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Royal AmeriGo 16006D User Manual

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  • Page 1 Royal AmeriGo and its suppliers specifically disclaim any warranties, either express or implied, for their products’ fitness for use in any high-risk activities. Page...
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  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    TABLE OF CONTENTS IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS ... 1 ARE OF SUMMARY OF FEATURES... 5 CHARGING THE GPS SYSTEM ... 9 CALIBRATING THE GPS SYSTEM... 10 INSTALLING THE PC SOFTWARE ... 11 YSTEM EQUIREMENTS NSTALLING ONNECTING YOUR ... 4 YSTEM ... 11...
  • Page 5 ELECTING & T OPYING DDITIONAL DELETING MAPS... 23 ELETING ... 23 EMORY ELETING EMORY GETTING STARTED WITH YOUR GPS SYSTEM .. 26 & V PENING INDING A ESTINATION OR INDING AN REATING A ULTIPLE TOPS ON A ... 14 RANSFERRING...
  • Page 6 GPS MENU INDEX ... 36 ... 36 ... 38 ... 41 ... 44 OOLS 9.4.1 PTIONS SUBCATEGORY OF GPS SYSTEM TOOLBAR FUNCTIONS ... 49 10.1 GPS S TATUS ... 49 ECEIVER 10.2 ELECTING A ESTINATION 10.3 WITCHING THE MAP ORIENTATION ON YOUR ...
  • Page 7 GPS SYSTEM CONTROLS ... 51 11.1 UTTON 11.2 CROLLING 11.3 11.4 AVIGATION 11.5 OUTE LEAR SETTING UP THE GPS DATE AND TIME ... 58 GPS SYSTEM SETUP ... 59 13.1 NSTALLING 13.1.1 SING THE 13.1.2 SING THE 13.2 NSTALLING YOUR ... 51 ...
  • Page 8 TROUBLESHOOTING... 64 14.1 ECHNICAL WARRANTY, REGISTRATION & TECHNICAL SUPPORT ... 65 SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT ... 68 ... 64 UPPORT viii Page...

  • Page 9: Important Safety Instructions

    Keep your eyes on the road and hands on the wheel at all times. Secure your GPS receiver and unit to the vehicle in such a way as to not endanger the driver or passengers during driving or operation.
  • Page 10 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (FCC) RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE STATEMENT INFORMATION TO THE USER: This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
  • Page 11 Notes: Shielded cables must be used with this unit to ensure compliance with the Class B FCC limits. The Responsible party information: Royal Consumer Information Products, Inc. – 379 Campus Drive, 2 Floor, Somerset, NJ 08875, USA TEL: 732-627-9977 IN CANADA:...

  • Page 12: Care Of Your System

    The GPS system should be protected from rain and moisture. Treat the GPS system as you would treat other electronic devices. • Do not drop your GPS system or subject it to strong impacts. • The touch screen can be cleaned with a soft cloth lightly moistened with a window cleaning solution.

  • Page 13: Summary Of Features

    Users can save favorite or frequent locations. GPS status indicators. Vehicle navigation simulations. When navigating with the GPS receiver: Options to choose from one of three routing methods: Fastest, Shortest, No Highways. Displays the street name of the next turn at the bottom of screen.
  • Page 14 Auto zoom-in before the turn or highway entrance/exit and zoom-out after. Ability to navigate in compass mode. Can use the GPS receiver position (current location) as the point of origin. A one-touch Route/Clear Route button. Navigation data such as speed, longitude, latitude, local time and direction of travel.
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  • Page 16 Figure 4 Page...

  • Page 17: Charging The Gps System

    Charging the GPS System Before using the GPS system for the first time you will need to fully charge the lithium-ion battery that is built into your GPS system. Connect the AC adapter to the GPS system where indicated in Figure 1.

  • Page 18: Calibrating The Gps System

    2. Tap the center of each cross that appears. Your system is now calibrated and ready for use. Tap anywhere on the screen to start the GPS software. You will now see a safety warning screen. Read the safety warning and tap OK to indicate your understanding and acceptance.

  • Page 19: Installing The Pc Software

    Available hard drive space: 24 MB minimum for map installation. Maps vary in size up to 22 MB for USA maps / 31 MB for Canada maps. The GPS maps are made up of 260 maps segments for USA, separated into geographical and municipality boundary divided sections.

  • Page 20: Installing Mapfinder Software

    Installing MapFinder Software Overview – MapFinder is the PC software that contains all of the detailed street-level maps for the United States. Simply select the map or group of maps you wish to download, and download the selected maps to your unit, or any storage media attached in either device.

