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Destinator Menu ...........................................................................................................................................4
What's on the Map?.......................................................................................................................................9
GPS Not Found...........................................................................................................................................10
Point on the Map.........................................................................................................................................11
My Contacts................................................................................................................................................17
My Favorites...............................................................................................................................................18
Food, Fuel, and Lodging.............................................................................................................................21
Language Settings.......................................................................................................................................32
Units of Measure.........................................................................................................................................33
About ..........................................................................................................................................................35
PC Requirements ........................................................................................................................................36
Installing the Console .................................................................................................................................36
Installing the Destinator Software...............................................................................................................36
Text to Speech (TTS)..................................................................................................................................37
Transferring a Map onto the SD Memory Card..........................................................................................37
Installing a Map..........................................................................................................................................40
Focus the Map.............................................................................................................................................42
Importing a .CSV File.................................................................................................................................45
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1 - Introduction
Welcome to the world of mobile navigation! Your Destinator device provides a full-featured mobile
satellite navigation system. Gone are the days of “taking out the map”. You can now select an address or a
predefined point of interest and request your navigation device to create a route.
Destinator Features
Destinator provides the following features for easy navigation:
Able to install and use your navigation device in minutes
Full screen 2D/3D day and night maps with precise voice guidance
Able to quickly create a route for any distance
View your route by a demo program that moves the location icon from the current location to your
selected destination before starting navigation
Navigate by selecting an address from the Contact folder
Cross border navigation without switching maps
Intuitive menus and touch-screen buttons for easy input
Instant address retrieval from recent locations, favorite destinations, or points of interest
Avoid toll roads, congested roads, or roads through dangerous areas
Provides traffic messages alerts
A wide selection of maps from all over the world
A choice of over 3 languages
Attractive map and screen format
Totally portable, and can be used in a vehicle during your daily commute or on vacation
Tutorial
From the Settings menu, you can tap the Tutorial button to open the Destinator
Guide Tour program. The Guided Tour is an excellent way of becoming familiar with the
different navigation features available.
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Destinator Menu
When you start Destinator, the Destinator menu appears, as shown below.
Figure 1 – Destinator Menu
Note: When you have the Main Map screen displayed, you can press the Menu button to display
the Destinator menu.
Address Screens
The Address button lets you navigate to an address, as shown below.
Figure 2 - Address Menu Button
For a complete description of how to navigate to an address, see "Enter Address"on page . 13
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My Places Menu
When you click the My Places button, the following menu appears.
Figure 3 - My Places Menu Button
The My Places button lets you:
• Specify an address or place to which you can navigate with a single tap on the
more information, see "
• Navigate to a favorite location by tapping the My Favorites button, as described in "
on page
• Navigate to a previously visited destination by tapping the History button, as described in "
Locations" on page 16.
• The MyContacts button lets you navigate to an address saved in your Contacts folder, as described
in "My Contacts" on page 17.
18.
Set Quick Navigation" on page 33.
Home button. For
My Favorites"
Recent
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Food, Fuel, Lodging Menu
When you tap the Fuel, Food, Lodging button, the first screen of popular place categories appears, as
shown below.
Figure 4 - Food, Fuel, Lodging Menu Button
The Food, Fuel, Lodging button lets you navigate to thousands of interesting places, such as beaches,
parks, hotels, museums, and restaurants. For more information, see "Food, Fuel, Lodging" on page 21.
Map, Look & Feel Menu
You can tap the Map, Look & Feel button to determine the map display and to show the generated route
after you have selected a location. The Map, Look & Feel menu is shown below.
Figure 5 - Map, Look & Feel Menu Button
The Map, Look & Feel screen lets you:
• Display the map in 2-dimensional or 3-dimensional views for either day or night driving by tapping
the
2D/3D Mode toggle button. For more information, see "Map Views"
on page
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• Display the map view for either day or night driving by tapping the Day/Night Mode toggle button.
For more information, see "Map Views" on page 10.
• Avoid toll roads or selected streets by tapping the Avoid Roads button, as described in "Avoid Roads"
on page 25.
• Monitor traffic information and avoid congested roads by tapping the Traffic Info button. For more
information, see "
• Display complete, step-by-step directions to your destination by tapping the Turn-by-Turn button.
For more information, see "Turn-by-Turn" on page 24. This button is disabled when no route exists.
• Display your complete route on the MainMap screen by tapping the Show Route button. This
button is disabled when no route exists.
Traffic Information" on page 27.
Settings Menu
The Settings button, at the bottom of the My Places and Map, Look & Feel menus, lets you configure
your settings options. The first Settings menu is shown below.
The Settings button lets you:
• Specify the route type, Quickest or Shortest, and whether to allow for U-turns. For more
information, see “
• Specify map orientation, font, and zoom features by tapping the Map Settings button. For more
information, see "
• Specify voice or visual prompts that you want to use by tapping the Prompts button. For more
information, see "Prompts" on page 31.
• Select the language for announcing travel prompts, and displaying street names and driving
directions by tapping the Language button.
• Display the
Status
" on page 32.
• Specify the system measurement units by tapping the Units of Measure button. For more
information, see "Units of Measure" on page
• Select an address or place to which you can navigate with a single tap on the Home button, located
in the My Places menu. For more information, see "Quick Navigation" on page 33.
• Choose among different maps on your memory card by tapping the Select Map button. For more
information, see "
Route Planning” on page 29.
Map Preferences" on page 30.
