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Insignia NS-CNV20 User Manual

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  • Page 1: User Guide

    User Guide 4.3” Connected GPS NS-CNV20...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    One-Year Limited Warranty ... .73 Congratulations on your new Insignia GPS Congratulations on your purchase of the Insignia GPS – a car navigation device that makes an enjoyable experience out of driving anywhere. The Insignia GPS...
  • Page 4 Many of the features of the Insignia GPS are described in more detail later in this manual, however some key features of the device include: Connected navigation: Allows you to connect to the Internet and provides updated and real time searches including street addresses, businesses, recreation parks, and other points of interest.

  • Page 5: Safety Information

    NS-CNV20 Insignia reserves the right, at it's discretion, to limit excessive data usage on any device. After this service expires, customers will be able to renew this service for an annual fee. This will be available on www.bestbuy.com. Note Safety information...

  • Page 6: Important Safety Instructions

    To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do not expose this apparatus to rain or moisture. NS-CNV20...

  • Page 7: Features

    NS-CNV20 12) Unplug this apparatus during lightning storms or when unused for long periods of time. 13) Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel. Servicing is required when the apparatus has been damaged in any way, such as power-supply cord or plug...

  • Page 8: Side Panel

    Press for three seconds to turn the GPS on or off. Press for one second to enter or exit standby mode. Contains a SIM card designed to receive real-time messages and display them on the LCD screen. Do not remove. NS-CNV20...
  • Page 9 NS-CNV20 Component Description USB port LCD screen Battery charge indicator SD card slot www.insignia-products.com Plug the AC or car adapter into this port to power or charge the GPS. Displays GPS information. Turns red when the battery is charging and turns green when the battery is fully charged.

  • Page 10: Bottom And Back Panels

    Bottom and back panels Bottom Back Component Contact grooves Reset button (hole) Speaker www.insignia-products.com Description Provides contacts to charge your GPS through the mounting cradle. Press to reset your GPS. Provides audio information. NS-CNV20...

  • Page 11: Setting Up Your Gps

    NS-CNV20 Setting up your GPS Mounting your GPS in a car When you use your GPS in a car, you can use the supplied mounting accessories (mounting bracket and cradle). To mount your GPS in a car: Set the bottom edge of the GPS onto the mount...
  • Page 12 Make sure that your car’s airbags are not obstructed by the GPS. Attention California and Minnesota drivers: California Vehicle Code Section 26708 and Minnesota Statute 2005, Section 169.71 prohibit suction mounts on car windshields, side, or rear windows, as they can obstruct the driver's clear view. NS-CNV20...

  • Page 13: Connecting The Power

    NS-CNV20 Connecting the power Connecting the mounting cradle To connect the mounting cradle: Plug the USB connector on the car adapter into the USB port on the back of the mounting cradle. Plug the other end of the car adapter into the 12 V cigarette lighter socket.

  • Page 14: Connecting The Ac Adapter

    Plug the AC plug into a grounded AC power outlet. Notes www.insignia-products.com Make sure that you turn off your GPS before unplugging it. The LCD screen is brighter when you use the AC adapter than when the GPS is on battery power. NS-CNV20 100/240 V AC...

  • Page 15: Connecting The Car Adapter

    NS-CNV20 Connecting the car adapter To connect the car adapter: Plug the USB connector on the car adapter into the USB port on the right side of your GPS. Plug the other end of the car adapter into the 12 V cigarette lighter socket.
  • Page 16 NS-CNV20 Charging your GPS with a computer To charge your GPS with a computer: • Plug one end of a USB cable into your GPS, then plug the other end into your computer. Computer USB cable www.insignia-products.com...
  • Page 17 NS-CNV20 Understanding the rechargeable battery Your portable GPS comes with a built-in rechargeable battery. Charge the battery fully before initial use. Charging time is normally about four hours. A fully charged battery delivers about two hours of use. Warning Cautions www.insignia-products.com...

