DESTINATOR NAVIGATES FOR THE PACKARD BELL COMPASSEO USER'S GUIDE
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Table of Contents Chapter 1 - Destinator Navigates for the Packard Bell Compasseo................................ 6 1.1 Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 6 1.2 Destinator Navigates Features........................................................................................ 6 1.3 Tutorial ..........................................................................................................................
Chapter 8 - Importing a Favorite........................................................................................ 40 8.1 Favorites Importing File Structure ................................................................................. 40 8.2 Importing a .CSV file ..................................................................................................... 40 8.3 Adding speed camera locations to your POI list ...........................................................
1 Chapter 1 - Destinator Navigates for the Packard Bell Compasseo 1.1 Introduction Destinator Navigates is a full-featured mobile satellite navigation system. It utilizes GPS (Global Positioning System) satellites to pinpoint your location using the latest mapping data technology to get you to your destination in the most efficient and timely manner, and it assists you in planning your route by providing Turn by Turn, Voice and Visual instructions.
• • • • • • • Planning routes that include stopovers Avoid toll roads, congested roads, or roads through dangerous areas Provides traffic messages alerts (Optional) A wide selection of maps from all over the world A choice of over 10 languages Attractive map and screen format Can be used in a vehicle or by a pedestrian, during your daily commute or on vacation 1.3 Tutorial From the Settings menu, you can tap the Tutorial button to open the Destinator Guide Tour program.
2 Chapter 2 - Getting to know your Compasseo 2.1 What’s on the map? When you first turn on your Compasseo, the Main Map screen appears. You can use the icons displayed on this screen to plan and view your route. Directions Bar Current Location Trip information Zoom In Zoom Out Compass Power Indicator Quick Nav Menu Button Volume GPS Status Figure 2 - Map Screen Your current location in Vehicle Mode. Your current location in Pedestrian Mode.
The Compass displays the travel direction. means that the navigation device has not yet located a reliable GPS The red GPS receiver signal. The green GPS receiver means that the navigation device has located a reliable GPS signal and that you are ready to navigate. These icons display your power source, electricity or battery . The battery appears as green, yellow, or red depending on whether the battery is recharged or weak.
conditions. If the map already appears in night mode, Day Mode toggle button. is displayed on the Figure 3 - 2D Day Mode Map View Figure 4 - 2D Night Mode Map View Figure 5 - 3D Day Mode Map View Figure 6 - 3D Night Mode Map View 2.4 Point on the map You can navigate to any point by tapping its location directly on the 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.
2.5 Menus You can press the Menu button from the Main Map screen to display the three main Destinator menus, as shown below. Figure 8 - Destinator Menus The More button lets you cycle through the Destinator Navigates menus. You can click the Map button to return to the Main Map screen or the Quit button to close the Destinator Navigates Navigation System. Destination menu This menu provides the following options: The Enter Address button lets you navigate to an address.
The Select Map button lets you choose among different maps on your memory card. Option menu This menu provides the following options: The Avoid Roads button lets you avoid a road type, such as toll roads or selected streets. The Multi-Stop Planner button lets you designate several stops on a route. The Route Playback button lets you record your route and play it back later. The Walking Mode/Driving Mode button lets you toggle between traveling as a pedestrian or in a vehicle.
The GPS button lets you configure the GPS settings. The Prompts button lets you specify the types of voice or visual prompts that you want to use. The System button lets you specify the system measurement units and provides About information. The Look & Feel button lets you select a skin, which determines the look and feel of the Destinator Navigates application. The Tutorial button opens the Destinator Guided Tour program. The Help button opens the Destinator Navigates help file. 2.
The sequence ends with the Show on Map screen, where the destination is displayed and the GO button is available for you to calculate a route. You must first select an item from the list to cycle through the screen sequence, and for the Actions, Next and Back buttons to be enabled.
3 Chapter 3 - Searching for a location 3.1 Enter address When you click the Address button, the Address screen appears, as shown below. 2. 1. 3. 4. Figure 9 - 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.
City-Street This sequence displays the following address screens: City, Street, and Address Number. You can also navigate to city or street only. When you have selected a city, the first entry of the Street Name list is City Center. When you have selected a street, the first entry in the Address Number list is Street Midpoint. City-Street is the default format. Street-City This sequence displays the following address screens: Street, City and Address Number.
Add to My Favorites Allows you to add an address to your list of favorite locations, as shown in the figure below. Figure 10 - Add Address to My Favorites Displays the location’s address information. Information Go to your destination After you have specified the address, tap the Next button. Destinator shows your destination on the Map screen before calculating a route. Check that the destination address is correct at the top of the screen.
