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Page 2: ...l speech to enable CoPilot s two way voice technology 3 Install Data You can install either one or both Data CDs to your hard drive depending on your preference To install both CDs will require about 1 GB of space Place the East or West Data CD into the CD ROM drive and follow the installation instructions 4 Attach GPS Receiver Plug the GPS receiver into your laptop see page 9 10 Serial If you are...

Page 3: ... activate various features NOTE In the Passenger screen your map will always be shown In the Driver Safety screen your map will not be shown when you drive at more than 10 m p h however you will still receive verbal instructions as well as simple printed directions on screen The driver should pull over to the side of the road when looking at the map and or the control panel Even if a passenger ope...

Page 4: ...2 Overview 11 Initializing Your GPS Receiver 12 Guidance Mode 13 Control Panel 14 Map Display 15 Entering a Destination 16 Detour 21 Selective Routing 23 Options 24 Voice Commands 26 Planning Mode 29 Trip Options 32 Beyond the Basics 34 Pick Stops 34 Custom Places 35 Street Restrictions 35 Helpful Hints 40 Trouble shooting 41 Legend 47 Using the Help Files Inside back cover ...

Page 5: ... and GPS track files we recommend 64 MB RAM A USB or Serial port A Soundblaster compatible sound card and speaker for talking maps For best results a CD cassette adapter which broadcasts sound into your car stereo speakers is recommended CoPilot 2002 s voice recognition requires a microphone and a low noise environment For best results an external microphone is recommended plug in before starting ...

Page 6: ...olitan areas Club CoPilot As you drive CoPilot can record your GPS tracks Club CoPilot is a free program through which you can receive discounts and prizes when you submit these GPS tracks GPS tracks can be used to check road alignment and positioning With so many CoPilot users already submitting their GPS tracks we have an excellent source for refining the CoPilot map database Visit Club CoPilot ...

Page 7: ...constellation of satellites has a rated accuracy of 10 meters This means that 95 of the time the reported location is within 10 meters 30 feet of your exact position CoPilot takes this location information and enhances it further by snapping it to our street and highway network Occasionally CoPilot will place you on the wrong road If this occurs keep driving and CoPilot will automatically correct ...

Page 8: ...irections as CoPilot has no way of knowing your destination A Safety Warning Do not use this product in any way that interferes with safe and attentive operation of a vehicle When used in a vehicle do not place the GPS receiver antenna power supply or your computer where it may strike the driver or passengers if the vehicle turns sharply or stops abruptly This product is designed manufactured and ...

Page 9: ...ose Install CoPilot in the panel that appears and follow the installation instructions After CoPilot has been installed you will be prompted to install the speech software Click OK and follow the on screen directions After installation is complete it is recommended that you install the Data to your hard drive You may choose to install either the East or West Data CD to save space on your hard driv...

Page 10: ... 6 Specific areas covered by each Data CD Area covered by both Data CDs ...

Page 11: ...ll start the uninstall process If prompted to remove all shared files select No to All 6 When this is finished click on Finish Then restart your computer To uninstall the Watson speech software 1 Exit out of any other programs that are running 2 On your desktop double click on My Computer 3 Double click on Control Panel 4 Double click on Add Remove Programs 5 Scroll down the list of applications u...

Page 12: ... uninstall This process is only required if you are uninstalling an earlier edition of CoPilot Setting Up the Hardware The first time you use your GPS receiver CoPilot will ask you to enter a city and state to speed up the initial GPS acquistion This may take up to 15 minutes After you use it once the receiver should initialize within a few minutes After the first time you use your GPS receiver Co...

Page 13: ...onnection If you are using a USB connection you will have one wire which attaches the GPS receiver to the laptop through its USB port Plug the receiver into the laptop after Windows is finished booting up 9 ...

Page 14: ...al port connector into your laptop until after Windows has finished booting up TIP To see the serial ports available on your PC open the Control Panel select System click on the Device Manager tab then click on the plus sign next to Ports in the list of devices The Settings box displays the hardware settings used by the COM port The setting for your COM port should be 4800 8 N 1 See diagram below ...

