ALK CoPilot Symbian S60 User Manual

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  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Contents Welcome to CoPilot! ...i About GPS Technology ...1 Safety Warning ...1 Getting Started ...2 Requirements ...2 Connecting Your Smartphone ...2 Installing CoPilot ...3 Product Key Entry and Activation ...4 Hardware Setup ...5 Map Download to Your Smartphone ...6 Selecting a Data Area ...7 Region ...7 City Radius ...7 Map Area ...8...
  • Page 3: Welcome To Copilot

    The driver must remain alert at all times to actual road conditions and obey all posted signs and traffi c regulations. ALK Technologies assumes no responsibility for any damage or injury resulting from the use of this product.
  • Page 4: Getting Started

    Getting Started This User Guide includes complete instructions for installing your CoPilot software and using CoPilot on your phone to guide you to your destination or to plan trips. Requirements Desktop PC Requirements To install CoPilot on your desktop or laptop PC, you must have: •...
  • Page 5: Installing Copilot

    Installing CoPilot Installing From a Quickstart Installation Memory Card: 1. Set up your phone and charge the battery following the instructions in your phone’s manual. 2. You must set the correct date and GMT time on your phone for optimal GPS functionality. 3.
  • Page 6: Product Key Entry And Activation

    Press Options > Telephone. b. You will be asked to choose your region. c. Call the telephone number supplied in the next screen to contact a technical support representative at ALK Technologies who can process your CoPilot activation. - 4 -...
  • Page 7: Hardware Setup

    Hardware Setup WARNING: Your GPS receiver is temperature-sensitive. Never leave your mobile phone or GPS receiver in a closed vehicle that exceeds 140 Confi guring the Bluetooth GPS Receiver: Once you have installed CoPilot Live on your phone, you will be prompted to set up your remote Bluetooth GPS receiver from the GPS Status screen.
  • Page 8: Map Download To Your Smartphone

    Map Download to Your Smartphone NOTE: If your CoPilot product came with a Quickstart installation memory card, you don’t need to download map data (it’s already on your Quickstart card). You can skip to Using CoPilot for Guidance, p. 14. To download map data from your Desktop PC or Laptop to your mobile device, you select the data to download from one or more regions that you specify in the CoPilot application on your desktop.
  • Page 9: Selecting A Data Area

    Selecting a Data Area 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 gives you a choice of four ways to select a data region, described on p. 7-9 below. Region To download a whole CoPilot data region, click the Region option in the Data Download Wizard, then select a region in the next screen and click...
  • Page 10: Map Area

    4. Name the selection, then click Next. 5. You will return to the Data Selection menu where you can select another data area if you like, using any method. When you fi nish selecting data areas, click the Download icon and you will be taken to the fi...
  • Page 11: Trip

    Trip This method of selecting data is by far the most customisable method. It allows you to run a trip and select street-level data specifi c to that trip, thereby avoiding unneeded data and saving valuable memory space. Once the trip is run, the Data Download Wizard automatically selects circles of data around your origin and destination, and a corridor of data along your route.
  • Page 12: Data Download

    6. You will return to the Data Selection menu where you can select another data area if you like, using any method. When you fi nish selecting data areas, click Download. Trip itineraries that were created using the Trip download method will be transferred along with map data (see p.
  • Page 13: Poi Download Options

    POI Download Options When you download a data region from your desktop PC, you get all roads within that region. Also included are regional points of interest (POI) such as gas stations, hotels, restaurants, visitor attractions, etc. CoPilot now lets you control the number and types of POI that get downloaded along with map data.
  • Page 14: Importing Custom Places

    Importing Custom Places CoPilot’s Custom Place Import Wizard enables you to import addresses from your Outlook Contacts database, an Excel fi le, or text fi le. (If you are using another type of database or contact manager, you can export your contacts/ locations to an Excel or text fi...
  • Page 15: Editing Custom Places

    7. When processing is fi nished, the Data Import Status window shows you how many places in your fi le were matched with addresses in the CoPilot database. A plus sign in the Accept column indicates a match. Places that failed to match appear in red and do not have a plus sign. 8.
  • Page 16: Using Copilot For Guidance

    Using CoPilot for Guidance In CoPilot’s Guidance Mode on your mobile phone, you will receive turn- by-turn route guidance information as you travel. For your safety, the Safety View screen will hide maps when your speed exceeds 16 k.p.h. to avoid distractions.
  • Page 17 2. In the Address screen, enter a Street Name with or without a House Number, Step 2 and a City. Scroll down to enter a Country or Postal Code — press left or right on the scroll key to scroll down or up the pick list of countries —...
  • Page 18: Stop Menu Options

    Stop Menu Options In the Going To screen, press Options to access options that include adding, deleting, moving, editing, and optimising your stops. To add another destination, choose Add Stop from the menu. (Another way to do this would be to simply highlight <Add a Stop> in the Going To list and press the scroll key Select Delete to delete the highlighted stop, or Delete All to clear all stops from the list...
  • Page 19: Entering Your Home Address

