Audiovox NVX226 manual

User Manual Touch & Go Navigator 2006 | SD™ GPS navigation software for Audiovox NVX226 English 2006 (v1.10)[...]

II Copyright note Audiovox Electronics Corp. 150 Marcus Blvd., Hauppauge, NY 11788 Call center: 800 290 6650 The product and the information contai ned herein may be changed at any time without prior notification. This manual or any parts of it may not be reproduced, transmitted in any form either electronically or mechanically (including photocopy[...]

III Thank you for choosing Touch & Go Navigator as your door-to-door in-car navigator. The memory card version is very easy to use. Read the Quick Start Guide first and start using Touch & Go Navigator right away. This document is the detailed description of the software. Although Touch & Go Navigator can easily be discovered by experie[...]

IV Table of contents 1 Warnings and safety information ................................................... 8 2 General information ....................................................................... 10 3 Operating Touch & Go Navigator (Controls) ............................... 12 3.1 Hardware buttons ........................................[...]

V 4.4.8 Marked map poi nts (P in) ..................................................................... 27 4.4.9 Visible POIs (Point s of Inte rest) .......................................................... 28 4.4.10 Elements of the Active Route .............................................................. 29 4.4.10.1 The start point, via poi nts[...]

VI 4.7.3.3 Itinerary ........................................................................................ 52 4.7.3.4 Fly Over ....................................................................................... 53 4.7.3.5 Edit ............................................................................................... 53 4.7.3.6 Info ....[...]

VII 5.6 Advanced settings ................................................................................... 66 5.6.1 Display options .................................................................................... 67 5.6.1.1 2D in Map mode (and nor th-up ori entation) ................................. 67 5.6.1.2 3D in Cockpit mode (and track-[...]

8 1 W arnings and safety information Touch & Go Navigator is a navigation system that helps you find your way to your selected destination. It will dete rmine your exact location with the help of an attached GPS device. The position information obt ained from the GPS receiver will not be transmitted anywhere, so other s will not be able to trac[...]

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10 2 General information Touch & Go Navigator is a navigation system optimised for in-car use. It provides door-to-door navigation for bot h single and multi-point rout es using adaptable route parameters. Touch & Go Navigator is capable of planning routes throughout the whole map region installed on the memory card. Unlike some other produ[...]

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12 3 Operating T ouch & Go Navigator (Controls) Touch & Go Navigator is designed for easy operation. All contro ls are operable by fingertips. Wherever possible, pushbuttons and lists are provided to make accessing functions or changing settings as easy as possible. 3.1 Hardware buttons Hardware buttons are mostly used on map scr eens to zo[...]

13 3.1.1 Tilt up and down This function modifies the vertical view angle of the map in 3D mode. Touch & Go Navigator offers a wide range of view angl es starting from a top down view (a seamlessly integrated 2D view) down to a flat view that lets you see far ahead. The automatic Smart Zoom function will do the necessary tilting for you when nav[...]

14 Tip: Use this button any time during your journey if you need t he distance and type of the next route event. Note: In order to receive voice in structions, sound should not be muted ( 4.5.11), voice guidance must be enabled ( 5.3.2), and a route must be active. Note: If you have disabled Smart Zoom by using the functions above or m oved the map[...]

15 3.2.2 List selectors When the values in the list need to be nam ed, only the current value is shown (sometimes together with a s hort description) in a horizontal stripe with arrows at both ends. The arrows are buttons. Tap to move left in the list or tap to move right. You need not confirm your selection. As soon as you leave the screen, the se[...]

16 3.2.5 Special switches Some switches behave differently. Instead of being dark when not selected, the light turns red and the lamp becomes crossed out ( ) to emphasize the prohibition of use. Furthermore the switches used for the road types (to be included or avoided when planning a route) in t he Route Parameters screen ( 5.4.4) cannot be chang[...]

