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- Page 1 MS 4300 Owner’s manual Mode d’emploi Bedienungsanleitung Gebruiksaanwijzing Istruzioni d’uso Instrucciones de manejo Bruksanvisning Betjeningsvejledning Käyttöohje www.vdodayton.com...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Contents Contents General information ........3 Notes on operating instructions. - Page 3 Contents Setup ..........44 SETUP menu.
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Page 4: General Information
General information Notes on operating instructions The following reading aids are used to simplify these operating instructions: asks you to perform an action shows the unit’s reaction provides extra info identifies a list Safety instructions and warnings contain important information for the safe use of the unit. -
Page 5: Safety Instructions
General information Safety instructions The use of the navigation radio by no means relieves the driver of his/her responsibili- ties. The highway code must always be observed. Always observe the current traffic situa- tion. The applicable traffic regulations and the prevailing traffic situation always take prece- dence over the instructions issued by the navigation system if they contradict one another. -
Page 6: How Does The Navigation System Work
General information How does the navigation system work? The position and movements of the vehicle are recorded by the navigation system’s sensors. The distance travelled is deter- mined by the vehicle speedometer signal, rotary motion in bends is detected by a gyro sensor (inertial compass). -
Page 7: The Digital Road Map
General information The digital road map To be able to plan a route to a destination address, the navigation system not only re- quires the current position of the vehicle but also a digital road map containing the destination address itself and the roads leading to the destination address. This digital road map is on the map CD which you insert into the navigation computer. -
Page 8: Route & Sound - Navigating And Listening To A Cd
General information Route & Sound – Navigating and listening to a CD With this new generation navigation radio unit, you may insert a map CD, plan your route, then insert an audio or MP3 CD and the system will still guide you to your intended destination. The navigation computer saves the road system in a defined area around the planned route (corri- dor) in its main memory. -
Page 9: Rds (Radio Data System)
General information RDS (Radio Data System) Many VHF stations transmit RDS information. The navigation radio evaluates the RDS telegram and offers the following advantages: PS (Program Service name): Display of station name. Radio text: Display of additional information concerning the radio station, see page 18. -
Page 10: Notes On Map Cds
General information Notes on map CDs The navigation system is based on a C-IQ database, which is stored on a CD in en- crypted format. The CD contains map data for navigation as well as travel and traffic information (TMC) for dynamic route planning. You can customise your navigation package by enabling specific products. -
Page 11: Operation
Operation MS 4300 control elements 1 POWER ..Press: Switching on/ off Turn: Volume control 2 MUTE ... Muting the system. Navigation information and traffic announce- ments* can still be heard. -
Page 12: Removable Control Panel
Operation Removable control panel Removing the control panel 1. Open the front by pressing the REL button. 2. Press the control panel carefully to the left and pull it out of the holder to the right. Re-inserting control panel 1. Place the control panel, while folded down, on the mounting tab to the right of the unit. -
Page 13: Volume
Operation Volume When setting the volume, please make sure that traffic noises (horns, sirens, emer- gency vehicles, etc.) are still audible. Turn the POWER button to set the volume. MUTE Press MUTE to activate the mute function. Press MUTE again or turn the volume control to deactivate the mute function. No navigation messages, traffic announcements* or telephone calls** are transmit- ted when muting is activated. - Page 14 Operation Intelligent “typewriter” When you enter names of cities and roads or special destinations, the system compares the character string already entered with all database entries on the map CD. Once you select a character, you will notice that only certain letters remain displayed. The navigation system automatically completes entries if only one possible entry is left.
