Mio Destinator User Manual Destinator Technologies
Notices, Disclaimers, and Terms of Use 1. Limited Product Warranty Destinator Technologies, warrants to the Client that the Products shall substantially conform to Destinator Technologies’ specification for a period of one (1) year from the date of the original purchase by the end user (the "Warranty Period").
Contents 1- Introduction 3 Destinator Features .......................................................................................................................................3 Tutorial .........................................................................................................................................................3 2- Getting Started 4 Destinator Menu ........................................................................................................................
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1 - Introduction Welcome to the world of mobile navigation! Your Destinator device provides a full-featured mobile satellite navigation system. Gone are the days of “taking out the map”. You can now select an address or a predefined point of interest and request your navigation device to create a route.
2 - Getting Started Destinator Menu When you start Destinator, the Destinator menu appears, as shown below. Figure 1 – Destinator Menu Note: When you have the Main Map screen displayed, you can press the Menu the Destinator menu. button to display Address Screens The Address button lets you navigate to an address, as shown below. Figure 2 - Address Menu Button For a complete description of how to navigate to an address, see "Enter Address" on page 13.
Getting Started My Places Menu When you click the My Places button, the following menu appears. Figure 3 - My Places Menu Button The My Places button lets you: • Specify an address or place to which you can navigate with a single tap on the Home button. For more information, see "Set Quick Navigation" on page 33. • Navigate to a favorite location by tapping the My Favorites button, as described in "My Favorites" on page 18.
Getting Started Food, Fuel, Lodging Menu When you tap the Fuel, Food, Lodging button, the first screen of popular place categories appears, as shown below. Figure 4 - Food, Fuel, Lodging Menu Button The Food, Fuel, Lodging button lets you navigate to thousands of interesting places, such as beaches, parks, hotels, museums, and restaurants. For more information, see "Food, Fuel, Lodging" on page 21.
Getting Started • Display the map view for either day or night driving by tapping the Day/Night Mode toggle button. For more information, see "Map Views" on page 10. • Avoid toll roads or selected streets by tapping the Avoid Roads button, as described in "Avoid Roads" on page 25. • Monitor traffic information and avoid congested roads by tapping the Traffic Info button. For more information, see "Traffic Information" on page 27.
Getting Started The Map button displays the Main Map screen. The Cancel Route button stops the current navigation and clears the route. The MP3 button lets you switch from the Destinator Navigation System to the MP3 player. The More button lets you move to the second menu screen. The Back button lets you move to the previous menu screen. The Settings button, at the bottom of the My Places and Map, Look & Feel menus, lets you configure your settings options.
Getting Started What's on the Map? When you tap the Map button on the Destinator menu screens, the Main Map screen appears. You can use the icons displayed on this screen to view your route. Directions Bar Current Location Compass Zoom In Zoom Out Menu Button Volume GPS-Generated Information Figure 6 - Map Screen Your current location. Your last known location when the GPS signal is unreliable. The generated route. Your selected destination. The Compass displays the travel direction.
Getting Started GPS Not Found When you first start your navigation device, you will hear the message “Signal too low”. This message means that your navigation device hasn’t yet located a reliable GPS signal. Check that your device is connected and has a clear view of the sky. If after five minutes, you have not located a reliable signal, go to the “Technical Support” section on page 38. Please check that: • The device has a clear view of the sky for uninterrupted GPS reception.
Getting Started Figure 7 - 2D Day Mode Map View Figure 8 - 2D Night Mode Map View Figure 9 - 3D Day Mode Map View Figure 10- 3D Night Mode Map View Point on the Map You can navigate to any point by tapping its location directly on the Main Map screen. This feature is especially handy when you want to navigate to a specific point on the map, but you don’t have the street address. When you tap on the map, the context menu appears. Go There – This button lets you calculate a route from the map point.
Getting Started Navigation Screen Buttons The following buttons appear on many of the Destinator navigation screens. When you tap the Next button for a selected address, group, or place, Destinator automatically opens the next screen in the sequence. After you have specified your destination, tap the Next button to display a map screen showing your selected location.