17 3.2.7.1 ABC-type keyboards These keyboards contain only letters (Latin, Hebraic, Greek or Cyrillic). If you wish to enter numbers, you need to tap the Keys ( ) button to switch to the numeric keyboard. Use Backspace ( ) to delete the last letter y ou have entered if you have made a mistake, tap Space ( ) to enter more words, and hit Done ( ) to [...]

18 3.2.7.3 The numeric keyboard The numeric keyboard only contains num bers, on huge buttons. The special keys you find on the other keyboards (except Space) are available here as well. Although QWERTY-type keyboards also contain number keys, when entering a house number, the program offers the more convenient numeric keypad.[...]

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20 4 Discovering the program through the screens The best way to discover Touch & Go Navigat or is to explore eac h screen in detail, and to find out how to move from one to another. Read this chapter for a guided tour. Touch & Go Navigator starts by displaying the Main menu. This is the root of the screen hierarchy, but you only need to re[...]

21 ** Same as removing the SD card 4.2 About screen Tap About on the Main menu screen to open this screen. The About screen is not used in no rmal navigation. It is there to inform you about the map licenses you have, the creators of Touch & Go Navigator and the legal aspects of using the program. 4.3 GPS Data screen Tap the small satellite dis[...]

22 Additional pieces of information on th is screen are: current position in latitude/longitude format, elevation, speed, date, time and calculated accuracy. Note: Accuracy can be affected by several fa ctors the GPS cannot take into account. Use this accuracy information only as estimation. There are two icons on the left to show the status of the[...]

23 • - green means 3D reception. The GPS receiver has enough satellites to calculate altitude. Position is generally co rrect (yet it can still be inaccurate due to different environmental factors). Touch & Go Navigator is ready for navigation. 4.3.4 Time synchronization In the top right corner of the screen y ou have another button that lead[...]

24 Navigator provides much more than r egular paper maps can. The look and the contents can be changed. 4.4.1 2D and 3D map views Besides the classical top down view of the map (called 2D mode), you have the possibility to tilt the map to have a perspec tive view (3D mode) that gives a view similar to that seen through the windscr een with the poss[...]

25 junction. If the next turn is at a distance, it will zoom out and lower the view angle to flat in order to let you see the road in front of you. 4.4.3 Daylight and night colour schemes The different colour schemes let you adjus t Touch & Go Navigator to the brightness of the environment. Use the day light and night colour schemes accordingly[...]

26 4.4.4 Streets and roads The similarity of Touch & Go Navigator to paper roadmaps is also convenient when it comes to streets, the most important el ements of the map concerning navigation. Touch & Go Navigator uses similar colour codes to those you are accustomed to, and the width of the streets also refers to t heir importance, so it wi[...]

27 The arrow is sized and vertically rotated wit h the zoom and tilt levels to always look realistic. Touch & Go Navigator has a built-in Lo ck-on-Road feature t hat always puts the position arrow on the road, on t he axis of the street in ca se of one-way streets, or on the side of the road where y ou drive (e.g. on the right in Germany and on[...]

28 The colour of the pin is automatically se lected by Touch & Go Navigator. Different colours help you identify a pin in the History list ( 6.3.2) later. There they are shown together with their addre ss and GPS coordinates. Tip: A quick way to tell the coordinates of a location you found on the map is to pin it, and then look for the coordina[...]

29 4.4.10 Elements of the Active Route Touch & Go Navigator uses a multi-desti nation routing system in which you have a start point (your current locati on if GPS position is availabl e), a destination, the line of the active leg of the route, and optionally via points and i nactive legs. They are all shown on the map. 4.4.10.1 The start point[...]

30 4.5 Screens with map Having explained the contents of the map, the description of the other parts of the map screens follows. There are two map screens: the Map screen and the Cockpit screen. The way they show t he map is the same but their look and controls are optimised for different purposes. The Map screen is to be used ma inly without a GPS[...]

