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Uniden TRAX436 Owner's Manual

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  • Page 1 TRAX436 In-Car Navigation OWNER’S MANUAL...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Mounting on the windshield Mounting on a flat surface How Do I Use It? 1: Warnings and Safety Information 2: Getting started with TRAX436 Start using TRAX436 Simple and Advanced modes Hardware button (Power on/off) Buttons and other controls on the screen...
  • Page 3 Camera warning Camera types Camera directions Speed limit warning TMC (Traffic Messaging Channel) 3: Navigating with TRAX436 Selecting the destination of a route Selecting the Cursor as the destination Entering an address or part of an address Entering an address (Australia) Entering an address if house numbering is restarted...
  • Page 4 Selecting the destination by entering its coordinate Creating a multi-point route (inserting a via point) Creating a multi-point route (appending a new destination) Editing the route View the whole route on the map (Fit-to-Screen) Watching the simulation of the route Enabling Safety Mode Pausing the active route Deleting the next via point from the route...
  • Page 5 Find menu Route menu Manage menu Manage saved route Manage History Manage Track Logs Manage Favourites Manage POIs Managed Saved Search Criteria User Data management Settings Menu Map Screen settings Sound settings Route Planning options Regional settings Navigation settings Warning settings GPS settings TMC settings Menu settings...

  • Page 6: What Do I Do First

    What Do I Do First? Make Sure These Items Arrived in the Box If anything listed here is missing or damaged, contact your place of purchase immediately. TRAX436 GPS nAviGATion device ► Press the power button momentarily to turn the screen off (or back on);...

  • Page 7: Plug It In

    ncluded AcceSSoRieS Adhesive Adhesive anchor anchor disk disk Plug it in ► Connect the power adapter to the power connector on the lower right side of the device. ► Plug the other end into your car’s cigarette lighter (or any standard 12 V DC outlet).

  • Page 8: How Do I Put It In My Car

    How Do I Put It in My Car? Safety considerations ► Don’t install any device where it will block your view (including your mirrors!) while you’re driving. ► Keep your attention on the road! on any device while you’re driving. If you have to concentrate on a device, pull off the road for a few minutes.

  • Page 9: Attaching The Windshield Mount

    Attaching the windshield mount How Do I Put It in My Car? Rotate the bracket up so the head ts into the gap. Insert the bracket hook into the notch at the bottom of the device. Page 9...

  • Page 10: Adjusting The Windshield Mount

    How Do I Put It in My Car? djuSTinG The WindShield mounT The bracket pivots in all directions ► The adjustment lock keeps both the bracket and the suction cup locked into place. Lift the adjustment lock to change the position of the device.

  • Page 11: Mounting On The Windshield

    Mounting on the windshield Make sure the device does not block your view of the road or your mirrors. Once you decide where you want the device, hold the suction cup in that position, then adjust the mount so you have the best view of the device. 1) Press the suction cup flat against the windshield.

  • Page 12: Mounting On A Flat Surface

    How Do I Put It in My Car? Mounting on a flat surface If you want to put the device somewhere other than your windshield (or anywhere the suction cup won’t stick), you can use the anchor disk. Once you glue the anchor disk down, the windshield mount installs inside the disk just like it does on glass.
  • Page 13 Hold the disk exactly above the spot where you want to glue it down. (Remember, the glue is designed to be permanent!) Press the disk firmly against the surface. Push down along the edges, too, so that every part of the disk makes good contact with the surface. Before you install the windshield mount, gently tug on the disk to make sure it’s secure.

  • Page 14: How Do I Use It

    TRAX436 has a Safety Mode: if you turn on Safety Mode, you cannot change anything in TRAX436 while the vehicle is moving at a speed of 10 km/h (6 mph) or higher. Unless only passengers operate TRAX436, we strongly encourage you to turn on Safety Mode.
  • Page 15 Tasks Instructions Double tapping You do not need to tap the screen twice for any action. the screen With buttons and controls, a single tap is enough. Tapping and You do not need this to access the basic navigation holding the functions.

  • Page 16: Start Using Trax436

    3. Select whether to start the program in Simple mode or in Advanced mode. Later you can change the language or switch between the two operating modes in Settings (page 101). After this, the Navigation menu appears and you can start using TRAX436. The Navigation menu in Simple mode:...

