ASUS R300 User Manual

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R300

User Manual

Quick Start Guide

Portable Navigation Device

E3402

First Edition September 2007

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GPS navigational software for ASUS R300

UK English

August, 2007 (1.0)

The product and the information contained herein may be changed at any time without prior notication.

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Northern Ireland: © Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland

Norway: © Norwegian Mapping Authority, Public Roads Administration / Mapsolutions

Switzerland: © Swisstopo

The Netherlands: Topograsche ondergrond

Safety Notices

Before using the device, carefully read the safety information below. When using the device, always follow the safety precautions to avoid any accident, personal injury or property damage due to improper operating.

- Congurethedevicesettingsbeforedriving.Donotcongureitwhiledriving.

- Thenavigationmaynotbealwaysinaccordancewiththeactuallocationsandit’sforyour referenceonly.

- Themapmaynotbeexactthesamewiththeactuallocationsandit’sforyourreferenceonly.

- Itistheuser’sresponsibilitytoobservesafedrivingpracticeandthelocallawsofdriving.

- Avoidingexposingthedevicetohightemperatureforlongtime.Mountthedeviceinacool dryplacewhenitisnotinuse.

- Whileparking,keepthesatellitenavigationfunctionenabledtoensurethesatellitesearching accuracy.

- Donotopenorremovetheinternalcomponentsbyyourselforbyunauthorizedengineers. ASUSisnotresponsibleforanydevicedamagecausedbytheabovesituations.

- Avoidpressurethatmaydamagetheinternalcomponents.

- Usequaliedbatteryonly.

- Protectthedisplayfromscratch.Usengersorastylustowriteonthescreen.

- Donotapplyanychemicalwhencleaningthedisplay

- Mountthedeviceinadryplaceandavoidenvironmentswhereitmaygetwet.

- Removethechargerandpoweroffthedevicebeforecleaningit.

- Shutthemainpoweronthebottomofthedeviceandcontactyourtechnicalsupportstaff immediatelyinthefollowingsituations:

- powercableisdamaged,

- coverpanelsbreak,and

- thedeviceisexposedtowaterorrain

CAUTION

! Use only batteries listed in user-instruction.

! Risk of explosion if battery is replaced by an incorrect type. Dispose of used batteries according to the instructions.

! All function about GPS or the similar are not intended to be used for location of persons, especially for “life-safety” and “non-life-safety” applications.

Package contents

Standarditems

-ASUS R300 device

Optionalaccessories

ExternalAntenna BicycleMount TMCmodule Earphone

Note: The Standard items table is for your reference only. Package content may change without notice.

-Car Holder

-Car charger

-Support CD containing full manual and map

-Quick Start Guide

-Micro SD Card

-Warranty Card

-USB Cable

Product specications

OS Microsoft®Windows®CE.Net5.0Coreversion

CPU SAMSUNG400MhzProcessor

Dimensions 101x81.5x13.8mm;140g

Battery 1300mAh,rechargeableLi-ionbattery(Swappable)

Display 3.5inchTFTTouch-screen,65KColor,320x240

GPS SiRFSTARIIIGPSchipsetwithinternalantenna

Memory Buildin64MBRAM,128MBFlashROM

Connectivity USB1.1,Bluetooth2.0(withHandsfreefunction)

ExpansionSlot MicroSDCardSlot(upto4GB)

Audio SupportMP3andWMAformat

Communication -Phone:Answer/makephonecallthroughBT

Entertainment -Videoplayer:play/suspend/forward/backward/next/

Other 1.Lightsensor2.OptionalTMCmodule(dependson

Pixels(QVGA)

previous,Fullscreenplay,PlayLister

-MP3Player:play/suspend/forward/backward/next/ previous,PlayLister

-PhotoViewer:Slideshowreview

TMCserviceavailability)3.FMTavailabilitydependson validityindifferentcountries

Table of Contents

Legal statements ............................................................................... 2

Safety notice ..................................................................................... 4

Package Contents ............................................................................. 5

Product specications ....................................................................... 6

Chapter 1 Getting to know your R300 12

1.1 Layout features ...................................................................13

1.2 Charging the battery ...........................................................16

1.3 Turn on the device ..............................................................18

1.4 Main menu ...........................................................................19

1.5 Adjust the basic Settings ................................................... 20

1.6 Installing the car kit ............................................................25

Chapter 2 Navigation System 25

2.1 Warnings and safety information ...................................... 26

2.2 General information ............................................................27

2.3 Operating ASUS GO (Controls) .........................................28

Hardware buttons ............................................................................ 28

Screen buttons and controls ........................................................... 28

Installing, updating or removing maps ............................................ 34

2.4 Discovering the program through the screens ................17

Main menu ...................................................................................... 36

About screen ................................................................................... 37

The map ......................................................................................... 38

GPS Data screen ............................................................................ 52

Screens with map ............................................................................ 56

Route Information screen ................................................................ 72

Menu ......................................................................................... 77

TMC (Trafc Message Channel) ..................................................... 99

Road safety cameras .................................................................... 103

2.5 Settings ..............................................................................108

General settings ............................................................................ 109

Map settings ...................................................................................115

Sound settings ...............................................................................117

Route parameter settings ...............................................................119

Language & Units .......................................................................... 123

Advanced settings ......................................................................... 125

2.6 Find ............................................................................................... 138

Find & GO (Main menu) ................................................................ 138

Selection by tapping the map ........................................................ 139

Using the Find menu ..................................................................... 139

2.7 Troubleshooting guide ............................................................... 158

2.8 Glossary ....................................................................................... 160

2.9 End User License Agreement .................................................... 165

Chapter 3 Multi-media features 172

3.1 Music Player ...................................................................... 173

Launch the Music player ............................................................... 173

Playlist ....................................................................................... 174

Play music ..................................................................................... 175

3.2 Photo Viewer .....................................................................176

Launch the Photo Viewer .............................................................. 176

View photos ................................................................................... 177

Display a photo ............................................................................. 178

3.3 Video Player ......................................................................179

Launch the Video Player ............................................................... 179

Playlist ....................................................................................... 180

Playing a video .............................................................................. 181

Chapter 4 Phone features 182

4.1 Phone menu ................................................................................. 183

4.2 Bluetooth Settings ....................................................................... 184

4.3 Connecting R300 to your cellphone .......................................... 185

4.4 Making and receiveing phone calls ........................................... 187

ASUS Contact information 189

Note: the screens, procedures and specications in this manual may not be exactly the

same with those of your device, please take them as reference only.

Chapter

Getting to know your R300

1.1 Layout features

ASUS R300 is a professional portable navigation device (PND) which provides reliable navigation and positioning function. R300 also provide you with phone and multi-media functions.

Front and top features

Rear and side features

Number Item Description

Connects to an external antenna for better signal performance (the external antenna is optional)

Insert the external Micro SD memory card to this slot

Press to turn on the device, or to enter into sleep mode

Red- charging, Yellow- full charged

When function turning on, it's lighting Blue

Automatically adjusts the backlight according to the light in the environment

Use to connect headsets or two-channel speakers

Connects to other devices through a Mini USB cable

Allows you to listen to music, the navigation voice, and system warning

Battery cover

Push to perform reset function

Turns the main power on/off

ExternalAntennaport

MicroSDSlot

SleepModeButton

ChargingLED

BluetoothLED

LightSensor

AudioJack

MiniUSB

Speaker

Battery

Reset

Mainpowerswitch

1.2 Charging the Battery

You can charge the device using a car charger kit. Plug any of these cables to the mini-USB port on the right side of the device.

NOTE:

Car charger kit

When the Main Power Switch is set to Off, the device can not be charged.

While charging, the power LED lights up in red. When the battery is fully charged, the power LED turns to yellow.

You can use the device while charging. However, the device takes much less time to be fully charged in sleep mode.

Checking battery status

To check how much battery power remains:

(1) From the main menu, tap Settings.

(2) The Sub-menu Settings appears. Tap to display Battery icon .

(3) The Battery screen appears and displays a battery icon indicating the battery power

that remains (see the gure below).

1.3 Turning on the Device

To turn on the device:

- Turn on the main power switch on the bottom of device (gure 1).

To enter/wake up from the sleep mode:

- Press the Sleep Mode Button on the top of the device (gure 2).

gure 1

gure 2

Main power switch

Sleep Mode Button

Note:

When the main power switch is set to Off, the device is not able to be charged.

