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  • Page 2 CoPilot Help Files on your Pocket PC Now CoPilot Truck includes Help files on your Pocket PC to assist you. After launching CoPilot, tap Tools at the bottom of the screen and tap Help. Important Note, Please Read: Do not use this product in any way that interferes with safe and attentive operation of a vehicle.

  • Page 3: Installation Steps

    Installation Steps: Step 1: Insert the CoPilot Truck Install Disk into your CD-ROM drive. Enter your Product Key Code when prompted (you can find it on the cover of your printed Quick Start). Click Next. Step 2: Make sure Pocket PC Installation and Desktop Installation are checked on the installation menu.

  • Page 4: Choose A Storage Location

    (http://activate.alk.com) on another personal computer. Follow steps i) and ii) above. c. If you do not have internet access you can call, fax or e-mail ALK. Technical support is available to registered users during standard business hours. See Contact Information and Additional Help, p. x.
  • Page 5 2. To designate an area to include in the download, highlight it and then click on the right arrow button to move it to the Data Included in This Download list on the right. To take an area off the list, highlight it and click the left arrow button.
  • Page 6 Search) or Pocket PC (Tools menu > Help) installation. Registered users can call 800-377-MILE, Monday-Friday, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm EST for technical support or e-mail cpsupport@alk.com. Also check out our Internet site at www.alk.com for technical support, posted answers to common questions, and product upgrades. Passenger Screen...

  • Page 7: Table Of Contents

    Contents Quick Start ... i-x CoPilot Truck Overview ... 1 Safety Warning ... 2 CoPilot Truck Features ... 2 Getting Started ... 3 Getting Started - Hardware..3 Getting Started - Get Connected ... 4 Uninstalling a Previous Version ... 5 Installing CoPilot Truck ...

  • Page 8: Copilot Truck Overview

    GPS Jacket Cabled GPS receivers Wireless Bluetooth GPS receivers * For information on purchasing a GPS receiver from ALK Technologies, go to www.alk.com. 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.

  • Page 9: Getting Started - Hardware

    Getting Started - Hardware Both your desktop/laptop and your Pocket PC must be turned on. The cradle/cable for your mobile device must be connected to your desktop/laptop computer through either the USB or Serial port. If you plan to transfer the map data to your mobile device's main memory, or to a Storage Card in the device, there are no more connections needed.

  • Page 10: Uninstalling A Previous Version

    Uninstalling a Previous Version If you have been using an earlier version of Pocket CoPilot it will be necessary for you to uninstall the application and its data before installing CoPilot Truck. NOTE: When uninstalling CoPilot, your GPS receiver cannot be attached.

  • Page 11: Changing The Voice Option At Any Time

    the pre-recorded option saves space on your Pocket PC, but will give you less detailed driving instructions. Click Next to continue. 5. Next, you will be prompted to choose an installation location on the Pocket PC. The default location is the Pocket PC main memory (click Yes).

  • Page 12: Software Activation

    (http://activate.alk.com) on another personal computer. Follow steps i) and ii) above. c. If you do not have internet access you can call, fax or e-mail ALK. Technical support is available to registered users during standard business hours. See Technical Support, p. 77.

  • Page 13: Data Download To Your Pocket Pc

    Data Download to Your Pocket PC To use CoPilot Truck on your Pocket PC, you first need to download map data from your desktop or laptop computer to your Pocket device. You select the data to download from one or more regions (“data areas”) that you specify in the CoPilot Truck application on your desktop.

  • Page 14: Data Download

    Step 2: Choose a Data Selection Method After you specify a location where the data will be stored, you will be prompted to select a region on the map to download. CoPilot allows you to download data using one of the three methods described below. See Data Download Step 3 beginning on p.

  • Page 15: Step 3: Select Your Data

    Step 3: Select Your Data Use any of the three methods covered on the following pages (City Radius, Map Area, or Trip) to select one or more regions and then download your data. City Radius 1. Click the City Radius icon. 2.

  • Page 16: Map Area

    Map Area 1. Click the Map Area icon. 2. Enter a City, State or ZIP 3. Click and hold the left code (address optional) within the area that you would like to download. Click Next. mouse button and drag the cursor to draw a box around a desired area.

