Cobra 8500 PRO HD User Manual

PROFESSIONAL NAVIGATION

8500 PRO HD USER MANUAL

Introduction

IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION

Before installing and using the Cobra Navigation System, please read these general warnings and precautions.

WARNING Statements identify conditions that could result in personal injury or loss of life.

WARNINGS:

• DO NOT mount the unit over airbag panels or within airbag expan-

sion spaces.

• DO NOT think this unit is a substitute for personal judgment. The

route suggestions should never supersede any local trafﬁc regulations or safe driving practices.

• DO NOT program this unit while driving.

• ONLY glance at the screen when necessary and safe to do so.

• DO NOT depend on this unit to locate emergency services (such as

police, ﬁre stations, hospitals and clinics).

• DO NOT position the unit in a location that obstructs the driver’s view

of the road, instruments, or controls to operate the vehicle.

• DO NOT drive the vehicle unless the unit is securely attached to the

windshield with the supplied bracket and suction cup or is fastened by other reliable means.

• DO NOT disassemble or modify the system; Changes or modiﬁca-

tions to the system may void its compliance with FCC rules and make it illegal to use.

• DO position the unit so the screen can be viewed with just a

quick glance.

• DO set the volume at a level that will allow the hearing of outside

trafﬁc and emergency services.

• This unit is not waterproof. Do not allow liquids to splash on it.

• This unit can be operated in temperatures between 14°F and 140°F

(-10°C and 60°C).

• Dismount the unit when parked. This will not only minimize the chance of theft but will also reduce the unit’s exposure to extreme temperatures which can shorten the life of the internal components.

FCC Compliance

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC interference limits for Class B digital devices for home or ofﬁce use. These limits are designed to provide more reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation and are more stringent than “outdoor” requirements.

Operation of this device is subject to the following conditions:

1. This device may not cause harmful interference.

2. This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

User License

This document and the software and data described in it are furnished under license and may be used or copied only in accordance with such license. Except as permitted by such license, the contents of this document, software and data may not be disclosed to third parties, copied or duplicated in any form, in whole or in part, without the prior written permission of Cobra Electronics Corporation. This document, software and DATA contain proprietary and conﬁdential information of Cobra Electronics Corporation and its licensors. Cobra grants the purchaser a limited license for use of this document, software and data incorporated in the unit for personal use, and not for resale, sublicense or commercial use. By using the unit, the purchaser agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of this license agreement. The purchaser acknowledges that the content of this document, software and data are the property of Cobra and its licensors and are protected by copyright laws of the USA and international treaties. The purchaser agrees not to modify, decompile, disassemble, reverse engineer or reduce to human readable form the software, DATA or any part thereof, nor to create derivative works based on the contents of the document, software or data, nor remove or obscure any copyright, trademark notice, or restrictive legend.

The purchaser agrees not to export or re-export this document or the unit to any country in violation of the export control laws of the U.S.A. Purchaser further agrees to use the unit in compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations.

The contents of this document, software and data are for informational use only and are subject to change without notice. Cobra and its licensors intend to provide their customers the most complete and accurate navigation information available at a reasonable cost from government and private data sources. However, all data sources have limitations and some have inaccuracies or are incomplete to some degree. These characteristics carry over to the unit as well. As such, COBRA AND ITS LICENSORS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO THE USER FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES ARISING FROM THE USE OF THIS PRODUCT.

THE COBRA NAVIGATION SYSTEM IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “WITH ALL FAULTS BASIS” AND COBRA AND LICENSORS EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF NONINFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY, QUALITY, ACCURACY, TITLE AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. NO ORAL OR WRITTEN ADVICE OR INFORMATION PROVIDED BY COBRA AND/ OR ITS LICENSORS OR ANY OF THEIR AGENTS, EMPLOYEES OR THIRD PARTY PROVIDERS SHALL CREATE A WARRANTY, AND USER IS NOT ENTITLED TO RELY ON ANY SUCH ADVICE OR INFORMATION. THIS DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES IS AN ESSENTIAL CONDITION OF THE AGREEMENT. Cobra encourages customers to report any errors found in our electronic maps by contacting technical assistance (available in English and Spanish) at product info@cobra.com (e-mail),by visiting our website: www. cobra.com, or by calling customer assistance (available in English and Spanish) at 773-889-3087 between 8:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Central Time, Monday through Friday (except holidays).

If End User is the United States Government, then use, reproduction or disclosure of this commercial product and accompanying documentation may be subject to DFARS 252.227-7014(a)(1); DFARS 227.7202-1; FAR 52.227-19; DFARS 252.227-7015; FAR 52.227-14 Alternates I, II, and III; and/or FAR 12.211 and FAR 12.212 as applicable and/or similar successor clauses in FAR, or the DOD or NASA FAR Supplement.

