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Operating HP iPAQ Trip Guide (Controls)

HP iPAQ Trip Guide is designed for easy operation. All controls are operable by
fingertips. Wherever possible, pushbuttons and lists are provided to make accessing
functions or changing settings as easy as possible.

Hardware buttons

Hardware buttons are mostly used on map screens to zoom, tilt and rotate the map, or
to open other screens.

The majority of the HP iPAQ Trip Guide functions can be accessed using the touch
screen. The hardware buttons are different on the HP IPAQ 610 Business Navigator
and HP IPAQ 910 Business Messenger devices. Their functions are the following:

HP IPAQ 610 Business Navigator

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Summary of Contents for 914c - iPAQ Business Messenger Smartphone

Page 1: ...HP iPAQ Trip Guide For HP iPAQ 614 Series Business Navigator and HP iPAQ 914 Series Business Messenger ...

Page 2: ...tlas N V Austria BEV GZ 1368 2003 Denmark DAV France IGN France Great Britain Ordnance Survey data with permission of Her Majesty s Stationery Office Crown Copyright Italy Geonext DeAgostini Northern Ireland Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland Norway Norwegian Mapping Authority Public Roads Administration Mapsolutions Switzerland Swisstopo The Netherlands Topografische ondergrond Copyright dienst ...

Page 3: ...ide first and start using HP iPAQ Trip Guide right away This document is the detailed description of the software Although HP iPAQ Trip Guide can easily be discovered by experience it is still recommended that you read through this manual to clearly understand the exact function of each button and icon 3 ...

Page 4: ...nd controls 17 Direct selectors 17 List selectors 18 Sliders 18 Switches 18 Switches in the Quick menu 19 Virtual keyboards 19 ABC type keyboards 20 QWERTY type keyboards 21 The numeric keyboard 21 Discovering the program through the screens 22 Main menu 22 About screen 23 The map 23 2D and 3D map views 24 Zoom levels 25 Daylight and night colour schemes 26 Streets and roads 27 Other objects 28 Cu...

Page 5: ...ding No 6 42 Cursor No 7 43 Map scale No 8 43 Menu No 9 44 Map orientation and Overview No 10 44 GPS position quality No 11 45 Battery status No 12 45 Sound muting No 13 46 Track Log recording playback indicator No 14 46 Cursor menu No 15 47 Current street No 16 49 Travel and Route data No 17 49 Distance to next turn No 18 50 Next street Next settlement No 19 50 Approaching next turn No 20 51 Rout...

Page 6: ...s 73 Red light cameras 74 Controlled traffic direction 74 Speed limit checked 74 Add a new camera or edit an existing one 75 Change the settings of the camera warning 75 Settings 76 General settings 76 Safety Mode 77 Set Favourite Destinations 77 Automatic Night Colours 78 Alerts 78 Warn When Speeding 78 Enable Safety Cameras 79 Route Recalculation 80 Automatic 80 Ask First 80 Disabled 81 Display ...

Page 7: ...anguage 90 Units 90 Set Date Time Format 90 Advanced settings 90 Display options 91 Force QVGA mode 91 2D in Map mode and North up orientation 92 3D in Cockpit mode and track up orientation 92 Zoom in after find 92 Coordinate display format 93 Cockpit screen layout 93 Backlight settings 93 Power management 93 Brightness 94 Smart Zoom 94 Smart Zoom settings 95 Enable Overview mode 95 Restore Lock t...

Page 8: ...Find 102 Find GO Main menu 102 Selection by tapping the map 102 Using the Find menu 103 Find an Address Street Intersection or City 103 Selecting the city state and country to search in 104 Selecting a street or the centre of the settlement 108 Selecting a house number or the midpoint of the street 110 How to select an intersection instead of a house number 110 An example for a full address search...

Page 9: ...AQ Trip Guide 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 one to operate HP iPAQ Trip Guide we strongly encourage you to turn on the Safety Mode It is also important that you look at the display only if it is absolutely safe to do so You should always observe traffic signs and road geometry b...

Page 10: ...nt to exit HP iPAQ Trip Guide which would stop navigation you can return to the operating system by tapping the top right corner of the Main menu screen look for a white triangle You do not need a stylus to use HP iPAQ Trip Guide All screen buttons and controls are designed so that you can operate them with your fingertips HP iPAQ Trip Guide does not contain pop up or pull down menus similar to th...

Page 11: ...reenshots are shown in the different orientation versions HP iPAQ Trip Guide can also take full advantage of devices with VGA 480 by 640 pixels display This setting is also automatic Should you need the standard quarter VGA 240 by 320 pixels resolution for any reason just turn on the Force QVGA switch in Advanced Settings Page 90 Most of the screens have a Return button in the top left corner This...

Page 12: ...settings as easy as possible Hardware buttons Hardware buttons are mostly used on map screens to zoom tilt and rotate the map or to open other screens The majority of the HP iPAQ Trip Guide functions can be accessed using the touch screen The hardware buttons are different on the HP IPAQ 610 Business Navigator and HP IPAQ 910 Business Messenger devices Their functions are the following HP IPAQ 610...

