Creating and listening to playlists – Garmin Nuvi 5000 User Manual
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nüvi 5000 Owner’s Manual
Using the Media Players
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, 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
.
Select more songs from the
categories.
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 may need to edit the
M3U/M3U8 file with a text editor,
such as Notepad, to remove the path
(link) to the music file. The M3U/
M3U8 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 SD drive (see
). The M3U/M3U8 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
.