    Entering Your Home Address To program your home address for quick trip entry, select Home in the Select Stop screen and enter your home address as you would a new address (p. 14). The next time you want to enter your home address as a stop, just select Home in the Select Stop screen and your address will be automatically entered.
  • Page 20: Favourites

    Favourites CoPilot automatically places every stop you enter on a list of favourite places for future quick trip entry. To enter one of these favourites as a stop, select Favourites in the Select Stop screen. In the next screen, choose one of the places on the scrollable list, then press Select.
  • Page 21: Finding Points Of Interest

    Finding Points of Interest CoPilot enables you to search for points of interest (POI) such as gas stations, hotels, restaurants, visitor attractions, etc. within the region for which map data was downloaded from your desktop/laptop computer. You can then choose a destination from the list of search results. Select POI in the Select Stop screen to search for Points of Interest.
  • Page 22: Picking Stops From The Map

    Picking Stops From the Map CoPilot enables you to pick a stop off the map when you don’t know the exact address of your destination. 1. Select Pick from Map in the Select Stop screen. Step 1 2. CoPilot will prompt you to enter a location on the map where you can start searching Step 2 for the place you have in mind.
  • Page 23: Start Driving

    Start Driving! Once you have entered at least one stop in the Select Stop screen, you’re ready to start driving with CoPilot! You’ll receive turn-by-turn directions and maps to guide you safely to your destination. As you drive, CoPilot’s dynamic directions will instantly recalculate your route if you take a wrong turn or decide to go a different way.
  • Page 24: Itinerary View

    Itinerary View Press Options > View to get to the trip Itinerary. The Itinerary is a scrollable set of driving directions for the current trip. Individual roads on your Itinerary can be avoided using the Options menu in this screen —...
  • Page 25: Menu Options On The Road

    Menu Options on the Road From any guidance screen, you can zoom your map view in and out, edit your trip, calculate a detour, save your location as a favourite, and more. Press Options and select any of the following options: Zoom In/Out In the map screen, zooms your view in/out.
  • Page 26: Avoiding Roads

    Avoiding Roads To avoid an individual road and have CoPilot calculate another route around that road, you must be in the Itinerary screen. From there, fi nd the road you want to avoid in the scrollable list and highlight it, then press Options and select Actions >...
  • Page 27: General Options

    General Options Select GPS in the Settings screen. The GPS screen provides tools for setting up and viewing your Smartphone’s GPS functionality. Select Options > Turn On Bluetooth to turn your phone’s Bluetooth connection on from within CoPilot. Select Options > Search for GPS to have CoPilot search for your Smartphone’s GPS receiver.
  • Page 28: Guidance

    Guidance Select Options > Settings > Guidance. The Guidance screen lets you indicate how far ahead of your next turn you want to be when you get a “Next turn” alert. Four different settings can be toggled on or off (scroll down to see the Just Ahead option).
  • Page 29: Licence

    License Select Options > Settings > License. This option displays your CoPilot licence information. Press Options > Activate/ Upgrade in this screen to activate a new licence, or Options > Deactivate to deactivate CoPilot if you need to install the application on another phone.
  • Page 30: Copilot Modes

    CoPilot Modes CoPilot has three modes of operation on your Smartphone. To switch modes, press Options > Mode in the Going To screen or any guidance screen. Guidance Mode In Guidance Mode, you enter one or more destinations, then press Drive to start driving and receive guidance.
  • Page 31: Trip Planning On Your Smartphone

    Trip Planning On Your Smartphone You can use CoPilot on your Smartphone for trip planning whether or not the GPS receiver is connected and receiving data. In Planning Mode you can run a trip even when you’re not in your car. You’ll get driving directions and maps to use as a reference before your trip begins.
  • Page 32: Trip Planning On Your Desktop

    Trip Planning On Your Desktop You can use CoPilot’s desktop functions to map out routes and print maps and driving directions before getting on the road. Desktop trip planning is an additional feature of CoPilot that is in no way connected to using your Smartphone for route guidance.
  • Page 33: Save Trip

    Save Trip Save Trip button or Save Trip / Save Trip As... in the File menu. Open Trip Open Trip button or Open Trip in the File menu. Print Print button or Print... in the File menu. Help Help button or Help Contents and Search in the Help menu.
  • Page 34: Zoom Out

    Zoom In Zoom In button or Zoom In in the Map menu. Each time you click this button, your view will be zoomed in by one increment. The zoom level is shown in the title bar of the map window. Zoom Out Zoom Out button or Zoom Out in the Map menu.
  • Page 35 Zoom To Region Zoom to Region button or Zoom Region in the Map menu. This function allows you to zoom your map view to a specifi c area. Choices in the sub-menu will depend on which CoPilot data region(s) were purchased. Refresh Map Refresh Map button or Refresh Map in the Map...
  • Page 36: Reference: Copilot On Your Desktop

