46 TELEMATICS: GPS
CONFIGURING SETTINGS FOR THE BENEFON TRACK PRO
Setting GPS operating mode
The GPS receiver in the phone uses power saving op-
tions for ensuring maximum battery capacity.
Click the arrow and highlight the desired option (1).
The GPS receiver has three modes:
•
Off
•
Economy
with the power saving option
- the time needed for position fix depends on
present circumstances. If the GPS unsucceeds in
calculating the position, it will fall asleep for a
while and retry to calculate the position later on
•
Full power
without the power saving option.
Operating mode depends on the way, the phone is
used. Autonomous system, i.e. a portable mobile
phone, normally uses either
Economy
or
Off
mode,
while a phone connected to constant power supply,
e.g. a car kit, uses
Full Power
mode.
GPS sleeping time (in economy mode)
As a default setting, the GPS economy mode calcu-
lates position approximately every 45 seconds. The
position interval consists of two things:
• An ideal
sleeping time
for the GPS and
• An actual
time
needed
for searching satellites
and
calculating position
by the GPS.
The sleeping time is adjustable (2). In the Benefon
Configurator, key in the sleeping time in seconds. The
sleeping time should be rounded to tens, otherwise
the software does the rounding.
E.g. by entering 27, the ideal sleeping time will be
rounded to 30 seconds. Note that 20 seconds is the
minimum value.
NOTE: The time needed for searching and calculating
satellites depends on present circumstances, e.g. sat-
ellite coverage, age of the latest position fix, distance
from the previous to the current position and so on.