Sygic GPS Navigation v12.1 Operating instructions

v 12.1 (PND/InDash)

User Guide

Sygic

GPS Navigation

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I. Getting Started................................................................................................................ 3

Menu ...................................................................................................................................................4

Map browsing mode .....................................................................................................................4

Navigation Mode - Turn by Turn Navigation ......................................................................7

Quick Menu ......................................................................................................................................8

II. Planning the Route....................................................................................................... 9

Entering an Address .....................................................................................................................9

Action menu .................................................................................................................................. 13

Acquiring GPS Position ............................................................................................................. 15

Navigating to a Point of Interest ........................................................................................... 15

Navigating to POIs on route .................................................................................................... 17

Navigating by Google Local Search ................................................................................ 19

Navigating to Photo ............................................................................................................. 21

Navigating Home......................................................................................................................... 22

Navigating to Recent Destinations ....................................................................................... 23

Navigating to Favourite Destinations ................................................................................. 24

Save your current position...................................................................................................... 25

III. Altering the Route..................................................................................................... 27

Route Summary ........................................................................................................................... 27

Route options ............................................................................................................................... 28

Modifying the Route .................................................................................................................. 33

Avoid toll roads, highways or ferries .................................................................................. 35

IV. Online features .......................................................................................................... 40

Connection..................................................................................................................................... 40

Reporting speed cameras and incidents ...................................................................... 41

Weather Information ........................................................................................................... 43

V. Community ................................................................................................................... 44

Friends ...................................................................................................................................... 44

Share your status .................................................................................................................. 45

Send messages ....................................................................................................................... 46

Quick Share.............................................................................................................................. 47

IV. RDS-TMC Traffic alerts ............................................................................................ 49

RDS – TMC Traffic alerts .......................................................................................................... 49

Acquiring TMC RDS messages ............................................................................................... 51

VI. Additional Information ........................................................................................... 53

SOS/Help ........................................................................................................................................ 53

Travel book ................................................................................................................................... 54

VII. Settings ....................................................................................................................... 56

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I. Getting Started

Run your Sygic application. You should use your device outdoors to make

sure you have good GPS reception and device can precisely determine your

location (tunnels, large objects such as tall buildings, trees, electric cables

can sometimes interfere with reception).

For safety reasons, always plan a route before you start driving.

To select destinations, review information about your route and alter

settings, go to the Menu (A).In the Navigation Mode (B), the software tracks

your position for visual reference of route and map around you. If you want

to explore other locations, drag the map with your fingers to switch to the

Map Browsing Mode (C).

A

B

C

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Menu

Enter the Menu by tapping the list icon on the right side of the information

bar. You can scroll between the menu pages using the scroll bar on the right

side on Personal Navigation Devices (PNDs) and InDashes.

If you want to return to the previous screen, tap the Back button.

Map browsing mode

Please note, that symbol specify functionality available for devices with internet

connection.

Switch to the map browsing mode by dragging the map with your fingers.

You can explore other locations and choose any available action directly on

the enhanced interactive map while browsing (e.g. select your destination,

share location, add POI, etc.).

By tapping on the interactive map, you can directly highlight following

objects:

1. Street/Road - highlighted street or road will switch color to

magenta and information bubble will appear above. By tapping on

the info bubble, you can choose desired action from the Action

menu

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2. POI – choose any POI directly on the map and select what to do next

3. Panoramio photo – you can choose any Panoramio photo by

tapping on it directly on the map

4. Friend - You can tap on friend’s avatar directly on the map and

choose next action from Action menu

After tapping on interactive objects on map, information bubble will appear

above. When you tap information bubble, you can select desired action from

Action menu.

Note: The action menu appears only if you zoom into a part of map that is included in your product

license.

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In a map browsing mode you can use also following features:

1. Compass

Use compass at the bottom of the screen to turn around and change direction

of the view. Tap on the compass to return the map to the north-up position.

2. Quick Search

Tap the Search icon in the middle of your map browsing bar and type the

name of the object you want to search – searches amongst streets, cities,

POIs, Google local search...

