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User Manual
VMS Navigation v8
Street Navigation software
Australia
Oct 2008, ver. 1.0
This User Manual is based of the Nav n Go - iGo Street Navigation manual and may contain content
that is not accurate to the VMS Touring Range of products. VMS can not be held liable for the
accuracy or content from within this manual.

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  • Page 1 This User Manual is based of the Nav n Go - iGo Street Navigation manual and may contain content that is not accurate to the VMS Touring Range of products. VMS can not be held liable for the accuracy or content from within this manual.
  • Page 2 This manual may not, in whole or in part, be reproduced or transmitted in any form either electronically or mechanically, including photocopying and recording, without the express written consent of VMS Australia Pty Ltd.. © 2008 - VMS Australia Pty Ltd.
  • Page 3 Thank you for choosing VMS Navigation as your door-to-door in-car navigator. Read the Quick Start Guide first and start using VMS Navigation right away. This document is the detailed description of the software. You can easily discover VMS Navigation while you are using it;...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Table of contents 1 Warnings and Safety information .................. 7 2 Getting started with VMS Navigation ................8 2.1 Simple and Advanced modes....................10 2.2 Hardware buttons ........................11 2.3 Buttons and other controls on the screen................12 2.3.1 Using keyboards ..........................14 2.4 Using the map .........................14 2.4.1 Checking the details of a map location ..................15...
  • Page 5 3.1.2.6 Selecting a city centre as the destination ....................38 3.1.2.7 Entering an address with a postal code ....................39 3.1.2.8 Tips on entering addresses quickly ......................40 3.1.3 Selecting the destination from your Favourites ................40 3.1.4 Selecting the destination from the POIs..................41 3.1.5 Selecting the destination with a saved POI search criteria.............42 3.1.6 Selecting the destination from the History..................42 3.1.7 Selecting the destination by entering its coordinate...............43...
  • Page 6 4.4.1 Manage Saved Routes........................69 4.4.2 Manage History ..........................69 4.4.3 Manage Track Logs ........................69 4.4.4 Manage Favourites.........................70 4.4.5 Manage POIs ..........................70 4.4.6 Manage Saved Search Criteria.......................72 4.4.7 User Data Management ......................... 72 4.5 Settings menu ..........................73 4.5.1 Map Screen settings ........................74 4.5.2 Sound settings..........................

  • Page 7: Warnings And Safety Information

    VMS Navigation before you start your journey. Plan the route before your departure and stop if you need to change something in the route. VMS Navigation has a Safety Mode: if you turn on Safety Mode, you cannot change anything in VMS Navigation while the vehicle is moving at a speed of 10 km/h (6 mph) or higher.

  • Page 8: Getting Started With Vms Navigation

    2 Getting started with VMS Navigation VMS Navigation is optimised for in-car use. You can use it easily by tapping the screen buttons and the map with your fingertips. VMS Navigation can plan routes throughout the whole installed map set; you do not need to change maps or switch to a poorly detailed general map to navigate between map segments or countries.
  • Page 9 The Navigation menu in Simple mode: The Navigation menu in Advanced mode: The typical way of using VMS Navigation 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): •...

  • Page 10: Simple And Advanced Modes

    History of previously set destinations and waypoints (page 42) 2.1 Simple and Advanced modes The two operating modes of VMS Navigation mainly differ in the menu structure and the number of available features. The controls and screen layouts are the same.

  • Page 11: Hardware Buttons

    Type of action Available in Available in Explanation Simple mode Advanced mode Navigating to Favourites See page Navigating to a POI See page Navigating to coordinates See page Creating a multi-point route See page Saving a map point as a Favourite See page destination Saving a map point as a POI...

  • Page 12: Buttons And Other Controls On The Screen

    When you are using VMS Navigation you usually tap buttons on the touch screen. You only need to confirm selections or changes in VMS Navigation if the application needs to restart, it needs to perform a major reconfiguration, or you are about to lose some of your...
  • Page 13 Otherwise, VMS Navigation saves your selections and applies the new settings without confirmation as soon as you use the controls. Type Example Description How to use it Button Tap it to initiate a function, to Tap it once.