  • Page 17: Simple And Advanced Modes

    The typical way of using TRAX436 is to select a destination, and start navigating. You can select your destination in the following ways (not all of them are available in Simple mode): • Use the selected location on the map (the Cursor) (page 36). • 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 47).
  • Page 18 How Do I Use It? Type of action Navigating to a selected map point Navigating to a street address Navigating to an incomplete address Navigating to an intersection Navigating to recent destinations (History) Navigating to Favourites Navigating to a POI Navigating to coordinates Creating a multi-point route Saving a map point as a...

  • Page 19: Hardware Button (Power On/Off)

    Buttons and other controls on the screen When you are using TRAX436, you usually tap buttons on the touch screen. You only need to confirm selections or changes in TRAX436 if the application needs to restart, it needs to perform a major reconfiguration, or you are about to lose some of your data or settings. Otherwise, TRAX436 saves your selections and applies the new settings without confirmation as soon as you use the controls. Type Example...
  • Page 20 When a feature • Drag the handle has several to move the different slider to its new unnamed values, position. TRAX436 shows • Tap the slider an indicator on where you want a gauge that the handle to displays and sets appear; the a value from a thumb jumps range.

  • Page 21: Using Keyboards

    Using keyboards You only need to enter letters or numbers in TRAX436 when you cannot avoid it. You can type with your fingertips on the full-screen keyboards and you can switch between various keyboard layouts, for example ABC, QWERTY, or numerical. Task Switching to another keyboard layout, for example from a Latin...

  • Page 22: Using The Map

    How Do I Use It? Using the map The map screen is the most frequently used screen of TRAX436. It can be accessed from the Navigation menu by tapping For further information about the map screen, see page 69. Checking the details of a map location • If you are interested in the details of your current position during...

  • Page 23: Manipulating The Map

    3. For further details, tap 4. Tap . The address, the coordinate and the list of nearby POIs will be displayed. • It is even easier if you select the desired point in the Find menu. Then the Cursor menu opens automatically. You only need to tap the button. Manipulating the map Position markers on the map: • Current GPS position: • Selected location (Cursor): The following controls help you modify the map view to best suit your...
  • Page 24 • Return to GPS position button • Smart Zoom button Changes how much of the map is displayed on the screen. TRAX436 uses high-quality vector maps that let you see the map at various zoom levels, always with optimised content. It always displays street names and other text with the...
  • Page 25 Changes the horizontal view angle of the map in 3D mode. When GPS position is available, TRAX436 always rotates the map so its top faces your direction of travel (Track-U p orientation). You can turn away from Track-Up with these buttons.
  • Page 26 • If the next turn is at a distance, TRAX436 zooms out and lowers the view angle to show you the road in front of you. Tap this button once to enable Smart Zoom.

  • Page 27: Status Information And Hidden Controls On The Map

    TRAX436 shows the scale of the map in 2D mode. This button does not appear on the Map screen. It is available on the...
  • Page 28 GPS position and an active route are available, but automatic off-route recalculation is switched off, and you deviated from the route. TRAX436 is calculating or recalculating the route. GPS position and an active route are available, and you navigate the recommended route.
  • Page 29 Icon Information There is no valid GPS position Traffic restriction When GPS position is Second route event (manoeuvre after the next manoeuvre) Approaching a Road Safety Camera Stops the running simulation Route recalculation progress Details If there is no valid GPS position, this symbol appears here.
  • Page 30 Description The sound output of TRAX436 is muted. The sound output of TRAX436 is enabled. TRAX436 records a Track log when GPS position is available. Track log recording is disabled. No TMC receiver is connected or TMC is turned off.
  • Page 31 The Bluetooth radio is turned on, but no telephone is connected. There is an error in the Bluetooth connection. TRAX436 is connected to a telephone as a handsfree set via Bluetooth. A phone call is in progress over the Bluetooth connection.
  • Page 32 How Do I Use It? Speed information Time information Distance information The next area is a combined status field. Tap this area to open the Quick menu (page 89). Icon Status for GPS position quality Battery status The battery is being charged Page 32 There are speed values that can be shown: • Current speed • Speed limit on the current road There are time values that can be shown: • Current GPS time...