Page 13: ...apacitive touchpad to move the map view in that direction In lists clockwise circular motion or swiping down will move the selection down and counter clockwise or upwards motion will move the selection up Tap and hold the map and move your finger to the direction in which you want to move the map Tap list item for selection 8 Sets display orientation By default HP iPAQ Trip Guide is displayed in p...

Page 14: ...turn to the current GPS position or to make a selection in lists Tap and hold the map and move your finger to the direction in which you want to move the map Tap list item for selection 6 Closes HP iPAQ Trip Guide Exit button in the Main menu 7 Repeats the last voice instruction while navigating or makes a selection in lists No equivalent for repeating voice instruction tap list item for selection...

Page 15: ...en applied on list and menu screens this action will move the highlight up and down Rotate left and right Track up map orientation Page 4 will always rotate the map so its top faces your direction of travel when your GPS position is available Use this function if you need to check something on your left or right 4 If you rotate the map during navigation Smart Zoom will still zoom and tilt the map ...

Page 16: ... the Route Information screen is open this button first returns to the Cockpit screen re enables normal navigation and will say the instruction only after being pushed again Note When applied on list and menu screens this button will select the highlighted item Route Information and Itinerary To give easy access to the most important data screens during navigation a hardware button is reserved for...

Page 17: ...ave disabled Lock to Position by selecting a point on the map Page 30 the Pin will appear at the position of the Cursor If your PDA has no Record button as an alternative action you can open the Cursor menu Page 47 and tap the Pin button Screen buttons and controls The primary input channel of HP iPAQ Trip Guide is the touch screen If you read on you will realise that most parts of the screen are ...

Page 18: ...the slider the leftmost position means the minimum value while the rightmost position represents the maximum value With most sliders you can check the current value on the left This control can be operated in two ways Either drag the handle to move the slider to its new position or tap the slider where you want the handle to appear the thumb jumps there immediately As with the list selectors there...

Page 19: ...s up that can easily be operated with your fingertips You can choose between a separate ABC and numeric keypad or a set of QWERTY type keyboards that contain both letters and numbers HP iPAQ Trip Guide will remember your last choice and offer it the next time you need to enter data Note You are not forced to use the virtual keyboards If your PDA is equipped with an alphanumeric keyboard you can al...

Page 20: ...ton to switch to the numeric keyboard Use Backspace arrow pointing left to delete the last letter you have entered if you have made a mistake tap Space to enter more words and hit Done to finish entering the text This type of keyboard has large finger friendly buttons Note If you have chosen a program language that uses Latin letters only the ABC keyboard appears If you choose the Greek language a...

Page 21: ...tton repeatedly until the appropriate keyboard appears The special keys described in the previous section are also available here The numeric keyboard The numeric keyboard only contains numbers on huge buttons The special keys you find on the other keyboards except Space are available here as well Although QWERTY type keyboards also contain number keys when entering a house number the program offe...

Page 22: ...Main menu This is the root of the screen hierarchy but you need to return here very rarely while using the program Screens are also accessible from each other to 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 HP iPAQ Trip Guide logo 2 Battery Status indicato...

Page 23: ...ide navigation stops Depends on program settings Same as removing the SD card About screen Tap About on the Main menu screen to open this screen The About screen is not used in normal navigation It is there to inform you about the map licenses you have the creators of HP iPAQ Trip Guide and the legal aspects of using the program The map The most important and most frequently used screens of HP iPA...

Page 24: ... 3D mode that gives a view similar to that seen through the windscreen with the possibility to see far ahead It is easy to change between 2D and 3D modes You have two options You can use the Tilt up and down buttons Page 4 to tilt the map seamlessly between 2D and all 3D angles or you can use the switch in the Quick menu Page 56 2 to quickly switch between the two modes Note You may find that 2D m...

Page 25: ...streets and objects as needed to find your way around the map Zoom in and out to see how the map changes in either the 2D or 3D view Changing the scale of the map is very easy You can drag and stretch the scale Page 4 at the bottom of the Map screen or use the zoom icons Page 41 3 on both Map and Cockpit screens Overview mode instead of zooming out and back in The Overview mode is a 2D North up vi...

Page 26: ...t HP iPAQ Trip Guide do it automatically Page 78 for you position by which HP iPAQ Trip Guide calculates the exact sunrise and sunset times on the particular day at the particular location Using that information HP iPAQ Trip Guide can automatically switch between the colour schemes a few minutes before sunrise when the sky has already turned bright and a few minutes after sunset before it gets dar...

Page 27: ... paper roadmaps is also convenient when it comes to streets the most important elements of the map concerning navigation HP iPAQ Trip Guide uses similar colour codes to those you are accustomed to and the width of the streets also refers to their importance so it will not be difficult to tell a highway from a small street Streets and roads have names or numbers for identification Of course this in...