  • Page 14: Using Keyboards

    Entering symbols to switch to a keyboard of symbol characters. Finalising the keyboard entry 2.4 Using the map The map screen is the most frequently used screen of VMS Navigation. It can be accessed from the Navigation menu by tapping...

  • Page 15: Checking The Details Of A Map Location

    For further information about the map screen, see page 50. 2.4.1 Checking the details of a map location • If you are interested in the details of your current position during navigation: Check the bottom line of the map. It shows the current street and house number information.
  • Page 16 If GPS position is available and you have rotated the map, the button appears. Tap this button to re- enable the automatic map rotation. Viewing Gives you the following map perspectives in VMS modes Navigation: • classic top-down view (2D)
  • Page 17 • If the next turn is at a distance, VMS Navigation 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 18: Status Information And Hidden Controls On The Map

    Some dots need to turn green to be able to navigate. If the icon is a GPS position and an Tap this area to make VMS Navigation static picture, route active route recalculate the recommended calculation available, but automatic route.
  • Page 19 The sound output of VMS Navigation is muted. The sound output of VMS Navigation is enabled. VMS Navigation 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 20: More Information

    Icon Description A part of the route is bypassed based on TMC events. A part of the route is mentioned in TMC events but could not be bypassed (for example, the destination is on a congested street). The Bluetooth radio is switched off. The Bluetooth radio is turned on, but no telephone is connected.

  • Page 21: Using The Cursor (The Selected Map Location)

    Icon Status for More information The more lit bars, the better is the GPS position. position quality Battery The device is running on battery power. The number of lit status bars represent the remaining capacity. The device is running on external power. The battery is The battery being charged.

  • Page 22: Vms Navigation Concepts

    • While driving without an active route in VMS Navigation: Smart Zoom will zoom in if you drive slowly and zoom out to the limit set here when you drive at high speed.

  • Page 23: Returning To Normal Navigation

    If you select a location in the Find menu, or you tap the map when the map control buttons are visible, the Cursor appears at the selected point on the map. VMS Navigation displays the Cursor with a radiating red dot ( ) to make it visible at all zoom levels, even when it is in the background of a 3D map view.

  • Page 24: Original Position In The Cursor Menu

    Cursor menu was opened, and the icon appears again. 2.5.3 Daytime and night colour schemes VMS Navigation uses different colour schemes during the day and during the night. • Daytime colours are similar to paper road maps. •...

  • Page 25: Itinerary

    VMS Navigation automatically recalculates the route if you deviate from the proposed itinerary. Depending on the type of the TMC event, VMS Navigation also recalculates the route if a TMC event concerns a part of the recommended route. For further information about Route Planning options, see page 75.

  • Page 26: Track Logs

    GPX format, and deleted. See page 69. Independently of the normal track log, you can instruct VMS Navigation to record the native GPS data received from the GPS device. These logs are saved as separate text files on the memory card, and they cannot be shown or replayed in VMS Navigation.

  • Page 27: Poi (Points Of Interest)

    You can use it, for example, to see which bridge VMS Navigation planned for the route; if you do not want to take that bridge, you can avoid it. Route demonstrations can be started from the Route menu by tapping the...

  • Page 28: Road Safety Cameras

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

  • Page 29: Camera Directions

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

  • Page 30: Tmc (Traffic Message Channel)

    Audible Warning: A voice message is played using the selected voice guidance profile. 2.5.12 TMC (Traffic Message Channel) VMS Navigation can provide you with even better routes if Traffic Message 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.

  • Page 31: Navigating With Vms Navigation

    GPS position or even without GPS reception (available in Advanced mode only) 3.1 Selecting the destination of a route VMS Navigation offers you several ways of choosing your destination and via points (intermediate destinations): •...

  • Page 32: Entering An Address Or Part Of An Address

    (Simple mode), or (Advanced mode). By default, VMS Navigation proposes the country 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 needed, change the settlement: •...

