Bushnell NAV500 User Manual

Navigating with your Bushnell NAV500 Portable GPS NAV System

Version 1.0

Contents:

Introduction........................................................................................................3

Key features..................................................................................................3

Quick Start.........................................................................................................4

Start Screen ..................................................................................................4

Choose a destination ....................................................................................5

Navigation Screen.........................................................................................5

Arrow mode...............................................................................................6

Detailed Description ..........................................................................................7

Choose your Destination...............................................................................7

Address Search ........................................................................................7

Favorites ...................................................................................................9

POI..........................................................................................................11

Map.........................................................................................................12

Plan your Route...........................................................................................13

Settings .......................................................................................................15

Guidance Settings...................................................................................15

Guidance Settings...................................................................................16

Settings (General Settings).....................................................................16

Language................................................................................................16

Map.........................................................................................................17

Change settings during navigation.........................................................17

smart2go™ Setup Assistant............................................................................20

Frequently Asked Questions...........................................................................22

Index................................................................................................................23

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INTRODUCTION

Congratulations! You have chosen a cutting-edge GPS navigation system. This navigation system leads you straight to your selected destination. You may navigate and plan your route with an easy to use and intuitive interface, and enter your selection with just a touch of the screen. You may also use this application to plan your trip to suit your personal preferences and interests and to save interesting destinations before you set off on your trip. This manual leads you through the main features of the system.

Key features

• Cross country navigation through a single map file

• SD card for map, music, and photo files

• Save all of your favorite destinations

• 2D and 3D map viewing

• Info USA premium Point of Interest (POI) guide

• Real pedestrian mode

• Unique night mode

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QUICK START

This section will walk you through using your GPS NAV System Device for the first time, acquainting you with the basic operation of the navigation system.

• Switch on the unit and tap on

NAVI or NAVIGATION in the first screen.

• If more than one language is available on your device, you are prompted to choose your language.

After the application loads, a screen with safety precautions will be shown. Please read them carefully. Afterwards, you can choose to hide these notes for future start-ups.

You will be presented an earth view of your country. Please enjoy while you fly over your country and “touch down” on your current location. (You can also choose to skip this intro by tapping on the screen.)

At the end of your journey, the start screen will be shown.

Start Screen

The start screen is split in two. On the left hand you will find the menu buttons, on the right you see a map with your current GPS position.

It is not possible to browse the map in the start screen. This screen merely shows your current GPS

position, provided that you have a GPS connection.

With the buttons on the start screen you access all functions of the application:

• Press

On the bottom of the start screen, the following information will be shown:

Destination to choose your destination. Settings to adjust the application to suit your needs. Save to save your current position. Exit to quit the application.

• your GPS status

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• the number of satellites the system is tracking

• the name of the current street

• your speed

• your elevation above mean sea level

Choose a destination

• Select Destination to set your destination.

A menu will open where you can choose a destination:

You have various ways to select your destination: Address: If you know the city and street address for your destination, simply enter it and the application

will guide you directly there. (See Address Search on page 7.) Favorites: Through Favorites you can choose to be guided to your home address (My Home) or work

address (

My Work), select a previously saved location (Bookmarks) or a re cently visited place (Recent).

(See Favorites on page 9.) POI: (Points of Interest): Through POI you can quickly find points of interest like gas stations and

restaurants and choose them for navigation. Those POIs are chosen from a database of millions of POI, either nearby or at a remote location. You can also search branded travel/city

Guides, which contain loads of valuable information about attractions, restaurants, hotels, etc. with detailed descriptions. (See POI on page 11.)

Map: Another way of choosing your destination is selecting it on the Map. (See Map on page 12.) Plan Route: By selecting Plan Route you switch to the advanced route planning options. There you may

plan your route by choosing multiple stopovers. (See Plan your Route on page 13.)

With the back and forward arrows you may always step one level back/forward throughout the whole

application.

Navigation Screen

On the navigation map, the route will be shown in blue. The red arrow will indicate the direction of your next maneuver. Crosshairs identify your current position. When you come up to a turn or other maneuver, you will hear a voice command at the appropriate time.

For one-way streets, the transit direction is indicated with a red arrow.

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Distance

to next

maneuver

Maneuver icon

Next junction/exit no.

Current

Street

Zoom in

Distance to destination

GPS info

Current speed

Direction

Current position

Zoom out

Estimated arrival time

OR Remaining

journey time

Arrow mode

You can choose to display the navigation screen in a simpler mode, the so called arrow mode. In this mode, only the most essential information will be shown – like arrows, street names, speed and time information.

• Tap on the screen during navigation to open the navigation options (see Change settings during navigation on page 17).

• Choose

• Choose the

Settings.

Arrows/Map symbol to switch between map and arrow modes.

Next junction/exit no.

Distance

to next

maneuver

Maneuver

Distance to destination

icon

GPS info

Current speed

Distance to

next street

Current Street

Estimated arrival time

OR Remaining

journey time

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

This chapter describes the functions of your Personal Navigation Device in detail. On the following pages you will learn how to

- Choose your destination (see page 7)

- Plan your route (see page 13)

- Configure the application (see page 15)

Choose your Destination

This section describes the different ways of setting your destination. You may search for an address, choose a through

Address Search

Through the address search you can perform a search by entering information about the desired target (street and town/city). You may then select a hit from the hit list and start navigating.

favorite (like home and work address, your bookmarks and recently visited locations), browse

POI lists and guides and choose an address on the map.

• On the start screen, choose

• On the following screen, choose

Destination.

Address.

The Find Address window will show in the display:

Enter the appropriate data to find your address.

Set the country

• Press

Country to select your country.

• Choose your country from the list.

Country field will be populated with the name of the chosen country.

The

Search for the city

• Press

City to select your city.

The keypad screen will show on the screen:

• Enter the name of the town/city you are looking for (at least three characters).

Switch between letter and number mode by pressing 123 or ABC. Switch between upper case and

lower case by pressing ^.

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If at any point you want to backspace and delete characters, press the backspace button <- on screen.

To add a space, press the space bar _.

• Press the search symbol (magnifying glass).

A hit list will be displayed.

• Choose the appropriate town/city from the list.

You will return to the

Find Address screen. The City field will be populated with the name of the chosen

town/city.

Search for the postal code

Instead of the city you may also enter the postal code.

• Press Zip code to enter a postal code.

• Enter the zip code of the town/city you are looking for.

• Press the search symbol (magnifying glass).

A hit list will be displayed.

• Choose the appropriate town/city from the list.

You will return to the

Find Address screen. The City and Zip code fields will be populated with the

chosen city/zip code.

Search for the street

Once you have found the city or zip code you are ready to look for the street name.

• Press

Street to enter a street.

• Enter the name of the street you are looking for (at least three characters).

• Press the search symbol (magnifying glass).

A hit list will be displayed.

• Choose the appropriate street from the list.

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Bushnell NAV500 User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

INTRODUCTION

QUICK START

Arrow mode

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Address Search