Important Note, Please Read: Do not use this product in any way that interferes with safe and attentive operation of a vehicle. The driver must remain alert at all times to actual road conditions and obey all posted signs and traffic regulations. Always keep your hands on the steering wheel and eyes on the road when driving! While driving, either ask a passenger to operate CoPilot or pull over to the side of the road when operating CoPilot on your laptop. 1.
2. (Optional) Uninstall previous version of CoPilot To uninstall the CoPilot software: (1) Exit out of any programs that are running. (2) On your desktop, double-click on My Computer. (3) Double-click on Control Panel. (4) Double-click on Add/Remove Programs. (5) Scroll down the list of applications until you see the CoPilot application. Click on it to highlight it, then click Add/Remove.
3. Install CoPilot Installation Steps: (1) Insert the CoPilot Install Disc into your CD-ROM drive. After clicking Yes to accept the License Agreement, enter your Product Key Code when prompted (you can find it on the front cover of this Quick Start). Click Next. Keep following the instructions in the Installation Wizard, clicking Next to go from one screen to the next. (2) Install Data: You will be given the choice to install map data to your hard drive.
For Automatic Activation: If your laptop is connected to the internet, you can automatically activate CoPilot at the end of the installation process as follows: 1. At the end of the software installation, an activation screen will appear. Follow the on-screen instructions and click Next. 2. In the next screen, enter your e-mail address and click Next. You will see the message “License activated successfully” when the process is finished. Click Next to begin using CoPilot. To Activate Manually: 1.
5. In-vehicle hardware setup WARNING: Never leave your GPS receiver in a closed vehicle that exceeds 140o F. It could be damaged by the heat. Illustrated instructions for setting up a USB receiver and a Serial receiver are shown below. The GPS unit should be placed far forward on your vehicle’s dashboard to maximize the satellite reception area. The first time you use your GPS receiver, it may take up to 15 minutes to get a satellite fix.
USB Connection: If you are using a USB connection you will have one wire which attaches the GPS receiver to the laptop through its USB port. Plug the receiver into the laptop after Windows is finished booting up. USB Port Connector GPS Receiver 6. Enter a nearby city When you first launch CoPilot with the GPS receiver attached, you will be prompted to enter your nearest city to help speed up initial satellite acquisition. Type your nearest city/state or city/country (e.g.
7. Enter a destination NOTE: There is no need to enter a starting point. CoPilot uses GPS positioning to determine your location automatically. In the Guidance screen, click Destination to enter an address. Then click Address to enter a city name and state/country abbreviation or a postal code, and a street address. Enter a city name and state or country abbreviation separated by a comma and space (e.g. “princeton, nj” or “paris, fr” or “sydney, nsw”), then hit the Enter key on your keyboard .
In subsequent uses, your last destination will appear and you will be prompted to confirm or change your destination. You can choose to Go! to that destination, Add, Edit stops, or Clear all stops and start over. TIP: You must disable your screen saver before using CoPilot. In the Start menu go to Settings, Control Panel, double-click on the Display icon, select the Screen Saver tab, and select (None). 8.
Table of Contents CoPilot® Live | Laptop 7 Quick Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 What’s New in CoPilot Live | Laptop 7? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 How Reliable Is CoPilot? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Data Corrections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 About GPS Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Points of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Favorites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Itinerary Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stop Optimization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fuel Cost Calculator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Running the Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
What’s New in CoPilot® Live | Laptop 7? CoPilot Live | Laptop 7 is ALK Technologies’ latest version of our CoPilot® software that provides GPS in-vehicle navigation and route guidance from your laptop PC. New features and enhancements we think you’ll like include: -- Redesigned User Interface: The user interface has been overhauled to promote easier access to CoPilot’s main features and to make getting directions even safer than it already was.
-- Fuel Cost Calculator: Receive an estimate on your total fuel cost for every trip in Planning Mode. -- POI Notification: If you choose, CoPilot will now inform you of every POI along your route as you approach it. These alerts will be included in CoPilot’s spoken directions and will appear on your screen too. You can select which categories of POI you would like to know about, and how close you would like to be to each POI when you hear the alert.