  • Page 33: Entering An Address (North America, Australia)

    • After entering a couple of characters, the names that match the string appear in a list. • to open the list of results before it appears automatically. Pick the settlement from the list. Enter the street name: Start entering the street name on the keyboard. Get to the list of results: •...
  • Page 34 (Advanced mode). By default, VMS Navigation 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 35: Entering An Address If House Numbering Is Restarted

    (Simple mode), or (Advanced mode). By default, VMS Navigation 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. If needed, change the settlement: •...

  • Page 36: Entering An Address Without Knowing The Dictrict/Suburb

    (Simple mode), or (Advanced mode). By default, VMS Navigation 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. If needed, change the settlement: •...

  • Page 37: Selecting An Intersection As The Destination

    (Simple mode), or (Advanced mode). By default, VMS Navigation 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. If needed, change the settlement: •...

  • Page 38: Selecting A City Centre As The Destination

    (Simple mode), or (Advanced mode). By default, VMS Navigation 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. If needed, change the settlement: •...

  • Page 39: Entering An Address With A Postal Code

    (Simple mode), or (Advanced mode). By default, VMS Navigation 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. Tap the button with the name of the settlement, and enter the postal code: Start entering the postal code on the keyboard.

  • Page 40: Tips On Entering Addresses Quickly

    3.1.2.8 Tips on entering addresses quickly • When you are entering the name of a settlement or a street, VMS Navigation only displays those characters that appear in possible search results. The other characters are greyed out.

  • Page 41: Selecting The Destination From The Pois

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

  • Page 42: Selecting The Destination With A Saved Poi Search Criteria

    3.1.5 Selecting the destination with a saved POI search criteria POI search criteria can be saved in the POI section of the Manage menu, but VMS Navigation is already shipped with some saved criteria you can use instantly when searching for a POI.

  • Page 43: Selecting The Destination By Entering Its Coordinate

    Tap the following buttons: (Simple mode), or (Advanced mode). If necessary, turn the page with to see earlier destinations. Tap the desired item. The map appears with the selected point in the middle. Tap (Simple mode) or (Advanced mode) from the Cursor menu. The route is then automatically calculated, and you can start navigating.

  • Page 44: Creating A Multi-Point Route (Appending A New Destination)

    to add the point as an intermediate destination preceding the final destination of the route. [optional] To add more points to the route, repeat the above steps as many times as you like. 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.

  • Page 45: Editing The Route

    3.4 Editing the route This feature is available in Advanced mode only. Tap the following buttons: The list of route points appear with the start point at the top of the list and the final destination at the bottom. If several via points exist, you might need to turn the page. Tap one of the route points in the list.

  • Page 46: Enabling Safety Mode

    Tap the following buttons: 3.8 Pausing the active route You do not need to pause the active route: when you start driving again, VMS Navigation restarts the voice instructions from your position. 3.9 Deleting the next via point from the route...

  • Page 47: Deleting The Active Route

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

  • Page 48: Saving A Route

    Tap the following buttons: Enter a name for the saved route, and then tap When you save a route, VMS Navigation 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 49 Tap the following buttons: Tap the route you wish to navigate. In the very likely case when the start position of the saved route is different from the current GPS position, you need to confirm whether you want to stop navigating from the current GPS position to use the start point of the loaded route.

  • Page 50: Reference Book (Advanced Mode)

    4 Reference book (Advanced mode) On the following pages you will find the description of the different menu screens of VMS Navigation in Advanced mode. In Simple mode, these functions work the same way, but only a few of them are available.
  • Page 51 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 Action Turn Preview, that is, the next Opens Route...
  • Page 52 Symbol Name Action Position menu (appears when Opens the Position menu navigating a route) Opens the Cursor menu Cursor menu (appears when there is no GPS position or the Cursor is not at the current GPS position) Open/Close control Tap this button to show or hide the buttons following map control buttons: •...

