Becker CONTENT MANAGER 1.5 BROCHURE

User Manual

Content Manager software for Becker Traffic Assist Navigation Devices

UK English

December 2008, ver. 1.5

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Table of contents

1 Getting started with the Content Manager.................................................................... 5

1.1 Installing the Content Manager................................................................................................ 6

1.2 Starting the Content Manager ..................................................................................................6

1.2.1 Before startup.................................................................................................................................... 7

1.2.2 Selecting a device profile.................................................................................................................. 7

1.2.3 Recovery ........................................................................................................................................... 7

1.3 Controls .................................................................................................................................... 8

1.3.1 Menu bar ........................................................................................................................................... 8

1.3.2 Toolbar icons..................................................................................................................................... 9

1.3.3 Operations window (available in Advanced mode only) ............................................................... 10

1.3.4 Information window........................................................................................................................ 10

1.3.5 Contents list (available in Advanced mode only)...........................................................................10

1.3.6 Contents list filters (available in Advanced mode only) ................................................................ 11

2 Managing contents......................................................................................................... 12

2.1 Installing all new contents...................................................................................................... 12

2.2 Updating all contents .............................................................................................................12

3 Fine-tuning contents in Advanced mode......................................................................13

3.1 Installing contents ..................................................................................................................13

3.2 Updating contents................................................................................................................... 13

3.3 Removing contents.................................................................................................................. 14

4 Tools and Options ..........................................................................................................15

4.1 Backups................................................................................................................................... 15

4.1.1 Creating backups............................................................................................................................. 15

4.1.2 Restoring backups........................................................................................................................... 15

4.1.3 Removing backups.......................................................................................................................... 16

4.2 Licences .................................................................................................................................. 16

4.3 Content DVDs......................................................................................................................... 16

4.4 Device profiles........................................................................................................................16

4.4.1 Removing device profiles ............................................................................................................... 16

4.4.2 Editing device profiles .................................................................................................................... 17

4.5 Preferences ............................................................................................................................. 17

4.5.1 General ............................................................................................................................................ 17

4.5.2 Visualisation.................................................................................................................................... 18

4.5.2.1 Customising table fonts ............................................................................................................................ 18

4.5.2.2 Customising table colours ........................................................................................................................ 18

4.5.3 Connection ...................................................................................................................................... 18

5 Troubleshooting..............................................................................................................19

6 Uninstalling the Content Manager............................................................................... 20

1 Getting started with the Content Manager

The Content Manager is a PC-based application that has a number of important features to help you manage the content of your navigation device. With the Content Manager you can:

• Backup the content stored on your device to your PC and restore it back to your device later.

There are several types of navigation content that are loaded on your device and that can be used with the Content Manager. The content that is available depends on the device you originally purchased and the country where you purchased it.

Content is broken down into smaller, more manageable pieces for each region or country. The various types of content that might be available include:

• Maps are the road networks used by the navigation system to route your trips.

• Landmarks (not available for all devices) are 3D artistic or block representations of prominent

or well-known objects. 3D landmarks are only available in selected cities and countries.

• 3D Cities (not available for all devices) are full 3D city building data representing actual building sizes and positions on the map. 3D cities building data availability is limited to the city centres of major cities.

• POIs are Points of Interest, which are specific reference points that can be searched and navigated to. They are sorted into different categories like hotels, restaurants, tourist attractions, banks and many other locations users may want to find while they travel.

• Phonemes (not available for all devices) are used by the Text to Speech navigation engine to announce the road names during navigation. Text to Speech voices are not available for all languages and can be set in the navigation software by selecting any voice profile with '(TTS)' in its name.

• Relief (not available for all devices) is the 3D terrain map data showing changes in terrain and elevations or depressions in the land when you view the map. This is used to plot the route map in 3D during navigation.

• Voice language is the voice profile used for navigation guidance. These are either pre- recorded voices or Text to Speech voices. Text to Speech voice profiles are indicated by '(TTS)' and use artificial intelligence to announce route events together with road names during navigation. Non Text to Speech voices are recorded in the identified language and only announce route event types and distances without road names.

• Application is the navigation software that is running on your Becker Traffic Assist.

• Menu language is the list of available languages for the navigation software to display button

labels and screen messages.

• Schemes are different daytime and night colour profiles that let you personalise the look of the map in the navigation software.

System requirements

To use the Content Manager, you need a USB cable, and a computer that meets the following minimum specifications.

Operating system

Processor 300 MHz clock

System memory

Free disk space

Minimum Recommended

Windows XP Windows Vista

Intel Pentium/Celeron family, or AMD K6/Athlon/Duron family, or

speed

256 MB 512 MB

2 GB 5 GB

compatible processor

1.1 Installing the Content Manager

Follow these steps to install the Content Manager on your computer:

1. Insert the DVD with the Content Manager in the DVD drive of your PC.

2. If the DVD does not start automatically, please manually start in the directory „CONTENTMANAGER“ the file „BECKERCMSETUP.EXE“.

3. Select a language from the list, then click OK.

4. Read the welcome page, and click Next to continue.

5. Select the installation folder. A default installation folder is already given. To choose a different one, type in the path name, or click Browse, and select a different folder.

6. Click Install to start the copying process. To see the details during copying, click Show Details.

7. (optional) The Content Manager starts automatically right after the installation. To avoid this, clear the checkbox.

8. The installation is complete, click Finish to exit.

NOTE: The Content Manager has an auto-updatin

most up-to-date version on your PC. Each time available updates.

feature to ensure you always have the

ou launch the application, it checks for

1.2 Starting the Content Manager

To start the Content Manager, do the following:

1. Connect your Becker Traffic Assist to your PC. Wait for the PC to recognise the Becker Traffic Assist. If this is the first time you connect the Becker Traffic Assist to the PC, the PC will install all necessary drivers and then display the message: "Your device is ready to use".

2. Click Start > All Programs.

3. Select Becker.

4. Click Content Manager.

NOTE: We recommend that on each case you keep to create the backup. In case of a loss of

data only then content can be restored.

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