How Reliable is CoPilot? The CoPilot map database is remarkably accurate, providing comprehensive, detailed street information. From the most populated cities to the smallest hamlets, CoPilot map data has been created to support your travels wherever they may take you. For more information about GPS accuracy, see About GPS Technology, p. 15-16.
About GPS Technology The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a tracking and navigation system developed by the U.S. Department of Defense. The system uses 24 satellites that orbit the earth, sending out radio waves that can be picked up by GPS sensors (hardware devices for receiving data). Normally, a GPS sensor relies on receiving signals from four satellites simultaneously to track its position.
obstructing satellite communications will interfere with CoPilot's ability to track your location. Like your car radio, GPS tracking can also be affected by weather conditions if severe. CoPilot will continue tracking as soon as adequate signals are available. NOTE: The GPS unit should be placed far forward on the dashboard to maximize the satellite reception area.
Installation NOTE: If you are updating from an older version of CoPilot®, you may want to uninstall the older version first (see Uninstalling, p. 20-21). This is not required, however. CoPilot Live | Laptop 7 can be installed while another version of CoPilot remains on your computer. 1. To install CoPilot, first turn on your computer (and the external CD-ROM drive if necessary). Have your Product Key Code ready (this code can be found on the front of the printed Quick Start that came with your product).
5. At the end of the installation process you will be prompted to activate the software. CoPilot must be activated in order for you to use it. Follow the instructions. For more details about activation, see the Software Activation section below. 6. Plug the GPS receiver into your laptop. See Hardware Setup, p. 21-23. NOTE: The receiver must be attached before you can use CoPilot for guidance. 7. Make sure the date and time are set correctly on your computer.
2. In the next screen, enter your e-mail address and click Next. CoPilot will be activated within seconds provided you established a connection to the internet in Step 1. You will see the message “License activated successfully” when the process is finished. Click Finish to begin using CoPilot. To Activate Manually: 1. Check Activate Manually in Step 1 above, then click Next. 2. The next screen is the Activation Code screen, where you’ll see your Product Key and License ID.
Deactivation and License Update: If you’re planning to uninstall CoPilot from one computer and install the same version on another computer, you need to deactivate the software on the first computer before installing it again. To do this, open CoPilot and choose Update License from the File menu. Then click Deactivate in the License Manager. When you re-install CoPilot on another computer, you will be asked to activate it again.
To Uninstall Data From Previous Versions of CoPilot: NOTE: Data is automatically removed as part of the CoPilot 2002 or 2003 uninstall. For earlier versions of CoPilot, this process is not required but you may want to do this if you have uninstalled the application. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Exit out of any other programs that are running. On your desktop, double-click on My Computer. Double-click on Control Panel. Double-click on Add/Remove Programs.
USB Connection If you are using a USB connection you will have one wire which attaches the GPS receiver to the laptop through its USB port. Plug the receiver into the laptop after Windows is finished booting up. Windows XP Users: When you first connect your USB receiver, you might see a Windows message indicating that the drivers have not passed Windows Logo testing (or a similar warning). Ignore this message and click Continue Anyway if it appears.
Serial Connection When connecting to a laptop through a serial port the receiver is powered through the laptop’s battery. Plug the PS/2 port connector on your GPS unit into the PS/2 port of your laptop. Do not plug the serial port connector into your laptop until after Windows has finished booting up. TIP: To see the serial ports available on your PC, open the Control Panel, select System, click on the Device Manager tab, then click on the plus sign next to Ports in the list of devices.
CoPilot Live Overview CoPilot can be used for in-vehicle navigation (Guidance Mode), trip planning (Planning Mode), and Live messaging/real-time tracking (from within Planning Mode). If you launch the CoPilot application without first attaching your GPS receiver, a screen will appear (shown below) that lets you choose either Planning or Guidance Mode. Click Planning or Guidance to continue. If your GPS receiver is attached, you will be taken directly into Guidance Mode.