Page 15: ...e navigation For this mode to function you need to have your GPS receiver attached to your laptop and you must be receiving signals CoPilot will guide you to your destination and any stops along the way using voice prompts and simple on screen instructions Planning Mode is for trip planning you do not need to have your GPS receiver attached in order to utilize Planning Mode In this mode you can pl...

Page 16: ...ear if you do not use CoPilot with the antenna attached for about two weeks or if you take it on an airline flight without using it After you enter a city and state a dialog in the upper left corner of the Passenger Screen will be present while CoPilot searches for a satellite fix If you do acquire a satellite fix within a few minutes you can change the city to a closer location If you click Chang...

Page 17: ...structions on the screen If you deviate far enough from your pre planned route you might make a wrong turn or choose to follow your own variation of the route CoPilot s dynamic directions will automatically recalculate a new path to your destination from your current position Navigating With a Pre calculated Route and Dynamic Directions 1 Enter a destination with or without a street address You ma...

Page 18: ...ger screen Driver Safety screen BUTTON FUNCTION Where Am I Next Turn Going To Zooms the map display to include your current location or your next turn Click to cycle through the different views Destination Informs you of your current destination and allows you to change it if necessary Detour In case of traffic delays enables you to run an alternate route Itinerary Displays the directions to your ...

Page 19: ...le through Next Turn Where Am I and Going To 15 Next Turn This view shows your upcoming turn and the immediate area between your current location and the turn Where Am I This view shows your current location along the highlighted route and also shows the surrounding area Going To This view shows you a map of the route ending at your next stop In this example the next stop is far away so the map is...

Page 20: ...ou can also enter a street address with or without a building number and hit the Enter key on your keyboard e g 158 nassau st Enter TIP Usually you will need to spell out words like Saint Mount Fort etc Place names generally need to be spelled out John F Kennedy International Airport instead of JFK Airport If you are having problems finding an address try different ways of spelling out words and o...

Page 21: ...see pages 30 31 Selecting Address opens a window in which you can enter a city name and state a ZIP code by itself and a street address if you wish Any time you add an address to your itinerary it will automatically be added to a list of Favorites The maximum number of Favorites that will be stored is 25 To access this list click on the Favorite button You then have the option of adding a stop to ...

Page 22: ...rst few letters of the Place name NOTE During the initial installation of the software you have to choose between installing the Typical or Compact POI set The Typical set gives you more POIs to choose from In order to go back and change this option at a later time you need to insert the Install CD in your CD ROM drive and click on Change POI Set Follow the instructions to change from Typical to C...

Page 23: ... option of selecting Go to go immediately into the Passenger screen Add to add stops to your trip Edit to change the order or remove stops and Clear to delete all stops Trip Confirmation Window NOTE If you are making a quick stop there is no need to exit the application Simply close the lid on your laptop and the operating system will enter Suspend mode When you return to your vehicle simply open ...

Page 24: ...rder of your stops using the Up Down arrows to the right of the itinerary you can delete stops using the Delete Stop button or you can take advantage of the Optimize feature This function will automatically order your stops if you have three or more of them to create the most efficient route that includes all of them Select OK to return to the previous screen where you will have the option of sele...

Page 25: ... current route When you click Detour a window opens that asks you to describe the road congestion ahead of you The Light Congestion option takes you off the original course if there s a quick way around the road up ahead For example you might want to use it when there s a long line at a traffic light The Heavy Congestion option will get you around extended delays caused by traffic accidents and ot...

Page 26: ...om the Driver Safety screen lower right corner When the Detour button is selected in the Driver Safety screen the display will automatically switch to the Passenger screen After selecting one of the alternate route options the difference between your original route and the new route is displayed You can either accept the new route or return to your original route ...

Page 27: ... t want to travel along the roads CoPilot has you taking To do this in the Passenger screen click the Itinerary button to bring up your turn by turn Driving Directions In the Itinerary screen highlight the road you want to avoid then press the F1 key on your keyboard to avoid the highlighted road You can repeat this process for multiple roads You can return to your original route at any time durin...

