V7 NAV740, User Manual

Page 1: ...User Manual V7 Navigation Navigation software for V7 NAV740 US English July 2007 2 1...

Page 2: ...2007 Telstra Corporation Limited and its licensors Data Source 2007 Tele Atlas N V Austria BEV GZ 1368 2003 Denmark DAV France IGN France Great Britain Ordnance Survey data with permission of Her Maje...

Page 3: ...irst and start using V7 Navigation right away This document is the detailed description of the software Although many of the V7 Navigation functions can easily be discovered through usage it is still...

Page 4: ...s 16 4 1 4 Streets and roads 17 4 1 5 Other objects 18 4 1 6 Current position and Lock on Road 18 4 1 7 Selected map point also known as the Cursor 19 4 1 8 Visible POIs Points of Interest 20 4 1 9 Ro...

Page 5: ...on 36 4 5 Menu 36 4 5 1 Find Go tab 36 4 5 2 Route tab 37 4 5 2 1 Recalculate 37 4 5 2 2 Detour 37 4 5 2 3 Cancel Route 38 4 5 2 4 Travel Planner 38 4 5 3 Real Time Traffic 39 4 5 3 1 Itinerary 39 4 5...

Page 6: ...om settings 54 5 4 1 Restore Lock to Position and Smart Zoom 55 5 4 2 Enable Overview mode 55 5 5 Real Time Traffic 56 5 5 1 Selected FM radio station 56 5 5 2 Subscribe TMC 56 5 5 3 Exclude selected...

Page 7: ...ch in 68 6 2 1 2 Selecting a street or the center of the settlement 71 6 2 1 3 Selecting a house number or the midpoint of the street 72 6 2 1 4 How to select an intersection instead of a house number...

Page 8: ...has a built in optional Safety Mode that will prevent you from using the screen functions if your car is in motion Unless a passenger will be the only one to operate V7 Navigation we strongly encoura...

Page 9: ...ith your fingertips You can access all functions of the program by using hardware and screen buttons With the help of these buttons you can travel through all the screens of the program Most of the sc...

Page 10: ...turn the power of the V7 NAV740 on or off any time If the device power is turned off while V7 Navigation is running when you turn the device back on V7 Navigation will continue the navigation as soon...

Page 11: ...sometimes together with a short 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 selectio...

Page 12: ...c keypad or a set of QWERTY type keyboards that contain both letters and numbers V7 Navigation will remember your last choice and offer it the next time you need to enter data The alphabetic keyboards...

Page 13: ...you may consider trying one of the QWERTY type keypads 3 2 5 2 QWERTY type keyboards QWERTY type keyboards have both letters and numbers on them Their layout is the same as of the standard QWERTY and...

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Page 15: ...the controls and special functions of the map screen see Page 24 The current version of V7 Navigation is primarily intended for land navigation That is why maps in V7 Navigation look similar to paper...

Page 16: ...w that can be started by tapping the button on the right depicting an airplane Page 29 Note V7 Navigation has a special Smart Zoom function for navigation that automatically rotates scales and tilts t...

Page 17: ...r the sun in the sky in the map background using a flat 3D view It is displayed at its actual position to give you another way to orientate and also to provide some eye candy 4 1 4 Streets and roads T...

Page 18: ...he primary name You can choose whether to display these alternative names or not You can set this in Map Options Page 52 4 1 5 Other objects To help orientate you the map also contains objects that ha...

Page 19: ...route event is reached or after 40 seconds the arrow stops and remains gray until GPS reception returns This way short tunnels can be crossed without losing the position 4 1 7 Selected map point also...

Page 20: ...the symbol and semi transparent so as not to cover the streets and junctions behind them When the map is zoomed out the icons are not shown As you zoom in small dots appear at the locations of visibl...

Page 21: ...peed cameras and red light cameras are special POI types in V7 Navigation They are described in detail here Page 44 4 1 10 Elements of the Active Route V7 Navigation uses a multi destination routing s...

Page 22: ...kground of a 3D map view The line of the route is displayed on the driving side of the road for two way and on the axis in case of one way streets When the map is zoomed in and the line is wide enough...

Page 23: ...visible part of the sky above you with your position as the center The satellites are shown at their current positions The GPS receives data from both the green and yellow satellites Signals from the...

Page 24: ...ith the GPS device white dish without arcs means the GPS is connected but no GPS position is available one arc means 2D reception A GPS position has been acquired V7 Navigation is ready for navigation...

Page 25: ...muted Enables disables muting 11 Track Log recording or playback None 12 Route Options button Opens Cursor menu 13 Cockpit only Travel and Route data Shows Current street for a few seconds 14 Cockpit...

Page 26: ...ntinue straight Turn back dual carriage roads Enter motorway Leave motorway Keep right change lane Reach viapoint Arrive at destination Keep right choose the road on the right Board ferry Leave ferry...

