User Guide
Welcome Thank you for choosing CoPilot Truck 11. This guide will tell you everything you need to know about using CoPilot Truck 11. This PDF is interactive to make it easier for you to navigate through it to find the information you are looking for. Here are some tips for using it: • Click on the titles in the contents page to be taken straight to the section of your choice. • Click at the bottom of each page to go back to the contents page.
Contents 01 Getting Started Checklist ...............................................................................................5 Installing CoPilot Truck 11 ......................................................................6 Activating CoPilot ..................................................................................6 Select Language and Voice ....................................................................7 Select a Distance Measurement ................................................
Contents Changing Your Work or Home ...............................................................24 Save Your Favorite Destinations ............................................................25 Edit or Delete Favorites ........................................................................25 Night Map ...........................................................................................26 Customizing the Guidance Screen ........................................................
01 Getting started Checklist First check the contents of your box with the list below. CoPilot Truck DVD Documentation USB GPS Receiver* Software & Street-level Maps Bluetooth GPS Receiver** Car Charger** * Optional accessory. Only included in certain CoPilot Truck navigation kits that include a USB GPS receiver. ** Optional accessory. Only included in certain CoPilot Truck navigation kits that include a Bluetooth GPS receiver.
01 Getting started Installing CoPilot Truck 11 Note: If you are updating from an older version of CoPilot, you may want to uninstall the previous version first. This is not required. 1 Turn on your laptop and insert the supplied CoPilot Truck DVD into your DVD drive. The install will start automatically within a few seconds. Note: Alternatively, you can select Start > My Computer > DVD Drive. 2 Choose a language (for example: “English (United States)” and click OK.
01 Getting started Manual Activation Through the CoPilot Activation Website Select Language and Voice 1 Select No Internet from the Activate CoPilot screen. Press Next. in the Language and Speech screen you can choose which language you would like CoPilot Truck to use for on-screen text and voice guidance. 2 The next screen will show your product key and license number. 3 Now, visit the CoPilot activation website at http:// activate.alk.
01 Getting started Select a Distance Measurement Tips and Tricks Choose between Miles and Kilometers for the distance units used in maps and instructions. CoPilot Truck has loads of great features, to help you get to know and understand them we have included Tips and Tricks at start up. Note: You can change these settings at any time, Menu > Settings > Map. Note: When you have selected your distance setting, you will be presented with a legal notice. Please read this carefully, and then click Accept.
01 Getting started GPS Setup Setting Up a Built-in or USB GPS Receiver Your laptop may have a built-in GPS receiver. If it does not, you will need to set up a connection to a Bluetooth or a USB GPS receiver. If you selected Built-In or USB you will need to choose between Automatic and Manual. We recommend Automatic setup. Configuring GPS Whether you have a built-in or a USB GPS receiver, you will need to set up your GPS receiver in CoPilot before you can begin navigating.
01 Getting started Setting Up a Bluetooth GPS Receiver 1 Switch on your Bluetooth GPS receiver. 2 Select Bluetooth in the Setup GPS Receiver screen then click Next. CoPilot Truck will begin searching for Bluetooth devices in your immediate vicinity. Once the search is complete, all nearby GPS devices will be displayed. 3 Select your GPS receiver from the list. (If you are using the GPS receiver supplied with your CoPilot software it will appear in the list with a name similar to “BTGPS”.) 4 Click Next.
02 Using CoPilot Truck Safety Information Do not attempt to change the settings, or set a destination on CoPilot while you are driving. Ask a passenger to make changes, or pull over safely. Do not leave your laptop PC or GPS loose in the car while driving. Ensure they are correctly seated in a car mount. • Enter the house number and select Finish, or just select Finish to skip this step. A preview map of your route will then appear. Select Drive to begin navigating your route.
02 Using CoPilot Truck Nearby Points of Interest Adjusting the POI Settings If you are running low on diesel fuel or need to rest at a truck stop, CoPilot Truck has over 6 million pre-loaded Points-of-Interest (POI) to search. You can choose when to have POIs shown on-screen and the distance at which you are notified by adjusting the POI settings. • Select Menu > Nearby POI. • Click Menu > Settings > POIs. • From the list, select a category. For example, Truck Services.
02 Using CoPilot Truck Advanced POI Search If you want to visit a specific POI without entering the address, you can search the POI database and set it as a destination. • Select Menu > Destination > Points of Interest. • Choose to select a category or search all. If you check the Pick Category box, click the correct category. Click Next. • If you know the name of the place you want to visit, enter it here.
02 Using CoPilot Truck To Choose a Recent Destination To Choose an Intersection For Your Destination • Select Menu > Destination > Recent. • Select Menu > Destination > Recent provides quick and easy access to the last 50 destinations that you entered. Enter the City or Town and click next, you will be asked to enter the first road and then the second. CoPilot will calculate your route to the point where they meet. Note: Your recent list will store the last 50 addresses you have entered.
