A-rival NAV-PNX 35 M User manual

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NAV-PNX 35 M
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A-Rival 2.5 User’s Guide
Table of Contents
A Navigation Software User’s Guide ................................................................................................................. 4
1Main Menu........................................................................................................................................................ 4
1.1 General Information ................................................................................................................................ 4
1.2 GPS Reception........................................................................................................................................ 5
2Navigation......................................................................................................................................................... 7
2.1 Home........................................................................................................................................................ 7
2.2 Office ........................................................................................................................................................ 7
2.3 Address .................................................................................................................................................... 7
2.3.1 City ...................................................................................................................................................... 7
2.3.2 Special characters (‘umlauts’), spaces, hyphens, apostrophe ....................................................... 8
2.3.3 Deleting entries .................................................................................................................................. 8
Street........................................................................................................................................................ 9
2.3.4 .................................................................................................................................................................. 9
2.3.5 House number.................................................................................................................................. 10
2.4 Favorites ................................................................................................................................................ 11
2.5 Map......................................................................................................................................................... 12
2.6 POI ......................................................................................................................................................... 14
2.7 POI in City.............................................................................................................................................. 15
2.8 POI Text ................................................................................................................................................. 16
2.9 Itinerary .................................................................................................................................................. 17
2.10 Coordinates ........................................................................................................................................... 19
2.11 Zip Code................................................................................................................................................. 20
2.12 Previous Destinations ........................................................................................................................... 21
2.13 Start Navigation ..................................................................................................................................... 22
2.14 Alternative Routes .................................................................................................................................23
3Route Planning............................................................................................................................................... 24
4Position ........................................................................................................................................................... 26
5Options ........................................................................................................................................................... 27
5.1 Favorites ................................................................................................................................................ 27
5.1.1 Adding favorites ............................................................................................................................... 27
5.1.2 Deleting favorites ............................................................................................................................. 29
5.1.3 Renaming favorites .......................................................................................................................... 29
5.2 Volume ................................................................................................................................................... 30
5.3 Map View ............................................................................................................................................... 31
5.4 POI-Display............................................................................................................................................ 32
5.5 Route Settings ....................................................................................................................................... 33
5.6 Profiles ................................................................................................................................................... 34
5.7 GPS-Settings......................................................................................................................................... 35

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5.8 Units ....................................................................................................................................................... 36
5.9 Language ............................................................................................................................................... 37
5.10 Speedwarnings...................................................................................................................................... 38
5.11 GPS-Logs .............................................................................................................................................. 38
5.12 Blockades .............................................................................................................................................. 40
5.13 About ...................................................................................................................................................... 40
6While on the Road ......................................................................................................................................... 41
6.1 Travel Information .................................................................................................................................41
6.2 Zoom ...................................................................................................................................................... 43
6.3 Driving Instruction Volume.................................................................................................................... 44
6.4 Itinerary .................................................................................................................................................. 45
6.5 Options ................................................................................................................................................... 46
6.5.1 Mute .................................................................................................................................................. 46
6.5.2 Map View.......................................................................................................................................... 46
6.5.3 Night Mode ....................................................................................................................................... 46
6.5.4 Interstations ...................................................................................................................................... 46
6.5.5 Block KM........................................................................................................................................... 47
6.5.6 GPS-Logs ......................................................................................................................................... 47
6.5.7 Speedwarnings ................................................................................................................................ 47
6.5.8 Blockades ......................................................................................................................................... 47
6.5.9 Quit.................................................................................................................................................... 47
B Copyright Notice.............................................................................................................................................. 48
C End User License Agreement (“EULA”) ...................................................................................................... 49

A-Rival 2.5 User’s Guide
A Navigation Software User’s Guide
When employing a navigation system in a vehicle, i.e., this software and the accompanying
hardware, it is your responsibility to set up, secure and use the system in a manner that does not
restrict your vision in any way and will not lead to accidents, injuries or material damages. You, as
the user of this product, are solely responsible for driving safely. Do not handle this product while
driving—always park the car first.
1 Main Menu
The main menu contains five options:
1. Navigation: Here you can enter the destination to start navigation.
2. Route Planning: Here you can plan the route to check the distance and
approximate travel time.
3. Position: Indicates your current GPS position on the map.
4. Options: Here you can define diverse navigation device settings (e.g., saving
frequently visited addresses).
5. Quit: Quits the navigation program.
1.1 General Information
Your navigation program always displays a red button with a white arrow in the lower
left corner. The red button acts as a “back” function and will take you to the previous
step in the menu. If you get lost in the navigation menu, repeatedly click the RED button
until you return to the main menu.
On many screens a green button is displayed on the lower right-hand side. This
GREEN button allows you to confirm entries or scroll through menus.

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1.2 GPS Reception
Your navigation system is equipped with a so-called GPS receiver which is used by the
system to determine your current position. For best reception, mount the device such
that it is exposed to the sky without obstruction. When used within buildings or the
interior of the car, GPS reception might not be sufficient for operation.
For this reason, please mount your navigation device directly below the windshield, as
far to the front as possible. Please note that metallized front windshields (heat insulating
windshields) may adversely affect GPS reception.
Navigation can only take place if a valid GPS signal is received. After setting up the
device for the first time or after traveling by plane, it may take a few minutes until a valid
signal is received.
If the GPS-receiver has not been configured yet the screen will display the above
message. By pressing the blue “GPS settings” button the GPS settings dialog is
displayed. Please read more about GPS configuration in chapter 5.8. Press the red
button to return to the main menue.
In case the GPS-receiver has been pre-configured but the GPS-signal is of poor quality
the message shown below will be displayed. Press the red button to return to the main
menue.