Page 27: ...change the scale of the map Zoom out shows a larger part of the map while Zoom in shows a smaller part of the map in more detail The automatic Smart Zoom function will do the necessary zooming for yo...

Page 28: ...atic tilting respectively To reactivate Smart Zoom tap this button You can set V7 Navigation to tap this button for you automatically after a few seconds Page 55 4 3 4 Cursor No 5 As described earlier...

Page 29: ...ntering Overview mode later the default zoom level will be restored The arrow representing your position will be fixed in the middle of the screen When you move the map in Overview mode the View Hold...

Page 30: ...tatus No 9 The status of the battery is also shown by V7 Navigation You can estimate the available power reserve from the length of the bar inside Some examples The thunderbolt in the battery shows th...

Page 31: ...cles around it or the current GPS position when it is available and Lock to Position is enabled When you tap the screen to place the Cursor the Cursor menu pops up automatically to give you the list o...

Page 32: ...direction of the route This menu point works only if a route is already active Remove Via removes the via point near or at the Cursor The route will be recalculated immediately excluding the deleted p...

Page 33: ...p Some roads have an alternative name or number This is normally shown together with the primary name in this field You can hide these alternative names in Map settings Page 52 4 3 13 Next street Next...

Page 34: ...account traffic jams and other possible delays 4 4 1 3 Estimated Arrival This is an estimated value that is also displayed in one of the Route data fields on the map screen as ETA to destination It sh...

Page 35: ...motorways in the recommended route This icon shows that toll roads are included in the recommended route This icon shows that you need to board a ferry along the recommended route This icon shows that...

Page 36: ...re has no navigation function it merely provides a quick view of the route It will present a simulation of the route showing what you will see later when navigating The simulation is run at normal spe...

Page 37: ...the window appears automatically provided that the manual route recalculation is set Page 51 4 5 2 2 Detour When you run into a traffic jam or roadblock you may want to have V7 Navigation calculate a...

Page 38: ...gation or the point where V7 Navigation most recently recalculated the route This means the list is permanently updated and via points drop out during the journey The last item in the list is your fin...

Page 39: ...able including pictograms of the needed action and distance of the event from the previous list item The Itinerary is live and constantly updated when navigating a route The list item coming next in n...

Page 40: ...the same street Road when you exclude a road V7 Navigation 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 route or a roadbl...

Page 41: ...types Short Choosing Short will result in a route that has the smallest total distance of all possible routes between the given points This is usually preferred by pedestrians cyclists or slow vehicl...

Page 42: ...to be considered for or to be excluded from the route if possible Note Excluding a route is a preference It does not necessarily mean total prohibition If your destination can only be accessed using...

Page 43: ...om your routes by default Use this switch if your vehicle is authorized to enter Toll Roads Toll roads are included in your routes by default If you wish to travel more to avoid paying a toll disablin...

Page 44: ...need to set anything in the program The receiver will automatically search the FM radio stations for TMC data and the decoded information will immediately be used in route planning The moment V7 Navi...

Page 45: ...ameras you can specify the controlled traffic direction and the speed limit V7 Navigation will warn you when you approach these cameras in the measured direction If your speed exceeds the speed limit...

Page 46: ...as you pass by the warning stays on and your average speed is measured until you reach another camera of this type If your average speed exceeds the speed limit between the two cameras you will receiv...

Page 47: ...or menu Page 31 the speed limit of the road if available is used by default but you can change this value with the given control 4 7 4 Add a new camera or edit an existing one You can add new cameras...

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Page 49: ...ese are the basic settings of V7 Navigation 5 1 1 Safety Mode Safety mode will disable the touch screen above 10 km h 6 mph to keep your attention on the road You are still able to use the hardware bu...

Page 50: ...dress a latitude longitude position or both Note If you tap either of your favorite destinations in the Find menu Page 77 before defining it V7 Navigation will offer to take you to this screen to set...

Page 51: ...ing a camera or a complex sound with repeated beeps as you approach the camera In case of section control cameras you will also hear these beeps while you are between the two cameras these cameras wor...

Page 52: ...and the POI icons on the map when driving Based on the current zoom and tilt levels street names are displayed either aligned with the street or on signposts stuck into the streets Page 17 If you swit...

Page 53: ...ftmost position the voice guidance is suppressed in its rightmost position the master volume applies 5 3 3 Key sound volume switch The switch on the left can turn the key sounds on or off Key sounds a...

Page 54: ...eens overrides the settings on this screen When V7 Navigation is muted all sounds disappear These settings will not be changed only the output will be muted temporarily 5 4 Smart Zoom settings Smart z...

Page 55: ...you have moved the map accidentally or if you have moved it to quickly check something near your route After a few seconds the View Hold button disappears and the map jumps back to show your current...

Page 56: ...MC data in your area the receiver keeps on searching You will see the frequency continuously sweeping across the FM CCIR radio band 87 5 108 MHz When you move to an area with TMC information the indic...

Page 57: ...efault which means that TMC messages are used in route planning Tap this button to have V7 Navigation ignore real time traffic information when planning routes Tip If you make a route planning for a f...

