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Does anyone know how to perform a master reset on the Garmin 196?


I'm not sure what you mean by a "master reset" but I can think of two
ways to dump the current settings. (1) Remove a battery, wait a short while
for all the internal voltages to drain away, then restart the system or, (2)
Perform a "Restore Defaults" on the OPTIONS page.
Can you be more specific about what problem you are trying to cure? For
example, if you just want to clear out a bunch of stuff from the map page,
press the enter key repeatedly until the junk stuff goes away, or you like
what you see.
BTW, Garmin will sell you an operator's manual for a nominal price.