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Clarion Mobile Map
Navigation software for Clarion NX501E/NZ501E
UK English
December 2010, ver. 1.0

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  • Page 1 User Manual Clarion Mobile Map Navigation software for Clarion NX501E/NZ501E UK English December 2010, ver. 1.0...
  • Page 2 NX501E/NZ501E right away. This document is the detailed description of the navigation software. You can easily discover Clarion Mobile Map while you are using it; however, we still recommend that you read this manual to fully understand the screens and features.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    3.1.2.5 Searching for a Place of Interest by its phone number ..........42   3.1.2.6 Selecting nearby assistance from 'Where Am I?' ............. 43   3.1.3 Selecting a map location as the destination ............45   3.1.4 Selecting the destination from your Favourites ..........46 NX501E/NZ501E English 3...
  • Page 4 4.3.2 Customise Quick menu ..................73   4.3.3 Traffic settings ....................73   4.3.4 Route settings ..................... 73   4.3.5 Green routing settings ..................75   4.3.6 Map settings ....................... 76   4.3.7 Visual guidance settings ..................77 4 NX501E/NZ501E English...
  • Page 5 4.3.8 Display settings ....................78   4.3.9 Regional settings ....................78   4.3.10 Trip monitor settings ..................78 5 Glossary ....................80   6 End User Licence Agreement ..............82   7 Copyright note ..................86   NX501E/NZ501E English 5...

  • Page 6: Warnings And Safety Information

    You must obey the traffic signs and follow the road geometry. If you deviate from the recommended route, Clarion Mobile Map changes the instructions accordingly. Never place NX501E/NZ501E where it obstructs the driver's view, where it is in the deployment zone of an airbag or where it might cause injuries in an accident.

  • Page 7: Getting Started

    2 Getting started Clarion Mobile Map is optimised for in-car use. You can use it easily by tapping the screen buttons and the map with your fingertips. When using the navigation software for the first time, an initial setup process starts automatically.

  • Page 8: Buttons And Other Controls On The Screen

    You can run it later if you choose After the initial setup, the Map screen appears and you can start using Clarion Mobile Map. 2.1 Buttons and other controls on the screen When you are using Clarion Mobile Map, you usually tap buttons on the touch screen.

  • Page 9: Using Keyboards

    Slider When a feature can be set Drag the handle to to different values in a move the slider to its range, Clarion Mobile Map new position. shows an indicator on a • Tap the slider where gauge that displays and you want the handle sets the value.

  • Page 10: Beyond Single Screen Tap

    Depending on the speed of the sliding, the list will scroll fast or slow, only a bit or till the end. • Moving the map in map browsing mode: grab the map, and move it in the desired direction. 10 NX501E/NZ501E English...

  • Page 11: Map Screen

    2.2 Map screen 2.2.1 Navigating on the map The Map screen is the most frequently used screen of Clarion Mobile Map. A small live map is displayed on the startup screen, the Navigation menu, as a part of the button.
  • Page 12 If NX501E/NZ501E is capable of receiving live traffic information, the calculation takes into account traffic delays affecting your route if they are received. However, this calculation is rarely accurate.

  • Page 13: Position Markers

    2.2.3 Objects on the map 2.2.3.1 Streets and roads Clarion Mobile Map shows the streets in a way that is similar to how the paper road maps show them. Their width and colours correspond to their importance: you can easily tell a motorway from a small street.
  • Page 14 Turn sharp left. Keep left. Continue straight in the intersection. Go left on the roundabout, 3rd exit (next manoeuvre). Enter roundabout (second next manoeuvre). Enter motorway. Exit motorway. Board ferry. Leave ferry. Approaching a waypoint. Approaching the destination. 14 NX501E/NZ501E English...

  • Page 15: Lane Information And Signposts

    When navigating on multilane roads, it is important to take the appropriate lane in order to follow the recommended route. If lane information is available in the map data, Clarion Mobile Map displays the lanes and their directions using small arrows at the bottom of the map.

  • Page 16: Elements Of The Active Route

    3D buildings 3D block representation of full city building data containing actual building size and position on the map. 2.2.3.6 Elements of the active route Clarion Mobile Map shows the route in the following way: Symbol Name Description Current GPS position and Your current position displayed on the map.