Page 28: ...f in Map Options Page 83 Tip Major roads usually have alternative names numbering besides the primary name You can choose whether to display these alternative names or not You can set this in Map Options Page 82 Other objects To help orientate you the map also contains objects that have no other navigating function than to help you recognise your location on the map These are surface waters large ...

Page 29: ...e 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 the side of the road where you drive e g on the right in Germany and on the left in the U K on two way roads The location received from the GPS receiver is shown as a blue dot on the map This can help you locate your position if the GPS accuracy is poor a...

Page 30: ...me the selected point on the map marked with a small red dot and permanently radiating red circles to make it conspicuous at all zoom levels even when it is in the background of a 3D map view You can use this point as starting point via point or destination of your route you can search for a POI near to it mark it with a drawing pin or save it as a POI The cursor when visible is also the reference...

Page 31: ...ates of a location you found on the map is to Pin it and then look for the coordinates in the History list Page 112 his way you also save the coordinates with the Pin for later reference If you do not need the coordinates later just select the point and start Find Coordinates Page 112 Visible POIs Points of Interest HP iPAQ Trip Guide comes with thousands of built in POIs and you can create your o...

Page 32: ...u still need this information during your journey just drag the map to disable Lock to Position Page 42 This will restore street names and POI icons immediately Now tap Lock to reactivate Lock to Position Tip Tap the map on or near a POI item to see the list of the names of the nearest POIs in a popup list if it is enabled Page 61 To see the details of a particular POI in the list tap the blue i i...

Page 33: ...u will have two POIs one called John Smith Home and another one as John Smith Work your Smartphone contacts If you choose to import your contacts the operation will take place in the background and while in process will impact the performance of the application Contacts will appear in the My POI Contacts group as they are imported With each subsequent startup of the application you will have the o...

Page 34: ...ctive legs They are all shown on the map The start point via points and the destination These points are represented by flags Animated turn guidance Animated arrows represent all route events other than the above mentioned special points These arrows show the direction in which you need to continue your journey The active leg of the route The active leg is the section of the route you are currentl...

Page 35: ... a complex junction Inactive legs of the route Future sections of a route are inactive They are also shown on the map with the same colour but a darker tint than the active one An inactive route section becomes active as soon as you reach its starting Via point Roads in the route excluded by your preferences Although you can choose whether to include or avoid some road types in Route parameter set...

Page 36: ...the GPS device and it also serves as the entry point to the following screens GPS Configuration Time Sync GPS data displayed The virtual sky on the left represents the currently visible part of the sky above you with your position as the centre The satellites are shown at their current positions The GPS receives data from both the green and grey satellites Signals from the grey satellites are only...

Page 37: ...his one has more colours and represents more values dark lamp means there is no communication on the selected port red lamp means connection to any GPS receiver has not been established yet so you need to set it up by using the Detect or Config buttons a slowly blinking yellow lamp means that there is no connection to the GPS receiver but HP iPAQ Trip Guide is trying to connect a fast blinking gre...

Page 38: ...see the current values of the GPS and the device clocks You can check here whether any correction is needed Tap the button to manually synchronize the time Below the PDA time you have hour and minute controls to manually correct the time with or without a valid GPS time It also gives you the chance to correct the time after synchronization if your PDA does not support time zones or daylight saving...

Page 39: ...g the map it contains some additional travel information if you are just cruising speed current street you are driving in speed limit for the current street and some more route data if you are navigating e g next street in your route distance to travel type of the next route event This screen is typically used in 3D Track up mode You can make HP iPAQ Trip Guide always open the Cockpit screen in 3D...

Page 40: ...rack up and Overview 11 GPS position quality Opens GPS Data screen 12 Battery status Opens settings 13 Sound on or muted Enables disables muting 14 Track Log recording or playback Opens Track Logs screen 15 n a Opens Cursor menu 16 Cockpit only Current street Opens Route Information screen 17 Cockpit only Travel and Route data Opens Route Information screen 18 Cockpit only Distance to next turn n ...

Page 41: ...Tilt is enabled in the Quick menu Page 57 Zoom will change the scale of the map Zoom out shows a larger part of the map while Zoom in shows a smaller part of the map in more detail The automatic Smart Zoom function will do the necessary zooming for you when navigating zooms out if the next turn is at a distance to let you see far ahead and zooms in when approaching a turn to give you a better view...

Page 42: ... Zoom will no longer tilt the map by itself automatic zooming and rotating remains active You need to press Enter Page 12 or tap the Follow button Page 42 to return the tilt control to Smart Zoom You can also set HP iPAQ Trip Guide to do this automatically after a few seconds Page 96 Follow mode lock to GPS position and heading No 6 This semi transparent icon is displayed if GPS position is availa...

Page 43: ... 3 if you tap the map somewhere or select one specific item in Find it will become the selected point on the map marked with a small red dot and radiating red circles to make it conspicuous You can use this point as starting point via point or destination for your route you can search for a POI near it mark it with a pin or save it as a POI 0 that you have disabled Lock to Position Tapping the Fol...

