Sygic GPS Navigation User guide Dear customer, Thank you for choosing Sygic GPS Navigation. Sygic GPS Navigation software is a complete navigation system with realistic 3D maps, accurate search and precise route computing. Sygic GPS Navigation goes beyond professional car navigation, supporting pedestrian navigation and basic level for outdoor activities. Sygic GPS Navigation is offline navigation software and does not require online connection to operate.
Sygic GPS Navigation User guide TABLE OF CONTENTS I. GETTING STARTED ......................................................................................................................... 3 II. BROWSING THE INTERACTIVE MAP .......................................................................................... 5 II.I. II.II. CALLING UP THE ACTION MENU.....................................................................................................................
Sygic GPS Navigation User guide XIV.V. PROBLEM DOWNLOADING APPLICATION ............................................................................................. 50 On an iPhone / iPad ........................................................................................................................................................ 50 On an Android device ...................................................................................................................................................
Sygic GPS Navigation User guide I. Getting started In Navigation Mode (A), the software tracks your position for visual reference of the route and map around you. If you want to explore other locations, drag the map with your fingers to switch to Map Browsing Mode (B). To select destinations, review information about your route and alter settings, go to Menu (C). A.
Sygic GPS Navigation User guide B. Map Browsing Mode C.
Sygic GPS Navigation User guide II. Browsing the interactive map When you drag the map with your fingers the Map Browsing mode is switched on. In the Map Browsing mode you can explore the map, learn details about places, search for locations and choose to navigate there and also edit planned routes. II.I. Calling up the Action menu A variation of Action menu appears each time you select a location.
Sygic GPS Navigation User guide Note: The action menu appears only if you zoom into a part of map that is included in your product license.
Sygic GPS Navigation User guide II.II. Functions available in Map Browsing mode 1. Distance & Direction to Car Shows the direction and distance to your last valid GPS position. Tap on the indicator to view the location on the map. 2. Back Returns back to the previous screen. 3. Quick search Lets you search for address, POIs, contacts, history or favorites. When no results are available you can use Detailed search or Google local search. 4.
Sygic GPS Navigation User guide 5. Compass Dragging the compass turns the map around and changes direction of the view. Tap on the compass to return the map to the north-up position. 6. Zoom Lets you zoom-in (+) for a more detailed view, or zoom out (-) for a broader view of what is around. Alternatively you can use multi-touch gestures on certain devices. 7. 2D/3D view Taping on the grid between the (+) and (-) symbols on the right side of the navigation screen will switch between 2D a 3D view.
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Sygic GPS Navigation User guide Drive to Sets selected location as destination and calculates a route for car navigation. Walk there Sets selected location as destination and calculates a pedestrian route. Travel via Inserts selected location as a waypoint into an existing route. This option is only available if you have already planned a route. Pass by Inserts selected city as a waypoint into an existing route. The route will pass by the city, without taking you through the city center.
Sygic GPS Navigation User guide Navigate to saved position Once a position is saved with the Save current position feature, this option lets you navigate back there. This option appears after taping on the navigation arrow. Take a photo Turns on the camera so you can take a photo, photo will contain a geo-tag so you can later navigate to that place. This functionality is only available on devices with a camera. Call friend Dials contact’s number.
Sygic GPS Navigation User guide IV. Searching and Entering a Destination IV.I. Quick search You can look for any Address, POI, Contact, History or Favorite with the Quick search function. Quick search is available in: - Navigation mode - Map Browsing mode Type the name of the City, Street, POI, Contact, History, or Favorite into the search field. If there are no results are available you can continue searching with Detailed search or Google local search.
Sygic GPS Navigation User guide To set chosen location as your destination, tap Drive to or Walk there. For more actions, see the chapter Action menu. Sygic supports City-first and Street-first address entry. City-first address search IV.III. Street-first address search Navigating to a Point of Interest In addition to the road network, the map also contains the details of thousands of Points of Interest (POIs) such as gas stations, restaurants, hotels, tourist attractions and other facilities.
Sygic GPS Navigation User guide To set a POI as your destination, you have multiple options: - Menu > Navigate to… > Address or POI will find POI near the selected address - Menu > Navigate to… > Nearby POI shows a list of POIs near your current (or last valid) position.
