Aura - Gps Sygic - Free user manual and instructions

USER MANUAL Aura Sygic

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I. Getting Started .... 1

Entering an Address....3

Turn by Turn Navigation 5

Acquiring GPS Position 6

II. Planning the Route....7

Action menu....7

Navigating to a Point of Interest....9

Navigating to Contacts 10

Navigating Home 11

Navigating to Favourite Destinations 13

III. Altering the Route....14

Route Menu 14

Modifying the Route 15

Map Browsing Mode 15

Avoid toll roads, motorways of ferries 16

IV. Online features....17

Connection....17

Trafic alerts....17

Reporting speed cameras and incidents....19

Weather Information 20

V. Community....21

Friends....21

Share your location and status....22

Send messages 23

Share position via SMS 23

VI. City guides and Travel Book 24

City Guides 24

Travel book 24

VII. Settings....25

I. Getting Started

In Navigation Mode (A), 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 ingers to switch to Map Browsing Mode (B). To select destinations, review information about your route and alter settings, go to Menu (C).

Please note, that symbols and specify functionality available for following devices:

Devices with phone functionality.

(1) Smart phones or devices with internet connection.

A

Berlin Volkspark Fichtein 50 Mühlendamm 1 2 6 ↑ 150 meters 1.6m 40km 07:58 Mühlendamm Berlin

B

Mühlendamm Berlin Waltvastriale Sarcculer Waltlendeambrücke Cate Strade Mühlendamm Back N NE E Fischerbrier 1 2 3 4 5 6

C

AUFA Find Community Info Settings Back

1 Menu

Enter the Menu by tapping the arrow on the right side of the information bar. You can scroll between the menu pages by sliding a inger across the screen on smart phones, or by using the scroll bar on the right side on Personal Navigation Devices (PNDs).

2 Map Browsing Mode

Drag the map with your ingers to enter the Map Browsing Mode (B).

3 Back

Return to the previous screen.

4 Target Square

Tap the Target Square for more actions related to the position inside. For more information see the chapter Action menu.

5 Zoom

Tap (+) button to zoom-in to more detailed view, (-) button to zoom out. Alternatively you can zoom using multi-touch gestures on certain devices (e.g. iPhone).

6 2D/3D view

Switch between 2D a 3D view by taping on the grid between the + and - symbols on the right side of the navigation screen

7 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.

Entering an Address

To set your destination by entering its address select

Menu > Find > Destination

After you Select Country you can enter Select City or Postal Code or enter Select Street directly. Enter the irst few letters of the City/Street name to see a list of similar names.

Sygic Aura supports City-irst and Street-irst address entry.

City-irst address search

Search Austria 1 Select city Wien 2 Select street Select Street Neighbourhood Back Done

Street-irst address search

Search Austria Graz Bahnhof Gürtel (18) Neighbourhood City changes automacally Select street Back Done

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

City Capital city City center ABC Street Street crossing Middle of street

Select the desired city/street from the list.

Tap Done button and Action Menu with following options will appear: Drive to, Walk there, Travel via, Nearby POI, Add to favourites, Share location, Add POI.

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

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

If your device can determine your current position, your route will be calculated immediately from that positon. 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 Position).

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 route summary is displayed with total distance, estimated time of arrival (ETA), time left to destination and icons indicating if parts of the route take you on Motorways, roads with Toll Charge or Ferry.

Route summary Am Schorn 26/21 Düsseldorf 19m 44s 08:08 13km Preview on map Cancel Route Instructions Continue

From Route menu, you can:

• Preview on map
• Cancel the route
• Show Route Instructions
• Demonstrate the route

To accept the route and start turn by turn navigation, tap Done. If you wish to return to planned route go to Menu > Info > Route.

Turn by Turn Navigation

The Navigation Screen will show the map of your surrounding area with the calculated route highlighted in blue.

Berlin Alexanderplatz 50 300 meters 300 meters 1.4km 40km 07:58 nlll Molkenmarkt Berlin

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 next change of direction
3 Current road/street
4 Distance to destination
5 GPS signal strength
6 Current speed
7 Estimated time of arrival at destination
8 Lane Assistant
9 Next road/street to take
10 Map zoom in/out
11 Speed camera warning
12 Current speed limit

Acquiring GPS Position

If there is no GPS signal, the GPS signal indicator on the right side of the screen will show empty bars. This can happen under any of the following conditions:

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.

■ 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

II. Planning the Route

Action menu

Action menu is the last step in the process of selecting any location in Sygic Aura. A variation of action menu is available after:

• Pushing a red Target Square in Map Browsing Mode
• Making a selection from any part of Find menu
• Selecting a contact or Aura Friend from Community > Friends menu (¶)

Drive to

Set selected location as destination and calculate route for car navigation.