3 - Search for a Location Address When you click the Address button, the Address screen appears, as shown below. 1. Enter Address 2. State 3. City 4. Street 5. Address Number Figure 12 - Display the Address Screen You can use the keyboard to enter the first characters of the address name. The characters appear in the Address field. Destinator automatically searches the Address list for the first occurrence of the entered characters.
Search for a Location The Erase key lets you delete the last character in an address field. You can change your address search method by tapping the Mode button to select from a variety of address formats, as described in "Address Modes". Note: If the entered characters are not found at the beginning of the name in the Address list, the Smart Search System automatically searches for the entered characters throughout the entire list, for example, in the middle or the end of the name.
Search for a Location Address Actions When you have specified an address, tap the Actions button to select from the following commands: Set as Origin Lets you designate the selected address as the route origin. Use this command when calculating a route from a point other than your current location. The navigation device displays the selected location as a starting point only for a few seconds before returning you to your current location. Note: You are still receiving the GPS signal.
Search for a Location Demo Route When you click the Demo button, Destinator moves the cursor along the path you would take to your destination, as shown below. Figure 15 - Demo Route You can review the route you would go on before instructing Destinator to calculate your route and specify roads to avoid by tapping the Avoid Roads button on the Map, Look & Feel menu. For more information, see “Avoid Roads” on page 25.
Search for a Location From the Recent Locations screen, you can tap the Actions button to select from the following commands. Set as Origin Lets you designate the selected address as the route origin. You would use this command when calculating a route from a point other than your current location Note: You are still receiving the GPS signal. Add to My Favorites Lets you add an address to your list of favorite locations. For more information, see "My Favorites" on page 23.
Search for a Location When you tab the Actions button, you can choose from the following options: Add to Favorites Lets you add the specified address to your list of favorite locations, as shown in the figure below. Set as Origin This button lets you designate the selected address as your point of origin. This is helpful when you want Destinator to calculate a route from a point other than your current location. My Favorites A Favorite is a destination that you have stored for easy retrieval.
Search for a Location Favorite Groups You can tap the Actions button from the My Favorites screen to add, edit, or delete groups, as described below. Add Group When you tap this button, the Favorites Group screen appears. Enter the group name and select an icon to identify the group, as shown below. Figure 19 - Create Favorites Group The icon identifies all destinations located in that group, as displayed on the map.
Search for a Location Examples: You have a group called “Shopping” that includes all of your favorite stores. An alert appears on the screen when you are closer than the designated distance to the stores in your group, providing an opportunity to consider whether you would like to stop and shop. You have a group called “Projects” that include addresses of your bank, grocery store, garage, hardware store, doctor’s office, post office, and so on.
Search for a Location From this screen, you can tap the Actions button to display the following commands. Set as Origin Lets you designate the selected location as the route origin. You would use this command when calculating a route from a point other than your current location. Note: You are still receiving the GPS signal. Show Map Lets you see the map with the selected favorite destination for you to review before creating a route.
Search for a Location You can find a category by tapping the Hide/Display Keyboard button and entering text in the POI Category field. The Smart Search System automatically displays the POI categories that match the characters entered. If you didn’t find the category through the initial search you can also use the Find button to do a sub-search, particularly useful when the category name consists of two or more words. You can always browse the POI Category list by using the Browse buttons.
Search for a Location Destination Lets you search near a specified destination. For example, you know your general destination, but not very much about interesting locations in the area. You can use Destinator to locate the tourist attractions most appealing to yourself, family, or friends. Note that this button is enabled only when a destination is entered. Other Address Lets you search near another address. For example, you have set a destination, but on the way you want to stop at another location.
Search for a Location Turn-by-Turn List After you have entered a destination and calculated a route, the Directions bar appears at the top of the Map screen, displaying the following information: • The next turn direction • The distance to the next turn • The street name of the next turn button on the Map, Look & Feel When you tap the Directions bar or click the Turn-by-Turn menu, Destinator displays a complete set of turn-by-turn directions from your current point to your selected destination.
