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ALK CoPilot CoPilot 3.0 User Manual

Alk copilot copilot 3.0: user guide
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  • Page 2: Software Installation

    Pocket CoPilot Quick Start 1. Software Installation ® Before installing Pocket CoPilot please be sure you have done the following: ® 1) Installed Microsoft ActiveSync on your computer. 2) Activated ActiveSync by connecting your Pocket PC to your computer. 3) Uninstalled any previous Pocket CoPilot versions. To install Pocket CoPilot to your Pocket PC and computer: 1) Insert Pocket CoPilot Install Disk into your CD-ROM drive.

  • Page 3: Volume Control

    to either select additional map data or download selected areas to your Pocket PC (See 6 below). B. Select Map Area to download data for a manually selected map region: To specify the area around which you would like to manually select map data, type a city name into the City, State or ZIP Code box and click Next.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Contents Quick Start ... Inside Front Cover Table of Contents ... 1 CoPilot Overview ... 2 Getting Started ... 4 Uninstalling Previous Versions ..6 Installing Pocket CoPilot Software ... 7 Data Download ... 9 Map Data Selection... 11 Selecting and Downloading Data...

  • Page 5: Safety Warning

    A Safety Warning Always keep your hands on the steering wheel and eyes on the road when driving! Do not use this product in any way that interferes with safe and attentive operation of a vehicle. When used in a vehicle, do not place the GPS receiver, antenna, power supply, or your computer where it may strike the driver or passengers if the vehicle turns sharply or stops abruptly.

  • Page 6: Uninstalling Previous Versions

    Software In order to successfully transfer data from your desktop to your Pocket PC, you must have Microsoft ActiveSync 3.1 (or later) installed. This software is necessary to connect the two machines and is provided by your Pocket PC manufacturer. If you did not receive this software with your mobile device, contact the distributor immediately.

  • Page 7: Installing Pocket Copilot Software

    Installing Pocket CoPilot Software To install Pocket CoPilot to your desktop/laptop, first turn on your computer and set up your Pocket PC. Insert the Pocket CoPilot Install Disk in your CD-ROM drive. Have your installation code (on your CD's jewel case) ready.

  • Page 8: Data Download

    Data Download Specifying a Location Pocket CoPilot gives you 3 options for downloading data: 1) directly to the device's memory, 2) to a Storage Card in the device, or 3) to a Storage Card through a Storage Card Reader. You will be prompted to enter this information before you are able to download.

  • Page 9: Map Data Selection

    Map Data Selection See the diagram on the following pages for step-by-step instructions on downloading data to your Pocket PC. After you have specified a location to which the data will be downloaded, you will be prompted to select the area that you would like to download. Pocket CoPilot allows you to download data using one of three methods: 1) City Radius - This allows you to download a specified area around a city of your choice:...

  • Page 10: Selecting And Downloading Data

    Selecting and Downloading Data 1. City Radius 1. Select City Radius by clicking the icon. 2. Enter a city, state or ZIP code, and a mile radius around the area that you would like to download. Click Next to verify that the area is correct.
  • Page 11 2. Map Area 1. Select Map Area by clicking the icon. 2. Enter a city, state or ZIP code (address optional) around the area that you would like to download. Click Next. 3. Click and hold the left mouse button and drag the cursor to draw a box around a desired area.
  • Page 12 3. Trip 1. Select Trip from the menu by clicking the icon. You will then have three options for entering stops on your trip. 2. If you choose the Cities and Addresses tab you will need to enter a City, State or ZIP code, hit <Enter>, and click Add Stop.

  • Page 13: Starting Pocket Copilot - Guidance Mode

    6. You will return to the Data Selection Menu where you can either select another data area, or Download a selection to your Pocket PC. 7. Once you have chosen to download, using the arrows in the center of the box, move the data areas that you would like to include in, or remove from, the download you are about to...

  • Page 14: Menus And Toolbar Icons

    3. Pocket CoPilot will then provide you with a number of different ways to enter an address. You can: a) Program your Home Address. b) Program your Work Address. c) Enter a new Address. d) Select a destination from your Favorite list, or e) Search for a Point of Interest Tap the appropriate button to choose the...
  • Page 15 2. Address Click the Address icon. Select a state from the drop-down menu. Using the keyboard, type in the name of a city. The type-ahead feature will provide possible matches. Tap on the city to select it. 3. Home Click the Home icon in the Trip window.Your...

  • Page 16: Contact Integration

    To Save Your Current Location As a Favorite: You must be receiving GPS data to save your current location as a favorite. Tap the GPS menu and then select Save Current Location: A prompt will ask you to assign a location name to your current latitude\ longitude position.