Page 28: ...PS settings see CoPilot s Help Files for more information North Up when toggled on sets the map view so that north will always be at the top of your computer screen when you are driving in Guidance Mode Click Wake Up to reactivate CoPilot s voice technology when it has been asleep Toggle Speaking to On if you want CoPilot to speak directions out loud Toggle Listening to On if you want CoPilot to r...

Page 29: ... in the Trip Options dialog box in Planning Mode and the choices in each pick list will reflect sets of customized preferences that you have created using that dialog To create such sets switch to Planning Mode then click on the New Trip tool bar button to open the Trip Planner window and click the Options button in that window see page 29 for details ...

Page 30: ...n the view of the map will change one level More detail Less detail Each time spoken the map will show more or less detail Where am I CoPilot will give you your current location along the route Next turn Tells you when and where you will make your next turn After that Tells you what to be aware of after making your next turn How far Gives you the distance to your next stop Speed Provides the speed...

Page 31: ... in the database and your friend clicks Select then Add and then Go Now you re ready to drive to your destination Once the car is moving your location shows up as a series of arrows drawn on the map A green highlighted line from your present location to your destination shows the route for you to follow In addition CoPilot prompts you before each turn if Speaking is turned on CoPilot leads you int...

Page 32: ... 28 1 Driving on Witherspoon Street into Princeton NJ 3 CoPilot creates a new route from your current position 2 Turning off CoPilot s route onto Wiggins Street ...

Page 33: ... the Trip Planner window use either the New Trip button on the tool bar or select New Trip from the drop down Trip menu Trip Planner Window Cities and Addresses To enter a trip begin by typing the name of the place where your trip will start or type a ZIP code in the City State or ZIP Code box then press the Enter key e g princeton nj Do not include periods in the state abbreviation A list of matc...

Page 34: ...ur entry in the database Points of Interest When you select the Points of Interest tab it will open with the cursor in the POIs that start with box The only field that is required to perform a POI search is the City State box all other fields are optional Once you have entered your City State you can do one or more of the following to narrow down your search select a POI Category select an of Type...

Page 35: ...s you add a stop entered on your Itinerary to your saved list of favorite places see above Stop Optimization When you are finished adding all your stops to the Trip Itinerary you can click the Optimize button and CoPilot will automatically re order the stops to create the most efficient route Otherwise your trip will be routed in the order in which the stops appear on the Trip Itinerary Running th...

Page 36: ...it the settings and save the changes Routing Preferences enables you to favor or avoid specific road types such as small local roads and choose whether to travel via the Quickest or Shortest route Vehicle Profile allows you to set your own road speeds for different types of roads when you expect to be travelling faster or slower than CoPilot s default driving speeds The road speeds that you set wi...

Page 37: ...ry window To alter the size of either the map window or the directions window drag the gray bar in the center in the appropriate direction To activate the window you must click on it Note that only the active window will be printed To print the active window click the Print button on the tool bar or select Print from the File menu You can also select Print TravPak from the File menu This will prin...

Page 38: ...pick a stop Your zoom level is displayed in the title bar of the map window With Pick Stops turned on click with the left mouse button on the location you want to add to your trip it can be a city or any location including a local address or latitude longitude point When you pick a stop the Add to Trip Planner dialog box will appear You may add the location as 1 the start place 2 a stop or 3 the e...

Page 39: ...ss this place at a later time either search for it as a Point of Interest or select Custom Places from the Data Import menu Adding and Removing Street Restrictions You can alter a road segment on the map and in the database by changing a two way street to one way and vice versa and by marking a segment to be avoided Any change you make will potentially affect how your trips are routed until you re...

Page 40: ...d by controlling the number of nearby places that is landmarks or places of interest in the area surrounding your route that appear in the report To change the appearance of your driving directions choose Change Fonts from the sub menu of Itinerary Fonts in the Edit menu This opens a standard Windows dialog box that allows you to change the size and style of the font in the driving directions as y...

Page 41: ...clutter move the slide to 0 and click OK to close the dialog box You can also have landmarks reported only along certain types of roads Under Find landmarks when driving on these kinds of roads use the check boxes to include or exclude the listed road types To increase or decrease the number of landmarks reported use the slide bar under Report this quantity of landmarks in the driving directions T...