GPS configurations by tapping the GPS Signal button. For more information, see "GPS
33.
Select Map" on page 34.
• Open the Destinator Guided Tour program by tapping the Tutorial button.
• Display copyright and Destinator version information by tapping the About button.
Destinator Menu Buttons
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The Map button displays the Main Map screen.
The Cancel Route button stops the current navigation and clears the route.
The MP3 button lets you switch from the Destinator Navigation System to the
MP3 player.
More button lets you move to the second menu screen.
The
The Back button lets you move to the previous menu screen.
The Settings button, at the bottom of the My Places and Map, Look & Feel
menus, lets you configure your settings options.
The Help button displays technical support information.
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What's on the Map?
When you tap the Map button on the Destinator menu screens, the Main Map screen appears. You can
use the icons displayed on this screen to view your route.
Current Location
Compass
Zoom Out
Volume
Figure 6 - Map Screen
The Compass displays the travel direction.
The GPS bar is a toggle button that displays the remaining travel distance and travel time, estimated time of
arrival, and speed and altitude, and street name and add ress number.
Your current location.
Your last known location when the GPS signal is unreliable.
The generated route.
Your selected destination.
GPS-Generated Information
Menu Button
When you have calculated a route, the Directions bar displays information about your next turn. Click
this bar for a complete list of turn-by-turn directions.
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GPS Not Found
When you first start your navigation device, you will hear the message “Signal too low”. This message
means that your navigation device hasn’t yet located a reliable GPS signal. Check that your device is
connected and has a clear view of the sky. If after five minutes, you have not located a reliable signal, go to
the “Technical Support” section on page
Please check that:
38.
• The device has a clear view of the sky for uninterrupted
the route if there is no GPS reception (for example, in a tunnel).
• The navigation device is charged or connected to the cigarette lighter.
GPS reception. Destinator cannot calculate
Device Buttons
You can use the following device buttons, located on the right-side of the device:
This button turns on the device
This button displays the Destinator menu
+
–
This button lets you increase the volume.
This button lets you decrease the volume.
Map Views
You can determine whether you want to see a two-dimensional or three-dimensional map in daylight or
nighttime conditions.
2D Day Mode View is optimized for a daytime viewing. 2D views let you manually pan or zoom. For an
The
example, refer to Figure 2 - 2D Day Mode Map View.
The 2D Night Mode View is optimized for night driving or adverse weather conditions. For an example,
refer to Figure 3 - 2D Night Mode Map View.
The 3D Mode Day View or Night View provides you with a three-dimensional map for day or night
driving. For an example, refer to Figure 4 - 3D Day Mode Map View and Figure 5 - 3D Night Mode Map View.
From the
map. If the map already appears in three-dimensions, 2D Mode is displayed on the toggle
button. You can click the
already appears in night mode,
Map, Look & Feel menu, click the 3D Mode button to view a three-dimensional
Night Mode button to display the map in night conditions. If the map
Day Mode is displayed on the toggle button.
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Figure 7 - 2D Day Mode Map View
Figure 9 - 3D Day Mode Map View
Figure 8 - 2D Night Mode Map View
Figure 10- 3D Night Mode Map View
Point on the Map
You can navigate to any point by tapping its location directly on the Main Map screen. This feature is
especially handy when you want to navigate to a specific point on the map, but you don’t have the street
address. When you tap on the map, the context menu appears.
Go There – This button lets you calculate a route from the map
point.
Add to My Favorites – This button lets you save a point on the
map as a favorite destination. This feature lets you quickly save a
location that you would want to return to later.
Set as Origin –This button lets you designate the selected point as
the starting point and not the designation.
Figure 11 - Point on the Map Options
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Navigation Screen Buttons
The following buttons appear on many of the Destinator navigation screens.
When you tap the
automatically opens the next screen in the sequence. After you have specified your
destination, tap the Next button to display a map screen showing your selected
location. This map lets you determine a route type and provides a
instructs
destination.
When you tap the
When you tap the
destination.
The
address or place.
The
The
menu or map.
Destinator to calculate the route from your current location to your selected
Actions button provides a list of command options available for the selected
Hide/Display Keyboard toggle button lets you show or remove the keyboard.
Save, OK, or Done buttons confirm your value preferences and returns you to the
Next button for a selected address, group, or place, Destinator
GO! button, which
Back button, Destinator returns you to the previous screen.
GO! button, Destinator calculates the route to your selected
Cycling Through Screens
Every navigation function in the system, such as Address, Food, Fuel, Lodging, or My Favorites consists
of a sequence of screens. You can cycle through the screen sequences by either:
Selecting an item from the list and tapping it.
Selecting an item form the list and tapping the Next button.
The sequence ends with the Show on Map screen, where the destination is displayed and the GO! button is
available for you to calculate a route.
You must first select an item from the list to cycle through the screen sequence, and for the Actions, Next
and Back buttons to be enabled.
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3 - Search for a Location
Address
When you click the Address button, the Address screen appears, as shown below.
1. Enter Address
2. State
3. City
4. Street 5. Address Number
Figure 12 - Display the Address Screen
You can use the keyboard to enter the first characters of the address name. The characters appear in the
Address field. Destinator automatically searches the Address list for the first occurrence of the entered
characters. After you have selected a city,
address number.
You can also tap the Next button to move through the sequence of address screens.
The following command keys are available to enhance your search process:
If the automatic search feature does not find your specified name, use the
conduct a sub-search, particularly useful when the address name consists of two or more
words.
