How do I charge my garmin 1300 gps - Garmin GPS

You can charge it using the car charger that came with it by plugging it into the cigarette lighter socket of your car and the narrow end into the back of the satnav. You need to have power going to the cigarette lighter socket. On some cars that means that the car has to be running. There's a little led (light) on the plug which shows when it's receiving power. Charging this way takes about 4 hours.

You can also charge the satnav using an optional mains charger which also takes 4 hours.

Finally you can charge it by connecting it to the USB port of a computer for 8 hours. Both the computer and the satnav need to be on.

There's a battery state indicator on the screen of the satnav which shows if the battery is charged or not, on the screen which shows WHERE TO and VIEW MAP. It only shows when the satnav is not connected to a power source so you need to stop charging it to view it.