Page 58: ...name to something more meaningful if you wish Each track log has a color shown to the left of its name when the track log is visible on the map If the track is not visible nothing is shown here Tappin...

Page 59: ...a real saved log Delete you can delete a track log if it is not needed any more V7 Navigation will ask you to confirm this action Options this button leads to a settings screen where you can set up th...

Page 60: ...crowded to see how POI items are shown on the map see Page 20 In order to avoid that you can decide which POI groups to show and which ones to hide on the map V7 Navigation has a multi level POI categ...

Page 61: ...he location selected in Find but will not change the zoom level If you turn this switch on V7 Navigation will also zoom in to the selected point The zoom level in this case depends on the type of obje...

Page 62: ...inst moving images or maps in the vehicle while driving The Dashboard View is a great way to comply with those laws and receive the benefits of GPS navigation 5 8 3 Coordinate display format Positions...

Page 63: ...ave when the screen has not been touched for a while Backlight always on You can choose to have the lights always on Smart powersave You can also initiate this special feature of V7 Navigation When ru...

Page 64: ...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 Your V7 NAV740 device is enabled with T...

Page 65: ...fied Settings History lists since V7 Navigation was installed is stored in a user database located in the internal memory of the V7 NAV740 Here you have options to save restore or reset the database o...

Page 66: ...state of V7 Navigation to the latest backup By tapping this button you will lose all of the changes made since the time of the latest backup V7 Navigation will warn you about this before overwriting t...

Page 67: ...the map tap it and the Cursor menu Route Options with the possible actions will then open automatically Note When appearing automatically the Cursor menu remains open for a few seconds only If you dec...

Page 68: ...are the exits You can complete your search by selecting the center of a settlement the midpoint of a street an intersection of two roads or an exact address You enter the module at Level 3 From this p...

Page 69: ...nnot find on the list tap Other City in the top right corner This will take you to the city name or postcode input screen where you can select the desired city by entering a few letters of its name or...

Page 70: ...and select your desired settlement from the list Turn the pages with the arrow buttons in the bottom right corner Tip In case you are looking for a city name that has more than one word you can reduc...

Page 71: ...y tap the Change Country button on the state selection screen Australia USA etc or at the list of recent cities all other countries and select the country from the list 6 2 1 2 Selecting a street or t...

Page 72: ...r Pi A will result in Pine Avenue skipping all Pine Streets and Pine Roads Tip Should the name of the street be a prefix for several other street names just enter the whole name press Done and the exa...

Page 73: ...ss from abroad In this example your current position is not in France and you are looking for an address in Paris France the address 17 rue d Uz s The following steps shall be taken after entering the...

Page 74: ...order the list or filter it by name but the arrow buttons let you browse through the complete list to find your preferred point 6 2 3 Find a Point of Interest POI You can select your destination from...

Page 75: ...e is no reliable GPS position Once you have set the reference point you have the following options on the Find POI screen Find in POI subgroups tap one of the POI groups to see the list of its subgrou...

Page 76: ...this page the coordinates of the current GPS position or the selected map point the Cursor if Lock to Position is inactive are shown at the top of the display The coordinates are always shown in the f...

Page 77: ...ted in V7 Navigation Page 62 enter the coordinates in the format you have press Done to show it in the map then come back here to see the same location in the chosen coordinate display format 6 2 5 Se...

Page 78: ...cannot see the route green or red line and no voice instructions are announced It is likely that you have no active route Check the upper left corner of the map screen Page 25 if you can see the indi...

Page 79: ...ap screens is just a quick silencer that cancels the sound output Voice guidance and key sounds need to be enabled and volume must be set at the Sound Settings screen Page 53 I enabled the speed warni...

Page 80: ...an receive a signal from and their position in the sky This information is shown in V7 Navigation on the GPS Data screen Page 23 Use it as a general reference only Note that several other factors affe...

Page 81: ...formation screen Page 34 GPS Abbreviation of Global Positioning System This system is operated by the DoD the Department of Defense of the Unites States Government It consists of 24 satellites orbitin...

Page 82: ...ou stop recording it This set of sequential GPS positions is called track log Each set of consecutive positions has a name originally it is the time of recording but you can change it to any name you...

Page 83: ...omputer or other hardware installation of such hardware into a vehicle pressing of the Accept button displayed by the software during installation or use hereinafter referred to as actions of use shal...

Page 84: ...e copyrights of the map database forming part of the software product is are natural person s or corporate entity es as listed in the appendix to present Agreement or in the About Map menu item of the...

Page 85: ...it in other products not even with the aim of achieving a co operation with other products 8 Non warranty limitation of responsibility 8 1 Licensor hereby informs the User that although the greatest c...

Page 86: ...h breach by court 9 1 2 claim ceasing the breach and ordering the person under breach from continuing such 9 1 3 claim that the person under breach give proper compensation even by way of publicity to...