CONTENTS

1. Getting Started ................................................................................1

Powering on your device................................................................... 1

Caution Screen ................................................................................1

Map Screen Features – Driving Guidance Mode ................................... 2

Route Preview ................................................................................. 3

2. Menu ............................................................................................. 4

3. Quick Tabs ...................................................................................... 4

Zoom Tab .......................................................................................4

Information Tab ...............................................................................5

Services Tab .................................................................................... 5

Route Tab .......................................................................................5

4. Plan a Route ................................................................................... 6

All search options ............................................................................6

Address ..........................................................................................7

Intersections .................................................................................... 8

POI ................................................................................................ 8

Favorites ....................................................................................... 11

Recent List ....................................................................................11

Current Location ............................................................................ 12

Coordinates ................................................................................... 12

Multi Route .................................................................................... 13

Map view ...................................................................................... 13

5. Guidance while Driving ..................................................................14

Lane Guidance ..............................................................................14

Signposts ...................................................................................... 14

Junction View ................................................................................ 14

Truck Restrictions ........................................................................... 15

Alerts ............................................................................................ 15

Turn by Turn (TBT) ......................................................................... 16

List of Turns ..................................................................................16

Turning off the device before journey is complete. .............................. 17

6. Manage your Route .......................................................................17

Create Route .................................................................................. 18

Edit Route .....................................................................................19

Detour ..........................................................................................19

Route Summary ............................................................................. 20

7. Trucker Tools ................................................................................. 20

Mileage Log ..................................................................................20

Trip Computer ................................................................................ 20

Backup/Restore ............................................................................. 21

On Duty Timer ...............................................................................21

My Truck ....................................................................................... 22

Calculator .....................................................................................23

8. Trafﬁc ........................................................................................... 23

Trafﬁc Connection Status ................................................................. 23

Trafﬁc On Route ............................................................................. 24

Trafﬁc Map .................................................................................... 24

Trafﬁc Flow .................................................................................... 25

Trafﬁc Details ................................................................................. 25

Trafﬁc List .....................................................................................26

Trafﬁc Event Classes ....................................................................... 26

Trafﬁc Settings ............................................................................... 27

Predictive Trafﬁc ............................................................................. 27

9. Weather .......................................................................................27

On Map ........................................................................................27

At Your Location ............................................................................. 28

At Destination ................................................................................ 28

10. Fuel Prices .................................................................................... 29

At Your Location ............................................................................. 29

Along Route .................................................................................. 29

At Other Location ........................................................................... 29

11. Settings ........................................................................................ 30

Display Settings ............................................................................. 30

Guidance Settings .......................................................................... 32

Language Settings ......................................................................... 33

Routing Options ............................................................................. 34

Home and Ofﬁce ............................................................................ 34

Trafﬁc Settings ............................................................................... 34

Network Settings ............................................................................ 34

12. Warranty ....................................................................................... 35

13. Product Service .............................................................................. 36

14. Customer Assistance ......................................................................36

15. Trademark Acknowledgement .......................................................... 37

1. Getting Started

Powering on your device

Press and hold the power button on the top left hand corner of your device.

Caution Screen

After your device starts up, you will see the above screen. You must select your vehicle type (car or truck) and agree to the safety terms and conditions in order to use the navigation device.

When selecting a truck as your vehicle type you will be automatically prompted to enter the truck parameters (if there is only one truck in your saved vehicles), or, select your desired truck from a list of all saved vehicles (if there is two or more trucks in your saved vehicles).

WARNING: Please note that when selecting car as vehicle type, there will be no warnings for physical or legal truck restrictions and routing will not take truck information into account.

Charging the Unit

To charge the unit, connect either the AC or DC power adapter. The battery light will illuminate and will take approximately 3 hours to charge. When the battery is fully charged, the red LED will turn off. Once fully charged the battery will last for approximately 2 hours during normal use.

GPS

The navigation application automatically locates your current position on the map by receiving GPS signals. When you ﬁrst start the navigation application, there may be a small delay in ﬁnding your GPS position and showing your current location correctly on the map.

If the navigation application does not locate your position correctly on the map, there may be an external factor interfering with the GPS signal. Please see USER INFORMATION AND PRECAUTIONS section for further information on GPS.

You may tap the GPS icon to on the main map to check the GPS status.

Good Signal

Weak Signal

No Signal

Map Screen Features - Driving Guidance Mode

1 Current time 10 Menu

2 GPS (Tap to go to GPS screen). 11 Route tab (tap to open route tab)

3 Mute voice guidance 12 Services tab (tap to open services tab)

4 Second Turn-by-Turn instruction, indicates the turn direction

that comes after the next turn direction

5 First Turn-by-Turn instruction: Indicates the next turn direction 14 Zoom tab (tap to open zoom tab)

6 Current street name / Destination 15 Alert Display

7 Distance To Go and Total Distance 16 Name of next street in route

8 Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA) and Time To Go 17 Lane guidance

9 Trafﬁc Bar

13 Information tab (tap to open information tab)

Route Preview

The route preview screen will appear each time you set a new destination or enter a new route.

The route preview screen may also be accessed from the map screen via the route tab

Please note that the information provided for route distance, time and cost are approximations and may be incorrect.

2 3

1 Destination address. 5 Route cost.

2 Route Preferences. 6 Route time.

3 When the route type has been selected, tap the [NEXT]

button to begin guidance using this route type.

