Contents Welcome to CoPilot! .........................................................i About GPS Technology .............................................................................1 Safety Warning ............................................................................................1 Getting Started ..................................................................2 Requirements .............................................................................................2 Hardware Setup .......
Welcome to CoPilot! Imagine…a CoPilot at your side that always knows where you are, where you’re going, and exactly how to get there. Now confidently drive anywhere while CoPilot, using the latest, most accurate GPS technology, shows you all the correct turns to take to reach your destination. GPS Accuracy The GPS signal CoPilot receives from the constellation of satellites has a rated accuracy of within 5 - 10 meters.
Hardware Setup Getting Started WARNING: Never leave your Smartphone or GPS receiver in a closed vehicle that exceeds 140o F. Requirements Configuring the Bluetooth GPS Receiver: Once you have installed CoPilot Live on your phone, you will be prompted to set up your remote Bluetooth GPS receiver from the GPS Status screen. CoPilot uses the Bluetooth GPS receiver to enable you to obtain a GPS fix for CoPilot to calculate your route and provide navigation guidance.
GPS Troubleshooting: Connecting Your Smartphone 1. Unable to switch on Bluetooth NOTE: If a Quickstart installation memory card was included with your purchase of CoPilot, you do not need to do this. a. Close CoPilot by selecting ‘Exit’ from the menu. b. Switch your phone off and then on again using the power button. c. Restart CoPilot, and select GPS from the CoPilot Welcome screen. d. Select Menu | Turn on Bluetooth. e. Bluetooth should now be switched ON.
Installing CoPilot Installing From a Quickstart Installation Memory Card: Installing From CD’s: 1. Set up your phone and charge the battery following the instructions in your phone’s manual. Your desktop/laptop and Smartphone should both be turned on. The cradle/cable for your mobile device must be connected to your desktop through either a USB or Serial port. Your Smartphone should be connected to your desktop via ActiveSync (see p. 3). 2.
Three Ways to Activate: f. Once complete, you will see the message ‘license activated successfully’. Select Done. 1. Recommended: Automatic Activation using your phone’s Wireless Internet Connection g. (If installing a Europe region upgrade) You must now confirm the map region that you wish to activate. ‘United States’ should be displayed. Select ‘Done’. a. Select the ACTIVATE soft key. b. Select MENU then AUTOMATIC. c. Enter your e-mail address and press NEXT.
Map Download to Your Smartphone (3) Download the Data: NOTE: If your CoPilot product came with a Quickstart installation memory card, you don’t need to download map data (it’s already on your Quickstart card). You can skip to Using CoPilot for Guidance, p. 14. (3a) Using a Storage Card Reader: 1. Make sure the Storage Card for your Smartphone is inserted in the Storage Card Reader.
Selecting a Data Area City Radius This method allows you to quickly select data in the shape of a circle surrounding any city on the map. In the Data Download Wizard you type a city name and state abbreviation or ZIP code and enter the number of miles/kilometers you would like the radius to extend around the city, then click Next. The Wizard displays a map that shows the city and the radius you chose.
4. Name the selection, then click Next. 2. Enter a City, State or ZIP code (address optional) within the area that you would like to download. Click Next. 5. You will return to the Data Selection menu where you can select another data area if you like, using any method. When you finish selecting data areas, click the Download icon and you will be taken to the final screen where you can build your download. 3. Click and hold the left mouse button and drag the cursor to draw a box around a desired area.
Trip This method of selecting data is by far the most customizable method. It allows you to run a trip and select street-level data specific to that trip, thereby avoiding unneeded data and saving valuable memory space. 3. To search for a POI, click the Points of Interest tab, enter a City, State or a ZIP Code and click the Find button. Once the trip is run, the Data Download Wizard automatically selects circles of data around your origin and destination, and a corridor of data along your route.