If you press the Sleep Mode button when the device is on, it enters into sleep mode.

When the device is on, it takes longer time for the battery to be fully charged. When the device is in sleep mode, the battery can be fully charged quickly.

1.4 Main Menu

The following menu appears after you turn on the device. From the main menu, you can:

- Tap Navigation to enter the navigation system.

- Tap Settings to adjust the device settings.

- Tap Video Player to play videos.

- Tap Music Player to play music.

- Tap Photo Viewer to view photos.

- Tap Phone to use phone through the bluetooth connection.

Note: The FM transmitter icon only appears when the FM transmitter function is enabled.

1.5 Adjust the basic settings

You can launch the basic settings menu by tapping Settings on the main menu. The settings menu allows you to adjust language settings, backlight, Date and time, bluetooth settings, volume, to align screen, and to view system information.

tap to back to the main menu

tap to move to the next page

System Infomation

System information screen display the ROM version, Software Version and the screen resolution and color information.

Language

You can choose the language for displaying the text. Simply tap the bars behind the Text to select the language.

Date and Time

To set the date and time, tap from the settings menu. Tap the bars behind

Date, Time

them.

and

Time Format

Date and Time

to adjust

Set Date

Set time

Set time format

LCD brightness

Note: The device provides two LCD brightness adjusting modes for you to choose, one is Fix backlight brightness, the other is Adjust by environment brightness.

To adjust LCD brightness in Fix backlight brightness mode, simply tap + or -.

To adjust LCD brightness in Adjustment by environment brightness mode:

- tap the + or - behind the sun light icon

to adjust the LCD brightness in a lighter environment

- tap the + or - behind the moon light icon

to adjust the LCD brightness in a darker environment

Screen calibration

Screen calibration ensures that the screen accurately responds to the stylus.

To calibrate screen:

1. Carefully press and briey hold stylus on

the center of the target. Repeat as the target moves to other coordinates on the screen.

2. When done, tap anywhere on the screen

for the settings to take effect; otherwise,

the new settings will be canceled after 30 seconds.

3. Tap on the screen to exit.

FM Transmitter

The FM transmitter allows you to transmit navigation voice instruction and music/video sounds to your car audio system through the FM radio.

To use FM Transmitter function:

1. Tap FM Transmitter from the settings menu.

2. Tap to turn on the Power and then to set the Channel. Set the same channel as the one on your car stereo.

The sound of R300 then can be broadcasted and plays through your car stereo.

Volume

Tap

to adjust the volume for the

device and for the phone, or mute the device and the phone.

Bluetooth

Enable bluetooth function to connect to a cell phone.

Battery

Allows you to view battery status.

1.6 Installing the car kit

screwcap A

screwcap B

To install the car kit:

1. Attached the cupula to the windshield inside your car.

2. Press the lever to secure the cupula on the windshield surface.

Note: Rise the lever (3) to release the cupula from the windshield.

3. Adjust the angle of the gooseneck and secure it by fastening screwcap A.

4. Adjust the angle of the cradle and secure it by fastening screwcap B.

5. Carefully place and slide the device into the cradle.

Chapter

Navigation System

Note: the screens and procedures in this chapter may not be exactly the same with those of your device, please take them as reference only.

2.1 Warnings and safety information

ASUS GO is a navigation system that helps you nd your way to your selected destination.

It will determine your exact location with the help of the built-in GPS device. The position information obtained from the GPS receiver will not be transmitted anywhere, so others will not be able to track you by the help of this program.

If you are the driver of the vehicle, we recommend that you operate ASUS GO before

beginning your journey. The driver’s attention should always be on the road. Plan your route

before departure and pull over if you need to change route parameters. ASUS GO has a built-in (optional) Safety Mode that will prevent you from using the screen functions if your car is in motion. Unless a passenger will be the only one to operate ASUS GO, we strongly encourage you to turn on the Safety Mode.

It is also important that you look at the display only if it is absolutely safe to do so.

You should always observe trafc signs and road geometry before you obey any instruction

from ASUS GO. If you need to deviate from the recommended direction, ASUS GO will

suggest a modied route according to the new situation.

Never place the PNA where it can obstruct the view of the driver, is within the deployment

zone of airbags, or where it can cause injuries in case of an accident.

For further information, please consult the End User License Agreement.

2.2 General information

ASUS GO is a navigation system optimised for in-car use. It provides door-to-door navigation for both single and multi-point routes using adaptable route parameters. ASUS GO is capable of planning routes throughout the whole installed map set. Unlike some other products, ASUS GO does not require that you change maps or switch to a poorly detailed general map to navigate between map segments or countries. You always have complete freedom to go wherever you wish. Just select your destination and go.

You do not need a stylus to use ASUS GO. All screen buttons and controls are designed so

that you can operate them with your ngertips.

You can access all functions of the program by using hardware and screen buttons. With the help of these buttons you can travel through all the screens of the program. Most of the screens (especially menu functions and settings) can be accessed from several other screens, minimising the number of actions needed to reach the desired function.

When using ASUS GO, you do not need to ‘double tap’ or ‘tap & hold’ the touch screen as

these functions cannot be used reliably in a moving vehicle. A single tap triggers most of the

screen controls. The only exceptions are ‘drag & drop’ for moving the map, or scaling it in Map

mode (Page 33).

Most of the screens have a Return button in the top left corner. This arrow returns to the previous screen or directly to one of the map screens.

Settings screens also have a Help button in the top right corner. This will show a detailed description of the current settings screen.

Instant Fix feature

Instant Fix allows you to update R300’s

GPS data and provide more accurate satellite navigation services. Install this application from the Bonus CD following the procedures below:

1. Insert the R300 Bonus CD into the optical

drive. Open Instant Fix setup le to install it

in your PC.

2. Use the Mini USB cable to connect R300

to your PC.

3. Launch Instant Fix and click Update,

the system will connect to ASUS server automatically and update the GPS data that is stored in your R300.

4. If you want your R300 to automatically

update the GPS data when it is connected to a PC (that has a internet connection), check the Auto-Update when USB

connected to PC option, otherwise check Start up when windows boot up.

Note: While using this feature, make sure

your R300 has a microSD card installed and it is connected to a PC via Mini USB cable.

2.3 Operating ASUS GO (Controls)

ASUS GO is designed for easy operation. All controls are operable by ngertips. Wherever

possible, pushbuttons and lists are provided to make accessing functions or changing settings as easy as possible.

2.3.1 Hardware buttons

There are only a few hardware buttons on your ASUS R300.

The majority of the ASUS GO functions can be accessed using the touch screen. The hardware buttons are the following:

Power on/off

Use this button to turn the power of the ASUS R300 on or off any time.

If the device power is turned off while ASUS GO is running, when you turn the device back on, ASUS GO will continue the navigation as soon as the built-in GPS determines the location again.

While the device is switched off, the GPS will not work, no position will be calculated, track log will not be saved, and navigation will stop.

2.3.2 Screen buttons and controls

The primary input channel of ASUS GO is the touch screen. If you read on, you will realise that most parts of the screen are not only used to display information but also to initiate functions

by tapping. Below you will nd a list of the most frequently used controls in the program.

List selectors

When the values in the list need to be named, only the current value is shown (sometimes

together with a short description) in a horizontal stripe with arrows at both ends.

The arrows are buttons. Tap to move left in the list or move right. You need not conrm your

selection. As soon as you leave the screen, the selected value becomes effective.

Sliders

When a feature has several different unnamed (numeric) values, ASUS GO will show sliders that look like analogue potentiometers to set the desired value.

If the value limits are not displayed at the ends of the slider, the leftmost position means the minimum value, while the rightmost position represents the maximum value.

With most sliders you can check the current value on the left.

This control can be operated in two ways. Either drag the handle to move the slider to its new position, or tap the slider where you want the handle to appear (the thumb jumps there

immediately). As with the list selectors, there is no need to conrm your selection. As soon as

you leave the screen, the selected value becomes effective.

Switches

When a function can only have two values (mainly Enabled and Disabled), a switch is used.

Unlike with list selectors, the horizontal line contains the name of the function and not the

actual status. There is a lamp on the left to show whether the function is active or not.

When the lamp is dark , the function is not selected. When it is lit , the function is enabled. The whole strip works as a button. Tap anywhere to toggle between the enabled and disabled status.

Switches in the Quick menu

The switches of the Quick menu behave as normal switches but they look different in order to

t in with the other menu buttons.