  • Page 33: Using The Cursor (The Selected Map Location)

    Vehicle type Using the Cursor (the selected map location) First, place the Cursor at the desired map location with one of the following options: • Use the Find menu to select a location. The map returns with the selected point (the Cursor) in the middle, and the Cursor menu appears with the available options. • Tap the screen and tap again to place the Cursor at the desired location.

  • Page 34: Trax436 Concepts

    If the next turn is at a distance, it will zoom out and lower the view angle to be flat so you can see the road in front of you. • While driving without an active route in TRAX436: Smart Zoom will zoom in if you drive slowly and zoom out to the limit set here when you drive at high speed.

  • Page 35: Position Markers

    Position markers Current GPS position and Lock-on-Road When your GPS position is available, TRAX436 marks your current position with the icon on the map. The exact location of the position marker depends on the vehicle type used for route calculation.

  • Page 36: Selected Location (Cursor)

    Cursor appears at the selected point on the map. TRAX436 displays the Cursor with a radiating red dot ( it visible at all zoom levels, even when it is in the background of a 3D map view.

  • Page 37: Daytime And Night Colour Schemes

    Daytime and night colour schemes TRAX436 uses different colour schemes during the day and during the night. • Daytime colours are similar to paper road maps. • The night colour schemes use dark colours for large objects to keep the average brightness of the screen low. TRAX436 offers different daytime and night colour schemes. It can also...

  • Page 38: Itinerary

    TRAX436 automatically recalculates the route if you deviate from the proposed itinerary. Depending on the type of the TMC event, TRAX436 also recalculates the route if a TMC event concerns a part of the recommended route. For further information about Route Planning options, see page 104.

  • Page 39: Track Logs

    Track Logs TRAX436 can log the track that you drive (page 66). A Track Log is a recording of how your GPS position changed and it is independent of the route TRAX436 calculated.

  • Page 40: Route Demonstration

    (page 64). You can choose from a simulation at high speed or at normal driving speed. You can use it, for example, to see which bridge TRAX436 planned for the route; if you do not want to take that bridge, you can avoid it.

  • Page 41: Saving Poi

    How Do I Use It? Saving POI To save a POI, place the Cursor ( ) at the desired location, then tap the following buttons: Managing POI You can select which POI groups to show and which ones to hide on the map, and from which zoom levels POI icons are visible.

  • Page 42: Camera Types

    For these speed cameras you can specify the controlled traffic direction and the speed limit. TRAX436 warns you when you approach these speed cameras in the measured direction. If your speed exceeds the speed limit near the speed camera, TRAX436 plays a special warning sound.

  • Page 43: Camera Directions

    The same directions apply to red light cameras. TRAX436 warns you only if you drive in a measured or possibly measured direction. The measured direction of the camera appears with...

  • Page 44: Speed Limit Warning

    This information may not be available for your region (ask your local dealer) or may not be fully correct for all roads on the map. You can configure TRAX436 to warn you if you exceed the current limit. Tap the following buttons: When you exceed the speed limit, the following happens: • Visible Warning: A symbol with the speed limit appears in the...

  • Page 45: Tmc (Traffic Messaging Channel)

    Channel (TMC) information is available. The TMC is a specific application of the FM Radio Data System (RDS) used for broadcasting real-time traffic and weather information. The TMC feature is enabled by default in TRAX436. TMC requires subscription to the service provided by a separate supplier. There is a fee for this service. TMC is not a global service. It may not be available in your country or region.

  • Page 46: Selecting The Destination Of A Route

    How Do I Use It? Selecting the destination of a route TRAX436 offers you several ways of choosing your destination and via points (intermediate destinations): • Use the selected location on the map (the Cursor) (page 46). • 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 47).

  • Page 47: Entering An Address Or Part Of An Address

    (Advanced mode) from the Cursor menu. The route is then automatically calculated, and you can start navigating. If you know that you will use a destination later, when the Cursor menu appears, save it as a POI, or put it on the list of your Favourites first. The Cursor menu returns automatically with the same point.
  • Page 48 1. Tap the following buttons: (Advanced mode). 2. By default, TRAX436 proposes the country, state and settlement where you are. If needed, tap the button with the name of the country, and select a different one from the list. If you select a new country, you also need to select the state, or tap to search for a settlement regardless of the state it is in.

