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NAVIGATION

MANUAL

MODEL NO.: MCD795

OSD SET UP

AS PS

MODE

B ND

MUTE

GPS MODE

4x75WATT

MCD 795

Summary of Contents for MCD795

Page 1: ...NAVIGATION MANUAL MODEL NO MCD795 S U B W LOUD 1 2 3 4 5 6 OSD SET UP T R P R D M AS PS L RE MODE B ND A MUTE GPS MODE TA 4x75WATT MCD 795...

Page 2: ...3 GPS Data screen 12 4 3 1 GPS data displayed 12 4 3 2 GPS connection indicator 12 4 3 3 GPS data quality indicator 13 4 3 4 Time synchronization 13 4 4 The map 14 4 4 1 2D and 3D map views 14 4 4 2 Z...

Page 3: ...No 19 29 4 6 Route Information screen 30 4 6 1 Route data displayed for destination and via points 30 4 6 1 1 Route line 30 4 6 1 2 Distance Left 31 4 6 1 3 Method 31 4 6 1 4 Time Left 31 4 6 1 5 Esti...

Page 4: ...on Tone 48 5 4 Route parameter settings 48 5 4 1 Method 48 5 4 2 Route 48 5 4 2 1 Short 49 5 4 2 2 Fast 49 5 4 2 3 Economical 49 5 4 3 Vehicle 49 5 4 4 Road types to include exclude 49 5 4 4 1 Unpaved...

Page 5: ...eset Advanced Settings 59 6 Find 60 6 1 Find GO Main menu 60 6 2 Selection by tapping the map 60 6 3 Using the Find menu 61 6 3 1 Find an Address Street Intersection or City 61 6 3 1 1 Selecting the c...

Page 6: ...u need to change route parameters This GPS device has a built in optional Safety Mode that will prevent you from using the screen functions if your car is in motion Unless a passenger will be the only...

Page 7: ...You can access all functions of the program by using hardware and screen buttons With the help of these buttons you can travel through all the screens of the program Most of the screens especially me...

Page 8: ...ors the horizontal line contains the name of the function and not the actual status There is a lamp on the left to show whether the function is active or not When the lamp is dark the function is not...

Page 9: ...ite Bergere and the rest is done by the program When you type in POI or track log names This GPS device will automatically turn all initials into capitals to create names that look pleasant 2 1 3 1 AB...

Page 10: ...button repeatedly until the appropriate keyboard appears The special keys described in the previous section are also available here 2 1 3 3 The numeric keyboard The numeric keyboard only contains numb...

Page 11: ...reduce the number of actions needed to initiate a function or change a setting Most parts of the program are directly accessible from here by using the buttons described below No Content 1 The GPS dev...

Page 12: ...received while green ones are used by this GPS to calculate your current location On the right you can see the satellite signal strength bars Dark bars are for the grey and orange bars are for the gr...

Page 13: ...e GPS receiver has enough satellites to calculate altitude Position is generally correct yet it can still be inaccurate due to different environmental factors The GPS device is ready for navigation 3...

Page 14: ...ch in the Quick menu to quickly switch between the two modes Note You may find that 2D mode is more useful in North up Map mode when looking for a certain part of the map or an object to select as des...

Page 15: ...reen You can change between day and night views manually in the Quick Menu or let the GPS device do it automatically for you Note The automatic day night mode is based upon the current date and GPS po...

Page 16: ...ways to show street labels The conventional way is the same as a roadmap it displays the name of the street aligned with the street The alternative is a kind of virtual signpost stuck into the street...

Page 17: ...d tilt levels to always look realistic This GPS device has a built in Lock on Road feature that always puts the position arrow on the road on the axis of the street in case of one way streets or on th...

Page 18: ...the current GPS position as a Pin Press the Record button hardware button with an audio cassette icon on it to save the Pin instantly Tip A quick way to tell the coordinates of a location you found on...

Page 19: ...ting system in which you have a start point your current location if GPS position is available a destination the line of the active leg of the route and optionally via points and inactive legs They ar...

Page 20: ...ent purposes The Map screen is to be used mainly without a GPS to browse the map create user POI items or to plan your route based on map points The Map screen is designed to give you the maximum map...

Page 21: ...4 n a Opens Cursor menu 15 Cockpit only Current street Opens Route Information screen 16 Cockpit only Travel and Route data Opens Route Information screen 17 Cockpit only Distance to next turn n a 18...