Check Include US Highway Network to download CoPilot’s complete United States Highway Network along with your data. This additional download requires approximately 59 MB of space on your Smartphone. When this network is loaded, major roads, cities, and some points of interest outside your selected data region will be shown on the map and you’ll be able to receive guidance as you drive anywhere in the European Union. 6.
POI Download Options When you download a data region from your desktop PC, you get all roads within that region. Also included are regional points of interest (POI) such as gas stations, hotels, restaurants, visitor attractions, etc. Adding OV2 POI Sets CoPilot supports OV2 POI files. You can copy any OV2 file into the CoPilot\Save folder on your storage card to get immediate access to the POIs it contains. CoPilot now lets you control the number and types of POI that get downloaded along with map data.
Importing Custom Places 4. In the next screen you’ll see the data from your file sorted into columns. If the columns you see in the screen have not sorted the address data correctly, you need to indicate which delimiter CoPilot should recognize when it separates the fields in your file into columns. Each field — e.g. name, street address, city, state, etc. — needs to be separated by a delimiter such as a tab, semicolon, or comma.
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. 7.
Using CoPilot for Guidance 4. The Select Stop screen gives you eight ways to enter a destination.You can: In CoPilot’s Guidance Mode on your Smartphone, you will receive turn-byturn route guidance information as you travel. For your safety, the Safety View screen will hide maps when your speed exceeds 10 m.p.h. to avoid distractions. Step 1 Step 4 1. To launch CoPilot, select your Smartphone’s Start soft key, then navigate to the CoPilot application in the Start menu and press the Action key.
Step 2 2. In the Address screen, enter a Street Name with or without a House Number, and a City or ZIP Code. Choose a State from the pick list. NOTE: Street address entry is optional, if you like you can enter only a city and state or a ZIP code. Step 3c 3c. For quick zooming, pressing the Action key will display zoom arrows. Tap up on the Action key to zoom in or down to zoom out — these actions can be repeated until the highest or lowest zoom level is reached.
Stop Menu Options In the Going To screen, press the Menu soft key to access options that include adding, deleting, moving, editing, and optimizing your stops. . Select Actions > to access more stop options: > Move Up/Down — Change the order of stops on your trip by moving the highlighted stop up or down on the list. To add another destination, choose Add Stop from the menu. (This is an alternate way to do this, you can also simply highlight in the Going To list and press the Action key.
Entering Your Home Address Select Help and choose Help for on-screen instructions about basic CoPilot features, or About for version information about CoPilot. To program your home address for quick trip entry, select Home in the Select Stop screen and enter your home address as you would a new address (p. 14). The next time you want to enter your home address as a stop, just select Home in the Select Stop screen and your address will be automatically entered.
Favorites Intersections Choose Intersections in the Select Stop screen to enter the intersection of two roads as a stop on your route. Intersections are entered just like addresses (see p. 14), except that instead of a house number you enter a “First Street” and “Second Street”. You can name this location if you like. CoPilot automatically places every stop you enter on a list of favorite places for future quick trip entry. To enter a favorite as a stop, first select Favorites in the Select Stop screen.
Finding Points of Interest CoPilot enables you to search for points of interest (POI) such as gas stations, hotels, restaurants, visitor attractions, etc. within the region for which map data was downloaded from your desktop/laptop computer. You can then choose a destination from the list of search results. From the Search Center pick list, choose an area for CoPilot to search (use the arrows).
Picking Stops From the Map CoPilot enables you to pick a stop off the map when you don’t know the exact address of your destination. Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 1. Select Pick from Map in the Select Stop screen. 2. CoPilot will prompt you to enter a location where you can start searching for the place you have in mind. Highlight one of the options, press Select, and enter any necessary information. Choose Current GPS to zoom to your current location. 3.
Start Driving! Map Views Once you have entered at least one stop in the Select Stop screen, you’re ready to start driving with CoPilot! You’ll receive turn-by-turn directions and maps to guide you safely to your destination. As you drive, CoPilot’s dynamic directions will instantly recalculate your route if you take a wrong turn or decide to go a different way.