Search for a Location Show Route or Cancel Route From the Map, Look & Feel menu, you can tap the Show Route button lets you display an overview of your complete route on the Map screen, the total driving distance to your destination, the estimated travel time, and the complete destination address. Figure 27 - Show Route From the Destinator menu The Cancel Route button stops the current navigation and clears the route. This button is active only after a destination has been set.
Search for a Location Add Group Create a new a group of roads to avoid. For example, you can create a group called “San Francisco Roads”, where you designate the roads in that area to be avoided. When you tap the Add Group button, the Avoid Roads Group screen appears. Enter the group name and tap Save. Edit Group Select a group and tap this button to change the group name. When you tap the Edit Group button, the Avoid Roads Group screen appears displaying the group name.
Search for a Location You can tap the Actions button from this screen to select from the following commands: Add Road Lets you select a road. An address screen appears for you to specify a city and street. When you have completed updating your road information, tap Save. Edit Road Lets you rename the road and select a different group. When you have made your changes, tap Save. Delete Road Select a road and tap this button to remove the road from your group.
Search for a Location TMC Options You can tap the Options button to configure the TMC feature, as listed below. Message Arrives You can select either: Avoid Automatically - Destinator automatically recalculates the route to avoid a road with adverse traffic conditions. Ask Me - You must manually select the TMC event from the inbox and tap the Avoid button from the Show Map screen. The advantage to this option is that you maintain control over your route.
4 - Settings From the My Places or Map, Look & Feel menus, you can tap the Settings button to display the Settings menus, as shown below. Figure 30 - Settings Menus Route Planning You can tap the Route button from the Settings menu to specify the route type and whether to allow for U-turns, as shown below. If the destination is correct, you can instruct Destinator how to calculate your route by tapping either the Quickest route or Shortest route options, as described below.
Settings Map You can click the Map Settings button from the Settings menu to customize your map display, as shown in the figure below. Figure 31 - Map Settings The following map settings are: Map Orientation Forward is up – This option orients the map so that your forward direction is always at the top. North is up – This option orients the map so that North is always at the top. Use Automatic Zoom When this option is selected, the zoom is speed dependent.
Settings Prompts You can select the types of voice and visual notifications that you would like to use while navigating. From the Settings menu, tap the Prompts button. The Prompts screen appears, as shown in the figure below. Figure 32 - Prompts Settings Voice Prompts Speed Warning This prompt warns you when your car exceeds the speed limit. This prompt is not active unless selected. Route Recalculation This prompt is activated when Destinator recalculates a new route.
Settings Language Settings This screen lets you select the language for announcing travel prompts, street names and driving directions. You can also select the type of voice, such as American, British, French, German, and so on. - Language Settings GPS Settings Destinator uses the GPS receiver to pinpoint your location. GPS signals are automatically acquired and your vehicle's location and position are constantly updated. The GPS may take a few minutes to find its initial location.
Settings Units of Measure From the Settings menu, click the Units of Measure button to specify the system’s units of measurement. Figure 34 - Units of Measure You can select: Imperial – Yards or miles Metric – Meters or kilometers Quick Navigation You can define the Quick Nav. location by selecting either the To Predefined Address or To Nearest POI Category in the Quick Nav. Settings screen. When the location is selected, you can navigate to your address by tapping the Home.
Settings Select Map This feature lets you change the currently selected map to another map saved on your SD memory card. If you want to store additional maps on your memory card, see “Maps” on page 39. You can tap the Select Map button from the Options menu to display the maps saved on your SD memory card. The Select Map screen displays map details and version numbers. The map currently used appears at the top of the list.
Settings Tutorial Tap the Tutorial button to open the Destinator Guide Tour program. The Guided Tour is an excellent way of becoming familiar with the different navigation features available. About Tap the About below. button to displays Destinator version and copyright information as shown Free Map Browsing This feature lets you browse the map without the GPS receiver returning you to your current location. Tap the Browse the Map button to disconnect from the GPS receiver.