Page 44: ... navigation to always face the direction of your travel In this mode an arrow compass points towards North Tap this icon to switch to North up mode Now the map is fixed to keep facing North The icon changes to show the new rotation mode Tap the icon again to enter Overview mode This mode looks similar to the North up mode with one difference the zoom level in this mode has a fixed default to give ...

Page 45: ... to return to Track up automatic rotation mode GPS position quality No 11 Similarly to the icon found on the GPS Data screen Page 36 the map screens also inform you about the GPS signal shows there is a connection but the signal is too weak to give a position GPS navigation is not possible shows there is a GPS position and navigation is possible Battery status No 12 The status of the battery is al...

Page 46: ...ap again to re enable sounds Master switch that works together with the switch described above There is also a Master slider on that screen which you can use to fully turn down the volume of the device Setting the volume low is different from muting therefore it will not show up on the mute indicator Track Log recording playback indicator No 14 When a track log is being recorded a red icon is disp...

Page 47: ...the same time Popup Info street name house number and the list of POIs nearby appears near the selected map point if Popup Info is enabled in the Quick menu Page 56 If you do not use the Cursor menu in a few seconds it will automatically vanish back to the bottom of the screen and Popup Info disappears too You can have them reappear by reopening the Cursor menu using the arrow in the bottom right ...

Page 48: ... recalculated immediately excluding the deleted point This menu point replaces Add Via and is available only if the Cursor is near or at a via point Continue add a new destination to be reached after the previous destination The new destination replaces the old one which is now demoted to a via point This is the way to build your multi point route in straight order when you wish to visit several d...

Page 49: ... limit and the time of day While navigating a route these fields show the estimated time needed to reach the destination ETE the distance to destination and the estimated arrival time at the destination ETA by default You can choose what to display in these three fields during navigation by going to Advanced settings Display Options Page 9 See the following list for your options The only restricti...

Page 50: ...n navigating a route Next street Next settlement No 19 This field shows the road or street that comes next in the route itinerary If you are not yet in the settlement where this next street is HP iPAQ Trip Guide 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 names ...

Page 51: ...tions you need while you navigate Some additional functions can be found in the Route menu Page 6 Without an active route one of the buttons is inactive and route data cannot be displayed 5 Route data displayed for destination and via points In the top section of the screen you see information about the current route These fields are continuously updated while you keep this screen open When you op...

Page 52: ...P iPAQ Trip Guide needs to recalculate the route the arrow will not jump back to the left as when reaching a via point but it may drift a bit as the length of the new route may be different from the previous one When the data corresponding to the entire route is displayed in the fields below the line is coloured the same way as the route line shown on the map When you see data that belongs to a vi...

Page 53: ... possible delays If via points exist tap and tap again any of the fields to see the time needed to reach the first second etc via point Estimated Arrival This is an estimated value that can also be displayed in one of the Route data fields on the Cockpit screen as ETA to destination It shows the estimated arrival time at the final destination of the route based on information available for the rem...

Page 54: ... in the recommended route This icon shows that toll motorways are included in the recommended route This icon shows that you need to board a ferry along the recommended route This icon shows that you need to pay for the ferry This icon is displayed when HP iPAQ Trip Guide could not plan a route with all your road type preferences respected Sometimes it is impossible to find a suitable route near t...

Page 55: ...rs This button opens the Route parameter settings screen Page 8 otherwise opened from the Route menu Page 65 5 Menu The Menu button can be found in the top right corner of the portrait and square map screens and in the bottom left corner of the landscape map screens Tapping this button brings up a menu that allows you to access some of the most frequently used functions of HP iPAQ Trip Guide Find ...

Page 56: ...e view You can use hardware buttons 1 and 2 to change the angle of the view When the green light is off the map is displayed in a conventional top down view 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 Page 24 56 ...

Page 57: ... of the map screens for zooming and tilting without the use of hardware buttons 2 The Tilt buttons appear only at higher zoom levels If you zoom out they disappear Night Mode switch Turn on or off the night colours manually to override the automatic colour scheme switching to re enable it at the General settings screen Page 76 to have the colours change automatically again 57 Note When you reach 2...

Page 58: ...ategory but all brands listed under that will either be shown or suppressed together 1 Groups shown with a tick mark are visible on the map groups without a tick mark are hidden while the ones shown with a pale tick mark have some of their subcategories shown and some others hidden If you highlight any of the POI groups the button in the bottom left corner will become Show if the POI group is hidd...

Page 59: ...se With the help of these points you can plan a route to any of your contacts by only a few screen taps Tapping any of the group names will open a list of POIs saved in that group This list is similar to the list of POI results in Find The POIs are ordered based on their distance from your current position If GPS position is not available or you have disabled Lock to Position by tapping the map th...

Page 60: ... advance You can do it while saving a new POI Delete you can delete any of your previously saved My POI groups This will delete all POIs in that group HP iPAQ Trip Guide will ask you to confirm this action Edit you can edit the attributes name icon visibility level of a previously created My POI group Left right arrows if your groups fill several pages these buttons will let you browse through the...

