Navigation system TravelPilot RGS 08 Operating instructions
General information Operating the system while driving Allowing yourself to be distracted by the TravelPilot RGS 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.
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Control and display elements for the TravelPilot RGS 08 9 : ; 1 Select characters, switch on/off status bar in map, exclude routes in traffic congestion menu. 2 Select characters, page through lists, change zoom range in map displays, increase voice output volume for navigation. 3 SET Set selected characters, change the monitor operation mode. Select characters, 4 repeat voice output, exclude routes in traffic congestion menu.
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. The monitor displays the same information visually. Furthermore, the name of the street that the vehicle is presently driving down is displayed as well as the current distance to the destination. Prior to taking a turning, the name of the road that is to be turned into is also displayed.
Contents Autozoom ..................................................................... 26 Destination area ........................................................... 27 DSC menu (Direct Software Control) ....................... 28 Destination memory ..................................................... 28 Delete current destination ............................................ 30 Enter location ............................................................... 30 Route options ................................
Operating the system while driving Allowing yourself to be distracted by the TravelPilot RGS 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.
Entering a destination • Press / to position the cursor next to Enter destination and • confirm your selection by pressing ENT. The monitor will then display a list of possible destination entry options: Dest. from memory Condition for usage: at least one destination must already be stored. City If the destination is located in a different city/town to that of the last destination. Street/Junction If the destination is in the same city/town.
Dest. from memory At least one destination must be stored in the memory. Press / to page through the list. Press the / cursor keys to select a destination. Press / to move the selection to the left/right. Press ENT to confirm. Return: position the cursor on Enter destination using / and confirm your selection with ENT. City For entering the city/town destination. The name of the last town to be selected as a destination will be displayed.
Press / to page through the list. Position the cursor using / next to the city/town name and confirm by pressing ENT. Change city Use this to change a city/town that you have already selected. Nav menu To cancel your selection and return to the Nav menu. Centre If you select “Centre”, the monitor will display a list, if available, of all the different areas of town that comprise your selected town and that are stored on the CD.
Nav menu To cancel your selection and return to the Nav menu. Junction You can define your destination more precisely by entering a particular street junction. By selecting “Junction”, all the streets will be displayed which either intersect or are directly joined on to the street you previously selected. Select the junction or turn-off point that is nearest to your destination and confirm your choice by pressing ENT. Change 2nd street Use this to change a junction that you have already selected.
Surrounding dest. With this you can enter destinations that are out of town such as motorway exit, motorway service and motorway junction as well as airport and border crossing. The airport and border crossing items allow you to enter both regional and international airports and border crossings. Store destination Before navigation is started, you can store the destination that you entered. To do so, place the cursor in front of Store destination and press ENT.
items have the following functions: 1. Move the destination marker to the left, right, up, down 2. Zoom function. Position the cursor in front of the function required using the / keys. Depending on the function selected, you can then either use the , , and keys to move the destination marker to the next map position that you want to drive to or, by pressing the / keys, you can change the map scale (cursor must be positioned in front of +/-).
Start guidance If the destination has been entered, the cursor will automatically be positioned in front of the Start guidance menu item. By pressing the ENT key, the Route options menu will appear. The following options for calculating a route are available: Fast route A route is calculated that requires as short a journey time as possible to your destination. Short route An optimised route is calculated to your destination. The route is kept as short as possible.
After you have selected the options you require, position the cursor in front of Start guidance and begin the route calculation process by pressing the ENT key. Note: A situation my arise where a route is calculated which includes an option that you actually wanted excluded when making your selections.
If you are travelling in 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 navigation symbols in the display. The voice output volume can be increased/ decreased during navigation by pressing the / keys. If you press the key, the latest voice announcement will be repeated. By pressing the ENT key during your journey, the destination information will be displayed for approx. 4 seconds.
Should you leave the recommended route, the system will automatically calculate a new route to your destination from your current position. Upon reaching your destination, the display will show a chequered flag and a voice announcement will be made: “You have reached your destination”. After the flag disappears, the monitor will then only display the name of the street you are presently driving down or, if your vehicle is stationary, the Nav menu will be shown.
