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PHAROS DRIVE GPS 250
User Manual
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Warranty Conditions Manufacturer is not responsible for any product defects due to misuse, abuse, or usage of product in way that is not in compliance with the written product instructions. To use this product other than expressed in the instructions will void customer's product warranty. Precautions and Notices Please do not attempt to remove the memory card from your Pharos Drive GPS 250. Removing the card will break the seal and void the warranty. Do not attempt to opera
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Contents 1 – Getting Started 1 Configuration Wizard .......................................................................................................................... 1 Map Screen......................................................................................................................................... 3 Map Views .......................................................................................................................................... 4 Route Summ
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1 – Getting Started Welcome to the world of mobile navigation! Simple operation, clear maps in 2D or 3D mode as well as numerous innovative features and functions have made PHAROS GPS the essential guide for every traveler – whether in the car, on foot or by bike. Configuration Wizard This wizard, which automatically starts th
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Map Screen You can use the icons displayed on this screen to view and receive information about your route. 1 6 7 2 8 3 9 4 5 10 Figure 2 – Map Screen Map Screen Icons 1, 6 Zoom in or out of the map to view a larger and less detailed area, or a smaller area in greater details. 2 Tap the compass to change the
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Location Icons Current location in Vehicle Mode or Walking Mode. Last known location when GPS signal is unreliable. Generated route Tapping a Location on the Map Screen You can tap a desired location directly on the Map Screen in both the 2D and 3D map views. This feature is useful when you want to navigate to a specif
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Cancel Route From the Manage Route menu tap the Cancel Route button. The current navigation stops and the GPS clears the route. You can only cancel a route after a destination has been set. 2 – Select Location and Generate Route Go to an Address From the Go menu, tap the New Address button. The Enter address screen app
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Go to Another Country From the Enter address screen, you can tap In Other Countries to select another country that you can travel to by vehicle. First you will select the country, and then you will enter the address. The followings maps are available on your GPS device: • Map of USA. • Map of Canada. Toolbar Buttons The fol
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Actions Tap the Actions button to use an address: Figure 6 – Actions for Addresses • As Starting Point, which designates the selected address as the route origin (Map Browsing mode only). • To Show on Map, which displays the selected address on the map. • As saved address – Tap to add an address to your list of favorite lo
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Points of Interest (POI) The Points of Interest (POI) list is a collection of thousands of interesting or useful places organized by easy-to-find categories. For example, you can use this device to guide you to a shopping center, hotel, restaurant, or gas station. Many categories have subcategories to provide for an even greater list of choices. For example,
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Search for a POI Category Tap the Browse button to display the most common POI groups. Many of these groups will include several POI categories, which in turn my contain subcategories. Tap the More button to go straight to the full list of POI categories. Figure 9 – Most Common POI Categories Show or Hide Symbol on Ma
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Actions Tap the Actions button to use a POI: Figure 11 – Actions for POIs • As Starting Point, which designates the selected address as the route origin (Map Browsing mode only). • To Show on Map, which displays the selected address on the map. • As saved address – Tap to add an address to your list of favorite locations. F
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Recent Place From the Go menu, tap this button to select an existing location from a list of locations that you have previously traveled to. Figure 13 – Traveling to a Recent Location This device automatically stores the last 64 locations in memory. After 64 locations have been saved, the older location entries are erased.
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Address Book A Favorite is an address or POI that you have stored for easy retrieval. Save favorite addresses to your Address Book and later you can easily travel to these destinations. Favorites can be saved by using the Actions button within the New Address, Recent Places, and POI entry screens. By default your favorite wil
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Figure 17 – Going to a Favorite Destination You can check or clear the checkmarks next to any group to show or hide the group symbol on the Map Screen. Setting an Alert for an Address Book Group Alerts let you know that you are within a certain distance of an item in an Address Book group. Figure 18 – Setting You
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Actions While highlighting a favorite address within a group, tap the Actions button to use the address: Figure 19 - Actions for Address Book • As Starting Point, which designates the selected address as the route origin (Map Browsing mode only). • To preview on map, which displays the selected address on the map. • Edit a
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3 – Route Management Driving Directions From the Manage Route menu, tap this button to display a complete Turn-by-Turn list of directions from your current location to the selected destination. The device continuously updates the Turn-by-Turn screen to display the most current instructions as you navigate the route. You can also reach this screen by tapping t
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Avoid Roads You can specify that certain types of roads be permanently excluded from your route calculations, and you can create your own list of specific roads to avoid. Use this feature when you want to avoid congested roads, toll roads, or unsafe streets. From the Manage Route menu, tap the Avoid Roads button. The Avoid Roads scre
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Creating a Group Tap this button and select Add Group. From the Add Group screen, enter the group name and tap OK. Figure 22 – Add a Road Group The Actions screen also lets you edit or delete a selected group. Adding a Road to a Group When you tap My Roads to Avoid or a road group that you have created, the device displays the g