Walk there

Set selected location as destination work Walk mode and calculate pedestrian route.

Travel via

Insert a waypoint to an existing route.

More actions

	Show on mapNot available from Map Browsing Mode.
	Nearby POIDisplay the list of POIs near the selected location.
	Add to favouritesAdd selected location to the list of favorite destinations.
	Share locationSend a message with position via e-mail, SMS or Facebook.
	Add POIAdd selected location to the database of points of interest.

Actions related to Contacts / Friends (p)

	Call friend 📁Dial contact’s number.
	Send SMS 📁Compose SMS message to a selected contact.
	Send Message (💡)Send message via Aura 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.
	Proile (☎)View the friend's profile from Aura network.

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 a POI as your destination, you have multiple options:

• Menu > Find > Destination Find POI in the city or near the selected address.
• Menu > Find > 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

Berthold Sturm Select Grabenstraße 6, Altstadt 40213 Vote Be the first to vote! Call +(49)-(211)-327460 Name Berthold Sturm Category Shop Back Edit >

Select action Berthold Sturm 1... Drive to Walk there Travel via More actions Back

Searching POI by Name

Anytime during the search process, you can start typing the name of POI (tap 📄 show the keyboard) to reine 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 reine your search results, tap the 📄 on at the bottom of the screen and type the name of the POI you are looking for. You can also enter partial names. When inished, the Action Menu pops up. For more information, see the chapter Action menu.

POI groups Services & Education City Hall, Post Office, Bank, Public Phon... Shopping Department Store, Warehouse, Shoppi... Sports Sports Centre, Stadium, Hippodrome, I... Tourist Attractions Tourist Information Office, Museum, Trav... Transportation Six Lift Station, Car Shipping Terminal... Back List POI Subtypes Shop 62# Travelstar Touristik & Co Ong Shopping Centre 1.4# Ringstraßen-Galeries List of POIs Ringstraßen-Galerien 1.4# Kemmer Flug 8-7, Wien 1010 EKZ Wien Mitte 1.5# Landstralter Haupstraße 1 s, W... Generali Center 2.4# Marihler Straße 77, Wien 1060 Galleria 2.0# Landstralter Haupstraße 97-101 Einkaufszentrum Hernals 2.9# Eitbarinplatz 12, Wien 1170 Search Austria Vienna Select city Select Street Neighbourhood Find POI in Vienna Back Done Search by POI name anytime

10 User Guide

Navigating to Contacts

If you want to drive to your friend or business partner, you can select their name directly from your contact list. Select

Menu > Community > Friends

In the list, scroll to the desired contact, or tap on the magnifying glass 📄 and enter their name. You can also enter partial names. Tap on the name of the Contact and action menu will appear. To set the address assigned to a contact as your destination, tap the Drive to, Walk there or Travel via button. For more actions, see the chapter Action menu.

NOTE: To set your destination from the contact list, the selected contact must be stored with a full address.

Navigating Home

To start using this feature, you need to set your home location irst, select:

Menu > Find > Home

Home Alexanderplatz Berlin 572% Drive to Walk there Travel via More actions Back Set

Once your home address is stored, you can navigate home from the same dialogue.

If you wish to change your Home address, tap the Set button.

Navigating to Recent Destinations

Sygic Aura keeps track of your recent destinations, making it easy to return to a previously set location.

When entering an address through

Menu > Find > Destination

the last entered address is preselected. If you are selecting City or Street, the list of previous selections appears. They are marked with icon

You can directly go to a list of recent destination by selecting

Menu > Find > History

and start navigation by selecting a previous destination from the list shown.

History list Bar Italia Gastronomiegesellschaft 56% Rosa-Luxemburg-Straße 22/21 Berlin 553% Am Schorn 26/21 Düsseldorf 819% Ludenberger Straße 66/55 Düsseldorf 815% Saarbrücker Straße 10/9 Düsseldorf 819% Back Clear all

Tap on the item and select action.

Navigating to Favourite Destinations

To view a list of your favourite destinations, select Menu > Find> Favourites

You can start navigation by selecting a Favourite destination from the list shown.

Favorites list Surf & Sushi 343m John 343m Spandauer Straße Berlin 343m Casino Berlin 343m Burger King 343m Back Add >

Select the desired Favourite destination by tapping it and then select your next option from the Action Menu.

Deining a new Favourite destination

To add new item to the list of your Favourite destinations tap on Add then set address by choosing from following options:

• My current position,
• Select from map, or
• Enter address.

