Mapmyindia Aura Quick Start Manual

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AURA

Table Of Content

1. GETTING STARTED

2. PLANNING THE ROUTE

3. ALTERING THE ROUTE

4. CITY GUIDES AND TRAVEL BOOK

5. SETTINGS

1.1 Entering an Address

1.2 Turn by Turn Navigation

1.3 Acquiring GPS Position

2.1 Action Menu

2.2 Navigating to a Point of Interest

2.3 Searching POI by Name

2.4 Searching POI by Categories

2.5 Navigating Home

2.6 Navigating to Recent Destinations

2.7 Navigating to Favourite Destinations

2.8 Defining a new Favourite Destination.

3.1 Route Summary

3.2 Route Options

3.3 Modifying the Route

3.4 Sharp Curve Warning Alerts

3.5 Map Browsing Mode

3.6 Avoid Toll Roads, Highways or Ferries

4.1 City Guides

4.2 Travel Book

5.1 Notifications & Sounds

5.2 Map View

5.3 Route Planning

5.4 Regional

5.5 Hardware

5.6 Travel Book

5.7 Autoclose Dialog

5.8 About

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1. Menu

2. Map Browsing Mode

3. Back

4. Map Action Items

5. Zoom

6. 2D/3D view

7. Compass

Enter the Menu by tapping the arrow on the right side of the
information bar. You can scroll between the menu pages by sliding a
finger across the screen, or by using the scroll bar on the right side on
Personal Navigation Devices (PNDs).

Drag the map with your fingers to enter the Map Browsing Mode (B).

Return to the previous screen.

Tap any place on map for more actions related to the position on it. For
more information see the chapter Action menu.

Tap (+) button to zoom-in to more detailed view, (-) button to zoom
out.

Switch between 2D a 3D view by taping on the grid between the + and
– symbols on the right side of the navigation screen

Use compass at the bottom of the screen to turn around and change
direction of the view. Tap on the compass to return

the map to the north-up position.

In Navigation Mode (A), the software tracks your position for visual
reference of route and map around you. If you want to explore other
locations, drag the map with your fingers to switch to Map Browsing
Mode (B). To select destinations, review information about your route
and alter settings, go to Menu

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City
Locality
Sublocality/ Village/House Number
Street
Street crossing
Middle of street

The list also features explanatory icons left to the city/street name:

1.1 ENTERING AN ADDRESS

To set your destination by entering its address select

After you select the option, you can enter Select City or Postal Code or
enter Select Street directly. Enter the first few letters of the City/Street
name to see a list of similar names.

Application supports City-first and Street-first address entry.

Menu > Navigate to… > Address or POI

City-first address search

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Select the desired city/street from the list.
Tap on POI to see a list of all points of interest near selected address.

Street-first address search

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Tap on Options to access route summary. From route summary you
can:

Cancel route
Access Route options
Avoid: toll roads, Avoid highways, Avoid ferries; Avoid special area, Avoid

unpaved roads, Avoid restricted area,

Manage traffic incidents on route (Availability of the traffic service
depends on your product configuration.)

See list of Important places

Show all instructions

To accept the route and start turn by turn navigation, tap Done. If
you wish to return to planned route go to Menu > Route

Tap Done button and Action Menu with following options will appear:
Drive to, Walk there, Travel via, Show on map, Add to favorites. For more
information about Action Menu, see the chapter Action menu.

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To select a different address altogether, tap the Back button.

Note: Walk there mode is available only on PND’s

If your device can determine your current position, your route will be
calculated immediately from that positon. If your current position
cannot be determined, you will be offered the following options:

Wait for valid position (Recommended)

Your route will be calculated from your current position as soon as a
valid GPS signal is available (see the chapter Acquiring GPS Position).

Last valid position

Your route will be calculated from your last known position (i.e. where
you were just before the device lost GPS signal).

Select from map

Allows you to select any starting point for the route calculation.
When route calculation is complete, the preferred route is displayed

on map along with two other routes.