  • Page 49: Entering An Address If House Numbering Is Restarted

    The procedure is explained starting from the Navigation menu. 1. Tap the following buttons: (Advanced mode). 2. By default, TRAX436 proposes the country/state and settlement where you are. If needed, tap the button with the name of the to open the list of results before it...
  • Page 50 How Do I Use It? country/state, and select a different one from the list. 3. If needed, change the settlement: • To select the settlement from the list of recently used ones, tap the button. • To enter a new settlement: 1. Tap the button with the name of the settlement, or if you have changed the country/state, tap 2.

  • Page 51: Entering An Address Without Knowing The District/Suburb

    The procedure is explained starting from the Navigation menu. 1. Tap the following buttons: (Advanced mode). 2. By default, TRAX436 proposes the country/state and settlement where you are. If needed, tap the button with the name of the country/state, and select a different one from the list.
  • Page 52 How Do I Use It? 3. Get to the list of search results: • After entering a couple of characters, the names that match the string appear in a list. • Tap appears automatically. 4. Pick the settlement from the list. 4. Enter the street name: 1. Tap 2.

  • Page 53: Selecting An Intersection As The Destination

    The procedure is explained starting from the Navigation menu. 1. Tap the following buttons: (Advanced mode). 2. By default, TRAX436 proposes the country/state and settlement where you are. If needed, tap the button with the name of the country/state, and select a different one from the list.

  • Page 54: Selecting A City Centre As The Destination

    The procedure is explained starting from the Navigation menu. 1. Tap the following buttons: (Advanced mode). 2. By default, TRAX436 proposes the country/state and settlement where you are. If needed, tap the button with the name of the country/state, and select a different one from the list.

  • Page 55: Entering An Address With A Postal Code

    • To select the settlement from the list of recently used ones, tap the button. • To enter a new settlement: 1. Tap the button with the name of the settlement, or if you have changed the country/state, tap 2. Start entering the settlement name on the keyboard. 3. Get to the list of search results: • After entering a couple of characters, the names that match the string appear in a list.
  • Page 56 How Do I Use It? (Advanced mode). 2. By default, TRAX436 proposes the country/state and settlement where you are. If needed, tap the button with the name of the country/state, and select a different one from the list. 3. Tap the button with the name of the settlement, and enter the postal code: 1.

  • Page 57: Tips On Entering Addresses Quickly

    Tips on entering addresses quickly • When you are entering the name of a settlement or a street, TRAX436 only displays those characters that appear in possible search results. The other characters are greyed out. • When entering the settlement name or the street name, tap the button after a couple of letters; TRAX436 lists the items that contain the character set.

  • Page 58: Selecting The Destination From The Pois

    Selecting the destination from the POIs You can select your destination from the POIs included with TRAX436 or from the ones you have previously created. The procedure is explained starting from the Navigation menu.

  • Page 59: Selecting The Destination With A Saved Poi Search Criteria

    Selecting the destination with a saved POI search criteria POI search criteria can be saved in the POI section of the Manage menu, but TRAX436 is already shipped with some saved criteria you can use instantly when searching for a POI. How Do I Use It?

  • Page 60: Selecting The Destination From History

    How Do I Use It? The procedure is explained starting from the Navigation menu. 1. Tap the following buttons: (Advanced mode). 2. Tap 3. Select one of the saved criteria, and the list of matching POIs appear. 4. Tap the desired POI in the list. 5.

  • Page 61: Creating A Multi-Point Route (Inserting A Via Point)

    This feature is available in Advanced mode only. The procedure is explained starting from the Navigation menu. 1. Tap the following buttons: 2. [optional] Tap displayed coordinates. 3. Tap the latitude or longitude value to change the coordinate. 4. Enter the coordinate values in WGS84 format on the keyboard: the latitude (N or S) and the longitude (E or W).

  • Page 62: Creating A Multi-Point Route (Appending A New Destination)

    How Do I Use It? If you insert a via point in a route that is already a multi-point route, you will automatically be taken to the Edit Route screen where you can determine the position of the intermediate route point. When you enter the screen, the new via point is placed as the last via point before the final destination.

  • Page 63: Editing The Route

    3. Tap additional functions. 4. Tap to add the point as a new final destination demoting the previous one to the last intermediate destination. 5. [optional] To add more points to the route, repeat the above steps as many times as you like. Every time a new point is added, the route is recalculated automatically, and you can start navigating right away.

