Navigation system TravelPilot RGN 08 (Bremen RCM 127 / New York RDM 127) Operating instructions
General information Route guidance Operating the system while driving The current traffic routing situation can differ from the data stored on the CD-ROM. Allowing yourself to be distracted by the TravelPilot RGN 08 can lead to a situation where you are “driving blind”. Due to system limitations, the TravelPilot RGN 08 cannot warn of altered traffic routing conditions e.g. due to road construction measures.
Control and display elements for the TravelPilot RGN 08 3 4 5 6 7 9 8 2 10 1 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 – + ON 7 AUX Switch to navigation 8 Select character, repeat voice output, switch on voice output 9 Header line : Input field ; Selection field < / Function keys Voice output volume control Voice output volume control On/off button Select character, page through lists, switch off voice output Select character, page through lists Select character, page through lists 3
The guidance system provides audio-visual information. You will be given precise information over the car stereo loudspeakers with regard to such things as when and where to take the next road turning. The volume and tone of the voice output can be adjusted. Directional symbols are used to convey information on the car stereo display screen.
Table of contents DSC Navigation Menu (Direct Software Control) ...... 29 GPS Info......................................................................... 29 Position .......................................................................... 30 Direct entry ..................................................................... 30 From destination memory .............................................. 31 NAV Language ............................................................... 31 Standby ..................
Operating the system while driving S AUXILIARY MENU Allowing yourself to be distracted by the TravelPilot RGN 08 can lead to a situation where you are “driving blind”. If you are not paying attention to the current traffic situation around you, you could cause a serious accident. Please consider the fact that at a speed of 50 km/h you are travelling 14 m every second. • Before starting off on your journey, make sure you have familiarised yourself with the system.
Main navigation menu The system will either prompt you to enter a destination or show the destination selected last. In the main navigation menu you can choose from the following options: INFO MENU (if a destination has been entered) START NAVIGATION (if a destination has been entered) ENTER DEST. or NEW DESTINATION S NAV MENU PLEASE ENTER DESTINATION ENTER DEST. EXIT Entering the destination S Press the ENTER DEST. or NEW DESTINATION function key.
MEMORY Allows you to select your destination from the memory. This assumes that you have already stored at least one destination in the memory. MEMORY. Press The destination memory menu will appear on the screen. Select FROM MEMORY to access the memory and read the destinations stored there. / rocker switch or the funcPress the tion keys next to the m/n arrows to page through the display if there are more than four destinations available. Press the / rocker switch to move the display vertically.
CITY Allows you to enter the city in which your destination is located. If a city has already been entered, its name will appear in place of CITY. CITY. Press The name of the city for the destination last selected, if there is one, will appear in the input line. A selection field containing letters and numbers will appear below it. Enter the city name as follows: / rocker switch to Use the / , select the first letter (it will appear on a highlighted background). Press ENTER.
A list from which you can select your destination will appear on the screen. If the desired city name does not appear, you can use the / rocker switch to page through the list. If the city/city district names are too long to appear on the display, you can use the / rocker switch or the function keys next to the m/n arrows to move through the display from side to side. The arrows (m/n, w/v) on the right and at the bottom indicate in which directions you can page or move through the display.
STREET/JUNCTION This menu item will not appear unless the streets in the city selected are included on the digital map on the navigation CD. Enter the street name and select the street from the list as described previously in the section on “CITY”. After you have selected the street, it will appear below the city. To start navigation, all you have to do is enter the city and street. If you enter a junction as well, you can make your destination more precise.
airports, motorway exits/junctions/service centres, petrol stations, car parks, border crossings and garages. OTHER DEST. from the If you select Enter Dest. menu, you will see a menu with a number of different menu items. CENTRE S OTHER DEST. CENTRE SURROUNDING DEST NON-URBAN TRAVEL GUIDE EXIT This menu item will list all of the city districts stored for the city selected.
NON-URBAN Use this menu item to select destinations outside the city limits, such as AIRPORT, BORDER CROSS., M-JUNCTION, MOTORWAY EXIT or MOTORWAY SERVICE. After you have selected a non-urban destination, a selection field containing letters and numbers will appear on the display. If you know the name or the city in which the desired destination is located, enter it here as usual. This will take you to the desired destination on the list more quickly. 13 S RAILWAY STATION .
TRAVEL GUIDE This menu item will not appear unless you have inserted a travel guide CD, such as the MERIAN scout. If you select this menu item, you will receive practical information on hotels, restaurants, tourist attractions, etc. in addition to their addresses. 14 S OTHER DEST.