4 Sunrise/Sunset times at destination. 8 Toggle between faster time and shorter

7 Route distance.

distance route.

2. Menu

The main menu can be accessed by tapping the [MENU] button on the map screen.

The main menu allows access to all search options as well as route management, live services (trafﬁc, weather and fuel prices), trucker tools and settings.

3. Quick Tabs

Quick tabs provide quick and easy access to many commonly used functions directly from the main map screen. The quick tabs can be accessed on the right hand side of the main map screen.

1 Zoom tab. 3 Services tab.

2 Information tab. 4 Route tab.

Zoom Tab

Information Tab

The information tab provides access to location speciﬁc information..

1 On-duty time. 4 Search for nearest rest area.

2 Current location information. 5 Search for nearest weigh station.

3 Mile marker display. 6 Search for nearest travel center.

Services Tab

The services tab provides access to live information services.

Route Tab

The route tab provides access to route speciﬁc functions and information.

1 Clear current active route. 4 Display list of all turns in

2 Detour by distance or avoid

part of a route.

3 Multi route to save a route

with multiple destinations.

current active route.

5 Display route preview screen.

6 Display trip computer screen.

1 Zoom in. 3 Change map orientation.

2 Zoom out. 4 Map scale display.

1 Trafﬁc information. 3 Fuel price information.

2 Weather information.

4. Plan a Route

All search options

A destination may be searched for through any of the following options.

ADDRESS Search by entering an address in steps: City > Street > House number.

INTERSECTIONS Search by entering an intersection.

RECENT LIST View a list of previously searched locations.

FAVORITES Tap this button to route to a location that was

previously saved as a favorite (including Home/Ofﬁce).

POI Search for a POI (Point Of Interest), such as a restaurant or hotel.

CURRENT LOCATION View details on your current location (needs a valid GPS signal).

COORDINATES Enter a destination by coordinates

MULTI ROUTE Save and restore commonly used routes.

Address

Tap the ADDRESS button on Main Menu to plan a route by entering an address.

1. Select ‘Address’ on Menu screen.

2. Select State or province. The default state/province is based on your current location. For subsequent searches, the last used state/province name and city name are shown. If you would like to change state/province, tap the State Name button. For State/ Province search, you can search by either the full name (e.g. New York), or the abbreviation (e.g. NY).

3. Search for a city, home or zip code by typing letters. Then choose it on the result list.

4. Search for a street name by typing letters then choose it on the result list.

5. Type the House number, and

tap NEXT button. See below for information on hiding or showing the keyboard.

5. Conﬁrm the state/province, city, and street choices on the top of the screen and refer to map of the location. Tap Go if you wish to route to this location directly.

Hide / Show Keyboard:The keyboard may be hidden or shown at any time during address entry. You may wish to hide the keyboard to see all items in the result list. Simply tap the keyboard icon on the top-right of the screen, or tap anywhere in the visible area of the result list area.

Keyboard Language: You may change the language for your keyboard by tapping the ‘world’ icon to the right of the spacebar. This will allow you to type diacritics and special characters for your chosen language: e.g. ä, ü, ö.

Intersections

Tap the INTERSECTIONS button on Main Menu to plan a route by entering an intersection.

1. As per steps 2-4 in the address search above, enter the State/Province, followed by the City and then the Street.

After the street name is entered,

a list of the intersections for your chosen street is presented. You may scroll through this list using the control button on the right.

POI

Tap the POI icon on the Main Menu to search by POI (Point of Interest).

When you select POI from the main menu you will ﬁrst need to select between Normal POIs (e.g. Hotels, Airports, Restaurants, Banks, etc.), Truck Speciﬁc POIs (e.g. Truck Repairs, Truck Stops, State Weigh Scales, etc.) or Search for a POI using Google Search..

If you select either Normal or Truck POIs, you may search for a POI using a variety of different search methods.

By Catagory

Tap the POI CATEGORY button Tap the POI NAME button

By City

Tap the POI IN CITY Button Tap the ALONG ROUTE Button

By POI Name

Along Route

Search by Category:

Tap the CATEGORY button.

You can search for POIs near your current location using the POI category search. First, simply select the category you wish to use; for example ‘Fuel & Auto’, then select a POI from the result list. The distance and direction to the POI is displayed on the left.

You may sort the results by distance or in alphabetical order.

POI categories have sub-categories to help focus your search better. Simply tap the sub-category you wish to search, or, alternatively choose the ‘ALL…’ option at the top of the list to search within all the listed sub categories.

Search by POI Name:

Tap the NAME button.

The previously searched state/province name and city name are initially selected. If you want to change state/province or city, tap the State or City button.

Type the POI Name you wish to search for then tap the NEXT button. It will list POI names corresponding to the letters you’ve typed. Select one of the POI names that you are searching for then you will see a list POIs. Choose one, and then tap NEXT button.

Note: The system will search for the text you entered where it forms any part of the POI name; for example, if you search for the word ‘Park’, you can ﬁnd all POIs with the word ‘Park’ in their name; Park Run Cafe, Mall Parking, Cafe Park etc.

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