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Page 15: Audio
Audio Sound settings Press the SOUND button. The “SOUND SETTINGS” menu is dis- played. The following options are available: Fader Set the required volume balance rear <–> front. Confirm the new setting. Navigation instructions are only transmitted via the front loudspeakers. It is not possible to set the fader values for the navigation instructions. -
Page 16: Listening To Radio
Audio Listening to radio If the unit is not yet in radio mode: Press RADIO. The unit switches to radio mode. Radio screen The following information is displayed on the radio screen: 1 Symbol for the status of the traffic programme function, see page 19. 2 Search level set (LO, DX) 3 Symbol for an incoming telephone call (mute or transmitting the telephone call, de- pending on the telephone connection) -
Page 17: Station Memory
Audio Automatic search Press the 4 or 6 button in order to tune to the next station with a strong signal in the currently selected waveband. If “LO” has been set as the search level (strong reception only) this setting is used the first time the frequency range is searched through. -
Page 18: Station Buttons 1
Audio Dynamic FM station list - FM ABC With the aid of the second integrated tuner, the radio automatically and silently cre- ates a list of all receivable FM stations and continually updates it. In the FM ABC waveband these stations will be stored in alphabetical order in the FM preset list. -
Page 19: Radio Menu
Audio Radio menu In radio mode: Press RADIO. The following functions can also be selected from the radio menu: Store preset Storing the selected station in the preset list of the current waveband. See “Storing a station”, page 16. Scan Scanning all the stations from the preset list (“FM 123”, “MW 123”, “LW 123”... -
Page 20: Traffic Programme
Audio Traffic programme Switch this function on if you want to hear traffic announcements. You will then also hear traffic announcements while a CD/ MP3 is playing or in mute mode. Press the SETUP button. Select “Audio –> Traffic info” and confirm the selection. -
Page 21: Listening To A Cd/Mp3
Audio Listening to a CD/MP3 CD/ MP3 playback If the unit is not yet in CD mode: Press the CD•C button. CD/ CDC or MP3 playback begins. The CDs in the CD changer* are displayed as “CD 1”, “CD 2”, “CD 3”, etc. The CD in the CD player will be displayed as “CD”. - Page 22 Audio Skip track (previous/ next track) Press button 4 or 6 quickly to listen to the previous/ next track. Fast search forwards/ backwards Press and hold down button 4 or 6 until the required track position has been reached. Selecting a CD* Turn the right rotary control to select the required CD in the CD magazine or the CD in the CD player.
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Page 23: Cd•C Menu
Audio CD•C menu In CD mode: Press the CD•C button. The following functions can also be selected from the CD menu: Scan Switching the scan function on / off. Press the right rotary control in order to stop the scan function. - Page 24 Audio CD/ MP3 playback via the playlist With the playback function you have the opportunity to create and edit your personal playback list, containing your favourite tracks, for audio or MP3 CDs. The unit only keeps a playback list for one audio or MP3 CD. As soon as you insert or select a different CD you will be informed that the playlist is not compatible with the selected CD.
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Page 25: Navigation
Navigation Navigation menu During guidance: Press the NAV button to call up the “Navigation” menu. From any other menu: Press the NAV button twice to call up the “Navigation” menu. The “Navigation” menu provides the following options: Destin. input Input of destinations with various options (direct input via city/ postcode and street, via special destinations and C-IQ Travel info as well as via GPS coordinates). - Page 26 Navigation Via points GPS input New via pt. Via point list Load address Guidance Spec. dest. Travel info Dest. Input GPS input New dest. Load address Spec. dest. Travel info Navigation Guidance Spec. dest. Country City/postc. Street House no. Crossing Address book Delete Store position...
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Page 27: Entering A Destination And Navigating
Navigation Entering a destination and navigating Select “Dest. input –> New dest. –> City/ postc.”. The “typewriter” appears. You may have to select the destina- tion country from a list first. Move the cursor to the character re- quired and confirm your selection. All entries on the map CD which fit with the characters entered so far will be displayed in a list at the bot-... - Page 28 Navigation Guidance information After guidance has been activated the guidance screen will appear. The guidance symbols can be found in the centre of the screen and on the right you can continue to use the radio or CD/ MP3. Audible messages In addition to the symbols on the gui- dance screen the navigation system provides you with accurate audible driving instruc- tions.
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Page 29: Guidance Screen; Overview 1
Navigation Guidance screen; Overview 1 The guidance screen appears as soon as you activate the guidance. The guidance screen displays the following information: 1 Simplified presentation of the next turn-off prompt (early warning). 2 Road into which to turn at the next announcement. 3 Distance to the next change of direction. -
Page 30: Guidance Screen; Overview 2
Navigation Guidance screen; Overview 2 The following information is also displayed: e Progress bar with the distance to the next turn-off point. A full bar indicates that you are right on the turn-off point. r Detailed turn-off prompt: Appears as soon as you are approaching a crossing or a turn-off. -
Page 31: Route Selection
Navigation Areas with limited road information In some areas, not all of the information on a road is available on the map CD. Thus, for example, turn-off prohibitions, information on the direction of travel in a one-way street or prohibited entry into a pedestrian zone may be missing. The navigation radio will display a warning if you drive into such an area. -
Page 32: Destination Input Menu
Navigation Destination input menu Select “Dest. input” in the “NAVIGATION” menu. The “Dest. input” menu provides the following options for entering a destination: New dest.: Entering a destination via the name of the town or postcode. A street, house number or crossing can also be entered. Load address: Loading a destination address stored in the address book. - Page 33 Navigation Selecting a country To select a different destination country, proceed as follows: Select “Country” in the “DESTINATION INPUT” menu. The list of countries stored on the current map CD appears. The countries activated on your system are marked with a “R”. Select the required country from the list.
