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7.3 Using Check Traffic, Search POI and Get Maps   

 

Check Traffic  

 

To download Traffic information, follow the steps below after 
Using Smart Login: 

 

Tap Menu 

à

 SmartNav 

à

 Check Traffic 

 

1.  Select your City (area), and then tap the Next button.   
2.  The next window will show the city you chose and 

display the current time and date. These indicate the 
time and day for which the traffic info currently being 
displayed on the map was recorded. 

 
Note: You may only view the Traffic info for one city at a time 

 

 

Summary of Contents for Smart Navigator

Page 1: ...Smart Navigator User s Manual...

Page 2: ...memory cards are suggested for map storage Compact Flash card or SD MMC card memory 64 MB minimum Desktop Laptop Requirements CPU Pentium class Operating System Windows 2000 XP or higher USB port or C...

Page 3: ...4 SmartNav Buttons 15 4 5 View Buttons 16 4 6 Route Buttons 17 4 7 GPS Buttons 18 4 8 Tools Buttons 19 5 0 General Features of Smart Navigator 22 5 1 Anatomy of the Navigation Screen 22 5 2 Opening a...

Page 4: ...1 Register Subscribe 48 7 2 Smart Login 50 7 3 Using Real time Traffic POI Finder and Maps on Demand 52 7 4 Using Follow Me 59 8 0 GPS Receiver Setup and Configuration 83 8 1 Configuring GPS in Smart...

Page 5: ...haros Registered Customer you are eligible to download updated maps and software and participate in any future programs or services that Pharos may announce Discounted fees and or additional charges m...

Page 6: ...S reception quality Navigation maps may contain errors and omissions or may be out of date with recent road changes or conditions On the rare instance where an address or section is missing from our m...

Page 7: ...your Windows Mobile based devices Section 2 make sure ActiveSync on your desktop shows Connected Know both your departure location and your destination to determine which maps you need To prevent many...

Page 8: ...ual driving directions and Voice guidance Tap a street on the map to show street information Zoom in and zoom out with stylus Favorites stored on Pocket PC independent of Contacts GPS status indicator...

Page 9: ...ne touch Re Route button o Moving map while navigating with the GPS Receiver o Selectable North Up or Heading Up for map display Smart Nav Services o 4 Internet basedserviceswithsubscription o Real ti...

Page 10: ...ce Microsoft ActiveSync Developed by Microsoft Use with a Windows Mobile based device and your desktop computer to install manage maps This software can be downloaded from www microsoft com windowsmob...

Page 11: ...lays buttons that enable you to set various options view GPS info and use the SmartNav online services Orientation Switches between portrait and landscape views Go Displays on screen Buttons that allo...

Page 12: ...12 Map Screen 2D Map Screen 3D Go Screen SmartNav Screen View Screen Route Screen...

Page 13: ...set of parameters My Places Accesses pre designated Favorites Recent Destinations and Pocket Outlook Contacts database to set a Destination Home Routes you to the Favorite pre designated as Home If y...

Page 14: ...and a saved Trip Trace You can also clear the route from the screen Note Some features are only available if they have been activated on the map such as Real time Traffic and POIs Found or have been p...

Page 15: ...our website for availability Search POI Allows access to a large active POI database subscription required Get Maps Capability to download maps to your device via the Internet subscription required Fo...

Page 16: ...2D 3D Change map view from Overhead 2D to Bird s Eye 3D View Traffic Info Displays any available traffic information that you have downloaded POI Found Displays any available points of interest My Fav...

Page 17: ...is will calculate the most direct route No Highway This will calculate a route avoiding highways completely Can not be used when actually on a highway or when using a Highway map to route between two...

Page 18: ...the GPS hardware To prevent unnecessary battery drain select this option whenever you no longer need GPS routing Initialization Resets the GPS hardware Use this option if the GPS has not been able to...

Page 19: ...show the GPS indicator pointing towards the top of the screen with a compass in the upper right corner of the screen Setting Display 2D North Up Displays maps in 2D Enabling the North Up option will o...

Page 20: ...miles or an Alternative voice prompt UK English using kilometers to be used for navigation or to turn Off the Voice Guidance Setting Unit This allows you to choose miles English or kilometers Metric...