  • Page 64: View The Whole Route On The Map (Fit-To-Screen)

    How Do I Use It? As soon as you leave this screen, the route is recalculated automatically, and you can start navigating right away. Viewing the whole route on the map (Fit-to- Screen) The map can be moved and scaled to show the whole line of the route. You do not need to manipulate the map manually.

  • Page 65: Enabling Safety Mode

    Pausing the active route You do not need to pause the active route: when you start driving again, TRAX436 restarts the voice instructions from your position. Deleting the next via point from the route The easiest way to delete the upcoming route point (the next via point)

  • Page 66: Deleting The Active Route

    Using Track Logs TRAX436 can record the track (how your GPS position changed) that you drive. You do not need to select a destination and create a route for this; you can also record your driving path while cruising.

  • Page 67: Simulating A Track Log On The Map

    You return to the map and you can continue driving. 4. Repeat the above steps, then tap recording. TRAX436 labels the Track Log with a time stamp. (As an alternative, you can tap the start, and later to stop the Track Log recording.) Simulating a Track Log on the map 1.

  • Page 68: Loading A Saved Route

    How Do I Use It? 1. Tap the following buttons: 2. Enter a name for the saved route, and then tap When you save a route, TRAX436 not only saves the route points but the whole itinerary: • The saved route might have been influenced by TMC information. When you later use the route, it appears as it was saved, but if it needs to be recalculated, the current TMC information will be used in the new route.

  • Page 69: 4: Reference Book (Advanced Mode)

    TRAX436 look similar to paper road maps. However, TRAX436 provides much more than regular paper maps: you can customise the look and the content of the map. The most important and most often used screen of TRAX436 is the Map screen. Description The Map screen.
  • Page 70 How Do I Use It? During navigation, the screen shows route information and trip data (left screenshot), but when you tap the map, additional buttons and controls appear for a few seconds (right screenshot). Most parts of the screen behave as buttons. Symbol Name Turn Preview, that...
  • Page 71 Detour Position menu (appears when navigating a route) Cursor menu (appears when there is no GPS position or the Cursor is not at the current GPS position) Open/Close Map control buttons Rotate left, rotate right Tilt up, tilt down Zoom in, zoom out How Do I Use It? Opens the Detour screen, two ways of modifying the route:...
  • Page 72 How Do I Use It? Return to GPS position (appears when GPS position is available and you have moved the map) Enable Smart Zoom (replaces the previous button if there is no GPS position or the map has not been moved) Zoom preset buttons (available...

  • Page 73: Icons On The Map

    Orange Line Active route (Day mode) White Line (Night mode) Map scale (2D map only) Icons on the map There are several status icons on the map. Most of them also function as a button. The information they provide is as follows: • GPS position quality • Battery status • Vehicle type used for route calculation...
  • Page 74 The GPS reception quality shows the current accuracy of the position information. Icon Description TRAX436 has no connection to the GPS receiver: GPS navigation is not possible. Devices with a built-in GPS receiver are permanently connected. On such devices, the icon does not appear in normal circumstances.

  • Page 75: Status Indicator Strip

    Description The sound output of TRAX436 is muted. The sound output of TRAX436 is enabled. TRAX436 records a Track log when GPS position is available. Track log recording is disabled. No TMC receiver is connected or TMC is turned off.

  • Page 76: Next Two Route Events (Turn Preview Fields)

    The Bluetooth radio is turned on, but no telephone is connected. There is an error in the Bluetooth connection. TRAX436 is connected to a telephone as a handsfree set via Bluetooth. A phone call is in progress over the Bluetooth connection.
  • Page 77 Turn back. Bear right. Turn sharp left. Keep left. Continue straight in the intersection. Enter roundabout. The number of the exit is shown in the circle, but only for the next turn. Enter motorway. Exit motorway. Board ferry. Leave ferry. Approaching the next via point.

  • Page 78: Objects On The Map

    Objects on the map Streets and roads TRAX436 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 79 GPS position, TRAX436 uses the last known GPS position as the start point. When you are using a saved route, TRAX436 asks you if you want to use your GPS position or the first point in the saved route as the start point. You can also modify the start point in the Cursor menu.

  • Page 80: Detour Menu

    You can choose whether you want to use or avoid certain road types (page 105). However, when TRAX436 cannot avoid such roads, the route will include them and it will show them in a colour that is different from the...

