Technicolor - Thomson GPS 280 Manuale utente

GPS 280 / GPS 281

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Manual for Personal

Navigation Devices

GPS 280 / GPS 281

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CONTENTS

TYPOGRAPHIC CONVENTIONS ..........................................3

ICONS .........................................................................................4

Key features .....................................................................................................................5

STARTING THE APPLICATION ..............................................6

DETAILED DESCRIPTION .......................................................7

Using the map ..................................................................................................................7

Tracking mode and selection mode

Choosing and ﬁnding locations ...................................................................................9

Choosing a location on the map

Search for an address

Searching for and choosing POIs

Browse or search a guide

Favourites

Navigating ...................................................................................................................... 19

Navigation screen

Options during navigation

Planning a route ........................................................................................................... 22

Settings ........................................................................................................................... 24

Route options

Language

Map settings

Map

OPTIONAL FEATURES ..........................................................28

Guides ............................................................................................................................ 28

Trafﬁc Message Channel (TMC) ............................................................................... 28

Route Recording .......................................................................................................... 29

Speed Camera Alert .................................................................................................... 29

SMART2GO™ SETUP ASSISTANT .......................................30

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ....................................32

INDEX .......................................................................................33

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE NOTES ...................................35

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TYPOGRAPHIC CONVENTIONS

Bold

Items you must select, such as menu options, command buttons, or items in a list.

••••

• Bullet

Step-by-step procedures. You can follow these instructions to complete a speciﬁc task.

••••

Comment

Especially important or remarkable information.

••••

Monospace

Information that you must type, or information like folders and ﬁlenames.

••••

CAPITALS

Names of keys on the keyboard. For example, SHIFT, CTRL, or ALT.

Typographic conventions

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ICONS

The following icons and symbols are used throughout the application:

Icon Name Function

Menu icon Opens a menu with various options.

Back icon Go back to the previous screen.

Navigation icon Start navigation.

Search icon Opens a search screen.

Conﬁrmation icon Apply settings. Select/deselect all.

Exit icon

Exit the application. Only visible in the

tracking mode (see “Tracking mode and

selection mode” on page 7).

GPS icon

Press this icon to move map back to your

GPS position. Only visible in the selection

mode (see “Tracking mode and selection

mode” on page 7.

Icons

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INTRODUCTION

You have chosen a cutting-edge navigation system. Congratulations! Please enjoy using it.

This navigation system leads you straight to your destination, whether you are travelling

by car or on foot. You may navigate and plan your route with an easy to use and intuitive

interface, just by using your ﬁnger. You may also use this application to plan your trip to suit

your personal preferences and interests and to save interesting destinations before you set

off on your trip. This manual leads you through the main features of the system.

Key features

• Cross-border navigation in Europe through 1 GB map of Europe (optional

feature)

• Dynamic Trafﬁc Information, TMC (optional feature)

• Real pedestrian mode

• Look-ahead search function

• State-of-the art polygon view of individual houses for selected European cities

(optional feature)

• Earth browsing

• Unique night mode

• Improved guidance engine

• Premium content through branded guides (optional feature)

Introduction

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STARTING THE APPLICATION

Charge your device and place it in a position with an unobstructed view to the sky to

create your ﬁrst satellite connection. In the car this will usually be on the dashboard. It may

take a few minutes to establish the ﬁrst connection.

• Switch on the unit and tap on NAVI or NAVIGATION in the ﬁrst screen.

• If more than one language is available on your device, you are prompted to

choose your language.

After the application loads, a screen with safety precautions will be shown. Please read

them carefully. Afterwards, you can choose to hide these notes for future start-ups.

You will be presented an earth view of your country. Please enjoy while you ﬂy over your

country and “touch down” on your current location. (You can also choose to skip this intro

by tapping on the screen.)

At the end of your journey, the map will be shown.

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

This chapter describes the functions of your Personal Navigation Device in detail. On the

following pages you will learn how to

- Use the map (see page 7)

- Find and choose locations (see page 9)

- Navigate to your destination (see page 19)

- Use the route planner (see page 22)

- Conﬁgure the application (see page 24)

Using the map

The map is the core component of your Personal Navigation Device. It will be centred on

your current location by default, provided you have a GPS connection. You can browse the

map, display information about the different locations shown on it and e.g. choose them for

routing and navigating.

Tracking mode and selection mode

The map knows two basic states, the tracking and the selection mode.

In the tracking mode,

the map follows your actual position (GPS position), displaying

information about your geographic position, your speed, etc:

Speed

Geographic

coordinates

Time

Elevation abo

ve

meain sea level

GPS status

Compass rose

Men

u

Zoom out

GPS position

Zoom in

Exit applicationInf

o box

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As soon as you browse the map, you enter the selection mode:

Compass rose

Menu icon

Info box Tracking icon

Zoom out

Cur

rent (GPS)

position

Zoom in

Cursor

• Use a pen or your ﬁnger to browse the map. The actual position will be identiﬁed

by a cursor.

