headphones/headsets plug in to the jack of the device (found under the rubber flap on the bottom right)
  • Montana 700 handheld series users: Headphones/headsets pair via Bluetooth from the Setup menu