ALK Technologies Pocket PC 5 manual

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    Contents Quick Start .......................................................................... i-xii CoPilot Overview .............................................................. 1 Safety W arning ................................................................... 2 What’ s New in V ersion 5.0? .......................................... 2 Gett[...]

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    1. Check the packag e contents Y our CoPilot package includes the follo wing:  Install/Data Discs  Quick Star t Guide and GPS Receiver Guide  GPS Receiver (not in software-onl y packages)  In-V ehicle P ow er Adapter (not in softwar e-only packages)  V ent Mount (not in software-onl y packages) 2. Uninstall an y pre vious version If [...]

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    Installation Steps: Step 1: Insert the CoPilot Install Disc into your CD-R OM drive. Enter your Product K ey Code when pr ompted (you can find it on the co ver of your printed Quick Star t ). Click Next and follo w the Installation Wizard’ s on-screen instructions. When prompted, make sur e P ocket PC Installation and Desktop Installation are che[...]

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    - v - - vi - Y ou will be ask ed to activate your ne w software when y ou open CoPilot on your Pock et PC . Note that, unlike in pr evious v ersions, desktop activation is no longer r equired . Y ou can now open and use CoPilot’ s desktop trip planning software without activating it. K eep your P ock et PC connected to your desktop and open CoPil[...]

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    - vii - - viii - 8. Enter an addr ess 7. If an exact database match was not found, you’ll see the a vailable addr ess options. Select a Nearby Ad dress ,a Cross Str eet , or one of sev eral Streets in Nearb y Cities . T ap your choice, then tap Next . 8. (Optional) Enter a name for the place you enter ed, then tap Finish . 9. Y ou will be tak en [...]

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    - ix - - x - P ock et PC Guidance Screens Quick Refer ence P ock et PC T oolbar Buttons Distance to Next T urn Next T urn Instruction GPS Status: Green = 3D Fix Y ellow = 2D Fix Red = No fix Live Netw ork Connection Messag e Queue ET A and Distance to Next Stop Curr ent Speed (customizable) Next T urn Directional Arr o w Nearest T o wn (customizabl[...]

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    - xi - - xii - Contact Information User’ s Guide and Help files Software Registration Impor tant Note, Please Read: F or Na vMan GPS Jacket Users T echnical suppor t is available to r egistered users during standar d business hours — Monda y-Frida y , 9:00am-5:00pm. North America - W eb: www .alk.com, E-mail: cpsuppor t@alk.com, Fax: 609-252-81[...]

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    CoPilot Ov er vie w Your CoPilot | Pocket PC 5 Includes:  Install/Data Discs  Quick Star t Guide  GPS Receiver Guide  GPS Receiver (not in softwar e-only packages)  In-V ehicle Po wer Adapter (not in software-only packages)  V ent Mount (not in software-onl y packages) Desktop PC Requirements  Microsoft Windows 98, 2000, ME, XP[...]

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    Getting Star ted - Har dw ar e (For complete instructions, see the GPS Receiver Guide that came with the product, or tap T utorial in the W elcome screen on y our Pock et PC .) Both your desktop/la ptop and your P ock et PC must be turned on. The cradle/cable for y our mobile device must be connected to y our desktop/laptop computer through either [...]

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    Uninstalling a Pr e vious V ersion If you ha ve been using an earlier version of P ocket CoPilot, you must uninstall the application and its data befor e installing CoPilot. If you’ re uninstalling CoPilot from a P ocket device and installing the same v ersion on another device , you must deactivate the software on the first device befor e instal[...]

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    - 7 - 6. The installation to your P ocket PC will tak e a few min utes. Check your P ock et PC screen to determine when the installation is complete. F or Na vMan GPS Jack et Users If you ar e using this software with the Na vMan GPS Jacket (the jack et will hav e the wor d NA VMAN molded into the back of it and has a conical antenna), you must als[...]

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    Adding a Da ta Region If you ha ve pur chased an additional data region after y our initial purchase of CoPilot, you will need to modify the original (“Base”) installation and activate the new r egion. IMPOR T ANT : Y ou can only use y our Expansion Product K ey AFTER you ha ve installed CoPilot with a Base Product K ey . If you ha ve not y et [...]

