Manuale d’uso / di manutenzione del prodotto CoPilot Live Laptop 10 del fabbricante ALK
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T able of Contents W elcome to CoPilot Live | Laptop 10! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Requir ements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 How Reliable Is CoPilot? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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W elcome to CoPilot Live | Laptop 10! CoPilot Live | Laptop 10 is ALK T echnologies’ latest version of our CoPilot ® software that provides GPS in-vehicle navigation and route guidance from your laptop PC. CoPilot Live | Laptop 10 transforms your Laptop, T ablet PC, or UMPC (UltraMobile PC) into an advanced GPS nav system.
How Reliable is CoPilot? The CoPilot map database is remarkably accurate, providing comprehensive, detailed street information. From the most populated cities to the smallest hamlets, CoPilot map data has been created to support your travels wherever they may take you.
location. Like your car radio, GPS tracking can also be affected by weather conditions if severe. CoPilot will continue tracking as soon as adequate signals are available. NOTE: The GPS unit should be placed far forward on the dashboard to maximize the satellite reception area.
- 4 - Installation NOTE: If you are updating from an older version of CoPilot ® , you may want to uninstall the older version first (see Uninstalling , p. 8). This is not required, however . CoPilot Live | Laptop 10 can be installed while another version of CoPilot remains on your computer .
6. At the end of the installation process you will be prompted to activate the software. CoPilot must be activated within 15 days after installation in order for you to continue using it. Follow the instructions. Follow the instructions in the Softwar e Activation section below .
T o Activate Manually: - 6 - 2. In the next screen, enter your e-mail address and click Next . CoPilot will be activated within seconds provided you established a connection to the internet in Step 1. Y ou will see the message “ License activated successfully ” when the process is finished.
- 7 - Adding a Data Region If you have purchased an additional data region after your initial purchase of CoPilot, you will need to modify the original (“Base”) installation and activate the new region. IMPOR T ANT : Y ou can only use your Expansion Product Key AFTER you have installed CoPilot with a Base Installation Product Key .
- 8 - Uninstalling If you are updating from an older version of CoPilot, you may want to uninstall the older version. This is not required however . CoPilot Live | Laptop 10 can be installed while another version of CoPilot remains on your computer .
- 9 - T o Uninstall Data Fr om Previous V ersions of CoPilot: NOTE: Data is automatically removed as part of the CoPilot 2002 or later uninstall. For earlier versions of CoPilot, this process is not required but you may want to do this if you have uninstalled the application.
Bluetooth Receiver Setup 1. Pair your Bluetooth GPS receiver with your PC’ s Bluetooth software. It is important that you connect the Bluetooth GPS receiver to a virtual serial port (also known as a “COM port”). See your Bluetooth software’ s user manual for specific instructions.
- 1 1 - CoPilot can be used for in-vehicle navigation (Guidance Mode), trip planning (Planning Mode), and Live messaging/real-time tracking (from within Planning Mode). If you launch the CoPilot application without first attaching your GPS receiver , a screen will appear (shown below) that lets you choose either Planning or Guidance Mode.
- 12 - Guidance Mode Planning Mode T o move from Guidance Mode to Planning Mode at any time, click the Planning button in the control panel on the right side of the screen. T o move from Planning Mode to Guidance Mode at any time, click the Guidance button on the left side of the screen.
- 13 - Guidance Mode Entering a Destination When you launch CoPilot for the first time with the GPS receiver attached, you’ll be asked to enter a destination.
- 14 - 3. T ype a city name or ZIP/postal code. As you type, possible matches will appear below . When the correct location is highlighted, click Next . TIP: Usually you will need to spell out words like “Saint”, “Mount”, “Fort”, etc. Place names generally need to be spelled out; for exam- ple, “John F .
- 15 - 5. (Optional) T ype a name for the place you entered and click Next . 6. The T rip Con fi rmation window appears every time you enter a new stop. Y ou can enter as many as 50 stops in any given trip. The screen will display your next few stops, and your fi nal destination.
- 16 - Home or W ork The first time you select the Home or W ork button you will be prompted with an address entry window . Enter your home or work address as described on p. 13-15. In subsequent selections, choosing these buttons will automatically enter your home or work address as your destination.
- 17 - POI T o search the CoPilot database for Points of Interest: 1. Click Destination , then click POI . 2. T o narrow the search, choose a T ype and/or Category of POI from the pick lists. If you're looking for a specific place, you can also type the first few letters of its name in the Name field.
