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Customize the Main Menu on an Automotive Device
Your Garmin automotive device will allow you to customize the icons that display on the main menu. You can have, at most, fifteen icons on the main menu.
Note: Where to?, View Map, and Tools icons may be resized and moved but may not be removed from the main menu.
To Add Icons to the Main Menu:
- Touch Tools
- Touch Settings
- Touch Main Menu
- Touch Customize, if needed
- Touch the green plus sign (+)
- Use the up and down arrows to browse through the list of eligible icons.
- Some icons are nested within a category, which is designated by a blue triangle.
- Touch these lines to expand the category for additional icons
- Touch the icon you would like to add
- Repeat steps 6-8 to add more icons
- Touch Save when done, or touch Cancel to leave without saving changes
The main menu will now be customized with the icons of your choosing.
To Edit the Size or Placement of Icons, or to Delete them from the Customized Menu:
- Follow steps 1-5 above to return to the customization screen
- Touch the icon you would like to edit or move. A menu appears along the bottom of the screen
- Touching the check mark will save any change(s) made to the selected icon
- Touching the button that looks like two squares with a double-pointed arrow overlapping them will resize the selected icon from small (one square) to large (four squares) or vice versa
- Touching the trash can with an X on it will delete the selected icon from the customized menu
- Touch and hold the selected icon, then drag your finger to move the icon to another free space on the screen
- Repeat these steps as desired
- Touch Save when done or touch Cancel to leave without saving changes
The main menu will now be customized using the desired size and placement for the icons you've selected.
Steps to Return to the Default Main Menu:
- Touch Tools
- Touch Settings
- Touch Main Menu
- Touch Use Default
Touching Use Customized on this page will return you to your saved customized menu.