Traffic congestion Using the “Traffic congestion” 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.
it. This is the distance from the current vehicle position up to junction C. By pressing the key, you can add the subsequent route section to this selection as well. In our example, this would be the section between C and D. By pressing the key, the sections you selected can be removed from the exclusion list again. Once you have selected the desired length of the route section to be excluded, press the ENT key. A new route will then be calculated taking the traffic disruption into account.
Information on the display During route guidance, two types of display can be shown on the monitor: • • navigation symbols (driving recommendation symbols) map display. Navigation symbols If the map display has been activated, you can switch to the navigation symbol display by pressing .
Map display If the navigation symbol display has been activated, you can switch to the map display by pressing the key. The map will be shown orientated in the direction of travel when using map scales of up 20 km. At a scale greater than 20 km, the map will be displayed orientated in the direction in which your destination lies, and at a scale greater than 100 km the map will be shown orientated in a northerly direction. The scale can be adjusted by pressing the / keys.
Roads are depicted using the following colour coding: red yellow = motorways = A-roads (up to a scale of 100 km) green = B-roads (up to a scale of 10 km) dark green = major residential roads (up to a scale of 2 km) light brown = residential roads (up to a scale of 0.2 km) light brown with dots = factory premises (only at a scale of 0.1 km) green with dots = pedestrian precincts (up to a scale of 0.2 km).
Map symbols Depending on the map scale selected and the CD being used, various symbols relating to sites of general interest will be displayed on the map.
Info menu Location map A map is displayed indicating your vehicle’s current position. The map will be displayed orientated in the direction of travel using scales of up to 20 km. At a scale greater than 20 km, the map will be displayed orientated in the direction in which your destination lies, and at a scale greater than 100 km the map will be shown orientated in a northerly direction. The scale can be adjusted by pressing the / keys.
Only after “Enter destination” and “Start guidance”: During the journey, these menus will be updated continuously and audio navigation will take place. Destination info The travel time, distance to the destination and the destination’s place name are displayed. Return via Info menu. Route list This will display a list of streets that you will be driving down between your present location and destination. If need be, you can page up/down using / or / . Return via Info menu.
Autozoom Displays your current position , destination and route using the largest possible map scale. = present position = destination The map is orientated northwards by default. The position arrow indicates the current direction in which you are driving with respect to north. The map scale can be adjusted with and the optimum scale can be set by pressing . Changing the scale in Autozoom will not alter the scale used for the navigation map.
Destination area Displays the destination area using the same scale as that for the position map. The map scale can be adjusted using / . The map is orientated northwards. While your vehicle is stationary: Return to the info menu by pressing the ENT key. While driving: By pressing the ENT key the destination information will be displayed for approx. 4 seconds. Return to the info menu: while the destination information is being displayed, press the ENT key again.
DSC menu (Direct Software Control) The DSC menu can be used to customise the system according to your preferences. It comprises the following items: Nav menu Destination memory Delete curr. dest. Enter location Route options Audio GPS status Standby time Version Demo Nav menu Return to the Nav menu. Destination memory Use this menu item to edit the destination memory. The following options are available for this: Sort ABC . . . Sort the destinations alphabetically.
No sort Switch sorting back to the order in which the destinations were entered. Store destination For storing the destination that was entered last. To find a destination quickly in future, you can give it an abbreviated name. If you do not want to enter an abbreviated name, just press ENT. Location as dest. You can store your present location as a destination. This is recommended in particular if you are in a town which is unfamiliar to you and you want to return to your present location such as a hotel.
Delete curr. dest. Use to delete the destination that was entered last (i.e. the current destination). You will be asked to enter a new destination. Enter location If your vehicle has been transported by train or ferry, the new vehicle location will need to be entered into the system. This takes place automatically using GPS after travelling a few hundred metres. If the system cannot get a position fix automatically, a position will have to be entered manually.
