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    NVX226 Navigation System User’s Manual 1287693[...]

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    Contents Getting started -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Charging the battery ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Starting the AUDIOVOX NVX226 system ---------------------------------------------------- 3 Using the AUDIOVOX NVX226 system buttons -[...]

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    G e t t i n g s t a r t e d Congratulations on your purchase of the AUDIOVOX NVX226 system. Your AUDIOVOX NVX226 system can guide you to the destination of your choice using signals from Global Posi tioning Satellites (GPS) orbiting the earth. There are 24 GPS satellites orbiting the earth. A GPS device can calculat e your position on the earth if [...]

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    Starting the AUDIOVOX NVX226 system Once you have charged the battery and loaded map data, you are ready to start the AUDIOVOX NVX226 system. To start the AUDIOVOX NVX226 system: 1. If the AUDIOVOX NVX226 system is being used for the first time, set the power ON/OFF slide switch on the bottom of the device to ON. The AUDIOVOX NVX226 screen appears.[...]

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    3. Tap OK after you have read and agreed to the warning. The map view then appears and you are ready to set your first destination. 3 User ’s Manual[...]

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    Using the AUDIOVOX NVX226 system buttons The buttons on the AUDIOVOX NVX226 system have been set up to quickly show you key information. Zoom In and Zoom Out buttons Wheel button: Up: toggles 3D display on/off Right: displays the Route List Left: displays the GPS Info Down: toggles the mute on/off Center: tap for OK Main Menu button Set destination[...]

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    Tap the left button: the screens appear in reverse order. Whichever current screen is displayed, tapping the OK button changes to the map screen. 5 User ’s Manual[...]

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    Entering data on the AUDIOVOX NVX226 system The AUDI OVOX NVX226 system doesn’t have a keyb oard. Instead, you tap the screen to enter data, for best re sult use the stylus provided. When you are entering data, a screen containing the letters of the alphabet appears: As you tap the buttons on the keyboard, the list at the top of the screen scroll[...]

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    W o r k i n g w i t h t h e m a p The AUDIOVOX NVX226 system presents many ways of looking at the map. You can view your current position, y ou can view any of the maneuvers on a route, and you can pan the map to view other areas. You can also zoom in and out, and you can find information about specific locations. Map view If you have acquired a GP[...]

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    At the bottom of the map, you can also see the time, an estimate of how much time before you arrive at your destination, the remaining distance to your destination, and your current speed. Panning the map You can pan the map by t apping and dragging the map. To return to the regular map view, pr ess the center of the wheel button. Route list If you[...]

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    Main menu and set destination button Every time, you press a Main Menu screen appears. Press , if you have set a destination, a Destination Options screen appears. If not, a Set Destination screen appears, and then you can set a destination using any of the following methods: 9 User ’s Manual[...]

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    Location and POI information You can find location information about any point on the map by pressing firmly on the map. A screen appears giving you the opportunity to set the location as the Start or the Destination. Save this location to your Favorites list, or view information (Info). From the Information screen you have several options: • Set[...]

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    2. Tap Information. The Information screen appears, giving you block information about the location, including latitude and longitude. To view Point of Interest (POI) information: 1. To view information about POI on t he map, press firmly on the icon on the map. The POI(S) screen appears. 1 1 User ’s Manual[...]

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    Planning your route You can set a destination with the AUDIOVOX NVX226 system many different ways. Once you have set a destination, you can add a detour or a stopover. The AUDIOVOX NVX226 system also offers an Itinerary feature, where you can enter up to 50 destinations and us e the Itinerary screen to arrange the addresses in any order you prefer.[...]

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    There are two ways to enter the address: by selecting the street first, or by selecting the city first. If you use Street First and too many records match, you will be asked to use City First. To enter an address as a destination using Street First: 1. Press . The Set Destination appears. 2. Tap Address. The Input Method screen appears. 3. If you n[...]

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    • Tap the letters to enter the name of the region, or tap the name of the region. • Tap OK when you have selected the region. You return to the Input Method screen. 4. Tap Street First. The Enter Street Name screen appears. 5. Tap the letters to enter the name of the street. Tap OK when you have selected the street. The Ente r House Number scre[...]

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    To enter an address as a destination using City First: 1. Press . The Set Destination screen appears. 2. Tap Address. The Input Method screen appears. 3. If you need to change the region: • Tap Change. The Enter State Name screen appears. • Tap the letters to enter the name of the region, or tap the name of the region. • Tap OK when you have [...]

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    4. Tap City First. The Enter City Name screen appears. 5. Tap the letters to enter the name of the city. Tap OK when you have selected the city. The Enter Street screen appears. 6. Tap the letters to enter the name of the street. Tap OK when you have selected the street. The Ente r House Number screen appears. 16 User ’s Manual[...]