Moving Between Modes To move from Guidance Mode to Planning Mode at any time, click the Planning button in the control panel on the right side of the screen. Guidance Mode (Passenger screen) To move from Planning Mode to Guidance Mode at any time, click the Guidance button on the left side of the screen. Planning Mode To access CoPilot’s Live messaging and realtime tracking, click the Live button on the left side of the screen in Planning Mode.
Guidance Mode Passenger vs. Driver Safety Screen In Guidance Mode, CoPilot provides two different display formats for maps and on-screen directions that change as you drive. You can switch between the Passenger screen and the Driver Safety screen by clicking the Driver/Passenger button at the top of the Navigation Control Panel (see p. 29). In the Passenger screen, your map will always be shown. In the Driver Safety screen, your map will not be shown when you drive at more than 10 m.p.h.
Start Driving! If your GPS receiver is attached you're ready to start driving! The CoPilot navigation system will guide you to the destination(s) you enter and recalculate your route should you miss a turn. Because CoPilot needs to know where you're going in order to give you navigation advice, you must enter a destination. (You don’t need to enter an origin, if the GPS receiver is picking up signals, CoPilot will automatically identify the start place.
Guidance Mode (Passenger Screen) Next Turn GPS Status Indicators Your Current Location Zoom Buttons Navigation Control Panel Customizable Display Lines (see p. 39) Compass Message Alert (see p. 70) Next Stop Information (Estimated Time of Arrival, Distance to go, and Name/Address) Map Mode Buttons Listening On/Off POIs Show/Hide Speaking On/Off Using the Navigation Control Panel BUTTON FUNCTION Driver/Passenger Destination Toggles between Driver Safety and Passenger guidance screens.
Map Display On the right side of the map, the Zoom buttons let you zoom your map view in (closer) or out (farther away). The Map Mode buttons let you zoom the map display to frame either the area between your current location and your next turn (Next Turn button), your current location (Where Am I? button), or the route to your next stop (Going To button). Zoom In or Zoom Out: Use the zoom buttons to zoom your map view in (top button) or out (bottom button).
Entering a Destination When you launch CoPilot for the first time with the GPS receiver attached, you will be prompted to enter a destination. Select any one of the destination options, and enter your destination. When entering an Address, enter either a postal code or the city name and state or country abbreviation separated by a comma and space, then hit Enter. Case is not important (e.g. “princeton, nj” and “Princeton, NJ” are both valid entries).
Selecting Address opens a window in which you can enter a city name and state/country abbreviation or a postal code, and (optionally) a street address. The first time you select the Home or Work buttons you will be prompted with an address entry window in which you can enter your home or work address. In subsequent selections, choosing these buttons will automatically enter your home or work address as your destination.
When you select the Point of Interest button you will be prompted with a search window. In the City/State or City/Country box you will see the city in which you have most recently been navigating. If you want to find POIs in a different location, simply edit your city entry. You can also use a “Smart POI” search during a trip. If you select Near my current route, the POI search will find matches close to your current route. NOTE: This option is only available when you are navigating along a route.
You can access your Microsoft® Outlook Contacts database by clicking on the Contact button. Narrow down your contact search by typing in the first few letters of the contact’s first or last name and hit the or key on your keyboard. Select the contact from the list and preview the Business, Home, or Other address by selecting the corresponding radio button. Click on the Add button and CoPilot will search for that contact’s address.
Editing Stops To edit your existing stops, click Destination in the navigation control panel, then click Edit to bring up the Edit Your Stops window shown above. From this window you can do any of the following: -- Manually change the order of your stops. Highlight a stop, then click the Move Up or Move Down button. -- Delete a stop. Highlighting it on the list and click the Delete button. -- Change a stop to a waypoint, or vice versa (Toggle Stop).
