Personal Navigation System User's Manual NV-U70 NV-U50T NV-U50 © 2005 Sony Corporation
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User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System Table of contents Introduction ...................................................................... 3 Search facilities and conventions .................................................. 4 Liability .................................................................................... 4 Trademarks .............................................................................. 5 Operating the navigation software ....................................
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System Representation of the map in navigation mode ............................. 69 Useful functions for navigation ....................................... 73 Show the entire route............................................................... 74 Next destination ...................................................................... 75 Blocking a route section ............................................................ 76 Change route options ......................
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System Introduction Topics covered in this chapter: Search facilities and conventions page 4 Liability page 4 Trademarks page 5 Introduction -3-
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System Search facilities and conventions Find information quickly This manual offers the following search facilities: Ù In the footnote at the bottom of the page, you may check which chapter and which section you are actually reading. Ù A glossary at the end of the manual contains explanations on the technical terms used in this manual. Ù An index at the end of the manual allows precise search for the information contained in this manual.
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System Trademarks Registered trademarks All brands and trademarks mentioned in this document are possibly registered by third party and subject to the current legislation and to the rights of their respective owners without reservation. All mentioned names of products, societies, or brands may be registered trademarks of their respective owners. Every right that is not explicitly accorded is reserved.
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System Operating the navigation software Topics covered in this chapter: Managing languages and maps page 8 Hardware keys page 8 Software keyboard page 8 Character keyboard Mobile phone keyboard Lists page 12 Command buttons page 16 Information page 16 Energy GPS-Status Traffic reports Operating the navigation software -7-
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System Managing languages and maps Installer tool The enclosed software DVD includes an Installer tool. You use this to ascertain which languages and maps will be available on your navigation device. If you have purchased a version of the Sony Personal Navigation System that doesn’t have any maps on DVD, then you can use this tool to create a back-up copy of the map on the navigation device. 1.
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System Character keyboard You may carry out all entries with your finger on the character keyboard. But you may enter capital letters only. You need not enter small letters or special characters when entering a destination's town or street name. The Sony Personal Navigation System replaces these characters automatically. When you are looking for, e.g., a French town called "Héroïnès", simply type "HEROINES".
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System Switching between character and number entry… Tap the icon to enter numbers, e.g. for a postcode. Tap the icon to return to the character entry mode. Tap the icon to enter a special character. Special characters The special characters keyboard appears. Tap the icon to return to the character entry mode.
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System You may carry out all entries with your finger on the mobile phone keyboard. But you may enter capital letters only. As on a mobile phone, each key is designed to enter several letters with it. The position of a letter on a key caption indicates how often you must tap this key to enter the respective letter. E.g., to enter an "S", tap the "PQRS" key four times.
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System Lists Survey There are many cases where you have to select an entry from a list. For example, if you have not entered the full name of a location. Each time you enter a character the first found entry that starts with the characters entered so far appears in the text field. A maximum of three entries can be displayed above the keyboard. To view a longer list of suitable entries, tap the List icon.
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System Buttons The lists screens have three buttons located on the right and lower edge of the screen: Up: Tap this icon to scroll the list one item up. Down: Tap this icon to scroll the list one item down. Back: Tap this icon to return to the entry screen without selecting a listed element. Example Search for BICKNOR. 1. In the MENU tap New destination. The NEW DESTINATION screen opens. 2. Tap Navigation. The NAVIGATION screen opens. 3. Tap Address.
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System The second town to start with the letter B is displayed underneath the button. You can move through the list using the buttons Up und Down. However, you will always see a maximum of 3 elements from the list. 6. Enter the letters ICK. BICK is now displayed in the input line. Above this a button shows the first town in the database that starts with BICK. The second town starting with BICK is shown underneath the button.
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System 7. Tap on the List icon. A list of all the towns that start with BICK is displayed. The town on the button is marked. The end of the list gives all the towns that include BICK in their names. 8. Tap the Down button until BICKNOR appears on the icon.