Tap the button to toggle between the enabled and disabled states.

Virtual keyboards

ASUS GO is designed in a way that you only need to enter letters or numbers when it is inevitable. In these cases a full screen keyboard pops up that can easily be operated with

your ngertips. You can choose between a separate ABC and numeric keypad, or a set of

QWERTY-type keyboards that contain both letters and numbers. ASUS GO will remember your last choice and offer it the next time you need to enter data.

The alphabetic keyboards in ASUS GO do not contain special characters, because you do not need to enter accents when searching for a destination. Type only the base letters (the letter most similar to the accented one) and ASUS GO will search for all their combinations in the

database (e.g. for the French street ‘Cité Bergère ’ you only need to type ‘Cite Bergere’, and

the rest is done by the program).

When you type in POI or track log names, ASUS GO will automatically turn all initials into capitals to create names that look pleasant.

ABC-type keyboards

These keyboards contain only letters (Latin, Hebraic, Greek or Cyrillic). If you wish to enter numbers, you need to tap the Keys button to switch to the numeric keyboard.

Use Backspace (arrow pointing left) to delete the last letter you have entered if you have

made a mistake, tap Space to enter more words, and hit Done to nish entering the text.

This type of keyboard has large, nger-friendly buttons.

Note: If you have chosen a program language that uses Latin letters, only the ABC keyboard appears. If you choose the Greek language, an additional keyboard appears with Greek letters. Similarly Hebraic and Cyrillic letters are available when Hebrew or Russian is chosen in Setup / Languages.

If you are used to computer keyboards, you may consider trying one of the QWERTY-type keypads.

QWERTY-type keyboards

QWERTY-type keyboards have both letters and numbers on them. Their layout is the same as of the standard QWERTY, QWERTZ (German) and AZERTY (French) keyboards. To switch to your desired QWERTY-type keyboard, press the Keys button repeatedly until the appropriate keyboard appears.

The special keys described in the previous section are also available here.

The numeric keyboard

The numeric keyboard only contains numbers, on huge buttons. The special keys you nd

on the other keyboards (except Space) are available here as well.

Although QWERTY-type keyboards also contain number keys, when entering a house number, the program offers the more convenient numeric keypad.

2.3.3 Installing, updating or removing maps

You can upload new maps or update the maps with ASUS Navigation PCTool.

Requirements

• ASUS Navigation PCTool copied onto a PC running Windows XP

• Card reader in your PC that supports an SD card reader

Note: ASUS GO will only use the maps that are included in your ASUS GO licence.

To install or update maps

1. Download or copy the map(s) that you want to update or install into a folder on the PC.

2. Remove the SD card from ASUS R300 and put it into the card reader of the PC.

3. Start maploader.exe from the folder into which you have copied ASUS Navigation PCTool. ASUS Navigation PCTool is launched: the maps on the PC are listed in the left-hand side of the window, the maps on the SD card are listed on the right-hand side of the window.

4. Check which maps on the PC are marked with a green upward arrow .These are the maps that are not available on the SD card or for which a newer version is available on the PC.

5. Select the map(s) that you want to install or update (you can use Ctrl+Click and SHIFT+Click to select several maps).

6. Click Install below the PC map list. The selected maps are copied onto the SD card. The

up-to-date maps on the SD card are marked with a icon that has two parallel blue bars .

7. Remove the card from the reader on the PC and put it into the card reader of ASUS R300.

8. Start ASUS GO. The updated and new maps will be available for navigation.

To delete maps from the SD card

1. In the SD card list, select the map(s) that you want to remove (you can use Ctrl+Click and

SHIFT+Click to select several maps).

2. Click Remove below the SD card map list. The selected maps are copied from the SD

card to the following folder on the PC:

C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data \ASUS\maps\

You can back up the maps on the PC or copy them back to the SD card later.

3. Remove the card from the reader on the PC and put it into the card reader of ASUS R300.

4. Start ASUS GO. The deleted maps will not be available for navigation but you can copy

them back to the SD card at any time.

2.4 Discovering the program through the screens

The best way to discover ASUS GO is to explore each screen in detail, and to nd out how to

move from one to another. Read this chapter for a guided tour.

2.4.1 Main menu

ASUS GO starts by displaying the Main menu. This is the root of the screen hierarchy, but you need to return here very rarely while using the program. Screens are also accessible from each other to reduce the number of actions needed to initiate a function or change a setting.

Most parts of the program are directly accessible from here by using the buttons described below.

1 ASUS GO logo

2 Battery Status indicator

3 Button to open Cockpit screen

4 Button to open Find menu

5 Button to open Settings

6 Button that displays GPS Status and opens the GPS Data screen

7 Button to minimise ASUS GO (navigation will not stop*)

8 Current position

9 Current date and time

10 Button to open Map screen

11 Button to open About screen

12 Button to exit ASUS GO** (navigation stops)

* Depends on program settings

** Same as removing the SD card

2.4.2 About screen

Tap About on the Main menu screen to open this screen. The About screen is not used in normal navigation. It is there to inform you about the map licenses you have, the creators of ASUS GO and the legal aspects of using the program.

2.4.3 The map

The most important and most frequently used screens of ASUS GO are the two screens with the map (Map screen and Cockpit screen). They are similar in look and in possible controls but are optimised for different uses. The map they display is common. The elements of the map are described here. For the controls and special functions of the two map screens see Page 29.

The current version of ASUS GO is primarily intended for land navigation. That is why maps in ASUS GO look similar to paper roadmaps (when using daytime colours and 2D map mode). However, ASUS GO provides much more than regular paper maps can. The look and the contents can be changed.

2D and 3D map views

Besides the classical top down view of the map (called 2D mode), you have the possibility to tilt the map to have a perspective view (3D mode) that gives a view similar to that seen through the windscreen with the possibility to see far ahead.

It is easy to change between 2D and 3D modes. You have two options. You can use the Tilt up and down buttons to tilt the map seamlessly between 2D and all 3D angles, or you can use the switch in the Quick menu to quickly switch between the two modes.

Note: You may nd that 2D mode is more useful in North-up Map mode when looking

for a certain part of the map or an object to select as destination. On the other hand, 3D mode in Track-up Cockpit mode with Smart Zoom makes navigation very comfortable. The description of these modes will come later in this manual.

Note: 3D view is only useful for navigation. As you zoom out, the view angle will automatically be raised. Finally 2D view will be reached. When you zoom back in, 3D view

will gradually return.

Note: Using the Advanced settings, you can force Cockpit mode to always start in 3D Trackup view. You can still rotate and tilt the maps in either mode, but the next time you enter this screen, the preset look will reappear. Similarly you can force Map mode to always start in 2D North-up view.

Zoom levels

ASUS GO uses high quality vector maps that let you see the map at various zoom levels,

always with optimised content (the density of the map details can be independently set for Map and Cockpit screens in Map settings. Street names and other text objects are always

displayed with the same font size, never upside down, and you only see as many streets and objects as needed to nd your way around the map. Zoom in and out to see how the map

changes in either the 2D or 3D view.

Changing the scale of the map is very easy. You can drag and stretch the scale at the bottom

of the Map screen, or use the zoom icons on both Map and Cockpit screens.

Note: If you need to zoom out briey to locate your position on the map, use the Overview mode instead of zooming out and back in. The Overview mode is a 2D North-up view that can

be started by tapping the compass button on the right.

Note: ASUS GO has a special Smart Zoom function for navigation that automatically rotates, scales and tilts the map in 3D map mode to always give you the optimal view in your current

situation. When approaching a turn, it will zoom in and raise the view angle to let you easily recognise your manoeuvre at the next junction. If the next turn is at a distance, it will zoom out and lower the view angle to at in order to let you see the road in front of you.

Daylight and night colour schemes

The different colour schemes let you adjust ASUS GO to the brightness of the environment. Use the daylight and night colour schemes accordingly. Daylight colours are similar to paper roadmaps, while the night colour schemes use dark tints for large objects to keep the average brightness of the screen low, with carefully selected colours to still keep you informed about all the necessary information on the screen.

You can change between day and night views manually in the Quick Menu or let ASUS GO do it automatically for you.

Note: The automatic day/night mode is based upon the current date and GPS position by which ASUS GO calculates the exact sunrise and sunset times on the particular day at the particular location. Using that information ASUS GO can automatically switch between the colour schemes a few minutes before sunrise, when the sky has already turned bright, and a few minutes after sunset before it gets dark.

