Cobra Electronics 8500PRO User Manual
EnGIS Technologies, Inc.
8500 PRO HD
Truck Navigation Device
User Manual
Version 0.3
FCC ID:BBO8500PRO
IC: 906A-8500PRO
CONTENTS
1. Getting Started ........................................................................................................... 5
Powering on your device ............................................................................................. 5
Caution Screen .............................................................................................................. 5
Map screen features – Driving Guidance Mode ...................................................... 7
Route Preview ................................................................................................................ 7
2. Menu ........................................................................................................................... 8
3. Quick Tabs .................................................................................................................. 9
Zoom Tab ........................................................................................................................ 9
Information Tab .............................................................................................................. 9
Services Tab .................................................................................................................... 9
Route Tab ...................................................................................................................... 10
4. Plan a Route.............................................................................................................. 11
All search options ......................................................................................................... 11
Address .......................................................................................................................... 12
Intersections .................................................................................................................. 14
POI .................................................................................................................................. 15
Favorites ........................................................................................................................ 20
Recent List ..................................................................................................................... 21
Current Location .......................................................................................................... 22
Coordinate ................................................................................................................... 22
Multi Route .................................................................................................................... 24
Map view ...................................................................................................................... 25
5. Guidance while Driving ........................................................................................... 26
Lane Guidance ............................................................................................................ 27
Signposts ........................................................................................................................ 27
Junction View ............................................................................................................... 27
Alerts .............................................................................................................................. 28
Turn by Turn (TBT) .......................................................................................................... 31
List of Turns ..................................................................................................................... 31
Turning off the device before journey is complete. ................................................ 31
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6. Manage your Route ................................................................................................. 33
Create Route ................................................................................................................ 34
Edit Route ...................................................................................................................... 35
Detour ............................................................................................................................ 36
Route Summary ............................................................................................................ 37
7. Trucker Tools ............................................................................................................. 38
Mileage Log .................................................................................................................. 38
Trip Computer ............................................................................................................... 38
Backup/Restore............................................................................................................ 38
On Duty Timer ............................................................................................................... 38
My Truck ........................................................................................................................ 39
Calculator ..................................................................................................................... 40
8. Traffic ......................................................................................................................... 41
Traffic Connection Status ............................................................................................ 41
Traffic On Route ........................................................................................................... 43
Traffic Map .................................................................................................................... 44
Traffic Flow .................................................................................................................... 45
Traffic Details ................................................................................................................ 46
Traffic List ....................................................................................................................... 47
Traffic Event Classes .................................................................................................... 48
Traffic Settings ............................................................................................................... 49
Predictive Traffic ........................................................................................................... 49
9. Weather..................................................................................................................... 50
On Map ......................................................................................................................... 50
At Your Location .......................................................................................................... 50
At Destination ............................................................................................................... 51
10. Fuel Prices ................................................................................................................. 52
At Your Location .......................................................................................................... 52
Along Route .................................................................................................................. 52
At Other Location ........................................................................................................ 52
11. Settings ...................................................................................................................... 53
Display Settings ............................................................................................................. 54
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Guidance Settings ....................................................................................................... 56
Language Settings ....................................................................................................... 59
Routing Options ............................................................................................................ 60
Home and Office ......................................................................................................... 61
Traffic Settings ............................................................................................................... 61
Exit navigation .............................................................................................................. 61
12. User information and precautions .......................................................................... 62
13. Copyright .................................................................................................................. 64
14. Contact ..................................................................................................................... 65
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1. Getting Started
Powering on your device
Press and hold the power button on the top left hand corner of your device.
Caution Screen
<PLEASE DRIVE SAFELY SCREEN HERE>
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).
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.
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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.
<MAIN MAP SCREEN WITH GPS ICON HIGHLIGHTED
HERE>
You may tap the GPS icon to on the main map to check the GPS status.
<GPS STATUS SCREENSHOT HERE>
Good Signal
Weak Signal
No Signal
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1
Current time
10
Alert Display
2
GPS (Tap to go to GPS screen).
11
Zoom tab (tap to open zoom tab)
3
Mute voice guidance
12
Information tab (tap to open
information tab)
4
Second Turn-by-Turn instruction,
indicates the turn direction that
comes after the next turn
direction
13
Services tab (tap to open services tab)
5
First Turn-by-Turn instruction:
Indicates the next turn direction
6
Current street name / Destination
7
Distance To Go and Total
Distance
8
Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA)
and Time To Go
9
Traffic Bar
1
Destination address.