  • Page 81: Cursor Menu

    • On the main part of the screen you can see the first page of Saved Search Criteria. Select any of the criteria to quickly receive the list of nearest matching POIs, and instantly plan a new route to the desired one, or insert it as a via point in your active route. • In Advanced mode more buttons appear at the bottom: •...
  • Page 82 How Do I Use It? Displayed at the Cursor if it is at the same location with which the Cursor menu was opened. Displayed at the Cursor if it has been relocated since the Cursor menu was opened. Opens a new screen with the address and coordinate of the Cursor, and the list of nearby POIs.

  • Page 83: Position Menu

    If the Cursor is at or near the selected start point, this button replaces the previous one, and deletes the start point from the route. The current GPS position is used again as the start point, and Automatic Off-route Recalculation is re-enabled. The Cursor is saved as a user POI.

  • Page 84: Route Information Screen

    How Do I Use It? Route Information screen The Route Information screen has all the data and some of the functions you need while you navigate. There are two ways to open this screen: • It can be opened directly from the Map screen by tapping the Turn Preview field ( • In Advanced mode, from the Navigation menu tap the following buttons: In the top section of the screen you see information about the current route. The fields on this screen are continuously updated while you keep the screen open.
  • Page 85 Arrival Shows the estimated arrival (Estimated time at the final destination of Arrival) the route based on information available for the remaining segments of the route. The calculation cannot take into account traffic jams and other possible delays. Distance Left Shows the distance you need to travel on the route before reaching your final destination.

  • Page 86: Trip Information Screen

    How Do I Use It? Appears only if at least one via point exists. Appears only if there are no via points in the route. Trip Information screen The Trip Information screen has both route and travel data you might need during your journey.
  • Page 87 Name Description Shows whether the route data fields show information about the final destination (checkered flag) or about the next via point (yellow flag). Field next to Shows the name or number of the flag the destination. Turn Shows the type and distance of Preview the next route event. Compass Shows the current heading. Speedo- Shows the current speed both meter...

  • Page 88: Symbol Description

    How Do I Use It? GPS Time Shows the current time corrected with time zone offset. The accurate time comes from the GPS satellites, and the time zone information comes from the map or it can be set manually in Regional settings.

  • Page 89: Trip Computer Screen

    This button replaces the previous one if it has been activated. Tap it to resume collecting trip data. Resets all counters of the currently shown trip. Collecting trip data is restarted only when TRAX436 receives a position from the GPS. Cycles through all trips.
  • Page 90 If you only adjust the volume, you need to use this button to return to the Map screen. Mutes all sounds of TRAX436. Switches between the daytime and night colour schemes manually. This will not disable the automatic...

  • Page 91: Gps Data Screen

    Tap this button and select the Vehicle type to be used for route calculation. Otherwise it is selected in Route Planning options in Settings (page 104). Changing the Vehicle type triggers an automatic route recalculation. Turns track log recording on or off otherwise controlled on the Manage Track Logs screen.
  • Page 92 Page 92 Name Description TRAX436 has a connection to the GPS receiver and GPS position information is available in 3D: TRAX436 can calculate both your horizontal and vertical GPS position. TRAX436 has a connection to the GPS receiver and GPS position...

  • Page 93: Find Menu

    Description If you know at least a part of the address, this is the quickest way to find the location. You can select your destination from the thousands of POIs included with TRAX436 or from the ones you have previously created. How Do I Use It? The virtual sky shows...

  • Page 94: Route Menu

    How Do I Use It? The destinations that you have already entered in TRAX436 are available in the History list. You can select your destination by entering its coordinates. You can select as your destination a location that you have already saved as a Favourite.

  • Page 95: Manage Menu

    You can run a demonstration of the route at high speed. You can run a demonstration of the route at normal speed. Manage menu You can manage the content that TRAX436 stores. Tap the following buttons: Button Description Renaming or deleting saved routes...

  • Page 96: Manage History

    How Do I Use It? Button Button with the name of the saved route Manage History You can manage the list of locations you used lately. Tap the following buttons: Button Manage Track Logs You can record Track Logs, then play them back, display them on the map, and see their details.

