User guide

Sygic GPS Navigation

v3 (Mobile)
2011 Sygic, a.s. All rights reserved.

I. Getting Started .................................................................................................................... 2

Entering an Address ......................................................................................................................... 4
Turn by Turn Navigation ............................................................................................................... 9
Acquiring GPS Position .................................................................................................................10
II. Planning the Route ........................................................................................................ 11
Action menu .......................................................................................................................................11
Navigating to a Point of Interest ...............................................................................................13
Navigating to Contacts ..............................................................................................................14
Navigating Home .............................................................................................................................15
Navigating to Favourite Destinations ....................................................................................17
III. Altering the Route ........................................................................................................ 18
Route Menu ........................................................................................................................................18
Modifying the Route .......................................................................................................................21
Map Browsing Mode ......................................................................................................................25
Avoid toll roads, motorways of ferries ..................................................................................26
IV. Online features .............................................................................................................. 27
Connection ..........................................................................................................................................27
Traffic alerts .......................................................................................................................................28
Reporting speed cameras and incidents ...............................................................................29
Weather Information .....................................................................................................................31
V. Community ....................................................................................................................... 32
Friends..................................................................................................................................................32
Share your location and status ..................................................................................................33
Send messages ..................................................................................................................................34
Share position via SMS ..................................................................................................................34
VI. City guides and Travel Book ..................................................................................... 35
City Guides ..........................................................................................................................................35
Travel book ........................................................................................................................................36
VII. Settings ........................................................................................................................... 38

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

C
Please note, that symbols and
specify functionality available for
following devices:
Devices with phone functionality.
Smart phones or devices with
internet connection.

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 finger 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 fingers to enter the Map Browsing Mode (B).
3 Back
Return to the previous screen.
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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.
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 northup position.

Entering an Address
To set your destination by entering its address select
Menu > Navigate to > Address or POI
After you you can enter Select City or Zip Code or enter 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

The list also features explanatory icons left to the city/street name:
City
Capital city
City center
Street
Street crossing
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.
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Tap Done button and Action Menu with following options will appear: Drive
to, Walk there, Travel via, Show on map, Add to favourites, Share location.
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 entire route is displayed on map.

Tap on Options to access route summary. From route summary you can:
Cancel route
Access Route options
Avoid toll roads, Avoid highways, 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.)
Add waypoint
See list of Important places
Show all instructions
Optimize route
Access Saved routes

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

Turn by Turn Navigation

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

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 Estimated time of arrival at
destination
5 Current speed
6 Lane Assistant
7 Estimated time of arrival at
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destination Distance to
destination
8 Traffic
9 Traffic
10 Next road/street to take
11 Speed camera warning Map
zoom in/out
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

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II. Planning the 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:
-

Pushing a red Target Square in Map Browsing Mode

Making a selection from any part of Navigate to menu
Selecting a contact or Friend from Community > Friends
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 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, SMS or Facebook.
Add POI
Add selected location to the database of points of interest.

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Actions related to Contacts / Friends

Call friend
Dial contacts number.
Send SMS
Compose SMS message to a selected contact.
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 friends profile from network.

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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, restnts, hotels, tourist
attractions and other facilities.
To set a POI as your destination, you have multiple options:

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Menu > Navigate to > Address or POI will find POI 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

Searching POI by Name

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

POI groups

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POI list

Search POIby name

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 first, select:
Menu > Navigate to > Home

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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 keeps track of your recent destinations, making it easy to return to a
previously set location.
When entering an address through
Menu > Navigate to> ,Address or POI
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 >Navigate to> History
and start navigation by selecting a previous destination from the list shown.

Tap on the item and select action.

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Navigating to Favourite Destinations

To view a list of your favourite destinations, select
Menu > Navigate to> Favourites
You can start navigation by selecting a Favourite destination from the list
shown.

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

Defining 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.

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III. Altering the Route

Route Summary
You can access detailed information about the calculated route from the
Route menu.
Select Menu > Route to:

1.

Cancel route

2.

Access Route options (see page 21)

3.

Avoid toll roads, Avoid highways, Avoid ferries; Avoid special area,
Avoid unpaved roads, Avoid restricted area,

4.

Manage traffic incidents on route (Availability of the traffic service

depends on your product configuration.)

5.

Add waypoint

6.

See list of Important places like waypoints, crossings and cities near
the route.

7.

Show all instructions

8.

Optimize route

9.

Access Saved routes

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In the section Important places you can see a list of important junctions and
places along the route.
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To get a detailed list of all junctions and directions along the route, select
Show all instructions.
Tap on selected item on the list to view the junction on the map.