3.2 Recent Locations The Recent Locations screen lets you select an existing destination from a list of destinations that you have previously traveled to. Destinator automatically stores the last 64 destinations in memory. As each new route is added to the top of the list, the older destinations at the bottom are erased. To navigate to a recently-traveled destination, tap the Recent Locations button. From the Recent Locations screen, select a location and tap the Show or Next button.
1. 4. 2. 5. 3. 6. Figure 13 - Travel to a Favorite Location The My Favorites folder is the default folder where all favorites are stored if not assigned to a group. The Show Map screen also lets you set your route type, Faster or Shorter. 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.
Favorite Alerts Alerts let you know that you are within a certain distance of a favorite location. You can tap the Alerts button to set the distances for the 1st and 2nd Alerts. When you travel closer than the designated distance, the alert will sound, as shown below. 1. 2. Figure 15 - Setting Your Favorite Alerts Examples: • • • You have a group called “Shopping” that includes all of your favorite stores.
Add Favorite Locations Tap MY FAVORITES or any selected group that you have created to display its locations. You can save a location to your favorites groups from the Address, Recent Locations, or POI screens. From this screen, you can tap the Actions button to display the following commands. Set as Origin Allows you to 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.
1. 4. 2. 5. 3. 6. Figure 17 - Points of Interest Note: From the Item Entries Actions screen, click the Sort by ABC button to display the category entries in alphabetical order. Subcategories Many categories have subcategories to provide for an even greater list of choices. For example, “Gasoline Station” may have many subcategories each representing a particular brand name. The same is also true for “Hotels”.
Current Location Lets you search near your current location. This is the default value. 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.
3.5 Route Overview or Cancel Route The Route Overview 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 19 - Show Route The Cancel Route button stops the current navigation and clears the route. This feature is active only after a destination has been set. 3.
Figure 20 - Display Turn-by-Turn The following options are available: The Route Summary button displays your entire route on the Map screen, plus the travel distance and the Estimated Travel Time Remaining (ETR). The Show Turn button displays the next turn on the Map screen, including the street name, the distance to it, and the turn direction. The Avoid button lets you avoid the selected turn in the directions list. Destinator recalculates the route automatically.
4 Chapter 4 - Planning a trip 4.1 Multistop planner The Multistop Planner lets you plan a route with up to twelve stops. When you press the GO button, the route is calculated in stages, from the departure point to the first stop. When you reach the first stop, the route recalculates to the second stop, and so on. 1. 2. 4. 5. 3. 6. Figure 22 - Travel to Multiple Routes The Show on Map screen provides you with the following route types: Faster and Shorter.
1. 2. 3. Figure 23 - Defining the Route Group Setting Stops along the Route You can set up stops by selecting the Route Group and tapping the Next button. From the Stops screen, tap the Actions button to add, rename, or delete a destination. Add a stop by Address, POI, My Favorites, or Recent Locations. Select one of these options, specify a location, and click the OK button. The Add Stop screen appears. You can change the location name, enter a comment, or designate a different group.
Add Stop Lets you add a location by specifying an address from recent locations, favorite locations, or pre-defined POIs, such as fuel, food, or lodging. Rename Stop Lets you change the stop information, such as name, comments, or route group. Delete Stop Lets you remove a selected stop. Optimize Route Your trip itinerary is created by the sequence of stops entered. This may not be the most efficient route.
Avoid Road Locations When you tap Default or an Avoid Roads group, Destinator displays the group screen, which lets you select roads to avoid. From this screen, you can use the Allow or Avoid buttons to include or exclude a selected road when calculating a route. 2. 1. 3. Figure 26 - Adding a Road to Avoid Note: You cannot specify a particular toll road. You can tap the Actions button from this screen to select from the following commands: Add Road Lets you select a road.
Figure 27 - Recording a Route To playback your recording, select the data file, and tap the Play button. Destinator Navigates shows the Map screen to play the recorded route. To stop the playback, return to the Route Playback screen and tap the Stop button. You can tap the Actions button to display the following commands: Delete Recording This button lets you remove a selected recording. Clear All Recordings This button removes all recordings.
5 Chapter 5 - Settings 5.1 Map You can click the Map Settings button from the Settings menu to customize your map display, as shown in the figure below. Figure 28 - Map Settings The following map settings are: Map Orientation Use Automatic Zoom Use Larger Print 5.2 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. When this option is selected, the zoom is speed dependent.
Figure 29 - Setting the Quick Nav Location 5.3 GPS Settings Destinator Navigates uses the GPS receiver to pinpoint your location. GPS signals are automatically acquired and your vehicle's location and position are constantly updated unless you are working in the Browse Map mode. The GPS may take a few minutes to find its initial location. For best results, ensure that the GPS has a clear view of the sky.
5.4 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 31 - 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.