Sygic GPS Navigation User guide IV.III.a Searching POI by Categories You can switch between: - List view (shows a list of POIs nearest to chosen location) - Groups view (shows POI categories and subcategories). To refine your search results, tap the search icon at the bottom of the screen and type the name of the POI you are looking for. You can also enter partial names. When finished, the Action Menu pops up. For more information, see the chapter Action menu.
Sygic GPS Navigation User guide IV.IV. Navigating to a Contact If you want to navigate to a Contact from your phone, you can select their name directly from your contact list: Menu > Navigate to… > Contacts In the list, scroll to the desired contact, or tap on the magnifying glass and enter their name. You can also enter partial names. Tap on the name of the Contact and action menu will appear.
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Sygic GPS Navigation User guide Setting the Home location Navigate home If you wish to change your Home address, tap the Set button.
Sygic GPS Navigation User guide IV.VI. Navigating to Recent Destinations / History Sygic keeps track of your recent destinations, making it easy to return to a place that you have navigated to before. When entering an address through Menu > Navigate to…> Address or POI the last address entered, is preselected. When selecting a City or a Street, the list of previous selections will appear.
Sygic GPS Navigation User guide History list Tap on the item and select action.
Sygic GPS Navigation User guide IV.VII. Navigating to Favorite Destinations To view the list of your favorite destinations, select Menu > Navigate to…> Favorites You can start navigation by selecting a Favorite destination from the list shown. Favorites list Select the desired Favorite destination by tapping it and then select your next option from the Action Menu.
Sygic GPS Navigation User guide IV.VII.a Adding a new Favorite destination To add new item to the list of your Favorite destinations tap on Add then set address by choosing from following options: Current position Sets your last valid GPS position as your home address Select form map Opens map browsing mode so you can select a location Address or POI You can also Add Favorite destination by selecting a place in the Map Browsing mode and choosing Add Favorite in the Action Menu.
Sygic GPS Navigation User guide V. Choosing your route Once you select a destination tap the Done button and Action Menu with options: Drive to and Walk there will appear. Choose navigation for Cars (Drive to) or pedestrians (Walk there) to start route calculation. If your device can determine your current position, your route will be calculated immediately from that position. If your current position cannot be determined, please see chapter Acquiring GPS position.
Sygic GPS Navigation User guide For each route the distance and time to destination is shown on the top of the screen. If Traffic is enabled delays on route are also shown. Three alternative routes in Traffic view: (Tap on Traffic to access this view.) You can switch between routes by tapping on the different route summaries on the top of the screen. Selected route will be highlighted. Select your route and tap Navigate to start navigation. For more information about Traffic please see chapter Traffic .
Sygic GPS Navigation User guide VI. Turn by turn navigation In Navigation mode the navigation screen will show the map of surrounding area with the calculated route highlighted in violet. As you approach a junction, further directions are displayed to indicate which road to take. In addition to turn by turn directions, the navigation screen also provides a range of further useful information: 1. Traffic with current delay (if traffic is enabled) 2. Speed camera warning 3.
Sygic GPS Navigation User guide 6. Quick search 7. Distance to destination 8. Next maneuver 9. Distance to next change of direction 10. Upcoming maneuver (if distance between maneuvers is short) 11 Estimated time until arrival 12. Menu 13. Current speed 14. Current road/street 15. Start point 16. Vehicle indicator (Navigation arrow) 17. Dynamic Lane Guidance 18. Speeding warning 19. Current speed limit 20.
Sygic GPS Navigation User guide VII. Editing & Avoiding parts of route VII.I. Route Summary Each time a route is calculated, you can either choose to start navigation or tap on Options to access the Route summary for detailed information about your route and route editing options. You can also return to a planned route and enter Route summary through Menu > Route.
Sygic GPS Navigation User guide VII.II. Avoid Motorways, Toll roads, Ferries… If there are any Motorways, Toll roads, Restricted areas, Ferries, Unpaved roads, Special areas along the route you can avoid them. If you have added waypoints to your route, or if your route takes you through several countries you can avoid Motorways, Toll roads, Restricted areas, Ferries, Unpaved roads, Special areas for each via point, or each country separately by tapping on the flag of selected country.
Sygic GPS Navigation User guide List of important places: VII.IV. Other options in Route summary menu Cancel route Cancels the calculated route entirely, so you can use the navigation system only as an indicator of your current position.