Tip: There are several daytime and night colour schemes included with ASUS GO. To select the one that suits your needs the best, make your selection in Settings.

Tip: To further enhance the effect of the night colour scheme, you can instruct ASUS GO to decrease the display backlight when the night colours are used. Set the desired backlight levels for both daylight and night modes.

Note: The colours mentioned and screenshots included in this manual refer to the default daytime and night colour schemes. They may not look the same in the schemes you have chosen.

Tip: If you use ASUS GO after sunrise or before sunset, look for the sun in the sky in the

map background using a at 3D view. It is displayed at its actual position to give you another

way to orientate, and also to provide some eye candy.

Streets and roads

The similarity of ASUS GO to paper roadmaps is also convenient when it comes to streets, the most important elements of the map concerning navigation. ASUS GO uses similar colour codes to those you are accustomed to, and the width of the streets also refers to their

importance, so it will not be difcult to tell a highway from a small street.

Streets and roads have names or numbers for identication. Of course, this information

can be displayed on the map. ASUS GO uses two different ways to show street labels. The conventional way is the same as a roadmap – it displays the name of the street aligned with the street. The alternative is a kind of virtual signpost stuck into the street itself.

You need not choose between the two modes. ASUS GO will use the one best for the

current tilt and zoom level. Zoom in to have only a few streets on the map, and start tilting up

and down to see how ASUS GO switches between the two modes in an instant.

Note: The automatic switching is on even when using Smart Zoom. At rst you may nd it

odd, but later you will discover how it adjusts the displayed information to the current view of the map. It is important, as the driver must be able to read the map at a glance.

Tip: If you do not want to be bothered by street names during navigation, turn them off in Map Options.

Tip: Major roads usually have alternative names (numbering) besides the primary name. You can choose whether to display these alternative names or not. You can set this in Map Options.

Other objects

To help orientate you, the map also contains objects that have no other navigating function than to help you recognise your location on the map. These are surface-waters, large buildings, forests, etc.

Tip: These objects are normally displayed using textured polygons that look natural to the eye. You may wish to switch the textured display off to free some of the resources of your PNA by replacing textures with plain coloured surfaces.

Current position and Lock-on-Road

When your GPS position is available, an arrow shows your location on the map.

The direction of the arrow represents your heading. The arrow is sized and vertically rotated with the zoom and tilt levels to always look realistic.

ASUS GO has a built-in Lock-on-Road feature that always puts the position arrow on the road, on the axis of the street in case of one-way streets, or on the side of the road where you drive (e.g. on the right in Germany and on the left in the U.K.) on two-way roads.

The location received from the GPS receiver is shown as a blue dot on the map. This can help you locate your position if the GPS accuracy is poor, and the Lock-on-Road system puts you on the wrong street. It is also the location saved in the track log.

Note: The Lock-on-Road feature can be turned off in Advanced settings (Page 78) for pedestrian use. When switched off, the arrow is displayed at the position reported by the GPS receiver.

When the GPS position is lost, the arrow turns grey, but the journey continues on the recommended route for a short period of time with the speed last detected before the GPS position was lost. When the next route event is reached, or after 40 seconds, the arrow stops, and remains grey until GPS reception returns. This way short tunnels can be crossed without losing the position.

Selected map point, also known as the Cursor

If you tap the map somewhere or select a specic item in Find, it will become the selected

point on the map, marked with a small red dot and permanently radiating red circles to make

it conspicuous at all zoom levels, even when it is in the background of a 3D map view. You

can use this point as starting point, via point, or destination of your route, you can search for a POI near to it, mark it with a drawing-pin, or save it as a POI. The cursor, when visible, is also the reference point for map scaling.

Note: When your GPS position is available, and Lock-to-Position is active, the cursor is the current GPS position, the arrow. When you select another point by tapping the map, or using the Find menu, the new Cursor is shown on the display with the red dot and the radiating red circles.

Marked map points (Pin)

The Cursor can be marked with a Pin. Pins are shown as being stuck in the map. A Pin is

visible at all zoom levels and remains in its position until you unpin it, or delete all Pins in

Advanced settings.

The colour of the Pin is automatically selected by ASUS GO. Different colours help you identify a Pin in the History list later. There they are shown together with their address and GPS Coordinates.

Tip: There is a quick way to save the current GPS position as a Pin. Press the Record button (hardware button with an audio cassette icon on it) to save the Pin instantly.

Tip: A quick way to tell the coordinates of a location you found on the map is to Pin it, and then look for the coordinates in the History list.This way you also save the coordinates with the Pin for later reference. If you do not need the coordinates later, just select the point and start Find Coordinates.

Visible POIs (Points of Interest)

ASUS GO comes with thousands of built-in POIs, and you can create your own POI database as well. Having all of them displayed on the map would make the map too crowded. To avoid this, ASUS GO lets you select which POIs to show and which ones to hide using their categories and subcategories.

POIs are represented by icons on the map. For a built-in POI it is the icon of the subcategory of the actual POI. For points you create, it is the icon you had chosen when you created the POI (it can be changed later).

These icons are large enough to recognise the symbol, and semi-transparent so as not to cover the streets and junctions behind them.

When the map is zoomed out, the icons are not shown. As you zoom in, small dots appear at

the locations of visible POIs. Zooming in further makes the full icons appear.

If two points are too close to each other so that icons overlap, a multi-POI icon is shown instead of individual ones. Zoom in more to see them separately. (Should the two POIs have the same icon, this icon will be displayed instead of the multi-POI icon.)

Note: When navigating, POI icons can be disabled together with street names. If you still need this information during your journey, just drag the map to disable Lock-to-Position. This will restore street names and POI icons immediately. Now tap Follow to reactivate Lock-to-Position.

Tip: Tap the map on or near a POI item to see the list of the names of the nearest POIs in a popup list, if it is enabled. To see the details of a particular POI in the list, tap the blue

’i’ icon on the right. If you have too may POIs nearby, this list may not be complete. In the

Cursor menu there is a button called POI that leads you to the screen of all nearby POI items. There you can open them one by one to see their details, and select any of them as a route point.

Road safety cameras

Road safety cameras, such as speed cameras and red light cameras are special POI types in ASUS GO.

Elements of the Active Route

ASUS GO uses a multi-destination routing system in which you have a start point (your current location if GPS position is available), a destination, the line of the active leg of the route, and optionally via points and inactive legs. They are all shown on the map.

The start point, via points and the destination

These points are represented by ags.

Animated turn guidance

Animated arrows represent all route events other than the above-mentioned special points. These arrows show the direction in which you need to continue your journey.

The active leg of the route

The active leg is the section of the route you are currently driving. If you have not added any Via points, the whole route will be the active leg. When Via points are present, the active leg is the part leading from your location to the next via point.

The active section is always the most conspicuous part of the map even when in the background of a 3D map view.

The line of the route is displayed on the driving side of the road for two-way and on the axis

in case of one-way streets. When the map is zoomed in and the line is wide enough, small

arrows show the direction of the route. This can be useful if you preview the route before starting the journey or when entering a complex junction.

Inactive legs of the route

Future sections of a route are inactive. They are also shown on the map with the same colour but a darker tint than the active one. An inactive route section becomes active as soon as you reach its starting Via point.

Roads in the route excluded by your preferences

Although you can choose whether to include or avoid some road types in Route parameter settings, sometimes they are impossible to avoid near the starting point, via points or the destination.

If so, ASUS GO will display those segments of the route with an alternate colour.

2.4.4 GPS Data screen

Tap the small satellite dish icon on the Main menu, Map or Cockpit screen to open this window.

The GPS Data screen is a collection of information received from the GPS device and it also serves as the entry point to the following screens:

• TMC,

• Time Sync.

You can nd a GPS button on this screen, too, which serves as a switch for turning GPS

on/off.

Tip: You can plan routes from places other than your current position by switching the GPS off, otherwise the starting point is always the place where the GPS signal is received. Also, you can save battery life by turning off GPS reception.

GPS data displayed

The virtual sky on the left represents the currently visible part of the sky above you, with your position as the centre. The satellites are shown at their current positions. The GPS receives data from both the green and grey satellites. Signals from the grey satellites are only received, while green ones are used by the GPS to calculate your current location. On the right you can see the satellite signal strength bars. Grey bars are for the grey and black bars are for the green satellites. To identify satellites use their numbers also shown in the virtual sky. The more satellites your GPS tracks (the green ones), the better your calculated position will be.