Page 42: ...ource of the data that will be imported This can be a data file Excel or plain text Microsoft Outlook or Microsoft Access Click on your choice to select it then click on Next to continue Based upon your selection the Wizard will guide you through the process of entering the additional information needed to import your data set For information on importing from Access or Outlook see the Help Files ...

Page 43: ...o your list of places in the Custom Places dialog select Custom Places from the Data Import menu To Import a Microsoft Excel File 1 Follow step 1 above 2 If your Excel file contains more than one sheet select the sheet containing the data you want to import from the drop down menu If the first row contains column headings make sure to place a check mark in the Column Headings in first row box Clic...

Page 44: ...from your destination back to the start place ROUTING THROUGH SELECTED PLACES CoPilot gives you the option to route through locations that don t show up as stops on your driving directions We call these via stops To the right of each stop on the Trip Itinerary you ll notice the word Report To change a reported stop to a via stop highlight it and press the space bar on your keyboard To change it ba...

Page 45: ...sure the necessary speech software is installed From the Windows Start menu go to Settings Control Panel then Add Remove Programs and check for Watson on the list in the Install Uninstall tab If it is not there you will need to uninstall reinstall CoPilot being sure to click OK when prompted to install the speech software Next in Planning Mode go to the Edit menu Select Preferences and then select...

Page 46: ...ata CD is in your CD ROM drive see question 2 below 2 Is the underside the side without artwork of the Data CD clean A If yes see question 3 below B If no you see lint or finger prints you can clean the CD by using a soft clean piece of lint free material slightly moistened with water Place the Data CD in the CD ROM drive once it is dry and try using your TravRoute program again If you re still ha...

Page 47: ... file Windows will open a new window and prompt you to select a program to open the file with Scroll down the list of programs and select Notepad 7 The second line of the file should read LRGridDir E Data Make sure the letter between and is your CD ROM drive letter If the drive letter is incorrect change it to the correct letter Go to file and click on SAVE AS and then click Save and then click on...

Page 48: ... Double click on the System icon C Click on the Device Manager tab D Click on the sign next to Ports E Click on Com 1 so it s highlighted and click on the Properties button below F Under the General tab in Device Manager make sure it says this device is working properly under Device Status Next under Device Usage make sure there is no check mark in the box Disable in this hardware profile G Click ...

Page 49: ...he Status tab 3 Make sure that the Com port number is the same one you found above 1 2 3 etc in the Hyperterminal If it is different use the drop down menu to change the Com port and click the Close button Next exit the program to accept the changes You should now be able to use CoPilot normally 4 If you have a Palm Pilot you need to close Hot Sync Note Hot Sync manager may be in your Start up fol...

Page 50: ...receivers We couldn t guarantee a positive experience for our customers and the slight increase in sales did not seem to balance the dissatisfaction of our loyalcustomer base 2 Product reliability and safety If we can t predict the exact hardware configuration our customers are using we can t predict the performance of our product This poses a serious safety issue since our customers are typically...

Page 51: ...so use the Print command in the File menu Help In any window the Help button will direct you to the Help topic that describes how to use that window U S Zooms to a map of the entire United States Zoom In Out Allows you to zoom in or out for various views of your map More Less Detail Allows you to view the map with more or less detail The more detail the longer the map will take to load Toggle Trip...

Page 52: ...nerary Clear Clears all stops entered in the Trip Planner window to enable a new trip to be entered Optimize Click this button to reorder the stops in the Itinerary for the most efficient route requires at least one stop Pick Stops Allows you to pick stops directly from the map and add them to your trip Itinerary Label Roads Lets you determine whether individual roads on the map will be shown with...

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Page 55: ... How to Use Help provides Microsoft instructions about using the Help Files You also have the option of activating bubble help which automatically provides brief hints as you pass the cursor over certain areas In the Edit menu select Preferences and check Show hints in the Preferences dialog box Technical Support After registering your software you re entitled to technical support and discounts on...

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