SONY NV U44 Instruction Manual

4-000-806-11 (1)
Personal Navigation System
Instruction Manual
Instruction Manual
US
NV-U44
©2008 Sony Corporation
The manuals for this unit consist of the following 3 guides. Before installing or operating the unit, read these manuals thoroughly and retain them for future reference.
Quick Start Guide Contains instructions on basic operations, such as installation, navigation operations, etc. After you have read this manual, you should be ready to start using the unit.
Important Information Contains important notices to be read prior to use, including warnings, specifications, and troubleshooting instructions.
Instruction Manual (PDF) (this manual) Contains descriptions of all functions.
Note on this manual
Illustrations and screenshots in this manual may differ from the actual device.
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Table of Contents
Basic Operations 5
Menu operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Gesture Command operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Keyboard operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Navigation 11
Checking the GPS status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Route searching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Address search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Home search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
POI search. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Intersection search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
City center search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Quick Link search. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Recent destinations search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Address book search. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Favorites search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Option menu in the address/POI confirmation display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Map operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Indications on the map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Map scrolling mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Using the map tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Route planning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Creating a new itinerary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Option menu for route planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Adding an interim destination to the current route. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Skipping to the next destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Blocking the route. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Route confirmation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Viewing the turn-by-turn list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Viewing the entire route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Viewing a map of the vicinity of the destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Destination management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Recent destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Address book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Favorites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
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Photo Playback 37
Viewing photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Photo playback controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Photo settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Settings 40
Route planning settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Address book settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
General settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Map settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Route profile settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Guidance settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Using the PC Application Software 47
System requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Installing the software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Connecting the unit to your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Starting the software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Guidance voice data management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Map data management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Address book data management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Editing the address book data on your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Editing the address book data on the unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Transferring address book data from your computer to the unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Transferring address book data from the unit to your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Firmware upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
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Basic Operations

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Common procedures to operate the system are explained. General operations can be performed on the touch screen. Gently touch the displayed icons with your finger.
Note
Do not press the display with excessive force. Do not use any sharp object, such as a pen, etc., to tap on the display.

Menu operations

The main menu appears when you turn on the unit (except during route guidance, in which case the map appears).
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MENU
VOICE/
POS.
1 Press to show the main menu. 2 To check the battery status and current time. 3 Press to show the current position on the map. 4 Touch to show the navigation menu. 5 Touch to show the application menu. 6 Touch to show the setting menu. 7 Touch to return to the previous display.
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Other basic menu operations
To Touch
cancel the setting “Cancel” confirm the selection/proceed to the next step “Done” or “OK”
About the battery status indication
The battery status can be checked by the indicator in the main menu.
Indicator Status
Adapter connected. Fully charged. Not fully charged. Low battery. Battery is empty. Charge battery immediately.
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Gesture Command operations

Frequently-used operations can be performed by assigning finger strokes such as a line, etc.
For navigation
In the map display (except in map scrolling mode), draw the command stroke as below.
To Make
start navigation to your home (page 15)
a circumflex
start navigation to a destination stored in Favorites (page 20)
change map scale to the “Preset Scale” (page 44)
“Favorite 1”
an “L” shape
“Favorite 2”
a mirror-reversed “L”
a clockwise circle
a counterclockwise circle
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For photo playback
In the photo playback display, draw the command stroke as below. For details on photo playback, see page 37.
To Make
start the slideshow (only when playback controls are shown)
skip to the previous file
a horizontal line (right to left)
skip to the next file
a horizontal line (left to right)
skip to the previous folder
a vertical line (downwards)
skip to the next folder
a vertical line (upwards)
a dot
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Keyboard operations

The keyboard display appears when you need to enter text. When entering addresses, you need only enter characters in upper case, as the system automatically converts them to appropriate characters. You can change the case or enter special characters/symbols when necessary.
The following types of keyboards are selectable:
• “QWERTY + 123”: QWERTY layout with number keys.*
• “QWERTY”: Large QWERTY layout without number keys.*
• “ABC”: Alphabetical layout without number keys.
* “QWERTY” refers to the top row of letters, reading from the left, of a traditional typewriter style keyboard.
For details on how to change the setting, see page 43. QWERTY layout with number keys:
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To Touch
enter an alphabetical character the desired character key enter a number the desired number key*
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enter a special character “ÀŐŇ” to switch to the special character
keyboard, then the desired character; and “ABC” to switch back
enter a symbol “@!?” to switch to the symbol keyboard, then
the desired symbol key; and “ABC” to switch
back enter a space “Space” delete a character “Backspace” change the case “Caps” proceed to the next step “Next” show the candidate list*
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“Search” confirm the entry “Done”
*1 When another keyboard type is selected, touch “123” to switch to the numeric keyboard. *2 The candidate list automatically appears when candidates are narrowed down as you continue inputting
characters.
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Navigation

Checking the GPS status

About the GPS status indication
The GPS status can be checked by the color of the current position icon. If the current position is not displayed, press VOICE/POS. to show the icon.
Current position icon
Indication Status
Signals are insufficient for navigation.
Reception temporarily interrupted (e.g., in a tunnel).
Signals are sufficient for navigation.
Note
Acquisition of GPS signal may take up to 10 minutes, especially for the first time. Make sure that you are in an open space for faster acquisition.
Tip
If GPS signal reception is poor after turning on the unit, the information bar appears at the top of the display. You can also check the GPS status by the message on the information bar. By touching the information bar, you can jump to the display where you can view detailed GPS status information (page 12).
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Viewing detailed GPS status information
Detailed GPS status information, such as the latitude, longitude, etc., can be viewed to check if the current position is properly calculated.
1 In the menu display, touch , “General,” then “GPS Status.”
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Route searching

