Garmin nuvi 850, Owner'S Manual

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8 nüvi 800 Series Owner’s Manual
Using Media Players
Supported File Types
The nüvi supports MP3 and FLAC
music files, and M3U and M3U8 playlist
files.
Creating and Listening to
Playlists
Using your nüvi, you can listen to
playlists created on your computer. You
can also save playlists using your nüvi.
To save your current playlist:
1. While listening to music, touch
Browse > Playlists > Current
Playlist > Save .
2. Enter a name for the playlist, and
touch
Done
.
To create a new playlist:
1. In the Music Player, touch
Browse
>
Playlists
>
New
.
2. Select a song from a category, and
touch Save .
3. Enter a name, and touch
Done
.
4. To add more songs to your new
playlist, touch Edit > Add Songs .
To create a playlist on a computer:
1. Using your computer and an audio
program, create a playlist of music
files. Save the playlist as an M3U or
M3U8 file.
nOTe: You might need to edit the
playlist file with a text editor, such as
Notepad, to remove the path (link) to
the music file. The playlist file should
only list the music file names. Refer to
the Help file for the audio program.
2. Transfer the playlist and the music
files to the nüvi or the microSD drive
(see pages 32–33 ). The playlist file
must be in the same location as the
music files.
To play a playlist:
1. In the Music Player, touch Browse
> Playlists . All available playlists
appear.
2. Touch a playlist, and touch Play .