  • Page 53: Icons On The Map

    Symbol Name Action or to reset it to its original value. Tilt preset buttons (available in Tap one of the preset buttons to Advanced mode only) set the tilt and zoom levels to fix, predefined values. Smart Zoom is disabled. These buttons available in 3D mode.

  • Page 54: Status Indicator Strip

    Devices with a built-in GPS receiver are permanently connected. On such devices, the icon does not appear in normal circumstances. VMS Navigation is connected to the GPS receiver, but the signal is too weak and the receiver cannot determine the GPS position.

  • Page 55: 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. VMS Navigation is connected to a telephone as a handsfree set via Bluetooth. A phone call is in progress over the Bluetooth connection.

  • Page 56: Objects On The Map

    4.1.2 Objects on the map 4.1.2.1 Streets and roads VMS Navigation 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 57: Elements Of The Active Route

    3D terrain map data shows changes in terrain, elevations or depressions in the land when you view the map, and use it to plot the route map in 3D when you navigate. 4.1.2.3 Elements of the active route VMS Navigation shows the route in the following way: Symbol Name Description Current GPS position Your current position displayed on the map.

  • Page 58: Detour Menu

    You can choose whether you want to use or excluded from the navigation avoid certain road types (page 75). However, when VMS Navigation cannot avoid such roads, the route will include them and it will show them in a colour that is different from the route colour.
  • Page 59 Alternatively, when you tap the map, control buttons appear. Tap again to place the Cursor, a radiating red dot. Now tap , and the Cursor menu opens with a list of options. In order to show a part of the map with the Cursor menu, it contains only a few buttons first. to get all the options.

  • Page 60: Position Menu

    Button Description 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 61 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. When you open the screen, all fields contain information about reaching your final destination. Tap any of the fields to see data on the via points starting from the first one through the final destination again.

  • Page 62: Trip Information Screen

    Name Description Function route. These are warnings, so icons always show information for the whole route, even if the data fields display values from your current position to a via point only. Opens the Route Planning options screen from theSettings menu. Opens screen designed for route planning.
  • Page 63 Name Description Function Speedometer Shows current speed both Tap this field to show it on graphically and as a number. the map screen in one of the Trip Data fields. Distance Remaining Shows the distance you need to Tap this field to show it on travel on the route before reaching the map screen in one of your final destination.

  • Page 64: 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 VMS Navigation receives a position from the GPS. Cycles through all trips.

  • Page 65: Gps Data Screen

    If you only adjust the volume, you Opens Navigation need to use this button to return to menu. the Map screen. Mutes all sounds of VMS Navigation Opens Sound settings. Switches between the daytime and Opens Colour Profiles night colour schemes manually. This settings.
  • Page 66 Description Green NVMS Navigation has a position connection quality receiver and GPS position indicator information is available in 3D: VMS Navigation can calculate both your horizontal vertical GPS position. Yellow NVMS Navigation has a connection receiver and GPS position information is available in 2D:...

  • Page 67: Find Menu

    You can select your destination from the thousands page 41 of POIs included with VMS Navigation or from the ones you have previously created. The destinations that you have already entered in page 42 VMS Navigation are available in the History list.

  • Page 68: Manage Menu

    1 You can run a demonstration of the route at normal speed. 4.4 Manage menu You can manage the content that VMS Navigation stores. Tap the following buttons: Button Description Reference Renaming or deleting saved routes page 69...

  • Page 69: Manage Saved Routes

    4.4.1 Manage Saved Routes You can manage the previously saved routes. Tap the following buttons: Button Description Button with the name of the saved route Opens the selected route for editing. Deletes the selected route. Clears the list of saved routes. Turns the page for additional list items.

  • Page 70: Manage Favourites

    Button Description Turns the page for additional list items. When track log details are shown: Button Description Button with the name of the Opens a keyboard screen to let you rename the Track Log. Track Log Tap this button to hide the Track Log on the map. No colour will be assigned to the Track Log.
  • Page 71 Button / Icon Description address of a POI item created appear in this list. Opens the selected POI group for editing. Tap to filter the list to contain only the POIs that you saved. Tap to see all POIs in the list. Creates a new POI group at the given group level.

