MAGELLAN MAPSEND DIRECTROUTE User Manual

MapSend® DirectRoute

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Magellan MapSend DirectRoute

Quick Start Guide

WARNING

All global positioning system (GPS) receiver products are navigation aids, and are not intended to replace other methods of navigation. Purchaser is advised to use good judgment in the use of this product.

READ THE USER GUIDE CAREFULLY BEFORE USING

THE PRODUCT.

The MapSend DirectRoute software is a navigation aid designed to assist you in arriving at your selected destinations. When using the MapSend DirectRoute software with your Magellan GPS receiver, these safety rules must be followed to prevent accidents that can result in injury or death to yourself or others:

• The Magellan GPS receiver must not be used while engaged in any activity requiring the user's full attention to the environment. For instance, the Magellan GPS receiver should be operated only by vehicle passengers when the vehicle is moving, or by the driver when the vehicle has come to a complete stop. A driver must not attempt to view the display while driving. A climber must not attempt to view the display while negotiating treacherous terrain.

•It is your responsibility to ensure compliance to all traffic laws, including pedestrian observance of crosswalks, and to use good judgment while operating a Magellan GPS receiver. Disregard any unsafe, hazardous or illegal route suggestions.

• The MapSend DirectRoute database does not include, analyze, process, consider or reflect any of the following: legal restrictions (such as weight, height, width, load and speed restrictions); road slope or grade; bridge height, width, weight or other limits; population density; neighborhood quality or safety; availability or proximity of law enforcement, emergency rescue, medical or other assistance; construction work zones or hazards; road, sidewalk or waterway closures or conditions; weather conditions; pavement characteristics or conditions; special events; traffic congestion; time of day.

•While every attempt is made to ensure that the MapSend DirectRoute database is accurate at the time of delivery; roadways, points of interest and business/service locations may change over time.

Magellan® MapSend® DirectRoute

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Quick Start Guide

Overview ........................................................................................................ 5

System Requirements......................................................................................7

Installation ......................................................................................................8

Using MapSend DirectRoute on the PC .........................................................9

Using DirectRoute on the GPS Receiver .......................................................17

Tr oubleshooting ............................................................................................25

Contacting Magellan ....................................................................................25

Overview

MapSend DirectRoute Europe provides detailed Navtech® street maps and points of interest for France, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. MapSend DirectRoute also includes basic, automated street routing and guidance functions. When you use DirectRoute with a street route activated, you get visual and auditory turn-by-turn guidance prompts that take the guesswork out of finding your way in a new place. You can view the map on the PC and mark and upload sections of the map to your qualifying Magellan GPS receiver or Secure Digital (SD) memory card. Depending upon the available memory in your handheld or the SD card, you may be able to store and access a city, state or a larger map area.

Note: Maps you define with MapSend DirectRoute are for use with one GPS receiver.

Basemaps vs. Detailed Maps

Basemap

A basemap contains major map features like highways, railroads, cities, etc. Magellan mapping GPS receivers have a built-in basemap. Basemaps have sufficient detail for orienting oneself to a broad geographic area. The basemap is displayed at higher zoom levels or when you view a geographic area for which there is no detailed map.

Detailed Map

Detailed maps contain more map features and more specialized information than basemaps. Detailed maps are useful when you want to work with smaller regions, close-up. There are a wide variety of optional MapSend detailed products available, including street maps, topographic maps, and marine charts. Depending on locale, there are a variety of MapSend detailed map products available. MapSend DirectRoute Europe provides detailed streets, highways, and points of interest for France, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Detailed maps and basemaps work together to provide a useful map view at any zoom level. Uploading a detail map does not erase the built-in basemap in the GPS receiver.

You can define and save many detailed map regions in MapSend on the PC. If you have a SporTrak receiver, you can connect it to the PC and upload any saved map to the receiver’s memory. If you have a Meridian with an SD card inserted, you can connect it to the PC and upload to the card in the unit, or you can use an SD card reader/writer to upload the map directly to the SD card.

The unit switches automatically to a detailed map when a detailed map covers the majority of the displayed area,- and the zoom scale is 0.40 (700 meters) miles or closer. The detail map can be set to start appearing at higher or lower zoom levels on the unit by pressing the Menu key, choosing Map Setup, and choosing a different Detail setting.