  • Page 18: Using Your Gps

    The screens shown in this guide may be different than the ones you see on your GPS depending on the firmware version. To see where you are, touch Map. To find a route to a place of interest, touch Go to... NS-CNV20...

  • Page 19: Home Screen

    NS-CNV20 • To set your device preferences, touch the Settings icon in the top right corner of the screen. If you would like to learn about the GPS settings and configurations, see “Setting up your preferences” on page 48. If you are not sure of the available options and would like technical assistance, contact Best Buy technical support.

  • Page 20: Main Menu

    Return to Home screen Go to recent addresses After you set your home address, you can calculate a route to Go Home from where you are. NS-CNV20 Search Google for points of interest Browse Google and Gasbuddy information...

  • Page 21: Creating A Route To An Address

    NS-CNV20 • • • • • Creating a route to an address The route to your destination address is based on your current GPS location. Make sure that your GPS is in clear view of the sky page shows the signal is active.
  • Page 22 GPS, only the name of the city of your current GPS location is shown. To go to another city, touch Other city to open the Enter city keypad, then enter the name of the city you want. www.insignia-products.com NS-CNV20...
  • Page 23 NS-CNV20 Touch the name of the city where you want to navigate. The House Number keypad opens. Back to the previous screen Enter the house number, then touch Next. The Enter Street Name keypad opens. Battery_ www.insignia-products.com Space bar Return to the...
  • Page 24 Next. The address card for your destination opens. Touch Go. Your GPS calculates your route. When it is complete, the route is highlighted on the map. View and voice prompts begin. -OR- www.insignia-products.com NS-CNV20...
  • Page 25 NS-CNV20 To view alternate routes, touch Routes on the address card. Note Three routes are displayed, each indicating distance and time. This lets you choose the shortest distance or shortest time. The color of the route option box corresponds to the color of the route on the map.
  • Page 26 - Estimated arrival time - Time to destination Touch and drag the screen to scroll around the map. www.insignia-products.com Highlighted route Icon representing your vehicle Return to the Home screen This screen also shows traffic alerts (if available) NS-CNV20 Zoom in Zoom out...

  • Page 27: Creating A Route To An Intersection

    NS-CNV20 To view turn-by-turn directions, touch the distance to next maneuver button at the top left of the map view. Creating a route to an intersection If you know the intersecting street names and not the exact address of your destination, you can enter an intersection to get routing instructions.
  • Page 28 A list of cities opens that includes the same characters you entered. Touch the name of the city where you want to navigate. The Enter House Number keypad opens. Touch Skip at the bottom right of the screen, the Street name keypad opens. www.insignia-products.com NS-CNV20...
  • Page 29 NS-CNV20 Enter the street name or a special venue, for example Oak, then touch Next. A list of streets with the same characters opens. -OR- If you do not enter a street name, touch Skip at the bottom right of the screen. A list of street names in the city opens.
  • Page 30 Touch Intersection to display street names that intersect the street of your destination. Touch Go to... or Routes on the address card that opens, to get directions. www.insignia-products.com NS-CNV20...
  • Page 31 NS-CNV20 Creating a route to a city in another state To create a route to a city in another state: Start as you would to create a route to an address by touching the Address button on the Main menu. A list of cities to which you have created routes opens.
  • Page 32 Touch the name of the city you want. Follow Steps 3 through 8 in “Creating a route to an address” on page 19, or touch Skip and follow the steps for “Creating a route to an intersection” on page 25. www.insignia-products.com NS-CNV20...

  • Page 33: Resuming A Route After Stopping

    NS-CNV20 Stopping a route in progress To stop a route in progress: From the map view, touch the Home screen button When the Home screen opens, touch Stop. Resuming a route after stopping To resume a route after stopping: Touch Go to ... on the Home screen, then touch Recent on the Main menu.