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System 9. Tap on BICKNOR. The ADDRESS screen opens. BICKNOR is entered in the Town or Postcode field. Command buttons Icons Most of the Sony Personal Navigation System screens have the following buttons: Return Tap this icon to return to the previous screen. You can use this icon to stop navigation. Map view Tap on this button to return to the standard map view. From there you can open the MENU by tapping on any point in the map.
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System Energy The Energy icon is placed at the bottom right corner of the screen. The colour of the icon and the symbol displayed on it have the following significance: Colour/Symbol Significance The device is connected to an external power supply. The battery is being charged. The charge state of the battery is sufficient. The size of the segment on the battery indicates its charge state (3/3 or 2/3). The device is being supplied by its internal battery.
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System Tap on the GPS button. The GPS STATUS window opens: - 18 - Entry Significance GMT Greenwich Mean Time Time of London ignoring daylight saving time. Longitude / Latitude Current position: Indication of east longitude and north latitude. Satellites Number of received satellites. At least three satellites must be received for navigation purposes. HDOP Horizontal Dilution of Precision: Indicates the quality of position determination.
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System Traffic reports TMC cradle If your navigation device is being used in a TMC cradle, the system can access current traffic reports and can, if necessary, dynamically change the route in order, for example, to avoid a traffic jam. You can show the current valid traffic reports. Note: compared to the standard cradle, the TMC cradle includes a module to receive TMC messages. You can recognize the TMC module from the TMC lettering on the left.
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System Navigation Topics covered in this chapter: Starting the Sony Personal Navigation System page 22 Menu Basic settings page 25 Indicating a destination page 28 Specifying the country of your destination Entering an address Selecting a point of interest Indicating destinations on the map Favourites Recent destinations Navigating homewards Destination management page 45 Saving a destination Renaming a destination Deleting a destination Indicating several des
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System Starting the Sony Personal Navigation System Starting the navigation software… 1. Switch on the device (right key at the top of the navigation device). The device displays a section of the map. If a GPS signal can already be evaluated, your current position will be shown on the map. Note: on almost all the other screens you will find the Map view button. You use this button to quickly return to the standard map view. 2.
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System Note: The Sony Personal Navigation System always opens with the screen that was active at the time you switched off the device. New destination Tap on the New destination button to enter a destination for the navigation, or plan a route. Find out more about the navigation to a specific destination from section "Indicating a destination" on page25. Find out more about navigation home from section "Navigating homewards" on page 44.
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System Loudspeaker off Tap the Loudspeaker off button to switch off the device’s loudspeaker. You will no longer be able to hear drive instructions. The button appears pressed. Tap this button again to switch the loudspeaker back on. Settings Tap the Settings button to modify the settings of the Sony Personal Navigation System. For details, please refer to "Settings", page 84.
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System Basic settings Basic settings Before working with the Sony Personal Navigation System, we recommend Ù indicating the time zone of the region you are staying in currently so that the system can indicate correct times of arrival in navigation mode, Ù entering the home address. You may then navigate home from anywhere. 1. In the MENU, tap Settings. The SETTINGS screen opens. 2. Tap the Down button until you see the screen page with the Time zone button.
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System The SELECT THE TIME ZONE list opens. 4. Use the Up and Down buttons to select a valid time zone for your present location (GMT without summer time). The display of towns or states in the presently chosen zone makes it easier for you too choose. 5. Tap the selected time zone. The time zone is then transferred to the TIME ZONE screen. 6. Tap on the Summer time field to toggle between summertime (yes) and wintertime (no).
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System The NAVIGATION screen opens. 11. Tap the Address button and enter your home address as described in "Entering an address", page 29. 12. Tap the Set as home address button. The address is indicated on the HOME ADDRESS screen. 13. Tap the Save button. 14. Tap on the Map view button. The standard map view opens.
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System Indicating a destination Basic principle of navigation In this chapter you will learn about the possibilities for indicating and managing destinations in the Sony Personal Navigation System. For details on how to start navigation to a destination, please refer to "Starting navigation", page 59.