The
Scroll buttons let you move up or down the list of address items, such as city or street
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names.
The
Hide/Display Keyboard toggle button lets you extend or shorten the address list by
hiding or displaying the keyboard.
Select key lets you display numeric characters. You can tap the Umlauts
The
button to display a keyboard of umlauts characters.
Destinator displays the next address field, such as street and
Find button to
Search for a Location
The
Erase key lets you delete the last character in an address field.
You can change your address search method by tapping the
formats, as described in "
Note: If the entered characters are not found at the beginning of the name in the Address list, the Smart
Search System automatically searches for the entered characters throughout the entire list, for example, in
the middle or the end of the name.
Destinator lets you search for city and street names without having to enter accent marks (umlauts),
which are used in many European languages.
Address Modes".
Mode button to select from a variety of address
Address Modes
You can define the information used to locate an address by tapping the Mode button. Destinator provides
a variety of address formats, as described below.
City-Street
Street-City
This sequence displays the following address screens: City, Street, Address
Number
You can also navigate to city or street only. When you have selected a city, the first
entry of the Street Name list is City Center. When you have selected a street, the
first entry in the
City-Street is the default format.
This sequence displays the following address screens: Street, City, Address
Number
Address Number list is Street Midpoint.
Cross-Street
Zip Code
Lets you enter a street name without having to first designate a city. Useful when
you're looking for an address in a metropolitan area where there are many cities and
towns.
This sequence displays the following address screens: City, Street 1, Street 2
Lets you locate an intersection by entering the names of two intersecting streets.
This sequence displays the following address screens: Zip Code, Street, Address
Number
This mode lets you locate a street address by entering the zip code, without entering
a city name. Useful when you have no city information or if the city has multiple zip
codes.
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Address Actions
When you have specified an address, tap the Actions button to select from the following commands:
Set as Origin
Lets you designate the selected address as the route origin. Use this
command when calculating a route from a point other than your current
location. The navigation device displays the selected location as a starting
point only for a few seconds before returning you to your current location.
Note: You are still receiving the GPS signal.
Show on Map
Add to My
Lets you see the selected address on the map.
Lets you add an address to your list of favorite locations, as shown in the
figure below. For more information, see "
My Favorites" on page 23.
Favorites
Figure 13 - Add Address to My Favorites
Go to your Destination
After you have specified the address, tap the Next button. Destinator shows your destination on the Map
screen before calculating a route. Check that the destination address is correct at the top of the screen. If
you want to change the destination, tap the
ready, tap the
GO! button to create a route to your selected destination.
Back button and change your address entries. When you are
1. Next Screen
Figure 14 - Calculate your Destination
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2. Show on Map
3. Calculate Route
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Demo Route
When you click the Demo button, Destinator moves the cursor along the path you would take to your
destination, as shown below.
Figure 15 - Demo Route
You can review the route you would go on before instructing Destinator to calculate your route and specify
roads to avoid by tapping the Avoid Roads button on the Map, Look & Feel menu. For more information,
see “
Avoid Roads” on page 25.
Recent Locations
The Recent Location screen lets you select an existing destination from a list of destinations that you have
previously traveled to. Destinator automatically stores the last 64 destinations in memory. As each new
route is added to the top of the list, the older destinations at the bottom are erased.
To navigate to a recently-traveled destination, tap the History button on the My Places menu. From the Recent Locations screen, select a location and tap the Next button. A map appears showing the specified
location. Tap the GO! button to calculate the route.
1. Opens Recent Locations
2. Recent Locations
3. Next Screen
4. Show on Map
Figure 16 -Traveling to a Recent Location
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From the Recent Locations screen, you can tap the Actions button to select from the following
commands.
Set as Origin
Lets you designate the selected address as the route origin. You would use
this command when calculating a route from a point other than your current
location Note: You are still receiving the GPS signal.
Add to My
Lets you add an address to your list of favorite locations. For more
information, see "My Favorites" on page 23.
Favorites
Delete Item
Clear List
Lets you delete a recent location.
Lets you clear all locations in the Recent Locations screen.
My Contacts
You can specify a contact address as a destination, by selecting a contact from your PC folder, found under
the
Start menu.
From the
and click Next to display the addresses entered for the contact. From the Contact Address screen, tap
Next to display the similar addresses that are recognized by Destinator. Select a Destinator address and
click Next to show the location on the map. Tap GO to instruct Destinator to navigate to the selected
address.
1. Open Contacts List 2. Select Contact
My Places menu, click the MyContacts button to display your list of contacts. Select a contact
3. Contact Address
Figure 17 - Locating a Contact 's Address
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4. Destinator Addresses
5. Show on Map
Search for a Location
When you tab the Actions button, you can choose from the following options:
Add to Favorites
Set as Origin
Lets you add the specified address to your list of favorite
locations, as shown in the figure below.
This button lets you designate the selected address as your point
of origin. This is helpful when you want Destinator to calculate a
route from a point other than your current location.
My Favorites
A Favorite is a destination that you have stored for easy retrieval.
To access a favorite destination, open the
Favorites
automatically displays its stored locations. Tap the selected location to show your destination on a map. Tap
GO! to calculate your route.
1. Opens My Favorites
screen displays your favorites groups. When you tap on a selected group, Destinator
2. Favorites Groups
My Places menu and tap the My Favorites button. The My
3. Favorites Locations
4. Move to Next Screen
5. Show on Map
Figure 18 - Travel to a Favorite Location
Note: The MY FAVORITES folder is the default folder where all favorites are stored if not assigned to a
group.