Detour In Guidance Mode, clicking the Detour button will cause CoPilot to generate an alternate route around the next few miles of your trip. This is useful when you need to get around traffic jams, roadwork, or other unexpected traffic slow-downs but don’t know whether or not you’ll save any time by turning off your current route. The Detour button toggles to Cancel Detour after an alternate route is calculated, so that you can return to the original route at any time if you choose.
Using the Itinerary for Selective Routing CoPilot enables you to be selective about the roads you take on your trip. From the Passenger screen you can customize your Itinerary so that entire segments of a trip can be avoided if you don’t want to travel along the roads CoPilot has you taking. (Note that you can also use waypoints to guide a route along roads of your choosing, see p. 34.
Options Click the Options button in Guidance Mode to open a window that enables you to view your GPS status and change the settings that control map orientation, voice options, and routing and guidance preferences. NOTE: Map and routing options that are set in Guidance Mode carry over to Planning Mode and the reverse is also true. GPS Status In the Options window, the GPS Status button opens a dialog box that allows you to view and change advanced GPS settings.
POI Alerts As you drive, CoPilot can alert you with a voice prompt and a message window on your screen each time you approach a Point of Interest. To turn this feature on, click the POI Alerts button, then in the Select POIs to be reported scroll list check all categories of POIs you want to know about. For example, you might only want to know about restaurants, gas stations, and nature attractions.
Map Options Click the Map button for map display options. Heading Up tracks your position on the map moving upward as you drive, whereas North Up maintains north at the top of the screen. With Drag Map selected, you can use the mouse to drag the map in any direction to a desired location. With Box Zoom selected, you draw a box around an area to zoom to it. Display POIs and Display Turn Restrictions control whether POIs and turn restrictions are displayed on the map.
Routing Preferences To set routing preferences in Guidance Mode, click Options, then click Routing in the Options menu. Note that the changes you make here will carry over to Planning Mode, and vice versa. Vehicle Type CoPilot comes with pre-defined routing options that provide RV-friendly routing (choose RV) or routing that is calculated specifically for most light vehicles such as cars, SUVs, and small trucks (choose Auto).
Commands CoPilot not only speaks to you to inform you of upcoming turns, but also responds to a number of commands you speak out loud. The Commands button in the Options window opens a list of these commands (note that this is a scroll list, not a pick list). NOTE: For CoPilot to listen and respond, the Listening button must be toggled on in the lower right corner of the Guidance screen. Listening On Listening Off NOTE: Background noise may affect CoPilot’s ability to recognize spoken commands.
Zoom in/Zoom out Each time spoken, the view of the map will zoom in or out one level. More detail/Less detail Each time spoken, the map will show more or less detail. Pan up/down/left/right Each time spoken, the map view will shift up, down, left or right from the currently displayed area. Next turn CoPilot tells you when and where you will make your next turn. Where am I CoPilot tells you your current location along the route.
A Sample Trip Suppose you and a friend want to go to a concert on the campus of Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. You know the approximate location of your destination, but you're unfamiliar with the area. There's no need to worry about the trip: CoPilot will guide you every step of the way! First, you enter your destination. (You won’t need to enter a starting place – if your GPS receiver is picking up signals, CoPilot already knows where you're starting from.
1. Driving on Witherspoon Street into Princeton, NJ 3. CoPilot creates a new route from your current position 2.
Planning Mode After launching CoPilot you can access Planning Mode by clicking the Planning Mode button from the welcome screen or the Planning button in the Passenger guidance screen. In Planning Mode you can run trips on your desktop to print and take with you or save for a later time, search for points of interest, calculate fuel costs, add favorite places, add custom places, and much more.
Cities and Addresses To enter a trip, begin by typing the name of the place where your trip will start or a postal code in the City, State (or City, Country) box (e.g. “princeton, nj” or “paris, fr” or “08540”), then press the Enter key. Do not include periods in the state/country abbreviation. A list of matches to your entry may appear; if so, highlight the one you want on the list and click Select.