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    7. Tap the numbers to enter the house number. Tap OK when you have finished. The Select Address screen appears. 8. Select the address that matches the location you want to go to and tap . The map appears, and the guidance directions begin. Using an intersection as a destination When you use an intersection for a destination you must know the names [...]

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    2. Tap Intersection. The Input Method screen appears. 3. If you need to change the region: • Tap Change. The Enter State Name screen appears. • Tap the letters to enter the name of the region, or tap the name of the region. • Tap OK when you have selected the r egion. You return to the Input Method screen. 4. Tap Street First. The Enter Stree[...]

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    5. Tap the letters to enter the name of the street. Tap OK when you have selected the street. The Ente r 2nd Street Name screen appears. 6. Tap the letters to enter the name of the second street. Tap OK when you have selected the street. The Select Address screen appears. 7. Select the intersection that matches the location you want to go to and ta[...]

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    To enter an intersection as a destination using City First: 1. Press . The Set Destination screen appears. 2. Tap Intersection. The Input Method screen appears. 3. If you need to change the region: • Tap Change. The Enter State Name screen appears. • Tap the letters to enter the name of the region, or tap the name of the region. • Tap OK when[...]

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    4. Tap City First. The Enter City Name screen appears. 5. Tap the letters to enter the name of the city. Tap OK when you have selected the city. The Enter Street Name screen appears. 6. Tap the letters to enter the name of the street. Tap OK when you have selected the street. The Ente r 2nd Street Name screen appears. 21 User ’s Manual[...]

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    7. Tap the letters to enter the name of the second street. Tap OK when you have selected the street. The Select Address screen appears. 8. Select the intersection that matches the location you want to go to and tap . The map appears, and the guidance directions begin. 22 User ’s Manual[...]

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    Using a Point of Interest (POI) as a destination There are many points of interest t hat you can select as a destination. Generally, you choose a category and t hen choose one of four methods of selecting the specific point of intere st. Sometimes you must first select a subcategory (such as Museum within t he category of Attractions) before you ca[...]

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    3. Tap a category. Usually a subcategory screen appears. Note: If you choose Restaurant, tap the le tters to enter a ty pe of restaurant. If you choose Hotel, there is no subcategory screen. Go to the next step. 4. Tap a subcategory. The POI Options screen appears. 5. To select a nearby POI from an alphabetical list: • Tap Alphabetical. The Enter[...]

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    • Tap the letters to enter the name of the POI. Tap OK when you have selected the POI. The POI Select screen appears, displaying the address of the POI. • Tap . The map appears, and the guidance directions begin. 6. To select a nearby POI by distance: • Tap By Distance. The POI List screen appe ars, listing the closest POIs first. • Tap the[...]

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    To select from all POI in a region: 1. Press . The Set Destination screen appears 2. Tap POI. The Points of Interest screen appears. 3. Tap a category. Usually a subcategory screen appears. Note: If you choose Restaurant, tap the le tters to enter a ty pe of restaurant. If you choose Hotel, there is no subcategory screen. Go to the next step. 26 Us[...]

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    4. Tap a subcategory. The POI Options screen appears. 5. To select a POI from an alphabetical list: • Tap List All. The Enter POI Name screen appears. • Tap the letters to enter the name of the POI. Tap OK when you have selected the POI. The POI Select screen appears. • Tap . The map appears, and the guidance directions begin. 6. To select a [...]

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    • Tap the letters to enter the name of the city and tap OK. The Enter POI Name screen appears. • Tap the letters to enter the name of the POI and tap OK. The POI Select screen appears. • Tap . The map appears, and the guidance directions begin. 28 User ’s Manual[...]

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    Using a Favorite destination as a destination Favorite destinations are locations you add to a list on the AUDIOVOX NVX226 system. You can add locations to your Favorites list as you set a destination from the POI(S) screen, and from the Location Information screen. You can then easily se lect one of these location s as a destination. To select a f[...]

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    To select a destination from your list of recent destinations: 1. Press . The Set Destination screen appears 2. Tap Recent. The Recent screen appears. 3. Tap on the recent destination you want to go to and tap . The map appears, and the guidance directions begin. Using a City Center as a destination Sometimes you may want to use the AUDIOVOX NVX226[...]

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    To select a nearby City Center as a destination: 1. Press . The Set Destination screen appears 2. Tap City Center. The City Center screen appears. 3. To select a nearby city center from an alphabetical list: • Tap Alphabetical. The Enter City Name screen appears. 31 User ’s Manual[...]

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    • Tap the letters to enter the name of the city. Tap OK when you have selected the city. The City Center screen appears. • Tap . The map appears, and the guidance directions begin. 4. To select a nearby POI by distance: • Tap By Distance. The City List screen appears, listing the closest city centers first. • Tap the city that you want to g[...]

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    To select from all City Centers in a region: 1. Press . The Set Destination screen appears 2. Tap City Center. The City Center screen appears. 3. To select a city center fr om all available in a region: • Tap List All. The Enter City Name screen appears. 33 User ’s Manual[...]