31 1 (Cockpit only) Turn preview* Opens Route menu* 2 n/a Zooms in (optional) 3 n/a Zooms out (optional) 4 n/a Tilts down (optional) 5 n/a Tilts up (optional) 6 Indicates that Lock to GPS position and heading is inactive Re-enables Lock-to-Position / Smart Zoom 7 Selected map point (Cursor) Opens Popup Info and Cursor menu 8 (Map only) Map scale Zo[...]

32 As already described in 3.1.2, zoom will change the scale of the map. Zoom out shows a larger part of the m ap, while Zoom in shows a smaller part of the map in more detail. The automatic Smart Zoom function will do the necessary zooming for you when navigating (zooms out if the next turn is at a distance to let you see far ahead and zooms in wh[...]

33 Normally Touch & Go Navigator positions the map to keep the GPS position visible somewhere on the map (when North-up orient ation is selected), or always at the bottom centre of the map (when Tr ack-up orientation is selected). If you manually move the map, it will freeze t he map in the new posit ion. To return to the GPS position, use this[...]

34 4.5.7 Menu (No. 9) This button opens the Menu wit h the Find engine, the Qui ck menu, the Route menu and the exit button that takes you to the Main menu scr een. The Menu will be described in detail later in 4.7. 4.5.8 Map orientation and Overview (No. 10) You can view the map screens in three diffe rent presentation mode s. This switch will cyc[...]

35 4.5.9 GPS position quality (No. 11) Similarly to the icon f ound on the GPS Data screen ( 4.3.3), the map screens also inform you about the GPS signal. They can show the same four values: • The black satellite dish with the red exclamation mark shows there is no connection with the GPS receiver. G PS navigation is not possible. • Red shows t[...]

36 Tap again to re-enable sounds. Note: Sound can be muted in Sound settings ( 5.3), too. There you have a Master switch that works together with the switch described above. There is also a Master slider on that screen. That you can use to fully turn down the volume of the device. Setting the volume low is different from m uting, therefore it will [...]

37 Tip: If you want to see the map around the Cursor, close the Cursor menu and reopen it. When this menu is opened manually, the m ap is always moved to have the cursor in the centre. The content of the Cursor menu depends on the screen (Map or Cockpit) and it is slightly different if there is an active route already planned. Y ou have the followi[...]

38 • Add POI : opens the new POI capture window to let you add the selected map point to the list of your user points. This menu point is onl y available on the Map screen and if there are no POIs near the cursor (i.e. only the address is shown in the Popup Info window). • POI : opens the list of POIs near the sele cted point. These are the POI[...]

39 4.5.16 Distance to next turn (No. 18) This field shows the distance to go befor e reaching the next ro ute event (turn, roundabout, exit, etc.) This field is only displayed when navigating a route. 4.5.17 Next street / Next settlement (No. 19) This field shows the road or street that comes next in the route itinerary. If you are not yet in the s[...]

40 4.6.1 Route data displayed (fo r destination and via points) In the top section of the screen you see information about the current route. These fields are continuously updated while you keep this screen open. When you open the screen, all fields cont ain information on reaching your final destination. Tap any of the fields to see dat a on the v[...]

41 4.6.1.4 Time Left This is an estimated value that can also be displayed in one of the Route data fields on the Cockpit screen as ‘Time to destinati on’. It shows the time needed to reach the final destination of the route based on in formation available for the remaining segments of the route. The ca lculation cannot take into account traffi[...]

42 • - This icon shows that toll r oads are included in the recommended route. • - This icon shows that you need to board a ferry along the recommended route. • - This icon shows that you need to pay for the ferry. • - This icon is displayed when Touch & Go Navigator could not plan a route with all your road type preferences respected. [...]

43 4.6.4 Parameters This button opens the Route parameter settings screen ( 5.4) otherwise opened from the Route menu ( 4.7.3). 4.7 Menu The Menu button can be found in the top right corner of the portrait and square map screens and in the bottom left corner of the landscape map screens. Tapping this button brings up a menu that allows you to acces[...]

