Nextar Global Positioning Satellites - Manual

Moving through the screens The system shows you one screen at a time. Each time you tap a button, a new screen appears. If you want to return to the previous screen, tap . If there isn’t , you can Tap MENU to display the main menu. - 5 -

Working with the map The system gives you many ways of looking at the map. You can see your current position, you can view any of the maneuvers on a route, and you can pan the map to view other areas. You can zoom in and out, and you can find information about specific locations. Map view If you hav...

- 9 - Planning your route You can set a destination with the system many different ways. Once you have set a destination, you can add a detour or a stopover. The system also offers an Itinerary feature, where you can enter up to 50 destinations and use the Itinerary screen to move the addresses into...

Using an address as a destination When you use an address for a destination, you must know at least the name of the street and the city. Guidance directions will be more accurate if you also know the street number of the destination. Note: If you already have a destination, you can tap New to set a ...

5. Tap Street First. The Enter Street Name screen appears. 6. Tap the letters to enter the name of the street. Tap OK when you have selected the street. The Enter House Number screen appears. 7. Select the address that matches the location you want to go to and tap Nav. The map appears, and the guid...

8. Tap the numbers to enter the house number. Tap OK when you have finished. The Select Address screen appears. 9. Select the address that matches the location you want to go to and tap Nav. The map appears, and the guidance directions begin. Using an intersection as a destination When you use an in...

To enter an intersection as a destination using City First: 1. Tap MENU. The main menu appears. 2. Tap Destination. The Set Destination screen appears. 3. Tap Intersection. The Input Method screen appears. 4. If you need to change the region: • Tap Change State. The Enter State Name screen appears. ...

Using a Point of Interest (POI) as a destination There are many points of interest that you can select as a destination. Generally, you choose a category and then choose one of four methods of selecting the specific point of interest. Sometimes you must first select a subcategory (such as Museum wit...

To select from all POIs in a region: 1. Tap MENU. The main menu appears. 2. Tap Destination. The Set Destination screen appears. 3. Tap POI. The Points of Interest screen appears. 4. Tap a category. Usually a subcategory screen appears. Note: If you chose Restaurant, tap the letters to enter a type ...

Using a Favorite destination as a destination Favorite destinations are locations you add to a list on the system. You can add locations to your Favorites list as you set a destination, from the POI(S) screen, and from the Location Information screen. You can then easily select one of these location...

Using a Recent destination as a destination Recent destinations are locations you have navigated to recently. You can easily select one of these locations as a destination. Managing your recent destinations list is covered later in this section. To select a destination from your list of recent desti...

Using a City Center as a destination Sometimes you may want to use the system to get to a city, but not to a specific location within the city. To do this you select a City Center as a destination. As with selecting a Point of Interest, there are several methods of selecting a city center: two for n...

5. To select a nearby POI by distance: • Tap By Distance. The City List screen appears, listing the closest city centers first. • Tap the city that you want to go to and tap Nav. You may need to scroll down the list by tapping the scroll bar. The map appears, and the guidance directions begin. To se...

Adding detours and stopovers The detour feature lets you tell the system about roads on a route that you do not want to use. Stopovers are stops you add to a trip to make prior to reaching your destination. Detours Once you have set a destination you can look at the list of streets and determine if ...

Stopovers Once you have set a destination you can add a stopover. Adding a stopover does not cancel your original destination. When you reach your stopover, you will be prompted to continue to your final destination. To create a stopover: 1. Tap MENU. The main menu appears. 2. Tap Destination. The D...

Managing your favorites list You can edit the destinations you add to your favorites list to give them descriptive names. You can also remove destinations from your favorites list. To manage your favorites list: 1. Tap MENU. The main menu appears. 2. Tap Favorites. The Favorites screen appears. 3. T...

Using Shortcuts The shortcut feature provides you quick access to some of the most important destinations while you’re on the road, including: • Home • ATM • Gas • Hospital • Parking • Restaurant • Tourist Information By tapping on any of the POI categories, you will see a list of the nearest POIs s...

Setting your options You can set many different options to customize the system and make it work your way. These options include: • display options • route options • speed alert • volume • localization Display options The display options give you control over the appearance of the map. You can chang...

There are four method settings. Quickest calculates the route that should take the least amount of time. Major calculates a route that uses major roads whenever possible. Shortest calculates the route that is shortest in distance. Local calculates a route that uses local roads whenever possible. The...

3. Tap your Method preference: Quickest, Major, Shortest, or Local. 4. Tap your Ferries preference: Include or Exclude. 5. Tap your Toll Roads preference: Include or Exclude. 6. Tap your Carpool preference: Include or Exclude. 7. Tap your Turns preference: Less or More. 8. When you have finished cho...

Volume You can set the volume used by your system to the level most comfortable for you. You can also mute the sound. There is also a Mute button on the Volume screen. To change the volume: 1. Tap MENU and then Settings menu appears. 2. Tap Volume. The Volume screen appears. 3. Tap on the volume set...

There are six time zone settings, for all areas of United States. There are two daylight saving options, to determine whether or not daylight savings time is currently in effect at your location. There are three settings for units, which determine how the distance to your location is expressed. You ...

Screen Display GUIDANCE SCREENS GPS Info Screen - 37 -