Uniden GNS8400 - Manual

Connect Power 1. Insert DC plug of Cigarette Lighter Lead into the DC Power socket of your GNS8400 and connect the other end to the +12V - 24V cigarette lighter socket. Q U IC K ST AR T G U ID E MOUNTING 3 iv Glass Mount Bracket 1. Make sure the glass area you wish to attach the Glass Mount Bracket ...

POWER ON SCREEN Turn the ignition on and GNS8400 will power on.The GNS8400 is On when the buttons left and right of the screen are lit with a blue LED backlight.Press the POWER button at the left side of the GNS8530 momentarily to turn power On or Off. The screen may be turned on or off by pressing ...

CO N T EN T S CONTENTS Car Navigation ! Navigate to pre-programmed State/City locations ! Navigate to street address ! Navigate to over 500,000 pre-installed points of interest (POI) ! Mark often used destinations as My POI ! Dynamic voice and visual guidance: Constant route verification and re-calc...

CONTROLS & VIEWS FRONT BACK 1 Main Menu Button 2 Screen On/Off Button 3&4 Map Zoom In/Out 5 Stereo Speaker 6 Mount Holder Bracket 7 GPS Antenna 8 Secure Digital Card Slot 9 Audio-Out Jack 10 GPS Antenna 11 Power On/Off Button 12 Volume Control 13 Power-Supply Jack 14 Stylus Pen 2 5 O P ER AT...

USING THE TOUCHSCREEN The GNS8400 is designed to respond to touchscreen input. Momentarily touch the screen with the tip of your finger when making a selection (fig 3). Avoid applying excessive pressure to the screen or holding a finger for more than a moment (fig 4). You may also use the stylus pen...

OPERATION FLOW CHART EXIT NAVIGATION MODE 3D HEADING UP NORTH AUTO SPLIT ZOOM SPLIT Mode TEXT Mode 15m30m60m 120m600m 1k2k8k 30k 100k400k ROUTE SETTINGS MY POI EDITOR SAFETY WARNING MAP SETTINGS INFORMATION SIMULATION ADDRESS INTERSECTION MY POI POI RECENT ROUTES SPEED TIME RESET START TRANSIT END G...

Touch the LCD and the TOOL BAR appears at the top and bottom of the Map Screen. The functions available in the Top Toolbar are to help you set your preferred map viewing settings. The name of the street you are currently on appears above the Bottom Toolbar which has available your menu and navigatio...

NAVIGATION Navigate to an Address The Navigation (NAVI) feature may be accessed from the Toolbar. If you know the address you wish to navigate to then you may search for the address as follows: 1. Touch The navigation menu appears. 2. Touch . Then touch . The State list appears. 3. Touch the desired...

NAVIGATION Navigate to an Intersection If you wish to navigate to the intersection of 2 streets then you may search for the intersection as follows: 1. Touch and the Navigation menu appears. 2. Touch The State list appears. 3. Touch the desired State name.The City list appears.The previous address i...

NAVIGATION Navigate to a RECENT ROUTE or REVERSE ROUTE The GNS8400 stores a list of routes you have previously navigated to. 1. Touch The Navigation menu appears. 2. Touch Recent Route. The list of recent routes appears. 3. Touch the desired recent route or use the scroll to view other recent routes...

MARK LOCATION Mark current position You may Mark your present position as follows: 1. Touch The Save Position display appears. 2. You may choose a category icon for this position. The icon will appear in the map view.The icons are Quick Access icons. Quick Access icons show in the Navi menu.Quick Ac...

MARK as MY POI You may Mark important or frequently used destinations as a My POI for easy access. To Mark a My POI: Touch .1. Follow the instructions to select a desired Address, Intersection or POI. 2. At the last step: Touch the option. The Save Position display appears. 3. You may choose a categ...

TRIP COMPUTER T R IP C O M P U T ER SPEED DATA The Trip computer shows Average speed, Maximum speed, Driving distance and your current speed. There are two displays; Speed Data and Time Data. 1. Touch The Speed Data display is shown. 2. Touch to reset the displayed statistics. The Trip Computer disp...

MENU The MENU icon gives access to various settings that may be changed to enhance your driving experience. MENU is available from the Toolbar. 1. Touch The MENU list appears.2. Touch the desired menu option to view. Each option is described in the following pages Allows you to change settings which...

Road Speed ROUTE SETTINGS When you select a destination to Navigate to, the GNS8400 will calculate the route following the guidelines in Route Settings. You may change route settings to your preference. Route Option 1. Touch The MENU list appears. 2. Touch The Route Settings display with Route Optio...

MY POI EDITOR You may view and edit the My POI list. Note: Quick Access locations may be changed at any time in the Mark location menu. 1. Touch The menu list appears.2. Touch The My POI list appears.3. Touch to find the desired My POI. You may use the keyboard to spell the name of the My POI and th...

