Personal
Navigation
System
User's Manual
NV-U70
NV-U50T
NV-U50
© 2005 Sony Corporation
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User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System
Table of contents
Introduction ...................................................................... 3
Search facilities and conventions.................................................. 4
Liability .................................................................................... 4
Trademarks .............................................................................. 5
Operating the navigation software .................................... 7
Managing languages and maps .................................................... 8
Hardware keys .......................................................................... 8
Software keyboard ..................................................................... 8
Character keyboard.......................................................... 9
Mobile phone keyboard................................................... 10
Lists....................................................................................... 12
Command buttons ................................................................... 16
Information............................................................................. 16
Energy ......................................................................... 17
GPS-Status ................................................................... 17
Traffic reports ............................................................... 19
Navigation....................................................................... 21
Starting the Sony Personal Navigation System ............................. 22
Menu ........................................................................... 22
Basic settings .......................................................................... 25
Indicating a destination ............................................................ 28
Specifying the country of your destination ......................... 28
Entering an address ....................................................... 29
Selecting a point of interest............................................. 30
Indicating destinations on the map................................... 38
Favourites .................................................................... 42
Recent destinations........................................................ 43
Navigating homewards ................................................... 44
Destination management .......................................................... 45
Saving a destination....................................................... 45
Renaming a destination .................................................. 46
Deleting a destination..................................................... 47
Indicating several destinations (Itinerary with stages)................... 47
Indicating route points.................................................... 48
Editing, saving and managing itineraries ........................... 49
Calculating the route ...................................................... 55
Displaying the itinerary on the map .................................. 57
Simulating the route ...................................................... 57
Starting navigation................................................................... 59
Working with the map ..................................................... 63
Selecting a map....................................................................... 64
Operating the map ................................................................... 65
Standard map view ........................................................ 66
Search for destination view ............................................. 67
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Representation of the map in navigation mode............................. 69
Useful functions for navigation ....................................... 73
Show the entire route............................................................... 74
Next destination ...................................................................... 75
Blocking a route section............................................................ 76
Change route options ............................................................... 78
Simulation .............................................................................. 79
TMC ....................................................................................... 80
Configuring the Sony Personal Navigation System .......... 83
Settings.................................................................................. 84
Volume ........................................................................ 84
Select map ................................................................... 85
Map information ............................................................ 85
Route information .......................................................... 85
Signpost information ...................................................... 86
Light sensor .................................................................. 86
Graphical look ............................................................... 86
Touch screen calibration ................................................. 87
Auto mode.................................................................... 87
Routing options ............................................................. 88
Itinerary....................................................................... 88
Time zone..................................................................... 89
Format ......................................................................... 89
Language ..................................................................... 89
Home address ............................................................... 90
Radio-Muting................................................................. 90
Demo mode .................................................................. 90
Product information........................................................ 90
Glossary .......................................................................... 91
Index .............................................................................. 93
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Introduction
Topics covered in this chapter:
Search facilities and conventions
Liability
Trademarks
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Search facilities and conventions
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Conventions
This manual offers the following search facilities:
In the footnote at the bottom of the page, you may check
which chapter and which section you are actually reading.
A glossary at the end of the manual contains explanations on
the technical terms used in this manual.
An index at the end of the manual allows precise search for
the information contained in this manual.
This manual uses different font styles and symbols to highlight
important paragraphs and to ease its use.
Font
bold
bold italic
Use
Buttons, icons, names of entry fields, and
elements of the software’s user interface.
Also used for highlighting warnings and
notices.
Registered names and trademarks.
SMALL CAPITALS Window and dialogue box titles.
Symbol
Use
Indicates hints and notes that may ease the
use of the Sony Personal Navigation
System.
Indicates additional information.
Warns against dangers that might cause
damage to objects and persons.
Liability
Limitation of liability
The software and the manual are subject to change without
notice. Sony may not be liable for the correctness of the
information contained in this manual nor for damages resulting
from the use of this manual.
To improve the quality of our products and our services, we
appreciate all suggestions for improvement and all error notices.
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Trademarks
Registered
trademarks
All brands and trademarks mentioned in this document are
possibly registered by third party and subject to the current
legislation and to the rights of their respective owners without
reservation. All mentioned names of products, societies, or
brands may be registered trademarks of their respective owners.
Every right that is not explicitly accorded is reserved.
The absence of an explicit labelling of registered trademarks does
not allow the conclusion that this brand was not subject to the
rights of third party.
Windows and ActiveSync are registered trademarks of the
Microsoft Corporation.
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