START QUICK ROUTE After the destination has been entered, the ROUTE OPTIONS menu can be called up START function key. by pressing the You can select options by pressing the corresponding function key. The following options for route calculation are available for selection: A route is calculated that requires as short a journey time as possible to your destination. SHORT ROUTE An optimised route is calculated which is the shortest possible route to your destination.
Any combination of options can be selected (e.g. with motorway - with ferry - no toll short route). After you have selected the options you START function key. require, press the If you press the EXIT function key, you will return to the main navigation menu. Note: A situation my arise where a route is calculated which includes an option that you actually wanted excluded when making your selections.
indicates that: “The route is being calculated”. The distance to the destination “as the crow flies” is also displayed. If you are travelling with your vehicle down a digitised street, you will be guided to your destination (after the route calculation has been completed) by spoken recommendations and by the directional symbols on the display The voice output volume can be adjusted during an announcement by pressing the + / – rocker switch.
If you are driving your vehicle down a nondigitised road (e.g. car park, garage, multistorey car park) the OFF ROAD message will be displayed. If your vehicle is outside the digitised network (e.g. abroad), OFF MAP will be displayed. In such cases, you can orientate yourself by referring to the arrow shown in the display which indicates the direction in which your destination lies.
special destinations such as workshops, etc.), an arrow will appear in the display, as soon as you leave the digitised area, indicating the direction in which your destination lies. The voice output announcement for this is: “You have reached the area of your destination”. If you are in the immediate vicinity of your destination, the voice output announcement will inform you that: “You have reached your destination”. If the destination you selected (e.g.
JAM AHEAD Using the “JAM AHEAD” function, the calculated route can be altered according to the current traffic situation. This means that if you see a problem with the traffic up ahead or you are informed about this over the radio (e.g. a traffic jam or road works), you can exclude certain route sections starting from your current vehicle position. The route sections that can be excluded refer to the road network that lies ahead of you and your vehicle.
Press the upper left function key. The TRAF. JAM FUNCT. menu will appear. Press the JAM AHEAD function key. A list of route sections that can be excluded will then appear. The first section in the list that can be excluded is the length of road starting from your current vehicle position up to the next possible turning but one, i.e. in this case this is the distance from your present vehicle position up to turning C.
If you did not exclude any route sections, you can leave the traffic jam menu by function key and no pressing the EXIT new route will be calculated. If an alternative route was calculated and you press the upper left function key again, the traffic jam menu will appear again and will offer you the further option of cancelling the alternative route. If you want to do this, press the CANCEL JAM function key. A new route will then be calculated and the navigation menu will appear.
Information on the display S NDR 2 During route guidance, the following information will appear on the display: - the driving recommendation symbol (in the centre) the distance remaining to the destination (on the top left) the driving time remaining to the destination (on the bottom left) the distance to the next turn-off point (on the top right) the street you are currently travelling on (bottom) - 1.
Info Menu S HILDESHEIM KAISERSTRASSE KENNEDYDAMM INFO MENU START NAVIGATION NEW DESTINATION There are two ways to activate the Info menu. • • Press INFO MENU in the main navigation menu. Note: This menu item will not appear unless you have already selected a destination. During route guidance, press . In this case, the Info menu will disappear from the screen after a few seconds if no selection is made. ROUTE LIST This menu item is only displayed if route guidance is active.
away from your final destination. Since the route is continuously optimised by the system throughout the journey, the route can still fulfil your selected requirements (i.e. by not using motorways) as you draw closer to your required destination. to return to the info menu Press EXIT NAV MENU Return to the main navigation menu.
The destination memory S DEST. FROM MEMO FROM MEMORY SORT SAVE POSITION SAVE DESTINATION DELETE EXIT Select NEW DESTINATION or ENTER DEST. in the main navigation menu and then MEMORY from the following menu. The destination memory will appear on the screen. The menu includes the following options: FROM MEMORY If you select this item, you will access the destination memory where you can read and select stored destinations.
sponding function key to select the destination you wish to move. The destination will be highlighted. If necessary, use / to page through the list until you find the place where you want to store the destination. Press the corresponding function key at that location to move the destination. SAVE POSITION SAVE DESTINATION You can save your current position as a destination. This is particularly useful if you want to return to this destination when you are in an unfamiliar city, e.g. your hotel.
DELETE EXIT If you activate this sub-menu you will see the destinations stored in the destination memory. If there are more than four entries you can use / to page through the list. Select the entry you wish to delete by pressing the corresponding function key . You will see an on-screen prompt and can cancel the deletion process at this point if you wish. If you really want to delete the entry, press the function key next to DELETE. Returns you to the Enter Dest. menu.
