myWhere2
Start Your Next Trip With myWhere2® Trip Planning
Gone are the days of struggling with maps and wasting time. Now you can save important addresses to your Garmin where2 – in just seconds.
Pre-Plan Your Trip!
Just bookmark the street addresses of each of your stops – hotels, restaurants, attractions, and more – and save them to a Secure Digital (SD) Memory Card. Then simply load the card into your where2 device.
That's it – the where2 unit will automatically recognize every street address and display turn-by-turn driving directions. No need to unfold maps or pull to the side of the road to enter information. What could be easier?
Save time by pre-planning your trip in the comfort of your home or office. Get started in minutes!
Troubleshooting/Customer Service
Have technical questions about the Garmin GPS unit, or need help with the Communicator Plug-in? Just contact
Online Customer Service at www.garmin.com
Here are all the tools you'll need to begin using the myWhere2" trip planning features on your Garmin GPS Unit. |
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| Everything can be installed and loaded into your unit in minutes! Simply follow the instructions below or view a video demo on the right. | myWhere2 live demo + |
Step 1. Download Free Garmin Communicator Plug-in (one time installation)
To begin saving and storing addresses and points of interest - and to send addresses to your Secure Digital (SD) Memory Card - you first must install the Garmin Communicator Plug-in.
Just click on the link below to begin your download. This is a one-time installation that will save you lots of time in the long-run. When finished, continue to Step 2 below.
Garmin Communicator Plug-in Installation >
Step 2. Create an Budget where2® Bookmark
After you've installed the Garmin Communicator plug-in, you'll need to create a bookmark to send addresses to your SD card. Creating this tool is a one-time process! Just save the link below as a bookmark. Once your bookmark is created, simply click on the bookmark to display a pop-up that will allow you to save your address. You can also click on this link to view a sample trip planning pop-up.
| Save Address to Budget Where2 > |
Internet Explorer Users: Right-click text link above and select "Add to Favorites." You also can save this as a bookmarklet on your toolbar. Just click text link above and drag into your toolbar window.  |
| Firefox Users: Right-click link above and select Bookmark This Link. You also can save this as a on your toolbar as a bookmarklet. Just click text link above and drag into your toolbar window.
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Note: If you use Internet Explorer 6 and some other browsers, you may find that you cannot add bookmarklets by dragging them. Just follow these steps to work around this problem.
- Click (or control-click for Mac) a bookmarklet link and then click Add to Favorites.
- Click OK if you receive a security alert like this one. This is safe because you know that the bookmarklet is being added and what it is for.
- Click the "Create In >>" button and select the "Links" folder, and then click OK.
Step 3. Find Addresses ANYWHERE Online
After you finish Steps 1 and 2, you can use any website or tool you wish to find an address or point of interest.
Step 4. Save and Send address to SD Card
You can save and send as many addresses as you like to your Secure Digital (SD) Memory Card. To send an address from a website to the SD card, follow these instructions:
- Highlight the desired address on website.
- Choose "Save Address to Budget where2" from your bookmarks or browser toolbar.
- Confirm that the SD card is inserted into the SD card reader that is connected to your computer.
- Name location in the Budget where2® pop-up window and click the "Send to SD Card" button.
- Addresses will appear in the Favorites section of My Locations.
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Step 5. Insert SD Card in your where2® GPS device
Remove the loaded SD Card from your computer and, once inside your Budget vehicle, insert the card in your where2® GPS device. The GPS unit will automatically recognize all your information!
Troubleshooting/Customer Service |
By using myWhere2™ trip planning, you have all of your destinations on an SD Memory Card, ready to insert in your Budget where2™ unit once you get in your rental car. You can plan your trip online in the comfort of your own home. No more printing sheets of paper with addresses and directions, simply save the addresses to an SD card to be used in your Budget where2™ unit.
Secure Digital cards are small memory devices that can be inserted into some electronic products, such as camcorders. They are used for storing digital media like audio, video, or picture files. If you don't have an SD card, they're inexpensive and can be purchased at any electronics store.
Since the Budget where2 unit can be used in any vehicle, this online trip planning can be used in any vehicle as well.
No, there is no subscription required for the myWhere2™ Trip Planning service.
The Garmin Communicator Plug-in is a one-time installation that enables you to use the trip planning service. This is a free download and takes seconds to install.
IBM-compatible PCs running Windows® 2000, XP or Vista operating systems with Internet Explorer 6+ or Firefox 1.5+. Mac Support is coming soon.
The only fee associated with the use of myWhere2 trip planning is the daily rental fee for the Garmin GPS unit. Currently, it starts at $13.95/day to rent this unit.
myWhere2™ Trip Planning is easy and convenient because you can use virtually any Web site to send destinations to your SD card. Visit the Web site for your hotel to find its address, look up the location of your favorite restaurant, or find the address of your meeting tomorrow - then send all these addresses to your SD card.
The Budget where2 unit can support 500 "Favorite" locations. For SD Cards, the amount of destinations stored can vary depending on they type of card you have.
To edit a destination once it is displayed on your Budget where2®, just follow the steps below:
- Select the destination from the Favorites menu
- Once you see the name of the destination and a green "Go!" button, tap on the "Edit &" button on the bottom right of the screen.
- The next screen will show you the name of the location. You can select "Change Name" to edit the destination, and "Delete" to delete the destination.
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Once you save your locations to your SD card, they are saved on your card until you delete them. The Favorites in your Budget where2 unit will be erased when you return the unit to the Rental Location, so there's no worry that others will see your destinations. NOTE: At this time, Budget where2 units erase the SD card when it is removed from the unit. A new unit will be available in the near future that will not erase stored information from the SD Card.
Your destinations will be erased from the Budget where2 after you return it to the rental location. This is our standard practice.
You can access the destinations on your SD card by selecting "Where to," then "Favorites." Once you've selected Favorites, you should see all of the destinations stored on your SD card.
No, your ignition does not need to be on to view your information. The Budget where2 must be turned on for you to view your information.
The Budget where2 will route information to your destination as accurately as it would any location preloaded into the unit.