System Requirements

• Microsoft® Windows® 95, 98, 2000, XP, ME, NT 4.0 or higher

• Pentium 300 MHz or better

• 64 MB RAM or more

• 300 MB hard disk space or more

• VGA video card

Additionally Required

• Magellan Secure Digital (SD) card (if GPS takes SD card)

Supported Magellan GPS Receivers

MapSend DirectRoute will only work with this current line of Magellan GPS Receivers: SporTrak Color, Pro, and Pro Marine; Meridian Color, Platinum, Gold, and Marine. Meridian series GPS receivers require an SD card.

Installation

1. With your computer on and all applications closed, insert the Installation CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive.

2. The installation application should begin automatically. Just follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. If installation does not start automatically, open Windows® Explorer, browse to your CD-ROM Drive, click on the “Setup” file, and proceed.

3. After the installation is complete, you can start MapSend by clicking on the Windows Start button, click Programs, Magellan, MapSend DirectRoute, or if Windows is set to Auto run CD applications, just insert the MapSend Data CD-ROM.

4. When MapSend DirectRoute begins, it will ask that you check the software version you are using in your GPS receiver. Onscreen instructions are provided to help you find the software version. Early versions of Magellan software may not be compatible with MapSend DirectRoute. The firmware update CD-ROM included with MapSend DirectRoute is provided in case the version of software you presently have installed is not compatible. Instructions for updating your receiver’s software can be found on the firmware update CD-ROM.

NOTE: YOU MUST HAVE THE MAPSEND MAP DATA CD IN THE CD DRIVE IN ORDER TO USE MAPSEND.

NOTE: PLEASE EXIT FROM ANY HOT SYNC PROGRAMS YOU MAY HAVE FOR YOUR PDA, CELLPHONE, ETC., WHENEVER YOU WANT TO CONNECT MAPSEND TO THE GPS.

Using MapSend DirectRoute on the PC

Toolbar

Map Window

Overview Map

Data Window

Toolbar

The toolbar is located under the menu bar at the top of the MapSend Window. To hide or display the Toolbar, select “Toolbar” from the View menu.

Load From File

Print Map

Print Preview

Zoom In

Zoom Out

Map Scale

Pan

Locate

Measure Distance

Search By Name

Search By Address

Draw New Region

Cut Region

Manage Street Route

Place Waypoints

Build Route

Upload Regions

About

What’s This

Overview Scale Mode

Overview Map

The Overview Map window gives a more global view of the map. Clicking in the Overview Map re-centers the Map Window.

Map Window

The Map Window displays the contents of the Overview Map’s detail frame.

Data Window

The data window presents information related to the map. There are several data window views, dependent on what you are trying to do in MapSend.

•Saved Regions - lists regions of the map that you define and name.

•Street Route Management – helps you define and manage street routes

•Navigation – this window is used if you want to use the PC to do Guidance and have your GPS receiver attached to the PC.

Defining a Detailed Map Area in MapSend on the PC

1. Insert the MapSend Data CD in the drive. Start MapSend DirectRoute.

2. Use the Pan and Zoom tools to view the area of the map to be used.

3. Use the Draw New Region tool to outline the specific area you want to use as a detail map.

4. Click the Cut Region tool . Type a name for the region.

5. The new region is added to the Saved Regions List. You can create and save many map region definitions on the PC. You can only upload one map at a time to your Magellan GPS receiver.

Panning Mode

From the Tools menu choose Pan, or click the Pan tool on the toolbar. Click and drag the map to the desired location.

Zooming Mode

To enlarge an area on the map, select the Zoom In tool on the toolbar. You can simply click on the location in the map you want to enlarge, or you can click and drag a rectangle over an area and that area will show in the Map

Window. The Zoom Out tool works similarly.

Uploading a Detailed Map to the GPS Receiver

Saved regions in MapSend can be converted to map images and uploaded for use on the GPS receiver.

If your receiver uses SD cards, you can either upload to the card installed in the unit, or use an SD card reader/writer. An SD card reader/writer can upload large files much faster than uploading through the unit. If you use an SD card, please give it plenty of time to finish writing the file.

Magellan SporTrak models don’t use SD cards, so in that case you must attach the receiver, and the detail map is uploaded to the receiver’s internal memory. If you upload a map directly to the internal memory of a SporTrak or to a card in the Meridian, it will overwrite the map previously stored directly to the receiver.