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    Softw ar e Activ ation Y ou will be ask ed to activate your ne w software when y ou open CoPilot on your Pock et PC . Note that, unlike in pr evious v ersions, desktop activation is no longer r equired . Y ou can now open and use CoPilot’ s desktop trip planning software without activating it. K eep your P ock et PC connected to your desktop and [...]

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    Data Do wnload to Y our Pock et PC T o use CoPilot on your Pock et PC , you first need to download map data fr om your desktop or la ptop computer to your P ock et device. Y ou select the data to download fr om one or more r egions (“data areas”) that y ou specify in the CoPilot application on y our desktop. It’ s a simple 4-step pr ocess. St[...]

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    Data Do wnload Step 2 : Choose a Data Selection Method After you specify a location wher e the data will be stored, you will be pr ompted to select a region on the ma p to download. CoPilot allows y ou to download data using one of the three methods described belo w . See Data Download Step 3 beginning on p . 17 for step-by-step instructions for do[...]

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    Data Do wnload Step 3 : Select Your Data Use any of the thr ee methods cov ered on the f ollowing pages ( City Radius , Map Ar ea , or Tr i p ) to select one or more r egions and then download your data. City Radius - 18 - Note: CoPilot’ s available memor y calculations subtract 15 MB from the a vailable memor y on your storage card (if y ou are [...]

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    Map Ar ea - 19 - - 20 - Note: CoPilot’ s available memor y calculations subtract 15 MB from the a vailable memor y on your storage car d (if you ar e using one) to account for support files. 4. Name the selection, then click Next . 2. Enter a City , State or ZIP code (addr ess optional) within the area that y ou would lik e to download. Click Nex[...]

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    T rip - 21 - 3. If you choose the P oints of Interest tab, enter a City , State or a ZIP Code and click the Find button. Y ou can specify search parameters by selecting a POI Category and/or T ype (this will speed up the search). 3a. Highlight a selection, click Select , then Add Stop . When all your stops ha ve been entered, click Select Data . 4.[...]

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    Data Do wnload Step 4 : Download the Data When you’ re r eady to ex ecute a download, the Wizard will displa y a list of Availab le Area(s) for download on the left side of the windo w . T o designate an area to include in the do wnload, click on it and then click on the right arr ow button to mov e it to the Data Included in This Do wnload list.[...]

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    Impor ting Custom Places CoPilot’ s Custom Place Impor t Wizar d enables you to import addresses fr om your Outlook Contacts database, an Excel file , or text file . (If you ar e using another type of database or contact manager , you can export your contacts/ locations to an Excel or text file befor e importing them into CoPilot.) These points a[...]

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    E E d d i i t t i i n n g g C C u u s s t t o o m m P P l l a a c c e e s s i i n n t t h h e e D D a a t t a a b b a a s s e e - 27 - - 28 - After custom places ha ve been ad ded to the database, they can be edited at any time. Select Manage Custom Places from the T ools menu, then highlight the custom place you wish to edit, click Edit , and make[...]

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    Addr ess Entr y NO TE: There is no need to enter a starting point. CoPilot uses GPS positioning to determine your location automaticall y . Addr ess entr y is a step-by-step process in which y ou enter the state or ZIP code, city , and house number/str eet name in separate screens. As you type each entr y , matches in the database appear on a pick [...]

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    Star t Driving! After entering one or more destinations, start driving and enjoy CoPilot’ s spok en instructions, continuously updated ma ps and ET A’ s, and automatic route recalculation ca pabilities. A text-only Driv er Safety Screen will r eplace the Map Screen when your speed exceeds 10 m.p .h. 3. Enter a house number if y ou lik e (it’ [...]

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    Entering a Home Addr ess Entering a W ork Addr ess F a v orites T ap a Fa vorite on the list to enter it as a destination. T o change which Fa vorite is assigned to the Home or Wo r k buttons, choose Options in the T ools menu and tap F a vorites (see T ools Menu Options , p. 49). NO TE: When your F av orites list is filled (50), each new addr ess [...]

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    Finding Points of Inter est - 35 - Map Pr e view of a POI: T o preview a POI on the ma p befor e you decide to enter it as a destination, highlight it on the match list and tap Map . In the ma p screen, a sliding bar lets you zoom the vie w in and out. Click Close to return to the match list. In the Matches screen, tap Finish to enter the highlight[...]

