TeleNav GPS Navigator™ v5.0 GPS Navigation Suite for Motorola V3a Available on the Alltel network User’s Guide © 2003-2007 TeleNav, Inc. All rights reserved. TeleNav and TeleNav GPS Navigator are trademarks of TeleNav, Inc. Motorola and its families of related marks, images and symbols are the exclusive properties and trademarks or registered trademarks of the Motorola Corporation.
Table of Contents 1. Welcome...........................................................................................................................................................5 2. Safety and Legal Notices ...............................................................................................................................5 3. Data Service Options......................................................................................................................................6 4.
Save a Location to My Favorites.................................................................................................................25 Delete a Location from My Favorites ..........................................................................................................27 Select a Recent Place..................................................................................................................................27 Search the Directory .............................................
TeleNav GPS Navigator Encountered An Error................................................................................................42 TeleNav GPS Navigator Not Available ..............................................................................................................42 Trial Expired.........................................................................................................................................................43 Unable to generate a route...........................
1. Welcome The TeleNav GPS Navigator™ application on your phone uses GPS position determination technology and access to your carrier’s data network to provide you with driving directions and a host of other services including: 2. • GPS navigation that gives you turn-by-turn directions to any destination address in the continental United States. If you miss a turn or get off-track, TeleNav GPS Navigator will calculate a new route for you.
WARNING: Drive safely and use common sense. The vehicle operator’s personal judgment, traffic regulations, and common sense must always take precedence over the instructions provided by TeleNav, Inc. It is your responsibility as the vehicle operator to drive safely, observe all traffic rules, and use your own personal judgment while driving.
The left softkey performs the function directly above it on the menu bar at the bottom of the screen of the TeleNav GPS Navigator application. The left softkey is typically used to go back one screen, close a screen or exit the application. In the illustration below, the left softkey takes you back to the previous screen (the TeleNav GPS Navigator Main Menu). Right softkey The key in the upper right corner of the keypad with the minus sign (“__”).
END key The END key returns you to the Alltel Home screen. Pressing and holding the END key turns off the phone. END key Speaker 5. Turn the speaker on by pressing and holding the button at the upper-right side of the device until the “Speakerphone On” message box appears. Turning On Location Setting For TeleNav GPS Navigator to work, you must set your phone’s Location Setting to “Location On” by following the steps outlined below: 1. Go to phone’s home screen. 2. Press the MENU button. 3.
2. Select the Main Menu icon when the Preview screen appears. Note: If you are doing another function on your phone and want to go to the Preview screen so you can launch the TeleNav GPS Navigator application, press the END key once. As mentioned earlier, if you hold the END key down too long, it may shut off the phone. 3. Select the My Content icon. 4. Select Applications in the My Content menu. 5. The TeleNav GPS Navigator splash screen appears. 6.
7. A warning message appears with a message similar to the following: “Do not maneuver this application while driving. You assume all risks of using this application in your vehicle.” Press the left softkey to reject this warning and exit application startup, or press the right softkey to accept this warning and start the TeleNav GPS Navigator. 8. The TeleNav GPS Navigator Main Menu appears, displaying the following menu options: 7.
You can also search for a particular type of business closest to your current location or closest to another location. For example, you could search for a Mexican restaurant closest to your current location or closest to the motel at which you just made reservations. In addition, you can also search for locations along your route. For example, you can search for all of the gas stations that sell your favorite brand of gas on your route between Dallas and Houston.
Get Driving Directions (Drive To) There are three ways to get driving directions to a desired location (follow the “see page” cross references for details about these features). 1. Select the Drive To option from the TeleNav GPS Navigator Main Menu. Then select one of the seven Drive To menu options shown below (see page 13). 2. Select Directory from the TeleNav GPS Navigator Main Menu. Search for a location and select Drive To (see page 13). © TELENAV, INC.
3. Select View Maps from the TeleNav Navigator Main Menu and select one of the seven menu options in the Maps screen shown below: Or, from an Address screen, select View Map > Action > Drive To (see page 31) To use the Drive To menu, do the following steps: 1. Select Drive To from the TeleNav GPS Navigator Main Menu. © TELENAV, INC.
2. Select one of the following options from the Drive To menu as shown in the illustration to the right and discussed below. My Favorites In the My Favorites screen, press the down navigation key until you highlight your desired location. Then press the OK button. Your My Favorites list can grow to an unlimited length. If your My Favorites list gets very large, it may be easier to use the Find function to find your desired Favorite.
Recent Places In the Recent Places screen, press the down navigation key until you highlight your desired location. Then press the OK button to go to the Address screen for this location. You have four options from the Address screen: Drive To (to get driving directions to this location); View Map (to view a map of this location); Save To Favorites (save this Recent Place to your My Favorites list); or Delete (delete this address from your Recent Places list).