  • Page 97: Manage Favourites

    Button with the name of the track log When track log details are shown: Button Button with the name of the Track Log Manage Favourites You can manage the list of your Favourites. Tap the following buttons: Stops the ongoing Track Log recording. (You can also stop the track log recording in the Quick menu.) Shows the details of the selected Track Log.

  • Page 98: Manage Pois

    How Do I Use It? Button Button with the name of the Favourite Manage POIs You can manage your POIs, and set the POI visibility for both your POIs and the ones that came with the product. Tap the following buttons: Button Button with the name of the POI group...
  • Page 99 When a POI group is open for editing: Button Button with the icon of the POI group When a POI item is open for editing: Button Button with the name of the POI Button with the name of the POI This POI group is not shown on the map.

  • Page 100: Managed Saved Search Criteria

    How Do I Use It? Manage Saved Search Criteria You can manage the list of search criteria previously saved to easily find frequently searched POI types. Tap the following buttons: Button Button with the name of the Saved Search Criteria User Data Management You can manage the data you have saved (Pins, POIs, Favourites, History, and Track logs) and the settings you have made in the program.

  • Page 101: Settings Menu

    Backup User Data Restore User Data Delete User Data Reset All Settings Settings menu You can configure the program settings, and modify the behaviour of TRAX436. Tap the following buttons: The Settings menu has two pages of submenus. Tap other options. Description Map locations can be marked with Pins using the Cursor menu.
  • Page 102 How Do I Use It? Button Description You can fine-tune the appearance and content of the Map screen. You can adjust the sounds of TRAX436. These settings determine how routes will be calculated. These settings allow you to adjust the application to your local language,...

  • Page 103: Map Screen Settings

    Building data is limited to the city centre of major cities. Colour Profiles TRAX436 is able to show the map and the menus in different colours during the day and during the night. Select the colour profiles to be used in each mode, and select the automatic or manual switching between the daytime and night colour profiles.

  • Page 104: Sound Settings

    This setting tells TRAX436 whether to display this information at the top or at the bottom of the map. Sound settings You can adjust the sounds of TRAX436. Tap the following buttons: Button Description Master Volume Use the switch to mute all sounds of the device and then to re-enable them again.

  • Page 105: Route Planning Options

    Method when the destination is selected, tap the Cursor menu. Use Traffic When TMC messages are received, this setting tells Information TRAX436 whether to use that information in route planning. How Do I Use It? Page 105...
  • Page 106 Toll roads By default TRAX436 includes toll roads (pay roads where there is a per-use charge) in the routes. If you disable toll roads, TRAX436 plans the best toll-free route.

  • Page 107: Regional Settings

    Permit You might need a permit or permission from the owners needed to use certain roads or to enter certain areas. TRAX436 excludes these roads from the route calculation by default. Ferries TRAX436 includes ferries in a planned route by default.
  • Page 108 Program This button displays the current written language of Language TRAX436. By tapping the button, you can select a new one from the list of available languages. The application will restart if you change this setting; you are asked to confirm this.

  • Page 109: Navigation Settings

    Navigation settings You can control how TRAX436 behaves during navigation. Tap the following buttons: Type Description Keep Position This feature allows car drivers to always correct GPS on Road position errors by matching the vehicle position to the road network. For pedestrian navigation, this feature is automatically disabled to let the software show your exact position.

  • Page 110: Warning Settings

    How Do I Use It? Automatic This feature switches the map view to Overview mode Overview when the next route event is at a distance. Overview is a zoomed out 2D view to let you see the surrounding area. You have the following controls for Automatic Overview: • Route event distance for Overview (Turn Distance For Overview): The map view will be switched to...
  • Page 111 Warn when Maps may contain information about the speed limits speeding of the road segments. TRAX436 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 112: Gps Settings

    Tap the following buttons: Type Description Use Auto- If Auto-tuner is turned on, the tuner of TRAX436 tuner sweeps through the FM CCIR radio band searching for a TMC signal. The first station with TMC data will be used automatically. When no TMC signal is available, the tuner keeps on searching.

  • Page 113: Menu Settings

    Exclude This Push this button to put the currently received FM radio Station station on an exception list, and make TRAX436 search for another station instead. Show This button opens the list of radio stations previously Excluded excluded.