3. Zoom

If you are in a map browsing mode, tap (+) button to zoom-in to more

detailed view, tap (-) button to zoom out. Alternatively you can zoom using

multi-touch gestures (pinch to zoom) on certain devices.

4. 2D/3D view

Switch between 2D and 3D view by taping on the grid between the + and –

symbols on the right side of the map browsing screen.

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Navigation Mode - Turn by Turn Navigation

The Navigation Screen will show the map of your surrounding area with the

calculated route highlighted in purple.

As you approach a junction, further directions are displayed to indicate

which road to take.

In addition to turn by turn directions, the Navigation Screen also provides a

range of further useful information:

1. Next maneuver

2. Distance to the next

change of direction

3. Current Speed

4. Estimated time of arrival

at the destination

5. Distance to the

destination

6. Dynamic Lane Guidance

7. Current Speed Limit

8. Upcoming Change of

Speed Limit Notification

9. Real-Time Traffic – single

incident

10. Real-Time Traffic – all

incidents on route icon

11. Current Road/Street

12. Next Road /Street to

take

13. Speed Camera Warning

14. Current location

indicator

15. Traffic flow information

16. Map zoom in/out

17. Switch between 2D and

3D view

18. Quick Search

19. Route Progress Bar

20. POI (Point of Interest)

21. POI on route

22. Turn after next turn

indicator

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Quick Menu

In navigation mode, tap the middle of the information bar to enter the Quick

Menu.

In the Quick Menu, you can choose to:

1. Navigate to the parking close to your current location

2. Cancel the route

3. Navigate to the nearest petrol station

4. Navigate Home

5. Mute all sounds from application

6. Volume control

7. Report Police Trap

8. Report Traffic Incident/Dangerous Place on Route

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II. Planning the Route

In order to reduce distractions and to ensure your own safety, always plan

your route before you start driving.

Entering an Address

To set your destination by entering its address select:

Menu > Navigate to… > Address or POI

Then you can choose from options Select City or Postal Code or Select Street

directly. Enter the first few letters of the City/Street name to see a list of

similar names.

Sygic supports City-first and Street-first address entry.

City-first address search

Street-first address search

Select street first and city changes automatically

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Then you can enter exact house number or select from additional options as

listed bellow.

The list also features explanatory icons left to the city/street name:

City

Street

Capital city

Street crossing

City center

Middle of street

Select the desired city/street from the list.

Tap on POI to see a list of all points of interest near selected address.

Tap Done button and Action Menu with following options will appear: Drive

to, Walk there, Travel via, Show on map, Nearby POI, Add to favourites, Share

location.

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For more information about Action Menu, see the chapter Action Menu.

To select a different address altogether, tap the Back button.

Another possibility to select desired destination is to tap the street at exact

place you want to navigate to directly on the map in a Map Browsing Mode.

An information bubble will appear above the highlighted street.

Tap on the informaton bubble and select desired action from Action Menu.

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If your device can determine your current position, your route will be

calculated immediately from that position.

If your current position cannot be determined, you will be offered the

following options:

Wait for valid position (Recommended)

Your route will be calculated from your current position as soon as a valid

GPS signal is available (see the chapter Acquiring GPS Signal).

Last valid position

Your route will be calculated from your last known position (i.e. where you

were just before the device lost GPS signal).

Select from map

Allows you to select any starting point for the route calculation.

When route calculation is complete, the entire route is displayed on map.

Tap on Options to access route summary. From route summary you can:

Cancel route

Access Route options

Access POI on route

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Avoid toll roads, Avoid motorways, Avoid ferries; Avoid special area,

Avoid unpaved roads, Avoid restricted area,

Manage Traffic incidents on route (Availability of the traffic service

depends on your product configuration and traffic providers.)

See list of Important places

Show all instructions

Change start point

Show on map

Travel via

Optimize route

Weather forecast

Save route

To accept the route and start turn by turn navigation, tap Done. If you wish

to return to planned route go to Menu > Route.

Action menu

Action menu is the last step in the process of selecting any location in Sygic.