Page 22: ...urn is at a distance to let you see far ahead and zooms in when approaching a turn to give you a better view of the upcoming manoeuvre If you manually change the zoom level Smart Zoom will no longer s...

Page 23: ...d This semi transparent icon is displayed if GPS position is available and the map has been moved or rotated It also appears when you scale or tilt the map while Smart Zoom is enabled Normally this GP...

Page 24: ...ut 3 5 7 Menu No 9 This button opens the Menu with the Find engine the Quick menu the Route menu and the exit button that takes you to the Main menu screen The Menu will be described in detail later 3...

Page 25: ...es Overview mode Tap the icon again to return to Track up automatic rotation mode 3 5 9 GPS position quality No 11 Similarly to the icon found on the GPS Data screen the map screens also inform you ab...

Page 26: ...s This icon also functions as a button leading to the Track Log screen where you can stop the recording or make the track log visible on the map During track log playback a green icon will blink Tappi...

Page 27: ...This menu point works only if a route is already active Remove Via removes the via point near or at the Cursor The route will be recalculated immediately excluding the deleted point This menu point r...

Page 28: ...these three fields are different when cruising without an active route or navigating following an active route While cruising the fields show the present speed the current speed limit and the time of...

Page 29: ...This GPS device will display the name of the settlement instead of the name of the road or street A bullet symbol will appear next to the name of settlements to help you tell them apart from street na...

Page 30: ...art of this screen shows your planned route as a horizontal line Its leftmost point is the start of the route the rightmost one is the final destination and you can see your via point flags along the...

Page 31: ...ning segments of the route The calculation cannot take into account traffic jams and other possible delays If via points exist tap and tap again any of the fields to see the time needed to reach the f...

Page 32: ...ute This icon shows that you need to pay for the ferry This icon is displayed when this GPS device could not plan a route with all your road type preferences respected Sometimes it is impossible to fi...

Page 33: ...overview of the whole recommended route You will jump to the Map screen with a 2D North up view so that you can check where the route takes you 3 6 4 Parameters This button opens the Route parameter...

Page 34: ...This 2D view is also the end of the tilt range so it can also be accessed by tilting the map up Conversely 3D mode can be switched on by tilting down in 2D mode Map view modes are described here Note...

Page 35: ...orner will become Show if the POI group is hidden or Hide if the group is shown or partly shown Tip To make a partly shown group fully shown tap this button twice First you will hide the whole group a...

Page 36: ...shorten the list of matching POI items by filtering Just like in Find enter a few letters of the desired POI name When the number of matching items can fit in one page This GPS device will automatica...

Page 37: ...screen you have the following options Record this will initiate track log recording A new line appears in the list and GPS position data will be saved until you stop the recording or exit this GPS de...

Page 38: ...lation is set Drop Next Via Point Delete Route You can modify the route to skip the next via point if you decide it is no longer needed For example you may have added the via point only to influence t...

Page 39: ...appears on the map and navigation stops The route is now practically deleted but if you plan a new route the roads maneuvers and areas excluded from your route will also be avoided when planning the n...

Page 40: ...traffic This GPS device will recalculate the route excluding that turn If the next street is important in the route it is likely that this GPS device will replace the turn with several easier ones to...

Page 41: ...tination Use the arrows on the right to browse through the list and tap any line to highlight it You can perform the following operations Add you can add a new route point or a new final destination i...

Page 42: ...n screen described here This screen shows information about the current route and has a few additional options to check and modify your active route 3 7 4 Main button The Main button at the bottom rig...

Page 43: ...ettings When you disable Safety Mode This GPS device will warn you 4 1 2 Set Favorite Destinations You can select two of your most frequent destinations to be your favorites You can start navigating t...

Page 44: ...certain speed limit and the other one is used above that 4 1 4 1 Speeding tolerance This GPS device will warn you when you exceed the speed limit by the amount specified here Select whether you want...

Page 45: ...after you go astray 4 1 5 2 Ask First This GPS device can also ask your preference each time you leave the planned route The route will not be recalculated until you make your choice from the menu tha...

Page 46: ...d night time scheme This GPS device uses these when switching from day to night and back Tap the appropriate button and select a new scheme from the list 4 2 2 Alternative Road Names Some highways hav...