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3 Current road/street
4 Estimated time of arrival at destination
5 Current speed
6 Distance to destination
7 Next road/street to take
8 zoom in/out
9 Current speed limit

If there is no GPS signal, the GPS signal indicator on the right side of the
screen will show empty bars. This can happen under any of the
following conditions:

1. The device is in a tunnel or at a location where signals from the
GPS satellites are obstructed by buildings, trees, electric cables or
other objects

2. Device system settings or Product settings are set incorrectly

You can check and configure GPS settings in:

1.3 ACQUIRING GPS POSITION

Menu > Settings > Hardware

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1.2 TURN BY TURN NAVIGATION

The Navigation Screen will show the map of your surrounding area with
the calculated route highlighted in blue.

As you approach a junction, further directions are displayed to indicate

which road to take.
In addition to turn by turn directions, the Navigation Screen also

provides a range of further useful information:
1 Next maneuver
2 Distance to next change of direction

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Drive to

Walk there

Travel via

More actions

Show on Map:

Add to favorites:

Set selected location as destination and calculate route
for car navigation.

Set selected location as destination work Walk mode and
calculate pedestrian route.

Insert a waypoint to an existing route.

Not available from Map Browsing Mode.

Add selected location to the list of Favorite Destinations.

Planning the Route

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2.1 ACTION MENU

Action menu is the last step in the process of selecting any location in
Aura . A variation of action menu is available after:

Clicking anywhere on map in Map Browsing Mode
Making a selection from any part of Navigate to… menu

2.2 NAVIGATING TO A POINT OF INTEREST

In addition to the road network, the map also stores the details of
thousands of Points of Interest (POIs) such as gas stations, restaurants,
hotels, tourist attractions and other facilities.

To set any POI as your destination, you have multiple options:
Menu > Navigate to… > Address or POI will find POI near the selected

address.
Menu > Find > Nearby POI shows a list of POIs near your current (or last

valid) position.
Select a position in Map Browsing Mode and choose Nearby POI from

Action Menu

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2.3 SEARCHING POI BY NAME

2.4 SEARCHING POI BY CATEGORIES

Anytime during the search process, you can start typing the name of
POI (tap to show the keyboard) to refine the results.

You can switch between List view (shows narrow list of POIs) and Groups
view (shows POI categories and subcategories). To refine your search
results, tap the icon at the bottom of the screen and type the
name of the POI you are looking for. You can also enter partial names.

When finished, the Action Menu pops up. For more information, see the
chapter Action menu.

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the last entered address is preselected. If you are selecting City or
Street, the list of previous selections appears. They are marked with
icon

You can directly go to a list of recent destination by selecting

Menu >Navigate to…> History

and start navigation by selecting a previous destination from the list
shown.

Tap on the item and select action.

2.5 NAVIGATING HOME

To start using this feature, you need to set your home location first,
select:

Menu > Navigate to… > Home

Once your home address is stored, you can navigate home from the
same dialogue.

If you wish to change your Home address, tap the Set button.

Aura keeps track of your recent destinations, making it easy to return to
a previously set location.

When entering an address through

2.6 NAVIGATING TO RECENT DESTINATIONS

Menu > Navigate to…> Address or POI

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Altering the Route

3.1 ROUTE SUMMARY

You can access detailed information about the calculated route from
the Route menu.

Select Menu > Route to:

1. Cancel route

2. Access Route options (see page 18)

3. Search POIs along the route

4. Avoid toll roads, Avoid highways, Avoid ferries; Avoid special area,

Avoid unpaved roads, Avoid restricted area,

5. Manage traffic incidents on route (Availability of the traffic service
depends on your product configuration.)

6. Add waypoint

7. See list of Important places like waypoints, crossings and cities near
the route.

8. Show all instructions

9. Optimize route

10. Access Saved routes

11. Change start Point.

12. Travel Via new point.

Select the desired Favourite destination by tapping it and then select
your next option from the Action Menu.

To add new item to the list of your favourite destinations tap on Add
then set address by choosing from following options:

- My current position,

- Select from map, or

- Enter address

2.8 DEFINING A NEW FAVOURITE DESTINATION

2.7 NAVIGATION TO FAVOURITE DESTINATIONS

To view a list of your favourite destinations, select

Menu > Navigate to…> Favourites

You can start navigation by selecting a Favourite destination from the
list shown.

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In the section Important places you can see a list of important junctions
and places along the route.

To get a detailed list of all junctions and directions along the route,
select Show all instructions.

Tap on selected item on the list to view the junction on the map.

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3.2 ROUTE OPTIONS

To see the entire route on the map, select Route options > Show on
map.