  • Page 17: Manipulating The Map

    Action Button(s) Description Moving the map with No buttons You can move the map in any direction: tap drag&drop and hold the map, and move your finger towards the direction you want to move the map. NX501E/NZ501E English 17...
  • Page 18 Zooming in and out Changes how much of the map is displayed on the screen. Clarion Mobile Map uses high-quality vector maps that let you examine the map at various zoom levels, always with optimised content. It always displays street names and other text...

  • Page 19: Quick Menu

    My Route / Edit Route This button opens the route editing function. More / Settings / This button opens the route related settings. Route Settings (page More / Settings / Map This button opens the map related settings. Settings (page 76) NX501E/NZ501E English 19...
  • Page 20 With this function you can search for Places of Interest in (page 34) various different ways. My Route / More / This button opens the Map screen and starts simulating Simulate Navigation the active route. (page 62) 20 NX501E/NZ501E English...

  • Page 21: Checking The Details Of The Current Position (Where Am I?)

    In the middle of the screen you can see whether the position is current, or the time left since it was last updated. • Address details (when available) of the current position are also displayed at the bottom. You can also perform some actions on this screen: NX501E/NZ501E English 21...

  • Page 22: Navigation Menu

    : Petrol stations Tap any of the buttons, select a Place from the list, and navigate to it. 2.3 Navigation menu You can reach all parts of Clarion Mobile Map from the Navigation menu. You have the following options: •...
  • Page 23 The button itself is a miniature live map that shows your current position, the recommended route and the surrounding map area. Tap the button to enlarge the map to the full screen. • to open the Traffic Summary screen. NX501E/NZ501E English 23...

  • Page 24: Navigating

    3.1 Selecting the destination of a route Clarion Mobile Map offers you several ways of choosing your destination: • Enter a full address or a part of an address, for example a street name without a house number or the names of two intersecting streets (page 24).
  • Page 25 Navigation menu. In the Navigation menu, tap the following buttons: By default, Clarion Mobile Map proposes the country and city/town where you are. If needed, tap , enter the first few letters of the country name on the keyboard, and select one country from the list of results.
  • Page 26 After a short summary of the route parameters, the map appears showing the entire route. The route is automatically calculated. Tap to modify route parameters, or tap and start your journey. 26 NX501E/NZ501E English...

  • Page 27: Entering The Midpoint Of A Street As The Destination

    If the desired name does not show up, the names that match the string appear in a list after entering a couple of characters (to open the list of results before it appears automatically, tap ). Select the street from the list. NX501E/NZ501E English 27...

  • Page 28: Selecting An Intersection As The Destination

    To enter an address as the destination, do as follows: If you are on the Map screen, tap to return to the Navigation menu. In the Navigation menu, tap the following buttons: If necessary, modify the country and city/town as described earlier (page 24). 28 NX501E/NZ501E English...
  • Page 29 After a short summary of the route parameters, the map appears showing the entire route. The route is automatically calculated. Tap to modify route parameters, or tap and start your journey. NX501E/NZ501E English 29...

  • Page 30: Selecting A City/Town Centre As The Destination

    (to open the list of results before it appears automatically, tap ). Select the city/town from the list. Instead of entering the street name, tap . This way the centre of the displayed city/town becomes the destination of the route. 30 NX501E/NZ501E English...

  • Page 31: Entering An Address With A Postal Code

    In the Navigation menu, tap the following buttons: If necessary, modify the country as described earlier (page 24). Enter a new city/town using its postal code: to open the numeric keypad. Start entering the postal code. NX501E/NZ501E English 31...
  • Page 32 Enter the house number: Enter the house number on the keyboard. (To enter letters, tap to finish entering the address. (If the entered house number cannot be found, the midpoint of the street is selected as the destination.) 32 NX501E/NZ501E English...

  • Page 33: Tips On Entering Addresses Quickly

    For example, enter 'PI A' to obtain Pine Avenue and skip all Pine Streets and Pickwick Roads. NX501E/NZ501E English 33...

  • Page 34: Selecting The Destination From The Places Of Interest

    3.1.2 Selecting the destination from the Places of Interest You can select your destination from the Places of Interest included with Clarion Mobile Map. Using the same screen, you can find a Place in different ways: •...