Page 21: ...etween 1 sec 5 sec 10 sec 30 sec 1 min and 5 min Delete a Favorite This allows you to delete a place that you have previously saved as a Favorite Update This updates the Smart Navigator application an...

Page 22: ...22 5 0 General Features of Smart Navigator 5 1 Anatomy of the Navigation Screen...

Page 23: ...GPS lock is acquired provided that the maps are already saved on the storage card or main memory of the Device Note The last map opened when Smart Navigator was turned off will be the first map opened...

Page 24: ...PS Lock The bars will be gray when searching for a signal and blue when a lock is acquired The satellites are the gray circles in the black target which will turn green when you have a Lock The Compas...

Page 25: ...from current location 5 4 User Interface Options With a Windows Mobile based device running Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition Version 4 21 or later you have the option to view the screen in Landscape...

Page 26: ...ugh the three 3 navigation screens that can be used while driv ing Tapping the direction arrow cycles between Standard Map View and Simplified Arrow View while tapping the road name will display the T...

Page 27: ...u may also choose Auto to automatically display Day View or Night View based on local sunset and sunrise Map Scale Tapping on the yellow scale box will convert all units from Kilometers to Miles and v...

Page 28: ...direction you wish to view and the map will move accordingly Note Applies only if using Windows Mobile based devices or Pharos Drive GPS 2 Press the Directional Pad in the direction you wish to view...

Page 29: ...is in 3D view Zoom In Drag the stylus or your finger on the screen in a motion from the upper left corner towards the bottom right corner creating a box on the screen The software will attempt to do a...

Page 30: ...t Nav services visit www pharosgps com Each of the SmartNav services is described below Refer to Section 7 0 SmartNav Services to learn how to use these services Check Traffic Check Traffic lets you v...

Page 31: ...n 7 0 SmartNav Services to learn how to use this service Note Typical download time varies depending on file size and connection speed 2 3 minutes for broadband Internet connection or 15 30 minutes fo...

Page 32: ...also select any location on the map as the Origin by double tapping the screen and choosing Origin The Destination is your ending point You can search for your Destination by using any of the followi...

Page 33: ...6 1 Creating a Route Origin To set a Destination using the Go screen features do the following 1 Tap Go and choose between Address Point of Interest My Places or Home Each of these options is describ...

Page 34: ...dress that can be used as the Destination in a Route From the Map screen tap Go Address and follow the steps below to perform an Address search By City Search the city from the selected Country and St...

Page 35: ...search by first the House Number then the Street Name and give a list of possible cities in which that street is located By Intersection Choose the city postal code or street name where to search To...

Page 36: ...ppear on the keyboard 2b This will provide a list of the most closely matching streets available appearing on the next screen Select the desired street name and tap the Next button Note Avoid entering...

Page 37: ...ls or other Public Landmarks that can be used as the Destination in a Route From the Map screen tap Go Point of Interest and refer to Section 6 3 Using the Point of Interest Search My Places This opti...

Page 38: ...e City Name Postal Code or Street Name to begin For example follow the steps below to perform an Intersection search starting with the Street Name 1 Enter the street name in the field provided As you...

Page 39: ...n as an Origin Destination or a Multi Stop Highlight your selection and tap OK Note If you would like to Save this location refer to Section 6 4 Saving Position as a Favorite Contact or Home The Route...

Page 40: ...Multi Stop just tap on Advanced to uncheck it Setting Multi Stop Locations In order to set a location as a Multi stop double tap the location on the map After a location has been selected a Set As win...

Page 41: ...the map to display the Multi stop Route screen This screen will allow you to change the order of the stops to Optimize the order of the stops based on your routing options to create a route Stop By St...

Page 42: ...n the area surrounding the center of the screen or the red arrow when you have a GPS Lock Tap Go Point of Interest and select where you want to search Then select one of the following POI categories C...

Page 43: ...e the field blank it will bring up the maximum number of results within the pre designated radius The results will list each available POI including distance from the center of the screen your current...

Page 44: ...Save a Place select which location to save from the list of GPS Map Center My Destination My Origin or Enter Lat Lon 2 Choose Save as Favorite Enter Favorite Name and tap on the Next button Save Sele...

Page 45: ...ok Contacts 1 Repeat Step 1 above 2 Choose Save to Contact 3 Enter Contact Name and tap on the Next button 4 Contacts screen will appear Tap Ok in the upper right corner Note Contacts only applies if...