Points of Interest When you select the Points of Interest tab, it will open with the cursor in the POIs that start with box. The only field that is required to perform a POI search is City/State (or City/Country); all other fields are optional. Once you have entered a city, you can do one or more of the following to narrow down your search: select a POI Category, select an of Type option, or enter the first few letters of the Place name. You can also change the distance within which you want to search.
Itinerary Buttons Regardless of the tab you select, the same commands will remain in the bottom of the Trip Planner window. To the right of the Itinerary you will see five buttons. Using the Up/Down arrows you can alter the order of the stops on your Itinerary. Using the Zoom button you can zoom to the selected stop on a map. The Delete Stop button allows you to remove stops from your trip.
Running the Trip To see a complete map of your trip, as well as detailed, turn-by-turn driving directions, click Run. To generate a round trip, click the Round Trip check box before clicking Run. A round trip includes all intermediate stops on the way to your destination, but routes directly from your destination back to your starting place.
Routing Type CoPilot’s Quickest routing type is based on the most efficient route in terms of road quality, terrain, and urban/rural road classifications. CoPilot’s Shortest routing type calculates the shortest route while maintaining reasonable standards of practicality. Routing Options When Avoid Tolls is checked, CoPilot’s route calculations will avoid toll roads where it is possible to do so while maintaining a reasonably practical and efficient route.
Printing Your Map or Driving Directions After you Run a trip, the Trip Summary window will pop up over a split screen displaying the map of your trip, and detailed driving directions. Although the Trip Summary cannot be printed, both the map and the directions can. Click OK to hide the Summary window. To alter the size of either the map window or the directions window, drag the gray bar in the center in the appropriate direction.
Beyond the Basics If you’re familiar with the basic features of CoPilot, you’re probably ready to try some of the advanced features. Some of these features are briefly described on the following pages. For more information on advanced features see the Legend on page 59 of this manual, and see Trip Planning: Beyond the Basics in the Help Files (under Planning Mode in the Contents tab).
Adding Custom Places CoPilot gives you the ability to add new places with your own custom names to the map database. After adding your custom place to the map database, you'll be able to enter it as a start place, end place, or waypoint for any trip you run. To add a new place, click on the Add Custom Places button on the tool bar or select Add Custom Places from the sub-menu of Mouse Modes in the Map menu.
Avoiding and Favoring Roads CoPilot gives you the ability to avoid or favor specific road segments. This feature is handy when you want to avoid a traffic jam or road construction, and can also be used to guide a trip along a route you know you want to take. To avoid or favor a road, first click either the Avoid or Favor button on the tool bar, then click on a road segment on the map. Zoom your map view in as far as you need to in order to pick the right segment.
Importing Custom Places CoPilot Live’s Custom Place Import Wizard enables you to import addresses from your Outlook Contacts database, an Excel file, or text file. (If you are using another type of database or contact manager, you can export your contacts/locations to an Excel or text file before importing them into CoPilot Live.) These points are then added to CoPilot’s POI database, in a category and type of your choice.
Editing Custom Places After custom places have been added to the database, they can be edited at any time. Select Manage Custom Places from the Tools menu, then highlight the custom place you wish to edit, click Edit, and make your changes. Click Apply when finished. NOTE: By default, addresses entered as Custom Places are assigned to the Custom POI category. You can change this assignment at any time by selecting another Category from the drop-down pick list as you edit.
Customizing Your Driving Directions Display CoPilot gives you precise, turn-by-turn driving directions, plus time and distance calculations for every trip you run between a start place and a destination. Print these directions, and/or customize them by editing the font CoPilot uses and by controlling the number of “nearby places” -- that is, landmarks or places of interest in the area surrounding your route -- that appear in the report.
To control the number and type of landmarks reported, select Landmark Reporting from the Trip menu to open the Landmark Reporting dialog box. NOTE: You can use these options in Planning Mode, but not in Guidance Mode. Use the slide bar under Find landmarks within this distance of your route to control the size of the area around your route in which landmarks should be reported.