- 18 - Lat/Long T o enter a latitude/longitude point as a stop: 1. Click Destination , then click Lat/Long . 2. Choose a format from the first drop-down pick list. Lat/longs can be entered in Decimal Degr ees , Decimal Minutes , or Degrees Minutes Seconds (DMS).
- 19 - Intersection T o enter an intersection of two roads as a stop: 1. Click Destination , then click Intersection . 2. Enter a state/country and city name or postal code. 3. When prompted, enter the name of one of the intersecting streets and click Next .
- 20 - Editing Stops T o edit your existing stops, click Destination in the navigation control panel, then click Edit to bring up the Edit Y our Stops window shown above. From this window you can do any of the following: · Change the order of your stops.
- 21 - Start Driving! If your GPS receiver is attached and you have entered at least one destination, you’re ready to start driving! The CoPilot navigation system will guide you to the destination(s) you enter and will automatically recalculate your route should you miss a turn or choose to follow your own variation of CoPilot’ s route.
- 22 - Using the Navigation Contr ol Panel BUTTON FUNCTION V iew Lets you change the screen view (see below). Destination Opens a window that lets you add a destination or edit your existing destination(s), or delete all destinations to start over . Detour In case of traffic delays, enables you to run an alternate route.
Zooming Y our Map V iew Buttons to the right of the map let you zoom and shift your map view . The Autosnap button in the lower right corner automatically centers your current position on the map.
Detour In Guidance Mode, clicking the Detour button will cause CoPilot to generate an alternate route around the next few miles of your trip. This is useful when you need to get around traffic jams, roadwork, or other unexpected traf fic slow-downs but don’t know whether or not you’ll save any time by turning off your current route.
- 25 - Using the Itinerary for Selective Routing CoPilot enables you to be selective about the roads you take on your trip. From the guidance screen you can customize your Itinerary so that entire segments of a trip can be avoided if you don’t want to travel along the roads CoPilot has you taking.
- 26 - Options GPS Status In Guidance Mode, click the Options button to check your GPS status and change the settings that control map orientation, voice options, and routing and guidance preferences.
- 27 - POI Alerts As you drive, CoPilot can alert you with a voice prompt and a message window on your screen each time you approach a Point of Interest. This features can be turned on and off by toggling the POI Alerts button in the lower right corner of the Guidance Mode screen.
- 28 - Guidance Click Guidance for guidance options settings. Display GPS Arrow T rail controls whether the arrow that trails your position is displayed on the map as you drive. Display Small GPS Arrow controls the size of the tracking arrows on the map.
- 29 - T o set routing preferences in Guidance Mode, click Options , then click Routing in the Options menu. Note that the changes you make here in the Routing Preferences window will carry over to Planning Mode, and vice versa.
- 30 - Advanced Options: Use the advanced routing options to completely change how CoPilot calculates routes. Advanced options include avoid/favor preferences and average speed settings for each road type CoPilot uses in route calculations. 1) Select Advanced .
- 31 - Speech Use the Language and Speech options to choose a language, voice format, and voice (male or female) for CoPilot's spoken directions. CoPilot not only speaks to you to inform you of upcoming turns, but also responds to a number of commands you speak out loud using voice recognition technology .
- 32 - V oice Commands NOTE: Background noise may affect CoPilot’ s ability to recognize spoken commands. Y ou can use an external microphone with noise-cancellation technology to optimize your experience with CoPilot’ s listening device. COMMAND RESPONSE Cancel Detour Returns you to the original route after a detour has been generated.
- 33 - A Sample T rip Suppose you and a friend want to go to a concert on the campus of Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey . Y ou know the approximate location of your destination, but you’re unfamiliar with the area.
- 34 - 1. Driving on W itherspoon Street into Princeton, NJ 3. CoPilot automatically creates a new route fr om your curr ent position 2. T urning off CoPilot’ s route onto Wiggins Str eet Sample T r.
Planning Mode After launching CoPilot you can access Planning Mode by clicking the Planning Mode button from the welcome screen or the Planning button in the guidance screen.
Cities and Addresses T o enter a trip, begin by typing the name of the place where your trip will start or a postal code in the City , State (or City , Country ) box (e.g. “ princeton, nj ” or “ paris, fr ” or “ 08540 ”), then press the Enter key .
- 37 - Points of Inter est When you select the Points of Interest tab, it will open with the cursor in the POIs that start with box. The only field that is required to perform a POI search is City/State (or City/Country ); all other fields are optional.