5
When the route type has been
selected, tap the [NEXT] button to
begin guidance using this route type.
2
Route Preferences.
6
Route distance.
3
Sunrise/Sunset times at
destination.
7
Route time.
4
Toggle between faster time and
shorter distance route.
8
Route cost.
Map screen features – Driving Guidance Mode
<MAIN MAP SCREENSHOT WITH LABELS FOR ELEMENTS (1-17) HERE>
14
Route tab (tap to open route tab)
15
Name of next street in route
16
Lane guidance
17
Menu
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.
<ROUTE PREVIEW SCREENSHOT WITH LABELS FOR ELEMENTS (1-8) HERE>
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Please note that the information provided for route distance, time and cost are
approximations and may be incorrect.
2. Menu
The main menu can be accessed by tapping the [MENU] button on the map screen.
<MAIN MENU SCREEN HERE>
The main menu allows access to all search options as well as route management, live
services (traffic, weather, fuel prices), trucker tools and settings.
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1
Zoom tab.
3
Services tab.
2
Information tab.
4
Route tab.
1
Zoom in.
2
Zoom out.
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.
1
Traffic information.
3
Fuel price information.
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.
<MAIN MAP SCREEN HERE WITH QUICKTABS CLOSED – 4 LABELS ONE FOR EACH QUICK
TAB>
Zoom Tab
The zoom tab provides access to map controls.
<MAIN MAP SCREEN HERE WITH ZOOM TAB OPEN – 4 LABELS ONE FOR EACH ELEMENT OF
TAB>
3
Change map orientation.
4
Map scale display.
Information Tab
The information tab provides access to location specific information.
<MAIN MAP SCREEN HERE WITH INFORMATION TAB OPEN – 6 LABELS ONE FOR EACH
ELEMENT OF TAB>
Services Tab
The services tab provides access to live information services.
<MAIN MAP SCREEN HERE WITH SERVICES TAB OPEN – 3 LABELS ONE FOR EACH ELEMENT
OF TAB>
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2
Weather information.
1
Clear current active route.
4
Display list of all turns in current active
route.
2
Detour by distance or avoid part
of a route.
5
Display route preview screen.
3
Multi route to save a route with
multiple destinations.
6
Display trip computer screen.
Route Tab
The route tab provides access to route specific functions and information.
<MAIN MAP SCREEN HERE WITH ROUTE TAB OPEN – 6 LABELS ONE FOR EACH ELEMENT OF
TAB>
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ADDRESS
Search by entering an address in steps: City > Street >
House number.
INTERSECTIONS
RECENT LIST
FAVORITES
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).
COORDINATE
There are two steps involved
in entering coordinates. You
must first enter the Latitude
Enter a destination by coordinates.
4. Plan a Route
All search options
A destination may be searched for through any of the following options.
Search by entering an intersection.
View a list of previously searched locations.
Coordinates
Enter
coordinates
to route to
an exact
location on
the map.
Tap this button to route to a location that was
previously saved as a favorite (including
Home/Office).
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and then the Longitude. The
navigation application
supports several coordinate
formats. Choose the format
that you prefer.
Note: See the on-screen
examples to ensure the
coordinate you enter is in a
valid format.
Step 1
Enter the
Latitude in
one of the
formats
supported.
Step 2
Enter the
Longitude
in one of
the formats
supported.
The
application
shows a
map of the
location
and an
address, if
available,
at the top
of the
screen.
<COORDINATE
(lat)
SCREENSHOT
HERE>
<COORDINATE
(long)
SCREENSHOT
HERE>
<COORDINATE
(map)
SCREENSHOT
HERE>
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Multi Route
The Multi Route interface
allows you to save and
restore routes that you
commonly use.
When Multi Route is opened
you will see a list of any saved
routes that you currently have
(the first time you use the
device this list will be empty).
<MULTI ROUTE LIST
SCREENSHOT HERE>
To load a route simply select it
from the list and tap [NEXT]
the route will now be
calculated and you will be
guided to your destination (or
first waypoint in route).
To save a route to the Multi
Route list tap [CREATE ROUTE]
and then tap [ADD], you can
then add locations to your
route as required. Once you
have added all the required
locations to your route, tap
[NEXT] and you will be
prompted to enter a name
for your route, tap [NEXT]
when you have entered the
name for your route, your
route will then be saved to
the Multi Route list, the route
preview screen will then be
displayed to provide an
overview of your route details.