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System Note: Only countries of which at least a part is represented on the currently loaded map may be selected. Entering an address 1. In the MENU, tap on the New destination button. The NEW DESTINATION screen opens. 2. Tap on the Navigation button. The NAVIGATION screen opens. 3. On the NAVIGATION screen, tap Address. Indicating an address… The ADDRESS screen opens. 4. Enter the destination town into the Town or Postcode entry field.
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System Note: If the house numbers of the respective street are stored in the database of places, you may tap the field besides the Street field. If no house numbers are stored, the respective field is deactivated. The software navigates to the respective street 7. Enter the name of a crossroad into the Intersection entry field if you want to define an intersection as destination point (e.g. because the house number is not available).
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System The NAVIGATION screen opens. 3. In the NAVIGATION screen, tap Point of interest. The POINT OF INTEREST screen opens: 4. In the POINT OF INTEREST screen, tap …nearby. Selecting a Point of interest nearby… Navigation The CATEGORY screen opens.
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System 5. Select the category (e.g. Garage) from which points of interest should be searched. Only those categories for which points of interest can be found near your current position will be shown. The POI NEARBY screen opens. The Category 1 field shows the chosen category. 6. Tap on the Category 2 field and select the subcategory (e.g. Audi VW Seat Skoda) under which the point of interest should be searched.
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System Point of interest in a certain town 1. In the MENU, tap on the New destination button. The NEW DESTINATION screen opens. 2. Tap on the Navigation button. The NAVIGATION screen opens. 3. On the NAVIGATION screen, tap Point of interest. The POINT OF INTEREST screen opens: 4. On the POINT OF INTEREST screen, tap …in a town.
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System Selecting a Point of interest in a certain town… The screen for inputting the town opens: 5. Enter the town in which a point of interest should be searched. You can either enter the postcode or the name of the town. The CATEGORY screen opens. 6. Select the category (e.g. Garage) from which points of interest should be searched. Only those categories for which points of interest can be found in the specified area will be shown.
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System The POINT OF INTEREST OF SUPRAREGIONAL SIGNIFICANCE opens. The Category 1 field shows the chosen category. 7. Tap on the Category 2 field and select the subcategory (e.g. Audi VW Seat Skoda …) under which the point of interest should be searched. Only those subcategories for which points of interest can be found in the specified town will be shown. 8. Select the correct destination from the Point of interest list field.
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System Point of interest of supraregional significance 1. In the MENU, tap on the New destination button. The NEW DESTINATION screen opens. 2. Tap on the Navigation button. The NAVIGATION screen opens. 3. On the NAVIGATION screen, tap Point of interest. The POINT OF INTEREST screen opens: 4. On the POINT OF INTEREST screen, tap …nationwide.
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System Selecting a Point of interest of supraregional significance… The CATEGORY screen opens. 5. Select the category (e.g. car airport) from which points of interest should be searched. Only categories of supraregional importance will be shown. The POI NATIONWIDE screen opens. The Category field shows the chosen category. 6. Select the correct destination from the Point of interest list field. Note: You need not make entries into the Category field.
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System Save Tap on the Save button to save the specified address under FAVOURITES. Look this up in chapter "Saving a destination" on page 45. Indicating destinations on the map You may indicate a destination directly on the map. There are two ways to launch a destination search on the map: Ù Via the standard map view Ù Via the Select on map button The standard map view route is usually quicker. Via map view 1.
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System Via the Select on map button 1. In the MENU tap on the New destination button. The NEW DESTINATION screen opens. 1a Tap on the Navigation button. The NAVIGATION screen opens. 1b On the NAVIGATION screen, tap on the Select on map button.
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System The map opens in SEARCH DESTINATION mode. The most significant characteristic of this mode is a large crosshair on the screen. How to accept destinations from the map… 2. Push the desired destination into the middle of the crosshair. Refer to chapter "Operating the map" on page 65 to discover more about working with maps.