Page 61: ...h the details of the selected POI Here you have the following options OK if you tap this button the map screen returns with the selected POI in the middle Edit you can edit the attributes name icon and group of the selected POI Delete you can delete any of your previously saved POIs HP iPAQ Trip Guide will ask you to confirm this action Popup Information switch When this feature is enabled tapping...

Page 62: ... all track logs already saved The original name of a track log is the date and time when it was recorded You can change their name to something more meaningful if you wish Each track log has a colour shown to the left of its name when the track log is visible on the map If the track is not visible a horizontal line is shown here Tapping the line of the highlighted track log will toggle between sho...

Page 63: ...ide A red icon Page 46 is shown on the map screens to let you know that a recording is in progress Tapping that icon opens this Track Log screen Stop recording if recording is in progress this buttons stops it Info this button opens a screen that shows the track log details and lets you change the name of the track log Rename button change the colour of the track log Colour on the map selector hav...

Page 64: ...matically start recording the track log as soon as GPS position is available Limit track DB size here you can set whether or not to maximise the size of the database where the automatically saved track logs are kept Maximum track database size here you can set the maximum database size if the track database size limit is enabled using the previous switch Create NMEA SIRF log independently of the n...

Page 65: ...d on the same settings as used to calculate previously This possibility is typically used when automatic off route recalculation is disabled However you may consider using it when you travel on a road parallel to that recommended by the route In this case HP iPAQ Trip Guide may not recalculate the route for some time but you can force recalculation here This is also the button you will most freque...

Page 66: ...for the traffic difficulty you face recommended route To change later parts of the route or to avoid specific streets or turns use the Avoid function in Itinerary instead Page 67 same part of the map from later routes until you manually delete the route Page or restart HP iPAQ Trip Guide 66 Cancel This option returns directly to the map screen without recalculating the active route If you choose t...

Page 67: ...available including pictograms of the needed action and distance of the event from the previous list item The Itinerary is live and constantly updated when navigating a route The list item coming next in navigation is the highlighted one until you highlight another one by tapping After that the highlight remains on the item you have selected Detailed Instructions this is the list displayed when It...

Page 68: ...tion For example if you find a turn too difficult during rush hour traffic HP iPAQ Trip Guide will recalculate the route excluding that turn If the next street is important in the route it is likely that HP iPAQ Trip Guide will replace the turn with several easier ones to get to the same street Road when you exclude a road HP iPAQ Trip Guide will calculate a route that does not use that road It is...

Page 69: ...mode the simulation is run at normal speed using the speed limit of the streets and roads in the route and voice instructions are also played This mode is mainly useful for demonstrating HP iPAQ Trip Guide or to learn the way it works before you start your first journey Fast Fly Over Press and hold the Tilt down button Page 1 then tap Fly Over to quickly run through the route HP iPAQ Trip Guide wi...

Page 70: ...opens automatically to let you search for an address POI coordinates one of your favourite destinations or select a point from the History list As soon as you select any of these HP iPAQ Trip Guide returns to the Edit screen and your selection appears right under the highlighted line Delete you can delete the selected point from the list If the highlighted item is the last one in the list the prev...

Page 71: ...u when you approach one of these cameras You can fine tune this warning in General settings Page 76 You can upload camera locations into HP iPAQ Trip Guide with the help of a PC application Check our web site for details You can save camera locations manually It is described in detail at the Cursor menu Page 47 To save time instead of saving them one by one camera locations can be listed in a spec...

Page 72: ...when you approach these cameras in the measured direction If your speed exceeds the speed limit near the camera a special warning sound will be played These cameras are displayed with the following symbol Mobile cameras Some cameras are operated from vehicles The database contains some typical places of these mobile cameras They are not always operational at the given location and the speed limit ...

Page 73: ... used to calculate your average speed HP iPAQ Trip Guide will warn you when you approach one of these cameras but as you pass by the warning stays on and your average speed is measured until you reach another camera of this type If your average speed exceeds the speed limit between the two cameras you will receive the same special warning sound as with the other camera types the second camera e g ...

Page 74: ...e speed of one direction of the traffic both directions or even several directions in an intersection when they are mounted on a rotating base HP iPAQ Trip Guide warns you only if you drive in a measured or possibly measured direction The measured direction of the cameras is displayed with the following symbols Speed limit checked As additional information the speed limit checked by the camera is ...

Page 75: ...use the POI button in the Cursor menu Page 4 This will open the list of POIs around the selected map point To add a new camera use the Add Cam button and set its parameters To edit an existing camera find it at the end of the POI list and tap it A new screen will open with its details Tap Delete on this screen if you wish to cancel the camera 7 Change the settings of the camera warning You can tur...

Page 76: ...f the program The Settings screen can be accessed directly from the Main menu screen Page 2 and from the map screens by using the battery icon Page 4 while some of its sub screens are accessible from other parts of the program 2 5 General settings These are the basic settings of HP iPAQ Trip Guide 76 ...