  • Page 35: Searching For A Place Of Interest Using Preset Categories

    The Preset search feature lets you quickly find the most frequently selected types of Places. If you are on the Map screen, tap to return to the Navigation menu. In the Navigation menu, tap the following buttons: NX501E/NZ501E English 35...
  • Page 36 • If the current position is not available either (no GPS signal), they are searched around the last known position. Tap any of the quick search buttons to get an instant list of Places. 36 NX501E/NZ501E English...

  • Page 37: Searching For A Place Of Interest By Category

    Select the area around which the Place should be searched for: • to search around the current position or if it is not available, around the last know position. (The result list will be ordered by the distance from this position.) NX501E/NZ501E English 37...
  • Page 38 Places around the selected location or along the route. Select one of the Place subcategories (e.g. Hotel or Motel) or tap to list all Places in the selected main category around the selected location or along the route. 38 NX501E/NZ501E English...
  • Page 39 14. After a short summary of the route parameters, the map appears showing the entire route. The route is automatically calculated. Tap to modify route parameters, or tap and start your journey. NX501E/NZ501E English 39...

  • Page 40: Searching For A Place Of Interest By Name

    This is useful when you search for a later stopover that results in a minimal detour only, such as searching for upcoming petrol stations or restaurants. (The result list will be ordered by the length of the necessary detour.) 40 NX501E/NZ501E English...
  • Page 41 Select one of the Place subcategories (e.g. Hotel or Motel) to search in or tap to search in the selected Place category. if you have not done it before. Using the keyboard, start entering the name of the Place. NX501E/NZ501E English 41...

  • Page 42: Searching For A Place Of Interest By Its Phone Number

    3.1.2.5 Searching for a Place of Interest by its phone number You can search for Places of Interest by their phone number: If you are on the Map screen, tap to return to the Navigation menu. In the Navigation menu, tap the following buttons: 42 NX501E/NZ501E English...

  • Page 43: Selecting Nearby Assistance From 'Where Am I

    3.1.2.6 Selecting nearby assistance from 'Where Am I?' You can quickly search for nearby assistance from the 'Where Am I?' screen. On the Map screen, tap to open the Quick menu. NX501E/NZ501E English 43...
  • Page 44 The name and address of the Place is displayed at the top of the screen. (optional) Tap to see the details of the selected Place. Tap to return to the map. 44 NX501E/NZ501E English...

  • Page 45: Selecting A Map Location As The Destination

    Cursor as the destination. After a short summary of the route parameters, the map appears showing the entire route. The route is automatically calculated. Tap to modify route parameters, or tap and start your journey. NX501E/NZ501E English 45...

  • Page 46: Selecting The Destination From Your Favourites

    After a short summary of the route parameters, the map appears showing the entire route. The route is automatically calculated. Tap to modify route parameters, or tap and start your journey. 46 NX501E/NZ501E English...

  • Page 47: Selecting Your Home Location

    After a short summary of the route parameters, the map appears showing the entire route. The route is automatically calculated. Tap to modify route parameters, or tap and start your journey. NX501E/NZ501E English 47...

  • Page 48: Selecting A Recent Destination From The History

    The route is automatically calculated. Tap to modify route parameters, or tap and start your journey. 3.1.7 Entering the coordinate of the destination You can also select a destination by entering its coordinate. Do as follows: 48 NX501E/NZ501E English...
  • Page 49 After a short summary of the route parameters, the map appears showing the entire route. The route is automatically calculated. Tap to modify route parameters, or tap and start your journey. NX501E/NZ501E English 49...

  • Page 50: Navigate To A Location Stored In A Photo

    Other picture files do not appear in the list. Files must be located on an inserted SD card or USB pendrive, either in the root folder or in a "pictures" folder. 50 NX501E/NZ501E English...

  • Page 51: Building A Route From The List Of Destinations (Create Route)

    3.2 Viewing the entire route on the map It is easy to get a map overview of the active route. Do as follows: NX501E/NZ501E English 51...

  • Page 52: Checking Route Parameters And Accessing Route Related Functions

    3.3 Checking route parameters and accessing route related functions You can check different parameters of the route recommended by Clarion Mobile Map. If you are on the Map screen, tap to return to the Navigation menu.

  • Page 53: Modifying The Route

    The other destinations of the route remain intact. Note: the new waypoint is placed among destinations to keep the route optimal. To decide where a waypoint to appear, use the Edit Route feature. NX501E/NZ501E English 53...

