Cobra 3000 - Manuals

P a rt I — Intro d u c t i o n Nothing comes close to a Cobra ® 5 Included in . . . . . . . .  this package All of the following items should be in the package with the NAV ONE system. NAV ONE system unit 12 volt fused power cord Mounting bracket with quickrelease and suction cup NAV ONE 2000 Regio...

How to use this manual and System overview 6 How to use . . . . . . . .  this manual This manual contains four principal parts withinformation about the NAV ONE:  The introduction  Getting started Including system overview,installation, options and how-to information.  Operating the system Inclu...

P a rt II — Getting Start e d Nothing comes close to a Cobra ® 7 System overv i e w . .  Select destination, . . . . .  route selection limits and calculation Navigate to . . . . . . . . . . .  destination Read this section in connection with the System logic section on page A2. Once the route ca...

System overview and System functions and their icons 8 Off route events . . . . . . .  Trip data . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Trail mode . . . . . . . . . . . .  If the driver misses a turn or otherwise deviates from the route developed by the NAV ONEsystem, the system will prompt the driver to ret...

Nothing comes close to a Cobra ® 9 S y s t e m . . . . . . . . . . . .  functions and their icons The NAV ONE system software automatically determines which functions will be needed during each process and shows appropriate icons for those functions on the right of the LCD — just to the left of the...

Installation 10 I n s t a l l a t i o n . . . . . . . .  The NAV ONE requires very little installation beyond theneed to put it at a convenient location and to secure it inplace. The only connection required is between the unit’spower socket and the vehicle’s 12 volt power socket. When locating and...

P a rt II — Getting Start e d Nothing comes close to a Cobra ® 11 B. The gyro in the NAV ONE 3000 will operate properly only if the unit is in a near-vertical position. This means that the unit should not be tilted front-to-back or side-to-side. With the unit in the vertical position, it can be rota...

Installation 12 Alternative securement of the NAV ONE: If it is not practical to mount the unit to the windshield with the supplied suction cup and bracket, the user can develop an alternative mounting using the 1 ⁄ 4 -20 threaded socket — compatible with most camera mounting equipment — in the bott...

15 Turning . . . . . . . . . . .  the system on and off Turn the system on . . . .  When connected to a p o w e r s o u rce, the system needs to be turned on to operate and can remain on for as long as it is in use. After a period of inactivity, the system will either enter sleep mode (see below) ...

17 Acknowledging the safety reminder enables the system to proceed to the navigation functions for which it was purchased. The menu that will appear after this screen depends upon what was in progress when the system was last turned off — whether:  The most recent trip was completed — no navigation...

18 The following sections of the manual describe how to use each of the five destination selection options on the  Main menu E :  Address/intersection — see page 32.  Address book — see page 46.  Point of interest — see page 38.  Trip planner — see page 52.  Previous destination — see page 36....

P a rt II — Getting Start e d Nothing comes close to a Cobra ® 19 E Main menu F See note on this page G H I See page 60 At the  PLEASE DRIVE SAFELY screen B : 1. Press ENTER to proceed to the  Continue route guidance menu G . This menu provides the option to either:  Continue navigating the suspe...

20 A Main menu B See note A C D E Setting operating pre f e re n c e s The NAV ONE system allows users to choose from several settings in the software that control how the LCD appears and how information is presented. At the  Main menu A : 1. Press the OPTION function button to proceed to the  Opt...

22 If the system language was not changed to the user’s preference during the start up sequence, it can be changed at the  Languages menu E at any time. At the  Option menu B : 1. Scroll  or  to [Languages] and press ENTER. 2. At the  Languages menu E , scroll  or  to the desired language and...

24 The  System Information screen H allows a check of software and database versions that are installed on the system. Users cannot change this screen. At the  Option menu B : 1. Scroll  or  to [System Information] and press ENTER. 2. At the  System Information screen H , press ENTER after view...

P a rt II — Getting Start e d Nothing comes close to a Cobra ® 25 F G H I See note The NAV ONE receives highly accurate time information from the GPS satellites. However, thesatellites operate exclusively on Universal Coordinated Time (also known as Greenwich meantime or Zulu time). Therefore, the m...

Text and list entries (list and spell modes) 26 A B Text and list entries (list and spell modes) When using the NAV ONE system, it is often necessar y to enter information or select it from lists in the NAV ONE database.Because these methods are so widely invoked, it is impor tant to become familiar...

27 List mode . . . . . . . . .  Quick recall of . . . . . . . .  recent list entries The  or  buttons scroll through list items one-by-one.  For example, at the  Select Street Name menu 2 , press  four times to move from “Applegate Ave” to “Byron St.” Pressing  would move to streets with num...

28 Spell mode . . . . . . . .  Editing entries . . . . . . . .  The  or  buttons scroll through the alphanumeric and numeric loops. The  button scrolls toward the end of the alphabet — from A to B to C. The  button scrolls toward the beginning of the alphabet — from C to B to A. In either case...

