User Manual
Nav N Go iGO 8
Navigation software for mobile devices
UK
March 2008, ver. 1.4
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Thank you for choosing Nav N Go iGO 8 as your door-to-door in-car navigator. Read the
Quick Start Guide first and start using Nav N Go iGO 8 right away. This document is the
detailed description of the software. You can easily discover Nav N Go iGO 8 while you are
using it; however, we still recommend that you read this manual to understand the screens
and the features of Nav N Go iGO 8.
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Table of contents
1 Warnings and Safety information .................................................................................. 7
2 Getting started with Nav N Go iGO 8 ............................................................................ 8
2.1 Simple and Advanced modes...................................................................................................10
2.2 Hardware buttons ...................................................................................................................11
2.3 Buttons and other controls on the screen................................................................................12
2.3.1 Using keyboards ............................................................................................................................14
2.4 Using the map .........................................................................................................................14
2.4.1 Checking the details of a map location ..........................................................................................15
2.4.2 Manipulating the map ....................................................................................................................15
2.4.3 Status information and hidden controls on the map.......................................................................18
2.4.4 Using the Cursor (the selected map location) ................................................................................21
2.5 Nav N Go iGO 8 concepts.......................................................................................................22
2.5.1 Smart Zoom ...................................................................................................................................22
2.5.2 Position markers ............................................................................................................................22
2.5.2.1 Current GPS position and Lock-on-Road ...............................................................................................22
2.5.2.2 Returning to normal navigation..............................................................................................................23
2.5.2.3 Selected location (Cursor) ......................................................................................................................23
2.5.2.4 Original position in the Cursor menu .....................................................................................................24
2.5.3 Daytime and night colour schemes ................................................................................................24
2.5.4 Colour scheme in tunnels...............................................................................................................24
2.5.5 Route calculation and recalculation ...............................................................................................24
2.5.6 Itinerary .........................................................................................................................................25
2.5.7 Track Logs.....................................................................................................................................26
2.5.8 Route demonstration......................................................................................................................26
2.5.9 POI (Points of Interest)..................................................................................................................27
2.5.10 Road Safety Cameras...................................................................................................................27
2.5.10.1 Camera types ........................................................................................................................................ 28
2.5.10.2 Camera directions.................................................................................................................................29
2.5.11 Speed limit warning.....................................................................................................................29
2.5.12 TMC (Traffic Message Channel).................................................................................................30
3 Navigating with Nav N Go iGO 8 ................................................................................. 31
3.1 Selecting the destination of a route.........................................................................................31
3.1.1 Selecting the Cursor as the destination ..........................................................................................31
3.1.2 Entering an address or part of an address ......................................................................................32
3.1.2.1 Entering an address (Europe).................................................................................................................32
3.1.2.2 Entering an address (North America, Australia) ....................................................................................33
3.1.2.3 Entering an address if house numbering is restarted..............................................................................35
3.1.2.4 Entering an address without knowing the dictrict/suburb....................................................................... 36
3.1.2.5 Selecting an intersection as the destination ............................................................................................37
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3.1.2.6 Selecting a city centre as the destination ................................................................................................38
3.1.2.7 Entering an address with a postal code ..................................................................................................39
3.1.2.8 Tips on entering addresses quickly .........................................................................................................40
3.1.3 Selecting the destination from your Favourites .............................................................................40
3.1.4 Selecting the destination from the POIs.........................................................................................41
3.1.5 Selecting the destination with a saved POI search criteria.............................................................42
3.1.6 Selecting the destination from the History.....................................................................................42
3.1.7 Selecting the destination by entering its coordinate.......................................................................43
3.2 Creating a multi-point route (inserting a via point) ...............................................................43
3.3 Creating a multi-point route (appending a new destination)..................................................44
3.4 Editing the route .....................................................................................................................45
3.5 Viewing the whole route on the map (Fit-to-Screen)..............................................................45
3.6 Watching the simulation of the route ......................................................................................45
3.7 Enabling Safety Mode .............................................................................................................46
3.8 Pausing the active route..........................................................................................................46
3.9 Deleting the next via point from the route ..............................................................................46
3.10 Deleting the active route.......................................................................................................47
3.11 Using Track Logs..................................................................................................................47
3.12 Saving a route .......................................................................................................................48
3.13 Loading a saved route...........................................................................................................48
4 Reference book (Advanced mode) ................................................................................ 50
4.1 Map screen..............................................................................................................................50