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However, if the GPS receiver has been configured correctly the route calculation will
automatically start as soon as reception is back to normal.
During navigation the current GPS signal is indicated at the bottom right of the display.

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2 Navigation
There are several methods for specifying the destination:
2.1 Home
If you click Home, you will be guided to your home address. See Chapter 5.1 for
detailed information on how to set up your home address.
2.2 Office
If you click Office, you will be guided to your office address. See Chapter 5.1 for
detailed information on how to set up your office address.
2.3 Address
2.3.1 City
You can enter the destination address here.
Enter the city name using the screen keyboard. As soon as you enter the first letter, the
navigation system starts searching for the city. Possible matches are presented in a
results list. If the desired city is shown, you can select it by clicking it in the list.
The previously entered letters are displayed in the bottom line of the screen. During
entry, letters no longer available are grayed out on the keyboard.

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2.3.2 Special characters (‘umlauts’), spaces, hyphens, apostrophe
You do not need to enter ‘umlauts’. In place of an ‘Ä’ simply enter ‘A’, instead of ‘Ö’
enter ‘O’, instead of ‘Ü’ enter ‘U’. For example, if your destination is located in ‘Köln,’
Germany, just enter ‘K O L N’.
You do not need to enter spaces and hyphens. Instead, simply click the empty field to
the left of the white triangle (at the bottom, third button from the right).
2.3.3 Deleting entries
If you make a mistake, click the backspace key to delete the wrong entry.

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2.3.4 Street
Start by entering the first two letters of the street you are trying to locate. The bottom
line displays the city where the street is being searched.
Alternatively, you can select DOWNTOWN if you want to drive to the center of the
respective city.
In this example “R O T E” was entered. If the desired street is displayed in the list, you
can select it by clicking it in the list.
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In this case, choose the desired destination based on the zip code or the district
indicated in the list.
2.3.5 House number
Next you are requested to enter the house number.
Enter the house number and confirm by pressing the GREEN button. If you do not know
the house number, click the GREEN button without making an entry. In this case, the
navigation system will take you to the center of the selected street. Press the RED
button to return to the street selection screen.

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Click Search Crossroad to find all streets intersecting the selected street (Roteichenweg
in this example). When you select an entry from the list, the full address is displayed in
the lower screen section. Press the GREEN button to confirm your selection and start
navigation to the chosen intersection.
2.4 Favorites
Favorites are frequently used addresses you can store in a list. This facilitates quick
access to these destinations.
When you start up the system for the first time, the favorites list is empty. Please refer
to Chapter 5.1 for information on how to set up favorites.
Click a list entry to select it. Now the full address is displayed in the bottom part of the
screen. Confirm your selection by pressing the GREEN button. Navigation will
commence immediately.

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2.5 Map
This mode allows you to select your destination directly from within the map.
You can use the plus and minus Buttons to zoom in and out.
Alternatively you can use the magnifying glass. If you draw a box around the target form
the upper left to the lower right (blue), the map viewer zooms in the selected area.
If you draw a box from the lower right to the upper left (red) the map viewer will zoom
out.

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Click the button with the four arrows (red circle) to activate the scroll mode. You can
now move the map with your finger.
Activate the selection tool (red circle) to select a destination by directly clicking into the
map. A shortcut menu now offers the following options:
Search nearest address: Displays a list of addresses at the selected location
that you can choose as the destination.
Set position: Navigation is started for the selected position.
Show POI: Displays information for a point of interest whenever you click a POI
icon.

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2.6 POI
POI is the abbreviation for “point of interest”. These points of interest are important sites
such as gas stations, hotels or hospitals.
The POIs are grouped into separate categories. After calling up the POI function, you
must select the desired category.
The list first indicates the top categories. Top categories are displayed in brackets.
Further below all other categories are listed in alphabetical order.

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The system will search for corresponding POIs starting from your current location. Note
that this function only works if you are receiving a valid GPS signal. Click a list entry to
select it as your destination. Press the GREEN button to start navigation.
When you click the street map icon (red circle), the selected POI is displayed on the
map.
2.7 POI in City
The POI in City function serves to find a POI located far from your present location. This
function can be very useful, for example, when you are looking for a hospital in another
city.
When you start a POI in City search, you are first requested to enter the city (see
Chapter 2.3.1). The POI is then selected just like any other POI (see Chapter 2.6). The
POIs will searched for within the proximity of the city centre chosen. The radius is
depending on the POI category and the results will be listed by distance to the city
centre.

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2.8 POI Text
The POI Text function allows you to search POIs in any one category by entering free-
form text. First select the desired category.
Next, enter the keyword, e.g. “Brandenburger” for finding the Brandenburg Gate in
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All matching results are shown in a list. Click the map icon (red circle) to display the
location of the POI on the map. Pressing the GREEN button will start navigation to the
selected POI.
2.9 Itinerary
The Itinerary function allows you to specify several destinations you want to travel to
successively and to save them.
Use the Create button to create new Itineraries and the Load button to load existing
Itineraries.

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Use the add button (red circle) to add stops to your tour. You can use any of the
available methods for selecting a destination.
You can change the order of the stops using the up/down buttons (red circle).
Click the GREEN button to start navigation to the first stop. Once you reach the first
destination, navigation to the next stop will commence at the touch of a button.

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2.10 Coordinates
A destination can be defined by entering a pair of coordinates. First enter the latitude,
then the longitude.
When entering the latitude please select N for North or S for South. Respectively please
select W for East or W for West when entering the longitude.
Coordinates may be entered using the formats decimal degrees or degree-minute-
second.

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2.11 Zip Code
The Zip Code function enables you to define your destination by entering a zip code.
This is what the screen looks like after entering “51373”.
After selecting the first entry, you can search for a street within the zip code area or
define the center of the zip code area as your destination.