  • Page 17: Changing Views

    Changing Views NOTE: It is not safe to attempt to alter settings on your Pocket PC while you are driving. Either have a passenger make changes, or pull over to a safe area. Map/Itinerary/Navigation Toggle 1. Map Click the View Map icon to switch from the Navigation screen to the Map screen.

  • Page 18: The Gps Menu

    Click the Main Tab Click the Favorites Tab to change features with to open the list of your in Pocket CoPilot such Favorite Addresses. Using as Routing Type, Map the buttons below the list View and Speech you can assigned an address Amplification.

  • Page 19: Starting Pocket Copilot - Planning Mode

    2. Open Tracks Select Open Tracks from the To access a track, tap once. drop-down GPS menu to open a You will then be taken to the Windows folder of stored .gps files. Trip screen. 3. Play GPS Tracks 4. Pause Playback Select Play GPS Tracks from the During track playback you can drop-down GPS menu to begin...
  • Page 20 2. Select Planning from the drop-down Mode menu. 3. Using the toolbar icons you can choose from a number of address entry methods. Click the Origin: bar to enter an origin and the Going to: bar to enter your destination and any stops. 4.

  • Page 21: Pick Stops

    Pick Stops Feature With this feature you are able to select a spot on a map to enter as an origin, destination or stop on your route even without knowing the exact address. Although this feature is accessed through the Planning Mode, you are able to enter the address to use in Guidance Mode.

  • Page 22: Selective Routing

    Selective Routing Pocket CoPilot allows you to be selective about the roads you take on your trip. You can customize your Trip Itinerary so that Pocket CoPilot will avoid certain roads that you don’t want to travel on. This feature allows you to customize Pocket CoPilot’s routing based on seasonal or daily traffic patterns and/or cur- rent traffic reports.

  • Page 23: Map Screen

    Navigation (Driver Safety Screen) Map will only be shown as you approach turn. If toolbar is not visible tap anywhere on the screen Next turn and direction display. Distance to your destination. ETA display, cycles with cross road names as you approach them.

  • Page 24: Pocket Copilot On Your Desktop/Laptop

    Address Input Screen Tap the Contacts button to select an address from Pocket Outlook. Enter a City/ZIP code for your destination by typing it in using the keyboard at the bottom of the screen. Previously entered cities can be chosen from the drop-down list.

  • Page 25: Save Trip

    2. Save Trip Save Trip icon or Save Trip.../ Save Trip As... from the File menu. Takes you into a standard Windows folder where you can name trips to be saved after running them in the Trip Planner. 3. Edit Trip Edit Trip icon or Edit Trip from the Trip menu.
  • Page 26 6. Print Print icon or Print... from the File menu. Will take you to the standard Windows Print menu. Selecting print will only print the active window of your map/driving directions. Activate one or the other by selecting from the drop-down Window menu. Selecting Print TravPak...
  • Page 27 11. Less Detail 12. More Detail More/Less Detail icons or Detail from the Map menu. Clicking on these icons once will change the level of detail you see on the map by one level. 13. Zoom to Country Zoom to Country icon or Zoom from the Map menu.This function will allow you to zoom to a specific region in your map view.

  • Page 28: Pocket Copilot Screens - Desktop

    17. Landmark Reporting Select Landmark Reporting from In this window you will be able to the drop-down Trip menu. control how many Landmarks Pocket CoPilot points out when generating driving directions. 18. Help Menu Using the drop-down Help menu you will be able to access our Help Files files for assistance with all aspects of the software.
  • Page 29 Trip Planner Window (Points of Interest) Select Tab for Points of Interest. Enter a city or postal code in which you would like to search, a radius within which to search, choose a category and type from the drop down menu, and click Find.

  • Page 30: Helpful Hints

    1a.These files are also helpful to us. Occasionally, please take these files, Zip them, and send them to ccptrax@alk.com. Or, open Pocket CoPilot on your desktop PC while your Pocket PC is connected and select E-mail tracks to Club CoPilot.

  • Page 31: Gps Accuracy

    How Pocket CoPilot Uses GPS Pocket CoPilot uses the GPS positional data that it receives from the hardware unit you place on your dashboard to display your current position on a map as you drive. This is called "tracking". Pocket CoPilot also uses the GPS data it receives to "navigate", that is, to guide you along your planned route, provided you entered a destination on your Pocket PC.

  • Page 32: Using Help Files

    Using Help Files Pocket CoPilot provides extensive Help Files, available on your desktop/laptop, to guide you through the program as you use it. Click on the Help button in any window to open a Help topic that describes how to use that window. For example, if you're entering a stop in the Trip Planner window, the Help button will open On-line Help at the topic Entering Additional Stops.

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