  • Page 54: Setting A New Starting Position For The Route

    The first line is the start of the route, normally the current GPS position. Tap confirm your action at the warning message. The Destination menu appears and you can select the start point of the route the same way you select a destination. 54 NX501E/NZ501E English...

  • Page 55: Editing The List Of Destinations (Edit Route)

    If you are on the Map screen, tap to return to the Navigation menu. In the Navigation menu, tap You have the following options: • to add a new destination. • to delete a destination. NX501E/NZ501E English 55...

  • Page 56: Pausing The Active Route

    3.4.4 Pausing the active route You do not need to pause the active route: when you start driving again, Clarion Mobile Map restarts the voice instructions from your position. 3.4.5 Cancelling the active route To cancel the navigated route, do one of the following: •...

  • Page 57: Checking Route Alternatives For An Existing Route

    Select one of the route alternatives and tap to return to the previous screen. Clarion Mobile Map recalculates the route. The orange line now shows the new recommended route. 3.4.7 Checking route alternatives for an existing route To recalculate the active route with a different route planning method, you can modify the Route settings (page 73).

  • Page 58: Changing The Vehicle Used In Route Planning

    Select one of the route alternatives then tap and hold for a few seconds to return to the Map screen. Clarion Mobile Map recalculates the route. The orange line now shows the new recommended route. 3.4.8 Changing the vehicle used in route planning To recalculate the active route for a different vehicle, do as follows.

  • Page 59: Changing The Road Types Used In Route Planning

    • • • Clarion Mobile Map recalculates the route optimised for the new vehicle type. The orange line now shows the new recommended route. 3.4.9 Changing the road types used in route planning To recalculate the active route with different road type preferences, do as follows. These changes can also be made in Settings (page 73).

  • Page 60: Saving A Location As A Favourite Destination

    Clarion Mobile Map plans the best toll-free route. • - Clarion Mobile Map includes ferries in a planned route by default. However, a map does not necessarily contain information about the accessibility of temporary ferries. You might also need to pay a fare on ferries.

  • Page 61: Saving A Location As An Alert Point

    (if applicable) the speed limit for this alert point. to save the location as a new alert point. 3.7 Editing an alert point You can edit a previously saved or uploaded alert point (for example a speed camera or a railway crossing). NX501E/NZ501E English 61...

  • Page 62: Watching The Simulation Of The Route

    3.8 Watching the simulation of the route You can run a simulated navigation that demonstrates the active route. Do as follows: If you are on the Map screen, tap to return to the Navigation menu. In the Navigation menu, tap 62 NX501E/NZ501E English...
  • Page 63 : Jump to the previous route event (manoeuvre). • : Tap to increase the speed of the simulation to 4, 8 or 16 times faster. Now tap again to return to the normal speed. to stop the simulation. NX501E/NZ501E English 63...

  • Page 64: Reference Guide

    While driving without an active route: Smart Zoom will zoom in if you drive slowly and zoom out when you drive at high speed. 4.1.2 Daytime and night colour themes Clarion Mobile Map uses different colour themes during the day and during the night for both the map and the menu screens. •...
  • Page 65 • : Results in a route with fewer turns and no difficult manoeuvres. With this option, you can make Clarion Mobile Map to take, for example, the motorway instead of a series of smaller roads or streets. •...

  • Page 66: Green Routing

    Real-time Traffic events are also taken into account and sometimes greatly modify the route. Clarion Mobile Map automatically recalculates the route if you deviate from the proposed itinerary or if a newly received Traffic event concerns a part of the recommended route.

  • Page 67: Road Safety Cameras And Other Proximity Alert Points

    4.1.6 Speed limit warning Maps may contain information about the speed limits of the road segments. Clarion Mobile Map is able to warn you if you exceed the current limit. This information may not be available for your region (ask your local dealer), or may not be fully correct for all roads in the map.

  • Page 68: Traffic Information In Route Planning

    NX501E/NZ501E contains the TMC receiver that is needed to receive Traffic events. If public Traffic data is broadcast at your location, Clarion Mobile Map automatically takes into account the traffic events received. You do not need to set anything in the program. The receiver will automatically search the FM radio stations for TMC data, and the decoded information will immediately be used in route planning.

  • Page 69: More' Menu

    If there are traffic events on the recommended route that the application has not bypassed, the icon will open the list of significant traffic events to let you quickly check them. 4.2 'More' menu The 'More' menu provides you with various options and additional applications. Tap the following buttons: NX501E/NZ501E English 69...