5 - Installation Requirements Destinator is already installed on your proprietary device, but to add or change maps, you are required to install the MioMap Destinator Console on to your PC. PC Requirements To install and use the Console, your PC must meet the following requirements. Microsoft Windows 98, ME, NT, 2000, or XP A minimum of 300 MB free space for temporary files An Internet connection for online registration Installing the Console To install the Destinator Console: 1.
Installation Requirements 8. When Destinator has been successfully installed, the Successful Installation message box appears. Transferring a Map onto the SD Memory Card 1 Connect the device to your PC. 2 Select the required map (Be aware of the size of your memory card). Click Change (bottom right) and select Storage Card. 3 Click Install/Remove Maps on the toolbar. A Map Loading Indicator is shown. 4 A confirmation message appears when the map has been installed.
Installation Requirements This button lets you restore your Favorites, Route Groups, and My Destinator settings. When you click the Restore button, the Console takes the information stored in [X]:\Destinatorapps\Backup and returns these folders to their appropriate locations on the device. If an equivalent folder is already on the device, the Console returns the folder with the extension label, “old”.
6 - Maps When you receive your device, Destinator is installed on your SD memory card along with a series of maps. This section provides information about installing additional maps from the MioMap Console, as shown below. For information about installing the Destinator Console, see “Installation Requirements” on page 36. Map Screen Interface On the Destinator Console, a collection of maps is displayed. Standard Maps Maps available for installation from your CD.
Maps Installing a Map You can install a map by selecting it from the Standard Maps pane in the Destinator Console and clicking the Install/Remove Maps button. The Target Device dialog box appears. Select Storage Card. The amount of memory available for the SD memory card appears on the Target Device Memory Balance pane. The installed map appears in the Installed Maps pane. 1.Select Map 3.Loading Map 4. Target Device and Space 5. Installed Maps 2.
Maps Map Cutter Screen Interface Due to memory limitations of your SD memory card, you may want to customize a standard map by selecting the area you need. For example, if you are visiting a number of European cities on business, you may not want to install entire maps of those countries. You can crop a standard map from the Destinator Map Cutter screen. Select a standard map and click the Cut Map button. The Map Cutter screen appears, as shown in the figure below.
Maps The following tools are provided to help you easily move, view, and designate an area on the map: You can use the Pan tool to move the map up, down, left, or right. You can use the Zoom tool to increase or decrease the map detail. You can also use the scroll bar to zoom in or out. You can use the Crop tool to designate an area on the map that you want to cut. When you have selected your focus by using the focus tools, as described below, click the Crop tool to designate an area on the standard map.
Maps Route You can select either the quickest route, as determined by speed limit, or the shortest physical route. Cut Map When you have designated your map area, click the Cut Map as shown in the figure below. tool. The Cut Map dialog box appears, Figure 40 - Cutting a Map You must enter a map name and description. If you have entered a name that already exists, Destinator prompts you to enter a different name. You can click the Estimate button to display the map size.
7 - Importing a Favorite You can download a list of favorite locations from your PC to your device. The list must be contained in .csv files. As part of the download procedure, you convert the .csv files to .dat format for storage on your device by using the Destinator Conversion utility. Favorites Importing File Structure The Favorites Importing file structure must be in .csv (Comma-Separated Values) format. The file contains the following fields: 1. Name of favorite 2. Comment 3. Longitude 4. Latitude 5.
Importing a Favorite The .csv file contains the values in a table as a series of ASCII text lines, organized so that each column value is separated by a comma from the next column's value and each row starts a new line. Importing a .CSV File To import a .csv file: On the Destinator Console, click on a Standard Map. This will enable the Installing Map and Favorites Importer features. 1. Click the Favorites Importer button. The Converter dialog is displayed. 2. Select the .
Index 46 N Index Navigation Screen Buttons • 12 P A Address Actions • 15 Address Modes • 14 Avoid Road Groups • 25 Avoid Road Locations • 26 Avoid Roads • 7, 25 C PC Requirements • 36 POI Actions • 23 POI Convertor • 45 Point on the Map • 11 Prompts • 7, 31 Q Quick Nav.