III. Altering the Route

Route Menu

You can access detailed information about the calculated route from the Route menu. Select

Menu > Info > Route

Route summary Am Schorn 26/21 Düsseldorf 19m 44s 08:08 13km Preview on map Cancel Route Instructions Continue

To see the entire route on the map, select Preview on map.

To get a detailed list of junctions and directions along the route, select Route Instructions. The icons highlighted in blue indicate specific types of roads included in the route.

Route Instructions 3 2 1 Grunerstraße 7m 15s · 3.6" 2 Grunerstraße 7m 39s · 3.8" Mollstraße 8m 38s · 4.3" Prenzlauer Allee 9m 11s · 4.5" Prenzlauer Allee 9m 48s · 4.8" Prenzlauer Allee 11m 19s · 5.4" Prenzlauer Allee 12m 18s · 5.9" Back

To see the calculated route as if you were driving along (ly over mode) select Demonstrate.

Modifying the Route

If you wish to travel through a certain place on your trip, use option Travel via in Action Menu. For more information, see the chapter Action menu.

Map Browsing Mode

When you drag the map a red Target Square will appear. Tap into the square and the Action Menu will appear.

Actions available for the selected location: Drive to, Walk there, Travel via ^1 , Nearby POI, Add to favourites, Share location, Add POI.

For more information about available actions, see the chapter Action menu.

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

Wallstraße 57/53 Berlin 2°C Berlin Alexanderstraße Wallstraße Am Kölnischen Park Back NW NE Select action Wallstraße 57/53 Berlin 571% Drive to Walk there Travel via More actions My neighbourhood Back

Avoid toll roads, motorways of ferries

To Avoid motorways, Avoid toll roads or Avoid ferries tap on the icons shown in the header of the route.

Route Instructions B207 E47 Fehmarn 3h 29m - 242... Kolonnenstraße 46s · 475ft Hauptstraße 55s · 777ft Hauptstraße 1m 54s · 0.7" Hauptstraße 2m 28s · 0.9" Wexstraße 2m 38s · 0.9" 3m 28s · 1.3" Back Route part options Preview on map Demonstrate Avoid toll roads Avoid ferries Avoid motorways Back

If you have added some waypoints to your route, you can set Avoid motorways, Avoid toll roads or Avoid ferries for each via point separately.

If you wish to cancel the calculated route entirely, and use the navigation system only as an indicator of your current position, select

Menu > Info > Route > Cancel route

IV. Online features

The entire chapter Online features applies only to smart phones or devices with internet connectivity.

Connection

In order to use online services (e.g. real time traffic and safety camera alerts) you will need to connect your device to the internet. Select

Menu > Settings > Connection

Tap the button Connect to go online. A confirmation screen will pop up, to go online tap on yes.

Tap the button Disconnect to go offline.

NOTE: The cost of data transfer depends on your mobile phone tariff. Make sure you know the cost before you start using online features. The costs can be considerably higher when you are roaming abroad.

Trafic alerts

Availability of the traffic service depends on your product configuration.

Visit www.sygic.com/shop for more information about availability and pricing of trafic service in your region.

For more options, including roaming preferences, go to

Menu > Settings > Connection

To view real time alerts of traffic incidents along your calculated route, select

Menu > Info > Trafic

The screen will show the incidents ordered by their distance from your current position. You can select which of them you want to avoid.

Traffic events on route E75 E58 E571 D1 61 (SVK) Slow traffic 2 (SVK) Slow traffic E571 E75 E58 D1 (SVK) Congestion 0.2 m 2.7 m 0.7 m 0.2 m Back Avoid all

To select all the listed incidents, tap the Avoid all button.

To select individual incidents, irst tap the incident. To show its extent on the map tap on Show on map, to avoid it tap Avoid.

Dolnozemská cesta Bratislava 401 Ribe Staat 0.1% 2 Bogosova Back NW NE Done

Incidents selected for avoidance are marked with a solid black circle.

Tap Optimize route to recalculate the route avoiding traffic incidents.

Reporting speed cameras and incidents

If you observe a speed camera or traffic incident on-route, tap the bottom bar of the Navigation Screen.

Select your option from the menu.

Report trap Report Police Trap Report Incident/Dangerous place Back

To change the way you receive reported camera and incident information, select

Menu > Settings > Speed cameras

Speed cameras Enable radar warning Show radars on map Policetraps Back

Join the growing Policetraps.com community, where other users meet to make further improvements to the database. For more information, visit www.policetraps.com

Weather Information

To check the weather information for a specific area, select

Menu > Info > Weather

Weather Last update 18.11.2010 10:387 Berlin Germany Fog 40°F 39°F 39°F 71 mi 16 Thu 19 Fri 20 Sat 21 Sun 22 Mon 23 Tue 4° 5° 0° 3° 1° 3° 1° 3° 3° 4° -1° 4° Praha (Ruzyne) Czech Republic Rain 42°F 41°F 42°F 157 mi Back More >

To switch between ^ C/ ^ F select:

Menu > Settings > Regional

V. Community

The entire chapter Community applies only to smart phones or devices with internet connectivity.