02 Using CoPilot Truck Selecting a Destination Using Lat and Long Saving Your Current Location If you know the latitude and longitude of your destination you can enter them directly. If you are outside and have a GPS fix, you can save your current location. • Click Menu > Destination > • Click Menu > > Coordinates. • Choose to set the latitude and longitude in Degrees Minutes Seconds, Decimal Degrees or Decimal Minutes.
02 Using CoPilot Truck Entering Multiple Destinations Change the Stop Order CoPilot allows you to plan a trip with multiple destinations. • Click Menu > Plan or Edit Trip. When you have entered all your required stops you can change the order they appear in. • Click • Highlight the address you wish to move. to add a destination. • To delete a stop, select it and click . • Add the first address; click the Add Destination button again to add a second, third, etc. address.
02 Using CoPilot Truck Setting Waypoints Saving Destinations As Favorites CoPilot Truck can route you through a designated point without considering it as a stop. By setting Waypoints you can adjust CoPilot’s route to calculate a detour via the waypoint. You can save addresses listed on the trip list as Favorite destinations so you can access them quickly. • Select Menu > Plan or Edit Trip. Enter the addresses or places in the same way detailed in Selecting a Destination on page 11.
02 Using CoPilot Truck Saving a Planned Trip Deleting a Planned Trip Before you calculate a trip, you may want to save it for future use. • Click New Trip. • In the trip planning window click Save Trip. You will be asked to confirm this selection. Click Yes at the prompt. Now you can enter a new trip, or click to return to the main window. • Enter a name for the trip you are saving. • Click Save and the trip will be saved.
02 Using CoPilot Truck Route Settings Saving a Routing Profile CoPilot Truck offers a number of standard PC*MILER route types and options. For a full description, see the PC*MILER Route Types on pages 37-41. Different combinations of route settings can be saved as routing profiles for use at a later time. • Select Menu > Settings > Routing. You will need to scroll down to see some of the options. • Click Save Routing Profile. • Enter a name at the prompt and click OK.
03 Driving With CoPilot Truck Begin Driving Traffic Service* Select Drive to begin navigating your route. CoPilot can automatically display any traffic incidents that affect your route and can recommend an alternate route if required. For more information see page 29. Tip: Starting Points If you are planning a trip in advance and are not at the start point of your journey CoPilot will ask you to select your starting location.
03 Driving With CoPilot Truck Driving Views On-Screen Information You can choose from six different screen display options. To access, click Menu > Driving Views. For more details on each view and how to change views, see Setting Display Mode on page 22-23. By default your current location is displayed at the bottom of the map. You can choose what useful information is displayed at the base of your screen when you are driving, see Customizing the Guidance Screen on page 26.
03 Driving With CoPilot Truck Setting Display Mode You can choose from several different screen display options. To access, click Menu > Driving Views. Or, click the Driving Views Shortcut button to quickly access one of four views: Shows your current position, next turn and surrounding roads using a 3-dimensional perspective.
03 Driving With CoPilot Truck 2D Next Turn Itinerary Displays your current location and auto zooms into the next turn on a 2D map. This view shows each direction and turn in a text list, including distances. You can use the Itinerary to check your route before you travel. 23 2D Destination Night Mode This view shows the route from your current position to your destination. Displays map with a dark background that reduces glare for easier night-time viewing.
04 Personalize Enter and save personal destinations, change the map style and color theme, adjust your routing options, and select the voice that guides you to your destination. With CoPilot Truck 11 you can personalize your laptop to behave exactly the way you want it to. Saving a Destination As Work Save your work address so you don’t have to enter it every time you wish to be directed there. • Click Menu > Destination > Work.
04 Personalize Save Your Favorite Destinations Edit or Delete Favorites You can save other addresses to your Favorites list, so you can access them quickly. • Click Menu > Destination > Favorites. To edit or delete a location in your Favorites list, click Manage, select a favorite and choose to Edit, Delete or Delete All. • Click Add New and CoPilot will return to the Destination menu. • Edit will open an enter address window so you can change the location.
04 Personalize Night Map Customizing the Guidance Screen Night Map can be selected in any of the display screen modes. It dims the screen display to reduce glare and eye strain when driving at night. You can choose what information you want to be displayed below the map when you are driving. CoPilot will automatically switch to night mode based on the time and your location, or you can do it manually from the Driving Views menu. • Click on the bottom right of the screen.
04 Personalize Personalizing the Voice Instructions Applying Themes You can alter the voice with which the guidance instructions are spoken. You can change the color theme of your CoPilot. > Themes. Menu > Settings > • Click Menu > Settings > and Speech. Select a theme using the up and down arrows next to the Select a Theme field. Press Apply Theme to apply the chosen theme. > Language • Select a language from the Choose a Language picklist. • Select a voice from the Choose a Voice picklist.
05 Advanced Detours You can program CoPilot to make a detour around one or more selected roads on the calculated route, or to calculate a whole new alternate route. Tip: Avoiding Multiple Roads You can specify multiple roads to be avoided. Repeat as many times as required. Press to return to the driving screen when done. • Select Menu > Detour. • To route around a specific road, select Avoid Roads. An itinerary of your journey will appear. Click on the road you would like to avoid then select Avoid Road.