Page 77: ...can select two of your most frequent destinations to be your favourites Page 1 You can start navigating to either of them by only two taps on the screen The original names of these points are Home and Work 16 You can rename them and specify their locations To determine the location you can use the same Find menu options Page 1 as for a route destination and depending on that choice and the informa...

Page 78: ...u need HP iPAQ Trip Guide to switch between colours for you again you need to re enable this feature Alerts Tap this button to enable and fine tune user alerts A new window opens with the options Warn When Speeding Maps may contain information about the speed limits of the road segments HP iPAQ Trip Guide is able to warn you if you exceed the current limit This information may not be available for...

Page 79: ...will determine the warning for all roads Alternative speeding tolerance If the speed limit of the current road reaches the value set at Alternative speed limit this setting will replace the basic one set at the top of this screen The slider and the selector work exactly as the basic ones Page 79 Example to let you better understand how this feature works here is an example If you use the settings ...

Page 80: ...beeps as you approach the camera In case of section control cameras you will also hear these beeps while you are between the two cameras these cameras work in pairs You are warned well in advance The distance HP iPAQ Trip Guide starts warning you before reaching the camera depends on your speed The higher the speed the earlier the warning starts Route Recalculation Once a route is planned this set...

Page 81: ...d again when you find your way back to the original route Disabled If you stick to the original route and you wish to get back to it on your own you can disable recalculation This way guidance will stop until you return to the recommended route on your own Display Orientation You can set whether you intend to use HP iPAQ Trip Guide with a portrait orientation or either of the two landscape modes T...

Page 82: ...iPAQ Trip Guide comes with different colour schemes for both daylight and night use There is always one selected daytime scheme and one selected night time scheme HP iPAQ Trip Guide uses these when switching from day to night and back Tap the appropriate button and select a new scheme from the list Alternative Road Names Some highways have an international name or number for foreign travellers You...

Page 83: ...reet names and icons become visible again Tap Follow to re enable Lock to Position and have the labels and icons disappear again 42 Textured Polygons Enable textured polygons and have rivers lakes forests and other large objects displayed in a more realistic and attractive way on the map Disabling it will lead to uniform areas but better performance for old PDA devices with a slow processor See Pa...

Page 84: ... left can turn on or mute HP iPAQ Trip Guide s audible guidance When turned on the slider on the right will adjust the loudness of voice prompts In its leftmost position the voice guidance is suppressed in its rightmost position the master volume applies Key sound volume switch The switch on the left can turn the key sounds on or off Key sounds are audible confirmations of either pressing hardware...

Page 85: ... volume determined by the Master volume slider in Sound settings at the given maximum speed Tap the Dynamic Volume button to turn on the feature This will also open the screen where you can set the minimum and maximum speeds Attention Tone If this is set to Disabled the voice guidance will sound without a preceding attention tone Setting it to Single Tone will initiate a single attention tone befo...

Page 86: ...lt independent of the slider Route Here you can choose from three different route types Short Choosing Short will result in a route that has the smallest total distance of all possible routes between the given points This is usually preferred by pedestrians cyclists or slow vehicles Fast Choosing Fast will result in the quickest possible route given that you can travel at or near the speed limits ...

Page 87: ...luded from the route e g motorways for pedestrians or some of the restrictions may not be taken into account e g emergency vehicles have no restrictions Furthermore when Bus or Lorry is chosen the program assumes that high speeds cannot be achieved and this information is taken into account when calculating the route the estimated time enroute ETE and the estimated time of arrival ETA Available va...

Page 88: ...u may need to pay fare so you may consider disabling them from the preset enabled status U turns Although displayed amongst road types this is a type of action Most drivers prefer to replace them with a few normal left and or right turns in the next few junctions so it is disabled by default Turning back on dual carriageways is not considered as a u turn penalty equivalent extra distance to travel...

Page 89: ...uide plan the best toll free route for you Advanced settings Route options Page 97 Language Units Here you can set the languages measurement units and date and time formats used by HP iPAQ Trip Guide Program language This button displays the current written language of the program By tapping the button you can select from a list of available languages HP iPAQ Trip Guide will have to be restarted i...

Page 90: ...p Guide may not support all of the listed units in some voice guidance languages If you select a measurement unit that is not supported by the chosen voice guidance language you will see a red warning message under the selector Set Date Time Format You can set the date and time format displayed by HP iPAQ Trip Guide Various international formats are available Advanced settings These screens let yo...

Page 91: ...u have a PDA capable of VGA resolution display 480 by 640 pixels you may want to set HP iPAQ Trip Guide to display things in the less detailed QVGA mode 240 by 320 pixels Use this switch to do so You need to restart HP iPAQ Trip Guide to change the resolution HP iPAQ Trip Guide will ask you whether you want to do this immediately If you answer no HP iPAQ Trip Guide will turn the switch on but the ...

Page 92: ... Map and Cockpit modes Use this switch to instruct HP iPAQ Trip Guide to always open the Cockpit mode in 3D with Track up orientation automatic map rotation for driving purposes orientation but the map will return to 3D mode with map rotation whenever Cockpit mode is started Zoom in after find When this switch is turned off HP iPAQ Trip Guide will centre the map to the location selected in Find bu...