<ICON
HERE>
Multi
Route
Save and restore
commonly used
routes.
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Note: If you would like to
save your current active
route to Multi Route you can
use the [SAVE] function in
[My Route] > [Edit Route].
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.
<MAIN MENU SCREENSHOT HERE>
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).
<ADDRESS ENTRY (STATE/PROVINCE) SCREENSHOT HERE>
Address
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3. Search for a City name or
Zip Code by typing letters.
Then choose it on the result
list.
<ADDRESS ENTRY (CITY) SCREENSHOT HERE>
4. Search for a street name
by typing letters then
choose it on the result list.
<ADDRESS ENTRY (STREET) SCREENSHOT>
5. Type the House number,
and tap [NEXT] button.
See below for information on
hiding or showing the
keyboard.
6. 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.
<ADDRESS ENTRY (MAP VIEW) SCREENSHT HERE>
<ADDRESS ENTRY (HOUSE NUMBER) SCREENSHOT HERE>
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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.
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<ICON HERE>
Intersections
Tap the [INTERSECTIONS] button on Main Menu to plan a
route by entering an intersection.
As per the address search
above, enter the
State/Province, followed
by the City and then the
Street.
<INTERSECTION ADDRESS ENTRY SCREENSHOT HERE>
After the street name is
entered, a list of the
intersections for your
chosen street is presented.
You may scroll this list using
the control button on the
right.
Intersections
<INTERSECTION LIST SCREENSHOT HERE>
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POI
Tap the [POI] icon on the Main Menu to search by POI (Point of Interest)
By Category
<POI CATEGORY SCREENSHOT HERE>
Tap the [POI CATEGORY] button
By POI Name
<POI NAME SCREENSHOT HERE>
Tap the [POI NAME] button
By City
<POI IN CITY SCREENSHOT HERE>
Tap the [POI IN CITY] Button
Along Route
<ALONG ROUTE SCREENSHOT HERE>
Tap the [ALONG ROUTE] Button
POI
When you select POI from the main menu you will first need to select between Normal
POIs (e.g. Hotels, Airports, Restaurants, Banks, etc.) and Truck Specific POIs (e.g. Truck
Repairs, Truck Stops, State Weigh Scales, etc.).
When you have selected either Normal or Truck POIs, you may search for a POI using a
variety of different search methods.
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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 CATEGORY SCREENSHOT HERE>
<POI LIST SCREENSHOT HERE>
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 subcategories.
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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.
<POI NAME SCREENSHOT HERE>
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, CafePark etc.
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Search for POI by City
Tap the [IN CITY] button.
The previously searched state/province name is initially selected. If you want to change
state/province, tap the State button.
Type the city name then select for the list of categories. The distance and direction to
the POI is displayed on the left. You may sort the results by distance or in alphabetical
order.
<POI IN CITY SCREENSHOT HERE>
<POI IN CITY (CATEGORY) SCREENSHOT HERE>
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Search for POI Along Route
Tap the [ALONG ROUTE] button.
You can search for POIs of a selected category that are situated on, or close by to,
your current route.
When you select a POI category to search within a list of all POIs from that category
that are on your route will be displayed. The distance and direction to each POI from
your current location is displayed on the left.
<POI ALONG ROUTE SCREENSHOT HERE>
Amenity Filter
When searching for truck stops you may filter your results based on the amenities
available.
Tap the [POI] button on the main menu and select [TRUCK POI], tap [TRUCK STOPS]. You
may now filter the list of truck stops based on 16 different amenity categories. Simply
tap [AMENITIES] and select the categories that you would like, when you have selected
all the desired categories, tap [APPLY]. The list of truck stops will now be filtered to
display only the truck stops that have the amenities you desire.
<AMENITIES FILTER LIST SCREENSHOT HERE>
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Favorites
Tap the [FAVORITES] button to select or add a Favorite as your destination.
Favorites
The favorites option allows you to save and route to commonly visited destinations,
including home and office locations.
Sort: You can sort existing favorites by distance, alphabetical order or date created
Add: Tap the [ADD] button to add a favorite to the app.
When saving a new favorite, you can give it a name by which to remember it.
<FAVORITES SCREENSHOT HERE>
To set an address for your Home and/or Office from the favorites menu, simply tap the
plus sign on the right of the screen.
When the addresses have been programmed, you can then plan a route to your home
or office simply by tapping the respective icon on the favorites list.
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