Clicking on an icon on the map opens an overlay window with information about the

selected item.

• To zoom in or out, press the + or - icons. As soon as you press one of the icons,

the zoom slider

will be shown, which can be used for smooth zooming.

• With the compass icon

(in the bottom left hand corner) you may adjust the

orientation.

• If you want to return to the tracking mode, press the tracking icon. To exit the

application, press this button again.

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Choosing and ﬁnding locations

This section describes the different ways of ﬁnding and choosing locations. You may choose

locations on the map, search for an address, choose a favourite (like home and work

address, your bookmarks and recently visited locations), and browse POI directories and

guides.

Choosing a location on the map

• Point the cursor at any place on the map. The name of a selected location/street

will be shown in the info box.

• Press that info box to open a screen with details:

By pressing the menu icon you can access to further options:

• Press Navigate to navigate to the location (see “Navigating” on page 19).

• Press Via

to use the location for routing (see “Planning a route” on page 22).

• Press Save

to save the location as a bookmark (see “Favourites” on page 16).

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Search for an address

Through the address search you can ﬁnd an address by entering information about the

desired target (street and town/city). You may then select a hit from the results list and use

the address found for different purposes, like pinpointing it on a map, planning your route,

and navigating.

• On the map, select the menu icon.

The main menu

will be opened:

• Select Find Destination.

• Select By Address Search.

The Find Address window will be displayed:

Enter the appropriate data to ﬁnd your address.

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How to search

Your Personal Navigation Device offers a convenient interactive look-ahead search

function to prevent misspelling. Only keys that lead to a search result can be pressed – all

others are greyed out!

• Enter the ﬁrst character.

You will see that the some keys on the keypad turn grey. You can only choose black keys:

• Enter the second character.

Again, some keys will turn grey, others will turn black, depending on your choice.

• Keep on entering characters until you have narrowed down the search to only

one result.

OR

• Press the search icon (magnifying glass).

A result list will be displayed.

• Choose the appropriate entry from the list.

Switch between letter and number mode by pressing 123 or ABC. Switch between

upper case and lower case by pressing ^.

If at any point you want to backspace and delete characters, press the backspace

button <

-

on screen. To add a space, press the space bar _.

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Set the country

• Press Country to select your city.

• Choose your country from the list.

The Country ﬁeld will be populated with the name of the chosen country.

Enter a post code

Instead of a city you may enter a post code.

• Press Post Code to enter a post code.

• Enter the post code of the town/city you are looking for.

• Press the search icon (magnifying glass).

A hit list will be displayed.

• Choose the appropriate town/city from the list.

You will return to the Find Address screen. The City and Post Code ﬁelds will be

populated with the chosen city/post code.

You can also enter a unique 7-digit postal code. In that case, you do not need to enter

a street name. (Optional feature).

Search for the city

• Press City to select a city.

Search for the city, as described above.

A result list will be displayed.

• Choose the appropriate town/city from the list.

You will return to the Find Address screen. The City ﬁeld will be populated with the

name of the chosen town/city.

Search for the street

• Press Street to select a street.

Search for the street, as described above.

A result list will be displayed.

• Choose the appropriate street from the list.

You will return to the Find Address screen. It will be ﬁlled with the previously found data.

Additionally you may enter the number.

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Navigate to the address found

Once you have narrowed down your search to a unique address, you can start navigation.

• Press the forward arrow.

The address will be displayed in the navigation map. Here you can choose to be guided to

the address, use it for route planning, etc. (see “Navigating” on page 19).

Searching for and choosing POIs

With the POI ﬁnder you can quickly ﬁnd points of interest like petrol stations and

restaurants that are chosen from a database of millions of POI, either nearby or at a

remote location.

• On the map, select the menu icon.

• On the following screen, select Find Destination.

• Select By POI.

A menu of POI categories will be shown:

In the title bar of this screen, you might see an address. You will be presented POIs that are

close to this location.

• Select the menu icon to select another address as a starting point for the POI

selection (see “Search for an address” on page 10).

The newly selected address will be shown in the title bar of the POI categories screen.

You can now browse the POIs by categories or search for a certain POI.

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Choosing a POI

• Choose the desired POI category.

A menu with subcategories will be shown.

• Choose a subcategory.

A list of POIs will be shown.

• Select a POI by clicking on it.

The location will be shown on the map:

• Press the arrows next to the location’s name to switch between results.

• Press i to open a screen with details about the location.

By pressing the menu icon you access to a set of actions:

• Press Navigate

to navigate to the location (see “Navigating” on page 19).

• Press Via

to use the location for routing (see “Planning a route” on page 22).

• Press Save

to save the location as a bookmark (see “Favourites” on page 16).

• Press On Map

to show the location on the main map.

