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- Page 1 User Manual XSG2 Infotainment Center Navigation Software XSG2 English May 2010, ver. 1.2 125G2NAVIMN01...
- 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 XiteSolutions B.V.. © 2010 - XiteSolutions B.V. Data Source © 2006 Tele Atlas N.V. All rights reserved.
- Page 3 Thank you for choosing the XSG2 as your door-to-door in-car navigator. Read the Quick Start Guide first and start using your XSG2 right away. This document is the detailed description of the software. Please do not operate your navigation while driving or allow it to dstract you. We recommend that you read this manual to understand the screens and the features of the XSG2 navigation.
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Page 4: Table Of Contents
Table of contents 1 Warnings and Safety information .................. 7 2 Getting started with XSG2 ....................8 2.1 Buttons and other controls on the screen ................. 9 2.1.1 Using keyboards..........................10 2.2 Using the map......................... 11 2.2.1 Checking the details of a map location ..................11 ... -
Page 5: Reference Guide
3.2 Creating a multi-point route (inserting a via point)............... 29 3.3 Creating a multi-point route (appending a new destination) ..........30 3.4 Editing the route ........................31 3.5 Watching the simulation of the route..................31 3.6 Enabling Safety Mode......................31 3.7 Pausing the active route ...................... - Page 6 4.5.5 Menu settings..........................53 4.5.7 Warning settings ..........................53 5 Glossary........................... 54 6 End User License Agreement..................56 ...
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Page 7: Warnings And Safety Information
XSG2 before you start your journey. Plan the route before your departure and stop if you need to change something in the route. You must obey the traffic signs and follow the road geometry. If you deviate from the route that XSG2 recommended, XSG2 changes the instructions accordingly. -
Page 8: Getting Started With Xsg2
2 Getting started with XSG2 The XSG2 is optimized for in-vehicle use. You can use it easily by tapping the screen buttons and the map with your fingertips. The XSG2 contains complete maps North America. The XSG2 can plan routes throughout the whole installed map set;... -
Page 9: Buttons And Other Controls On The Screen
Read the warning message and tap Accept to continue. After this, the Navigation menu appears and you can start using the XSG2 navigation. The typical way of using the XSG2 navigation is to select a destination, and start navigating. You can select your destination in the following ways: ... -
Page 10: Using Keyboards
2.1.1 Using keyboards You only need to enter letters or numbers in the XSG2 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. -
Page 11: Using The Map
2.2 Using the map The map screen is the most frequently used screen of the XSG2 navigation. It can be accessed from the Navigation menu by tapping For further information about the map screen, see page 34. 2.2.1 Checking the details of a map location ... - Page 12 Zooming in and out Changes how much of the map is displayed on the screen. XSG2 uses high-quality vector maps that let you see the map at various zoom levels, always with optimized content. It always displays street names and other text with the same font size, never upside- down, and you only see the streets and objects that you need.
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Page 13: Lane Information And Signposts
When navigating on multilane roads, it is important to take the appropriate lane in order to follow the recommended route. If lane information is available in the map data, XSG2 displays the lanes and their directions using small arrows either at the bottom or at the top of the map (the position of these arrows can be modified in Map Screen settings). -
Page 14: Status Information And Hidden Controls On The Map
Some dots need to turn green to be able to navigate. If the icon is a static GPS position and an active route Tap this area to make XSG2 picture, route are available, but automatic off- recalculate the calculation is needed route recalculation is switched off, recommended route. -
Page 15: Using The Cursor (The Selected Map Location)
The following symbols appear in the Indicator strip: Icon Description The sound output of XSG2 is muted. The sound output of XSG2 is enabled. The following information can be seen in the three data fields shown on the map screen. Tap this area to open the Trip Information screen where you can select which values to be shown in these three fields. -
Page 16: Xsg2 Concepts
While driving without an active route in XSG2: Smart Zoom will zoom in if you drive slowly and zoom out when you drive at high speed. Enabling Smart Zoom Tap the map to let the map control buttons appear, and then tap to enable Smart Zoom. -
Page 17: Position Markers
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. XSG2 displays the Cursor with a radiating red to make it visible at all zoom levels, even when it is in the background of a 3D map view. -
Page 18: Daytime And Night Color Schemes