MapSend DirectRoute is licensed for use with one GPS receiver. When you upload a map you must assign the receiver’s serial number. There are two ways to do this-

1. Connect the GPS receiver to the PC. MapSend will automatically read the serial number from your GPS receiver. You can use this method whether or not you are using an SD card reader/writer.

2. You can type in the serial number manually. To find the serial number, power on the receiver. Press the ENTER key to accept the conditions. Press the MENU key. Select About from the list and press ENTER. The serial number is displayed just below the software version number. Note: The serial number requested by MapSend is internal to the GPS receiver and is not the same as the serial number printed in the battery compartment.

For convenience, you may note the serial number here: _________________

If you are uploading to a SD card in a GPS receiver or directly to a GPS receiver’s memory, use fresh batteries in the receiver or use external power.

1. Click the checkbox for the map you wish to upload in the Saved Regions List (see picture).

You may choose not to upload POI information by clicking on the “P.”

2. Click the Upload Regions button on the toolbar.

3. Choose where you want to send the map. Note: Sending the map to the hard drive is useful if you wish to frequently switch maps on the unit. This option processes the map image and stores it, so next time you upload it you can skip the processing wait.

4. The first time you upload a map, MapSend asks you to connect your GPS receiver to the computer’s serial port, so it can auto-detect the port and determine the baud rate. If MapSend has problems detecting the port, use the GPS receiver MENU options to turn off NMEA and Set Baud Rate to

4800. Make sure any hot sync programs (e.g. PDA, cell phone, etc.) on your PC are turned off.

5. Next step is to either auto-detect or manually input the unit serial number.

6. MapSend will help you make sure the map will fit on the storage device. This may involve a couple of steps to reach an acceptable map size. Once you have an acceptable map, Click Finish to proceed.

7. The map data is then converted and loaded to the target receiver or storage device.

Using Street Routing and Guidance in MapSend

DirectRoute routing and guidance is primarily designed for use on the handheld, but it is possible to create street routes in DirectRoute on the PC.

The next two subsections describe routing and guidance on the PC. You may want to first read the next major section, Using MapSend DirectRoute on the GPS Receiver, before reading the following.

Defining a Street Route on the PC

Start by selecting Route Management from the Menu Bar, or Press F7 on the keyboard, or click on the Street Route Management tool on the Toolbar. The Street Route Management window will be displayed on the right side of the DirectRoute Window. The cursor will turn into a green flag. Click on the start of the route. The cursor will turn into a red flag. Click on the route destination. You may need to use the keyboard arrow keys to pan the map view to the destination. With the destination marked, choose whether you want to make a Street Route or Point-to-Point route. If you select Street Route, the route will be highlighted on the map and it will become active. In MapSend on the PC, you will have to connect your unit if you want to use the PC for guidance. When it’s connected, press the Navigate key in the Street Routes Sidebar.

Guidance on the PC

Guidance on the PC proceeds much as it does on the handheld. If you press the Navigate key while a street route is active, you can choose whether to proceed with the street route or change it to a Point-to-Point route. You can exit street routing by exiting the Street Routing window. As on the handheld, only one street route can be active at a time, and once routing is stopped, the street route disappears. On the PC you can use the Convert Route key to convert a Street Route to a multi-leg waypoint route and save it that way in the routes list.

Using DirectRoute on the GPS Receiver

Viewing the Detailed Map

There are two ways to quickly view a DirectRoute map on the handheld.

1. Press the NAV or ESC key until you reach the Map screen. Use the cursor key and the Zoom keys to find the general area of the detailed map. You will see a rectangle indicating the area of the detailed map. Zoom in to at least a scale of 0.40 mi. (700 m) to view the detailed map.

2. Press the Menu key and select “Database”. Select the detailed map, by its name, from the list of options. Now you can search POIs in the detailed map. Find a POI you want to see, press VIEW, and the POI in the detailed map will appear.

About Street Routing and Guidance

DirectRoute is the first MapSend product with the ability to automatically calculate a street route and use it for turn-by-turn guidance. DirectRoute calculates shortest time street routes. Shortest time street route calculation considers the speed limits and length of possible street paths between you and your destination. The shortest time route is not necessarily the fastest or simplest route. DirectRoute is tuned to provide reasonable street routes, but it doesn’t know about traffic, road construction, etc.