  • Page 72: Manage Saved Search Criteria

    4.4.6 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 Description Button with the name of the Saved Tap to rename the saved query. Search Criteria Deletes the selected item in the list.

  • Page 73: Settings Menu

    4.5 Settings menu You can configure the program settings, and modify the behaviour of VMS Navigation. Tap the following buttons: The Settings menu has two pages of submenus. Tap to access the other options. Button Description Reference You can fine-tune the appearance and content page 74 of the Map screen.

  • Page 74: Map Screen Settings

    3D when you navigate. Colour Profiles VMS Navigation 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 75: Sound Settings

    This setting tells VMS Navigation whether to display this information at the top or at the bottom of the map. 4.5.2 Sound settings You can adjust the sounds of VMS Navigation. 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 76 When TMC messages are received, this setting tells VMS Navigation whether to use that information in route planning. Recalculate to Avoid Traffic This setting determines how VMS Navigation uses the received TMC information in route recalculation: Automatic: When route recalculation becomes necessary based on the received TMC events, VMS Navigation recalculates the route automatically.
  • Page 77 Toll roads By default VMS Navigation includes toll roads (pay roads where there is a per- use charge) in the routes. If you disable toll roads, VMS Navigation plans the best toll-free route.

  • Page 78: Regional Settings

    Just tap OK when you have selected the new spoken language. Units You can set the distance units to be used by the program. VMS Navigation may not support all the listed units in some voice guidance languages. If you select a measurement unit not supported by the chosen voice guidance language, a warning message will appear.

  • Page 79: Navigation Settings

    4.5.5 Navigation settings You can control how VMS Navigation behaves during navigation. Tap the following buttons: Button Description Keep Position on Road This feature allows car drivers to always correct GPS 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 80: Gps Settings

    GPS receiver ... The first line of the screen informs you about the connection status of the GPS receiver. Connecting the GPS receiver is automatic in VMS Navigation, so normally you will not need this screen of settings at all. GPS Enabled Turn the connection to the GPS receiver on or off.

  • Page 81: Tmc Settings

    You can set up the connection to the TMC receiver. If the TMC receiver is working, you can select the radio station to be received. Tap the following buttons: If there is no TMC receiver connected to VMS Navigation, you have the following options: Button...

  • Page 82: Menu Settings

    You can choose from a list of available skins to change the look of VMS Navigation. 4.5.10 Device settings You can change some device settings to control the screen backlight when VMS Navigation is running. Tap the following buttons: Button...

  • Page 83: Track Log Settings

    Independently of the normal track log, you can instruct VMS Navigation to record the native GPS data received from the GPS device. These logs are saved as separate text files on the memory card, and they cannot be shown or replayed in VMS Navigation.

  • Page 84: Glossary

    Active route The currently navigated route. You can save and load routes in VMS Navigation, 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 VMS Navigation.
  • Page 85 Overview mode You can instruct VMS Navigation 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.

  • Page 86: End User Licence Agreement

    6 End User Licence Agreement 1. The contracting parties 1.1. Contracting parties to present Agreement are, on the one hand: Nav N Go Kft (23 Bérc utca, H-1016 Budapest, Hungary; Hungarian reg.no.: 03-09-111944) as Licensor the legal user (as defined in Section 2) of the object of present Agreement according to Section 4, hereinafter referred to as User on the other hand (hereinafter jointly referred to as Parties).
  • Page 87 usage and representation rights from the Database Owner in order to utilise and give into further utilisation the map database as set forth in present Agreement. 5.4. In conclusion and execution of present Agreement the Database Owner is represented by Licensor in relations to the User. 5.5.
  • Page 88 special care and attention required due to utilising the software product) is the exclusive responsibility of the User; the Licensor shall not assume any responsibility for any damages occurred in relation to utilising the software product during transportation. 8.6. By concluding present Agreement the User shall especially acknowledge the information stated in Section 8 above.

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