  • Page 114: Track Log Settings

    Enable Auto- When auto-saving is enabled, you do not need to turn saving track log saving on and off manually. TRAX436 will automatically start recording the track log as soon as GPS position is available. Track Log...
  • Page 115 Create NMEA/ Independently of the normal track log, you can instruct SIRF Log TRAX436 to record the native GPS data received from the GPS device. These logs are saved as separate text files on the Internal Flash ROM, and they cannot be shown or replayed in TRAX436.
  • Page 116 Phone Menu screen shows Bluetooth Off with no paired phone. Touch exit to Quick Menu. Pairing a Bluetooth Phone Your mobile phone needs to be paired or registered to TRAX436 to use the Bluetooth feature. Touch Page 116 Bluetooth Off (No Phone) and then touch...

  • Page 117: 5: Bluetooth

    Bluetooth devices. Make sure the Bluetooth on your phone is enabled. Touch to begin search TRAX436 will search for and list nearby Bluetooth devices. Touch to select the desired Bluetooth device. How Do I Use It? No Paired Devices are...
  • Page 118 How Do I Use It? About to connect to your phone for the first time. If your phone requires you to specify a password, enter: 1234 You should set up your phone to allow connecting to your navigator automatically in the future. See your phone manual for more details. Pairing is finished.

  • Page 119: Managing Bluetooth Devices

    Managing Bluetooth Devices Touch to turn BT on Bluetooth On (Disconnected) You may have multiple phones set up for connection with your TRAX436. Bluetooth Off (Connected) Below is the typical display when Bluetooth on your mobile is set to connect automatically.
  • Page 120 You can add and remove phones from your list and disconnect and connect to different phones using the List Screen. If you have phones already paired to the TRAX436, but have none of them currently connected, the following screen appears when you touch This screen allows you to connect to a device, add devices, and remove devices.

  • Page 121: Answering A Bluetooth Call

    Answering a Bluetooth Call When a Bluetooth call is received the name and number is displayed. Touch to cancel incoming call. Touch end call. Phone Menu (Talk on Phone) Phone Menu (Talk) How Do I Use It? Touch accept the call and begin talk.
  • Page 122 How Do I Use It? Making a Bluetooth Call (from Dial Pad) To make a Bluetooth call touch the following buttons from the Map screen. 1. i) Input phone number Page 122 Phone Menu (Talk) Phone Menu (Talk) 1. ii) Touch to delete digit 2.
  • Page 123 Making a Bluetooth Call (from PhoneBook) Add to Phonebook Touch to open Phonebook list. If the phonebook is empty tap phone. Phonebook Empty Touch to add Phonebook from Mobile Phone Dial from Phonebook Phonebook Downloaded to download phonebook from paired Select Name Touch to scroll down the...
  • Page 124 (L). Making a Bluetooth Call (from Call Log) Call Log Touch to open Call Log list. If the call log is empty TRAX436 will download the call log from the paired phone. Page 124 Name w/multiple number Making Call Touch name to select.
  • Page 125 Answered Call Dialled Call Missed Call How Do I Use It? Touch to select call log. The details of the selected logged call will display. Making Call Touch to cancel call. Touch to begin call. Page 125...

  • Page 126: 6: Glossary

    The currently navigated route. You can save and load routes in TRAX436, but only one route can be active at any given time, and it is always active until you delete it, reach your destination or you quit TRAX436. See also: Route.
  • Page 127 2D map view mode and in Overview mode. See also: Track-up map orientation. Overview mode You can instruct TRAX436 to automatically switch to Overview mode if the next route event is in a distance. In Overview mode the map is shown in 2D but scaled down to a predefined zoom level. When you approach the next route event, the previous 2D or 3D map view returns automatically.
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  • Page 130: Warranty

    Warranty is only valid in the original country of purchase. ELEMENT OF WARRANTY: Uniden warrants to the original retail owner for the duration of this warranty, its TRAX436 (herein after referred to as the Product), to be free from defects in materials and craftsmanship with only the limitations or exclusions set out below.
  • Page 131 Product should be shipped or delivered, freight pre-paid, with evidence of original purchase (e.g. a copy of the sales docket), to the warrantor at: UNIDEN AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED Service Division...
  • Page 132 ThANk yoU for bUyINg A UNIdeN prodUCT. © 2008 Uniden Australia Pty Limited. Uniden New Zealand Ltd. Printed in China. USZZ01216ZZ(0)

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