DirectRoute also maintains the ability to manually set up simple, straight-line pointto-point routes and multi-leg Waypoint Routes, similar to other Magellan MapSend products. This Quick Start guide focuses on street routing. There is more information about straight-line routing in the User Manual for your GPS receiver.

Each time you create a street route on the GPS receiver it becomes activated and ready to start guidance as soon as it is calculated. Only one street route can be active. A street route stays active until you deactivate it or you reach your destination– even if you power off and power up the unit. If you get offcourse, you can easily re-route to the current destination from your current location by pressing the GOTO key and pressing it again at the Street Route window. DirectRoute also keeps a list of the last 10 POI and address destinations used, so if you stop routing but later want to route to that destination again, it’s easy.

Street routes cannot be saved as such. However, you can make a street route from a saved point-to-point route, if the start and end points are within the active detail map. If you want to do this, DirectRoute uses only the start and end points of the waypoint route, and it calculates and activates the shortesttime street route. You can also convert previous destination points to user waypoints, and route to them whenever you wish.

Routing with the GOTO Key

The GOTO key on the handheld is the focal point of street routing. Use it to create a street route between your current location and a destination you specify. There are three ways to define a destination :

• Move the map cursor to the destination

• Type in an address for the destination

• Select a point of interest category or a saved waypoint

• Pick from the last ten previous destinations

Street Route to the Cursor Location

It is very easy to build a street route from your current location if you can see the destination on the map – whether it’s a street, a Point of Interest, or a Waypoint. Move the map cursor to the destination, press GOTO, and follow the prompts. The screen flow below shows how to street route to a map cursor location. When activated, the street route is highlighted on the map, and the first maneuver information is displayed. As you approach the turn, the handheld will beep and a turn advisory will pop up in the display.

Move cursor, Press GOTO

A St.

City Park

0.40

First Ave

307

0.14

Cow Creek

Main

First Ave

Airpor t

Select Yes

City Park

First Ave?

Yes

0.40

First Ave

307

A St.

Attention

Go to

reek

Main

0.14

Street Route Active

Select Street Route

A St.

First Ave

Airpor t

City Park

Goto

Street Route

Point-to-Point

0.40

First Ave

0.14

307

Main

A St.

First Ave

Airpor t

City Park

0.40

Cow Creek

Main

A St.

0.14

First Ave

Airpor t

Street Route Active

0.40

Main

Airpor t

A St.

0.14

First Ave

City Park

A St.

Street Route to an Address

Press GOTO and select "Street Route". Select "Address". Enter the street name. There are two strategies for this: 1) Enter the base name of the street – e.g., Quentin is the base name of Rue Quentin; 2) Enter the full street name, including prefix. (Useful if you know the full spelling of the street or the prefix.) You can type just the prefix and the first few letters of the base name.

English character substitutions are used. Under the data entry line is shown the first street matching your entry. When you are close, select OK and select the street from the output list. Add the address number and proceed.

Press GOTO, Select Street Route

A St.

City Park

Goto

Street Route

Point-to-Point

0.40

Heading

307

Select Street

Fire Island Road, San First Avenue, Glenvie First Avenue, San Jo West Fontana Avenu West Fontana Street Foundation Way, Oa Fountain, San Gabri

San Jose

Bearing

307

Cow Creek

Main

Airpor t

Speed

0.14

Distance

0.14

Example: Select Address

Los Angeles

Address

User Waypoint

First Ave

Previous Destination Roads Railroads Hydrography Parks Amusements

Find by

Alphabetical

Add A Street Number Within Range

Select Street

100-500 900-1000

100

First Avenue

San Jose, CA 97000

View

Type Street Name, (1st list choice appears)

Select Street

Fir_

Fire Island Road

AHGFEDCB

IPONMLKJ QXWVUTSR Y654321Z 7/‘.-098

CLEAR

Street Route to a Point of Interest or Previous Destination

Routing to a point of interest or waypoint is very similar to address routing. Press GOTO, pick Street Route and choose one of the POI categories from the list. The window at the bottom of the screen lets you decide whether to show POIs alphabetically or just see a list of those nearest to your current position. Routing to a previous destination is a choice that becomes visible in the Street Routing menu, if you have previously used street routing. If you select Previous Destination from the first street routing menu, it will present a list of the last 10 POI and address destinations you’ve used. DirectRoute only holds ten previous destinations. Many POI categories in the list have subcategories. Please take a few minutes to review the POI list. It will help you to find services quickly while you travel.