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System 3. Tap on the Select destination button. The MAP MENU opens. It shows the address of the destination in the crosshair. If the destination in the crosshair is not located on a road that is included in the map, you will be shown the coordinates. You have the following options: This function is only available when GPS reception is possible (The GPS-symbol must be GPS ready). Tap the Start navigation button to start navigation to the selected place.
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System Favourites Survey All destinations you have saved by tapping the Save button are listed on the FAVOURITES screen. On this screen you may: Ù select destinations for navigation purposes, Ù rename destinations, and Ù delete destinations from the list. 1. In the MENU, tap on the New destination button. The NEW DESTINATION screen opens. 2. Tap on the Navigation button. The NAVIGATION screen opens. 3. On the NAVIGATION screen, tap Favourites.
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System 6. Tap on the select button with the marked destination. Once you have chosen a destination for the navigation, the ROUTE OPTIONS screen opens. When you have selected a route point for a route planning, the ROUTE PLANNING screen opens. The destination is entered as a route point. For information on deleting or renaming saved destinations, please refer to "Destination management", page 45.
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System Recent destinations The RECENT DESTINATIONS screen opens. 4. Use the Up and Down buttons to mark the desired destination. The marked destination appears on the select button. 5. Tap on the marked destination. When you have chosen a destination for the navigation the ROUTE OPTIONS screen opens. When you have chosen a route point for a route planning, the ROUTE PLANNING screen opens. The destination is entered as a route point.
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System Destination management Survey Destinations may be stored in two lists: Ù the FAVOURITES Ù the RECENT DESTINATIONS list Every destination you are indicating and the destinations from the RECENT DESTINATIONS list may be added to the FAVOURITES. This makes sense if you want to navigate more often to the respective destination. Destinations from the FAVOURITES may be renamed. Items from both lists may be deleted.
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System Renaming a destination 1. Open the FAVOURITES screen, as described in chapter "Favourites" on page42. 2. Select the destination you want to rename. 3. Tap the Edit icon. The NAME OF DESTINATION screen opens. 4. Enter the new name of the destination. 5. Tap the OK button. The destination is now renamed.
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System Deleting a destination Precondition You have opened the FAVOURITES as described in "Favourites", page 42 - OR – You have opened the RECENT DESTINATIONS list as described in "Recent destinations", page 43. 1. Tap the entry of the destination to be deleted. 2. Tap the Delete icon. The CONFIRM screen opens. 3. Tap Yes to delete the destination from the list. The destination is now deleted from the list.
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System Indicating route points Planning itineraries… 1. On the MENU tap on the New destination button. The NEW DESTINATION screen opens. 2. Tap on the Route planning button. The ROUTE PLANNING screen opens: 3. Tap the Add route point icon to enter the first route point. The NAVIGATION screen opens. 4. Indicate the destination as described in "Indicating a destination", page 28. 5. Tap Add.
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System The ITINERARY PLANNING screen opens. The destination is added as stage point 1. 6. Repeat steps 2-4 for every stage point you want to add to the itinerary. Editing, saving and managing itineraries Survey You may plan as many itineraries as you want, e.g. for holidays. You may save them and use them later for navigation purposes. At any moment, you may add stage points, modify the order of the stages, or display the itinerary on the map.
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System Selection These icons are deactivated when the list does not contain any route point. Up Tap this icon to move the selection one route point up. Tap this icon several times to move the selection several route points up. Down Tap this icon to move the selection one route point down. Tap this icon several times to move the selection several route points down.
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System Managing itineraries Save itinerary Only itineraries that contain at least one route point may be saved. Otherwise this icon is deactivated. 1. Tap this icon to save the itinerary you have planned. The NAME OF THE ITINERARY screen opens. 2. Enter a name for the itinerary. 3. Tap OK. Note: Only the route points will be saved. If you load an itinerary, you will have to recalculate it. Load itinerary 1. Tap this icon to load a saved itinerary, e.g.