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    Intersection Contact Integr ation CoPilot allows y ou to link directly to P ocket Outlook to r etriev e address information. With just a few of quick taps of the stylus, you can enter a contact’ s home and/or work addr ess as your destination. - 37 - - 38 - T o enter the intersection of two r oads, tap the Intersection button in the Select Stop s[...]

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    Sa v ed T rip Closing CoPilot T o exit the CoPilot application on your P ocket PC, select Exit from the pop-up T ools menu at the bottom of the screen. (If the men u isn’ t visible, tap the top or bottom of the screen.) - 40 - Latitude/Longitude Ta p Sav ed T rip in the Select Stop screen to enter a trip that was built on your desktop and transfe[...]

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    Itiner ar y Driv er Safety/Map/Itiner ar y Scr eens NO TE: It is not safe to attempt to alter settings on your P ocket PC while y ou are driving. Either ha ve a passenger mak e changes, or pull over to a safe ar ea. Driv er Safety Scr een Map Scr een At the bottom of the Map Scr een are the estimated time of arrival (ET A) at your next destination [...]

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    Map Modes CoPilot gives y ou a choice of sev eral differ ent displa y modes for the Map Scr een: 3D P erspectiv e CoPilot’ s two-dimensional default displa y mode can be changed to a three-dimensional perspective based off an isometric camera angle. T o change to 3D , tap the bottom of the map displa y to inv ok e the menu bar , then tap T ools &[...]

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    T rip Editing and W a ypoints T o get to the Going T o screen fr om the guidance screens at an y time , tap the top or bottom of the screen to open the toolbar , then tap the Going T o button. From her e you can edit the current trip , add additional stops, or star t a new trip . T ap any stop on y our itinerar y to activate a pop-up menu that lets[...]

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    Detour F eatur e CoPilot’ s Detour Feature allows y ou to preview an alternate r oute before deciding whether or not to tak e it. Perf ect for situations in which traffic has suddenly slo wed ahead of y ou, the Detour Feature will generate an alternate route and tell y ou exactly how much distance the new r oute will add to your trip . Y ou can t[...]

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    - 50 - - 49 - T ools Menu Options Guidance In the Guidance tab, the settings under Speak T urn W arning At determine how often and wher e CoPilot will give y ou next turn information out loud. All, none, or some box es can be checked. A pick list gives the options for J ust Ahead : by default you will be alerted 5 sec/100 ft before ev er y turn (5 [...]

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    F a vorites T ap the Fa vorites tab to open your List of Fa vorite Addr esses . T o change the assignment of your work or home addr ess, highlight your choice on the list and then tap either W ork or Home . T o edit an address, highlight it and tap Edit . Then mak e your changes in the Edit Address screen and click Ne xt . Note: POI’ s cannot be [...]

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    The GPS Menu Receiving signals-ON Receiving signals-OFF Open and Play GPS Tracks Select Receiving fr om the GPS menu to activate or deactivate GPS satellite reception. Receiving is active if it is check ed. T ap once to change the status. If Receiving is not check ed, CoPilot will be unable to pro vide driving instructions. - 53 - 1. CoPilot automa[...]

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    Options - 55 - - 56 - Select Options... in the GPS menu to set up or reset y our GPS, view GPS satellite activity , or set the speed at which GPS tracks pla y back. NO TE: These options can also be accessed from the W elcome screen — tap GPS . Ta p Setup GPS to hav e CoPilot search f or your GPS receiv er (your r eceiver must be attached). Ta p N[...]

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    - 57 - Refer ence: Scr eens & T oolbars in Guidance Mode on Y our Pock et PC The following is a summary guide to the screens and toolbars y ou will see on your Pock et PC as you operate CoPilot in Guidance Mode. Welcome Screen Going To Screen This screen displa ys a scrollable list of all stops in the curr ent trip, number ed in the order CoPil[...]

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    Select Stop Screen No GPS Signal When you see this scr een it means that CoPilot is not receiving data fr om the GPS unit. 1) Check that all your connections ha ve been made corr ectly , and that all wires ar e secure. 2) Mak e sure y our receiv er is plugged into your v ehicle's pow er source. 3) In the drop-do wn GPS menu on y our Pock et PC[...]