  • Page 21: Connecting Your Gps System To Your Pc

    Connecting your GPS System to your PC Be sure your GPS system is turned off and connected to the AC adapter which was supplied with your system. Connect the USB cable supplied with your GPS system to the connector opening located on the bottom of your GPS system as shown in Figure 6.1.

  • Page 22: Installing Maps

    Installing Maps Your GPS unit can store up to 100MB of maps in its internal memory and can also store maps on removable external (MMC or SD) memory cards. The storage location you select will depend on your individual needs. For most users, the GPS internal 100MB memory will hold the maps you will need.
  • Page 23 Figure 7 There are two methods that can be used to select a map(s) you want to use. Page...
  • Page 24 Figure 8 1. Direct Search by City Name or Zip Code -A city name or zip code can be entered in the search field. Select one map only, or chose to select Maps within a specified radius. The factory specified radius is 100 miles. You may modify this to suit your requirements.
  • Page 25 The number of maps selected will appear to the right of your search window, along with the total amount of memory required to store them in your GPS system as shown in figure 10. Figure 10 Page...

  • Page 26: Copying & Transferring Maps

    Copying & Transferring Maps After the map(s) have been selected, they will need to be transferred from the appropriate CD(s) to the GPS unit or external memory card. You may use an SD or MMC memory card. To load maps on an SD memory card, you will need to remove the security lock.
  • Page 27 1. Once all the maps are highlighted and selected, there are two choices at the top right corner of the MapFinder screen: - MS ActiveSync – this will transfer maps directly to the GPS unit or memory card in the GPS unit via ActiveSync.
  • Page 28 GPS system or external memory card. You can also delete maps stored in your GPS system or external memory card. Refer to section 7 for details. After you finish copying maps to an SD memory card, lock the security lock to protect the maps from any damage.

  • Page 29: Additional Mapfinder Functions

    Additional MapFinder Functions By right clicking anywhere on the MapFinder screen, the following menu will appear: Page...
  • Page 30 Copy Current Map to GPS unit –This option will allow the map(s) that have been selected to be downloaded to the GPS unit. Copy Selected Map to GPS unit – This will copy any maps currently highlighted to the GPS unit.

  • Page 31: Deleting Maps

    Deleting Maps You can delete maps from the GPS system internal memory or external memory card by connecting your GPS system to your PC. Deleting Maps From the GPS Internal Memory 1. Connect the GPS System to your computer as described on section 5.3...

  • Page 32: Deleting Maps From The Gps External Memory Card

    Your desire maps have been removed form the GPS unit, you can load more maps by following the steps described on section 6. Deleting Maps From the GPS External Memory Card 1. If you are using an SD memory card: A Remove the external memory card from the GPS system SD/MMC card slot.
  • Page 33 B. Lock the card security lock. C. Insert the external card onto the GPS system SD/MMC Card Slot. Your desired maps have been removed form the GPS unit. You can load more maps by following the steps described on section 6. Page...

  • Page 34: Getting Started With Your Gps System

    The default setting is 5 maps. You can however, open up to 10 maps for longer trips. To give your GPS unit the ability to open up to 10 maps, go to the Tools menu on the GPS unit and select Options. (See section 9.4.1)

  • Page 35: Finding A Destination Or Ending Point

    Finding a Destination or Ending Point The methods used to find an Origin (route starting point) or Destination (route ending point) are the same. The Origin will be displayed in Green and the Destination in Red. In the Find menu there are several methods to find a location: (figure 12) - Recent Destination - The user defined Favorites database...
  • Page 36 Figure 12 Page...
  • Page 37 Recent Destination - This will bring up a list of up to 11 recent destinations. Favorites – This will search a database of locations that have been previously named and stored by the user. 1. Tap Find Origin or Destination Favorites.
  • Page 38 highlight it and tap Next. 3. The next screen will ask you to select the appropriate city for the address. You can also tap the Zip Code box at the bottom of the screen to display zip codes. Tap on a city to highlight it and tap Next.
  • Page 39 5. The final screen will ask if you want to save this address as a Favorite to be used in the future. Points of Interest – This will search the database of points of interest that are built into the map(s) in use with the GPS Navigation software. 1. Tap Find Origin or Destination Point of Interest.

  • Page 40: Finding An Origin Or Starting Point

    *Note: If the GPS is enabled and locked-on to your position, the software will treat your current GPS position as the origin of a route as long as the GPS indicator is on a street. (To enable the GPS, see section 10.1).