30 Entry example . . .  E n t ry met hods . . . . . . . .  List entry  This example uses [Main St] as the desired entry and [Lincolnshire, Illinois] as having already been chosen for the city and state — shown in the  Address menu A . The same methods apply to any data entry field. At the  Addr...

D E F G P a rt II — Getting Start e d Nothing comes close to a Cobra ® 31 At the completion of any of the three methods, press ENTER. The system will return to the  Address menu 5 , which now shows [Main St] below the highlighted number bar. Some very large cities are subdivided or consist of multi...

Address/intersection and Previous destination 32 A Main menu B C D E A d d re s s / i n t e r s e c t i o n The NAV ONE system allows selection of any street address or intersection in its database as a destination. When selecting an address or intersection, the best and quickest starting point is t...

58 At the  Trip Planner menu B : 1. Scroll  or  to the trip to be navigated and press ENTER. 2. At the  Mondays Trip menu I , scroll  or  to the first destination desired on the trip list and press ENTER or the GO function button. (This may be any destination on the list.) 3. At the  Select R...

P a rt III — Operating the System: Destination selection and pro g r a m m i n g Nothing comes close to a Cobra ® 59 F G H I J See page 60 Continue to . . . . . . . . . . .  another destination Finish or . . . . . . . . . . . . .  discontinue trip At the  Destination Reached menu a0 : 1. Scroll ...

Route selection limits and Route calculation 60 A B C D E Before the system can provide guidance infor mation to the selecteddestination, it needs to know the user’s preferences and to calculate the route to be navigated from the current location. Route selection limits (select route criteria) The f...

48 At the  Select POI Search Method menu H : 1. Enter the point of interest using the programming sequence described in the Point of interest section, then press ENTER or the SAVE function button. The point of interest will be accepted and the system will proceed to the  Save or Edit Name menu C t...

50 If the data transfer is successful, the system will briefly display the address validationscreen (  Address Book screen 5 ), then return to the  Address Book menu B . The edit function can be used to change the name of an entry or to delete an entry entirely. To change the address information a...

P a rt III — Operating the System: Destination selection and pro g r a m m i n g Nothing comes close to a Cobra ® 51 F G H I J See page 60 Delete an entry . . . . . . . .  Select a . . . . . . . . . . .  destination andnavigate to it At the  Address Book menu B : 1. Scroll  or  to the name of t...

Trip planner 52 A Main menu B C D E Trip planner In addition to individual destinations, the GPS Navigation System allows up to five trips to be storedwith up to ten destinations to be visited in sequence on each tri p. Trips stored in system memory canbe repeatedly recalled and used; and trips can ...

39 At the  Main menu A : 1. Scroll  or  to [Point of Interest] and press ENTER. At the  Select POI Search Method menu B : 1. Scroll  or  to [By Category] and press ENTER. 2. At the  Select POI Category menu C , scroll  or  to the category from which a point of interest is to be chosen and p...

41 At the  Select Listing Preference menu D : 1. Scroll  or  to [Sort Alphabetically] and press ENTER. 2. At the  Airport menu 2 (an alphabetic list of locations in the state that are within the category – see State selection on page 38), scroll  or  to the desired location (see note on page 3...

43 At the  Select Listing Preference menu D : 1. Scroll  or  to [Sort by Distance] and press ENTER. 2. At the  Point of Interest menu 8 (showing the abridged list sorted by distance from the current location with the closest point at the top of the list), scroll  or  to the desired location an...

Address book 46 A Main menu B C D E A d d ress book This feature allows users to store up to 100 destinations of their choice for ready reference and retrieval. Address book destination entries can be added and named, edited and deleted with the NAV ONE system resources. They can also be added from ...

Point of interest 38 A Main menu B C D E Point of intere s t ( P O I ) Selecting a destination by POI allows a public place to be found without needing to know the address. The NAV ONE system database includes thousands of points of interest in over 40 categories — see Appendix B . The POI mode can ...

33 S t a rt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  d e s t i n a t i o nselection by a d d re s s /i n t e r s e c t i o n At the  Main menu A : 1. Scroll  or  to [Address/Intersection] and press ENTER. The address element entry process is the same for both methods until the last stepat which either the...

35 At the filled in  Address or  Intersection menu B or C : 1. Press the GO function button to accept the address or intersection and proceed to the  Select Route Criteria menu J . Some rural areas and small communities are not fully covered by the map and database built into the NAV ONE system. ...

36 P revious destination The NAV ONE system saves the most recent origin and the last nine destinations in memory for quickr e t ri eva l . The recent origin is always first on the list and a new destination entry bumps the oldest, oncethe list is full. A destination is saved when selected; it is no...