To see the calculated route as if you were driving along (fly over mode)
select Route options >Demonstrate.

To save the route select Route options >Save route.

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Route before optimization

This option is only available if the route planned contains more than
two waypoints.

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3.3 MODIFYING THE ROUTE

If you wish to travel through a certain place on your trip, choose from
following options:

Use option Travel via in Action Menu. (For more information, see the
chapter Action menu.)

Tap on Add waypoint in Route summary and set address by choosing
from following options:

lMy current position,
lSelect from map or

lEnter address

To optimize a route with multiple waypoints, select Optimize route.

Optimized route

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You can modify those parts of the route that are listed as Important
places.

Tap on selected item and a variation of following menu will appear:

Show on map
Delete viapoint
Change waypoint
Move waypoint up
Move waypoint down
Change start point (This option is available only when the selected item

is the start point.)
Change end point (This option is available only when the selected item

is the end point.)
Find nearby parking (This option is available only when the selected

item is the end point.)

3.4 SHARP CURVE WARNING ALERTS

Alerts for an approaching sharp turn alongwith ideal speed (at that
curve) with an audio-visual indication.

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3.5 MAP BROWSING MODE

When you drag the map the map browsing mode will appear. Tap into
the square and the Action Menu will appear.

Actions available for the selected location: Drive to, Walk there, Travel via
, Add to favourites, Add POI.

For more information about available actions, see the chapter Action
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Note: The action menu appears only if you zoom into a part of map
that is included in your product license.

Menu > Info > Route > Cancel route

If you have added some waypoints to your route, you can avoid these
sections for each via point separately.

If you wish to cancel the calculated route entirely, and use the
navigation system only as an indicator of your current position, select

Menu > Info > Route > Cancel route

3.6 AVOID TOLL ROADS, HIGHWAYS OR FERRIES

To Avoid toll roads, Avoid highways, Avoid ferries, Avoid special area,
Avoid unpaved roads, or Avoid restricted area, tap on the icons shown in

the route summary.

If a city guide is available for the city you are currently in, it will be
already preselected for you. If a city guide for your current location is
not available you will see a list of states or cities depending on the
product package.

Select state to see the list of cities available.
Use the search function, the magnifying glass on the bottom of the

page, to look up a certain name.

4.1 CITY GUIDES

To learn more about important cities go to

Menu > Find > City Guides

City Gudies & Travel Book

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4.2 Travel book

To see traveled routes statistics and altitude profiles, go to

Menu > Info > Travel book

Scroll down for more action

Tap on selected log to see overall statistics

Tap on Graphs and drag the blue marker to see logs marking

altitude, distance, time, speed and acceleration.

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To see the log on map tap on Show on map. To add the log to favorites
tap on Add to favorites.

Settings

IMPORTANT: Menu items marked with * are not available in all devices.

5.1 NOTIFICATIONS & SOUNDS

5.2 MAP VIEW

To change factory settings, go to Menu > Settings.

Enable sounds or Disable sounds
Voice guidance
Volume settings* - Set the sound intensity separately for low

driving speed and for high speeds.
Set sounds for notification

Speed cameras
Speed limits
Railway crossings
Points of interest

Set Day/ Night colours, or choose automatic switching
between them

Points of interest
Buildings
Landmarks
2D/3D change between 2D and 3D map view
Signpost info

Lane assistant
Autozoom

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5.3 ROUTE PLANNING

5.4 REGIONAL

5.5 HARDWARE

5.6 TRAVEL BOOK

5.7 AUTOCLOSE DIALOG

5.8 ABOUT

5.9 RESET TO DEFAULTS

Avoid toll roads - Set the preference of paid road segments:
avoid them, do not avoid them, or always ask.
Route computing - Set the routing algorithm to Fastest,
Shortest, Economic.
Traffic incidents – Set this preference to avoid incidents
automatically.

Voice - language of voice instructions.
Language - language of user interface.
Keyboard layout
Set kilometers/miles, format of time, temperature and GPS
coordinates.

Settings for advanced users only.
Set the GPS communication port manually.

Set laps while in walking mode to be Stopwatch triggered,
Distance triggered or on automatic Lap detection. For more
information, see the chapter Travel book.

Dialogs will be hidden automatically after specified time.

Information about version, device code and available
application memory. Please provide this information in
communication with MapmyIndia support.

Restore default settings.

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