  • Page 41: Multiple Stops On A Route

    Destination. 5. Once all stops have been entered, a route can be calculated. Tap Find New Route -OR- touch the Route button on the GPS system. 6. When New Route is selected, and there are multiple stops entered, a screen similar to figure 13 will appear:...
  • Page 42 Figure 13 Page...
  • Page 43 7. Multi-Stop Route Screen: - On this screen, the stops can be arranged in any particular order for a route. - Selecting Multi-Stop Route will include any stops on the list in your route. - Optimize will create the most direct route through all of the stops.

  • Page 44: Gps Menu Index

    Give a list of all the maps currently open and in use. Close opened map(s), clearing screen and settings. Displays a window showing the current version of the GPS software and/or maps installed on your GPS system. Quit Ostia software. Page...
  • Page 45 Figure 14 Page...

  • Page 46: Find

    Find The items below are shown in Figure 15 Find Menu Items Destination/ Origin Multi-stop Description These items allow for the lookup of the following for use as an Origin or Destination of a route: Favorites Address Intersections Points of Interest (See section 8.2) Allows up to 10 stops to be added to a route between the Origin &...
  • Page 47 New Route Reverse Route Select this menu item to calculate & display a new route. 1. The Origin is shown as a green line. 2. The Destination is shown as a red line. 3. The Route is shown as a blue path between origin and destination.
  • Page 48 Figure 15 Page...

  • Page 49: View

    Select this menu item to display turn-by-turn driving directions in text format. The text directions can be scrolled through using the direction pad of the GPS system. Select this menu item to display the current direction, speed, longitude, latitude, local time and “vision”...
  • Page 50 Destination Origin Multi-stop Full Route Select this menu item to display the currently defined destination. Selecting this function may change the map scale. Select this menu item to display the currently defined origin. Selecting this function may change the map scale. Select this menu item to display Multi-stop locations that have been already entered into the system.
  • Page 51 Figure 16 Page...

  • Page 52: Tools

    Store Favorites This function will allow a specific latitude and longitude point on the map or the current GPS position to be stored as a Favorite. Options This menu item will allow for customization of the software.
  • Page 53 Figure 17 Page...

  • Page 54: Options (Subcategory Of Tools)

    Heading Up Enabling this option will set the display to always show the GPS indicator pointing towards the top of the screen with a compass in the lower right corner of the screen. Disabling this option will orient the screen so that North is always at the top of the screen.
  • Page 55 Route Options This option sets the method of how the software will calculate a route: - Fastest – This will calculate the fastest route based on posted speed limits. - Shortest – This will calculate the most direct route. - No Highway – This will calculate a route avoiding highways completely.
  • Page 56 Figure 18 Page...

  • Page 57: Gps System Toolbar Functions

    GPS receiver. TAPPING THE GPS STATUS INDICATOR WILL ENABLE OR DISABLE THE GPS ANTENNA. Red Face = The GPS unit is not receiving data from the GPS antenna. All connections should be checked, including your power source. Yellow Face = The GPS antenna is currently acquiring signals from the satellites for a signal lock.

  • Page 58: Selecting A Pre Stored Favorite As Destination

    Tapping the compass indicator will allow you to toggle your display setting between Heading Up (always showing the GPS indicator pointing towards the top of the screen with the compass in the lower right corner of the screen) or Heading North (the map on the screen always has North at the top).

  • Page 59: Gps System Controls

    The home button guides you home quickly & easily. If you are, lost, confused, or just tired and want to go home, press the home button and the GPS system will calculate a route from your actual position and will guide you home.

  • Page 60: Map Scrolling Joystick

    11.3 Zoom In / Zoom Out Button You can use the Zoom buttons to increase or decrease the map scale displayed on your GPS unit in order to be able to see a specific point on the map or a general view of the trip.

  • Page 61: Navigation Screen

    Dragging the stylus on the screen in a motion from the upper left corner towards the bottom right corner creates a box on the screen. The software will attempt to do a best-fit zoom to the area within the box. Zooming out is the opposite direction;...
  • Page 62 Map View Figure 20 Page...
  • Page 63 Arrow/Text View Split Arrow & Map View Figure 21 Note: Tapping anywhere in the text prompt portion of the screen will manually sound the voice prompt for the current set of directions. Page...
  • Page 64 Text Directions view Compass View Satellite Info View Figure 22 Page...

  • Page 65: Route / Clear Route

    11.5 Route / Clear Route Make sure your antenna is connected and you have a GPS signal. To verify, look for the status indicator (green signal face) at the bottom of the display of the GPS system. Once you have set up your DESTINATION, you can press the ROUTE/CLEAR ROUTE button on the GPS system.