- 38 - Itinerary Buttons Regardless of the tab you select, the same commands will remain in the bottom of the T rip Planner window . T o the right of the Itinerary you will see five buttons. Using the Up/Down arrows you can alter the order of the stops on your Itinerary .
Running the T rip T o see a complete map of your trip, as well as detailed, turn-by-turn driving directions, click Run . T o generate a round trip, click the Round T rip check box before clicking Run . A round trip includes all intermediate stops on the way to your destination, but routes directly from your destination back to your starting place.
Routing T ype CoPilot’ s Quickest routing type is based on the most efficient route in terms of road quality , terrain, and urban/rural road classifications. CoPilot’ s Shortest routing type calculates the shortest route while maintaining reasonable standards of practicality .
- 41 - Printing Y our Map or Driving Dir ections After you run a trip, the T rip Summary window will pop up over a split screen displaying the map of your trip and detailed driving directions. Click OK to hide the Summary window (you can get it back again using the V iew T rip Summary option in the T rip menu).
- 42 - Beyond the Basics If you’re familiar with the basic features of CoPilot, you’re probably ready to try some of the advanced features. Some of these features are briefly described on the following pages.
- 43 - Adding Custom Places CoPilot gives you the ability to add new places with your own custom names to the map database. After adding your custom place to the map database, you'll be able to enter it as a start place, end place, or waypoint for any trip you run.
- 44 - A voiding and Favoring Roads CoPilot gives you the ability to avoid or favor specific road segments. This feature is handy when you want to avoid a traffic jam or road construction, and can also be used to guide a trip along a route you know you want to take.
Importing Custom Places CoPilot Live’ s Custom Place Import W izar d enables you to import addresses from your Outlook Contacts database, an Excel file, or text file. (If you are using another type of database or contact manager , you can export your contacts/locations to an Excel or text file before importing them into CoPilot Live.
Editing Custom Places After custom places have been added to the database, they can be edited at any time. Select Manage Custom Places from the T ools menu, then highlight the custom place you wish to edit, click Edit , and make your changes. Click Apply when finished.
- 47 - Customizing Y our Driving Directions Display CoPilot gives you precise, turn-by-turn driving directions, plus time and distance calculations for every trip you run between a start place and a destination.
- 48 - T o control the number and type of landmarks reported, select Landmark Reporting from the T rip menu to open the Landmark Reporting dialog box. NOTE: Y ou can use these options in Planning Mode, but not in Guidance Mode.
- 49 - Legend Planning Mode T ool Bar Buttons: Open/Save T rip: Allows you to save a trip you have outlined in Planning Mode, or access a previously saved trip. Edit/New T rip: Prompts the T rip Planner window where you can enter addresses, search for points of interest, and recall favorites.
- 50 - Buttons in the T rip Planner W indow: Label Cities and Places: Allows you to label or unlabel cities within your map. Add Custom Places: Allows you to label specific places on the map and save them in your Points of Interest database (map detail level must be at least 7.
CoPilot Live Communications CoPilot Live allows you to maintain two-way communication with drivers who are using CoPilot and to actually see where they are currently located.
Set Up a CoPilot Live W eb Account T o use Live capabilities, your laptop PC must have a wireless Internet connection. To create your account on the CoPilot Live website: 1. Go to the web site for your region: • North America: http://live.alk.com • Europe: http://live.
- 53 - 5. In the window that opens, enter a Screen Name that will identify you to the person on the other end for messaging and tracking. (This name can be changed as many times as you like.) Y ou can also use the Send position information pick list to change the interval at which your vehicle’ s position will be updated as you are tracked.
- 54 - Driving with Live — Invitations Using CoPilot Live’ s Invitations, you can send a tracking number to friends and family via e- mail so they can see where you are and communicate with you as you drive.
Driving with Live - Receiving Messages On the top are the four Standard Response Buttons , which appear on every message: Speak Message: CoPilot Live's text-to-speech engine speaks the text of the message. Defer Message: Defers the message, which will reappear later .
Driving with Live - Receive T rip Itinerary Updates When you are the driver and a T rip Itinerary Update is sent to you, CoPilot Live displays it on top of all other windows. CoPilot Live's text-to-speech engine will speak the itinerary update when it is received.
CoPilot Live Real-time T raffic Reporting In addition to providing pre-trip planning, GPS route guidance, and Live messaging capabilities, CoPilot Live uses wireless communications to automatically send real-time information to drivers, notifying them of traffic incidents along the route ahead and creating potential alternate routing.