Page 93: ...en or on the left of the landscape Cockpit screen Their content is fixed in Cruise mode when there is no active route but for Navigation mode you can change their content on this screen The available values are listed here Page 49 Backlight settings Here you can set how the display backlight behaves when using HP iPAQ Trip Guide These settings are independent of the settings of the other applicati...

Page 94: ... you can set the backlight level separately for both daylight and night modes thus enhancing the effect of the night colour scheme The values are between 0 and 10 where zero means there is no backlight at all and 10 represents the maximum backlight value Smart Zoom Smart zoom is a lot more than just a usual automatic zoom While navigating a route when approaching a turn it will zoom in and raise t...

Page 95: ...l determine the fixed zoom level of the map in both automatic and manually selected by the Map orientation icon see here Page 4 Overview modes You can change the zoom level manually at any time the Follow button will not be displayed but when you enter the Overview mode again the zoom level will be reset to this value 4 You can also move the map in Overview mode Then the Follow button will appear ...

Page 96: ... the Follow button for you automatically after a few seconds of inactivity This functionality and the related parameters below apply to the Cockpit screen only The Map screen will wait for your action Restore Lock to Position Turn this switch on if you want HP iPAQ Trip Guide to return to your current GPS position after you have moved the map during navigation This is useful if you have moved the ...

Page 97: ...on will be re enabled instantly Route options You can set the basic route parameters on the Route Parameters settings screen described in Page 8 On this screen you have some more ways to influence route planning and route recalculation 5 Off route sensitivity and Recalculation delay Depending on the quality of your GPS device the GPS antenna location in the car and the environment you are driving ...

Page 98: ... before the program decides to recalculate Lower values make HP iPAQ Trip Guide insensitive to position errors higher values will result in quicker reactions Recalculation delay This is a setting that helps suppress the effects of position fluctuation With a few seconds delay in recalculation even large position jumps can be survived without a need for route recalculation U turn penalty You can fi...

Page 99: ...e you may consider disabling Lock on Road to make HP iPAQ Trip Guide always show your exact position filtering The position shown on the map will be subject to all position errors and position fluctuations User data management Everything that was saved pins My POIs Favourites track logs etc or modified Settings History lists since HP iPAQ Trip Guide was installed is stored in a user database locat...

Page 100: ...reated a number of temporary items and you do not wish to delete them one by one you can tap this button to restore the state of HP iPAQ Trip Guide to the latest backup By tapping this button you will lose all of the changes made since the time of the latest backup HP iPAQ Trip Guide will warn you about this before overwriting the current database with the backup Remove Pins Normally Pins can be d...

Page 101: ...sion that is easy to tap with a fingertip GPS is active while HP iPAQ Trip Guide is minimised Sometimes you need to minimise HP iPAQ Trip Guide during navigation Here you can decide whether to keep the GPS connection active during that period or not If you like saving track logs you should consider turning this feature on Voice Guidance is active while HP iPAQ Trip Guide is minimised You can choos...

Page 102: ...e Find GO button HP iPAQ Trip Guide will immediately put you into Cockpit mode and start navigation 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 Page 2 This will put you on the Find screen and as soon as you pick a destination HP iPAQ Trip Guide will immediately show the Cockpit screen and start navigation This...

Page 103: ...to have the selected location in the centre Using the Find menu The Find menu is accessible by the Find GO button at the Main menu Page 2 or by the Menu buttons of the map screens Page The Find menu gives you various possibilities for selecting a location 2 44 Find an Address Street Intersection or City Searching for a city a street an intersection or an exact address can all be done in the Find A...

Page 104: ...ction of two roads or an exact address You enter the module at Level 3 From this point you can go forward down to give the name of the street then the house number or intersection or backward up to change the city state or country to search Selecting the city state and country to search in The first screen of the address search module is the list of recently used cities and states in Australia Dur...

Page 105: ... Selecting a new settlement to search in If you are looking for a city or town or state you cannot find on the list tap Other City in the top right corner This will take you to the city name or postcode input screen where you can select the desired city by entering a few letters of its name or some digits of its postcode then select from the list of results automatically given by the program if th...

Page 106: ...ht end of the input line If all the matching city names can fit on one screen the sound played when hitting the key will be different and HP iPAQ Trip Guide will show you all the results in a list You can select the one you are looking for by tapping the appropriate list item for the entered pattern s HP iPAQ Trip Guide stops searching and displays 300 at the right end of the input line Enter more...

Page 107: ...e city you can continue by entering the street name Page 108 Changing the state Australia USA etc Some of the maps contain state information If the settlement you are looking for is in a different state tap Other City then Change State from the list of recently used cities then select the appropriate state Should you wish to search for an address in the whole country just tap All states at the beg...