    Landmark Reporting Select Landmark Reporting In this window you can control how from the drop-down Trip many landmarks CoPilot points out menu. when generating driving directions. Help Menu Use the drop-down Help menu to access CoPilot Help for assistance with all aspects of the software and to quickly access ALK’s web site.
  • Page 37 Trip Planner Window (Points of Interest) Click the Points of Interest tab. Enter a City-Country or Postal Code in which you would like to search, a radius within which to search, and (optionally) choose a category and type from the drop-down menu.
  • Page 38 Routing Options Click the Options button in the Trip Planner window to access CoPilot routing options. Auto and Quickest are the default settings, providing the quickest routing for automobiles based on practical considerations such as road quality, terrain, and urban/rural classifi cations. RV routing favors major roads and avoids sharp turns, U-turns, and urbanized areas where possible.
  • Page 39: Copilot Live Communications

    CoPilot Live Communications CoPilot Live allows you to maintain two-way communication with drivers who are using CoPilot and to actually see where they are currently located. You can do this from the CoPilot Live web page. Using this CoPilot Live functionality requires the following: 1) If you want to track and message other drivers from a desktop or laptop computer: Your PC must be connected to the internet so that you can access our CoPilot Live web page through a...
  • Page 40: Real-Time Traffi C Information

    Your Live connection status is shown by the round icon at the bottom right of the black information bar: • Green — Good. • Yellow — OK. Usually seen when fi rst connecting or in poor GPRS coverage. • Red — No connection. Check your GPRS network coverage and Live settings.
  • Page 41 Using Traffi c In Guidance Mode, press Options > Traffi c. Options in this menu are: • Check Route: Select Check Route to manually check for traffi c incidents along your current route. • Find Traffi c: Select Find Traffi c to search for traffi c incidents around any location.
  • Page 42: Creating/Using Your Own Voice

    Creating/Using Your Own Voice You can create your own voice or load voices that other CoPilot users have created and posted online. To do this, create a folder with any name you want and copy sound fi les with the exact names of the CoPilot sound fi...
  • Page 43: Copilot Technical Support

    CoPilot Technical Support After registering your software (see p.42), you’re entitled to technical support and discounts on new versions of CoPilot. Check out ALK’s web site for technical support documentation and posted answers to common questions. If the web site does not provide an answer to your question, technical support for registered users is available during standard business hours (9:00 am - 5:00 pm Monday-Friday).
  • Page 44: Region Selection

    5. The Activation Wizard will appear at the end of installation. Activation occurs just as it did when you originally installed CoPilot (see p. 4-5). ON YOUR SMARTPHONE: IMPORTANT: You must install and activate CoPilot to your Smartphone using your Base Product Key AND you must have data downloaded to your Smartphone before using your Expansion Product Key.
  • Page 45: Licence Agreement

    North American, European, and Australian Data. THIS IS A LEGAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU, THE USER (either an individual or an entity), AND ALK TECHNOLOGIES, INC. ("ALK"). IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE, DO NOT OPEN THE PACKAGE. Promptly return the...
  • Page 46 Government is subject to restrictions set forth in subparagraphs (c) (1) and (2) of the Commercial Computer Software-Restricted Rights clause at 48 CFR 52.227-19, as applicable. Manufacturer is ALK Technologies, Inc., 1000 Herrontown Road, Princeton, NJ 08540.
  • Page 47 THIS IS A LEGAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU, THE USER (either an individual or an entity), AND ALK Technologies, Inc. ("ALK"). IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE, DO NOT INSTALL THE SOFTWARE. Promptly return the package and accompanying materials (including written materials and containers) to the dealer from which you obtained them for a full refund.
  • Page 48 Restrictions. Except where you have been specifically licensed to do so by ALK, and without limiting the preceding paragraph, you may not (a) use this Data with any products, systems, or applications installed or otherwise connected to or in communication with vehicles, capable of vehicle navigation, positioning, dispatch, real time route guidance, fleet management or similar applications;...
  • Page 49 THIS IS A LEGAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU, THE USER (either an individual or an entity), AND ALK Technologies, Inc. ("ALK"). IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE, DO NOT INSTALL THE SOFTWARE. Promptly return the package and accompanying materials (including written materials and containers) to the dealer from which you obtained them for a full refund.
  • Page 50 QUALITY, PERFORMANCE, MERCHANTABILITY, OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT WILL ALK BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT DAMAGES IN EXCESS OF THE LICENSE FEE OR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SOFTWARE OR DOCUMENTATION, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
  • Page 51 license to use the mapping data ("Whereis Data") contained in this CD-ROM on the following terms ("License"). The License commences when you click on the "I Agree" button at the end of these terms and continues until terminated in accordance with this agreement.

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