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Favorite Groups
You can tap the Actions button from the My Favorites screen to add, edit, or delete groups, as described
below.
Add Group
When you tap this button, the Favorites Group screen appears. Enter the group
name and select an icon to identify the group, as shown below.
Figure 19 - Create Favorites Group
The icon identifies all destinations located in that group, as displayed on the map.
Edit Group
Delete Group
When you tap this button, the Favorites Group screen appears with the name
and selected image of the highlighted group. You can change the name and icon.
When you tap this button, the selected group and its associated entries are
removed. The My Favorites group cannot be deleted.
Favorite Alerts
Alerts let you know that you are within a certain distance of a favorite location.
You can tap the
the designated distance, the alert will sound, as shown below.
Alerts button to set the distances for the 1st and 2nd Alerts. When you travel closer than
Figure 20 - Setting Your Favorite Alerts
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Examples:
You have a group called “Shopping” that includes all of your favorite stores. An alert appears on the screen
when you are closer than the designated distance to the stores in your group, providing an opportunity to
consider whether you would like to stop and shop.
You have a group called “Projects” that include addresses of your bank, grocery store, garage, hardware
store, doctor’s office, post office, and so on. When the alert is set, Destinator reminds you about these
places when you come within close proximity to them.
You are going on a trip and friends have recommended certain restaurants that are on your route. You can
create a group called “Restaurants” and enter the restaurant addresses. As you take your trip, an alert will
go off when you come within range of these restaurants.
Notes:
Favorite Alert settings affect all Favorites Groups.
The 2nd Alert must be set to go off at closer distance than the 1st Alert.
Alerts can be set for a group but not for individual locations. Of course, you can always create a group that
has just one location.
You can disable the alerts for all groups by selecting the 1st Alert setting to Off.
You can disable the alerts for a particular group by selecting the group and tapping the Show/
Symbolon Map toggle button. Disabled alerts are identified by a red diagonal line through the symbol.
Figure 21 - Disabling an Alert for a Group
Activate that disabled alert by selecting the group and tapping the Show Symbol on Map button.
Hide
Add Favorite Locations
Tap MY FAVORITES or any selected group that you have created to display its locations. You can save a
location to your favorites groups from the Address, Recent Locations, or POI screens. For more
information, see "
Add to Favorites" on page 15.
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From this screen, you can tap the Actions button to display the following commands.
Set as Origin
Lets you designate the selected location as the route origin. You
would use this command when calculating a route from a point
other than your current location. Note: You are still receiving the
GPS signal.
Show Map
Edit Favorite Location
Delete Favorite Location
Lets you see the map with the selected favorite destination for
you to review before creating a route.
Lets you change the name, comment, or group location for the
selected location.
Tap the button to remove the selected location.
Food, Fuel, and Lodging
The Food, Fuel, and Lodging list is a collection of hundreds of interesting or useful places organized by
easy-to-find categories. For example, you can use
gas station.
From the Destinator menu, tap the Food, Fuel, and Lodging button. The first Food, Fuel and Lodging
Popular Category screen appears, as shown below.
Destinator to guide you to a mall, hotel, restaurant, or
Figure 22 - Popular Categories
The More button located on the second Food, Fuel, Lodging screen displays the list of all categories, as
shown below.
Figure 23 - All POI Categories
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You can find a category by tapping the Hide/Display Keyboard button and entering text in the POI
Category field. The Smart Search System automatically displays the POI categories that match the
characters entered.
If you didn’t find the category through the initial search you can also use the Find
button to do a
sub-search, particularly useful when the category name consists of two or more words. You can always
browse the POI Category list by using the Browse buttons.
When selecting a category, Destinator automatically displays the category entries and the distance each
entry is from your current position. Select your entry and tap or click the
selected destination on the map and then tap
GO to calculate your route.
Next button to display your
1.POI Categories 2. POI Locations 3. Show on Map
Figure 24 – Points of Interest
Note: From the Item EntriesActions screen, click the Sort by ABC button to display the category entries
in alphabetical order.
Subcategories
Many categories have subcategories to provide for an even greater list of choices. For example, “Gasoline
Station” may have many subcategories each representing a particular brand name. The same is also true for
“Hotels”. “Restaurants” have subcategories that represent different types of food, such as American, Italian,
and French, as shown below.
Figure 25 - POI Subcategories
Search Near a Location
You can tap the Near button to determine the location area, where you want to search for a specific place,
such as a gas station, hotel, or restaurant.
The available options are listed below.
Current Location
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Lets you search near your current location. This is the default value.
Search for a Location
Destination
Other Address
Search Radius
Show or Hide
Symbol on Map
Lets you search near a specified destination. For example, you know your
general destination, but not very much about interesting locations in the
area. You can use
Destinator to locate the tourist attractions most appealing
to yourself, family, or friends. Note that this button is enabled only when a
destination is entered.
Lets you search near another address. For example, you have set a
destination, but on the way you want to stop at another location. You can use
this feature to search near that location for restaurants, lodging, historical
sites, or anything you want.
Enter the location distance to search for a designated place. For example, if
you enter 5 km, Destinator only searches within a five kilometer radius.
When you select a large search radius, you risk the chance of finding too
many locations, which makes it harder to find the place that you are
searching for. It is best to start with a small search radius size, and then
make it larger if necessary.