4.1.1 Icons on the map............................................................................................................................53
4.1.1.1 Battery, GPS position quality and Vehicle type indicator.......................................................................53
4.1.1.2 Status indicator strip............................................................................................................................... 54
4.1.1.3 Next two route events (Turn Preview fields) ...........................................................................................55
4.1.2 Objects on the map ........................................................................................................................56
4.1.2.1 Streets and roads ....................................................................................................................................56
4.1.2.2 3D object types........................................................................................................................................56
4.1.2.3 Elements of the active route....................................................................................................................57
4.1.3 Detour menu ..................................................................................................................................58
4.1.4 Cursor menu...................................................................................................................................58
4.1.5 Position menu ................................................................................................................................60
4.1.6 Route Information screen...............................................................................................................60
4.1.7 Trip Information screen .................................................................................................................62
4.1.7.1 Trip Computer screen .............................................................................................................................64
4.1.8 Quick menu....................................................................................................................................64
4.1.9 GPS data screen .............................................................................................................................65
4.2 Find menu ...............................................................................................................................67
4.3 Route menu..............................................................................................................................67
4.4 Manage menu..........................................................................................................................68
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4.4.1 Manage Saved Routes....................................................................................................................69
4.4.2 Manage History .............................................................................................................................69
4.4.3 Manage Track Logs .......................................................................................................................69
4.4.4 Manage Favourites.........................................................................................................................70
4.4.5 Manage POIs .................................................................................................................................70
4.4.6 Manage Saved Search Criteria.......................................................................................................72
4.4.7 User Data Management .................................................................................................................72
4.5 Settings menu ..........................................................................................................................73
4.5.1 Map Screen settings.......................................................................................................................74
4.5.2 Sound settings................................................................................................................................75
4.5.3 Route Planning options..................................................................................................................75
4.5.4 Regional settings............................................................................................................................78
4.5.5 Navigation settings ........................................................................................................................79
4.5.6 Warning settings ............................................................................................................................79
4.5.7 GPS settings...................................................................................................................................80
4.5.8 TMC settings .................................................................................................................................81
4.5.9 Menu settings.................................................................................................................................82
4.5.10 Device settings.............................................................................................................................82
4.5.11 Track Log settings .......................................................................................................................83
5 Glossary........................................................................................................................... 84
6 End User Licence Agreement........................................................................................ 86
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1 Warnings and Safety information
Nav N Go iGO 8 is a navigation system that helps you find your way to your destination with a
connected GPS receiver. Nav N Go iGO 8 does not transmit your GPS position; others
cannot track you.
It is important that you look at the display only when it is safe to do so. If you are the driver of
the vehicle, we recommend that you operate Nav N Go iGO 8 before you start your journey.
Plan the route before your departure and stop if you need to change something in the route.
Nav N Go iGO 8 has a Safety Mode: if you turn on Safety Mode, you cannot change anything
in Nav N Go iGO 8 while the vehicle is moving at a speed of 10 km/h (6 mph) or higher.
Unless only passengers operate Nav N Go iGO 8, we strongly encourage you to turn on
Safety Mode.
You must obey the traffic signs and follow the road geometry. If you deviate from the route
that Nav N Go iGO 8 recommended, Nav N Go iGO 8 changes the instructions accordingly.
Never place mobile devices where it obstructs the driver's view, where it is in the deployment
zone of an airbag or where it might cause injuries in an accident.
For more information, consult the End User Licence Agreement (page 86).
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2 Getting started with Nav N Go iGO 8
Nav N Go iGO 8 is optimised for in-car use. You can use it easily by tapping the screen
buttons and the map with your fingertips.
Nav N Go iGO 8 can plan routes throughout the whole installed map set; you do not need to
change maps or switch to a poorly detailed general map to navigate between map segments
or countries.
Tasks
Instructions
Using the retractable
stylus
Double tapping the
screen
Tapping and holding
the screen
You do not need a stylus to use Nav N Go iGO 8. Tap the buttons and
the map with your fingertips.
You do not need to tap the screen twice for any action. With buttons
and controls, a single tap is enough.
You do not need this to access the basic navigation functions. Tap
and keep pressing the following buttons to reach extra functions:
•
•
•
•
Tap and hold
minimum and maximum zoom level of Smart Zoom.
on the Map screen: you can set the
buttons on
Tap and hold any of the
the Map screen: you can set or reset the zoom value of the
button (2D map).
buttons on
Tap and hold any of the
the Map screen: you can set or reset the tilt and zoom values of
the button (3D map).
Tap and hold
Navigation menu appears.
on list and menu screens: the
•
Tap and hold any of the
buttons on the Map screen: you can rotate, tilt or scale
the map continuously.
•
•
•
•
Tap and hold
several characters quickly.
on keyboard screens: you can delete
or
in long lists: you can turn the
Tap and hold
page continuously.
Tap and hold the buttons in the Quick menu to open screens
from the Manage menu or the Settings menu related with the
function of the button.
In portrait screen orientation there are symbols (instead of
labels) on the buttons at the bottom of the screen. Tap and hold
any of these buttons, and its name pops up at the centre of the
screen.
Gestures
(drag&drop)
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You do not need gestures to access the basic navigation features.