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    • Tap the letters to enter the name of the city. Tap OK when you have selected the city. The City Center screen appears. • Tap . The map appears, and the guidance directions begin. Adding detours and stopovers The detour feature lets you tell the AUDIOVOX NVX226 system about roads on a route that you do not want to use. St opovers are stops you[...]

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    2. Tap Detour. The Detour screen appears. 3. Mark any segments that you do not want included: • Tap on a route instruction to highlight it. • Tap Avoid. A do not enter symbol appears. 4. When you have finished marking segments, tap . Your route is recalculated, the map appears, and the guidance directions begin. Stopovers Once you have set a de[...]

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    2. Tap Stopover. The Set Stopover screen appears. 3. Set your stopover destination using any of the methods ex plained earlier in this section. To cancel a stopover: 1. Press . The Destination Options screen appears. 2. Tap Stopover. 3. Tap the in the top right corner. A confirmation message appears asking if you want to continue to your final dest[...]

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    4. Tap Yes. The map appears and navigation continues. Managing your favorites list You can edit the destinations you add to your favorites list to give them descriptive names. You can also remove destinations from your favorites list. To manage your favorites list: 1. Press . The Set Destination screen appears 2. Tap Favorites. The Favorites screen[...]

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    • Tap Edit. The Edit Favorites screen appears. • Enter a descriptive name for this favorite. • Tap OK when you are done. 4. To delete a destination from your favorites list: • Tap on the favorite you want to delete. • Tap Del. The favorite is removed from the list. 5. Tap X to close the Favorites screen. 38 User ’s Manual[...]

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    Setting your options You can set many different options to customize the AUDIOVOX NVX226 system and make it work your way. These options include: • Display options • Route options • Volume • Localization Display options The display options give you control over the appearance of the map. You can change the following: • Orientation • Gui[...]

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    There are two guidance settings, which co ntrol whether or not the maneuver detail screen appears when you near your next maneuver. If you use the auto setting, the maneuver detail screen appears. The day/night setting controls the background of the screen. If you choose auto, the AUDIOVOX NVX226 system will automatically switch to a darker version[...]

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    To set your display settings: 1. Press . The main menu appears. 2. Tap Display Options. The Display Options screen appears. 3. Tap your Orientation preference: Heading or North. 4. Tap your Guidance preference: Auto or Manual. 5. Tap your Day/Night prefer ence: Auto, Night, or Day. 6. Tap your POI Icons preference: Default, Off, or Custom. 41 User [...]

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    • When you tap Custom the POI Options screen appears. • Tap on the categories you want displa yed. The categories to be displayed are highlighted. You can use Select A ll and Clear All to qui ckly highlight or clear categories. • When you have highlighted the categorie s you want displayed, tap OK. You return to the Display Options screen. 7.[...]

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    There are four method settings. The quickest setting calculates the route that should take the least amount of time . Major calculates a route that uses major roads whenever possible. Shortest ca lculates the route that is shortest in distance. Local calculates a route that uses local roads whenever possible. The ferries setting indicates whether f[...]

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    3. Tap your Method preference: Quickest, Major, Shortest, or Local. 4. Tap your Ferries preference: Include or Exclude. 5. Tap your Toll Roads pref erence: Include or Exclude. 6. Tap your Carpool prefer ence: Include or Exclude. 7. Tap your Turns preference: Less or More. 8. When you have finished choosing your options, tap OK. Volume You can set t[...]

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    2. Tap Volume. The Volume screen appears. 3. Tap on the volume setting you want, or tap on the Vol – or Vol + buttons. 4. To test the volume, tap Test. 5. To save your changes, tap OK. The Volume screen closes. Localization The localization options give you contro l over the settings affected by your location, including: • Language • Time zon[...]

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    To set your localization settings: 1. Press . The main menu appears. 2. Tap Localization. T he Localization screen appears. 3. Tap your Language preference: English, François, Español, or Chinese. 4. Tap your Time Zone preference: Ea stern, Central, Mountain, Pacific, Alaska or Hawaii. 5. Tap your Units preference: Mi/Ft, Mi/Yd, or KM. 6. When yo[...]

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    System specifications The AUDIOVOX NVX226 has the following specifications: • SiRF Star III GPS chipset • Freescale M9328MX21 (ARM926EJ-S™) 266Mhz CPU • 64 MB SDRAM + 8 MB NOR flash onboard • 3.5-inch 26K Colors TFT LCD with touch panel • SD memory slot for map expansion • Build-in 1 W speaker with external 3W speaker on cradle • Bu[...]

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    8 20006 Audiovox Electr onics Corporation, 150 Ma rcus Blvd., Hauppauge, New Y ork 1 1788 NVX226 Owner’s Manual 1287693 4 8[...]