The night color schemes use dark colors for large objects to keep the average brightness of the screen low. XSG2 offers different daytime and night color schemes. It can also switch automatically between the daytime and the night scheme based on the current time and GPS position a few minutes before sunrise, when the sky has already turned bright, and a few minutes after sunset, before it becomes dark. -
Page 19: Itinerary
Ferries Cross-border Planning XSG2 automatically recalculates the route if you deviate from the proposed itinerary. 2.3.6 Itinerary The Itinerary is the list of the route events, that is, the driving instructions. When you are on the Map screen, you can display the Itinerary in one of the following ways: ... -
Page 20: Route Demonstration
A simulation drives you through the route, following the driving instructions (page 31). You can use it, for example, to see which bridge XSG2 planned for the route; if you do not want to take that bridge, you can avoid it. -
Page 21: Navigating With Xsg2
GPS position or even without GPS reception 3.1 Selecting the destination of a route XSG2 offers you several ways of choosing your destination and via points (intermediate destinations): Use the selected location on the map (the Cursor) (page 21). -
Page 22: Entering An Address Or Part Of An Address
Tap the following buttons: By default, the XSG2 proposes the country, state and city 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... -
Page 23: Entering An Address If House Numbering Is Restarted
The procedure is explained starting from the Navigation menu. Tap the following buttons: By default, XSG2 proposes the country/state and city where you are. If needed, tap the button with the name of the country/state, and select a different one from the list. -
Page 24: Entering An Address Without Knowing The District/Suburb
The procedure is explained starting from the Navigation menu. Tap the following buttons: By default, XSG2 proposes the country/state and city where you are. If needed, tap the button with the name of the country/state, and select a different one from the list. -
Page 25: Selecting An Intersection As The Destination
The procedure is explained starting from the Navigation menu. Tap the following buttons: By default, XSG2 proposes the country/state and city where you are. If needed, tap the button with the name of the country/state, and select a different one from the list. -
Page 26: Selecting A City Center As The Destination
The procedure is explained starting from the Navigation menu. Tap the following buttons: By default, XSG2 proposes the country/state and city where you are. If needed, tap the button with the name of the country/state, and select a different one from the list. -
Page 27: Tips On Entering Addresses Quickly
The route is then automatically calculated, and you can start navigating. 3.1.2.7 Tips on entering addresses quickly When you are entering the name of a city or a street, XSG2 only displays those characters that appear in possible search results. The other characters are grayed out. ... -
Page 28: Selecting The Destination From Your Favorites
The route is then automatically calculated, and you can start navigating. 3.1.4 Selecting the destination from the POIs You can select your destination from the POIs included with XSG2 or from the ones you have previously created. The procedure is explained starting from the Navigation menu. -
Page 29: Selecting The Destination From The History
: sort the list by the distance from your current position in a straight line (available when you search around a single location) : sort the list by the distance to drive on route from your current position (available when you search along the active route) ... -
Page 30: Creating A Multi-Point Route (Appending A New Destination)
Select a new location as you did in the previous sections. This will be the additional destination in the route. The map appears with the selected point in the middle, and the Cursor menu opens automatically. to add the point as an intermediate destination preceding the final destination of the route. -
Page 31: Editing The Route
3.4 Editing the route 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 scroll between pages. Tap one of the route points in the list. -
Page 32: Pausing The Active Route
3.7 Pausing the active route You do not need to pause the active route: when you start driving again, XSG2 restarts the voice instructions from your position. 3.8 Deleting the next via point from the route The easiest way to delete the upcoming route point (the next via point) is to open the Route... -
Page 33: Loading A Saved Route
3.11 Loading a saved route The procedure is explained starting from the Map screen. 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 34: Reference Guide
4.1 Map screen XSG2 is primarily intended for land navigation. That is why maps in XSG2 look similar to paper road maps. However, XSG2 provides much more than regular paper maps: you can customize the look and the content of the map. - Page 35 Symbol Name Action Map view modes Switches between 2D and 3D map modes: 2D North-up 3D rotated Menu Opens the Navigation menu Avoid Opens the Avoid screen, offering ways to avoid parts of the route Position menu (appears when Opens the Position menu navigating a route) Cursor menu (appears when...