Note: if you don’t specify a search radius, Destinator searches the whole
map.
Lets you customize your POI list by showing or hiding the POI category
symbols that you don’t want. When you hide a category a red mark appears.
This mark only means that the category symbol does not appear on your
map. The category locations are still available to you. You can always show a
hidden category symbol by selecting the category and tapping the Show Symbol on Map button.
Actions
When you have selected a POI location, tap the Actions button to display the commands listed below.
Set as Origin
Show on Map
Add to My
Favorites
Sort By ABC or
Distance
Lets you designate the selected location as the route origin. You would use this
command when calculating a route from a point other than your current location.
Note: You are still receiving the GPS signal.
Lets you show the map with the displayed destination for you to review before
creating a route.
Lets you add a POI entry to your list of favorite locations. For more information,
see “My Favorites” on page 23.
Lets you sort the entries of the selected category alphabetically or by distance
from your current location.
Note: Destinator initially displays the entries by distance.
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Search for a Location
Turn-by-Turn List
After you have entered a destination and calculated a route, the Directions bar appears at the top of the
Map screen, displaying the following information:
• The next turn direction
• The distance to the next turn
• The street name of the next turn
When you tap the Directions bar or click the Turn-by-Turn
button on the Map, Look & Feel
menu, Destinator displays a complete set of turn-by-turn directions from your current point to your
selected destination.
Use the Scroll buttons to move up or down the directions list.
Figure 26 - Display Turn-by-Turn
The following options are available:
The
Route Summary button displays your entire route on the Map screen, plus the travel
distance and the
Estimated Travel Time Remaining (ETR).
The
Show Turn button displays the next turn on the Map screen, including the street
name, the distance to it, and the turn direction.
The Avoid button lets you avoid the selected turn in the directions list.
recalculates the route automatically. Note that when you exclude a turn, the recalculated
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route may take longer.
Destinator
Search for a Location
Show Route or Cancel Route
From the Map, Look & Feel menu, you can tap the Show Route button lets you display an
overview of your complete route on the Map screen, the total driving distance to your destination, the
estimated travel time, and the complete destination address.
Figure 27 - Show Route
From the Destinator menu The Cancel Route button stops the current navigation and clears
the route. This button is active only after a destination has been set.
Avoid Roads
You can specify that certain roads be permanently excluded from your route calculations. Use this feature
when you want to avoid congested boulevards, toll roads, or unsafe streets.
From the
displaying the
1.
Map, Look & Feel menu, tap the Avoid Roads button. The Avoid Roads screen appears,
Toll Roads and Avoid Road groups.
2. Displays Groups
3. Add Group 4. Enter Group Name
Figure 28 – Creating Avoid Road Groups
Avoid Road Group s
From the Avoid Roads screen, tap the Actions button. The Actions screen lets you select from the
following commands:
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Search for a Location
Add Group
Edit Group
Delete Group
When selecting a group route, you can tap the Allow or Avoid button to include or
exclude all roads located in the group.
Create a new a group of roads to avoid. For example, you can create a group called
“San Francisco Roads”, where you designate the roads in that area to be avoided.
When you tap the Add Group button, the Avoid Roads Group screen appears.
Enter the group name and tap Save.
Select a group and tap this button to change the group name. When you tap the
Edit Group button, the Avoid Roads Group screen appears displaying the group
name. Change the group name and tap
Avoid Roads screen.
Select a group and tap this button to remove the group from the Avoid Roads
screen. The road entries in this group are also removed.
Save. The new name is displayed on the
Avoid Road Locations
When you tap Default or an Avoid Roads group, Destinator displays the group screen, which lets you
select roads to avoid. From this screen, you can use the Allow or Avoid buttons to include or exclude a
selected road when calculating a route.
1. Displays Roads 2. Add Road
3. Enter Road Name
4. Show on Map
Figure 29 - Adding a Road to Avoid
Note: You cannot specify a particular toll road.
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Search for a Location
You can tap the Actions button from this screen to select from the following commands:
Add Road
Lets you select a road. An address screen appears for you to specify a city and
street. When you have completed updating your road information, tap Save.
Edit Road
Delete Road
Show on Map
Lets you rename the road and select a different group. When you have made your
changes, tap Save.
Select a road and tap this button to remove the road from your group.
Destinator no longer recognizes the removed entry as a road to avoid.
Lets you show the map with the displayed destination for you to review before
creating a route.
Traffic Information
TMC messages are national and regional public radio FM transmissions that are used to inform drivers of
traffic, weather, and other driving conditions. TMC information is received by your TMC-enabled GPS
receiver and monitored by your software. Destinator can automatically reroute your travel to avoid areas
that TMC indicates are troublesome to drivers. For instance, if there is a storm or accident in your vicinity,
your route would be recalculated to avoid the problem. Please check whether your area supports TMC
broadcasts. A TMC receiver is required to receive TMC broadcasts.
From the Map, Look & Feel menu, select the Traffic Info button, which opens the TMC inbox, and
displays traffic reports. You can select a traffic report and click Next to show a map of the affected road. If
you click the Avoid button, Destinator recalculates your route.
The Radio Frequency bar, at the top of the TMC screen, displays the radio station frequency. You can tap
the Actions button to disable the TMC Auto-Search button, so that your TMC messages are from only one
station. If the TMC Auto-Search is disabled, you can click the same button to enable the TMC Auto-Search, so that your messages appear from many stations.
You can use the following buttons to go to a different radio frequency:
Lets you search for a traffic channel at a lower frequency.