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Route options
To see the entire route on the map, select Route options > Show on map.
To see the calculated route as if you were driving along (fly over mode)
select Route options >Demonstrate.
To see detailed weather forecast for seven days select Route options >
Weather forecast
To save the route select Route options >Save route.

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Modifying the Route

If you wish to travel through a certain place on your trip, choose from
following options:
-

use option Travel via in Action Menu. (For more information, see
the chapter Action menu.)
tap on Add waypoint in Route summary and set address by
choosing from following options:
o
My current position,
o Select from map,
o or Enter address

To optimize a route with multiple waypoints, select Optimize route.

This option is only available if the route planned contains more than
two waypoints.

Route before optimization

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Optimized route

You can modify those parts of the route that are listed as Important places.
Tap on selected item and a variation of following menu will appear:
Show on map
Delete waypoint
Avoids
Avoid parts of the route with special attributes like toll roads,
highways, ferries, special areas, unpaved roads or restricted areas.
Manage Traffic incidents
Change waypoint
Move waypoint up
Move waypoint down
Change start point (This option is available only when the selected
item is the start point.)
Change end point (This option is available only when the selected
item is the end point.)
Find nearby parking (This option is available only when the selected
item is the end point.)
Weather forecast (This option is available only when the selected
item is the end point.)

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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 via1,
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.

This option is only present when you have already planned a route.

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Avoid toll roads, highways or ferries

To Avoid toll roads, Avoid highways, Avoid ferries, Avoid special area, Avoid
unpaved roads, or Avoid restricted area, tap on the icons shown in the route
summary.

If you have added some waypoints to your route, you can avoid these
sections 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

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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

Enable Connection to go online. To connect automatically enable option Sign

me in automatically.
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.

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Traffic alerts
Availability of the traffic service depends on your product
configuration.
Visit www.sygic.com/shop for more information about
availability and pricing of traffic 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 > Route > Traffic info
The screen will show the incidents ordered by their distance from your
current position. You can select which of them you want to avoid.

To select all the listed incidents, tap the Avoid all button.
To select individual incidents, first tap the incident. To show its extent on the
map tap on Show on map, to avoid it tap Avoid.

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

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.

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To change the way you receive reported camera and incident information,
select
Menu > Settings >Notifications & Sounds> Speed cameras

Join the growing Policetraps.com community, where other users meet to

make further improvements to the database.
For more information, visit www.policetraps.com

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Weather Information
To check the weather information for a specific area, select
Menu > Info > Weather

To switch between C/F select:

Menu > Settings > Regional

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

Friends

To add friends go to
Menu > Community > Friends
Tap on Add.
To search for your friends among the growing Sygic community tap on
search and enter the name. The list of possible results will appear. Tap on
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.

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Share your location and status

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

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

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

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To change settings for sharing of your Location, Status and Status message
on , 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 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.

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VI. City guides and Travel Book

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

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.

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Travel book
To see traveled routes statistics and altitude profiles, go to
Menu > Info > Travel book

Tap on selected log to see overall statistics

Scroll down for more actions.

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Tap on Graphs and drag the blue marker to see logs marking altitude,
distance, time, speed and acceleration.

To see the log on map tap on Show on map. To add the log to favorites tap on
Add to favorites.

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

To change factory settings, go to Menu > Settings.

Notifications & Sounds

Enable sounds or Disable sounds
Voice guidance
Volume settings* - set the sound
intensity separately for low driving
speed and for high speeds.
Advanced Set the volume of sounds as
a percentage of the music volume,
Set sounds for notifications
Speed cameras
Speed limits
Railway crossings
Points of interest
Online friends
Friend notifications
Message notification
Traffic notification

Map view
Set Day /Night colours, or choose
automatic switching between them.
Points of interest
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Town blocks
Buildings
Landmarks
2D / 3D- change between 2D and 3D
map view
Signpost info
Lane assistant
Autozoom
Photos see photos of places on map.
Friends
Traffic info

Connection
Connect or Disconnect your device from
internet
Change password
Create New Account
Account options
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
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algorithm to Fastest, Shortest,

Economic.
Traffic incidents Set this preference to
avoid incidents automatically.

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.
Set energy saving preferences for
device On external power and On
battery.

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.

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Autoclose dialog
Dialogs will be hidden automatically
after specified time.

About
Information about version, device code
and available application memory.
Please provide this information in
communication with Sygic support.

Reset to defaults
Restore default settings.

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purposes of operating and supporting the relevant software created by Sygic a.s.
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inaccuracies or editorial errors may occur, for which Sygic a.s. accepts no responsibility.
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For more information and updates, visit www.sygic.com

2011 Sygic, a.s.

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