Making a Street Route from a Saved Waypoint Route

It’s possible to convert a saved Waypoint Route into a Street Route if the start and end points are within the active detailed map. Press MENU and select Routes. Arrow down to the route you want to use from the list. Press MENU again and choose Activate Route from the list. Select Street Route. The handheld will calculate and activate the route. The street route may differ significantly from the manually built waypoint route.

Guidance on the GPS Receiver

DirectRoute guidance is a simplified version of what you would find in expensive vehicle navigation systems. There are two ways to obtain guidance from the GPS receiver using DirectRoute – the Map View and the Route List. In Map View, the active route is highlighted onscreen. The icon for the next

maneuver, the name of the upcoming street for the turn, and the distance to

Turn Complete, Next Leg

0.40

Main

Airpor t

Grand Ave.

First Ave

City Park

0.1 1.9

MI MI

the maneuver point are shown. As you approach the next turn, the receiver will beep, and a turn prompt will pop up in the display. The sequence is shown here:

Street Route Active

I M

A St.

City Park

reek

Main

0.40

A St.

150 2.0

FT MI

First Ave

Airpor t

Next Turn Advisory

A St.

City Park

Cow Creek

A St.

BEEP...BEEP...BEEP

First Ave

Main

Airpor t

150

When one turn is quickly followed by another, the prompt will describe the first turn followed by the second, including the turn icons and the street names.

The alternate guidance view is the Route List. In this view, the next turn is indicated by a pointer icon in the list. As with the Map View, the unit will beep and signal the user in the display when the next turn is approaching.

Route List View

Route List

Park St

270

0.3

First Ave

090

0.4

Destination

032

1.2

IMPORTANT : WHAT IF YOU MISS A TURN IN DIRECTROUTE ?

DirectRoute does not necessarily keep the position indicator icon on the road like some full navigation programs do. It also does not automatically re-route you, if you miss a turn. Sometimes the icon may be slightly away from the highlighted route, but moving in the right direction. If you are using Map View and you miss a turn, you will probably notice that you are dramatically moving away from the highlighted route. If you are in the Route List, it may not be apparent that you have missed a turn. Map View is recommended, especially when navigating complex routes.

Re-Routing, Selecting a New GOTO, and Canceling Active Routes

You can easily re-route, set a new street route destination, or cancel an active street route by pressing the GOTO key with an active route. If you press the GOTO key when a street route is active, you will see the following screen:

Re-routing is very easy to do -

•Press GOTO to display the Street Route dialog box

Street Route Active

Street Route

A Street Route is active. Do you want to...

Re-route

Stop Routing Continue New GOTO

•Press GOTO again, or select Re-route from the menu

•DirectRoute will recalculate the route to the current destination from your current position.

•Stop Routing – Cancels the active route

•Continue – Returns you to the active route

•New GOTO – If you move the cursor away from the current position to a new destination, while a street route is active, you can press GOTO, select New GOTO from the above screen, and DirectRoute will calculate a new route from your current position to the new destination.

Routing Icons

Start

Left Turn

Right Turn

Slight Left Turn

Slight Right Turn

Hard Left Turn

Hard Right Turn

U-Turn Left

U-Turn Right

Forward

Enter Freeway Left

Enter Freeway Right

Exit Freeway Left

Exit Freeway Right

Freeway Split Left

Freeway Split Right

Stay to Left

Stay to Right

Roundabout Left

Roundabout Forward

Roundabout Right

Stop

Troubleshooting

If you do not see your detailed map, press the Menu button on your Magellan GPS receiver and select “Map Utilities” and press Enter. Highlight “Change Map” and press Enter. Scroll down to highlight “Detail Map” and press Enter. Select “DETAIL00.IMG” and press Enter. If you do not see this selection, you need to upload your map again. Scroll down to highlight “Save” and press Enter.

Contacting Magellan

If you need to speak with a technical support representative, the phone numbers are:

From France: 0825 864 865 (0.125 euro / minute) From the United-Kingdom and Ireland: 00 800 624 35 26 From all other European countries : 00 33 2 28 09 39 79

You can also reach us by email at: magellansupportfr@thalesnavigation.com

For further information please visit our web site at www.magellangps.com.

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