Friends

Friends AURA friends Marian Holler now Working on Aura to make it even better for you Bratislava Jake 2 days ago Offline (5 days ago) Bratislava, Šurekova Ken Brown 8 days ago Offline Moscow, Stradnoy buhvar Marcus Lindsey 15 hours ago Driving Back Add >

To add friends go to

Menu > Community > Friends

Tap on Add.

To search for your friends among the growing Aura community tap on Aura search and enter the name. The list of possible results will appear. Tap on

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chosen name and tap on Add to compose an invitation message.

Tap on Send e-mail invitation to invite your friend by email.

To add your Facebook friends tap on Match Facebook friends.

When you receive a friend request it will be displayed in

Menu > Community > Events

Tap on event to accept or deny the request.

Share your location and status

To set your status and share it with friends go to Menu > Community > My status

My status Manny Robson Status Beer Status message Party time!! My profile Back

Tap on Status and choose one of the options. Tap on Status message to share your mood with other friends.

Visibility status Exercising Driving Skiing Beer Coffee Back

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To edit or add details into your proile tap on My proile.

Profile Required First name Manny Last name Robson Country Germany Male/Female Back Save

To change settings for sharing of your Location, Status and Status message on Aura, Twitter and Facebook tap on Share.

Send messages

To send, view and delete messages go to

Menu > Community > Messages

The screen will show the most recent messages grouped by sender. To view all messages from certain person tap on the name of the sender.

You can choose to Reply to a message or Remove message by taping on it. To delete all messages from this sender tap on Remove All.

Share position via SMS

This feature is not available on iPhone, Android and Maemo devices.

Sygic Aura enables you to share your current position or any other location with others via SMS text message.

To send your current position to your contacts or to receive their position, chose location the same way, as setting the destination in chapter II. Planning the Route or select a point on map using the target square.

From action menu options choose Share location.

VI. City guides and Travel Book

City Guides

To learn more about important cities go to Menu > Find > City Guides

Berlin General Accommodations Bars/Cafes and Night Life Beauty and Spa Business Essentials Back Done >

If a city guide is available for the city you are currently in, it will be already preselected for you. If a city guide for your current location is not available you will see a list of states or cities depending on the product package.

Select state to see the list of cities available.

Use the search function, the magnifying glass on the bottom of the page, to look up a certain name.

Travel book

To see traveled routes statistics and altitude proiles, go to

Menu > Info > Travel book

Travel book 01 0m:0s Last week 5 4h:41m 58m Engelhartsletten 61 Ivanka pri Dunaji 17.11.2010 12:03 17.32 2% 1h:30m Budovatska -/29 Bratislava Bratislava 17.11.2010 0:32 Back

VII. Settings

IMPORTANT: Menu items marked with * are not available in all devices.

To change factory settings, go to Menu > Settings.

Sound

Enable sounds or Disable sounds

Voice guidance

Volume settings ^* - set the sound intensity separately for low driving speed and for high speeds.

Set sounds for notifications

• Trap/Radar sounds
  ■ Speed limit
  ■ Friend notifications
  ■ Message notification

Display

2D / 3D- change between 2D and 3D

map view

Map details - see POIs, town blocks and landmarks displayed on map.

Set Day /Night colours, or choose automatic switching between them.

Signpost info

Lane assistant

Autozoom

Photos - see photos of places on map.

Connection

Connect or Disconnect your device from internet

Change password

Create New Account

Clear login data

Sign me in automatically

Ask before connecting

Route planning

Avoid toll roads - set the preference of paid road segments: avoid them, do not avoid them, or always ask.

Route computing - Set the routing algorithm to Fastest, Shortest, Economic.

Speed cameras

Enable radar warning

Show radars on map

Policetraps

Activate / Deactivate speed cameras reported by Policetraps.com community. For more information, see the chapter Reporting speed cameras and incidents.

Regional

Voice - language of voice instructions.

Language - language of user interface.

Keyboard layout

Set kilometers/miles, format of time, temperature and GPS coordinates.

Battery management

GPS always on

Switch GPS off after... X minutes.

Hardware

Settings for advanced users only. Set the GPS communication port manually.

Travel book

Set laps while in walking mode to be Stopwatch triggered, Distance triggered or on automatic Lap detection. For more information, see the chapter Travel book.

Autoclose dialog

Dialogs will be hidden automatically

after speciied time.

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