  • Page 66: Setting Up The Gps Date And Time

    12 Setting up the GPS Date and Time To set up the date and time on the GPS unit, just tap on the Windows icon on the bottom of the screen Double tap over Date/Time option. The Date/Time Properties screen will be displayed.

  • Page 67: Gps System Setup

    GPS Navigation Screen. 13 GPS System Setup 13.1 Installing Your Mounting You can mount your GPS system by using the air vent mount or the gooseneck mount provided. 13.1.1 Using the Air Vent Mount 1. Review the part list shown in Figure 2.
  • Page 68 3. Insert clip # 2 (the shorter clip) into the center hole on the backside of the vent mount and move the clip to position (B) on the right as shown in figure 23. 4. Insert the positioning arm in the lower holes (C) on the back side of the vent mount as shown in figure 23.

  • Page 69: Using The Gooseneck Mount

    5. Push the lever down as shown in figure 25 to force out extra air and improve suction. 6. Adjust the gooseneck to place the GPS system in a comfortable position for viewing. Figure 25 Caution: Some state laws prohibit the use of instruments on the windshield.

  • Page 70: Installing Your Gps System

    13.2 Installing your GPS System GPS System Place your GPS system on its vent or gooseneck mount by inserting the hooks on the face of the mount into the holes on the back of your system, then push the system down till it is securely locked in place.
  • Page 71 4 (page 8). Connect the small end of your antenna cable to the top right side of your GPS system as shown in call out 15 of figure 4. A blue light will be visible on the antenna. Page...

  • Page 72: Troubleshooting

    14 Troubleshooting See the Royal AmeriGo website (http://www.royal.com) for FAQ’s, tips, troubleshooting and latest updates. 14.1 Technical Support Royal Consumer Information Products, Inc. http://www.Royal.com/amerigo 379 Campus Drive, Somerset, NJ, 08875, USA Phone: 800-272-6229 Fax: 630-315-2503 Email: support@Royal.com Telephone technical support is available Monday through Friday between the hours of 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Pacific Standard Time.

  • Page 73: Warranty, Registration & Technical Support

    Floor, Somerset, NJ 08875 USA WARRANTS that your NEW Royal GPS System is free of defects of workmanship and materials. If there is a defect or malfunction of this product, Royal will repair it free of charge as follows: PARTS: New or comparable rebuilt parts in exchange for defective parts for ONE (1) YEAR from date of customer purchase.
  • Page 74 This warranty does not apply to persons who purchased this product second-hand or used. This warranty does not include adjustments, parts and/or repairs required by circumstances beyond the control of Royal, including but not limited to fire or other casualty, accident, neglect, abuse, misuse, abnormal use or battery leakage damages.
  • Page 75 TO OBTAIN SERVICE UNDER THE TERMS OF THIS WARRANTY: Royal is confident you will enjoy years of trouble-free service from your new GPS system. Should you feel your GPS system is not functioning properly please do not return the system to your place of purchase.

  • Page 76: Software License Agreement

    Software Package on a single personal computer or other device. 2. Software Transfer: Licensee may permanently transfer the License and all rights there under to a third party by written notification to Royal and Pharos where the recipient agrees to the terms of the License.
  • Page 77 4. Limitation of Liability: IN NO EVENT WILL ROYAL, PHAROS OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL INCIDENTAL, ECONOMIC OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OR INABLITY TO USE THE ROYAL AMERIGO GPS NAVIGATION SYSTEM, ROYAL/PHAROS OSTIA SOFTWARE OR ROYAL AMERIGO MAPFINDER PC SOFTWARE, INCLUDING DOCUMENTATION EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
  • Page 78 5. Disclaimer of Warranty: THE ROYAL AMERIGO GPS NAVIGATION SYSTEM, ROYAL OSTIA SOFTWARE, ROYAL AMERIGO MAPFINDER PC SOFTWARE AND THE ACCOMPANYING FILES ARE SOLD "AS IS". ROYAL, PHAROS AND ITS SUPPLIERS DISCLAIM ANY WARRANTIES AS TO PERFORMANCE OR MERCHANDISE OR ANY OTHER WARRANTIES WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED.
  • Page 79 Software and Software Package), the accompanying printed materials, and any copies of the Software and Software Package are owned by Royal, Pharos or its suppliers. The Software and Software Package is protected by copyright laws and international treaty provisions.
  • Page 80 Products are a trade secret and a proprietary commercial product and not subject to disclosure. 13. Restricted Rights: End User hereby represents and warrants that the Products shall be protected for public disclosure and considered exempt from any statute, law, regulation, or code, including any Sunshine Act, Public Records Act, Freedom of Information Act, or equivalent, which permits access and/or reproduction or use of the Products.

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