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System Rename itinerary 1. Tap the Load itinerary icon. (This icon is deactivated if there is no saved itinerary available) The SELECT ITINERARY screen opens: 2. Use the Up and Down buttons to mark the desired route. The marked route appears on the select button. 3. Tap the Edit icon. The NAME OF THE ITINERARY screen opens: 4. Enter the new name of the itinerary.
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System 5. Tap OK. The SELECT ITINERARY screen reopens. The itinerary has been renamed. 6. Tap on the button with the renamed route in order to download this route. - OR Tap the Back icon to open the ROUTE PLANNING screen without loading an itinerary. Delete itinerary 1. Tap the Load itinerary icon. (This icon is deactivated if there is no saved itinerary available) The SELECT ITINERARY screen opens. 2. Use the Up and Down buttons to mark the desired route.
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System 3. Tap the Delete icon to delete the selected itinerary. The CONFIRM screen opens. 4. Tap Yes. The SELECT ITINERARY screen reopens. The deleted route is no more listed.
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System Calculating the route An itinerary may be calculated even without GPS reception in order to get an impression on the route. The system assumes then the first route point to be the start point of the route. Note: When you start navigation, the system identifies your current position and makes it the start point. The first indicated route point is then the first stage point. 1.
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System 3. Tap the Calculate route icon. The route is being calculated. A message window informs you on the progress of calculation. When the calculation has ended, the entire route from the first to the last route point and the probable duration of journey for this route are displayed at the bottom of the ROUTE PLANNING screen. Furthermore, the distance and the estimated duration of each stage will be indicated with the selected route point entry.
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System Displaying the itinerary on the map Show itinerary 1. Tap the Show on map button to display the entire itinerary on the map. The map opens in SEARCH FOR DESTINATION mode. The itinerary is highlighted in orange. The route points are marked by flags. In SEARCH FOR DESTINATION mode you can also add a destination to the route. For more information, read chapter "Indicating destinations on the map" on page 38.
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System 1. Tap the Map view button. The standard map view opens. 2. Tap short on any place on the map. The MENU opens. 3. Tap on Route. The ROUTE window opens.
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System 4. Tap on Simulation. The route is recalculated for the simulation. Simulation starts when calculation has finished. Stopping the simulation You may quit a simulation at any moment. 1. Tap short on any place on the map. The MENU screen opens. 2. Tap Stop navigation.
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System 1. Tap Start navigation. The ROUTE OPTIONS screen opens: 2. Determine the route options. For detailed information on setting the route options, please refer to "Routing options", page 88. Note: The standard settings for the route options may be changed in SETTINGS – ROUTE OPTIONS. For detailed information on changing the standard settings refer to "Settings", page 84. The system calculates the route. The map screen opens.
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System No GPS reception? When the received GPS signal is not sufficient, the following message appears: You have two possibilities: Ù Wait until navigation starts. This will happen as soon as the GPS reception is sufficient. Ù Tap Cancel and restart navigation as soon as the reception of GPS signals is convenient. You may notice that by watching the GPS symbol on the screen: it becomes GPS ready when the reception is good.
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System Working with the map Topics covered in this chapter: Selecting a map page 64 Operating the map page 65 Representation of the map in navigation mode page 69 Working with the map - 63 -
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System Selecting a map Selecting a map To load another map which is available on the currently inserted memory card, proceed as follows: 1. In the MENU tap the Settings button. The SETTINGS screen opens. 2. Tap on Select map. The SELECT MAP screen opens.
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System 3. Tap on the Map button. The AVAILABLE MAPS screen opens: 4. Use the Up and Down buttons to mark the desired map. The marked map appears on the select button 5. Tap on the select window for the marked map. 6. The Select map button opens again. 7. Tap on the Save window. 8. Tap on the Map view button to return to the standard map view.
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System Standard map view The STANDARD map view appears after you switch on the navigation device and also during navigation. The following properties are typical for this view: Ù Your current position is indicated by a red triangle in the centre of the lower third. When you move along, the triangle does not change its position on the screen. Instead, the map section changes according to your direction of movement.