You can search for a route in various ways. The following route search methods are available.
• “Address search” (page 13)
• “Home search” (page 15)
• “POI search” (page 15)
• “Intersection search” (page 17)
• “City center search” (page 18)
• “Quick Link search” (page 18)
• “Recent destinations search” (page 19)
• “Address book search” (page 20)
• “Favorites search” (page 20)

Address search

Address search allows you to set the destination by entering the address information such as house number, street name, etc.
Note on the state selection
The system recognizes the state you usually drive in and sets it as default, so that you do not need to enter the same state name at each address search. When GPS detects that the current position is not in the default state, the state selection display automatically appears, allowing you to set the desired state.
Full address search
Follow the procedure below if you know the house number, street name, and the city name of the destination.
1 In the menu display, touch , then “Enter Address.”
If the state selection display appears, select the new (current) state or “Change to Different State.” When selecting “Change to Different State,” enter the state name, then select the desired state. The house number input display appears.
2 Enter the house number.
The street name input display appears.
3 Enter the street name.
The list of street candidates appears.
4 Select the desired street in the list.
The city name input display appears.
5 Enter the city name.
The list of city candidates appears.
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6 Select the desired city in the list.
If more than one address candidate exists, the list of candidates appears. In this case, select the desired address. The address confirmation display appears.
7 Select “Go.”
Route guidance starts.
Street search
If the house number is not known, a search can be made to an approximate point on the street.
1 In the menu display, touch , then “Enter Address.”
If the state selection display appears, select the new (current) state or “Change to Different State.” When selecting “Change to Different State,” enter the state name, then select the desired state. The house number input display appears.
2 Select “Skip” without entering the house number.
The search method options appear.
3 Select “Representative Point of the Street.”
The street name input display appears.
4 Enter the street name.
The list of street candidates appears.
5 Select the desired street in the list.
If more than one city or address candidate exists, the setting display(s) appears. In this case, set the city or select the address. The address confirmation display appears.
6 Select “Go.”
Route guidance starts.
To set the destination in another state
You can select a different state when “State” appears in the name input displays. Select “State,” enter the state name, then select the desired state.
Tips
The state can be set by entering its standard 2-letter abbreviation (e.g., NY for New York).
The list of state/city/street candidates automatically appears without touching “Search” when narrowed
down to 4 candidates.
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Home search

If you register your home, you can search for a route there. For details on registering your home, see page 42.
1 In the menu display, touch , then “Take Me Home.”
Route guidance starts.
Tip
If you select “Take Me Home” without having registered a home address, the registration display automatically appears.
With Gesture Command
In the map display, draw .

POI search

POI (Points Of Interest) search allows you to set facilities such as restaurants, hotels, gas stations, etc., as the destination. The system searches for POIs near the current position.
To search for the POIs in another city
You can specify the city before selecting the POI search method. In this case, the system searches for POIs in the city center.
1 In the menu display, touch , then “Find a Place.”
The search method selection display appears.
2 Select “Points of Interest.” 3 Select “Change City.” 4 Enter the city name. 5 Select the desired city in the list.
To switch back to the nearby search, select “Nearby.”
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By POI name
You can search for a route to a POI by directly entering its name.
1 In the menu display, touch , then “Find a Place.”
The search method selection display appears.
2 Select “Points of Interest.” 3 Select “By Name.”
The POI name input display appears.
4 Enter the POI name.
The list of POI candidates appears in order of distance from the current position.
5 Select the desired POI.
The POI confirmation display appears.
6 Select “Go.”
Route guidance starts.
Tip
If there are too many POI candidates in the list after step 4 above, you can narrow down by selecting category(ies). Select “Category” to show the category list, then select the desired category(ies).
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By POI category
You can search for a route to a POI by selecting its category(ies).
1 In the menu display, touch , then “Find a Place.”
The search method selection display appears.
2 Select “Points of Interest.” 3 Select “Category.”
The list of category candidates appears.
4 Select the desired category.
Select sub category when necessary until the POI candidates are narrowed down. The list of candidates appears in order of distance from the current position.
5 Select the desired POI.
The POI confirmation display appears.
6 Select “Go.”
Route guidance starts.
Tip
If there are too many POI candidates in the list after step 4 above, you can narrow down by entering the POI name. Select “Name” to show the POI name input display, then enter the POI name.

Intersection search

The intersection can be set as a destination, if available for the selected street.
1 In the menu display, touch , then “Find a Place.”
The search method selection display appears.
2 Select “Find Intersection.”
The street name input display appears.
3 Enter the street name.
The list of street candidates appears.
4 Select the desired street in the list.
If more than one city candidate exists, the city name input display appears. In this case, enter the city name, then select the desired city. The street name input display appears.
5 Enter the other street name.
The list of street candidates appears.
6 Select the street.
The address confirmation display appears.
7 Select “Go.”
Route guidance starts.
Tip
The intersection search can also be made by selecting “Enter Address” in step 1 above and skipping the house number input. For details, see “Street search” on page 14.
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