Additional pieces of information on this screen are: current position in latitude/longitude format, elevation, speed, date, time and calculated accuracy.

Note: Accuracy can be affected by several factors the GPS cannot take into account. Use this accuracy information only as estimation.

There are two icons on the left to show the status of the GPS connection and the quality of reception.

Tapping the GPS button stops and starts the GPS engine.

GPS connection indicator

In the middle to the left there is a lamp similar to the ones used for switches. This one has more colours and represents more values:

• a fast blinking green lamp means that there is communication with the GPS and data

is being received,

• other colours may not appear with a built-in GPS. Should any of these

appear, this means a faulty operation of your device.

GPS data quality indicator

In the top left corner there is a satellite dish to show the quality of the GPS position. Different colours represent different signal quality:

• black with a red cross means there is no connection with the GPS device. This

should never be the case if your device has a built-in GPS.

• red means the GPS is connected but no GPS position is available,

• yellow means 2D reception. A GPS position has been acquired, ASUS GO is ready

for navigation, but the GPS is using enough satellites for calculating the horizontal position only. Elevation data is not provided, and the position error may be signicant.

• green means 3D reception. The GPS receiver has enough satellites to calculate

altitude. Position is generally correct (yet it can still be inaccurate due to different environmental factors). ASUS GO is ready for navigation.

Time synchronization

In the top right corner of the screen you have another button that leads to a new screen

where you can synchronize the clock of your PNA to the very accurate time provided by the

connected GPS.

Turn on the Auto Correction switch to let ASUS GO frequently check and correct the internal clock of the device with the GPS time.

Below that button you will see the current values of the GPS and the device clocks. You can check here whether any correction is needed. Tap the downward arrow button to manually

synchronize the time.

Below the PNA time you have hour and minute controls to manually correct the time with or without a valid GPS time. It also gives you the chance to correct the time after

synchronization if your PNA does not support time zones or daylight saving time.

2.4.5 Screens with map

Having explained the contents of the map, the description of the other parts of the map screens follows. There are two map screens: the Map screen and the Cockpit screen. The way they show the map is the same but their look and controls are optimised for different purposes.

The Map screen is to be used mainly without a GPS, to browse the map, create user POI items, or to plan your route based on map points. The Map screen is designed to give you the maximum map area. This screen is usually used in 2D North-up mode.

You can set ASUS GO so it always opens the Map screen in 2D North-up mode (Page

73).

The Cockpit screen is for driving purposes. Besides showing the map, it contains some additional travel information if you are just cruising (speed, current street you are driving in, speed limit for the current street), and some more route data if you are navigating (e.g. next street in your route, distance to travel, type of the next route event). This screen is typically used in 3D Track-up mode.

You can make ASUS GO always open the Cockpit screen in 3D Track-up mode.

There are several controls that function in a similar fashion on the two screens. They are described on the following pages.

Map screen contents:

Cockpit screen contents:

1 (Cockpit only) Turn preview. Opens Route menu*

2 Zooms in (optional)

3 Zooms out (optional)

4 Tilts down (optional)

5 Tilts up (optional)

6 Indicates that Lock to GPS position and heading is inactive. Re-enables Lock-to-Position / Smart Zoom

7 Selected map point (Cursor). Opens Popup Info and Cursor menu

8 (Map only) Map scale. Zooms in/out by dragging

9 Menu (Find, Quick, Route, Main)

10 Map orientation and Overview. Switches North-up, Track-up and Overview

11 GPS position quality. Opens GPS Data screen

12 Battery status. Opens settings

13 Sound on or muted. Enables/disables muting

14 Track Log recording or playback. Opens Track Logs screen

15 Opens Cursor menu

16 (Cockpit only) Current street. Opens Route Information screen

17 (Cockpit only) Travel and Route data**. Opens Route Information screen

18 (Cockpit only) Distance to next turn***

19 (Cockpit only) Next street***

20 (Cockpit only) Approaching next turn****

* On Map screen only when a route is active

** Contents differ when a route is active

*** Appears only when a route is active

**** Appears only when a route is active and the next turn is near

Turn preview (No. 1)

On the Cockpit screen this eld shows a graphic illustration of the next manoeuvre. For

example when you approach a turn, an arrow will show whether it is a slight, normal or sharp turn. When showing a roundabout, the number of the exit is also given in the picture.

This eld also serves as a button. Tap it to get to the Route menu. The Map screen will show

a button called Route here if there is an active route. This also leads to the Route menu.

Zoom in and out (No. 2 & 3)

These semi-transparent buttons are only displayed if “Zoom & Tilt” is enabled in the Quick menu.

Zoom will change the scale of the map. Zoom out shows a larger part of the map, while Zoom in shows a smaller part of the map in more detail.

The automatic Smart Zoom function will do the necessary zooming for you when navigating (zooms out if the next turn is at a distance to let you see far ahead and zooms in when

approaching a turn to give you a better view of the upcoming manoeuvre). If you manually

change the zoom level, Smart Zoom will no longer scale the map by itself (automatic tilting

and rotating remains active).

You need to tap the Follow button to return the zoom control to Smart Zoom. You can also

set ASUS GO to do this automatically after a few seconds in case of the Cockpit screen.

Tilt up and down (No. 4 & 5)

These semi-transparent buttons are only displayed if “Zoom & Tilt” is enabled in the Quick menu.

This function modies the vertical viewing angle of the map in 3D mode. You can change the

angle in a wide range starting from a top down view (2D view is seamlessly integrated) all

the way to a at view that lets you see far ahead.

The automatic Smart Zoom function will do the necessary tilting for you when navigating

(gives a at view if the next turn is at a distance to let you see far ahead and raises the

angle when approaching a turn to give you a better view of the upcoming manoeuvre). If you manually change the view angle, Smart Zoom will no longer tilt the map by itself (automatic

zooming and rotating remains active).

You need to tap the Follow button to return the tilt control to Smart Zoom. You can also set ASUS GO to do this automatically after a few seconds.

Follow mode - lock to GPS position and heading (No. 6)

This semi-transparent icon is displayed if GPS position is available, and the map has been moved. It also appears when you scale or tilt the map while Smart Zoom is enabled.

This semi-transparent icon is displayed if GPS position is available, and the map has been moved or rotated. It also appears when you scale or tilt the map while Smart Zoom is enabled.

Normally ASUS GO positions the map to keep the GPS position visible somewhere on the map (when North-up orientation is selected), or always at the bottom centre of the map (when Track-up orientation is selected).

If you manually move the map, it will freeze the map in the new position. To return to the GPS

position, use this Follow button.

When Smart Zoom is enabled, scaling or tilting the map also stops the automatic zooming or

automatic tilting respectively. To reactivate Smart Zoom, tap this button.

Tip: In Advanced settings you can set a delay time after which ASUS GO pushes the Follow button for you on the Cockpit screen automatically. This can be turned on for re-enabling both Lock-to-Position and Smart Zoom.

Cursor (No. 7)

As described earlier, if you tap the map somewhere or select one specic item in Find, it will

become the selected point on the map, marked with a small red dot and radiating red circles to make it conspicuous. You can use this point as starting point, via point or destination for your route, you can search for a POI near it, mark it with a pin, or save it as a POI.

Note: When GPS position is available, the Follow button will appear indicating that you have disabled Lock-to-Position. Tapping the Follow button will re-enable the position lock and move the cursor back to the current GPS position. The same happens when ASUS GO restores Lock-to-Position automatically on the Cockpit screen, if it is set in Advanced settings.

Map scale (No. 8)

The scale indicator is only available on the Map screen. In 2D map view it represents the scale of the map. In 3D view it is the scale of the nearest part of the map only.

You can use it in both 2D and 3D modes to scale the map. Drag and pull it right to zoom in, or left to zoom out.

Menu (No. 9)

This button opens the Menu with the Find engine, the Quick menu, the Route menu and the exit button that takes you to the Main menu screen. The Menu will be described in detail later.

Map orientation and Overview (No. 10)

You can view the map screens in three different presentation modes. This switch will cycle through them in the following order.

The usual map orientation for navigation is Track-up. It means ASUS GO rotates the map during navigation to always face the direction of your travel. In this mode an arrow (compass) points towards North.

Tap this icon to switch to North-up mode. Now the map is xed to keep facing North. The

icon changes to show the new rotation mode.