Zooming and Shifting Your Map View Trip Editing To zoom your view of the map in or out, press the Menu soft key and select Zoom In or Zoom Out. Or, press the Action key to display the zoom arrow, then press up to zoom in or down to zoom out. This action can be repeated until the minimum or maximum zoom level is reached. To make changes to your trip at any time from the guidance screens, press the Menu soft key and choose Edit Trip. This returns you to the Going To screen where all your stops are listed.
Menu Options on the Road Calculating a Detour From any guidance screen, you can zoom your map view in and out, edit your trip, calculate a detour, save your location as a favorite, and more.
Avoiding Roads Getting ETA’s and Distances To avoid an individual road and have CoPilot calculate another route around that road, you must be in the Itinerary screen. From there, find the road you want to avoid in the scrollable list and highlight it, then press the Menu soft key and select Actions > Avoid Road. The estimated time of arrival (ETA) and distance to your next stop will always be shown at the bottom of the Safety View screen.
General Options Saving a Current Location as a Favorite To save your current location as a Favorite, press the Menu soft key in the Safety View or Map screen, then select Actions > Save GPS Location. Press the Menu soft key in the Going To screen or any guidance screen, then select Options to access a menu of CoPilot program options and settings. GPS Select GPS in the Options menu. The GPS screen provides tools for setting up and viewing your Smartphone’s GPS functionality.
Routing Type — CoPilot’s Quickest routing type is based on the most practical route in terms of road quality, terrain, and urban/rural classifications. Shortest routing travels the least distance where possible while maintaining some level of practicality. Creating a Road Preference Profile To create a new profile, press Menu > New. Enter a new Profile Name and set the basic and advanced routing options the way you want them for this profile.
Guidance Safety View Select Guidance in the Options menu. Select Safety View from the Options menu. In the Guidance screen, the settings under Audio Turn Warnings determine how often and where CoPilot will give you next turn information out loud. All, none, or some boxes can be checked.
You can select one type of POI that you want to be alerted to from the Type list. POI Alerts Select POI Alerts in the Options menu. To toggle the POI Alerts feature on or off, press the Action key on Enable POI Alerts. This screen also lets you change settings that determine when and where alerts will be activated. When POI Alerts is enabled, CoPilot will alert you with a verbal prompt each time you approach a Point of Interest on or near your route.
Upgrade License CoPilot Modes Select More... at the bottom of the Options menu, then select Upgrade License. This screen enables you to upgrade your current version of CoPilot. CoPilot has three modes of operation on your Smartphone. To switch modes, press Menu > Mode in the Going To screen or any guidance screen. Guidance Mode In Guidance Mode, you enter one or more destinations, then press Start Driving to start driving and receive guidance.
Trip Planning On Your Smartphone You can use CoPilot on your Smartphone for trip planning whether or not the GPS receiver is connected and receiving data. In Planning Mode you can run a trip even when you’re not in your car. You’ll get driving directions and maps to use as a reference before your trip begins. 5. In the Map screen, the View menu gives you a choice of three map views: 1. First turn on your Smartphone and launch CoPilot. In the Going To screen, press Menu > Mode and select Planning. 2.
Trip Planning On Your Desktop You can use CoPilot’s desktop functions to map out routes and print maps and driving directions before getting on the road. Desktop trip planning is an additional feature of CoPilot that is in no way connected to using your Smartphone for route guidance. Run Trip On the following pages you will find brief descriptions of CoPilot’s desktop trip planning capabilities.
Save Trip Print Save Trip button or Save Trip / Save Trip As... in the File menu. Print button or Print... in the File menu. Open Trip Help Open Trip button or Open Trip in the File menu. Help button or Help Contents and Search in the Help menu.
Zoom In More Detail Zoom In button or Zoom In in the Map menu. More Detail button or Detail > Show More in the Map menu. Each time you click this button, your view will be zoomed in by one increment. The zoom level is shown in the title bar of the map window. Click to increase the level of detail you see on the map by one increment without changing the zoom level. Zoom Out Less Detail Zoom Out button or Zoom Out in the Map menu. Less Detail button or Detail > Show Less in the Map menu.