Lets you make minimal steps toward a lower frequency to bring in the channel
Lets you make minimal steps toward a higher frequency to bring in the channel
Lets you search for a traffic channel at a higher frequency
Channel Auto-Search
Tap the Actions button to show the Channel Auto-Search toggle button. When you tap this button,
Destinator automatically searches through the entire range of frequencies until a traffic channel is located
and continues to search for a traffic channel whenever the previous traffic channel frequency is lost.
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Search for a Location
TMC Options
You can tap the Options button to configure the TMC feature, as listed below.
Message
Arrives
Traffic Alert
Categories
TMC Distance
You can select either:
Avoid Automatically - Destinator automatically recalculates the route to
avoid a road with adverse traffic conditions.
Ask Me - You must manually select the TMC event from the inbox and tap
the Avoid button from the Show Map screen. The advantage to this option is
that you maintain control over your route.
You can select from the following traffic message types:
• Accidents
• Weather
• Information
• Traffic Jams
• Construction
You can determine the radius size to monitor for traffic messages.
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4 - Settings
From the My Places or Map, Look & Feel menus, you can tap the Settings button to display the Settings
menus, as shown below.
Figure 30 - Settings Menus
Route Planning
You can tap the Route button from the Settings menu to specify the route type and whether to allow for
U-turns, as shown below.
If the destination is correct, you can instruct
Quickest route or
Route Planning
Shortest route options, as described below.
The Quickest route option selects the route that takes less time. Quickest
route is the default value.
The Shortest route option selects the route that is the shorter distance.
Remember, the shorter route may not always be the quickest, as you are able
to travel faster on some roads than on others.
Destinator how to calculate your route by tapping either the
Note: Route generation does not take into account any detours, stops, or delays along the route.
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Settings
Map
You can click the Map Settings button from the Settings menu to customize your map display, as shown
in the figure below.
Figure 31 - Map Settings
The following map settings are:
Map Orientation
Use Automatic Zoom
Use Larger Print
Forward is up – This option orients the map so that your forward
direction is always at the top.
North is up – This option orients the map so that North is always at
the top.
When this option is selected, the zoom is speed dependent. The map
zooms out at higher speeds, displaying a larger map area, and zooms
in at slower speeds, displaying a smaller map area. If you manually
change the zoom, the Automatic Zoom returns to its system level after
several seconds of inactivity.
This option increases the size of street names to make the map easier
to read.
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Settings
Prompts
You can select the types of voice and visual notifications that you would like to use while navigating. From
the Settings menu, tap the Prompts button. The Prompts screen appears, as shown in the figure below.
Figure 32 - Prompts Settings
V oice Prompt s
Speed Warning
Route
Recalculation
Unreliable GPS
Signal
Drive Carefully
Visual Prompts
Text
Symbols
None
Directional prompts are displayed in written form.
Directional prompts are displayed in diagram form, such as an arrow.
Directional prompts are not displayed.
This prompt warns you when your car exceeds the speed limit. This prompt is
not active unless selected.
This prompt is activated when Destinator recalculates a new route. This
prompt is not active unless selected.
This prompt warns that the GPS signal is too low and unreliable for navigation.
This prompt is automatically active.
This is a friendly reminder at the start of each journey. This prompt is
automatically active.
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Settings
Language Settings
This screen lets you select the language for announcing travel prompts, street names and driving directions.
You can also select the type of voice, such as American, British, French, German, and so on.
- Language Settings
GPS Settings
Destinator uses the GPS receiver to pinpoint your location. GPS signals are automatically acquired and
your vehicle's location and position are constantly updated. The GPS may take a few minutes to find its
initial location. For best results, ensure that the
Figure 33 - GPS Status
This screen displays the following GPS information:
GPS has a clear view of the sky.
Longitude - The angular distance east or west on the earth's surface, as measured in degrees from
the meridian of a particular point to the prime meridian of Greenwich, England.
Latitude - The angular distance, measured north of south from the equator, of a point on the earth's
surface.
Speed - The rate of movement, as expressed by kilometers or miles per hour.
Altitude - The height above sea level.
The green lines that appear on the satellite image represent the satellites that are sending GPS
signals to your receiver.
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Settings
Units of Measure
From the Settings menu, click the Units of Measure button to specify the system’s units of measurement.
Figure 34 - Units of Measure
You can select:
Imperial – Yards or miles
Metric – Meters or kilometers
Quick Navigation
You can define the Quick Nav. location by selecting either the To Predefined Address or To Nearest POI
Category in the
address by tapping the
For example, if you have selected "Hospitals" as the Quick Nav. destination, when you click the Home
button
, Destinator automatically creates a route to the closest hospital or clinic.
Quick Nav. Settings screen. When the location is selected, you can navigate to your
Home. button displayed on the Map, Look & Feel menu.
Figure 35 - Setting the Quick Nav. Location
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Settings
Select Map
This feature lets you change the currently selected map to another map saved on your SD memory card. If
you want to store additional maps on your memory card, see “Maps” on page 39.
You can tap the
card. The
the top of the list.
Figure 36 - Select a Map
The following Select Map commands are:
Select
Select Map button from the Options menu to display the maps saved on your SD memory
Select Map screen displays map details and version numbers. The map currently used appears at
Lets you designate a selected map as the current map.
Delete
Refresh
Lets you permanently remove a selected map.
Note: You cannot delete the current map.
