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Personal
Navigation
System
User's Manual
NV-U70
NV-U50
© 2005 Sony Corporation
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The information contained herein may be changed at any time without prior notification. This manual nor any parts thereof may not be reproduced for any purpose whatsoever without the express written consent of Sony, nor transmitted in any form either electronically or mechanically, including photocopying and recording.
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User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System Table of contents Introduction...................................................................... 3 Search facilities and conventions.................................................. 4 Liability .................................................................................... 5 Trademarks .............................................................................. 5 Operating the navigation software....................................7
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User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System Useful functions for navigation ....................................... 69 Show the entire route............................................................... 70 Next destination ...................................................................... 71 Blocking a route section............................................................ 72 Change route options ............................................................... 74 Simulation .......
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User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System Introduction Topics covered in this chapter: Search facilities and conventions page 4 Liability page 5 Trademarks page 5 Introduction - 3 -
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User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System Search facilities and conventions Find information This manual offers the following search facilities: quickly 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. Convent
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User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System 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. Trademarks Registered All brands and trademarks mentioned in this document are trademarks possibly registered by third party and subject to the current legislation and to the rights of their respective
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User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System Operating the navigation software Topics covered in this chapter: Managing languages and maps page 8 Hardware keys page 8 Software keyboard page 8 Character keyboard Mobile phone keyboard Lists page 12 Command buttons page 16 Information page 16 Battery condition GPS-Status Operating the navigation software - 7 -
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User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System Managing languages and maps Installer tool The enclosed software DVD includes an Installer tool. You use this to ascertain which languages and maps will be available on your navigation device. If you have purchased a version of the Sony Personal Navigation System that doesn’t have any maps on DVD, then you can use this tool to create a back-up copy of the map on the navigation device. ® 1. Use ActiveSync to connect the navigation device w
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User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System Character keyboard You may carry out all entries with your finger on the character keyboard. But you may enter capital letters only. You need not enter small letters or special characters when entering a destination's city or street name. The Sony Personal Navigation System replaces these characters automatically. When you are looking for, e.g., a French city called "Héroïnès", simply type "HEROINES". Your entry appears in the field
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User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System Switching between character and Tap the icon to enter numbers, e.g. for a postcode. number entry… Tap the icon to return to the character entry mode. Special characters Tap the icon to enter a special character. The special characters keyboard appears. Tap the icon to return to the character entry mode. You need not enter special characters when entering a destination's city or street name but they may be helpful for entering names
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User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System You may carry out all entries with your finger on the mobile phone keyboard. But you may enter capital letters only. As on a mobile phone, each key is designed to enter several letters with it. The position of a letter on a key caption indicates how often you must tap this key to enter the respective letter. E.g., to enter an "S", tap the "PQRS" key four times. You need not enter small letters or special characters when entering a destinatio
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User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System Lists Survey There are many cases where you have to select an entry from a list. For example, if you have not entered the full name of a location. Each time you enter a character the first found entry that starts with the characters entered so far appears in the text field. A maximum of three entries can be displayed above the keyboard. To view a longer list of suitable entries, tap the List icon. At the end of the list you will find en
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User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System Buttons The lists screens have three buttons located on the right and lower edge of the screen: Up: Tap this icon to scroll the list one item up. Down: Tap this icon to scroll the list one item down. Back: Tap this icon to return to the entry screen without selecting a listed element. Example Search for ILLIOPOLIS. 1. In the MENU tap New destination. The NEW DESTINATION screen opens. 2. Tap Navigation. The NAVIGATION screen opens.
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User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System The second city to start with the letter I is displayed underneath the button. You can move through the list using the buttons Up und Down. However, you will always see a maximum of 3 elements from the list. 6. Enter the letters LLI. ILLI is now displayed in the input line. Above this a button shows the first city in the database that starts with ILLI. The second city starting with ILLI is shown underneath the button. - 14 - Lists
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User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System 7. Tap on the List icon. A list of all the cities that start with ILLI is displayed. The city on the button is marked. The end of the list gives all the cities that include ILLI in their names. 8. Tap the Down button until ILLIOPOLIS appears on the icon. 9. Tap on ILLIOPOLIS. The ADDRESS screen opens. ILLIOPOLIS is entered in the City or ZIP field. Operating the navigation software - 15 -
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User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System Command buttons Icons Most of the Sony Personal Navigation System screens have the following buttons: Return Tap this icon to return to the previous screen. You can use this icon to stop navigation. Map view Tap on this button to return to the standard map view. From there you can open the MENU by tapping on any point in the map. Information Survey On virtually all the Sony Personal Navigation System screens you will find th
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User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System GPS-Status The GPS STATUS window includes information about your current location and your current speed. You can also save your current location. The GPS button is located on the right half of the upper edge of the screen. The different GPS-icons have the following significance: Symbol Significance No signal or only an insufficient GPS signal is being received. This is the No signal case, e.g. if you are located in an
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User's manual Sony Personal Navigation System Entry Significance Speed Indicates your current speed. Current position Indicates the address of your current position. Save current Tap on this button to save the current position location in FAVORITES. Close window Tap this button to quit the GPS screen. - 18 - Information
