ALK CoPilot Live Smartphone 6 manual

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Contents W elcome to CoPilot! .........................................................i About GPS T echnology .............................................................................1 Safety W arning ............................................................................................1 Getting Started ..................................[...]

- 1 - W elcome to CoPilot! Imagine… a CoPilot at your side that al wa ys knows wher e you ar e, where you’ re going, and exactly how to get ther e . Now confi dently drive anywher e while CoPilot, using the latest, most accurate GPS technology , shows you all the cor rect turns to tak e to reach y our destination. Better yet, if you should mis[...]

- 2 - Getting Star ted Requir ements This User’ s Guide includes complete instructions for installing your CoPilot software, downloading map data to the Smartphone , and using CoPilot on your Smartphone to guide you to y our destination or to plan trips. The steps you need to tak e to get up and running with CoPilot: Connect your Smartphone to yo[...]

- 3 - Connecting Y our Smar tphone NO TE: If a Quickstar t installation memor y card was included with your pur chase of CoPilot, you do not need to do this. In order to successfully transf er data from y our desktop to your Smartphone , you must ha ve Micr osoft ActiveSync 3.1 (or later) installed. This software is necessary to connect the two mac[...]

- 4 - Installing CoPilot Installing Fr om a Quickstar t Installation Memor y Card: 1. Set up your phone and charge the batter y following the instructions in your phone’ s manual. 2. Y ou must set the correct date and GMT time on y our phone for optimal GPS functionality . 3. Y our CoPilot Live satellite na vigation software is supplied pr e- loa[...]

- 5 - Three W ays to Activate: 1. Recommended: Automatic Activation using your phone’ s Wireless Internet Connection a. Select the ACTIV A TE soft ke y . b. Select MENU then AUT OMA TIC . c. Enter your e-mail addr ess and press NEXT . CoPilot will now activate ov er the Internet. d. Once complete , you will see the message ‘ license activated s[...]

- 6 - Map Do wnload to Y our Smartphone NO TE: If your CoPilot product came with a Quickstart installation memor y card, you don’ t need to download map data (it’ s already on y our Quickstart card). Y ou can skip to Using CoPilot for Guidance , p. 14. T o download map data fr om your Desktop PC or Laptop to your mobile device, you select the d[...]

- 7 - Selecting a Data Area After you specify a location wher e the data will be stored, you will be prompted to select a r egion on the map to download. CoPilot provides sev eral wa ys to select a data region, described on p. 7-9 below . Region T o download a whole country or CoPilot data region, click the Region option in the Data Download Wizard[...]

- 8 - 1. Click the Map Area icon in the Data Download Wizard. Map Ar ea This method of selecting data allows y ou to choose an area of data by dra wing a box on the Data Download Wizard’ s map screen. In the Wizard, you enter a city name near which you w ould like to select data, then click Next . The map will zoom to that location. Then you crea[...]

- 9 - 1. Click the T rip icon in the Data Download Wizard. T rip This method of selecting data is by far the most customizable method. It allows y ou to run a trip and select street-le vel data specifi c to that trip , thereb y a voiding unneeded data and sa ving valuable memor y space. Once the trip is run, the Data Download Wizard automatically [...]

- 10 - 6. Y ou will return to the Data Selection menu wher e you can select another data area if y ou lik e, using any method. When you fi nish selecting data ar eas, click Do wnload . T rip itineraries that wer e created using the Tr i p download method will be transferr ed along with map data (see p . 11 for details). Data Do wnload When you’ [...]

- 11 - POI Do wnload Options When you do wnload a data region fr om your desktop PC , you get all roads within that region. Also included are r egional points of interest (POI) such as gas stations, hotels, restaurants, visitor attractions, etc. CoPilot now lets y ou control the n umber and types of POI that get downloaded along with map data. Y ou[...]

- 12 - Impor ting Custom Places CoPilot’ s Custom Place Impor t Wizard enables y ou to import addresses from y our Outlook Contacts database , an Excel fi le , or text fi le . (If you are using another type of database or contact manager , you can export your contacts/ locations to an Excel or text fi le befor e impor ting them into CoPilot.) [...]

- 13 - Editing Custom Places 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 y our changes. Click Apply when fi nished. NO TE: By default, addresses entered as Custom Places ar e assigned [...]

- 14 - Using CoPilot for Guidance In CoPilot’ s Guidance Mode on your Smartphone , you will receiv e turn-by- turn route guidance inf ormation as you tra vel. For your safety , the Safety View scr een will hide maps when your speed exceeds 10 m.p .h. to av oid distractions. 1. T o launch CoPilot, select your Smartphone’ s Start soft key , then [...]