44 Note: When you reach 2D view by tilting t he map, Smart Zoom will tilt the m ap as you press the Lock button or it disappears after the timeout (set in Advanced settings) expires. Use the 3D Map toggle to permanently switch to 2D view. 4.7.2.2 Zoom & Tilt When the green light is on, addi tional transparent buttons ( 4.5.2 and 4.5.3) appear o[...]

45 If you highlight any of the POI groups by tapping them, the button in the bottom left corner will become Show if the POI group is hidden, or Hide if the group is shown or partly shown. Tip: To make a partly shown group fully s hown, tap this button twice. First you will hide the whole group, and then you will have it displayed with all its subgr[...]

46 • Show/Hide : similarly to built-in POIs, you have the possibility to show or hide all POIs of the selected category on t he map. Groups with a blue icon are displayed; groups with a grey icon are hidden. • New : you can create a new My POI group by tapping this button. You need to select an icon, a name, and the maximum zoom level at which [...]

47 • Delete : you can delete any of your previously saved POIs. Touch & Go Navigator will ask you to confirm this action. • Edit : you can edit the attributes (name, icon and group) of a previously created POI. • OK : if you tap this button, the map screen returns with the selected POI in the middle. 4.7.2.5 Popup Info When this feature i[...]

48 Each track log has a colour, shown to the le ft of its name when the track log is visible on the map. If the track is not visible, an underscore character is shown here. Tapping the line of the highlighted track log will toggle between showing and hiding that log. The track log will be drawn on the map using the colour next to its name. When a t[...]

49 • Replay : push this button to see a simulation of the saved track log on the map. A green icon ( 4.5.12) will appear on the map screens to let you know it is not a fly over but a simulation based on a real saved log. • Delete : you can delete a track log if it is not needed any more. Touch & Go Navigator will ask you to confirm this act[...]

50 4.7.3 Route tab This menu contains options to manage different settings in the program. 4.7.3.1 Recalculate This menu point is only available if an active route exists and GPS position is present. It brings up a menu with four options. Using one of these functi ons you can modify the current route. Recalculate This function repeats the route cal[...]

51 no via points left (only the desti nation), the name of this butt on turns to Delete Route, and it cancels the navigation. Bypass When you run into a traffic jam or roadblo ck, you may want to have Touch & Go Navigator calculate a route t hat departs the original route as soon as it can. You will need to select the minimum distance along the[...]

52 4.7.3.3 Itinerary This function opens the itinerar y (route event list) of the active route. The Itinerary has three different display modes and two functions. Display modes Display modes are different only in the num ber of events display ed in the list. List items are always shown with all informati on available including pictograms of the nee[...]

53 • Road : when you exclude a road, Touch & Go Navigator will calculate a route that does not use that road. It is useful when you anticipate a traffic jam in a street used in your r oute, or a roadblock is announced on the radio, and you find that road in your Itinerary. • Distances : you can also find some distance buttons in this list. [...]

54 Use the arrows on the right to browse thr ough the list and tap any li ne to highlight it. You can perform the following operations: • Add : you can add a new route point (or a new final destination if the highlighted item is the last one in the list) after the selected point. The Find menu opens automatically to let you s earch for an address[...]

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56 5 Settings Touch & Go Navigator provides several se ttings in order to let you customise the functions of the program. The Settings screen can be accessed directly from the Main menu screen ( 4.1) and from the map screens by using the battery icon ( 4.5.10), while some of its sub-screens are accessi ble from other parts of the program. 5.1 G[...]

57 5.1.2 Set Favourite Destinations You can select two of your most frequent destinations to be your favourites ( 6.3.5). You can start navigating to either of them by only two taps on the screen. The original names of these points are Home and Work. You can rename them and specify their loca tions. To determine the location you can use the same Fi[...]

58 You can set two different kinds of behaviour for the warning: one is applied up to a certain speed limit and the other one is used above that. 5.1.4.1 Speeding tolerance Touch & Go Navigator will warn you when you exceed the speed lim it by the amount specified here. Select whether you want to specify the tolerance as a Fixed value (offset t[...]