  • Page 70: Settings Menu

    Software and Database End User License Agreement, or check the map and other contents of the application. You can also access program usage statistics. 4.3 Settings menu You can configure the program settings, and modify the behaviour of Clarion Mobile Map. Tap the following buttons: 70 NX501E/NZ501E English...
  • Page 71 Modify the basic software parameters set during the initial setup process. For details, see page 7. Delete all saved data and reset all settings to their factory defaults. NX501E/NZ501E English 71...

  • Page 72: Sound And Warnings

    Maps may contain information about the speed limits of the road segments. Clarion Mobile Map is able to warn you if you exceed the current limit. This information may not be available for your region (ask your local dealer), or may not be fully correct for all roads in the map.

  • Page 73: Customise Quick Menu

    When calculating a new route, or when recalculation becomes necessary based on the received Traffic events, Clarion Mobile Map avoids traffic events if it makes sense. You can also set the minimum delay that triggers route recalculation, and you can instruct the application if you want to confirm every recalculation.
  • Page 74 They can be enabled or disabled separately from toll roads. Clarion Mobile Map includes toll roads (pay roads where there is a per- use charge) in the routes by default. If you disable toll roads, Clarion Mobile Map plans the best toll-free route.

  • Page 75: Green Routing Settings

    Results in a route with fewer turns and no difficult manoeuvres. With this option, you can make Clarion Mobile Map to take, for example, the motorway instead of a series of smaller roads or streets.

  • Page 76: Map Settings

    The map is always shown on the screen so that you can see the effect when you change a setting. Button Description Switch the map view between a 3D perspective view and a 2D top- down view. Adjust the basic zoom and tilt levels to your needs. Three levels are available. 76 NX501E/NZ501E English...

  • Page 77: Visual Guidance Settings

    Whenever adequate information is available, lane information similar to the real ones on road signs above the road is displayed at the top of the map. You can turn this feature on or off. NX501E/NZ501E English 77...

  • Page 78: Display Settings

    The application will restart if you change this setting; you are asked to confirm this. You can set the distance units to be used by the program. Clarion Mobile Map may not support all the listed units in some voice guidance languages.
  • Page 79 Track logs, the sequence of the positions given by the GPS receiver, can be saved together with trip logs. They can later be displayed on the map. You can let the application save the track log whenever it saves a trip. NX501E/NZ501E English 79...

  • Page 80: Glossary

    Colour theme Clarion Mobile Map comes with different colour themes for daytime or night use of the map and menu screens. Themes are custom graphic settings and they can have different colours for streets, blocks or surface waters in 2D and 3D modes, and they display shades or shadows in different ways in 3D mode.
  • Page 81 Road Safety Camera Special alert points for speed, red light or bus lane cameras. Different data sources are available. You can configure Clarion Mobile Map to warn you when you approach one of these cameras. Detecting the location of Road Safety Cameras is prohibited in certain countries. It is the sole responsibility of the driver to check whether this feature can be used during the trip.

  • Page 82: End User Licence Agreement

    Database Owner). The user's manual of the Software Product includes the name of the menu option where all the owners of the Database items are listed. The Licensor hereby states that it has obtained sufficient usage and representation rights from the Database owners in order 82 NX501E/NZ501E English...
  • Page 83 Software Product (including errors of the computer program, the documentation and the Database). 8.4 The Licensor does not assume any responsibility for damages incurred due to the Software Product not being applicable for any defined purpose, or due to the error or NX501E/NZ501E English 83...
  • Page 84 Software Product by the User (e.g. movement/route data, user interaction data). Such data collection functions may be disabled or enabled by User any time from within the corresponding menu. The collected data is connected to the device type 84 NX501E/NZ501E English...
  • Page 85 Software Product storage media. 10.3 Collected data is transmitted, stored and handled anonymously and no connection of the data with the User shall be established by Licensor or any third party. NX501E/NZ501E English 85...

  • Page 86: Copyright Note

    This manual may not, in whole or in part, be reproduced or transmitted in any form either electronically or mechanically, including photocopying and recording, without the express written consent of Clarion. © 2010 - Clarion Data Source © 2006-2010 Tele Atlas. All rights reserved. This material is proprietary and the subject of copyright protection, database right protection and other intellectual property rights owned by Tele Atlas or its suppliers.

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