Page 46: ...e To view or use a pre recorded Trip Trace tap Menu View More My Trips A list of pre recorded Trip Trace Files will be displayed Select the Trip Trace of your choice tap the Next button when finished...

Page 47: ...ols Delete a Favorite the pick from the list which Favorite to be deleted and tap on the Next button Tap Yes on the next screen to confirm Delete or No to Cancel Clearing a Trip Trace To clear the mar...

Page 48: ...Note Real time Traffic may be referred to as Smart Traffic and POI Finder may be called Smart Finder though in both cases there is no difference in the service offered Maps on Demand and Follow Me co...

Page 49: ...and proceed to Step 6 if not click Cancel Order Step 6 Enter the Credit Card number and Expiration Date The next page confirms your purchase and registration of the product You will receive an email...

Page 50: ...bought the subscription The User ID is NOT case sensitive Tap on Menu SmartNav User ID to arrive at the User ID entry window to the right Enter the letters for your User ID If your email address conta...

Page 51: ...eat the steps above to get back to the Symbol Menu in order to input the period Jane yahoo com When you are done entering the email address select the Next button and enter the password which IS case...

Page 52: ...Tap Menu SmartNav Check Traffic 1 Select your City area and then tap the Next button 2 The next window will show the city you chose and display the current time and date These indicate the time and d...

Page 53: ...ollowing Real time Traffic and Data incident only Note The traffic and data info is based solely on the databases of the Department of Transportation Some cities do not have Real time Traffic because...

Page 54: ...Incident Data To view the Real time Incident Data yellow triangles simply tap and hold on a triangle to view the data exactly as the Highway Patrol or other law enforcement entered it into their own...

Page 55: ...1 Select a POI category and tap the Next button 2 Enter a keyword or name of POI to narrow the search results or leave blank for a general search then Tap the Next button 3 Lists available POIs as we...

Page 56: ...Area map Corridor Map is a strip area that covers the entire length a route with a width of about 0 5 miles on each side of the route The route Origin is always your current location and its Destinat...

Page 57: ...ill ask the server to generate a map with your specification download it create the route and show the Destination at the center of the screen Area Map 1 First choose the Country and State Province in...

Page 58: ...be displayed for your review 4 Once you finish the selection Smart Navigator will ask the server to generate a map with your specification download it and display it Note A map downloaded from the se...

Page 59: ...lost you can help your friends find that hard to locate parking space or you can make sure that customers are quickly served by sending the closest driver to the next pickup location An Introduction...

Page 60: ...e a GPS receiver Sending Your Location Information If you want someone to know where you are you need to provide your location information to them Until now it was difficult to provide that informatio...

Page 61: ...s a mark on the map to show exactly where each person is so you can see those locations at a glance The following illustration shows an example where the locations of two Follow Me friends Bart and Li...

Page 62: ...ersons by their privileges in the system There are three categories Supervisors Members and Observers Often times they will be collectively called Friends Persons become Follow Me friends through mutu...

Page 63: ...Group Members A Follow Me Group is the same concept as a Family Plan offered by a wireless carrier The person with the primary line is the supervisor and the persons with additional lines are the mem...

Page 64: ...meone s friends you have to receive an invitation from that person and then accept the invitation Setting Up a Follow Me Account A Follow Me account is integrated with Pharos shopping site account So...

Page 65: ...ollow Me web portal The first way has been mentioned in the last section The second way is as follows 1 Go to http followme pharosgps com see Figure 2 2 Enter your user name i e your email address and...

Page 66: ...66 will see a slightly different menu items that only include the ones they are allowed to use Figure 2 Follow Me web portal login page...

Page 67: ...ber 2 In the Add Member form see Figure 4 fill in the person s name and email address 3 Click Add button After you click the Add button the new member is added to your group In addition he will be sen...

Page 68: ...ceive your email invitation they need to log in the web portal and accept your invitation They can do so by clicking My Friends Accept Invitations If they don t have an account yet they need to follow...

Page 69: ...ge that needed rush delivery Or you might use the mobile tracking feature to keep track of family members during an outing at a large amusement park The tracking method you choose determines the steps...

Page 70: ...l the Virtual Earth built in features at your disposal You can zoom pan and resize the map any way you want You can toggle the map style between road map and aerial imagery etc Your friends locations...