Map Using the menu items positioned in the lefthand screen border, you can easily change the way the , , and keys function. Running from top to bottom, the menu items have the following functions: 1. Move the vehicle symbol to the left, right, up, down. 2. Zoom function. in the 3. Orientate the vehicle symbol direction of travel. Select the required function using the / keys.
Route options Use this to: (a) configure the default settings which take effect after “Start guidance” has been activated and, (b) set the position of the cursor. DSC menu Return to the DSC menu Fast route If “Fast route” is selected and then activated by pressing the ENT key, the cursor will automatically be positioned in front of “Fast route” after the “Start guidance” menu item has been activated.
Audio Local language You can select one of the listed languages to be used for the display and voice output. If the local language is changed, the voice output function will automatically be reloaded. Note: For some language which can be selected, e.g. Danish and Swedish, the menus are displayed in these languages but voice output will be in English. Load language If the supply voltage is interrupted or the battery disconnected, a situation may arise where voice output is incomplete or distorted.
Bass You can adjust the bass settings with / . An audible response will follow. Treble You can adjust the treble settings with / . An audible response will follow. DSC menu Return to the DSC menu GPS status You will be informed of how many satellites are available and how many of them are being received. In addition, the position (geographical longitude and latitude) of the vehicle will also be displayed.
Standby time When the vehicle engine is turned off, the TravelPilot will also be switched off completely. When the TravelPilot is switched on again, navigation will have to be restarted. In order to keep navigation active, you can set a standby time. During standby time, the monitor remains dark but the prior set state of the unit will be stored in memory. This will then be displayed immediately after you start your vehicle up again and navigation will continue automatically.
Example for entering a destination Selected destination: Hildesheim, junction Kaiserstraße/Bahnhofsallee Using the cursor, select the following menu items in the following order and confirm by pressing ENT. • Nav menu • Enter destination • City The header line will display “Enter city”. Select the letter “H” by • pressing / or / until “H” is displayed inversely. • press SET. “H” will now appear in the input field. Now select the letters “I”, “L”, “D”, “E” and “S” one after another.
Note: If you do not see the place name you require in the overview, you can page through the index by pressing / . Since, in this example, we want to enter the junction Kaiserstraße/Bahnhofsallee, • position the cursor on “Street/Junction” and • press ENT. Select the letter “K” by • pressing / or / until “K” is displayed inversely. • press SET. “K” will now appear in the input field. Now select the letters “A”, “I” and “S” one after another. The input field should now contain “KAIS”.
Note: The monitor will display “KAISER-FRIEDRICH-S” because the street name is too long for the monitor’s screen. You can read the rest of the name by pressing . In this case the name is actually KAISER-FRIEDRICHSTRASSE. • Position the cursor on KAISERSTRASSE and • press ENT. After a short time, the monitor will display the selected destination, “HILDESHEIM KAISERSTRASSE”.
Day/night mode The monitor display can be switched to: Day mode Red mode Black mode It is recommended that the display be set to “red mode” or the monitor be switched off if the bright coloured display becomes irritating, especially, for example, while driving at night. Switching: • Press SET as many times as is necessary until the required mode appears. If the screen is set to “black mode”, you can switch back to “day mode” by pressing any key.
Demo mode Guide for operating the system when installed in a shop display panel: If the RGS 08 is to be operated in demo mode while installed in a presentation panel (e.g. in a shop display), a minimum calibration must be carried out. Firstly, switch off the TravelPilot. Next press the cursor down key and switch on the TravelPilot. After the service menu appears, close it by accessing the Navigation menu item. To run the demo mode, proceed as follows: 1. Select Demo from the DSC menu.
5. 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. 6. The system can be made to return to normal navigation mode by selecting the Navigation menu item in the DSC menu. The navigation computer will then restart and will return to the Nav menu.
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. CD slot Changing the CD 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 If the wrong CD-ROM is inserted into the navigation computer, the following error message will appear: “CD read error. Please eject CD !”. 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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