- Page 34 Navigation Special destinations (POIs) You may also input the destination address by selecting special facilities (POI = Points of Interest) stored in the database. These include e.g.: airports, hotels, petrol stations, car repair garages, car parks, etc. Depending upon the information already entered in the destination input screen, a list of general interest facilities appears which are present on the current map CD.
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Page 35: Via Points
Navigation Destination input via GPS co-ordinates If you know the GPS co-ordinates of a destination, you may enter them directly. Select “GPS input” in the “DESTINATION INPUT” menu. The GPS co-ordinates input menu ap- pears. Mark the desired co-ordinates and confirm them. - Page 36 Navigation New via pt.: Inputting the country, city, road, house number or crossing or special facility as via point. To adopt a newly entered via point, select the menu item “NEW VIA PT. –> Con- firm” after entering the data. Via point list: Display of the via points entered so far, as well as deletion of the indi- vidual via points.
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Page 37: The "Trip Info" Menu
Navigation The “TRIP INFO” menu In the “TRIP INFO” menu you can call up lots of information related to your journey. Press the INFO button. The “TRIP INFO” menu will be displayed The following information is available: Trip computer The following information appears in the “Trip computer” information menu: Current speed Average speed Maximum speed so far... -
Page 38: Route List
Navigation Info point Shows additional information on an info point in the near vicinity (red light camera, fixed speed camera), as long as the S symbol is shown on the display. Also see “C-IQ – Intelligent Content On Demand”, page 53. Relevant C-IQ products must be activated. -
Page 39: The "Traffic" Menu
Navigation The “TRAFFIC” menu You can find out about the current traffic situation using the “TRAFFIC” menu. You also use this menu to configure the settings for dynamic route planning. Press the TRAFFIC button. The “TRAFFIC” menu is displayed. The following information is available: Events On route: All traffic obstructions on the route are displayed. - Page 40 Navigation Viewing details relating to traffic information Select the required traffic report from one of the three lists “On route”, “Nearby” or “At destination” in order to view details relating to traffic information. The following information is available: Distance to the start of the segment in which the traffic obstruction is lo- cated;...
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Page 41: Dynamic Route Planning
Navigation Dynamic route planning With active dynamic route planning, the whole of the current traffic situation within a distance of 100km (received via RDS-TMC) is incorporated into the calculation of the route. If a traffic obstruction (e.g. stationary traffic) is reported via TMC for the planned route, the navigation system will analyse the information and calculate the anticipated delay. -
Page 42: Address Book
Navigation Address book The navigation radio offers the opportunity of storing at least 100 destination ad- dresses in a personal address book. The address book is divided into the two sections “Private” and “Business”. One address can also be stored under “Home” and “Work” for quick access. Using the “History”... - Page 43 Navigation Deleting addresses Addresses that are no longer needed should be deleted from the address book to en- sure sufficient space for new addresses. Select “Delete” in the “Address book” menu. Select which address book category the address should be deleted from (private, business or history).
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Page 44: Emergency Menu
Navigation Emergency menu Select “Emergency” in the “Naviga- tion” menu. The “Emergency” menu is displayed. The emergency menu shows you the cur- rent car position with information on the street, country code and the city. This information is only available if you are on a digitised road. -
Page 45: Setup
Setup SETUP menu In the setup menu you have the opportunity to configure the navigation radio to suit your personal needs. Press the SET-UP button to call up the setup menu. Select one of the following submenus. Audio settings Select “Audio” in the setup menu. The “AUDIO”... - Page 46 Setup Compass Activating/ deactivating the compass display on the screen. Settings: ON: Displaying the compass needle (north) in the bottom left hand corner of the screen. OFF: Compass is not displayed. AF retuning Setting the RDS AF function. Settings: ON: Automatic retuning to alternative frequencies for the same station. OFF: No automatic retuning to alternative frequencies.
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Page 47: Navigation Settings
Setup Regional Setting the RDS regional function. Settings: ON: The radio only tunes to alternative frequencies of the selected station which transmit the same regional programme. AUTO: The radio tunes to the alternative frequency of the same regional programme until it can no longer be received. It then tunes to other alternative fre- quencies. - Page 48 Setup Legal limit Activating/ deactivating the warning for the legal speed limit on the current road sec- tion. Settings: ON: If the legal speed limit is exceeded the speed limit is displayed on the guidance screen in the form of a symbol with a thin border. As soon as the speed limit is ex- ceeded significantly (approx.
