Uniden GNS8430 - Manual

Glass Mount Bracket 1. Make sure the glass area you wish to attach the Glass Mount Bracket to is clean. 2. Double check that the final location does not impede the safe operation of the vehicle. 3. Loosen the turn screw. Hold the Glass Mount Bracket up to the intended position and adjust the angle b...

POWER ON SCREEN Turn the ignition on and will power on. The 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 momentarily to turn power On or Off. The screen may be turned on or off by pressing ( model only). When the...

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...

FRONT BACK BOTTOM CONTROLS & VIEWS 1 Main Menu Button 2 Screen On/Off Button(Bluetooth Button - for GNS8435 model only) 3&4 Map Zoom In/Out 5 SD Card Slot 6 GPS Antenna 7 Mount Bracket Slots 8 External GPS Antenna Jack 9 Speaker 10 Audio-Out Jack 11 Power Jack 12 Power ON/OFF Button 13 Volum...

USING THE TOUCHSCREEN The GNS8360 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). CARE & MAINTENANCE Please t...

4 MAIN MENU M O D E The Main Menu facility gives you access to additional application modes.Press to access the Main Menu screen. Using SD Cards· The supplied SD memory card has the map file stored with room for additional files. If the supplied SD memory card is short of capacity for new files do n...

PLAYING MUSIC FILES Mode The GNS8430/8435 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...

6 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 shor...

M O D E 7 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 t...

8 M O D E PAIRS GAME This is a simple pairs game where you pair 2 cards with the same picture from among 32 different picture cards. Once you start the game, the preview mode will display all the cards for 5 seconds before starting actual game. The initial card selected will be reversed and the game...

M O D E 9 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 without touching the ‘Save’ button, the change is canceled. SETTINGS

12 M O D E The GNS8435 includes Bluetooth® connectivity. With its integrated microphone, the allows you to answer and make calls from the touch screen. Pressing the Bluetooth button on the front of the launches the Bluetooth system. Settings Tapping the Settings button opens the Settings Screen. GNS...

18 M O D E FUTURE SOFTWARE IMPROVEMENTS The supplied SD memory card can be connected, with use of an SD card reader (not supplied) to a PC for updating the navigation software or uploading media files. The supplied CD disc contains a PDF copy of this owner's manual, the GNS8430/8435 Navigation manua...

19 No Display Turn off power. Wait a moment and turn back on. Touchscreen not responding Clean LCD with LCD cleaner.Make sure you are only momentarily touching screen. No Sound Check volume. Make sure GPS antenna is Searching For Satellites' still raised to a horizontal position. showing. Make sure ...

20 WARRANTY (F) Where the Serial Number label of the product has been removed or damaged beyond recognition.Warranty only valid in the country of original retail/sale. PARTS COVERED: This warranty covers for one (1) year, the Product and included accessories. STATEMENT OF REMEDY: In the event that t...

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Navigation Manual for the GNS8430 and GNS8435 In Car Navigation System NAVIGATION MANUAL

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Table of Contents 1 Warnings and safety information 8 General information 9 Operating Uniden Navigation (Controls) 10 3.1 Screen buttons and controls 10 3.1.1 Direct selectors 10 3.1.2 List selectors 10 3.1.3 Sliders 11 3.1.4 Switches 11 3.1.5 Special switches 11 3.1.6 Switches in the Quick menu 1 3...

8 1 Warnings and safety information Uniden Navigation is a navigation system that helps you find your way to your selected destination. It will determine your exact location with the help of an attached GPS device. The position information obtained from the GPS receiver will not be transmitted anywh...

9 2 General information Uniden Navigation is a navigation system optimised for in-car use. It provides door- to-door navigation for both single and multi-point routes using adaptable route parameters. Uniden Navigation is capable of planning routes throughout the whole map region installed on the me...

10 3 Operating Uniden Navigation (Controls) Uniden Navigation is designed for easy operation. All controls are operable by fingertips. Wherever possible, pushbuttons and lists are provided to make accessing functions or changing settings as easy as possible. 3.1 Screen buttons and controls The prima...

15 4 Discovering the program through the screens The best way to discover Uniden Navigation is to explore each screen in detail, and to find out how to move from one to another. Read this chapter for a guided tour. Uniden Navigation starts by displaying the Main menu. This is the root of the screen ...

8 4.5.18 Approaching next turn (No. 20) This bar is only visible when approaching the next route event. It appears on the screen to visualise the distance when you get closer than 00 meters (1000 feet) to the next turn, and it remains visible till you reach the turn. This field is displayed only whe...

54 5 Settings Uniden Navigation provides several settings in order to let you customise the functions of the program. The Settings screen can be accessed directly from the Main menu screen (Page 15) and from the map screens by using the battery icon (Page 33), while some of its sub-screens are acces...

61 5.4 Route parameter settings This is a very important page. Settings here determine how routes will be calculated. This screen is directly accessible from the Route Information screen (Page 38). 5.4.1 Method Use the handle to set the speed of the route calculation. In the leftmost position the ro...

6 5.5.2 Voice language This button shows the current language of the voice guidance. By tapping the button you can select from a list of available languages and speakers. Tap any of these to hear a sample voice prompt. Just tap OK when you have selected the new spoken language. 5.5.3 Units You can s...

66 5.6.1.4 Coordinate display format Positions are sometimes displayed with their addresses, and sometimes with their coordinates. This setting lets you choose between displaying coordinates in degrees (dd.dddddd); degrees and minutes (dd mm.mmm); or degrees, minutes and seconds (dd mm ss.s). Note: ...

73 6 Find One of the most frequently used functions of Uniden Navigation is selecting the destination. Once you have the destination, you can start navigating. Getting to this point should be as fast as possible. Uniden Navigation provides you with a versatile search engine designed to find your cho...

74 Tip: If you want the selected point shown in the centre of the map, close and reopen the menu or wait until it closes and open it again. By opening the Cursor menu manually, the map will be moved to have the selected location in the centre. 6.3 Using the Find menu The Find menu is accessible by t...

78 6.3.1.2 Selecting a street or the centre of the settlement Once the settlement (or state in Australia) is selected, you can continue by specifying the street you are looking for. Selecting the centre of the settlement If you wish to navigate to the settlement displayed in the top centre of the sc...

79 Enter the number, tap Done, and Uniden Navigation will show you the selected location on the map (or will start navigating immediately if you have selected Find & GO at the Main menu). Note: House numbers may not be available on the map of your region. Ask your local dealer for details. Tip: ...

85 7 Troubleshooting guide Thank you again for purchasing our product. We hope you will enjoy every minute of using it. However you may face difficulties before you get really accustomed to Uniden Navigation. In such cases, please, refer to this table of frequently encountered problematic situations...

88 8 Glossary The manual may contain many technical terms. Please look below for an explanation if you are unfamiliar with some of them. 2D/3D GPS reception: The GPS receiver uses satellite signals to calculate its (your) position. Depending on the current positions of the ever moving satellites in ...