Tap the icon again to enter Overview mode. This mode looks similar to the North-up mode

with one difference: the zoom level in this mode has a xed default to give you a better look of where you are on the map. You can change the zoom level at any time, this will not cause the Follow button to appear, but when entering Overview mode later, the default zoom level

will be restored.

The arrow representing your position will be xed in the middle of the screen. When you

move the map in Overview mode, the Follow button will appear, and when pushed, it will move the map to have your current position in the middle of the map again.

You cannot rotate the map in Overview mode. This mode is strictly north-up.

You can set up ASUS GO so that it will switch to Overview mode during navigation when the

next turn is far away. You can specify this distance and the xed zoom level of Overview in

Advanced settings.

An aeroplane icon indicates Overview mode.

Tap the icon again to return to Track-up (automatic rotation) mode.

GPS position quality (No. 11)

Similarly to the icon found on the GPS Data screen, the map screens also inform you about the GPS signal:

• The black satellite dish with the red exclamation mark shows there is no connection

with the GPS receiver. GPS navigation is not possible. Devices with a built-in GPS receiver are permanently connected, so this icon may not appear under normal circumstances.

• Red shows there is a connection, but the signal is too weak to give a position. GPS

navigation is not possible.

• Black shows there is a GPS position, and navigation is possible. When only one arc

is shown, the position is 2D (no altitude available), and position error may be signicant, yet

ASUS GO is ready to navigate.

• A black dish and two arcs represent a 3D GPS position. ASUS GO is ready to

navigate.

• When small car symbols are displayed under the dish, TMC information is available.

Battery status (No. 12)

The status of the battery is also shown by ASUS GO. You can estimate the available power reserve from the length of the bar inside. Some examples:

• The thunderbolt in the battery shows the battery is being charged.

• Battery is not charging, but it is at full capacity.

• Battery in not full, but there is sufcient reserve capacity.

• When the inside of the battery turns red, the battery needs recharging.

Sound muting (No. 13)

By tapping this button you can quickly mute all sounds of the PNA. This will not modify the volume level and the enabled or disabled status of the voice guidance or the key sounds (all to be set on the Sound Settings screen, just mutes the sound output. When muting is enabled, the speaker icon is crossed out.

Tap again to re-enable sounds.

Note: Sound can be muted in Sound settings, too. There you have a Master switch that works together with the switch described above. There is also a Master slider on that screen. That you can use to fully turn down the volume of the device. Setting the volume low is different from muting, therefore it will not show up on the mute indicator.

Track Log recording/playback indicator (No. 14)

When a track log is being recorded, a red icon is displayed on the map screens. This icon also functions as a button leading to the Track Log screen (Page 48) where you can stop the recording or make the track log visible on the map.

During track log playback a green icon will blink. Tapping this icon (in fact, tapping the screen anywhere) stops the simulation.

Cursor menu (No. 15)

The Cursor is the selected point on the map (marked by a red dot and radiating red circles around it), or the current GPS position when it is available and Lock-to-Position is enabled. When you tap the screen to place the Cursor, the Cursor menu pops up automatically to give you the list of possible functions you can use the Cursor for. At the same time Popup Info (street name, house number and the list of POIs nearby) appears near the selected map point if Popup Info is enabled in the Quick menu.

If you do not use the Cursor menu in a few seconds, it will automatically vanish back to the bottom of the screen, and Popup Info disappears, too. You can have them reappear by reopening the Cursor menu using the arrow in the bottom right corner. When you open the menu manually, it will stay on until you close it or switch to another screen.

Tip: If you want to see the map around the Cursor, close the Cursor menu and reopen it. When this menu is opened manually, the map is always moved to have the cursor in the centre.

The content of the Cursor menu depends on the screen (Map or Cockpit) and it is slightly different if there is an active route already planned. You have the following options:

• Start: use the Cursor as the departure point for your route. This menu point is available

only in Map mode and when there is no active route. In Cockpit mode the departure point of the route is always the GPS position or if it is not available, the last known GPS position.

• Route To: use the Cursor as the destination of your route. This button is to start a new

route. The previous route (if it exists) will be deleted and replaced. If a multi-point route is active, ASUS GO will ask you whether you really want to delete it together with all its via points.

• Add Via: by inserting the selected map point as a via, you instruct ASUS GO to cross this

location before the destination of the route. This is the way to build a multi-point route in

reverse order (when you wish to insert a stopover ‘go to A but rst get some fuel at B’ or want to inuence the direction of the route). This menu point works only if a route is already

active.

• Remove Via: removes the ‘via point’ near or at the Cursor. The route will be recalculated

immediately excluding the deleted point. This menu point replaces Add Via and is available only if the Cursor is near or at a via point.

• Continue: add a new destination to be reached after the previous destination. The new

destination replaces the old one, which is now demoted to a via point. This is the way to build your multi-point route in straight order (when you wish to visit several destinations ‘go

to A then to B’). This menu point is available only if a route is already active.

• Pin: push a coloured pin in the map at the selected point for later use. This pin is visible

at all zoom levels and also appears in the History list together with its exact position. The

colour of the pin is automatically selected by ASUS GO.

• Unpin: remove the pin near or at the Cursor. This menu point replaces Pin and is available

only if the selected point is near or at a pin.

• POI: opens the list of POIs near the selected point. These are the POIs shown in the Popup Info window. This menu point is only available on the Map screen. If you want to add a new POI at the cursor, you can do so by tapping Add POI in the bottom left corner. You can also add a new road safety camera if you tap Add Cam, and set the parameters (type, direction, and speed). If a camera already exists near the cursor, this button is inactive, and you can change the parameters of the camera by tapping it in the list.

Current street (No. 16)

This eld of the Cockpit screen shows the name or number (as available) of the current

street or road you are driving on.

Tip: Some roads have an alternative name (or number). This is normally shown together

with the primary name in this eld. You can hide these alternative names in Map settings.

Travel and Route data (No. 17)

The contents of these three elds are different when cruising (without an active route) or

navigating (following an active route).

While cruising, the elds show the present speed, the current speed limit and the time of

day.

While navigating a route, these elds show the estimated time needed to reach the

destination (ETE), the distance to destination, and the estimated arrival time at the destination (ETA) by default.

You can choose what to display in these three elds during navigation, by going to Advanced

settings / Display Options. See the following list for your options. The only restriction is that

you cannot select a value that already appears in another eld. The possible eld contents

are:

• Distance to destination (default value for the left eld)

• Time to destination (estimated time en route, default value for the middle eld)

• Distance to next via point

• Time to next via point

• Time to next manoeuvre (next route event)

• Speed

• Speed limit

• Arrival at next via point

• Arrival at destination (default value for the right eld)

Distance to next turn (No. 18)

This eld shows the distance to go before reaching the next route event (turn, roundabout,

exit, etc.)

This eld is only displayed when navigating a route.

Next street / Next settlement (No. 19)

This eld shows the road or street that comes next in the route itinerary.

If you are not yet in the settlement where this next street is, ASUS GO will display the name of the settlement instead of the name of the road or street. A bullet symbol will appear next to the name of settlements to help you tell them apart from street names.

This eld is only displayed when navigating a route.

Approaching next turn (No. 20)

This bar is only visible when approaching the next route event. It appears on the screen to visualise the distance when you get closer than 300 meters (1000 feet) to the next turn, and it remains visible till you reach the turn.

This eld is displayed only when navigating a route.

Bluetooth or Phone call status

When Bluetooth is turned off or the Bluetooth-capable device is not connected, the Bluetooth icon is not displayed.

When Bluetooth is turned on and the Bluetooth-capable device is connected, the Bluetooth icon is displayed:

If you tap the icon, ASUS GO pauses and the Bluetooth Dialer screen appears.

During a phone call using the ASUS R300 as a handsfree tool for your mobile phone ASUS GO is paused, and you see the phone call screen. You can continue navigation without stopping the phone call with the button in the top right corner. Then navigation continues without voice guidance (sound is reserved for the phone call), and an icon depicting a telephone handset is shown here.

Tap the icon to pause ASUS GO to go to the In Call Screen.

When you hang up the call, the icon returns to the blue Bluetooth logo.

2.4.6 Route Information screen

The Route Information screen has all the data and some of the functions you need while you navigate. Some additional functions can be found in the Route menu. Without an active route one of the buttons is inactive and route data cannot be displayed.