Page 71: ...ith this option the interface will automatically adjust the map view to make sure all your selected friends are always visible If you choose another option Manual adjust then it becomes your job to ma...

Page 72: ...tracking interface follow these steps 1 Log in Follow Me web portal 2 Click My Friends and make sure the dropdown box shows Friends I can view see Figure 6 3 From your friend list locate a friend of i...

Page 73: ...the individual tracking interface from the group tracking interface In the group tracking interface Figure 5 point your mouse to a friend of interest and click the link Track friendname in the infobox...

Page 74: ...Navigator Smart Navigator can send your GPS location to Follow Me web portal for your friends to view and at the same time you can view your friends locations on your mobile device In this scenario Sm...

Page 75: ...75 3 Tap Menu SmartNav User ID see Figure 8 4 Enter User ID your email and tap Next see Figure 9 5 Enter your password and tap Next Figure 8 Menu SmartNav User ID...

Page 76: ...rt finder etc Enable Tracking For your privacy Smart Navigator will not automatically send your GPS location to Follow Me server You have to explicitly enable the feature each time the program is star...

Page 77: ...f your friends are online they are actively sending their locations to Follow Me server you should see a list of their names each with a car icon of a unique color see Figure 11 4 Select those you are...

Page 78: ...t Navigator Options screen Smart Navigator allows you to track maximum 5 friends at the same time The list of your friends online is dynamic It changes when they stop start sending their locations to...

Page 79: ...Locations To view a friend s location do this 1 Tap Manu SmartNav Follow Me View Friends see Figure 13 2 Select the friend you want to view and tap Next see Figure 14 3 The friend s icon will show up...

Page 80: ...80 map and yourself is always represented by a red arrow with a circle see Figure 15 4 Repeat steps 1 3 to switch from one friend to another Figure 13 Manu SmartNav Follow Me View Friend...

Page 81: ...81 Figure 14 Select a friend to view...

Page 82: ...formation to the Follow Me server at regular intervals This requires a live data connection either through your cellular service provider or through an active Wi Fi connection Therefore you may not be...

Page 83: ...creen can be retrieved by pressing button GPS GPS Setting Selecting Comm Port The screen allows you to configure the communication port that the GPS will be using You can select the Com Port manually...

Page 84: ...the GPS Receiver If you are using a Third party GPS receiver on a Pocket PC or Pocket PC Phone you can select the Baud Rate at which the GPS communicates to the software The Baud Rate for your receiv...

Page 85: ...sc This is a separate process from installing any other software 2 To install the driver connect your device to the computer laptop via Microsoft Activesync and run the Setup from the Driver Disk When...

Page 86: ...t Flash Mode 1a Insert the iGPS 360 or iGPS 500 into the Compact Flash adapter and then into the Compact Flash slot of the Pocket PC Note If your GPS did not come with a CF adapter you can purchase on...

Page 87: ...ase 2b Attach the CF extension cable between the iGPS 360 or iGPS 500 and the base 2c Insert the iGPS 360 or iGPS 500 Compact Flash Adapter base into the Compact Flash slot of the Pocket PC 2d The Uni...

Page 88: ...C serial port and connect the Universal Car Power Adapter This mode requires power via the 12V cigarette lighter adapter in your vehicle to work 4 Bluetooth Your Passkey is 12345678 For further info p...

Page 89: ...d fuel hotel inx and rmf files total of 6 files for each map are stored in a My Documents folder and that the folder is not located inside any other folders or directories It must appear as follows to...

Page 90: ...Phone Toll free at 888 PHAROS8 888 742 7678 for Technical Support in USA and Canada 877 774 2767 for Product Info Sales Fax 310 320 1808 Email Support PharosGPS com Sales PharosGPS com Info PharosGPS...

Page 91: ...computer 2 Software Transfer Licensee may permanently transfer the License and all rights hereunder to a third party by written notification to Pharos and where the recipient agrees to the terms of th...

Page 92: ...S AS TO PERFORMANCE OR MERCAHNDISE OR ANY OTHER WARRANTIES WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED In particular there is no warranty for high risk activities NO WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE IS O...

Page 93: ...ary commercial product and not subject to disclosure 13 Restricted Rights End User hereby represents and warrants that the Products shall be protected for public disclosure and considered exempt from...

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