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    Map Screen Itinerary Screen The Itinerar y pro vides turn-by-turn driving directions. In this scr een you can highlight a road to a void and CoPilot will generate a detour ar ound that road (see Selective Routing , p. 48). Toolbar Buttons (T ap at the top or bottom of the screen if the toolbar is not visible.) - 61 - Going T o - T akes y ou to the [...]

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    - 64 - T rip Planning on Y our Pock et PC Y ou can use CoPilot on your P ocket PC for trip planning whether or not the GPS receiv er is connected and receiving data. Planning Mode allo ws you to run a trip on your P ocket PC ev en when you'r e not in your car . Y ou'll get driving directions and ma ps that you can use for r eference befor[...]

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    T rip Planning on Y our Desktop Y ou can use CoPilot's desktop functions to map out r outes and print maps and driving dir ections before getting on the r oad. Desktop trip planning is an additional featur e of CoPilot that is in no wa y connected to using your Pock et PC for r oute guidance. On the following pages y ou will find brief descrip[...]

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    - 67 - Print button or P P r r i i n n t t . . . . . . in the File menu. T akes y ou to the standard Windows Print options for printing the activ e window that contains your ma p or driving directions. Activate the map or dir ections by clicking on it or selecting it in the Windo w menu. Select P P r r i i n n t t T T r r a a v v P P a a k k . . . [...]

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    - 69 - - 70 - Zoom In button or Z Z o o o o m m I I n n in the Map menu. Each time you click this button, your view will be zoomed in by one increment. The zoom lev el is shown in the title bar of the map window . Zoom Out button or Z Z o o o o m m O O u u t t in the Map menu. Each time you click this button, your view will be zoomed out by one inc[...]

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    - 71 - - 72 - Zoom to Region button or Z Z o o o o m m R R e e g g i i o o n n in the Map menu. This function allows y ou to zoom your ma p view to a specific area. Choices in the sub-menu will depend on which CoPilot data region(s) wer e pur chased. Refresh Ma p button or R R e e f f r r e e s s h h M M a a p p in the Map menu. When scrolling thr [...]

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    Select L L a a n n d d m m a a r r k k R R e e p p o o r r t t i i n n g g fr om the drop-do wn Tr i p menu. Use the drop-do wn Help menu to access CoPilot Help for assistance with all aspects of the software and to quickly access ALK’ s web site. (For North Amer ica only) In this menu you will also find helpful tra vel links and a link to the AL[...]

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    Trip Planner Window (Points of Interest) Trip Planner Window (Favorites) Click P oints of Interest t ab. Enter a city or postal code in which you w ould lik e to search, a radius within which to search, choose a category and type from the dr op-down menu, and click the binoculars to search. Y ou can also enter a name to narr ow down the sear ch in [...]

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    Routing Options Trip Summary Click the Options button in the T rip Planner window to access CoPilot routing options. Auto and Quick est is the default setting, and provides the quick est routing f or automobiles based on practical considerations such as road quality , terrain, and urban/ rural classifications. RV routing fa vors major r oads and a [...]

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    CoPilot Liv e Communications CoPilot Live allo ws you to maintain tw o-wa y communication with driv ers who are using CoPilot and to actuall y see where the y are curr ently located. Y ou can do this using a computer with CoPilot installed or from our CoPilot Liv e web page. Using this CoPilot Live functionality r equires the f ollowing: 1) If you [...]

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    Live Mode - Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) Live Mode - Send/Receive Messages T o send a message to the driver , click the Send Messag e button on the toolbar or right click on the vehicle and select Send Messa ge from the pop-up windo w . Click your cursor in the space just belo w the Standard Response Buttons , and begin typing. The Standard Res[...]

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    Live Mode - Send Trip Itinerary Updates T o send a T rip Itinerar y Update to the driver , click the New T rip button on the toolbar and create a trip itinerary in the T rip Planner window just as y ou would in Planning Mode (see p . 65). Then click the Send button: In the Send T rip Confirmation window y ou can specify whether you want the new tri[...]

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    Pocket PC Setup for Live Web Tracking If you w ould lik e access to CoPilot’ s Live Network on the W eb so that your friends, family , and co-workers can message and track y ou from anywher e in the world, you’ll need to set up y our Pock et PC for web tracking. Once y ou do this setup , you w on’ t be able to return to using the CoPilot appl[...]

