Destinator DG User Manual

Destinator DG User Manual

Destinator Technologies

Introduction 3

Destinator DG Features3

Tutorial3

Getting Started 4

What's on the Map?4

GPS Not Found5

Map Views.5

Point on the Map.6

Menus..7

Screen Buttons.9

Cycling through Screens..10

Search for a Location 11

Enter Address.11

Recent Locations..14

My Favorites..15

POI (Points of Interest).18

Route Overview or Cancel Route20

Turn-by-Turn List21

Select Map..22

Plan a Trip 23

Multistop Planner.23

Avoid Roads..25

Route Playback.27

Map Browsing27

Settings 28

Map.28

Quick Navigation.29

GPS Settings..29

Prompts.30

Units of Measure..31

Tutorial Settings31

About.31

Help.31

Installation Requirements 32

PC Requirements.32

Installing the Console32

Console Toolbar33

Technical Support33

Maps 34

Map Screen Interface.34

Installing a Map34

Map Cutter Screen Interface..35

Focus the Map36

Cut Map38

Load Map.38

Remove Map..38

Importing a Favorite 39

System Settings 41

Volume Settings42

Power Settings..42

Backlight Settings42

Date-Time Settings.43

Language Settings43

System Information.43

Index 44

1 - Introduction

Welcome to the world of mobile navigation! Your Destinator device provides a full-featured mobile satellite navigation system. Gone are the days of taking out the map. You can now select an address or a predefined point of interest and request your navigation device to create a route.

Destinator DG Features

Destinator provides the following features for easy navigation:

Lets you differentiate between car and pedestrian navigation

Able to install and use your navigation device in minutes

Full screen 2D/3D day and night maps with precise voice guidance

Able to quickly create a route for any distance

Cross border navigation without switching maps

Intuitive menus and touch-screen buttons for easy input

Instant address retrieval from recent locations, favorite destinations, or POIs

Planning routes that include stopovers

Avoid toll roads, congested roads, or roads through dangerous areas

Provides traffic messages alerts (Optional)

A wide selection of maps from all over the world

A choice of over 10 languages

Attractive map and screen format

Totally portable, and can be used in a vehicle or by a pedestrian, during your daily commute or on vacation

Destinator Guide Tour

2 - Getting Started

What's on the Map?

When you first turn on Destinator, the Main Map screen appears. You can use the icons displayed on this screen to plan and view your route.

Figure 1 - Map Screen

Current Location

Day/Night Mode

Compass

Quick Nav

GPS-Generated Information

2D/3D Mode

Power Indicator

Menu Button

GPS Status

Volume

Directions Bar

GPS Not Found

When you first start your navigation device, you will hear the message Signal too low. This message means that your navigation device hasnt yet located a reliable GPS signal. Check that your device is connected and has a clear view of the sky. If after five minutes, you have not located a reliable signal, go to the Technical Support section on page 33.

Please check that:

The GPS antenna is extended or flipped up.

The device has a clear view of the sky for uninterrupted GPS reception. Destinator cannot calculate the route if there is no GPS reception (for example, in a tunnel).

The navigation device is charged or connected to the cigarette lighter.

Map Views

You can determine whether you want to see a two-dimensional or three-dimensional map in daylight or nighttime conditions.

The 2D Day Mode View is optimized for a daytime viewing. 2D views let you manually pan or zoom. For an example, refer to Figure 2 - 2D Day Mode Map View.

The 2D Night Mode View is optimized for night driving or adverse weather conditions. For an example, refer to Figure 3 - 2D Night Mode Map View.

The 3D Mode Day View or Night View provide you with a three-dimensional map for day or night driving. For an example, refer to Figure 4 - 3D Day Mode Map View and Figure 5 - 3D Night Mode Map View.

From the Options menu, click the 3D Mode button to view a three-dimensional map. If the map already appears in three-dimensions, 2D Mode is displayed on the toggle button. You can click the Night Mode button to display the map in night conditions. If the map already appears in night mode, Day Mode is displayed on the toggle button.

Point on the Map

You can navigate to any point by tapping its location directly on the Map screen. This feature is especially handy when you want to navigate to a specific point on the map, but you dont have the street address. When you tap on the map, the context menu appears.