  • Page 34: Setting Your Home Address

    Touch Choose from Favorites to select an address from your list of Favorites. Touch Choose from Recents to select an address from a list of recent destinations to which you have created routes. NS-CNV20...

  • Page 35: Adding Or Removing An Address On Your Favorites List

    NS-CNV20 Touch the Home screen button or the back arrow to exit this screen and continue your route creation. Adding or removing an address on your Favorites list You can save your favorite destinations when the address card opens. To add a destination to your Favorites list: Create a route to an address by following Steps 1 through 5 in “Creating a route to an address”...

  • Page 36: Sorting Your Favorites

    To remove or change an address on your Favorites list: Touch Go to .. on the Home screen. The Main menu opens. www.insignia-products.com New web addresses on top (addresses that are found as a result of a search) Most used A-Z (alphabetically) NS-CNV20...
  • Page 37 NS-CNV20 Touch Favorites. The Favorites list opens. Touch the favorite you want to remove or change. The address card for that destination opens. Touch Edit at the bottom of the card. A rename or delete screen opens. Touch Delete Favorite, then touch the back arrow to save your change.

  • Page 38: Using Google Search

    You can use Google Search to find any type of destination or venue. If the Search button does not display "Google," the wireless network signal is not available and your GPS searches only the on-board directory on the device itself. www.insignia-products.com NS-CNV20...
  • Page 39 NS-CNV20 To use Google Search: Go to the Main menu, then touch Google Search. The search keypad opens. Enter the name of your destination, for example, Stanford University, then touch Search. The Search is in... screen opens. Touch Area near me now for locations near your current GPS location.
  • Page 40 A list of destination names in that city or state opens. Touch the destination you want. The address card opens for the destination. www.insignia-products.com The distances shown are linear distances, "as the crow flies," not driving distances. NS-CNV20...

  • Page 41: Using Browse

    NS-CNV20 Touch Go or Routes for directions. A map showing the highlighted route to that destination opens. The map also shows time and distance to the destination. Touch the destination point icon destination, then press Back to zoom back out.
  • Page 42 To use Browse: Touch Go to .. on the Home screen. The Main menu opens. Touch Browse to view restaurants, lodging, things to do, public services, or gas prices. The browse screen opens. www.insignia-products.com NS-CNV20...
  • Page 43 NS-CNV20 Touch the category you want, for example Food. A list of food specialties opens. Touch the type of food you want. The Search is in screen opens showing cities to which you have recently created routes. www.insignia-products.com...
  • Page 44 To send directions to your GPS device: Find the directions to your destination on Google Maps. Click Send at the top right of the Google map. A window opens that lets you choose where you want to send the directions. www.insignia-products.com NS-CNV20...

  • Page 45: Following Traffic Incident Alerts

    NS-CNV20 Select GPS, then select “Insignia” as the Brand. Enter the email address you assigned to your GPS device (see “Setting your e-mail address” on page 61). Click Send. After a few minutes your device notifies you that new addresses have arrived.
  • Page 46 -OR- Touch Cancel to return to the map and continue on your current route. If you do not make a selection within three seconds, the screen times out and returns to your current route. www.insignia-products.com NS-CNV20...
  • Page 47 NS-CNV20 To check alternate routes around the incident: On the map view, touch the home screen button at the bottom. The screen opens and displays the additional Stop and Routes buttons. Touch the Routes button. The device calculates alternate routes then displays them.
  • Page 48 To view the detour route follow the steps in “Detour alert while viewing the map” on page 44. To check alternate routes around the incident follow the steps in “To check alternate routes around the incident:” on page 45. www.insignia-products.com NS-CNV20...
  • Page 49 NS-CNV20 Incident without change to ETA When you are checking turn-by-turn directions on the device and it detects a traffic slow-down or incident that does not change your ETA, the incident displays on your Directions list. A voice alert announces “Traffic ahead.

  • Page 50: Setting Up Your Preferences

    GPS. To set up the features described in this section: Touch the preference settings icon right corner on the Home screen. The Settings menu opens. Touch the down arrow to display additional settings. www.insignia-products.com NS-CNV20 in the upper...