05 Advanced CoPilot Truck Traffic Service* Avoiding traffic The optional CoPilot Truck Traffic service provides information about real-time traffic incidents on your route or in a specific location. You can program CoPilot to make a detour from the programmed route to avoid traffic. Traffic information will be delivered to CoPilot Truck using your mobile internet connection.
05 Advanced Additional Traffic settings To search for traffic incidents in a City: To adjust the alert settings and define how CoPilot uses GPRS traffic information: • Select Menu > Traffic > Traffic in a City. • Select Menu > Traffic > Settings. Options are: • Traffic Source: The CoPilot Truck Traffic Service in North America receives information via a GPRS Wireless connection to the mobile Internet. • Internet Connection: In the U.S., use Default to automatically connect with your Internet Provider.
05 Advanced Setting Map Preferences Setting Map Styles You can also set up what sort of maps CoPilot uses. • Click Menu > Settings > • Click Menu > Settings > Map. Choose the default setting for the day or night mode from the lists. The options are Automatic, Night and Day. The available settings are: • Units: Choose to display Miles or KM on your maps.
05 Advanced Checking the GPS Status Track Playback • Click Menu > Settings > GPS > GPS Status. CoPilot automatically tracks you as you drive and stores each completed trip. You can play back any previously completed trip. The GPS Status window shows detailed information regarding the GPS fix and signal strength which your laptop uses for guidance. In this window you can see your current latitude and longitude position, the UTC time and date, your speed and your elevation (feet above sea level).
05 Advanced Adjusting the Guidance Settings You can adjust the way CoPilot guides you. • Click Menu > Settings > Guidance. • Select the distances at which you want CoPilot to speak to you when approaching a turn. • When the Turn is Within: If you selected Yes above, choose the distance before the turn at which you would like the map to be displayed. The distance can be set between 0.3 miles and 1 mile.
05 Advanced Playing a Demo Keyboard CoPilot contains a demonstration trip to a pre-defined destination. To view the demo: • Menu > Settings > • Menu > > Play Demo. Click the camera on the map to open a panel of buttons that lets you control the demo or a track playback. > Keyboard. This setting affects CoPilot screens that include a keyboard for text entry. Select a keyboard type from the drop-down menu. The options are Alphabetical, QWERTY, AZERTY.
05 Advanced Licensing • Click Menu > Settings > > Licensing. The Licensing settings allow you to deactivate license regions. Transferring Your CoPilot Truck License If you wish to use your CoPilot Truck application and maps license on a different laptop, select Deactivate and follow the on-screen instructions.
05 Advanced CoPilot Live FleetCenter CoPilot Truck may be combined with CoPilot Live FleetCenter for fleet management and real-time tracking. FleetCenter is a web-basedd extension of our CoPilot Truck GPS navigation solution that provides real-time location tracking for fleet managers and customers, job dispatch, instant messaging and historical reporting. CoPilot Live FleetCenter provides the following capabilities: • Lets your dispatcher see your exact location on an Internet map.
06 PC*MILER Route Types PC*MILER Route Type and Option Descriptions Safety Note: CoPilot Truck is designed as a tool to get you from Point A to Point B along the most efficient and truck-specific routes. However, some of the information in the database may change from time to time. You must stay alert and pay attention to road signs at all times. PC*MILER Practical Routes Practical routes represent distances and driving routes that a driver would normally take to minimize time and cost.
06 PC*MILER Route Types National Network routing stays on the National Network to the maximum extent possible. Given that many areas are not directly served by the National Network, the origin and stop-offs of your route may not be on the National Network. In these cases PC*MILER will take the shortest reasonable path from the origin and stop-offs to the Network.
06 PC*MILER Route Types Heavy/Light Vehicle Routing (Override Restrictions) Toll Roads In addition to the five basic route types, the Heavy and Light Vehicle routing option is also a critical setting. A “heavy vehicle” is one weighing at least 80,000 pounds; a “light vehicle” weighs less than 80,000 pounds. If Avoid If Possible is checked, CoPilot will avoid long stretches of toll roads but won’t take long, impractical detours to avoid toll bridges and tunnels.
06 PC*MILER Route Types PC*MILER Hazardous Material Route Types & Road Categories CoPilot Truck calculates routes for hazardous materials based on over thirty different road categories. The table below and on the next page shows how each PC*MILER hazmat route type handles each hazmat road category.
06 PC*MILER Route Types (continued from previous page) 41 User Guide 06 PC*MILER Route Types
07 Support CoPilot Customer Support Helpline Call a member of our Customer Support team to receive professional and friendly assistance. Telephone 888-872-8768 x551 Our Support team is available Monday to Friday 9:00am to 5:00pm EST. Online Support Please email email cpsupport@alk.com for answers to your CoPilot support related queries and questions. Alternatively, visit the support section at www.alk.com/support to register and activate your CoPilot.
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