Figure 6 - Point on the Map Options

Menus

You can press the Menu button from the Main Map screen to display the three main Destinator menus, as shown below.

Figure 7 - Destinator Menus

The More button lets you cycle through the Destinator DG menus.

You can click the Map button to return to the Main Map screen or the Quit button to close the Destinator DG Navigation System.

Destination Menu

This menu provides the following options:

Options Menu

This menu provides the following options:

Settings Menu

This menu provides the following options:

Screen Buttons

The following buttons appear on many of the navigation Destinator screens.

Cycling through Screens

Every navigation function in the system, such as Address, POI, or My Favorites consists of a sequence of screens. You can cycle through the screen sequences by either:

Selecting an item from the list and tapping it.

Selecting an item form the list and tapping the Next button.

The sequence ends with the Show on Map screen, where the destination is displayed and the GO button is available for you to calculate a route.

You must first select an item from the list to cycle through the screen sequence, and for the Actions, Next and Back buttons to be enabled.

3 - Search for a Location

Enter Address

When you click the Address button, the Address screen appears, as shown below.

Figure 8 - Display the Address Screen

You can use the keyboard to enter the first characters of the address name. The characters appear in the Address field. Destinator automatically searches the Address list for the first occurrence of the entered characters. After you have selected a city, Destinator displays the next address field, such as street and address number.

You can also tap the Next button to move through the sequence of address screens.

The following command keys are available to enhance your search process:

You can change your address search method by tapping the Mode button to select from a variety of address formats, as described in 'Address Modes'.

Note: If the entered characters are not found at the beginning of the name in the Address list, the Smart Search System automatically searches for the entered characters throughout the entire list, for example, in the middle or the end of the name.

Destinator lets you search for city and street names without having to enter accent marks (umlauts), which are used in many European languages.

Address Modes

You can define the information used to locate an address by tapping the Mode button. Destinator provides a variety of address formats, as described below.

Address Actions

When you have specified an address, tap the Actions button to select from the following commands:

Go to your Destination

After you have specified the address, tap the Next button. Destinator shows your destination on the Map screen before calculating a route. Check that the destination address is correct at the top of the screen. If you want to change the destination, tap the Back button and change your address entries.

Figure 10 - Calculate your Destination

If the destination is correct, you can instruct Destinator how to calculate your route by tapping either the Faster or Shorter button, as described below.

Note: Route generation does not take into account any detours, stops, or delays along the route.

When you are ready, tap the GO button to create a route to your selected destination.

Recent Locations

The Recent Locations screen lets you select an existing destination from a list of destinations that you have previously traveled to. Destinator automatically stores the last 64 destinations in memory. As each new route is added to the top of the list, the older destinations at the bottom are erased.

To navigate to a recently-traveled destination, tap the Recent Locations button. From the Recent Locations screen, select a location and tap the Show or Next button. A map appears showing the specified location. Tap the GO button to calculate the route.

Figure 11 -Traveling to a Recent Location

From this screen, you can tap the Actions button to select from the following commands.

My Favorites

A Favorite is a destination that you have stored for easy retrieval.

To access a favorite destination, open the Destinations menu and tap the My Favorites button. The My Favorites screen displays your favorites groups. When you tap on a selected group, Destinator automatically displays its stored locations. Tap the selected location to show your destination on a map. Tap GO to calculate your route.

Figure 12 - Travel to a Favorite Location

Note: The My Favorites folder is the default folder where all favorites are stored if not assigned to a group.

The Show Map screen also lets you set your route type, Faster or Shorter. For more information, see 'Go to your Destination' on page 13.

Favorite Groups

You can tap the Actions button from the My Favorites screen to add, edit, or delete groups, as described below.

Favorite Alerts

Alerts let you know that you are within a certain distance of a favorite location.

You can tap the Alerts button to set the distances for the 1st and 2nd Alerts. When you travel closer than the designated distance, the alert will sound, as shown below.

Figure 14 - Setting Your Favorite Alerts

Examples:

You have a group called Shopping that includes all of your favorite stores. An alert appears on the screen when you are closer than the designated distance to the stores in your group, providing an opportunity to consider whether you would like to stop and shop.

You have a group called Projects that include addresses of your bank, grocery store, garage, hardware store, doctors office, post office, and so on. When the alert is set, Destinator reminds you about these places when you come within close proximity to them.