Sygic GPS Navigation User guide Traffic Shows traffic along your route. (Availability of the traffic service depends on your product configuration.) Show all instructions Shows a detailed list of all junctions and directions along the route. Tap on any item on the list to view the junction on the map.
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Sygic GPS Navigation User guide Change start point / Change destination Lets you change your start point or destination. Travel via Adds a waypoint to your route. Save route To save the route to your Saved routes. Add shortcut to home screen Will add a shortcut to actual route to your Android device home screen.
Sygic GPS Navigation User guide IX. Adding waypoints to your route To travel through a certain place on your trip you can add waypoints by: - Select a location on the map and use option Travel via or Pass by in Action Menu. (For more information, see the chapter Action menu.
Sygic GPS Navigation User guide IX.I. Drag & Drop route editing In Map Browsing mode you can edit the route by holding your finger on the route a bit a longer until a blue flag appears, then drag the blue flag to a new position. The route will be altered to pass through that place.
Sygic GPS Navigation User guide IX.II. Optimize route with multiple waypoints You can optimize a route with multiple waypoints. This function will reorder the waypoints and change the route in a way that will help you to save time and fuel. This option is only available if the route planned contains more than two waypoints.
Sygic GPS Navigation User guide X. POI on Route, Side bar & Safety warnings X.I. POI on route With POI on route feature you are able to see all POIs you need directly on your route.
Sygic GPS Navigation User guide X.II. Sharp curve warnings Sharp curve warning is feature that warns you when you are about to enter a sharp curve at a faster than reasonable speed, that way you can slow down when it is needed. This functionality learns and adjusts to your driving style. You can also set your own values for curve types.
Sygic GPS Navigation User guide X.III. Side bar Side bar is an optional info bar for tablets that shows additional information about your route, speed, traffic etc. Side bar is only available in the Navigation mode in landscape orientation.
Sygic GPS Navigation User guide Speedometer Measures your speed based on GPS History Shows a list of destination that you have navigated to. Tap on selected item to call up Action menu. Favorites Shows a list of your favorite destinations. Tap on selected item to call up Action menu. Route overview Overview of your route including speed limits on your route.
Sygic GPS Navigation User guide XI. Online features The entire chapter Online features applies only to smartphones or devices with internet connectivity. NOTE: The cost of data transfer depends on your mobile phone tariff. Make sure you know the cost before you start using online features. The costs can be considerably higher when you are roaming abroad. XI.I. Connection In order to use online services (e.g.
Sygic GPS Navigation User guide Select one of following options for connecting: - Sygic (recommended) - Facebook - Google Note: Creating a Sygic account is free. If you purchase any item from Sygic online shop at www.sygic.com the email used for making a purchase becomes your Sygic account. XI.II. Traffic You can avoid delays in your everyday commute with precise, up-to-date reports on traffic jams, road works and incidents. With Traffic you will know what lies on the road ahead and save time and fuel.
Sygic GPS Navigation User guide or select Menu > Route > Traffic info The screen will show the incidents ordered by their distance from your current position. You can select which of them you want to avoid. To select all the listed incidents, tap the Avoid all on route button. Incidents selected for avoidance are marked with a solid black circle. To select individual incidents, first tap on the incident. To show its extent on the map tap on Show on map, to avoid it tap Avoid.
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Sygic GPS Navigation User guide XI.III. Crowd-sourced Police Traps and Traffic You can share real-time information about situation on the road with other drivers. To receive info about Police traps and Slow traffic make sure you are Signed in and online connection is available.
Sygic GPS Navigation User guide XII. Travel book To see traveled routes statistics and altitude profiles, go to Menu > Travel book Tap on selected log to see overall statistics and scroll down for more actions. Tap on Graphs and drag the blue marker to see logs marking altitude, distance, time, speed and acceleration. To see the log on map tap on Show on map. To add the log to favorites tap on Add to favorites.
Sygic GPS Navigation User guide XIII. SOS/Help You can find locations and contact numbers for nearest Emergency services such as Hospital, Police Station, Gas Station, and Pharmacy in: Menu > SOS/Help Tap on items, e.g. Hospital to see a list of nearest Hospitals and their distance from you. Tap on item to call up Action menu with action such as Drive there, Walk there, Address or Call. Proceed the same way if you need to find nearest Police Station, Gas Station, or Pharmacy.
