Pharos Science & Applications 2002 manual

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    Page i TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS ............................ 1 2 SUMMARY OF FEATURES................................................... 1 3 INSTALLATION ...................................................................... 2 3.1 Ostia Application Installation .............................................. 2 3.2 Installing [...]

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    Ostia User M anual Page 1 SECTION 1: Important Safety Instructions For the safety of yourself and others, please observe the following safety For the safety of yourself and others, please observe the following safety For the safety of yourself and others, please observe the following safety For the safety of yourself and others, please observe the [...]

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    Ostia User M anual Page 2 • Movi ng map while navigating with the iGPS receiver. • Selectable “Nort h Up” or “Heading Up” f or m ap display. • Selectable “on” or “ of f ” f or voice prom pt . • Satellite const ellat ion display. SECTION 3: Installatio n 3.1 Ostia A pplication Installation Installation of Ost ia sof tware req[...]

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    Ostia User M anual Page 3 3.2.2 Copy ing maps from th e Desktop PC to y our Pocket PC. 1. Make sure your Pocket PC is in it s sync cradle and is at t ached to your PC. 2. Double click My Computer # C: # PharosMaps folder 3. In the PharosMaps folder you should see 2 f iles with the name of t he r eg ion you just uncompr essed. Both the .r mf and . [...]

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    Ostia User M anual Page 4 SECTION 5: Using Ostia To star t t he O stia prog r am , click the St ar t # Programs # Osti a. Your P ocket PC ma y also provide additional methods of running pr og rams, such as a special m enu window. Informati on/ i nst ruct i ons provided in this secti on can al so be f ound i n your Pocket PC h elp menu after Ostia i[...]

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    Ostia User M anual Page 5 5.1 Ostia Menus The O stia m enu band consists of several parts : The m ain m enu (File, Find, View, GPS and Option), and the GPS indic ator. As shown in Figure 4. The G PS indicator has thr ee changeable fac es to indicate the diff erent operating status of the receiver. By click ing the indicator you can get mor e inform[...]

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    Ostia User M anual Page 6 that were opened. Close Map Close opened map (s), clearing screen and settings. Delete W ay point Delete waypoint item(s) from t he database. Select an item then press Delete to delete the item. Pr ess Finis h to com plete the delete process and close the window. Press Cancel to delete none of the waypoints and quit the de[...]

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    Ostia User M anual Page 7 process . 1. On the Street Lookup scr een, ty pe the first several num bers ( not address num bers such as 1234 “B” street but num bered s treet nam es such as 2 nd str eet) and/or letters of a desired street nam e. A list of closely related street names will appear in the scrollable window. Select the desired s treet [...]

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    Ostia User M anual Page 8 Press Nex t to proceed to step 3. 3. All possible street cros sings are lis ted. Make a selection and pres s Finish to pr oceed to step 4. 4. Specify if the inters ection is an Origin or Destination . If you w ant to save the location to the way point database, check the save-option box and give a way point name up to 50 l[...]

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    Ostia User M anual Page 9 2. Specify if the waypoint location is an Origin or Destination . The s elected way point location will be displayed in Green if an or igin or Red if a des tination Note: The s ave-option check box is dis abled. New Route Select this menu item to display a new route starting at the origin and ending at the des tination. Be[...]

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    Ostia User M anual Page 10 5.1.3 View View M enu It ems Description Full Map Select this menu item to view the en tire map currently open. Destination Select this menu item to display the currently defined destination . Selecting this function m ay change the m ap scale. Origin Select this menu item to display the currently defined origin. Selectin[...]

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    Ostia User M anual Page 11 5.1.4 GPS Enable GPS Check this menu item to enable t he GPS receiver. You should check it only w hen the iGPS receiver is properly connected to your Pocket PC. T he GPS icon (a r ed arrow) will be displayed on the map indic ating y our curr ent position. Uncheck Enable GPS will disable the GPS trac king function. GPS Inf[...]

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    Ostia User M anual Page 12 5.1.5 Options Auto Re-route Select this menu item to have the program automatically re-rout e you when you t ravel off of the calcu lated route. Heading Up Select this menu item to change the orientation of the map. W ith Heading Up selected, the m ap will be oriented so that in general, your position indicator is m oving[...]

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    Ostia User M anual Page 13 One Touch Re-Route: If you find yourself off -rout e (voice prompts will let you know that you are off -rout e while you are traveling) , simply push the Ac t io n But ton* on your Pocket PC t o calculat e a new route fr om your curr ent location to t he dest inat ion. *Note: T he A ction B utton may differ f rom one Pock[...]

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    Ostia User M anual Page 14 7.2 Installing GPS iGPS-180 1. Place the iGPS-180 receiver on the dashboard of t he vehicle close to the windshield. 2. Plug the cig arett e lighter adapt or into the light er sock et of your vehicle. 3. Plug the ser ial adaptor cable into the Pocket PC’s serial port sock et . PD A Ser i al Adapt or Cabl e i GPS - 18 0 [...]

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    Ostia User M anual Page 15 7.3 Using GPS The m ap sam ple (F igure 6) shows the driving route (blue path) and the iGPS rec eiver indicator ( red arrow). T he arrowhead indicates the direction of travel. 2 (two) steps ar e required to use an iGPS rec eiver with Ostia softwa re. 1. Connect the iGPS rec eiver to y our Pock et PC using the instruc tion[...]

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    Ostia User M anual Page 16 6. Handle the MM CX connector car efully ( hold the metal part not the cable) when pl ug or unplug the activ e antenna. 7. Do not leav e the unit under the sun for a long period of time. 8. iGPS-CF™ r eceiver ’s performance may be affected by: a. Tinted metallic windows b. Under hig h raised buil dings, bri dges, or i[...]

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    Ostia User M anual Page 17 Ostia Continental USA maps are made up of 260 map segments, separated into geog raphical and muni cipality boundary divi ded sections.[...]