You are going on a trip and friends have recommended certain restaurants that are on your route. You can create a group called Restaurants and enter the restaurant addresses. As you take your trip, an alert will go off when you come within range of these restaurants.

Notes:

Favorite Alert settings affect all Favorites Groups.

The 2^nd Alert must be set to go off at closer distance than the 1^st Alert.

Alerts can be set for a group but not for individual locations. Of course, you can always create a group that has just one location.

You can disable the alerts for all groups by selecting the 1^st Alert setting to Off.

You can disable the alerts for a particular group by selecting the group and tapping the Hide Symbol on Map button. Disabled alerts are identified by a red diagonal line through the symbol.

Figure 15 - Disabled Favorite Alerts

Activate that disabled alert by selecting the group and tapping the Show Symbol on Map button.

Add Favorite Locations

Tap MY FAVORITES or any selected group that you have created to display its locations. You can save a location to your favorites groups from the Address, Recent Locations, or POI screens. For more information, see 'Add to Favorites' on page 13.

From this screen, you can tap the Actions button to display the following commands.

POI (Points of Interest)

The POI list is a collection of hundreds of interesting or useful places organized by easy-to-find categories. For example, you can use Destinator to guide you to a mall, hotel, restaurant, or gas station.

From the Destinations menu, tap the Points of Interest button. The POI screen appears. You can find a category by tapping the Hide/Display Keyboard button and entering text in the POI Category field. The Smart Search System automatically displays the POI categories that match the characters entered.

If you didnt find the category through the initial search you can also use the Find button to do a sub-search, particularly useful when the category name consists of two or more words. You can always browse the POI Category list by using the Browse buttons.

When selecting a category, Destinator automatically displays the category entries and the distance each entry is from your current position. Select your entry and tap or click the Next button to display your selected destination on the map and then tap GO to calculate your route. From the Show on Map screen, you can designate a route type, Faster or Shorter. For more information about calculating a route, see 'Go to your Destination' on page 13.

Figure 16 Points of Interest

Note: From the Item Entries Actions screen, click the Sort by ABC button to display the category entries in alphabetical order.

Subcategories

Many categories have subcategories to provide for an even greater list of choices. For example, Gasoline Station may have many subcategories each representing a particular brand name. The same is also true for Hotels. Restaurants have subcategories that represent different types of food, such as American, Italian, and French, as shown below.

Figure 17 - POI Subcategories

Search Near a Location

You can tap the Near button to determine the location area, where you want to search for a specific place, such as a gas station, hotel, or restaurant.

The available options are listed below.

Actions

When you have selected a POI location, tap the Actions button to display the commands listed below.

Route Overview or Cancel Route

The Route Overview button lets you display an overview of your complete route on the Map screen, the total driving distance to your destination, the estimated travel time, and the complete destination address.

Figure 18 - Show Route

The Cancel Route button stops the current navigation and clears the route. This feature is active only after a destination has been set.

Turn-by-Turn List

After you have entered a destination and calculated a route, the Directions bar appears at the bottom of the Map screen, displaying the following information:

The next turn direction

The distance to the next turn

The street name of the next turn

When you tap the Directions bar or click the Turn-by-Turn button, Destinator displays a complete set of turn-by-turn directions from your current point to your selected destination.

Use the Scroll buttons to move up or down the directions list.

Figure 19 - Display Turn-by-Turn

The following options are available:

Select Map

This feature lets you change the currently selected map to another map saved on your SD memory card. If you want to store additional maps on your memory card, see Maps on page 34

You can tap the Select Map button from the Options menu to display the maps saved on your SD memory card. The Select Map screen displays map details and version numbers. The map currently used appears at the top of the list.

Figure 20 - Select a Map

The following Select Map commands are:

4 - Plan a Trip

Multistop Planner

The Multistop Planner lets you plan a route with up to twelve stops.

When you press the GO button, the route is calculated in stages, from the departure point to the first stop. When you reach the first stop, the route recalculates to the second stop, and so on.

Figure 21 - Travel to Multiple Routes

The Show on Map screen provides you with the following route types: Faster and Shorter. You can select Shorter to calculate a route with the shorter physical distance between your current location and the selected designation. When you tap the GO button, Destinator automatically calculates the faster route.