Sygic GPS Navigation User guide XIV.Troubleshooting XIV.I. Acquiring GPS position Your device may lose GPS signal under any of the following conditions: - The device is in a building, tunnel or at a location where signals from the GPS satellites are obstructed by buildings, trees, electric cables or other objects.
Sygic GPS Navigation User guide You can check and configure Product Settings in: Menu > Settings > Hardware and Menu > Settings > Battery management XIV.II. Problem entering a destination If you have trouble entering a destination in Menu > Navigate to… > Address or POI Please check if you have selected the correct country in Menu > Navigate to… > Address or POI > Select country On Android and iOS devices The map for selected country or state may be missing on you device.
Sygic GPS Navigation User guide XIV.III. Problem downloading maps on Android & iOS Availability of Manage maps feature depends on your product configuration. If you have trouble downloading maps, or if the download freezes please check size of selected maps in Menu > Settings >Manage maps or Menu > My Sygic >Manage maps and make sure you have sufficient free space available on your device.
Sygic GPS Navigation User guide If problems continue www.sygic.com/support please contact our customer support at XIV.V. Problem downloading application On an iPhone / iPad When installing the application on iPhone or iPad you need to have twice as much space available on your device as is the size of the application. This is necessary so that the .apk file can be unpacked on your device. Please check the size of the application on the App Store and the amount of free space on your device.
Sygic GPS Navigation User guide If you purchased Traffic in Sygic online shop at www.sygic.com please make sure that you are logged into the application with the same email that used to make your purchase. To connect go to: Menu > Settings > Connection XIV.VII. Blackscreen, the application stopped working If the application was working but now there is a black screen when you try to launch it go to: On an Android device Device settings > Applications > Sygic > Clear data.
Sygic GPS Navigation User guide XIV.VIII. Trouble downloading resources from Google Play If you have trouble downloading application resources from Google Play go to: Device settings > Applications > Sygic > Clear data Device settings > Applications > Sygic > Force quit the app Then go to: Device settings > Applications > Google Play Store > Clear data Device settings > Applications > Google Play Store > Force quit the app Then try again. If problems continue www.sygic.
Sygic GPS Navigation User guide XV. Settings IMPORTANT: Some menu items may not be available in all devices. To change factory settings, go to Menu > Settings. XV.I.a Map Manage maps Day/Night color scheme Points of interest Buildings Landmarks Signpost info 2D/3D map view North up Lane guidance Data traffic counter POI on route Autozoom Photos Friends Traffic info Page 53 of 59 Manage maps from activated map package/s Switch between Day/Night color scheme.
Sygic GPS Navigation User guide Fullscreen Current street Junction view Lock screen rotation Font size XV.I.b Availability depends on product configuration. Fullscreen mode for smartphone devices. Enable to see current street. Enable to see junction view. Prevents automatic rotation - for bikers. Choose font size Connection Sign in More options Connect/Disconnect your device from internet Reset password Account options Clear login data – to disable other form Logging-in with your account.
Sygic GPS Navigation User guide Notifications phone speakers only Set sounds for notifications - Speed cameras - Speed limits - Railway crossings - Points of interest - Friend notifications - Message notification - Traffic notification - Sharp curve warning - Offroad XV.I.
Sygic GPS Navigation User guide Distance unites Kilometers/meters Miles/Feet Miles/Yards 14:00 2:00 PM 2:00 Temperature in Celsius/Fahrenheit Set entry detail – degrees, minutes, seconds. Time format Temperature GPS Coordinates XV.I.g Battery management Run in background On external power On battery XV.I.h Information bar Page 56 of 59 On Smartphone devices the app stays running while in background.
Sygic GPS Navigation User guide XV.I.i Side bar Side bar Switch sidebar for tablets on or off. Choose information that will be displayed in the sidebar while driving: - Traffic on route Driving instructions Eco driving Speedometer History Favorites Route overview For more information, see the chapter Side bar. XV.I.j Travel book Travel book XV.I.k Set laps while in walking mode to be Stopwatch triggered, Distance triggered or on automatic Lap detection.
Sygic GPS Navigation User guide XV.I.m About About Information about version, device code and available application memory. Please provide this information in communication with Sygic support. XV.I.n Reset to defaults Reset to defaults Reset to default settings.
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