Legend Planning Mode Tool Bar Buttons: Open/Save Trip: Allows you to save a trip you have outlined in Planning Mode, or access a previously saved trip. Edit/New Trip: Prompts the Trip Planner window where you can enter addresses, search for points of interest, and recall favorites. Run: After finalizing your Itinerary the Run button will calculate your trip and give you detailed instructions. Print: Prints the active screen in Planning Mode. You can also use the Print command in the File menu.
Label Cities and Places: Allows you to label or unlabel cities within your map. Pick Stops: Allows you to pick stops directly from the map and add them to your trip Itinerary. Add Custom Places: Allows you to label specific places on the map and save them in your Points of Interest database (map detail level must be at least 7.) Label Roads: Lets you determine whether individual roads on the map will be shown with or without names.
CoPilot Live Communications CoPilot Live allows you to maintain two-way communication with drivers who are using CoPilot and to actually see where they are currently located using your computer with CoPilot installed or from our CoPilot Live web page. Using this CoPilot Live functionality requires the following: 1) If you want to track and message other drivers: An Internet connection on the computer where CoPilot is installed, or access to our CoPilot Live web page through a normal web browser.
For more information and complete details, visit the CoPilot Live Tracking Website at http://live.alk.com. On the following pages you'll see how you can communicate with someone on the road from within CoPilot (the Live Mode sections) and also what it's like to be the driver using CoPilot when someone else is communicating with you (the Driving with Live sections).
Below the Vehicle List is the Message Center. The text of sent and received messages will appear here. NOTE: All of CoPilot Live's communications are done in real-time. This means information is only transferred when you and the person in his vehicle are using CoPilot Live at the same time. In this sense CoPilot Live communication is similar to using a telephone — communication only occurs when both parties are on at the same time.
Live Mode - Send/Receive Messages To send a message to the driver, click the Send Message button on the tool bar or right click on the vehicle and select Send Message from the pop-up window. Standard Response Buttons Text to Send Customizable Response Buttons Send Button Changes Number of Customizable Response Buttons Click just below the Standard Response Buttons, and begin typing.
When the driver responds to your message, the response is displayed in the Message Center: Message and Driver’s Response Advanced Clicking on the Advanced tab of the Send Message window will expand the view. From the Advanced view you can save frequently used message text and button layouts that you can recall for future messages.
Live Mode - Send Itinerary Updates To send a Trip Itinerary Update to the driver, click the New Trip button on the tool bar, create a trip itinerary in the Trip Planner window just as you would in Planning Mode, and click Send.
When the driver responds to your trip itinerary update, the response is displayed in the Message Center: Send Trip and Driver’s Response - 67 -
Driving with Live - Set Up The previous sections have detailed how you can communicate with someone else who's on the road from within the CoPilot Live program. These following sections will describe how it looks when you're the one on the road. To enable tracking and messaging, you (the driver) must first create a login account using the CoPilot Live Web login page.
4. In the window that opens, enter a Screen Name that will identify you to the person on the other end for messaging and tracking. You can also use the Send position info every _____ pick list to change the interval at which your vehicle’s position will be updated as you are tracked. Click Go to continue. 5. The first time you do this, a message will pop up that informs you about the CoPilot Live setup process. After you have read the message, click OK to proceed. 6.
Driving with Live - Receiving Messages When you are the driver and a message is sent to you, CoPilot displays it on top of all other windows. CoPilot's text-to-speech engine will speak the text of the message out loud when the message is received. If you hit the Defer button (see below) or do not respond within the time limit you have set, the message will be put in a queue and the Information button in the lower right corner of the Guidance screen will turn from gray to red.
Driving with Live - Receive Trip Itinerary Updates When you are the driver and a Trip Itinerary Update is sent to you, CoPilot Live displays it on top of all other windows. CoPilot Live's text-to-speech engine will speak the itinerary update when it is received. The four Standard Response Buttons appear and are described in detail in Driving with Live - Receiving Messages (p. 70). You can Accept or Decline the change to your trip itinerary.