Page 47: ...other 4 3 2 Voice guidance volume switch The switch on the left can turn on or mute this GPS device audible guidance When turned on the slider on the right will adjust the loudness of voice prompts I...

Page 48: ...will use a double tone Note The Mute function accessible from the map screens overrides the settings on this screen When this GPS device is muted all sounds disappear These settings will not be chang...

Page 49: ...his GPS device will choose this one instead to save fuel 4 4 3 Vehicle You can set the type of the vehicle that you will use to navigate the route Based upon this setting some of the road types will b...

Page 50: ...he map data Furthermore you may need to pay fare so you may consider disabling them from the preset enabled status 4 4 4 4 U turns Although displayed amongst road types this is a type of action Most d...

Page 51: ...t written language of the program By tapping the button you can select from a list of available languages This GPS device will have to be restarted if you change this setting This GPS device will ask...

Page 52: ...lso set the time zone you are currently in 4 6 Advanced settings These screens let you set a large number of different advanced settings and initiate some special functions These settings and function...

Page 53: ...automatic map rotation for driving purposes Note You will still have the possibility to switch the map to 2D view or north up orientation but the map will return to 3D mode with map rotation whenever...

Page 54: ...is needed in Portable Navigation 4 6 2 2 Brightness With this switch you can instruct this GPS device to use the original settings of the device or you can set the backlight level separately for both...

Page 55: ...ushed it will move the map to have your current position in the middle again Note when this automatic feature is disabled you can still enable the Overview mode manually as described 4 6 3 3 Restore L...

Page 56: ...oring You can set the timeout for both Restore Lock to Position and Restore Smart Zoom here Shorter delays are best if you tend to accidentally change the map display but you may prefer a longer delay...

Page 57: ...d for route recalculation 4 6 4 2 U turn penalty You can fine tune the way this GPS device takes U turns into account when planning a route You can tell this GPS device how much extra distance you wou...

Page 58: ...ke a safe copy of the whole user database on a memory card Tap this button to copy all user data and settings on the memory card The backup is always created with the same file name so backing up data...

Page 59: ...y Pins can be deleted one by one Since they are shown at all zoom levels and you may end up having too many of them this button lets you delete all of them together This GPS device will warn you that...

Page 60: ...e and start navigation 5 1 Find GO Main menu As just mentioned the fastest way to find your destination and start navigating is to tap Find GO in the Main menu This will put you on the Find screen and...

Page 61: ...The following illustration shows the structure of the address search module There are five levels Country State City Street and Address The state level appears only in case of some countries e g Austr...

Page 62: ...for the selected country In this case you need to enter the name of the settlement You can accomplish this by using an alphabetic input screen either an ABC or a QWERTY type You only need to enter th...

Page 63: ...list the suburbs together with the main settlements Now the button turns to Hide districts and tapping it will return to the original shorter result list Once you have selected the city you can contin...

Page 64: ...y the most important intersection in case of a small town or village and for larger cities an important intersection in the city centre Selecting a street If you are looking for an address or an inter...

Page 65: ...intersection instead of a house number If you do not know the house number or it is easier to pinpoint the location with an intersection press the Find intersection button in the top right corner and...

Page 66: ...tination by map coordinates The coordinates need to be in latitude longitude format and based on the WGS84 earth model the one used by most GPS devices When you enter this page the coordinates of the...

Page 67: ...the top right corner Once you tap the Change ref button you are presented with these choices Address you can specify an address to be searched around or a settlement to search in The centre of this s...

Page 68: ...ap with the selected POI in the centre or starts navigating to it if Find GO was selected Tapping the arrow in the top left corner returns to the search results Tip If you want to find the nearest POI...

Page 69: ...ing night colors arrow shows my location but I cannot see the route green or red line and no voice instructions are announced It is likely that you have no active route Check the upper left corner of...

Page 70: ...te speed warning the actual speed limits of each street and road must be present correctly on the map This is a relatively new feature of digital maps so it may not be available in some countries and...

Page 71: ...This information is shown in this GPS device on the GPS Data screen Use it as a general reference only Note that several other factors affect the real accuracy some of which the GPS is incapable of e...

Page 72: ...represents the time needed to reach your destination based upon calculations using the remaining part of the route and available information of the roads used This estimation can be used only as a ge...

Page 73: ...every second or every few seconds depending on your GPS settings When you start the recording position data are saved in the database until you stop recording it This set of sequential GPS positions...

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