As a reminder, you can open this screen two ways: tapping the Info button in the Route

menu, or tapping one of the Route Data elds on the Cockpit screen.

Route data displayed (for destination and via points)

In the top section of the screen you see information about the current route. These elds are

continuously updated while you keep this screen open.

When you open the screen, all elds contain information on reaching your nal destination. Tap any of the elds to see data on the via points starting from the rst one through the nal

destination again.

Route line

The upper part of this screen shows your planned route as a horizontal line. Its leftmost point is the start of the route, the rightmost one is the nal destination, and you can see your via point ags along the line, spaced in proportion to their distance.

The arrow representing your position will travel from the left to the right, giving you visual feedback of your journey.

When you reach a via point, it becomes the starting point of the route, the past will be

deleted, the line with all the other via points will be modied instantly, and the arrow jumps

back to the left.

When ASUS GO needs to recalculate the route, the arrow will not jump back to the left as when reaching a via point, but it may drift a bit as the length of the new route may be different from the previous one.

When the data corresponding to the entire route is displayed in the elds below, the line is

coloured the same way as the route line shown on the map. When you see data that belongs to a via point, the route is coloured only up to that via point. The rest of the line remains grey.

Distance Left

This value can also be displayed in one of the Route data elds on the Cockpit screen as ‘Distance to destination’. This is the distance you need to travel on the route before reaching your nal destination.

If via points exist, tap and tap again any of the elds to see the distance to reach the rst,

second, etc. via point.

Method

This eld shows how the route was calculated. It either displays the ‘Route’ or the ‘Vehicle’ eld from the Route parameter settings. If you have chosen Car, Taxi, Bus or Lorry, the type of the route (Fast, Short or Economical) will be displayed here; if you have selected Emergency,

Bicycle or Pedestrian, this information will be displayed here.

Time Left

This is an estimated value that can also be displayed in one of the Route data elds on the Cockpit screen as ‘Time to destination’. It shows the time needed to reach the nal destination

of the route based on information available for the remaining segments of the route. The

calculation cannot take into account trafc jams and other possible delays.

If via points exist, tap and tap again any of the elds to see the time needed to reach the rst, second, etc. via point.

Estimated Arrival

This is an estimated value that can also be displayed in one of the Route data elds on the Cockpit screen as ‘ETA to destination’. It shows the estimated arrival time at the nal

destination of the route based on information available for the remaining segments of the

route. The calculation cannot take into account trafc jams and other possible delays.

If via points exist, tap and tap again any of the elds to see the estimated arrival at the rst,

second, etc. via point.

Destination / Via point

This eld shows the exact address (or its coordinates if the address is not available) of the nal destination.

If via points exist, tap and tap again any of the elds to see the address or coordinates of the rst, second, etc. via point.

Warning icons

The following 5 squares are normally grey. Some of them turn red and show a graphical symbol in case warning(s) are attached to the planned route. These are warnings, so icons

always show information for the whole route, even if the data elds display values from your

current position to a via point only.

Click on any of the icons to show its description.

A few samples of the available icons:

• This icon shows that you need to pay toll on the recommended route.

• This icon shows that the route contains motorways. Tap the icon to see the total length of the motorways in the recommended route.

• This icon shows that toll motorways are included in the recommended route.

• This icon shows that you need to board a ferry along the recommended route.

• This icon shows that you need to pay for the ferry.

• This icon is displayed when ASUS GO could not plan a route with all your road type

preferences respected. Sometimes it is impossible to nd a suitable route near the start or

the destination.

• This icon warns you that ASUS GO had to recommend a route that does not match all your preferences given at the Route Parameters settings.

• The recommended route contains areas only accessible to pedestrians.

• The recommended route contains unpaved roads.

• The recommended route contains roads that require a permit or permission to enter.

• Information – any other piece of relevant but not categorised information. Tap the icon to see the content.

• Next page – displayed when more than 5 warnings apply for the recommended route.

Fit to screen

Tap this button to display an overview of the whole recommended route. You will jump to the Map screen with a 2D North-up view so that you can check where the route takes you.

Parameters

This button opens the Route parameter settings screen (Page 68) otherwise opened from the Route menu.

2.4.7 Menu

The Menu button can be found in the bottom left corner of the map screens.

Tapping this button brings up a menu that allows you to access some of the most frequently used functions of ASUS GO.

Find tab

The rst page of the Menu is Find. It lets you select a destination without rst having to locate

it on the map.

Quick tab

This provides quick access to some congurable options.

3D Map (switch)

When the light is on, the map shows a perspective view. You can use hardware buttons 1 and 2 to change the angle of the view. When the green light is off, the map is displayed in a conventional top-down view. This 2D view is also the end of the tilt range, so it can also be accessed by tilting the map up. Conversely, 3D mode can be switched on by tilting down in 2D mode.

Note: When you reach 2D view by tilting the map, Smart Zoom will tilt the map as you press the Follow button or it disappears after the timeout (set in Advanced settings) expires. Use the 3D Map toggle to permanently switch to 2D view.

Note: If the map is zoomed out so that the view angle is automatically raised to a top down view, this button will have no immediate effect. When you zoom back in, the view angle will

or will not change according to the new state of the button.

Zoom & Tilt (switch)

When the light is on, additional transparent buttons appear on the left side of the map

screens for zooming and tilting without the use of hardware buttons.

The Tilt buttons appear only at higher zoom levels. If you zoom out, they disappear.

Night Mode (switch)

Turn on or off the night colours manually to override the automatic colour scheme switching.

Note: Using this option turns off the Automatic Night Colours feature. You need to re-enable it at the General settings screen to have the colours change automatically again.

Manage POI (Points of Interest)

Here you can set all the parameters of POIs that you have created and the visibility of the built-in POIs that come with the map.

Manage built-in POI visibility

The maps in ASUS GO come with a huge number of POIs. Displaying all of them would make the maps too crowded (to see how POI items are shown on the map. In order to avoid that, you can decide which POI groups to show and which ones to hide on the map. ASUS GO has a multi-level POI category system. You can set the visibility of the top two levels. All levels below that will be shown or hidden according to their respective category (i.e. you can set the visibility of Petrol Stations in the Services category, but all brands listed under that will either be shown or suppressed together).

Groups shown with a tick mark are visible on the map; groups without a tick mark are

hidden, while the ones shown with a pale tick mark have some of their subcategories shown and some others hidden.

If you highlight any of the POI groups, the button in the bottom left corner will become Show if the POI group is hidden, or Hide if the group is shown or partly shown.

Tip: To make a partly shown group fully shown, tap this button twice. First you will hide the whole group, and then you will have it displayed with all its subgroups.

Tapping again the highlighted POI group (except for My POI – described later) opens the list of subcategories of that group. Here you cannot see partly shown subgroups, as visibility can only be set for the top two levels of categories. Showing and hiding a subgroup is done the same way as for the main groups.

Manage My POI

By highlighting then tapping again the My POI switch on the Manage POI main screen you can manage the POI groups and items that you have created.

Note: The group Unnamed only appears if you have previously saved a POI item without creating a new POI group for it.

Tapping any of the group names will open a list of POIs saved in that group. This list is similar to the list of POI results in Find. The POIs are ordered based on their distance from your current position. If GPS position is not available or you have disabled Lock-to-Position by tapping the map, the POIs will be ordered by their distance from the Cursor.

When the My POI Groups are displayed, you have the following options:

• Show/Hide: similarly to built-in POIs, you have the possibility to show or hide all POIs of

the selected category on the map. Groups with a tick mark are displayed; all other groups

are hidden.

• New: you can create a new My POI group by tapping this button. You need to select an

icon, a name, and the maximum zoom level at which the POI is still visible on the map

(provided you let the POI group be displayed at all). You do not necessarily need to create POI groups in advance. You can do it while saving a new POI.

• Delete: you can delete any of your previously saved My POI groups. This will delete all

POIs in that group. ASUS GO will ask you to conrm this action.

• Edit: you can edit the attributes (name, icon, visibility level) of a previously created My

POI group.

• Left/right arrows: if your groups ll several pages, these buttons will let you browse

through them. The green eld left of these buttons shows the current page number and the

number of pages.

When the list of My POIs is displayed, you have the following options:

• Search: you can shorten the list of matching POI items by ltering. Just like in Find, enter

a few letters of the desired POI name. When the number of matching items can t in one

page, ASUS GO will automatically display the list. If you tap Done any time before this happens, you receive the list of matches on multiple pages.