Searching for a POI

Press the magnifying glass.

• In the search window, enter a search term (at least three characters), and start

searching by pressing the right arrow.

A list of POIs will be shown.

• Select a POI by clicking on it.

The POI will be shown on the map, as described above.

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Browse or search a guide

Within the POI menu you will see the guides, an optional and highly recommendable

feature. Branded travel/city guides will help you to ﬁnd out what is nearby and will give you

valuable information about attractions, restaurants, hotels, etc. with detailed descriptions.

You may use the items contained in the guides for navigation or save them as bookmarks.

Guides are an optional feature and may be purchased at www.thomsonlink.com

(Digital Store / GPS).

• On the map, select the menu icon.

• On the following screen, select Find Destination.

• Select By Location Service.

The guide list will be shown:

• Select the guide you wish to use by clicking on it.

The categories page of the chosen guide will be displayed:

You can now browse the guide by categories or search the guide.

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Search the guide

• Press the search icon (magnifying glass).

• In the search window, enter a search term (at least three characters), and start

searching by pressing the search icon (magnifying glass).

The hit list will be displayed.

• Select a location by clicking on it.

The location will be shown on the map.

• Press the arrows next to the location’s name to switch between results.

• Press i to open a screen with details about the location.

By pressing the menu icon you access to a set of actions:

• Press Navigate

to navigate to the location (see “Navigating” on page 19).

• Press Via

to use the location for routing (see “Planning a route” on page 22).

• Press Save

to save the location as a bookmark (see “Favourites” on page 16).

• Press On Map

to show the location on the main map.

Browse the guide by categories

On the categories page you may select from the different categories of the Guide (e.g.

restaurants, hotels, bars, museums etc.).

• Use the up and down arrows to scroll in the list.

Some guides also offer subcategories.

• Click on a category or subcategory to search for relevant items.

The search results will be shown in the hit list, sorted by distance.

• Select an entry by tapping on it.

• The location will be shown on the map, as described above.

Favourites

Use your frequently used or favourite destinations for guidance. You can choose among

your home, your work place, a set of personal bookmarks, and recently visited locations.

• On the map, select the menu icon.

• On the following screen, select Find Destination.

• Select By Favourites.

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The Favourites menu will show on the screen:

My Home

• Press My Home.

Your home address will be displayed on a map:

• Select the menu icon.

• On the following screen, choose Navigate to be guided to your home address

(press Change or Delete if you want to change/delete your home address).

Navigation will start immediately.

If no home address has been set, you are prompted to do so. You can choose it by

searching for an address, through your current GPS position or by choosing a recently

visited location.

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My Work

• By pressing My Work, your work address will be displayed on a map.

• Select the menu icon.

• On the following screen, choose Navigate to be guided to your work address

(press Change or Delete if you want to change/delete your work address).

Navigation will start immediately.

If no work address has been set, you are prompted to do so. You can choose it by

searching for an address, through your current GPS position or by choosing a recently

visited location.

Bookmarks

The bookmarks list contains the destinations you have saved as favourites (from the guides,

by choosing it on a map, etc.). This means that you do not need to perform repeated

searches for those destinations.

• Press Bookmarks.

The bookmark list will show on the screen:

Use the up and down arrows to scroll up and down in the list.

• Select an item by clicking on it.

The location will be shown on the map.

• Press the arrows next to the location’s name to switch between results.

• Press i to open a screen with details about the location.

By pressing the menu icon you access to a set of actions:

• Press Navigate

to navigate to the location (see “Navigating” on page 19).

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• Press Via to use the location for routing (see “Planning a route” on page 22).

• Press On Map

to show the location on the main map.

All user information like e.g. settings, bookmarks and recently visited locations will be

stored on the memory card

and not on the device.

Recent

By pressing Recent a list of recently visited or looked-up destinations will be opened.

• Press Recent.

The list of recent items will show on the screen.

Use the up and down arrows to scroll up and down in the list.

• Select an item by clicking on it.

The location will be shown on the map.

• Press the arrows next to the location’s name to switch between results.

• Press i to open a screen with details about the location.

By pressing the menu icon you access to a set of actions:

• Press Navigate

to navigate to the location (see “Navigating” on page 19).

• Press Via

to use the location for routing (see “Planning a route” on page 22).

• Press Save

to save the location as a bookmark (see “Favourites” on page 16).

• Press On Map

to show the location on the main map.

Navigating

The powerful navigation capabilities of smart2go™ guide you along the shortest or

quickest route from A to B – with voice commands and in 3D.

This section describes the navigation feature.

See “Choosing a location on the map” on page 4 for information about choosing

elements on the map. See “Choosing and ﬁnding locations” on page 10 for information

about ﬁnding and choosing addresses, POIs, and locations inside a guide.

• Choose a location on the map or through Find Destination, and press

Navigate in the respective menu.

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