Intersection Enter an intersection by typing as shown above. Then press the OK button twice. You can also enter an address by speaking (see page 24). The TeleNav GPS Navigator checks to see if the intersection that you entered can be found. The TeleNav GPS Navigator prompts you to modify the name of the intersection if one of the streets doesn’t exist, if the streets don’t cross, or if the address is too new to be found in the mapping database.
Businesses Navigate to your desired location in the Directory. Then press the OK button to select it. You have four options when you select a desired location: make a phone call, get audible and visual driving or walking directions, view a map of the location, or save the selected business or other entity to your My Favorites list.
GPS Origin Refinement If you are using GPS navigation and you are in a parking lot or similar area where your location does not exactly map to a specific street, you may see a popup that shows the TeleNav GPS Navigator’s best estimate of which street you are on. This gives you the opportunity to change the starting street. If you elect to change the starting street, a list of neighboring streets appears and you can make an alternate selection from the list.
Navigation Views The default navigation view is 3D moving maps, but you may wish to use another option when you’re navigating. Pull over and stop your vehicle in a safe place before changing navigation options. You may even wish to plan your trip before you start by looking at other navigation views. You can access other navigation views after you start a navigation session, for example from the Drive To menu. Press the right softkey to select the View menu as shown in the illustration to the right.
The View menu has the following options: Turn Icons Only Turn icons without maps. 2D Map A 2-dimensional map with turn icons. 3D Map A 3-dimensional map with turn icons (default). © TELENAV, INC.
Route Summary A text listing of every turn for this navigation session from your starting location to your destination along with mini turn icons. Map Summary The entire route from your starting location to your destination is drawn on a map. Search Along Use the Directory to find the desired locations along your navigation route. For example, find every Mexican restaurant on your route between San Francisco and Sacramento. This also displays how many miles off your route each restaurant is.
Navigation Options After you select a Drive To location, the Directions screen appears. The TeleNav GPS Navigator assumes that you want to start from your current location, but your can select the Edit Route option to change the Origin or the Destination of your trip. Simply press the up or down navigation keys to halt the automatic Get Route function and the Edit Route menu item will be highlighted. Press the OK button or the right softkey to access the Edit Route menu.
You can also modify the Route Style for your trip by selecting one of the following options: • Fastest - This default Route Style finds the fastest driving route. • Shortest - This Route Style may or may not take more driving time, but it shows you the shortest distance. • Prefer Streets - Use streets instead of highways if possible. • Prefer Highway - Use highways instead of streets if possible. • Pedestrian - Find walking directions.
Enter an Address by Speaking To enter an address by speaking, do the following steps: 1. From the Drive To menu, select Address or Intersection. 2. Select the Speak It option. This places a call to the TeleNav Speak It server. Because this phone can only do one function at a time, it cannot make a call and run the TeleNav GPS Navigator at the same time. Therefore, the phone will automatically exit from the TeleNav GPS Navigator application when you make a call. 3.
The location you entered by speaking will appear at the top of your Recent Places List after your re-launch the TeleNav GPS Navigator application. (Select Drive To or View Maps, then select Recent Places.) The following section contains an example of what you might hear and say when using the Speak It option for entering an address. TeleNav GPS Navigator prompt> Welcome to TeleNav! Powered by TeleNav. Say the city and state you want like San Francisco, California.
To save your current location to your My Favorites list, do the following steps: 1. Select Tools/Extras from the TeleNav GPS Navigator main menu. 2. Select Record Location. 3. Enter the label that will appear in your My Favorites list (i.e., HOME or NY OFFICE). 4. Press the OK button to apply this name to your new Favorite. © TELENAV, INC.
Delete a Location from My Favorites To delete a location from your My Favorites list, highlight the location in your My Favorites list and select the Delete option. For example: Select a Recent Place TeleNav GPS Navigator automatically keeps a list of all of the places that you’ve found when using any of the Drive To functions. You can access the Recent Places list from the Drive To menu or the View Maps menu.
or You can select a Recent Place by scrolling through your Recent Places list. You can scroll through your Recent Places list page-by-page by selecting the up or down scroll icons. If your list is too long, you can enter one or more alphanumeric characters in the Find text box and the Recent Places that match your search are automatically selected and displayed.
When you select a Recent Place from the View Maps menu, a map of your Recent Place appears. You can then press the right softkey to select the Action menu. From the Action menu, you can select the Drive To option for driving directions or the Save Location option to add this location to your My Favorites list. Search the Directory You can use the Directory to find businesses, churches, schools, government offices, police and fire stations, and so on. To use the Directory do the following steps: 1.