79 Rather than use detour, it can be useful just to change the route criteria for a trip, such as when it becomes apparent that using toll roads will be an advantage. At the  Planned Route screen B : 1. Press the EDIT function button to proceed to the  Select Routing Method menu E . 2. Scroll  or...

80 This choice can be used to cancel the current trip and start over with the entryof a new destination. Or, it can be used to simply turn guidance off. At the  Planned Route screen B : 1. Press the EDIT function button to proceed to the  Select Routing Method menu E . 2. Scroll  or  to [Cancel ...

P a rt III — Operating the System: Route guidance Nothing comes close to a Cobra ® 75 F Main menu / See note B1 G Main menu / See note B2 H I J Reset data . . . . . . . .  Reset one data item . . . .  Reset all data items . . . .  The user can reset any or all of the fields at any time, either wh...

Off route events 76 A Main menu B C D E O ff route events During a trip, the NAV ONE system offers help if a turn is missed or a side trip is taken from a calculated route. It also allows changes to be made enroute —including detours, changing route criteria, changing trip plans and cancelingnavigat...

65 GPS signal . . . . . . . .  s t rength i n d i c a t o r During navigation with route guidance, there are three navigation screens available. Whichever is most useful at any given time can be selected:   Map B — shows the map on the LCD with the route highlighted in light green.   Planned Ro...

67 Zoom function . . . .  C h a n ge zoom setting . . .  To shift the map image at  Map screen A or B : 1. Press the  ,  ,  and  buttons to move the current location in the corresponding direction on the Map image. This will obscure some information at one edge and reveal additional informati...

68 Street address . . . . . . . .  GPS data . . . . . . . . . . . . .  The here function provides the vehicle’s current location in both the reference and navigation versions of the  Map screen A or B , as well as from the  Add to Address Book menu (see Address book section). It provides informa...

69 Voice function . . . .  Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . .  voice prompt At the  Map screen A or B : 1. Press the HERE function button to proceed to the  Current Location screen H . 2. Press ENTER or the SAVE function button to proceed to the  Save or Edit Name menu J . 3. Continue the proce...

70 Next . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  maneuver As a maneuver is approached, the system automatically provides voice prompts such as, “In two miles turn left.” In addition, shortly before the maneuver is to be executed, the system will switch to the  Guide screen 6 to provide a visual supplement to ...

71 N a v i g a t i o n . . . . . . . .  at map scre e n Navigation using map scre e n The  Map screen B is the entry point for navigation with the NAV ONE system and is reached from the  Main menu G , the  Calculating a Route screen (see the Route calculation section) or the  Navigation in Prog...

72 Navigation at . . . . .  guide scre e n Navigation using guide scre e n The  Guide screen D can replace the graphic  Map screen B and the descriptive  Planned Route C screen with enlarged detail of the next maneuver to be executed. It can be displayed at any time during a trip. At the  Map s...

61 At the  Select Route Criteria menu A : 1. Scroll  or  to each of the three options and make a selection. 2. Press the  or  button to toggle each option to the desired selection.  Route by shortest — distance or time.  Use freeways? — yes or no.  Use toll roads? — yes or no. 3. Press ENTER...

62 Route calculation The  Calculating a Route screen B indicates that the NAV ONE has begun the process of developing the route to be navigated. During calculation, the indicator bar at the top of the screen will extend from left to right to show its progress and completion as shown on the  Calcul...

P a rt III — Operating the System: Destination selection and pro g r a m m i n g Nothing comes close to a Cobra ® 63 F G H Main menu Recalculate . . . . . . . . . . .  the route Select different . . . . . . . .  route criteria Cancel route . . . . . . . . . .  calculation When route calculation i...

Route guidance, Navigation and Trip data 64 A See note A1 B See note A2 C D E Route guidance When no trip is in progress, the  Map screen A can be viewed as one might refer to an atlas. Or, it can be used to determine thevehicle’s current location. Once a destination is chosen and a route is calcul...

P a rt III – Operating the System: Off route events Nothing comes close to a Cobra ® 81 F G H I J See page 60 Resume or . . . . . . . . . . .  discontinue from off Whether or not navigation was in progress when it was turned off, the NAV ONE system displays the start-up screens when the system is t...

82 A B C D E Trail mode This feature can be used on or off the road to record vehicle move m e n t s.Instead of guiding the vehicle on a route calculated in adva n c e, it captures the route actually take n . Once a trail is recorded and saved in the trail book, it can be used to retrace the route o...

SAVE CLEAR BACK Name Trail Book Entry Name Trail Book Entry TRAIL- 1 Press SAVE to accept. Please name trail or accept default name. F STOP HERE ZOOM 294 PAGE GPS NW Trail Mode Trail Mode G SAVE BACK GPS NW Latitude: N 42° 22’ 30” Longitude: W 88° 07’ 30” GPS Data GPS Data H SAVE CLEAR BACK Save or ...