- 15 - Step 2 Step 3 Step 3a Step 3b Step 3c Step 3d Step 4 2. In the Address screen, enter a Street Name with or without a House Number , and a City or ZIP Code. Choose a State from the pick list. NO TE: Street addr ess entr y is optional, if you like y ou can enter only a city and state or a ZIP code. T o return to the Select Stop scr een to star[...]

- 16 - Stop Menu Options In the Going T o screen, press the Menu soft k ey to access options that include adding, deleting, moving, editing, and optimizing your stops. . T o add another destination, choose Add Stop from the men u. (This is an alternate way to do this, you can also simply highlight <Add a Stop> in the Going T o list and press [...]

- 17 - Select Help and choose Help for on-scr een instructions about basic CoPilot featur es, or About for v ersion information about CoPilot. Select Cancel to close the menu, Exit to close the CoPilot application. Entering Y our Home Addr ess T o program y our home address for quick trip entr y , select Home in the Select Stop screen and enter you[...]

- 18 - CoPilot automatically places ev er y stop you enter on a list of fa vorite places f or future quick trip entr y . T o enter a fav orite as a stop, fi rst select Fa vorites in the Select Stop screen. In the next screen, choose one of the places on the scrollable list, then press Select . MENU OPTIONS: Press Men u at the bottom of the screen [...]

- 19 - Finding Points of Inter est CoPilot enables you to sear ch for points of interest (POI) such as gas stations, hotels, restaurants, visitor attractions, etc. within the region for which map data was downloaded fr om your desktop/laptop computer . Y ou can then choose a destination from the list of sear ch results. Select P oints of Interest i[...]

- 20 - Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 1. Select Pick from Map in the Select Stop screen. 2. CoPilot will prompt you to enter a location where y ou can star t searching for the place you ha ve in mind. Highlight one of the options, press Select , and enter any necessar y information. Choose Current GPS to zoom to your cur rent location. 3. CoPilot will zoom t[...]

- 21 - Star t Driving! Once you ha ve enter ed at least one stop in the Select Stop screen, you’ re ready to start driving with CoPilot! Y ou’ll receiv e turn-by-turn directions and ma ps to guide you safel y to your destination. As you drive, CoPilot’ s dynamic directions will instantly r ecalculate your route if you tak e a wrong turn or de[...]

- 22 - Zooming and Shifting Y our Map View T o zoom your view of the ma p in or out, press the Menu soft k ey and select Zoom In or Zoom Ou t. Or , press the Action ke y to display the zoom arr ow , then press up to zoom in or down to zoom out. This action can be repeated until the minim um or maximum zoom lev el is reached. T o navigate to another[...]

- 23 - Menu Options on the Road From an y guidance screen, you can zoom your map vie w in and out, edit your trip , calculate a detour , sav e your location as a fa vorite, and more. Press the Men u soft ke y and select any of the following options: Zoom In/Out In the map screen, zooms your view in/out. Edit T rip Na vigates to the Going T o screen[...]

- 24 - A v oiding Roads T o av oid an individual road and ha ve CoPilot calculate another route around that r oad, you must be in the Itinerary screen. From there, fi nd the road you want to a void in the scr ollable list and highlight it, then press the Men u soft ke y and select Actions > Avoid Road . T o cancel any r oad preferences that ha [...]

- 25 - Sa ving a Curr ent Location as a F a vorite T o sav e your curr ent location as a Fa vorite, press the Menu soft k ey in the Safety View or Map screen, then select Actions > Sav e GPS Location . Optimizing Y our Stop Or der T o rearrange the stops on y our trip in the most effi cient or der , press the Menu soft k ey in the Going T o scr[...]

- 26 - Advanced Routing Options Using CoPilot’ s Advanced routing options, you can cr eate combinations of route settings and road pr eferences and sa ve them in separate profi les f or quick recall. NO TE: Advanced routing options include the ability to alter road pr eferences and r oad speeds for differ ent classes of roads that CoPilot recogn[...]

- 27 - Guidance Select Guidance in the Options menu. In the Guidance screen, the settings under Audio T urn W arnings determine how often and where CoPilot will giv e you next turn information out loud. All, none , or some boxes can be check ed. A pick list gives the options for Just Ahead: by default y ou will be aler ted 5 sec/100 ft befor e ev e[...]

- 28 - POI Alerts Select POI Alerts in the Options menu. T o toggle the POI Alerts feature on or off, press the Action k ey on Enable POI Aler ts . This screen also lets y ou change settings that determine when and where alerts will be activated. When POI Aler ts is enabled, CoPilot will alert you with a verbal pr ompt each time you appr oach a Poi[...]