DSC Navigation Menu (Direct Software Control) Press S until DSC-MAIN MENU appears in the header. Press NAVI access the DSC navigation menu. The DSC navigation menu contains the following menu items: GPS INFO POSITION NAV LANGUAGE STANDBY DEMO VER EXIT GPS INFO S DSC-MAIN MENU TUNER NAVI to GPS INFO, you will be If you select informed of how many satellites are available and how many of them are being received.
POSITION DIRECT ENTRY If the vehicle has been transported by car train or ferry, the system must re-position itself to its new location. With the help of GPS, this is done automatically after you have driven for several minutes. If the system is unable to re-position itself automatically, it will be necessary to enter your position manually. Note: You can only enter your current position in combination with a street junction. POSITION, you will see If you select two ways of entering your current position.
FROM DEST.MEMORY You will access the destination memory. If one of the destinations stored corresponds to your current position, select this destina-M and M+ to adjust your tion. Use distance to the junction more precisely and set your position.
STANDBY DEMO When you switch off your vehicle’s ignition, you also switch off the TravelPilot. When the system is switched back on, you must re-activate route guidance. To put route guidance on standby, you can enter a standby time. During this standby time, the route guidance in progress will remain stored. When your vehicle is re-started, route guidance will resume functioning immediately and continue automatically as if it hadn’t been interrupted.
VER Indicates the software version. EXIT Returns to the navigation menu.
Example for entering a destination S ENTER CITY Selected destination: Hildesheim, Kaiserstrasse/Kennedydamm junction Use the function keys in the navigation menu to select the following menu items one after the other: • NEW DESTINATION or ENTER DEST. • CITY “ENTER CITY” will appear in the header on the screen. Select the letter “H”: / as many times as necessary until “H” is • by pressing / or highlighted. • Press ENTER. The “H” will appear in the input line.
In order to enter the destination “Kaiserstrasse/Kennedydamm junction”, • press the STREET/JUNCTION function key. ENTER STREET will appear in the header. Select the letter “K”: • by pressing / or / as many times as necessary until “K” is highlighted. • Press ENTER. The “K” will now appear in the input line. Select “A”, “I” and “S” one after the other. The input line should now read “KAIS”. You have now entered enough letters to come close to the street name KAISERSTRASSE in the list of streets.
The monitor will now show a listing of all the streets which either intersect with or are directly connected to “Kaiserstrasse”. • Page through the list by pressing . • Press the function key to the left of KENNEDYDAMM. Now the destination input is complete. The monitor will now read “HILDESHEIM, KAISERSTRASSE KENNEDYDAMM” as the destination and you can start the route guidance function.
Demo mode S AUXILIARY MENU Guide for operating the system when installed in a shop display panel: If the RGN 08 is to be operated in demo mode while installed in a demo wall (e.g. in a shop display), a minimum calibration must be carried out. Open the auxiliary menu by pressing the AUX key and then press the 9, 5, 7 function keys one after another. After approx. 8 seconds, the service menu will appear.
4. Now the distance to the crossing has to be set. It is recommended to 50 METRES that the position be set using -M and M+ AHEAD. 5. Next select the SET function key. 6. Now enter a destination in the usual manner and start route guidance. After the route has been calculated, the demo will run automatically. While in demo mode, all functions can be operated as if the unit were operating under real conditions. 7.
Appendix CD-ROM The data required for route guidance are stored digitally on the CD-ROM. For details on the exact contents of the CD, please refer to the information accompanying it. Changing the CD CD slot The CD-ROM can only be changed whilst the vehicle is stationary. The system must be switched on. To eject a CD-ROM, slide the locking lever to the left. The CD-ROM will then be ejected. While the CD is being ejected, the locking lever must not be slid back to the right.
Wrong CD-ROM S If the wrong CD-ROM is inserted into the navigation computer, the following error message will appear: “PLEASE CHECK CD-ROM!”. If this is the case, remove the incorrect CD-ROM and replace it with the correct one. For technical reasons this error message will also appear if the maximum permitted temperature is exceeded while the unit is operating. Let the unit continue running until the internal ventilation fan has cooled the computer down to its normal operating temperature.
Error messages If one of the listed error messages appears in the top line of the display while the unit is in operation, please consult your service workshop. Possible error messages: • • • • • Check calibration Check travel sensor Check GPS antenna Defective GPS receiver Check GYRO CD read error This error appears if the data could not be read correctly from the CD-ROM (e.g. due to strong vibrations or a damaged CD-ROM).
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