CoPilot Live Real-time Traffic Reporting In addition to providing pre-trip planning, GPS route guidance, and Live messaging capabilities, CoPilot Live uses wireless communications to automatically send real-time information to drivers, notifying them of traffic incidents along the route ahead and creating potential alternate routing. In Guidance Mode, CoPilot Live can provide you with regularly updated traffic incident reports and alternate routes based on your destination and route ahead.
Check Traffic Click the Check Traffic button to see all traffic incidents on the route ahead between your current position and your destination. CoPilot will take a few seconds to check for incidents. If any incidents are found, they are reported one by one beginning with the one closest to you. You will see them on the map (see p.
Review and Clear Traffic The Check Traffic button in the Live Options window brings up only new incidents along your route that have not been reported yet. To review the traffic incidents that were already reported, click the Review Traffic button. To clear the traffic incident queue so that Check Traffic brings up every incident, click Clear Traffic.
Map Display of Incidents Traffic incidents are displayed on CoPilot Live’s maps as numbered, colored triangles. Any of the four icons below are used to reflect the location(s) and severity of traffic congestion.
Live Traffic in Planning Mode In Planning Mode, CoPilot Live provides traffic reporting and alternate routes based on the origin, destination and planned route you enter in the Trip Planner window. This allows you to plan and save trips that avoid heavy congestion. These trips can then be opened in Guidance Mode when you get on the road. With your laptop connected to the Internet, begin by opening CoPilot. In Planning Mode, open the Tools menu and select Options, then click the Live tab.
The Check Traffic, Review Traffic, and Clear Traffic options in Planning Mode are found in the Trip menu (see p. 73-74).
Trouble-shooting First things to check: Are all cables properly secured? Do all components have adequate power? Does your GPS receiver have a clear view of the sky? (Buildings, mountains and heavy foliage may block your satellite reception.) Why can't I get a satellite fix the first time I use CoPilot? The first time the GPS receiver is used it can take approximately 15 minutes to acquire a signal. This should not be the case with subsequent uses.
audio cassette adapter equipped with a cord and jack that you can plug into your laptop's speaker jack, then put the cassette into your car's stereo cassette player. This will channel CoPilot's commands through your car's stereo system if it's set to play audio tapes. NOTE: Please don't drive with headphones on because this is unsafe! When I try to run CoPilot I get a message that says “CoPilot Can't Find the Data Disc”, and the program won't start. What can I do? 1.
2. Click once on the black arrow so that all of your drives are shown. Your CD- ROM drive is the one that has the CD-ROM icon next to it. And next to the CD-ROM icon, there should be a letter - this is your CD-ROM drive letter. Please remember it and move to section B. B. Next, you need to check that CoPilot is looking to this drive to locate the Data Disc. In the example below, your CD-ROM is the D drive. Your drive letter may be different. To do this: 1.
B. If you are powering the GPS unit through your laptop's PS/2 port, make sure the connection is snug and that your laptop's battery has enough power. If you've checked the power supply, and it is sufficient, see question 2. 2. Is the GPS unit plugged into the serial or USB port? A. The serial port is a 9-pin port usually on the back of your laptop. One end of the GPS unit cord should have a 9-pin head that should plug easily into your serial port. If you've checked the port connection, see question 3. 3.
D. Next at the bottom where it says Connect using select direct to Com 1 and click OK. E. Next in the Com Port Properties window the settings should read: -- Bits Per Second = 4800 -- Data Bits = 8 -- Parity = None -- Stop Bits = 1 -- Flow Control = Hardware If the settings are different you need to make the necessary changes and then click OK. If the GPS unit has power and is able to connect, you will see information flowing across the screen (random letter and numbers).
Using the CoPilot Help Files CoPilot provides extensive built-in Help to guide you through the program as you use it. Click on the Help button in a window to open a Help topic that describes how to use that window. For example, if you’re entering a stop in the Trip Planner window, the Help button will open the Help files at a topic that describes the Trip Planner window. From there, you can navigate through other Help topics, use the Help Index, or do a search using the Search window.