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System Map alignment align North or align In driving direction Tap on North to align the map in such a way that north is always at the top. This view corresponds to the map view of printed maps, but is impractical for the navigation. Tap on In driving direction in order to align the map in such a way that the “straight ahead” direction of movement is always “pointing up” on the screen.
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System The following characteristics are typical for this view: Ù A large crosshair appears on the screen. The point in the centre of the crosshair is being "aimed at". Ù The map is north up. Ù The map is fixed and will not follow your position. If you change to this view whilst you are driving, the triangle that represents your position disappears from the screen. Ù You can change the zoom level and therefore the size of the map section.
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System Map alignment Align In driving direction or align North Tap on the In driving direction button to align the map in such a way that the “straight ahead” direction of movement is always “pointing up” on the screen. This view is then only possible if you have fixed the position (see above) and you are moving. Tap on the North button to align the map in such a way that north is always at the top.
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System - 70 - Field Information c If two manoeuvres are to be executed quickly one after the other, the small upper arrow field indicates the manoeuvre to be executed immediately after the next manoeuvre. d The red arrow indicates your current position on the map. e The next manoeuvre is shown in the large arrow field. Left of the indication arrow you will see a row of orange bars.
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System Note: the information regarding the numbers f to j can also be hidden in the ROUTE INFORMATION screen. Refer to chapter "Route information" on page 85 to find out more. Signpost info The upper part of the Map screen displays information on the signposts you have to follow: This information covers some of the other buttons on the map. Tap on the signposts to hide them. Press the left hardware key on the device in order to show the signposts.
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System Useful functions for navigation Topics covered in this chapter: Show the entire route page 74 Next destination page 75 Blocking a route section page 76 Change route options page 78 Simulation page 79 TMC page 80 Useful functions for navigation - 73 -
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System Survey The following functions are available during navigation or after calculating a planned route: Show the entire route Overview During navigation you always see only a part of the route on the screen. You can however display the entire route in order to gain a general overview. The map is open in the STANDARD view. 1. Tap anywhere on the map. The MENU opens. 2. Tap on the Route button. The ROUTE screen opens. 3. Tap on the Show Route button.
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System Note: you can now add or insert an interim destination. Refer to chapter "Indicating destinations on the map" on page 38 for more information. Next destination Next destination Next destination This function is only available when you are navigating a route with at least one stage point and when you are working in extended mode. Use this function if you want to skip the next stage point.
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System Blocking a route section Blocking a route section manually You may block a route section manually in order to evade it. Manual blocking forces a recalculation of the route. Presume that you are driving on a freeway and a radio message announces a traffic jam 4 miles ahead of your current position. With the "Block route sections" function you may instruct the navigation system to evade the announced traffic jam.
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System The BLOCK screen opens. 4. By tapping on the respective button, input how long the blocked route section should be. The route is recalculated. The Block road button is now coloured orange.
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System 5. Tap on the Map view button to open the map again. The blocked route section is highlighted in red. The route is shown in orange. Unblocking 1. Open the ROUTE screen (see above) 2. Tap on the orange-coloured Block road button. The block is lifted and the Sony Personal Navigation System continues to navigate to the originally calculated route.
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System The ROUTE screen opens. 3. Tap on the Route options button. The ROUTING OPTIONS screen opens. 4. Carry out the required change to the route options. Refer to chapter "Routing options" on page 88 for detailed information on changing route options. The route is recalculated. The navigation continues taking into consideration the new route options. Note: these changes apply only to the current navigation.
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System TMC TMC-receiver If your navigation device is being used in a TMC cradle, the system avails itself of the current traffic reports and can, if necessary, dynamically change the route in order, for example, to avoid a traffic jam. You can display the current valid traffic reports. Note: compared to the standard cradle, the TMC cradle includes a module to receive TMC messages. You can recognize the TMC module from the TMC lettering on the left.