  • Page 17: Trip

    Trip 1. Click the Trip icon. 2. You now have three options for 3. If you choose the Points of entering stops on your trip. If you choose the Cities and Addresses tab you will need to enter a City, State or ZIP code, press <Enter>, and click the Add Stop button.

  • Page 18: Step 4: Download The Data

    Step 4: Download the Data When you’re ready to execute a download, the Wizard will display a list of Available Area(s) for download on the left side of the window. To designate an area to include in the download, click on it and then click on the right arrow button to move it to the Data Included in This Download list.

  • Page 19: Importing Custom Places

    Importing Custom Places CoPilot Truck’s Custom Place Import Wizard enables you to import addresses from your Outlook Contacts database, an Excel file, or text file. (If you are using another type of database or contact manager, you can export your contacts/ locations to an Excel or text file before importing them into CoPilot Truck.) These points are added to CoPilot’s POI database under the Custom category.

  • Page 20: Using Your Pocket Pc For Guidance

    In CoPilot Truck's Guidance Mode you will receive turn-by-turn route guidance information as you travel. For your safety the Driver Safety screen will hide maps when they are not necessary to avoid distractions. Using the Passenger screen the map will be visible in half of the screen at all times. REMINDER: CoPilot Truck won’t open on your Pocket PC unless map data has been previously downloaded from the CoPilot desktop application.

  • Page 21: Start Driving

    Once you enter a destination, CoPilot will display the Edit Trip screen. At this point you can enter additional stops using the tool bar or begin receiving guidance to the destination you entered by tapping the View Route button (see below). To add additional stops, tap one of the trip entry buttons on the tool bar at the top of the screen.

  • Page 22: Entering A Work Address

    Tap the Work button. The first time you use this button, you’ll be prompted to enter your Work Address. Enter the City or ZIP code, Address, and (optionally) Name of your workplace. Tap OK to save it. Finding Points of Interest Tap the Points of Interest button to search...

  • Page 23: Map/Itinerary/Guidance Toggle

    Changing Views: Map/Itinerary/Guidance Toggle 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. 1. Map Tap the View Map button to switch from any screen to see a map of your current location.

  • Page 24: Trip Editing And Waypoints

    Trip Editing and Waypoints To get to the Edit Trip screen from the Guidance screens at any time, tap the screen anywhere except on the map to display the tool bar, then tap the Edit Trip button. From here you can edit the current trip or add additional stops. Now you can tap and hold on any stop to activate a pop-up menu that lets you delete, map or change the order of stops on your route.

  • Page 25: Picking Stops From The Map

    CoPilot Truck enables you to pick a stop off the map when you don’t know the exact address of your destination. In Guidance, Navigating or Walking mode, tap and hold on your target location on the map. (A short tap displays street names if you’re not sure where you are pointing.) In the screen that appears, enter a name for the place you picked and tap Ok.

  • Page 26: Selective Routing

    Selective Routing CoPilot Truck allows you to be selective about the roads you take on your trip. There are two ways to do this: 1) you can customize your Trip Itinerary in Guidance mode so that CoPilot will avoid certain roads; or 2) you can guide CoPilot’s route by entering stops as “waypoints”.

  • Page 27: Guidance Mode

    Tap the Map Tab Tap the Favorites Tab to open the list of your to choose between Miles and Favorite Addresses. You can change the assignment Kilometers, and a map display of your Work or Home address as well as Edit that always tracks your and Delete One or Delete All addresses.

  • Page 28: The Gps Menu

    The GPS Menu Status To view your GPS satellite Here you will receive activity at any time, select information on Speed, Lat/ Status from the GPS menu. Long position, Heading, and Time and Date. Tap on the Sats tab for more GPS satellite information.

  • Page 29: Save Current Location

    4a. Playback can be viewed in any 5. Select Close GPS Tracks window. To control the speed, from the GPS menu to stop the select Options from the Tools track from playing. To turn menu, tap the GPS tab, and use the receiving on, tap Receiving.