  • Page 51: Changing The Map View

    NS-CNV20 Touch the button for the setting you want to make, then select a setting in that menu. To save your new setting, you can touch the back arrow and return to the preferences menu, touch the Home screen button to return to the Home screen, or touch the map button to return to the map view.
  • Page 52 GPS location. When a GPS signal is not available, your GPS changes from Night Mode to Day Mode at 8 a.m. and from Day Mode to Night Mode at 8 p.m. automatically. Day—Day colors are displayed with a light background and street names in black text. NS-CNV20...
  • Page 53 NS-CNV20 • Touch the back arrow to save your changes and view the settings menus, or touch the world icon to save your changes and return to the map view. Connecting to your Bluetooth phone This feature lets you speak on your phone, hands-free.
  • Page 54 Touch Save after you enter the number. The screen returns to the Bluetooth management screen. If you have not set your phone to pair with a Bluetooth device, the screen indicates “No phone connected.” www.insignia-products.com NS-CNV20...
  • Page 55 NS-CNV20 Set your phone to scan for a Bluetooth device. It should indicate that it has found a Bluetooth device and the GPS device indicates that a phone is paired. Touch OK to close this message and return to the Bluetooth management screen.

  • Page 56: Using Bluetooth Handsfree

    Touch the name of a phone to pair with your GPS device. A screen opens to let you manage the phone on the list. Touch the action you want. Using Bluetooth handsfree Placing calls To place a call: Touch Phone on the Home screen. The dial keypad opens. www.insignia-products.com NS-CNV20...

  • Page 57: Managing Calls

    NS-CNV20 Enter the phone number, then touch Call. Your phone dials the number. If your Bluetooth phone is not connected to your GPS, you receive a prompt to check the connection. See “To connect to your Bluetooth cellphone:” on page 51 for information on connecting to your Bluetooth phone.
  • Page 58 Touch End call to hang up. Touch Hide call to remain connected, but exit the call manager and view the map, routes, and menus. Touch Phone to return to the Call Manager screen. NS-CNV20 A phone brand and model appear in this area...

  • Page 59: Answering Calls

    NS-CNV20 Answering calls When you receive a call, an incoming call message displays showing the phone number. Touch the Phone alert which displays the incoming call information, then touch answer or ignore. The call manager screen opens to let you manage your call.
  • Page 60 Touch the check box next to the icon you want. Choices include: • • • • • • Touch the back arrow to save your choice. www.insignia-products.com U Turns Highways Dirt Roads Toll Roads Ferries Sport Minivan Sedan Geek Squad Pointer (arrow-like symbol) NS-CNV20...

  • Page 61: Setting The Background

    NS-CNV20 Setting the background You can choose the wallpaper you want to display on the Home screen background. To choose a background (wallpaper) for your screen: Touch the Wallpaper button. A list of background options opens. Touch the button for the background you want. You see a preview of the setting as you touch selection.

  • Page 62: Setting The Time

    Touch any button to exit this screen and save your changes. www.insignia-products.com Touch the Status button. The Status screen opens showing your current GPS, Cellular and BT connection status. Format—12 hour clock or 24 hour clock Zone—Time zone Daylight Savings—On or Off NS-CNV20...

  • Page 63: Restoring Settings

    NS-CNV20 Clearing your lists To clear your lists: Touch the Clear My Lists button to remove information that you have saved in your Favorites list and the Recent list. You can select one or both on the menu. Touch Yes to clear the list.
  • Page 64 If you have not used enough characters for your ID, you receive a message: Check availability... Letters num between 6 and 30. Touch OK to return to the keypad and enter another ID, then touch Check. www.insignia-products.com NS-CNV20...

  • Page 65: Viewing Legal Information

    NS-CNV20 Viewing information about your GPS To view information about your GPS: Touch the About button to view the following information: • • • • • • • • Touch the up and down arrows to scroll through the items.