• ABC/Distance: by tapping this button you can have the POIs sorted in an alphabetical

order. Tapping again will return to the distance-based order.

When you tap on any of your POIs in the list, you will open a new window with the details of the selected POI.

Here you have the following options:

• OK: if you tap this button, the map screen returns with the selected POI in the middle.

• Edit: you can edit the attributes (name, icon and group) of the selected POI.

• Delete: you can delete any of your previously saved POIs. ASUS GO will ask you to

conrm this action.

Popup Information (switch)

When this feature is enabled, tapping the screen (activating the Cursor, a radiating red dot) on either of the map screens also opens a pop-up box with the selected street name, house number and the name of the nearby POIs, if any.

Tip: Tapping one of the blue Information icons behind the POI names shows the details of the appropriate POI item.

Manage Track Logs

Using ASUS GO it is also possible to save the track logs of your journeys. This screen lets you manage all your track logs. When it comes up, it shows a list of all track logs already saved.

The original name of a track log is the date and time when it was recorded. You can change their name to something more meaningful if you wish.

Each track log has a colour, shown to the left of its name when the track log is visible on

the map. If the track is not visible, a horizontal line is shown here. Tapping the line of the

highlighted track log will toggle between showing and hiding that log. The track log will be drawn on the map using the colour next to its name.

When a track log is being recorded, a new line appears in this list with a horizontal line, as

newly recorded track logs are not shown in the map normally.

Tip: If you wish to see the track log currently being recorded, highlight its line then tap again to make it visible.

In this screen you have the following options:

• Record: this will initiate track log recording. A new line appears in the list, and GPS position

data will be saved until you stop the recording or exit ASUS GO. A red icon is shown on the map screens to let you know that a recording is in progress. Tapping that icon opens this Track Log screen.

• Stop recording: if recording is in progress, this buttons stops it.

• Info: this button opens a screen that shows the track log details, and lets you:

• change the name of the track log (Rename button),

• change the colour of the track log (Colour on the map selector),

• have it displayed on the map (Fit to screen button),

• or export the data to the SD card in GPX format (Export button).

• Replay: push this button to see a simulation of the saved track log on the map. A green

icon will appear on the map screens to let you know it is a simulation only.

• Delete: you can delete a track log if it is not needed any more. ASUS GO will ask you to

conrm this action.

• Track log options: this button in the upper right corner leads to a settings screen where you

can set up the track logging parameters:

• Update interval is how often track points will be saved. Position information is normally

received once a second from the GPS. If you do not need such a detailed log, you can increase this number to save track log space.

• Current autosave track size: this gure shows how much memory is used by the

automatically saved track logs.

• Enable auto-saving: when auto-saving is enabled, you do not need to turn track log saving on and off manually. ASUS GO will automatically start recording the track log as soon as GPS position is available.

• Limit track DB size: here you can set whether or not to maximise the size of the database

where the automatically saved track logs are kept.

• Maximum track database size: here you can set the maximum database size if the track database size limit is enabled using the previous switch.

• Create NMEA/SIRF log: independently of the normal track log, you can instruct ASUS GO to record the native GPS data received from the GPS device. ASUS GO is capable of working with GPS devices using either the NMEA or the SiRF protocol, so the saved data will

be in one of these formats. These logs are saved as separate text les on the SD card, and

they cannot be shown or replayed in ASUS GO. They are for post-processing needs, should you have any. Be careful when saving native GPS data, as it can soon eat up available memory.

Route tab

This menu contains options to manage different settings in the program.

Recalculate

This menu point is only available if an active route exists and GPS position is present.

It brings up a menu with four options. Using one of these functions you can modify the current route.

Recalculate

This function repeats the route calculation based on the same settings as used to calculate previously. This possibility is typically used when automatic off-route recalculation is disabled. However you may consider using it when you travel on a road parallel to that recommended by the route. In this case ASUS GO may not recalculate the route for some time, but you can force recalculation here. This is also the button you will most frequently use when the window appears automatically, provided that the manual route recalculation is set.

Drop Next Via Point / Delete Route

You can modify the route to skip the next via point if you decide it is no longer needed. For

example, you may have added the via point only to inuence the route but you do not want to actually reach it; or you have already almost reached it, and ASUS GO still keeps on

navigating towards that point. When there are no via points left (only the destination), the name of this button turns to Delete Route, and it cancels the navigation.

Bypass

When you run into a trafc jam or roadblock, you may want to have ASUS GO calculate a

route that departs the original route as soon as it can. You will need to select the minimum distance along the original route where your new route is allowed to rejoin the original route.

Select the one you feel appropriate for the trafc difculty you face.

Note: This function is to give you an alternative for the next section of the recommended

route. To change later parts of the route or to avoid specic streets or turns, use the Avoid

function in Itinerary instead.

Note: When you use this feature, ASUS GO will keep on excluding the same part of the map from later routes until you manually delete the route (Page 52), or restart ASUS GO.

Cancel

This option returns directly to the map screen without recalculating the active route. If you

choose this option when manual route recalculation is congured (Page 65), navigation

stops and will be activated again when you are back on your original route.

Delete

Tap Delete to erase the active route along with all its route points (start, via points and destination). If you later decide that you need the same route again, you will have to rebuild it from scratch. ASUS GO will warn you before deleting route data.

This function has a special role if you have used the Avoid feature during your journey. When you arrive at your destination, the route line disappears on the map and navigation stops. The route is now practically deleted, but if you plan a new route, the roads, manoeuvres and areas excluded from your route will also be avoided when planning the new route. Tap Delete to completely delete your previous route together with its Avoid restrictions.

Note: When a POI item is used as a route waypoint, deleting the route will not delete the POI item itself, just its role in the route.

Itinerary

This function opens the itinerary (route event list) of the active route. The Itinerary has three different display modes and two functions.

Display modes

Display modes are different only in the number of events displayed in the list. List items are always shown with all information available including pictograms of the needed action and distance of the event from the previous list item.

The Itinerary is live and constantly updated when navigating a route. The list item coming next in navigation is the highlighted one until you highlight another one by tapping. After that, the highlight remains on the item you have selected.

• Detailed Instructions: this is the list displayed when Itinerary is opened. It is the list of

events in full detail. All signicant junctions are shown in the list, even ones to be passed.

• Instructions: by tapping the Mode button once you will see the list of events that need your

attention, i.e. the list of manoeuvres during the route. These are the events shown in the

Turn preview eld and announced by the voice instructions.

• Route summary: tapping the Mode button again will show an overview of the route that

contains only the signicant roads and intersections.

Show

Tap this button to see the highlighted list item on the map. This will help you identify route events in the list.

Avoid

Tap this button to show a list of possibilities for modifying the route. They let you recalculate the route avoiding the highlighted event and sometimes also some of the subsequent ones.

• Manoeuvre: this option avoids the highlighted action. For example if you nd a turn too

difcult during rush hour trafc, ASUS GO will recalculate the route excluding that turn. If the

next street is important in the route, it is likely that ASUS GO will replace the turn with several easier ones to get to the same street.

• Road: when you exclude a road, ASUS GO will calculate a route that does not use that road.

It is useful when you anticipate a trafc jam in a street used in your route, or a roadblock is announced on the radio, and you nd that road in your Itinerary.

• Distances: you can also nd some distance buttons in this list. They are similar to the ones

in the Bypass list of the Recalculate menu, but these can also be used for distant parts of the route.

Note: You need not open Itinerary if you run into a roadblock or trafc jam. To get an

immediate alternative route use the Bypass function of Recalculate.

Note: When you use this feature, ASUS GO will keep on excluding the same part of the map from later routes until you manually delete the route, or restart ASUS GO.

Fly Over

This feature has no navigation function, it merely provides a quick view of the route. It will present a simulation of the route showing what you will see later when navigating.

Lifelike simulation

Tap the Fly Over button.

In this mode the simulation is run at normal speed (using the speed limit of the streets and roads in the route), and voice instructions are also played.

This mode is mainly useful for demonstrating ASUS GO, or to learn the way it works before

you start your rst journey.

Tap anywhere on the screen to stop the simulation.

Edit

Tap Edit to see the list of all points used in the route. The rst item in the list is the departure

point of the route without a valid GPS position, the last reached via point if you open the list during navigation, or the point where ASUS GO most recently recalculated the route. This means the list is permanently updated, and via points drop out during the journey. The last

item in the list is your nal destination.

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