Defining Route Groups

A Route Group represents a group of stops.

From the Multistop Planner screen, select the Actions button and tap Add Group. From the Add Group screen, enter the Group name and save. The Actions screen also lets you edit or delete a selected group.

Figure 22 - Defining the Route Group

Setting Stops along the Route

You can set up stops by selecting the Route Group and tapping the Next button. From the Stops screen, tap the Actions button to add, rename, or delete a destination.

Add a stop by Address, POI, My Favorites, or Recent Locations. Select one of these options, specify a location, and click the OK button. The Add Stop screen appears. You can change the location name, enter a comment, or designate a different group. When youre done, tap Save.

Figure 23 - Specifying a Stop

When in the Stops screen, you can use the following commands:

Stop Actions

You can tap the Actions button for the following command options:

Avoid Roads

You can specify that certain roads be permanently excluded from your route calculations. Use this feature when you want to avoid congested boulevards, toll roads, or unsafe streets.

From the Destinations menu, tap the Avoid Roads button. The Avoid Roads screen appears, displaying the Toll Roads and Avoid Road groups.

Figure 24 Creating Avoid Road Groups

Avoid Road Groups

From the Avoid Roads screen, tap the Actions button. The Actions screen lets you select from the following commands:

When selecting a group route, you can tap the Allow or Avoid button to include or exclude all roads located in the group.

Avoid Road Locations

When you tap Default or an Avoid Roads group, Destinator displays the group screen, which lets you select roads to avoid. From this screen, you can use the Allow or Avoid buttons to include or exclude a selected road when calculating a route.

Figure 25 - Adding a Road to Avoid

Note: You cannot specify a particular toll road.

You can tap the Actions button from this screen to select from the following commands:

Route Playback

This feature lets you record your route as youre traveling and then to play it back on the Map screen. From the Options menu, tap the Route Playback button.

To record a route, tap the Record button in the Route Playback screen. Destinator DG shows the Map screen and navigates you to your selected destination. To stop recording, return to the Route Playback screen and tap the Stop button.

Figure 26 - Recording a Route

To playback your recording, select the data file, and tap the Play button. Destinator DG shows the Map screen to play the recorded route. To stop the playback, return to the Route Playback screen and tap the Stop button.

You can tap the Actions button to display the following commands:

Map Browsing

5 - Settings

Map

You can click the Map Settings button from the Settings menu to customize your map display, as shown in the figure below.

Figure 27 - Map Settings

The following map settings are:

Quick Navigation

You can define the Quick Nav. location by selecting either the To Predefined Address or To Nearest POI Category in the Quick Nav. Settings screen. When the location is selected, you can navigate to your address by tapping the Quick Nav. button displayed on the Map screen.

For example, if you have selected 'Gas Stations' as the Quick Nav. destination, when you click the Quick Nav. from the Map screen, Destinator automatically creates a route to the closest gas station.

Figure 28 - Setting the Quick Nav Location

GPS Settings

Destinator DG uses the GPS receiver to pinpoint your location. GPS signals are automatically acquired and your vehicle's location and position are constantly updated unless you are working in the Browse Map mode. The GPS may take a few minutes to find its initial location. For best results, ensure that the GPS has a clear view of the sky.

Figure 29 - GPS Status

You can tap the GPS Status button from the Settings menu to display the following information:

Longitude - The angular distance east or west on the earth's surface, as measured in degrees from the meridian of a particular point to the prime meridian of Greenwich, England.

Latitude - The angular distance, measured north of south from the equator, of a point on the earth's surface.

Speed - The rate of movement, as expressed by kilometers or miles per hour.

Altitude - The height above sea level.

The green lines that appear on the satellite image represent the satellites that are sending GPS signals to your receiver.

Prompts

You can select the types of voice and visual notifications that you would like to use while navigating. From the Settings menu, tap the Prompts button. The Prompts screen appears, as shown in the figure below.

Figure 30 - Prompts Settings

Voice Prompts

Visual Prompts

Units of Measure

From the Settings menu, click the Units of Measure button to specify the systems units of measurement.

Figure 31 - Units of Measure

You can select:

Tutorial

About

The About button lets you display Destinators version and copyright information.

Help

The Help button displays the Destinator DG Help file.