  • Page 66: Troubleshooting

    Make sure that your GPS has a clear view of the sky. It needs GPS satellite signals to function correctly. Also, make sure that your GPS is fully charged. For information on charging the battery, see “Understanding the rechargeable battery” on page 15. NS-CNV20...

  • Page 67: Cannot Connect To The Network

    NS-CNV20 This alert indicates that your GPS cannot connect to your Bluetooth phone. Touch Scan to continue to search for the phone, or Cancel to close this alert. Searching Google screen continues to display The “connected” functions, such as Search, Browse, and alternate routes might be slow to display results.

  • Page 68: General Troubleshooting

    Static or other external interference may cause the GPS to malfunction. www.insignia-products.com NS-CNV20 Solution Connect the adapter correctly. Turn on or turn up the volume. Make sure that the GPS is located in an open area.

  • Page 69: Specifications

    NS-CNV20 Problem Cause The GPS has The battery is dead. Recharge the battery. intermittent or Satellite reception unstable may be obstructed reception. by tall buildings or blocked by a metal enclosure. The GPS is vibrating excessively. The system software is having a problem.

  • Page 70: Legal Notices

    GPS - 4.68 × 3.21 × 0.9 inches (119 × 81.5 × 23 mm) Camera - 8.46 × 1.18 × 1.18 inches (215 × 30 × 30 mm) About 7.05 ounces (0.2 kg) NS-CNV20...

  • Page 71: End User License Agreement

    NS-CNV20 Legal patents For use under US patents 5,161,886; 5,963,956; 6,081,803; 6,092,076; 6,122,593; 6,163,749; 6,192,312; 6,192,314; 6,199,013; 6,212,474; 6,249,742;6,278,942; 6,298,303; 6,317,683; 6,324,472; 6,330,858; 6,336,111; 6,438,561; 6,487,497; 6,470,287; 6,502,033; 6,631,321; 6,647,269; 6,678,611; 6,704,648; 7,035,869 and other patents pending. End user license agreement...
  • Page 72 NS-CNV20 otherwise reverse engineer the Software, in whole or in part, or permit or authorize a third party to do so, except to the extent such activities are expressly permitted by law notwithstanding this prohibition. 3. Ownership. The Software is licensed, not sold. You own the...
  • Page 73 NS-CNV20 8. Limitation of Liability. DECARTA AND OR ITS LICENSOR'S TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FROM ALL CAUSES OF ACTION AND UNDER ALL THEORIES OF LIABILITY WILL BE LIMITED TO AND WILL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNTS PAID TO DECARTA BY YOU FOR THE SOFTWARE. IN NO...
  • Page 74 NS-CNV20 www.insignia-products.com...

  • Page 75: One-Year Limited Warranty

    Products and parts replaced under this warranty become the property of Insignia and are not returned to you. If service of Products or parts are required after the Warranty Period expires, you must pay all labor and parts charges.

  • Page 76: Where Is The Warranty Valid

    25 inches or larger, call 1-888-BESTBUY. Call agents will diagnose and correct the issue over the phone or will have an Insignia-approved repair person dispatched to your home. Where is the warranty valid? This warranty is valid only to the original purchaser of the product in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
  • Page 77 7601 Penn Avenue South, Richfield, Minnesota, U.S.A. 55423-3645 © 2008 Best Buy Enterprise Services, Inc. All rights reserved. INSIGNIA is a trademark of Best Buy Enterprise Services, Inc. Registered in some countries. All other products and brand names are trademarks of their respective owners.
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  • Page 80 7601 Penn Avenue South, Richfield, MN USA 55423-3645 © 2008 Best Buy Enterprise Services, Inc. All rights reserved. INSIGNIA is a trademark of Best Buy Enterprise Services, Inc. Registered in some countries. All other products and brand names are trademarks of their respective owners.

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