  • Page 30: No Gps Signal

    Guidance (Driver Safety Screen) Map will only be shown as you approach turn. If toolbar is not visible tap anywhere on the screen. Next turn instruction. Next turn arrow and distance to next turn. Customizable display, tap to cycle between current road, crossroad, speed, current time, elevation, and nearest town.
  • Page 31 Itinerary Window Toolbar for easy access to Guidance screens, can also be used to avoid roads. Distance between turns. Direction of turns along your route. Names of roads for upcoming turns. Address Input Screen Tap the Contacts button to select an address from Pocket Outlook.

  • Page 32: Trip Planning On Your Pocket Pc

    You can use CoPilot Truck on your Pocket PC for trip planning whether or not the GPS receiver is connected and receiving data. Planning mode allows you to run a trip on your Pocket PC even when you're not in your car. You'll get driving directions and maps that you can use for reference before your trip begins.

  • Page 33: Trip Planning On Your Desktop

    On the following pages you will find brief descriptions of the trip planning capabilities of the CoPilot Truck desktop application. You can use CoPilot's desktop functions to map out routes and print maps and driving directions before getting on the road. This is an additional feature of CoPilot Truck that is in no way connected to using your Pocket PC for route guidance.
  • Page 34 4. New Trip New Trip button or New Trip from the File menu. Takes you to the Trip Planner window where you can create a new trip, arrange the order of stops on your route, add or edit Favorites, and search for Points of Interest.

  • Page 35: Data Download Wizard

    8. Data Download Wizard Data Download Wizard button or Data Download Wizard from the File menu. Takes you to the first screen in the Data Download Wizard where you can specify the location where you want downloaded data to reside on your Pocket PC. 9.

  • Page 36: Pick Stops

    In this menu you will also find helpful travel links, a link to the ALK Web site, and a link to the ALK data corrections e-mail address. With street-level data changing every day, you may discover some errors.

  • Page 37: Points Of Interest

    Desktop Trip Planning What's What on Your Desktop CoPilot Truck on your desktop includes many options, special features and shortcuts.The following is a guide to the main screens you will see as you use your desktop/laptop computer for trip planning. Map Window Trip Planner Window (Cities &...

  • Page 38: Driving Directions And Map (Split Screen)

    Trip Planner Window (Contacts) Driving Directions and Map (Split Screen) When you click Run in the Trip Planner window, your route will be calculated and driving directions and a map will display. To print either one, click on it and choose Print from the File menu.

  • Page 39: Trip Summary

    For more information and complete details, visit the CoPilot Live Tracking Website at: http://live.alk.com. - 63 - - 64 -...

  • Page 40: Live Mode Overview

    In this sense CoPilot Live communication is similar to using a telephone — communication only occurs when both parties are on at the same time. ALK does not actively log driver's location information, nor do we use this information for any purpose other than to transfer it between authorized users.

  • Page 41: Live Mode - Remote Dispatch

    Click your cursor in the space just below the Standard Response Buttons, and begin typing. The Standard Response Buttons are included in every message and are described in detail in Driving with Live - Receive/Respond To Messages (p. 69). You have complete control over the Customizable Response Buttons: 1) Choose to display 1-4 buttons by clicking the corresponding number at the bottom of the screen.

  • Page 42: Driving With Live - Pocket Pc Setup

    When the driver responds to your trip itinerary update, the response is displayed in the Message Center: Send Trip and Driver’s Response Driving with Live - Pocket PC Setup The previous sections have detailed how you can communicate with someone else who's on the road from within CoPilot in Live Mode.

  • Page 43: Pocket Pc Setup For Live Web Tracking

    — once only — within the CoPilot Truck application to complete the setup. 1. Go to the CoPilot Live Web login page at http://live.alk.com. Click Create a new account, and enter all the required information including a User Name and Password.

  • Page 44: Driving With Live - Receive Remote Dispatch

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

  • Page 45: Gps Accuracy

    How CoPilot Truck Uses GPS CoPilot Truck 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". CoPilot also uses the GPS data it receives to guide you along your planned route, provided you enter a destination on your Pocket PC.

  • Page 46: Trip Planner Window

    Key Code handy. This code can be found on the front cover of the printed Quick Start that came with your CoPilot Truck package. E-mail us at cptsupport@alk.com. Please include your Product Key Code in the message (see the front cover of the printed Quick Start that came with your CoPilot Truck package).

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