59 5.1.5 Off-route Recalculation Once a route is planned, this setting will tell Touch & Go Navigator what to do when you deviate from that route. 5.1.5.1 Automatic The route will be recalculated automatically a few seconds after you go astray. 5.1.5.2 Ask First Touch & Go Navigator can also ask your preference each time you leave the plann[...]

60 5.2 Map settings You can set a few parameters determining the appearance of the maps in Touch & Go Navigator. 5.2.1 Daylight / Night colour profile Touch & Go Navigator comes with different colour schemes for both daylight and night use. There is always one selected daytime scheme and one selected night-time scheme. Touch & Go Naviga[...]

61 disabled, street names and icons become vi sible again. Press Enter or tap Lock to re-enable Lock-to-Position and have the labels and icons disappear again. 5.2.5 Textured Polygons Enable textured polygons, and have rivers, la kes, forests and other large objects displayed in a more realistic and attracti ve way on the map. Disabling it will lea[...]

62 leftmost position the key sounds are suppress ed, in its rightmost position they are played at the master volume level. Note: The sound effects of Touch & Go Navi gator are context sensitive. They will be different if, for example you open or cl ose a window, or you enable or disable a setting. They will even let you know if y ou have entere[...]

63 5.4.1 Method Use the handle to set the speed of the route calculation. In the leftmost position the route may not be optimal but t he calculation will be very fast. Sliding it to the right will result in more accurate routing in an increased amount of time. Note: Since Touch & Go Navigator calculates routes very quickly, the position of this[...]

64 motorways for pedestrians), or some of the restrictions may not be taken into account (e.g. emergency vehicles have no restrictions). Available values: • Car • Taxi • Bus • Lorry • Emergency • Bicycle • Pedestrian 5.4.4 Road types to include/exclude To let the route fit your needs you can also set which road types are to be conside[...]

65 Note: If you are not totally against u-turns, leave them on here, and add a certain penalty (equivalent extra distance to trav el) in Advanced settings Route options ( 5.6.4.2). Note: Via points are handled as stopovers with regards to u-turns. It means disabling u-turns on this page will avoid u-turns during the entire route if possible, but wh[...]

66 5.5.2 Voice language This button shows the current language of the voice guidance. By tapping the button you can select from a list of available languages and speakers. Tap any of these to hear a sample voice prompt. Just tap OK when you have selected the new spoken language. 5.5.3 Units You can set the distance units to be used by the program. [...]

67 5.6.1 Display options These settings determine how Touch & Go Navigator displays different content elements or how it presents the screens. 5.6.1.1 2D in Map mode (and north-up orientation) The normal use of the Map m ode is to browse the map and look for different places on it. It is usually done in a top down view having north towards the [...]

68 5.6.1.4 Coordinate display format Positions are sometimes displayed with their addresses, and sometimes with their coordinates. This setting lets you choose between displaying coordinates in degrees (dd.dddddd); degrees and minutes (dd mm.mmm); or degrees, minutes and seconds (dd mm ss.s). Note: the coordinate display mode is independent from th[...]

69 5.6.2.2 Brightness With this switch you can instruct Touch & Go Navigator to use the original settings of the PND device (previously set in the operati ng system at Start/Setti ngs/Backlight), or you can set the backlight level separatel y for both daylight and night modes, thus enhancing the effect of the night colour scheme. 5.6.3 Smart Zo[...]

70 You can also move the map in Over view mode. Then the Lock button will appear, and when pushed, it will move the map to have your current position in the middle again. On the other hand you are not allowed to rotate the map in Overview mode. This mode is a strictly north-up orientated mode. Note: when this automatic feature is di sabled, you can[...]

71 Note: Smart Zoom can only be re-enabled when it is activated at the top of this page. With Smart Zoom turned off, neither does the Lock button appear, nor will the view return to its previous state if you zoom or tilt the map. Delay before restoring You can set the timeout for both Restore Lock-to-Position and Restore Smart Zoom here. Shorter de[...]