Page 108: ...on is in another country tap the Change Country button in the top right corner of the state selection screen Australia USA etc or the city selection screen and select the country from the list Selecting a street or the centre of the settlement Once the settlement or state in Australia is selected you can continue by specifying the street you are looking for the first word of the street name All ot...

Page 109: ...list of crossing streets after the first street has been selected Tip You can search for both the type and the name of a road If you have the same name appear as Street Avenue Boulevard Road Place and Court you can get the result faster by giving the first letter of this too For example searching for Pi A will result in Pine Avenue skipping all Pine Streets and Pine Roads Tip Should the name of th...

Page 110: ...art navigating immediately if you have selected Find GO at the Main menu your local dealer for details Tip If you do not know the house number just press Done and the midpoint of the street will be used as the selected location How to select an 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 int...

Page 111: ... in the list Now select the city in France Enter Paris using the virtual keyboard As several settlements have Paris in their name the list of cities is not shown automatically Tap Done to get the list of settlements containing Paris The first settlement in the list is Paris as it is the exact match Tap it Now you need to enter the name of the street You need not enter accents the apostrophe and yo...

Page 112: ...ation Here you have no possibility to reorder the list or filter it by name but the Next and Previous buttons let you browse through the complete list to find your preferred point Tip If you will need a location later but you do not want to save it as a POI just mark it with a pin and remember its colour to find it easily in the History list Find Coordinates HP iPAQ Trip Guide also lets you enter ...

Page 113: ...tude to start entering minutes after degrees or seconds after minutes When finished tap the longitude on the right and enter it as you did latitude This time the hemisphere changing button tells HP iPAQ Trip Guide whether the point is located East or West from the meridian crossing Greenwich UK Once you have entered both numbers press Done to make the selection Tip The quickest way to tell the coo...

Page 114: ...settlement to search in The centre of this settlement will be used as the reference point History the reference for the search can be selected from the History list Coordinates you can specify a latitude longitude pair to be the centre of the search GPS Position the search will be carried out around the current location given by the GPS if it is available If no GPS position is available the last k...

Page 115: ...earch in the list of subgroups you will only search in the group you are already in See all POIs of the current group in a list tapping the All button opens the list of all points in the group or subgroup you are already in Use the Next and Previous buttons to browse through the list Search results are ordered by their distance from the given reference point nearest first results in alphabetical o...

Page 116: ... on the first page of the list Tip If your PDA is a mobile phone or is connected to a mobile phone as a handsfree device a new Dial button appears if a telephone number is displayed for the selected POI Tap Dial and your PDA will call the phone number displayed for this POI Find one of the Favourites Home Work If you have already set up your favourite destinations in General settings Page 7 you ca...

Page 117: ...Warning Although HP iPAQ Trip Guide will not lose any of your data when performing a soft reset it may not necessarily be the case with other software running on your PDA Make sure you save all documents and close all applications before performing a soft reset Otherwise it may lead to loss of data or data corruption I cannot find the blue yellow when using night colours arrow that would show my l...

Page 118: ...ng a multi point route I have tapped the Route To button once for each destination but only the last one appears in the list all previous points have disappeared The Route To button is for starting a new route only For a single route you tap this when the destination is selected Multi point routes can be created after you have established a single route Add points to the single route by using the ...

Page 119: ...h room for improvement ask your local dealer for the details in your region This feature can help you in several cases but it cannot be considered as serious speed control That is why it can be turned on and off separately from the reliable voice guidance Page 78 119 ...

Page 120: ...he map on the screen independently from the GPS reception 2 5 6 Accuracy The difference between your real position and the one given by the GPS device is affected by several different factors The GPS is capable of providing a guess of its current error based on the number of satellites it can receive a signal from and their position in the sky This information is shown in HP iPAQ Trip Guide on the...

Page 121: ...our orientation the sun is shown in the sky when you display the map in 3D mode with a low viewing angle and the sun is near the horizon Baud rate The speed of the communication between the GPS receiver and the PDA can be set in Bauds representing the number of signal events per second Usual values for GPS devices are 4800 9600 19200 38400 and 57600 Communication port A communication channel in th...

Page 122: ...harge Lock on Road This function of HP iPAQ Trip Guide will always keep the blue yellow when using night colours arrow representing your actual position on the nearest road This automatic feature is necessary as the position given by the GPS receiver is not perfectly accurate Under normal circumstances Lock on Road will eliminate the occasional position error If the corridor of error is too large ...

Page 123: ...avourite places saved as My POI in HP iPAQ Trip Guide Screen Orientation Depending on how you prefer to hold the PDA in your hand or how you have it installed in your car you may want HP iPAQ Trip Guide to display all its screens in a portrait landscape or left handed landscape mode Page 8 This setting is independent from the corresponding setting in the operating system Screen rotation in HP iPAQ...

Page 124: ...t but in more detail and use Zoom Out to scale the map up to have a broader view of that part of the map with fewer details See also Page 25 End User License Agreement PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS EQUIPMENT This End User license Agreement EULA is a legal agreement between a you either an individual or a single entity and b Hewlett Packard Company HP that governs your use of any Software...

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