Zoom To Region Pick Stops Zoom to Region button or Zoom Region in the Map menu. This function allows you to zoom your map view to a specific area. Choices in the sub-menu will depend on which CoPilot data region(s) were purchased. To turn on Pick Stop mode, click the Pick Stops button or right-click on the map and select Pick Stops. Then click on any point to enter it as a stop. Your map view must be zoomed in to level 11 or 12 (level is displayed in the CoPilot window title bar).
Reference: CoPilot On Your Desktop Landmark Reporting The following is a guide to the main screens you will see as you use CoPilot on your desktop/laptop computer for trip planning. Map Window Menus and toolbar buttons to access all of CoPilot’s desktop features. Click on a tab to frame any stop on your route. Select Landmark Reporting from the drop-down Trip menu. Your planned route with stops. Zoom to a stop and move your cursor over any street to see its name.
Trip Planner Window (Points of Interest) Trip Planner Window (Contacts) Click the Points of Interest tab. Enter a contact’s first or last name and press . CoPilot will search your Contacts database for matches. Enter a state or ZIP code in which you would like to search, a radius within which to search, and (optionally) choose a category and type from the drop-down menu.
Routing Options Trip Summary Select Run in the Trip Planner window to run the trip. Click the Options button in the Trip Planner window to access CoPilot routing options. The Trip Summary will show start and end places, and the number of stops in between them. Auto and Quickest are the default settings, providing the quickest routing for automobiles based on practical considerations such as road quality, terrain, and urban/rural classifications.
Set Up a CoPilot Live Web Account CoPilot Live Communications To use Live capabilities, your Smartphone must have a wireless Internet connection. To create your account on the CoPilot Live website: CoPilot Live allows you to maintain two-way communication with drivers who are using CoPilot and to actually see where they are currently located. You can do this from the CoPilot Live web page. 1. • North America: http://live.alk.com • Europe: http://live.alk.eu.
Real-Time Traffic Information Your Live connection status is shown at the bottom right of the black information bar: In addition to providing users with pre-trip planning and GPS route guidance capabilities, CoPilot uses wireless communications to automatically send real-time information to drivers, notifying them of traffic incidents along the route ahead and potential alternate routes.
Responding to Incident Alerts Using Traffic In Guidance Mode, press Menu > Traffic. Options in this menu are: CoPilot Live alerts you when a traffic incident is detected on your route ahead. Press 9 to see a list of all current incidents. • Check Route: Select Check Route to manually check for traffic incidents along your current route. • Find Traffic: Select Find Traffic to search for traffic incidents around any location.
Creating/Using Your Own Voice You can create your own voice or load voices that other CoPilot users have created and posted online. To do this, create a folder with any name you want and copy sound files with the exact names of the CoPilot sound files. NextStop PoiAhead Rdestination.wav RightTurn Roundabout1 Roundabout10 Roundabout2 Roundabout3 Roundabout4 Roundabout5 Roundabout5 Roundabout7 Roundabout8 Roundabout9 SafetyCam SharpLeft SharpRight Spcam.
CoPilot Technical Support License Upgrade After registering your software (see p.43), you’re entitled to technical support and discounts on new versions of CoPilot. Check out ALK’s web site for technical support documentation and posted answers to common questions. If the web site does not provide an answer to your question, technical support for registered users is available during standard business hours (9:00 am - 5:00 pm Monday-Friday).
5. The Activation Wizard will appear at the end of installation. Activation occurs just as it did when you originally installed CoPilot (see p. 4-5). Using Help Files ON YOUR SMARTPHONE: To access Help on your Smartphone, once the CoPilot application is launched, press Menu > Help. CoPilot provides extensive Help Files, available on your desktop/laptop and your Smartphone, to guide you through the program as you use it.
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