6 - Installation Requirements

Destinator DG is already installed on your proprietary device, but to add or change maps, you are required to install the Destinator DG Console on to your PC.

PC Requirements

To install and use the Console, your PC must meet the following requirements.

Microsoft Windows 98, ME, NT, 2000, or XP

Microsoft ActiveSync

A minimum of 300 MB free space for temporary files

An Internet connection for online registration

Installing the Console

To install the Destinator DG Console:

Insert the Destinator DG Disk into the PC's CD-ROM drive. The Destinator DG Console Installation Wizard prompts you to select the language used for the installation process. When you have selected a language, click OK.

Please read the Welcome message and click Next.

From the Select Directory screen, either accept the recommended default directory or browse to a different directory to install the Destinator DG Console. Click Next.

From the Language screen, select the default language. Click Next.

The Installation Confirmation screen displays your installation choices. If you are ready to install, click Next. The Installation Status box displays the progress of the installation process.

If you want to change the language selection or the directory location before installing, click Back, make your changes, and return to the Installation Confirmation screen, and click Next.

When the installation is complete, click the Finish button to close the wizard.

Console Toolbar

The following options are available from the Console Toolbar:

Technical Support

For answers to common questions and quick assistance see the Destinator FAQ for Registered Users online at: https://www.destinatortechnologies.com

If you have other questions about Destinator DG, please contact your supplier or Destinator Technical Support via email at support-eu@destinatortechnologies.com or telephone +44 (0)871 075 5110.

Technical support for the United States is:

+1 (866) 798-0905 toll free supportus@destinatortechnologies https://www.destinatortechnologies.com

7 - Maps

When you receive your device, Destinator DG is installed on your SD memory card along with a series of maps. This section provides information about installing additional maps from the Destinator DG Console. For information about installing the Destinator DG Console, see Installation Requirements on page 32.

Map Screen Interface

On the Destinator DG Console, a collection of maps is displayed.

Installing a Map

You can install a map by selecting it from the Standard Maps pane in the Destinator Console and clicking the Install/Remove Maps button. The Target Device dialog box appears. Select Storage Card. The amount of memory available for the SD memory card appears on the Target Device Memory Balance pane. The installed map appears in the Installed Maps pane.

Figure 32 - Installing a Map

Map Cutter Screen Interface

Due to memory limitations of your SD memory card, you may want to customize a standard map by selecting the area you need. For example, if you are visiting a number of European cities on business, you may not want to install entire maps of those countries.

You can crop a standard map from the Destinator Map Cutter screen. Select a standard map and click the Cut Map button. The Map Cutter screen appears, as shown in the figure below.

Figure 33 - Using the Map Cutter

The following tools are provided to help you easily move, view, and designate an area on the map:

Focus the Map

The following tools are provided to help you center your map, so you can designate the area that you want to cut. For example, perhaps you want the Center of London to be the center of your map. If you are creating a very local map, perhaps you want to make the office or the hotel the center.

Focus the Map by Route

Destinator DG supports route cutting, which allows you to create a map composed of points on a route. To create the route, you must specify two or more points. After the route has been created, you can cut a map from your route specifications.

Click the Route tool. The Route pane appears. Use the Address and POI tools to set route points. Click the Create Route button. Your route is highlighted in blue. Click the Cut Map tool.

Figure 34 - Create Map by Route

The following commands are described below:

Cut Map

When you have designated your map area, click the Cut Map tool. The Cut Map dialog box appears, as shown in the figure below.

Figure 35 - Cutting a Map

You must enter a map name and description. If you have entered a name that already exists, Destinator DG prompts you to enter a different name.

You can click the Estimate button to display the map size. This is an important feature when memory space is limited.

Load Map

On the Destinator Console, you can refresh your maps by clicking Tools>Refresh New Map Data. Select the map that you wish to load by clicking on the map image or select it from the list. A checkmark represents a selected map.

From the Target Device pane, click the Change button to specify where to install the map. You can choose Removable Disk. After you have selected your target device and have confirmed that there's sufficient memory, click the Install/Remove Maps button. Your selected maps are installed and appear in the Installed Maps pane.

Remove Map

In the Target Device pane, click the Change button and select the location from where to remove the map. You can choose Storage Card. This updates the Installed Map pane.

