Alpine INE-W940S - Manual

6. If needed, modify the default route planning options. Later you can change them in Route settings (page 70). 7. The initial setup is now complete. The Configuration wizard can be restarted later from the Settings menu (page 67). After the initial setup, the Map screen appears and you can start us...

There are screen buttons and data fields on the screen to help you navigate. During navigation, the screen shows route information. Two data fields are displayed on the left. The data fields are different when you are navigating an active route and when you have no specified destination (the orange ...

3 On-road navigation When first started, Alpine unit calculates routes using the road network of the high quality vector maps provided with the product. You can set up your route in different ways: • If you need a route for immediate navigation, you can select the destination and start navigating to...

3.1.1.5 Entering the midpoint of a street as the destination You can navigate to the midpoint of a street if the house number is not available: 1. In the Navigation menu, tap the following buttons: , . 2. Select the country, state and city/town as described earlier (page 22). 3. Enter the street nam...

3.1.2 Selecting the destination from the Places of Interest You can select your destination from the Places of Interest included with your software. Using the same screen, you can find a Place in different ways: • with the Quick search feature, you can quickly find a nearby Place by its name • with ...

4. (optional) The Places in the list are ordered by the length of the necessary detour (when navigating a route) or by their distance from the current position (when no destination is given). If you need to reorder the list, tap . 5. Browse the list if necessary and tap one of the list items. A full...

to confirm the destination, or tap to select a different destination. 8. After a short summary of the route parameters, the map appears showing the entire route. The route is automatically calculated. Tap to modify route parameters, or tap and start your journey. 3.1.4 Selecting a map location as th...

3.1.5 Selecting the destination from your Address Book You can select a location that you have already saved as an Address Book entry to be your destination. Adding a location to the Address Book is described on page 57. 1. Access the Address Book: in the Navigation menu, tap and then tap . 2. The A...

3.1.6 Selecting a recent destination from the History The destinations that you have set earlier appear in the History. 1. Access the History: • If you are in the Navigation menu, tap and then tap . 2. The list of recent destinations appears. Smart History promotes three destinations to the first pa...

3.1.7 Entering the coordinate of the destination You can also select a destination by entering its coordinate. Do as follows: 1. In the Navigation menu, tap . 2. Open the menu and tap . 3. You can enter the latitude and longitude values in any of the following formats: decimal degrees; degrees and d...

3.1.8 Navigate to a location stored in a picture You can also set the location stored in a picture as your destination. Do as follows: 1. In the Navigation menu, tap . 2. Open the menu and tap . 3. The list of picutres stored on the USB memory appears. Select one picture from the list. 4. A full scr...

3.2 Viewing the entire route on the map It is easy to get a map overview of the active route. Do as follows: 1. In the Navigation menu, tap . 2. Tap . The active route is displayed in its full length on the map together with additional information and controls. 3.3 Modifying the route When navigatio...

• Tap to add the newly selected location as an intermediate destination to your route. The other destinations of the route remain intact. Note: the new waypoint is placed among destinations to keep the route optimal. To decide where a waypoint to appear, use the Edit Route feature. • Tap to append t...

4. Or if you cannot find a good alternative, tap and scroll down for routes with different routing methods. 5. Select one of the route alternatives then tap to return to the Map screen. The software recalculates the route. The orange line now shows the new recommended route. 3.4 Saving a location as...

3. Scroll down the list and tap . 4. On the newly opened screen, modify the type of the alert point, the direction from which you expect the alert, or (if applicable) the speed limit for this alert point. 5. Tap to save the changes to the alert point. 3.7 Watching the simulation of the route You can...

4 Off-road navigation When first started, Alpine unit calculates routes using the road network of the high quality vector maps provided with the product. You can switch the application to off-road mode from the Navigation menu. Tap , , and then . Most of the procedures described for on-road navigati...

5 Reference Guide On the following pages you will find the description of the different concepts and menu screens of the software. 5.1 Concepts 5.1.1 Smart Zoom Smart Zoom provides much more than just a usual automatic zoom feature: • While following a route: when approaching a turn, it will zoom in...

5.1.4 Speed limit warning Maps may contain information about the speed limits of the road segments. The software is able to warn you if you exceed the current limit. This information may not be available for your region (ask your local dealer), or may not be fully correct for all roads in the map. S...

6 Glossary 2D/3D GPS reception The GPS receiver uses satellite signals to calculate its (your) position and needs at least four signals to give a three-dimensional position, including elevation. Because the satellites are moving and because objects can block the signals, your GPS device might not re...

7 Copyright note The product and the information contained herein are subject to change without prior notification. This manual may not, in whole or in part, be reproduced or transmitted in any form either electronically or mechanically, including photocopying and recording, without the express writ...