- Page 49 Setup C-IQ Activating/ deactivating the display of the start/ expiration of C-IQ products. Settings: Starting soon: Number of days (1 … 10) in advance that you want to be informed of your activated products. Expiring soon: Number of days (1 … 10) in advance that you want to be informed of the expiration of your activated products.
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Page 50: Telephone Settings
Setup Clock/ date Select “Clock/ date” in the setup menu. The “CLOCK/ DATE” setup menu appears. The following functions are available: Time zone Setting the time difference between local time and UTC (UTC is equivalent to Green- wich Mean Time, London). Settings: -12.0 ... -
Page 51: System Settings
Setup Level Setting the input amplification for telephone output. Settings: 0 ... 15: Adjusting the telephone input amplification. It is only possible to configure the input amplification during a telephone call. To do this, select “Input” under “Telephone –> Input” and make the correct set- tings for the muting signal. - Page 52 Setup Key tones Activating/ deactivating the key tones and setting the volume for the key tones. Settings: 5 ... 40: Adjusting the key tone volume. OFF: No key tones. Beep level Setting the volume for confirmation and warning beeps. Settings: 5 ...
- Page 53 Setup Language Selecting a language for display information and audible messages. Two languages can be installed on the system at one time. Select “Language” in the setup menu. The “LANGUAGE” setup menu appears. Selection of an installed language: Select one of the installed languages. Display information and spoken messages are switched to the selected language.
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Page 54: C-Iq - Intelligent Content On Demand
C-IQ – Intelligent Content On Demand C-IQ – Your key to map, traffic and travel information With your navigation radio you usually receive all the most up-to-date map data avai- lable, a digital travel guide and TMC data in a single C-IQ CD package. Due to the changing road data (around 10 –... -
Page 55: Registering The Navigation System
C-IQ – Intelligent Content On Demand Registering the navigation system In order to activate other C-IQ products, you must register your navigation system with C-IQ Service. This also ensures that you will receive updated CDs on a regular basis, and will therefore always be using the latest maps (does not apply to unlimited activation). -
Page 56: Other C-Iq Functions
C-IQ – Intelligent Content On Demand Other C-IQ functions The “C-IQ” menu also offers the following functions: My C-IQ Here you are able to access information about your activation status at any time. The following functions are available: Active products: Shows you all the activated, active products. Starting soon: Shows you products which have already been activated, which will soon be started. - Page 57 C-IQ – Intelligent Content On Demand Easy Start – Activating preinstalled C-IQ products Depending on the scope of delivery of your unit you can choose from various preinstalled product options (region, activation period, map data, traffic info, travel info products etc.). For example you can choose between activation for a limited time period including free C-IQ CD Update Service or unlimited usage*: To ensure that C-IQ Easy Start functions without problems, it is imperative that the current date is received by the navigation system via GPS.
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Page 58: Info Points Function
C-IQ – Intelligent Content On Demand Info Points function Some C-IQ CDs support your navigation system’s Info Points function with a visual and audible indication of important points along your route. Different providers of travel and traffic information have optimised these specifically for navigation systems. This includes information about fixed speed camera installations or other safety relevant information (e.g. - Page 59 C-IQ – Intelligent Content On Demand The following can be selected: Search at dest.: Displays the search screen for facilities in the vicinity of the destina- tion. Search at position: Displays the search screen for facilities in the vicinity of the cur- rent position.
- Page 60 C-IQ – Intelligent Content On Demand Display of the search results After you have started a search, the navigation system displays the results of the search in the form of a list. The results include the address of the facilities, the hit percentage and the distance from the current location.
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Page 61: Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting In rare instances, your navigation radio may not function the way you expect it to. Be- fore calling the service department, please read the operating instructions thoroughly and go through the following check list; it may be possible to quickly remedy an appa- rent malfunction. - Page 62 Troubleshooting Symptoms Possible cause / remedy Problems with new copy-protected audio CDs. Some copy protection procedures are incompatible with accepted standards for audio CDs. This is not a fault on the unit. • See “Notes on audio and MP3 CDs”, page 8. Navigation Display shows “Please insert map CD”.
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Page 63: Appendix
Appendix Tips for convenient operation Cross-border guidance Owing to the high data volume, the European navigation data is stored on several CD ROMs (map CDs). In order to nevertheless achieve cross-border guidance, the most im- portant European cities and roads (Major Roads Europe) are additionally stored on the map CDs at present. -
Page 64: Loading Software Updates
Appendix Loading software updates In order to extend the range of functions provided by the unit, you can load new soft- ware versions from a software update CD, if available for your navigation radio: Switch on the radio. Open the front and remove the CD if still inserted. Insert the software update CD into the CD player.