The Installed Map pane displays a list of all the loaded maps available. Select the check box by the map you want to remove. Click the Install/Remove Maps button to remove the selected map.

8 - Importing a Favorite

You can download a list of favorite locations from your PC to your device. The list must be contained in .csv files. As part of the download procedure, you convert the .csv files to .dat format for storage on your device by using the Destinator Conversion utility.

Favorites Importing File Structure

The Favorites Importing file structure must be in .csv (Comma-Separated Values) format.

The file contains the following fields:

1. Name of favorite

2. Comment

3. Longitude

4. Latitude

5. ZIP Code

6. City

7. Street

8. House number

The Longitude and Latitude are numerical values. All the others are string values. If a string value contains a comma, the field must have quotation marks.

Examples:

The .csv file contains the values in a table as a series of ASCII text lines, organized so that each column value is separated by a comma from the next column's value and each row starts a new line.

Importing a .CSV File

To import a .csv file:

On the Destinator Console, click on a Standard Map. This will enable the Installing Map and Favorites Importer features.

Click the Favorites Importer button. The Converter dialog is displayed.

Select the .csv file, specify a category name, and click the Convert button. The Report Area displays a message stating that the content of the file has been converted and that the file is ready for download.

Download the file to your device by clicking the Download button.

9 - System Settings

Figure 36 - The Main Menu

You can change the system settings by tapping the System button. The System screen shows all of the system settings that you can change, as displayed below.

Figure 37 - System Settings

You can tap the Back button to return to a previous screen.

Starts the Destinator DG application

Opens the devices System Settings screen

Volume Settings

Figure 38 - Volume Settings

This screen lets you change the volume level for voice prompts and tap sounds.

Power Settings

Figure 39 - Power Settings

This screen indicates the battery status of the device.

You can select the hot key checkboxes to determine whether you want the backlight for the device keys.

Backlight Settings

Figure 40 - Backlight Settings

This screen lets you determine the brightness of the screen. You can save power by selecting how long the backlight will stay on before it dims when running the device either on battery or on AC power.

Date-Time Settings

Figure 41 - Date-Time Settings

This screen lets you select your time zone, and to set the date and time.

Language Settings

Figure 42 - Language Settings

This screen lets you select the language to be used for screen displays and voice prompts.

System Information

Figure 43 - System Information

This screen displays information about the device.

Index

A

About 31

Address 11

Address Actions 13

Address Modes 12

Avoid Road Groups 25

Avoid Road Locations 26

Avoid Roads 8, 25

B

Backlight Settings 42

C

Cancel Route 20

Comma-Separated Values 39

CSV See Comma-Separated Values

Cut Map 38

D

Date-Time Settings 43

Defining the Route Groups 24

Destination Menu 7

Destinator DG Features 3

Destinator Technologies 3

E

Enter Address

F

Favorite Groups 16

Favorite Locations 17

Favorites' Alert 16

Focus the Map 36

Focus the Map by Route 36

G

Gas, Food, Lodging 7

General Settings 9

Getting Started 4

Go to your Destination 13, 15, 18

GPS Not Found 5

GPS Status 9, 29

H

Help 31

I

Installation Requirements 32

Installing a Map 33, 34

Installing the Console 32, 33

L

Language Settings 43

Load Map 38

M

Map Browsing 27

Map Cutter Screen Interface 35

Map Preferences 9

Map Screen Interface 34

Map Settings 28

Map Views 5, 8

Maps 34

Menus 7

Multistop Planner 23

My Favorites 7, 13, 14, 15, 20

O

Options Menu 8

P

PC Requirements 32

Plan a Trip 23

POI Actions 20

POI Convertor 40

Point on the Map 6

Power Setting 42

Prompts 9

Q

Quick Nav. Settings 29

R

Recent Locations 7, 14

Remove Map 38

Route Overview 20

Route Planner 8

Route Playback 8, 27

S

Screen Buttons 9

Search for a Location 11

Search Near a Location 19

Select Map 7, 22

Set Quick Navigation 9

Setting Stops Along the Route 24

Settings Menu 9

Stops Actions 25

System Information 43

System Settings 41

System Units 31

T

Technical Support 33

Turn-by-Turn 7

Tutorial 3

Tutorial Settings 31

V

Volume Settings 42

W

What's on the Map 4

Working with a Navigation list 10