Appendix A — Function buttons icons and Option choices 90 Function . . . . . . . . . . . Ü button icons The functions available at various points during use of the NAV ONE system are represented by icons to make them easy to recognize. ADD Adds an address, trip plan or trail to memory. ADDRESS Toggl...

Part IV — Helpful Information: Appendices Nothing comes close to a Cobra ® 91 GPS Displays the latitude and longitude of the current location. HERE Displays current location as address or intersection. In trail mode, displays current location as GPS data. INTER Toggles destination selection from str...

Appendix B — Point of interest categories 92 Point of . . . . . . . . . . . . Ü interest categories The point of interest (POI) categories included in the NAV ONE system include the following: n Airport n Amusement Park n ATM n Auto Dealership n Auto Service & Maintenance n Automobile Club n Ban...

Appendix C — GPS system characteristics and operation Part IV — Helpful Information: Appendices Nothing comes close to a Cobra ® 93 GPS basics . . . . . . . . Ü How GPS . . . . . . . . . . Ü works The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a space-based radionavigation system. It consists of 24 satellit...

Appendix D — NAV ONE system specifications 94 Physical . . . . . . . . . . . . Ü specifications Performance . . . . . . Ü Unit dimensions4.73" H x 7.91" W x 2.28" D(201 mm x 120 mm x 65 mm) Unit weight1 lb., 8.96 oz. (710 g) Display size5.2" (132 mm) Diagonal Display resolution320 x ...

Part IV — Helpful Information: Appendices, Maintenance and service Nothing comes close to a Cobra ® 95 Maintenance and service Very little maintenance is required to keep this NAV ONE system in good operating condition. n Keep the unit components clean by wiping with a soft cloth slightly moistened ...

Maintenance and service 96 Product service . . . Ü For any questions about operating or installing this new Cobra product, or if parts are missing…Please call Cobra first! DO NOT RETURN THIS PRODUCT TO THE STORE! See Customer Assistance on the inside back cover. If this product should require factor...

Customer assistance, Non-English manuals and Trademark acknowledgement Should you encounter any problems with this product, or not understand its many features, please refer to this owner’s manual. If you require further assistance after reading this manual, Cobra Electronics offers the following cu...

User license and Warranty 98 User license . . . . . . . Ü Copyright © 2004 Cobra Electronics Corporation. All rights reserved. Copyright © 2003-2004 NAVTEQ. All rights reserved. This data includes information taken with permission from Canadian authorities, including © Her Majesty, © Queen’s Printer...

Part IV — Helpful Information: User license and Warranty Nothing comes close to a Cobra ® 99 Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . Ü Cobra Electronics Corporation warrants that its Cobra NAV ONE, and the component parts thereof, will be free ofdefects in workmanship and materials for a period of one (1) ye...

Index 100 A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ü AC power supply: 102 Accessories: 102 Address book: 46 Add a destination: 46 By address/intersection: 47 By current location: 48 By infrared: 49 By point of interest: 48 By previous destination: 48 By trip planner: 50 Edit function: 5...

Part IV — Helpful Information: Index Nothing comes close to a Cobra ® 101 P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ü Pan function: 66 Point of interest: 38 By category: 39 By name: 42 By phone number: 44 Categories: 92 Power on and off: 15 Sleep mode: 15 SmartPower: 15 Power connection ...

Optional Accessories 102 Optional . . . . . . . . . . . . Ü accessories To order by phone Call 773-889-3087 (Press 1 from the main menu)8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Central TimeMon. through Fri. (except holidays) To order by mail or faxCall 773-889-3087 for pricing.Please fill out order form and mail/fax d...

Part IV — Helpful Information: Accessories Order Info Nothing comes close to a Cobra ® 103 ©2004 Cobra Electronics Corporation 6500 West Cortland Street Chicago, Illinois 60707 U.S.A. www.cobra.com Accessories Order Info 103 Ordering From U.S.A. Call 773-889-3087 for pricing or visit www.cobra.com. ...

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83 Utilities  Trail and  waypoint names While on or viewing a trail, the here and zoom functions are available on the map as describedin the Useful tools discussion on page 66. In addition, the system treats a trail as a trip relative to the page function. With it, the  Trip Data screen E can be ...

86 At any place on the trail, while at the  Trail Mode screen G : 1. Press the HERE function button to proceed to the  GPS Data screen H . 2. Press the SAVE function button to proceed to the  Save or Edit Name menu I . At the  Save or Edit Name menu I :  The default name can be accepted.  A us...

87 When the end of the trail is reached, while at the  Trail Mode screen G : 1. Press the STOP function button to proceed to the  Stop Trail screen 6 . 2. Press ENTER to confirm the stop and return to the  Main menu A . The system will automatically insert the [End] point on the trail. At the  T...