Lets you refresh the screen when a new memory card is inserted into the device.
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Settings
Tutorial
Tap the Tutorial button to open the Destinator Guide Tour program. The Guided Tour is an
excellent way of becoming familiar with the different navigation features available.
About
Tap the About button to displays Destinator version and copyright information as shown
below.
Free Map Browsing
This feature lets you browse the map without the
current location. Tap the Browse the Map button to disconnect from the GPS
receiver.
When you are ready to reconnect to the GPS receiver, go to the Settings menu and
tap the GPS Signal button. From the GPS Status screen, tap the GPS On button.
GPS receiver returning you to your
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5 - Installation Requirements
Destinator is already installed on your proprietary device, but to add or change maps, you are required to
install the MioMap Destinator Console on to your PC.
PC Requirements
To install and use the Console, your PC must meet the following requirements.
Microsoft Windows 98, ME, NT, 2000, or XP
A minimum of 300 MB free space for temporary files
An Internet connection for online registration
Installing the Console
To install the Destinator Console:
1. Insert the
Wizard prompts you to select the language used for the installation process. When you have
selected a language, click
2. Please read the Welcome message and click Next.
3. From the
different directory to install the
4. From the Language screen, select the default language. Click Next.
5. The
click
6. If you want to change the language selection or the directory location before installing, click Back,
make your changes, and return to the
7. When the installation is complete, click the
console by clicking MioMap>MioMap Console from the Windows Programs menu.
Destinator Disk into the PC's CD-ROM drive. The Destinator Console Installation
OK.
Select Directory screen, either accept the recommended default directory or browse to a
Destinator Console. Click Next.
Installation Confirmation screen displays your installation choices. If you are ready to install,
Next. The Installation Status box displays the progress of the installation process.
Installation Confirmation screen, and click Next.
Finish button to close the wizard. You can open the
Installing the Destinator Software
To install Destinator:
1. Insert Destinator Disk into the PC’s CD-ROM drive and launch the Destinator Console
from the Start menu select Start > Programs > MioMaps > MioMaps Destinator Console
2. Check that MioMaps proprietary software is loaded and running. Verify that the device is connected
to the PC.
3. Click the Install Software
4. The End-User License Agreement (EULA) is displayed. Please read it carefully and click Yes, I Agree.
5. Destinator prompts you to specify an installation directory. Click Yes to select your device’s default
application installation directory. Click No, if you want to specify another device directory. The
Select Directory dialog box appears. Browse to a directory in your device and click OK.
6. The Installation Applications status box displays the progress of the Destinator installation.
7. The Information message box refers you to the device screen for instructions.
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button to install Destinator to your device.
Installation Requirements
8. When Destinator has been successfully installed, the Successful Installation message box
appears.
Transferring a Map onto the SD Memory Card
1 Connect the device to your PC.
2 Select the required map (Be aware of the size of your memory card). Click Change (bottom right) and
select Storage Card.
3 Click Install/Remove Maps on the toolbar. A Map Loading Indicator is shown.
4 A confirmation message appears when the map has been installed.
Console Toolbar
The following options are available from the MioMap Console Toolbar:
This button lets you install the Destinator Navigation System to your device.
This button lets you install or remove a map. For more information, see “Installing
a Map” on page 40.
This button lets you customize an installed map. For more information, see “Map
Cutter Screen Interface” on page 41.
This button lets you download a list of your favorite locations from your PC to the
selected My Favorites group on your device. For more information, see “Importing
a Favorite” on page 44.
This button lets you configure the Destinator Navigation System so street names
are included in the voice prompts.
This button lets you activate your Destinator Navigation System through an
automated process.
This button lets you backup your Favorites, Route Groups, or My Destinator
settings. When you click the Backup button, the Favorites folders, MPR, and the
Destinator.ini file are copied to: [X]:\Destinatorapps\Backup
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[X] represents the drive letter where Destinator is located on the user’s PC.
If these folders already exist on the PC, the following message appears:
Warning, an older backup exists on this computer. Overwrite?
Installation Requirements
This button lets you restore your Favorites, Route Groups, and My Destinator
settings. When you click the Restore button, the Console takes the information
stored in [X]:\Destinatorapps\Backup and returns these folders to their
appropriate locations on the device. If an equivalent folder is already on the device,
the Console returns the folder with the extension label, “old”.
Technical Support
If you have other questions about the Destinator Navigation Device, please contact your supplier or
Technical Support: Web Site: http://www.miogps.com. Toll Free number: 1-866-MIO-4-GPS.
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6 - Maps
When you receive your device, Destinator is installed on your SD memory card along with a series of
maps. This section provides information about installing additional maps from the MioMap Console, as
shown below.
For information about installing the Destinator Console, see “
Installation Requirements” on page 36.
Map Screen Interface
On the Destinator Console, a collection of maps is displayed.
Standard Maps
My Maps
Installed Maps
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Maps available for installation from your CD.
Maps that you have customized from a standard map. For example, creating a map
of London from the standard map of the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Current maps on your SD memory card.
Maps
Installing a Map
You can install a map by selecting it from the Standard Maps pane in the Destinator Console and clicking
the Install/Remove Maps button. The Target Device dialog box appears. Select Storage Card. The
amount of memory available for the SD memory card appears on the
pane. The installed map appears in the Installed Maps pane.