- 29 - CoPilot Modes CoPilot has three modes of operation on y our Smar tphone. T o switch modes, press Menu > Mode in the Going T o screen or any guidance screen. Guidance Mode In Guidance Mode, you enter one or more destinations, then press Start Driving to star t driving and receiv e guidance . This mode pro vides you with on-scr een and spok[...]

- 30 - T rip Planning On Y our Smar tphone Y ou can use CoPilot on your Smartphone for trip planning whether or not the GPS receiv er is connected and receiving data. In Planning Mode you can run a trip e ven when y ou’ re not in y our car . Y ou’ll get driving directions and ma ps to use as a refer ence before y our trip begins. 1. First turn [...]

- 31 - 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 way connected to using your Smartphone for r oute guidance. On the following pages y ou will fi nd brief d[...]

- 32 - Sa ve T rip Sa ve T rip button or Save T r ip / Save T r ip As ... in the File menu. Open T rip Open T rip button or Open Tr i p in the File menu. Print Print button or Print... in the File menu. Help Help button or Help Contents and Search in the Help menu.[...]

- 33 - Zoom In Zoom In button or Zoom In in the Map menu. Each time you click this button, your view will be zoomed in by one increment. The zoom level is shown in the title bar of the map window . Zoom Out Zoom Out button or Zoom Out in the Map menu. Each time you click this button, your view will be zoomed out by one increment. The zoom level is [...]

- 34 - Zoom T o Region Zoom to Region button or Zoom Region in the Map menu. This function allows you to zoom y our map view to a specifi c area. Choices in the sub-menu will depend on which CoPilot data region(s) w ere purchased. Refresh Ma p Refresh Ma p button or Refresh Map in the Map menu. When scrolling through a ma p you ma y notice it tak [...]

- 35 - Landmark Reporting Select Landmark Repor ting from the dr op-down T rip menu. In this window y ou can control ho w many landmarks CoPilot points out when generating driving directions. Help 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. Refer e[...]

- 36 - Click the P oints of Interest tab. Enter a state or ZIP code in which you w ould like to search, a radius within which to search, and (optionally) choose a category and type from the drop-do wn menu. Click the binoculars to start the search. Y ou can also enter a name to narr ow down the sear ch in the POIs that start with box. Y ou will be [...]

- 37 - Click the Options button in the T rip Planner window to access CoPilot routing options. Auto and Quick est are the default settings, providing the quick est routing f or automobiles based on practical considerations such as road quality , terrain, and urban/rural classifi cations. RV routing fa vors major r oads and a voids sharp turns, U-t[...]

- 38 - CoPilot Liv e Communications CoPilot Live allo ws you to maintain tw o-wa y communication with drivers who are using CoPilot and to actuall y see where the y are curr ently located. Y ou can do this from the CoPilot Live w eb page . Using this CoPilot Live functionality r equires the following: 1) If you want to track and messa ge other driv[...]

- 39 - Y our Live connection status is shown at the bottom right of the black information bar : • Green — Good. • Y ellow — OK. Usually seen when fi rst connecting or in poor GPRS cov erage. • Red — No connection. Check your GPRS network cov erage and Live settings. Real-Time T r affi c Informa tion In addition to pr oviding users wit[...]

- 40 - Using T raffi c In Guidance Mode, press Menu > T raffi c . Options in this menu ar e: • Check Route: Select Check Route to manually check for traffi c incidents along your cur rent r oute . • Find T raffi c: Select Find T raffi c to search f or traffi c incidents around an y location. • Re view T raffi c: T o view or change y[...]

- 41 - Cr eating/Using Y our Own V oice Y ou can create your o wn voice or load v oices that other CoPilot users ha ve cr eated and posted online . T o do this, create a folder with any name y ou want and copy sound fi les with the exact names of the CoPilot sound fi les. The CoPilot sound fi le names and their associate dialogues are: File Name[...]

- 42 - CoPilot T echnical Suppor t After registering y our software (see p.43), you’ re entitled to technical support and discounts on new versions of CoPilot. Check out ALK’ s web site f or technical support documentation and posted answers to common questions. If the web site does not provide an ans wer to your question, technical support for[...]

- 43 - Using Help Files CoPilot pro vides extensive Help Files, available on y our desktop/laptop and your Smartphone, to guide you through the pr ogram as you use it. T o access Help on your Smartphone, once the CoPilot application is launched, press Menu > Help . In the desktop application, click on the Help button in any window to open a Help[...]

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

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- 46 - ALK ® T echnologies, Inc . License AGREEMENT CoPilot Live | Smartphone 6 with EUROPEAN D A T A LICENSES: 1 User IMPOR T ANT: Please read the following agreement ("License") car efully . THIS IS A LEGAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN Y OU, THE USER (either an individual or an entity), AND ALK T echnologies, Inc. ("ALK"). IF Y OU DO NO[...]

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