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System Considering TMC information for route calculation The following screen informs you about a reported instruction concerning your route: Evade Tap the Evade button to evade the reported obstruction. The route will be recalculated in order to evade the obstruction. Ignore Tap the Ignore button to ignore the reported obstruction.
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System Hold station, and Frequency input modes. Auto tuning In Auto tuning mode, the TMC module searches continually for the station which is best received. The name and the frequency of the station are being displayed. 1a Use the arrow keys of the "Station" section to receive another station. As soon as another station has been found, its name and frequency are being displayed.
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System Configuring the Sony Personal Navigation System Topics covered in this chapter: Settings page 84 Volume Select map Map information Route information Signpost information Light sensor Graphical look Touch screen calibration Auto mode Routing options Itinerary Time zone Format Language Home address Radio-Muting Demo mode Product information Configuring the Sony Personal Navigation System - 83 -
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System Settings 1. On the MENU, tap on the Settings button. The SETTINGS screen opens. 2. Use the Down and Up buttons to open the screen page that has the settings you wish to edit. 3. Tap on the button for the respective setting. The screen opens. 4. Carry out the required changes. 5. Tap on the Save button to enable these changes. 6. Tap on the Back button in order to open the settings screen again. - OR Tap on the Map view button to open the map in standard view.
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System Select map Select map In the SELECT MAP screen you can choose a different map from your device. To do this, tap on the Map field and select a different map. The can edit the maps that should be available by using the Installer tool. This can be found on the supplied software DVD. Use ActiveSync® to connect the navigation device with your computer and insert the DVD. The Installer tool starts automatically. Follow the on-screen instructions.
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System Signpost information Signpost information On the SIGNPOST INFORMATION screen, you may effect the following modifications: The Show traffic signs command indicates whether signposts indicating exits from motorways or highways are currently being displayed or not. Tap the Show traffic signs command to toggle between On and Off mode. The new mode is now indicated on the button.
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System Touch screen calibration Touchscreen calibration If you think that the touch screen does not perceive contact positions correctly, the Sony Personal Navigation System may calibrate it. Tap the Start calibration button and follow the instructions on the display. Auto mode Auto mode On the AUTO MODE screen you can establish the settings for the map in the standard view: Setting Signification Mode Select the default map view: 2D or 3D.
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System Routing options Routing options On the ROUTING OPTIONS screen, indicate your speed profile. This entry will have an effect on the calculation of the remaining time and of the estimated time of arrival (ETA). 1. Tap the Speed profile button. Select one of the available profiles and tap OK. 2.
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System Time zone Calculation of arrival times On the TIME ZONE screen, select the time zone of the region you are currently staying in. This is necessary for the system to indicate correct times of arrival in navigation mode. Element Signification Time zone Tap this entry field to select the time zone of the region you are currently staying in. Daylight saving time Tap this entry field to switch between daylight saving time (yes) and standard time (no).
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System Home address Home address On the HOME ADDRESS screen, you may save your home address to quickly start navigation homewards from anywhere. Tap Enter your home address. The NAVIGATION screen opens. 3. Tap the Address button and enter your home address as described in "Entering an address", page 29. 4. Tap the Set as home address button. The address is indicated on the HOME ADDRESS screen.
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System Glossary COM-port A COM port is a connector to a communications interface, usually the serial port. The ports are numbered by a number behind "COM". A communications interface is designed to connect hardware like a mouse or a GPS receiver. GMT GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) is the mean solar time at the Royal Greenwich Observatory in Greenwich near London, England, which by convention is at 0 degrees geographic longitude.
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System Index A H Assistance for navigation.................. 69 Auto mode ..................................... 87 B I Battery Status......................................... 17 Blocking......................................... 76 Unblock....................................... 78 C Configuration.................................. 84 D Demo mode ................................... Destination Address....................................... Navigate to.............
User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System Menu............................................. 22 N Navigation Change route options .................... 78 Proceed automatically ................... 88 Start........................................... 59 P POI ............................................... Points of interest ............................. In certain town............................. Nationwide .................................. Nearby........................................