3. Make a selection and then do one of the following: • Press the OK button to start your search, or • Wait for the default seven-second countdown to automatically launch your search. The illustration on the right shows 4 seconds left on the automatic countdown. Note: Press the down navigation key to stop the automatic search countdown. Press the left softkey to stop a search that’s already begun.
2. From the View Map option for any location that you’ve found in the Drive To menu. For example, for navigation instructions from the TeleNav GPS Navigator Main Menu, select Drive To > Recent Places > select a Recent Place > View Map > select the Action Menu > select Drive To. © TELENAV, INC.
3. From the View Map option for any Location that you’ve found using the Directory. Note: In some screens, the Directory may be called Business or Businesses. For example, from the TeleNav GPS Navigator Main Menu select Directory. Search the Directory for your desired location. Then select the View Map option for the location that you found.
Taking an Incoming Call When you’re using the TeleNav GPS Navigator and your phone receives an incoming call, your phone rings and displays a screen that gives you the option to take the call or ignore the call. If you ignore the call, the TeleNav GPS application resumes and continues with the function that you were using before the call came in. However, if you take the call, the TeleNav GPS Navigator application terminates because the phone can only run one application at a time.
Exit the TeleNav GPS Navigator Application To exit the TeleNav GPS Navigator application, do the following steps: 1. Press the End button, or 2. If you’re not at the TeleNav GPS Navigator Main Menu, press the left softkey until the Main Menu appears. Then press the left softkey once. In the “Exit TeleNav now?” dialog, press the right softkey to select Yes and exit the TeleNav GPS Navigator. TeleNav GPS Navigator Menus This section gives you a brief overview of the TeleNav GPS Navigator menus.
Drive To Menu The Drive To Menu options are: My Favorites Favorite places that you’ve found and saved in the past so you can find them quickly. Your My Favorites list can grow to an unlimited length. Recent Places TeleNav GPS Navigator automatically saves all of the places that you: • Found in a Directory search. • Viewed as a map. • Located using a street address, intersection, city, or airport.
Directory Search the Directory and find the addresses and phone numbers of businesses like restaurants, motels, and gas stations, as well as other places like churches, schools, government offices, and police and fire stations. Once you find what you’re looking for, you can get audible and visual driving or walking directions, place a call, view a map, or save it to your My Favorites list. The Directory search result is automatically saved to your Recent Places list. Airports Quickly find airports.
View Maps Menu You can use the View Maps menu to view a map of: • Your Current Location • A Favorite Place • A Recent Place • An Address • An Intersection • A City • A Business or other entity (this is the same as the Directory menu option) Tools/Extras Menu The Tools/Extras menu gives you options for setting your preferences and other features as described in the following sections. © TELENAV, INC.
Record Location To save your current location to your My Favorites list, do the following steps: 1. Replace the default label and enter a label that accurately describes your current location, like WORK, AMY’S SCHOOL, etc. 2. Press the down navigation key. 3. Press the OK button. Compass This screen is similar to a nautical compass. It displays: • The direction that you’re heading in (if you’re moving). • Your latitude and longitude.
Preferences You can set the following personal preferences in the Preferences menu. After you select your new preference, press the right softkey to save it.
Contact The Contact menu gives you two options: • An easy way to call TeleNav GPS Navigator technical support. • A display of your PIN number. Give Feedback The Give Feedback menu gives you the following options so you can give us your feedback about how TeleNav GPS Navigator is working for you.
8. The TeleNav Website To access the TeleNav website, go to http://www.telenav.com. Some of the features are available without logging in, while others require logging into My TeleNav as described below. Available Without Logging In The following features are available without logging in: • Route planning for planning a trip by entering the starting and destination addresses (this does not update information on your phone).
Account Not Found You do not have a valid TeleNav GPS Navigator account. Contact TeleNav GPS Navigator Customer Support at 1-888-353-6284. GPS Signal Weak Move to an area with a clearer view of the sky. Invalid Login Your account number is your 10-digit mobile phone number beginning with area code. Your PIN is a 4-digit number that you assign. Your PIN can be accessed from the Contact option in the TeleNav GPS Navigator Tools/Extras menu.
Trial Expired The trial period for your account has expired. Order TeleNav GPS Navigator by calling TeleNav GPS Navigator Customer Support at 1-888-353-6284. Unable to generate a route TeleNav GPS Navigator could not generate a route between the two endpoints of the route. This may be a temporary error if you have a weak GPS signal when establishing the origin, but it also may be due to errors in the map data in the area around the destination.
not overhead but near the horizon; in these cases, the GPS receiver in your phone must have a clear view of the horizon. How do I know that the GPS has a signal? The TeleNav GPS Navigator application on your phone alerts you if you do not have a valid GPS signal. If this happens, move to an area where there is a clear view of the sky so the GPS satellite signal has access to the GPS receiver in your phone.
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