72 This is a range of relative values from 0 to 10, telling Touch & Go Navigator how far the GPS position should be from the recommended r oute before the program decides to recalculate. Lower values ma ke Touch & Go Navigator insensitive to position errors; higher values will result in quicker reactions. Recalculation delay This is a setti[...]

73 5.6.5.1 Backup Data Since the data stored in primary memo ry may not be safe, and will not be moved when the Touch & Go Navigator card is put into another PND, you can make a safe copy of the whole user database on the SD card. Tap this button to copy all user data to the SD card. The backup is always created with the same file name; so back[...]

74 5.6.5.5 Reset Advanced Settings There are a multitude of Ad vanced settings in Touch & Go Navigator. Some changes may cause Touch & Go Navigator to behav e in an unsatisfying manner. Tap this button to restore the default settings.[...]

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76 6 Find One of the most frequently used functions of Touch & Go Navigator is selecting the destination. Once you have the destination, you can start navigating. Getting to this point should be as fast as possible. T ouch & Go Navigator provides you with a versatile search engine designed to find your chosen destination after only a few ta[...]

77 Tip: If you want the selected point shown in the centre of the map, close and reopen the menu or wait until it closes and open it again. By opening the Cursor menu manually, the map will be m oved to have the selected location in the centre. 6.3 Using the Find menu The Find menu is accessible by the Find & GO button at the Main menu ( 4.1) o[...]

78 6.3.1.1 Selecting the city, st ate and country to search in The first screen of the address-search module is the list of recently used cities (and states in Australia). The first line of the lis t is always the city you are in or near to. Should the settlement you are looking fo r appear on the list, just tap it and you will immediately jump to [...]

79 combination of those. You can search for multiple partial words by inserting space characters in the pattern. For example Ke y West in Florida will be found if you enter ‘Ke W’ or even ‘We K’ (any word order will do). You do not need to enter acc ents when searching for a destination. Type only the base letters (the letter most similar t[...]

80 Once you have selected the city, you can continue by entering the street name. Changing the state (Australia, USA, etc.) Some of the maps contain state information. If the settlement you are looking for is in a different state, tap Other City then Change State from the list of recently used cities, then select the appropr iate state. Should you [...]

81 Selecting the centre of the settlement If you wish to navigate to the settlement displa yed in the top centre of the screen, just tap Done before entering any lette rs. The search result will be the centre point of the city (where its name is displayed on the map). Note: This point is not the geometrical cent re but an arbitrarily selected point[...]

82 Enter the number, tap Done, and Touch & Go Navigator will show you the selected location on the map (or will start navigating immediately if you have selected Find & GO at the Main menu). Note: House numbers may not be available on t he map of your region. Ask your local dealer for details. Tip: If you do not know the house number, ju st[...]

83 Just pick any of the recent locations as your destination. Here you have no possibility to reorder the list or filter it by name, but the Next and Previous buttons let you browse through the complete list to find your preferred point. Tip: If you will need a location later but you do not want to save it as a POI, just mark it with a pin, and rem[...]

84 Once you have entered both numbers, press Done to make the selection. Tip: The quickest way to tell the coordinates of a point is to select it by tapping on the map or by using Find, and then come to this page and read the coordinates. Tip: If you need to reformat coordinates to the format selected in Touch & Go Navigator at 5.6.1.4, enter t[...]

85 • GPS Position : the search will be carried out around the current location given by the GPS if it is available. If no G PS position is available, the last known GPS position (grey arrow on the map) will be used. • Cursor : the search will be carried out ar ound the previously selected map point. • Destination : the search will be carried [...]

86 Tapping OK will return to the map with the selected POI in the centre (or starts navigating to it if Find & GO was selected) . Tapping the arrow in the top left corner returns to the search results. Tip: If you want to find the nearest POIs, or if you are close to one of them but do not know exactly where it is or what its name is, tap the A[...]