Check T raffic Click the Check T raffic button to see all traffic incidents on the route ahead between your current position and your destination. CoPilot will take a few seconds to check for incidents. If any incidents are found, they are reported one by one beginning with the one closest to you.
Review and Clear T raffic The Check T raffic button in the Live Options window brings up only new incidents along your route that have not been reported yet. T o review the traffic incidents that were already reported, click the Review T raffic button.
- 60 - Map Display of Incidents T raffic incidents are represented on CoPilot Live’ s maps by the triangular icons shown below . These icons reflect the location(s) and type of traffic congestion ahead on your route.
- 61 - Cr eating/Using Y our Own V oice Y ou can create your own voice or load voices that other CoPilot users have created and posted online. T o do this, create a folder with any name you want and copy sound files with the exact names of the CoPilot sound files.
- 62 - NextStop Continuing to Next Stop PoiAhead Point of Interest Ahead Rdestination.wav Y ou Have Reached Y our Destination RightT urn T urn Right Roundabout1 T ake 1st Exit at Roundabout Roundabout.
T r oubleshooting First things to check: Are all cables properly secured? Do all components have adequate power? Does your GPS receiver have a clear view of the sky? (Buildings, mountains and heavy foliage may block your satellite reception.
- 64 - Another alternative is to purchase an audio cassette adapter equipped with a cord and jack that you can plug into your laptop's speaker jack, then put the cassette into your car's stereo cassette player . This will channel CoPilot's commands through your car's stereo system if it's set to play audio tapes.
B. Next, you need to check that CoPilot is looking to this drive to locate the DVD. In the example below , your DVD/CD-ROM is the D drive. Y our drive letter may be different. T o do this: 1. Go to your Start button/ Programs / Windows Explor er and click on the drive letter which corresponds to your hard drive ( usually C ).
- 66 - 2. Are the port settings correct for the Com port? Note: CoPilot uses Com 1 as the default Com port. Some computers may have more than one Com port. Y ou will need to test each Com port starting with Com 1. A. Click on the Start button, Settings , Contr ol Panel.
E. Next in the Com Port Properties window the settings should read: -- Bits Per Second = 4800 -- Data Bits = 8 -- Parity = None -- Stop Bits = 1 -- Flow Control = Hardware If the settings are differ ent you need to make the necessary changes and then click OK.
- 68 - Data Corr ections The ALK map database undergoes constant revision as we strive to provide you with the high- est quality product. Revisions include the addition of new roads, roadway upgrades, and the addition of new streets and addresses.
- 69 - Using the CoPilot Help Files In Planning Mode, CoPilot provides extensive built-in Help to guide you through the program. Click on the Help button in a window to open a Help topic that describes how to use that window .
- 70 - T echnical Support After registering your software, you're entitled to technical support and discounts on future updates. Check out ALK’ s web site for technical support documentation and posted answers to common questions.
- 71 - CoPilot ® End-User License Agreement NOTE: On the following pages there are three separate license agreements for users of North American , Eur opean , and Australian Data . THIS IS A LEGAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU, THE USER (either an individual or an entity), AND ALK TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- 72 - ALK retains all rights not expressly granted. Nothing in this License Agreement constitutes a waiver of ALK's rights under the U.S. copyright laws or other applicable copyright laws or any other federal or state law . 2. T erm: This License is effective upon receipt by you of the Software and upon opening the package.
- 73 - 5. US Government Restricted Rights: The Software and documentation are provided with restricted and limited rights. Use, duplication, or disclosure by the Government is subject to restrictions set forth in subparagraphs (c) (1) and (2) of the Commercial Computer Software-Restricted Rights clause at 48 CFR 52.
- 74 - available. This Software and its voice output are for your personal, individual use only . Y ou are not permitted to broadcast or distribute the voice output of the Software (i.e., synthesized speech) to more than one person or to use the Software's voice output for any commercial purposes.
- 75 - terms of this License, you must immediately delete the Software from your computer and destroy any copies you made of the Software and of any written materials relating to the software, and promptly return the Software and, if bought as part of a package, any associated devices to your retailer for a refund.
- 76 - RIGHTS. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties or limits on how long an implied warranty may last, or an exclusion of incidental damages.
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- 81 - While the information contained in the Software was believed to have been correct at the time of publication, ALK cannot guarantee its accuracy and shall not be subject to liability for any errors or omissions.
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