Figure 32 - Units of Measure You can select: System Units Imperial – Yards or miles Metric – Meters or kilometers This information box provides version and copyright information. About 5.6 Look & Feel From the Settings menu, click the Look & Feel button to select from other skins that have been installed. 5.7 Tutorial From the Settings menu, you can tap the Tutorial button to open the Destinator Guided Tour program.
6 Chapter 6 - Installation Requirements Destinator Navigates is already installed on your proprietary device, but to add or change maps, you are required to install the Destinator Console on to your PC. 6.
7 Chapter 7 - Maps When you receive your device, Destinator Navigates is installed on your SD/MMC memory card along with a series of maps. This section provides information about installing additional maps from the Destinator Console. 7.1 Map Screen Interface On the Destinator Console, a collection of maps is displayed. Standard Maps Maps available for installation from your CD. My Maps Maps that you have customized from a standard map.
Figure 34 - Using the Map Cutter 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.
You can click the POI tool to set the origin of the map to a point of interest. The POI dialog box displays all categories in the left pane. When you click a category, the items associated with the category appear in the right pane. You can click the Show POI and Set POI buttons to view and set the map focus. You can click the Select tool to set the origin of the map by a predefined sub-region. A list of sub-regions is displayed in a pane to the right of the map.
Corridor You can select the amount of surrounding area that is included along the route's path, as measured in kilometers or miles. Route You can select either the quickest route, as determined by speed limit, or the shortest physical route. 7.5 Cut Map When you have designated your map area, click the Cut Map box appears, as shown in the figure below. tool. The Cut Map dialog Figure 36 - Cutting a Map You must enter a map name and description.
8 Chapter 8 - 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. Comma-Separated Values format (.csv) .csv files are best viewed within applications that allow one to easily manipulate data that is in columnar format.
2. On the Destinator Console, click the Favorites Importer button. 3. Browse to the SC.CSV file stored in the "speed camera" folder on the CD supplied with your Compasseo.
4. Click on "Convert" to convert the .csv file to the Destinator POI format. 5. Make sure that all the data have been converted and click on "Download" to update the Compasseo.
9 Chapter 9 - MP3 Player 9.1 Overview The Packard Bell Compasseo provides the main features of an MP3 player. You can play any MP3 and WMA music files stored on your memory card, and browse your music by song or album. When you shift to the MP3 Player function, your Compasseo automatically scans its memory card for MP3 (.mp3) and WMA (.wma) audio recordings and displays the first song in the first album. 9.2 Playback Screen To open the MP3 player, tap on the icon in the main menu screen.
9.4 Browsing Features Tap to rewind quickly to the beginning of the current song. When the have reached the beginning of the album and therefore cannot rewind anymore. to fast-forward to the next song. When the Tap of the album and therefore cannot fast-forward anymore. icon is displayed, you icon is displayed, you have reached the end to go to the previous album. When the icon is displayed, you have reached the first Tap album on your memory card and therefore cannot go further.
10 Chapter 10 - Photo Viewer 10.1 Resizing pictures using Magic Picture Before displaying your pictures on your Compasseo using the Photo Viewer it is recommended that you convert them on your computer using Magic Picture. This software will automatically convert your pictures to a suitable size and format for display on your Compasseo. 1. First install the Magic Picture program on your computer. Insert the Companion CD into the optical drive of your computer and click on the Installation button.
10.3 Viewing Pictures To open the Photo Viewer, select the Photo Viewer icon will display. from the Main Menu. The thumbnail screen Note: You must exit Destinator before you can use the Photo Viewer. Thumbnail Display Use the icons displayed on the bottom of the screen to do the following: • Tap the arrow to display the next page. • Tap the arrow to display the previous page. • Tap the button to exit Photo Viewer. • To start a slideshow, tap the icon.
Zoom mode The zoom mode allows you to perform the following actions: 1. Move the picture up 2. Return to the full-screen mode 3. Move the picture right 4. Zoom in 5. Move the picture down 6. Zoom out 7.
11 Chapter 11 - Packard Bell GPS Settings Starts the Destinator Navigates application Starts Photo Viewer Opens the device’s System Settings screen Figure 42 - The Main Menu You can change the system settings by tapping the System button. The System screen shows all of the system settings that you can change, as displayed below. Figure 43 - System Settings You can tap the Back button to return to a previous screen. 11.
This screen indicates the battery status of the device. You can select the hot key checkboxes to determine whether you want the backlight for the device keys. 11.2 Backlight Settings Figure 45 - Backlight Settings This screen lets you determine the brightness of the screen. You can save power by selecting how long the backlight will stay on before it dims when running the device either on battery or on AC power. 11.
11.4 Language Settings Figure 47 - Language Settings This screen allows you to select the language to be used for screen displays and voice prompts. 11.5 System Information Figure 48 - System Information This screen displays information about the device.