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    Driving with Live - Receive Trip Itinerary Updates - 88 - When you ar e the driver and a T rip Itinerar y Update is sent to you, CoPilot Live displa ys it on top of all other windows. If y ou ha ve CoPilot Liv e's text-to-speech engine installed, you will hear the itinerar y updates spoken out loud. The four Standard Response Buttons a ppear ([...]

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    About GPS T echnology The Global Positioning System (GPS), developed by the U .S. Depar tment of Defense, is a constellation of 24 satellites that orbit the Earth twice daily . Each satellite contains an atomic clock that is accurate to the nanosecond, and constantly emitting radio wa ves toward Earth. GPS sensors (hardwar e devices for r eceiving [...]

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    2. Open CoPilot on your desktop 3. From the top toolbar select Help > E-mail Data Cor rections 4. Complete the form and click Send Contact ALK by Mail/Fax: Y ou also ha ve the option to write out an y data corr ections and/or create a CD with GPS tracks and mail/fax them to: ALK T echnologies Attn: Data Corrections 1000 Herr ontown Road · Princ[...]

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    T echnical Suppor t After registering y our software (see p . 92), you'r e entitled to technical support and discounts on new v ersions of CoPilot. Check out ALK’ s web site for technical support documentation and posted answers to common questions. If the web site does not pr ovide an answer to y our question, technical suppor t for registe[...]

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    CoPilot End-User License Agreement NO TE: On the following pages there ar e three separate license agr eements for users of North American , European , and Australian Data . THIS IS A LEGAL A GREEMENT BETWEEN Y OU, THE USER (either an individual or an entity), AND ALK TECHNOLOGIES, INC . ("ALK"). IF Y OU DO NO T A GREE T O THE TERMS OF TH[...]

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    4. Licensee's Responsibility: Y ou assume all responsibility f or , and ALK shall not be liable for , all action taken, decisions made, and advice given as a result of y our use of the Software. 5. US Gov ernment Restricted Rights: The Software and documentation ar e pr ovided with restricted and limited rights. Use, duplication, or disclosure[...]

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    ALK  T echnologies, Inc . LICENSE AGREEMENT CoPilot | P ocket PC 5 with EUROPEAN D A T A LICENSES: 1 User IMPOR T ANT : Please read the f ollowing agr eement ("License") carefully . THIS IS A LEGAL A GREEMENT BETWEEN Y OU, THE USER (either an individual or an entity), AND ALK T echnologies, Inc . ("ALK"). IF Y OU DO NO T AGRE[...]

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    D A T AB ASE"). BY DUL Y SIGNING AND RETURNING THIS A GREEMENT T O US AND IN ANY EVENT BY USING THE D A T ABASE, Y OU A CCEPT AND A GREE T O ALL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS END USER LICENSE A GREE- MENT ("EULA"). IF Y OU DO NO T A GREE T O THE TERMS OF THIS EULA, PR OMPTL Y RETURN THE D A T ABASE, ALONG WITH ALL O THER A CCOMP A- NY[...]

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    moment reside outside the Eur opean Union or Switzerland, the law of the juris- diction within the European Union or Switzerland wher e you acquired the Database shall apply . In all other cases, or if the jurisdiction where you acquir ed the Database cannot be defined, the laws of the Netherlands shall appl y . The courts competent at your place o[...]

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    ALK T echnologies, Inc . LICENSE A GREEMENT CoPilot | P ocket PC 5 with AUSTRALIAN D A T A LICENSES: 1 User THIS IS A LEGAL A GREEMENT BETWEEN Y OU, THE USER (either an individual or an entity), AND ALK T echnologies, Inc . ("ALK"). IF Y OU DO NO T AGREE T O THE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE, DO NO T INST ALL THE SOFTW ARE. Promptly return the pa[...]

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    fication or addition to this warranty . Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclu- sion or limitation of implied warranties or limitation of liability for incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitation or exclusion ma y not apply to you. 4. Licensee's Responsibility: Y ou assume all responsibility f or , and ALK shall not be liab[...]

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    other infringement of the Licensor's rights in relation to the Whereis Data. The contact details of the Licensor are as f ollows: Sensis Pty Ltd, 181-189 Victoria Parade, Collingwood, Victoria 3066, Australia. 3. PR OPER TY AND O WNERSHIP All intellectual property rights (including cop yright and any trade marks used b y the Licensor and T els[...]