Target Device Memory Balance
1.Select Map
2.Click Install Map
Figure 38 - Installing a Map
3.Loading Map
4. Target Device and Space
5. Installed Maps
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Maps
Map Cutter Screen Interface
Due to memory limitations of your SD memory card, you may want to customize a standard map by
selecting the area you need. For example, if you are visiting a number of European cities on business, you
may not want to install entire maps of those countries.
You can crop a standard map from the Destinator Map Cutter screen. Select a standard map and click the
Cut Map button. The Map Cutter screen appears, as shown in the figure below.
Figure 39 - Using the Map Cutter
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Maps
The following tools are provided to help you easily move, view, and designate an area on the map:
You can use the
You can use the Zoom tool to increase or decrease the map detail. You can also use the
scroll bar to zoom in or out.
You can use the Crop tool to designate an area on the map that you want to cut. When
you have selected your focus by using the focus tools, as described below, click the Crop
tool to designate an area on the standard map.
You can use the
Pan tool to move the map up, down, left, or right.
Cut tool to create a customized map from your designated area.
Focus the Map
The following tools are provided to help you center your map, so you can designate the area that you want
to cut. For example, perhaps you want the Center of London to be the center of your map. If you are
creating a very local map, perhaps you want to make the office or the hotel the center.
You can click the Address tool to set the origin of the map to a City, Street Address, or Intersection. The Address dialog box provides the Show and Set buttons to view and
set the map focus.
You can click the POI tool to set the origin of the map to a point of interest. The POI
dialog box displays all categories in the left pane. When you click a category, the items
associated with the category appear in the right pane. You can click the
Set POI buttons to view and set the map focus.
Show POI and
You can click the Select tool to set the origin of the map by a predefined sub-region. A
list of sub-regions is displayed in a pane to the right of the map. When you click a subregion, that area is highlighted.
Focus the Map by Route
Destinator supports route cutting, which allows you to create a map composed of points on a route. To
create the route, you must specify two or more points. After the route has been created, you can cut a map
from your route specifications.
Click the Route tool. The Route pane appears. Use the Address and POI tools to set route points. Click
the
Create Route button. Your route is highlighted in blue. Click the Cut Map tool.
The following commands are described below:
Click this button to center the map on the selected point.
Click this button to delete the selected point.
Click this button to delete all selected points.
Click these buttons to move a selected point up or down.
CorridorYou can select the amount of surrounding area that is included along the route's path, as
measured in kilometers or miles.
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Maps
RouteYou can select either the quickest route, as determined by speed limit, or the shortest
physical route.
Cut Map
When you have designated your map area, click the Cut Map tool. The Cut Map dialog box appears,
as shown in the figure below.
Figure 40 - Cutting a Map
You must enter a map name and description. If you have entered a name that already exists,
Destinator prompts you to enter a different name.
You can click the
is limited.
Estimate button to display the map size. This is an important feature when memory space
Load Map
On the Destinator Console, you can refresh your maps by clicking Tools>Refresh New Map Data.
Select the map that you wish to load by clicking on the map image or select it from the list. A checkmark
represents a selected map.
From the Target Device pane, click the Change button to specify where to install the map. You can choose
Removable Disk. After you have selected your target device and have confirmed that there's sufficient
memory, click the
Installed Maps pane.
Install/Remove Maps button. Your selected maps are installed and appear in the
Remove Map
In the Target Device pane, click the Change button and select the location from where to remove the
map. You can choose Storage Disk. This updates the Installed Map pane.
The Installed Map pane displays a list of all the loaded maps available. Select the check box by the map
you want to remove. Click the Install/Remove Maps button to remove the selected map.
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7 - Importing a Favorite
You can download a list of favorite locations from your PC to your device.
The list must be contained in .csv files. As part of the download procedure, you convert the .csv files to
.dat format for storage on your device by using the Destinator Conversion utility.
Favorites Importing File Structure
The Favorites Importing file structure must be in .csv (Comma-Separated Values) format.
The file contains the following fields:
1. Name of favorite
2. Comment
3. Longitude
4. Latitude
5. ZIP Code
6. City
7. Street
8. House number
The Longitude and Latitude are numerical values. All the others are string values. If a string value contains
a comma, the field must have quotation marks.
Examples:
Name Comment Long. Lat. Zip
Code
Favorite
place 1
Favorite
place 2
Favorite
place 3
Destinator
Favorites
Converter
Comment 1
Destinator
Favorites
Converter
Comment 2
Destinator
Favorites
Converter
Comment 3
39.21370 38.78903
24.85091 34.33012
44.80999 38.16141
8033 Munich Ariboweg 173
1070 Brussels Moutstraat
1096 Amsterdam Joop
City Street House
Number
183
“Weg”
9003
Geesinkweg
Favorite
place 4
Favorite
place 5
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Destinator
Favorites
Converter
Comment 4
Destinator
Favorites
Converter
Comment 5
24.79360 37.08604 75010 Paris Rue
Danton
44.97889 23.82718 8044 Zurich Frits Weg 123
3013
Importing a Favorite
The .csv file contains the values in a table as a series of ASCII text lines, organized so that each
column value is separated by a comma from the next column's value and each row starts a new line.
Importing a .CSV File
To import a .csv file:
On the Destinator Console, click on a Standard Map. This will enable the Installing Map and Favorites
Importer features.
1. Click the Favorites Importer button. The Converter dialog is displayed.
2. Select the .csv file, specify a category name, and click the Convert button. The Report Area
displays a message stating that the content of the file has been converted and that the file is ready
for download.
3. Download the file to your device by clicking the Download button.