SAFETY WARNINGS Speed Warnings provide a voice alert when a set speed is exceeded. You may turn off or select which safety warnings (Fixed Speed Camera, Red Light Camera or Black Spot) to activate. You may also turn off the moving speed warning or adjust the speed setting for road types. Safety Warn...

MAP SETTINGS 1. Touch . The product information display appears. 2. Touch to exit. MAP Settings allows you to select what appears on the MAP display and the Auto Zoom setting.See the table for a description of each item. Map Settings 1. Touch The menu list appears. 2. Touch Map Settings list and cur...

SIMULATIONS You may use this feature to simulate a navigation route which may be helpful before driving. Test and Demo simulations may be operated using an optional AC adaptor or batteries indoors. You may choose from a Test or Demo simulation. Test will run through the route once. Demonstration mod...

21 G U ID E GPS STATUS GPS ACTIVATED GPS INACTIVE The GPS icon always shows on the map screen. When GPS data is available the GPS ACTIVATED icon shows. When the GNS8400 displays 'Searching for satellites' the GPS INACTIVE icon shows. If there is no GPS signal move to a clear view of the sky. You may...

TURN GUIDE DESCRIPTIONS Turn Left Turn Right Take First Exit Take Second Exit Make a U Turn if possible Turn Right followed by Turn Left The following figures are provided to help with interpreting the voice guide you will hear during navigation. 22 G U ID E Take the left lane Take the right lane

MAP SCREEN ICONS etc Department Store Airport Golf Course Bank Sports Centre Post Office Stadium Car Dealer Swimming Pool Car Repair Facility Cinema Library Casino School Scenic Panoramic View College/University Winery Fire Brigade Zoo Hospital/Polyclinic Opera House Police Station Caltex(Petrol) Bo...

24 MAIN MENU M O D E The Main Menu facility gives you access to additional application modes.Press to access the Main Menu screen. NAVI - Touch to go to navigation mode. MUSIC - Touch to go to music playback mode to play mp3 and wav files. MOVIE - Touch to go to the movie playback mode to play avi f...

PLAYING MUSIC FILES Mode The GNS8400 will play MP3 and wav music files (converted for Windows Mobile(WIN CE)) saved onto the SD memory card. If the supplied SD memory card is short of capacity do not delete the map file to increase capacity. Purchase another SD card then you can save more files. The...

26 M O D E Control Bar/Button PLAYING MOVIE FILES When a movie file (avi file converted for Windows Mobile (WIN CE)) exists in the SD memory card that is inserted into the device, it automatically searches and shows both the file list and the movie start screen. If the supplied SD memory card is sho...

M O D E 27 To view an image file, the bmp, jpeg, gif or png file must be saved in a SD memory card. If the supplied SD memory card is short of capacity do not delete the map file to increase capacity. Purchase another SD card then you can save more files. For optimal performance view only images up ...

28 M O D E Othello Othello is a strategy game. The purpose is to finish the game with the greater number of blocks. 1. You play against the program using the white coloured checkers. 2. You can only move by placing your counter so that an opponent's counter or counters are blocked, horizontally, ver...

Cursor Location When the cursor is located at a city, the time in that city is displayed. M O D E 29 Environment Settings Settings are applied immediately. The screen setting tabs appear. When accessing the screen setting tab, the last setting status appears. If a screen with changes is exited witho...

M O D E 31 BUILT IN BATTERY SPECIFICATION 730mAh Li-Ion Battery Voltage 3.7V Capacity 730mAh Charging voltage 4.2V Charging current (Sleep Mode) 300mA Max. Brightness of Backlight Movie 2Hrs 30min Charging Time Min. Brightness of Backlight Menu Screen 2Hrs 30min Max. Brightness of Backlight Movie 1H...

32 SOFTWARE UPDATES M O D E You may connect the supplied SD memory card to a PC for software updates. The Update CD contains a menu to enable you to access update files through the internet for; Operating data, Map data, Safety Warning data CD Contents: 1. User Guide2. Navigation Program Map Data Sa...

My POI Quick Access Cultural Centre Restaurant Cafes/Pub My POI list Entertainment RestaurantRestaurant Area Airport/Airline Airline Access Ferry Boat Launch Ramp Airport Ferry Terminal Shopping Department Store Yacht Basin Shopping Centre Bank/Post Bank Wholesale Outlet Post Government Court HouseE...

No Display If touchscreen not responding while driving then Safe Mode is on (see page 18). Touchscreen not responding Turn off power. Wait a moment and turn back on. Clean LCD with LCD cleaner.Make sure you are only momentarily touching screen. No Sound Check volume. Make sure GPS antenna is Searchi...

WARRANTY Warranty only valid in the country of original retail/sale. This warranty covers for one (1) year, the Product and includedaccessories. In the event that the Product does not conform to this warranty at anytime while this warranty is in effect, the warrantor at its discretion, willrepair th...

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