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Page 36: Icons On The Map
XSG2 is connected to the GPS receiver, but the signal is too weak and the receiver cannot determine the GPS position. GPS navigation is not possible. Only a few satellites are received. Position information is av... -
Page 37: Next Two Route Events (Turn Preview Fields)
4.1.2.1 Streets and roads XSG2 shows the streets in a way that is similar to how the paper road maps show them. Their width and colors correspond to their importance: you can easily tell a freeway from a small street. -
Page 38: Object Types
4.1.2.2 3D object types To enable or disable 3D visualization on the map, tap the following buttons: XSG2 (Premium optional package only) supports the following 3D object types: Type Description 3D landmarks Landmarks are 3D artistic or block representations of prominent or well-known objects. -
Page 39: Avoid Menu
(page Error! Bookmark not navigation defined.). However, when XSG2 cannot avoid such roads, the route will include them and it will show them in a color that is different from the route color. 4.1.3 Avoid menu This screen contains quick detour possibilities during navigation. -
Page 40: Position Menu
Button Description the list of nearby POIs. Opens the full-screen Cursor menu with all the possible options. A new route is calculated with the Cursor as the destination. The previous route is deleted. If the Cursor is at or near the destination, this button replaces the previous one, and deletes the current destination from the route. -
Page 41: Route Information Screen
4.1.6 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 ... -
Page 42: Trip Information Screen
Name Description Function even if the data fields display values from your current position to a via point only. Opens the Route Planning options screen from the Settings menu. Appears only if at least one via point exists. Deletes the next via point from the route. - Page 43 Name Description Function Data fields. Distance Remaining Shows the distance you need to travel on the Tap this field to show it on the route before reaching your final destination. map screen in one of the Trip Data fields. Time Remaining Shows the time needed to reach the final Tap this field to show it on the destination of the route based on information...
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Page 44: 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 XSG2 receives a position from the GPS. Cycles through all trips. 4.1.8 Quick menu The Quick menu is a selection of controls that are frequently needed during navigation. -
Page 45: Gps Data Screen
GPS Data screen and to see the status of GPS reception. Icon Color Name Description Green GPS position quality XSG2 has a connection to the indicator GPS receiver and GPS position information is available in 3D: XSG2 can calculate both your horizontal vertical position. -
Page 46: Find Menu
Bookmark calculation method. defined. You can run a demonstration of the route at normal speed. 4.4 Manage menu You can manage the content that XSG2 stores. Tap the following buttons: Button Description Reference Renaming or deleting saved routes page Error! -
Page 47: Manage Saved Routes
Button Description Reference defined. Deleting History items page Error! Bookmark not defined. Renaming or deleting Favorites page 49 Creating, updating or deleting POIs and POI Groups page Error! Modifying POI visibility settings Bookmark not defined. 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... - Page 48 Button / Icon Description POI group behaves the same as this one. Button with the name and Opens the selected POI for editing. Only the POIs you have created address of a POI item appear in this list. Opens the selected POI group for editing. Tap to filter the list to contain only the POIs that you saved.
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Page 49: Manage Favorites
All settings will return to their factory defaults, but no user data will be deleted. 4.5 Settings menu You can configure the program settings, and modify the behavior of XSG2. Tap the following buttons: .The Settings menu has two pages of submenus. Tap to access the other options. -
Page 50: Map Screen Settings
3D when you navigate. Color Profiles XSG2 is able to show the map and the menus in different colors during the day and during the night. Select the color profiles to be used in each mode, and select the automatic or manual switching between the daytime and night color profiles. -
Page 51: Navigation Settings
Button Description this information at the top or at the bottom of the map. 4.5.2 Navigation settings To control how XSG2 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. -
Page 52: Regional Settings
Fast route, but it takes other roads as well to save fuel. Easy Results in a route with fewer turns. With this option, you can make XSG2 to take, for example, the freeway instead of series of smaller roads or streets. -
Page 53: Menu Settings
Description are available. Time and Time Zone Settings You can access time and time zone settings. XSG2 helps you with correcting the device time to the ever accurate GPS time. XSG2 can also help you set the time zone based on your current GPS position. -
Page 54: Glossary
Active route The currently navigated route. You can save and load routes in XSG2, 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 XSG2. - Page 55 Overview mode You can instruct XSG2 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 56: End User License Agreement
(hereinafter referred to as the Software Product). 4.2 The Software Product shall include the operating computer program, its complete documentation, the map database pertaining thereto and any third-party content and XSG2 accessible through the Software Product (hereinafter: Database). 4.3 Any form of display, storage, coding, including printed, electronic or graphic display, storage, source or object code, or any other as yet undefined form of display, storage, or coding, or any medium thereof shall be deemed parts of the Software Product. - Page 57 7.2 The User may only use the contents available through the Software Product and provided by third parties and the data received through the XSG2 provided by third parties (including but not limited to the traffic data received from the RDS TMC traffic information XSG2) for his/her own personal benefit and at his/her own risk.
- Page 58 The Licensor hereby excludes any liability of its own for the Database in the Software Product and for any content or XSG2 provided by a third party by using the Database. The Licensor does not warrant the quality, suitability, accuracy, fitness for a specific purpose or territorial coverage of the product or XSG2 or the availability of the XSG2, and it specifically excludes any liability for the suspension of the XSG2, and any damage arising in relation to the XSG2 or for complete cancellation of the XSG2.
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