A variation of Action menu is available after:

- Selecting an interactive object (POIs, streets/roads, friends on map,

Panoramio photos) directly on the map in a Map Browsing Mode

and tapping the information bubble above selected object

- Making a selection from any part of Navigate to… menu

- Selecting a Friend from My community > Friends

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Drive to

Set selected location as destination and calculate route for car

navigation.

Walk there

Set selected location as destination, switches to walking mode and

calculate pedestrian route.

Travel via

Insert a waypoint to an existing route.

More actions

Nearby POI

Searches POIs near selected location or last valid position.

Show on map

Not available from Map Browsing Mode.

Add to favourites

Add selected location to the list of favorite destinations.

Share location

Send a message with position via e-mail or Facebook.

Add POI

Add selected location to the database of points of interest.

Actions related to Friends

Send Message

Send message via Friend network.

Remove this friend

Selected friend will not be notified about his/her removal.

Assign new position

Set GPS position linked to your contact/friend.

Profile

View the friend’s profile from network.

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Acquiring GPS Position

If there is no GPS signal, the GPS signal indicator on the left side of the screen

will show empty bars. This can happen under any of the following

conditions:

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The device is in a tunnel or at a location

where signals from the GPS satellites are

obstructed by buildings, trees, electric

cables or other objects.

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Device system settings or Product

Settings are set incorrectly.

You can check and configure GPS settings in:

Menu > Settings > Hardware, and

Menu > Settings > Battery management

Navigating to a Point of Interest

In addition to the road network, the map also stores the details of thousands

of Points of Interest (POIs) such as gas stations, restaurants, hotels, tourist

attractions and other facilities.

To set POI as your destination, you have multiple options:

- Menu > Navigate to… > Address or POI will find POI near the

selected address.

- Menu > Navigate to > Nearby POI shows a list of POIs near your

current (or last valid) position.

- Select a position in Map Browsing Mode and choose Nearby POI

from Action Menu

- In a Map Browsing Mode tap directly on POI you want to select and

choose desired action from Action Menu.

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Searching POI by Name

Anytime during the search process, you can start typing the name of POI (tap

the search icon to show the keyboard) to refine the results.

Searching POI by Categories

You can switch between List view (shows narrow list of POIs) and Groups

view (shows POI categories and subcategories). To refine your search

results, tap the search icon at the bottom of the screen and type the name of

the POI you are looking for. You can also enter partial names.

When finished, the Action Menu pops up. For more information, see the

chapter Action menu.

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POI groups

POI list

Search POI by name

Navigating to POIs on route

POI on route lets you know, how far available POIs on your route are from

your current location. When you have your route calculated, or anytime

during navigation, you can access available POI on route by tapping on the

map in the Navigation Mode. Side Menu with available POIs on route will

appear on the left side of the navigation screen.

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Anytime during the navigation you can tap on the map to unhide the side

menu with available POIs on route.

Tap on the POI on route available in the side menu and list of POIs on your

route, listed by proximity to your current location, will appear.

Select a POI which you would like to add to your already calculated route as

a waypoint. From the Action Menu choose the Travel via option. A waypoint

has been added to your route.

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POIs like petrol stations and rest areas are set as POIs on route by default.

You can set your own POIs on route and choose from any POI category in:

Menu > Settings > Map > POI on route > Select categories

Here you can also disable this feature.

Navigating by Google Local Search

Google Local Search will determine your position or your last valid position

and find POIs according to your entered key words near this location or if

you don’t enter any keywords, list all POIs prioritised by proximity related to

your location.

To set POI from Google Local Search as your destination go to:

Menu > Navigate to…> Google local search

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If you don’t enter any key words into the search bar, Google local search will

provide a list of all POIs prioritised by proximity related to your location.

To enhance your search results and make your POI search easier and more

effective, enter the key words that describe POI you are searching for. Google

local search will list results prioritised by proximity related to your location.

Select the POI from search results and choose desired action from Action

Menu.

You can also enter the key word into the Quick Search and Google local

search results will be grouped under category marked with a Google icon.

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