Uniden TRAX325 - Manual

Page 8 How Do I Put It in My Car? Safety considerations Don’t install any device where it will block your view (including your ► mirrors!) while you’re driving. Keep your attention on the road! ► Don’t try to operate or focus on any device while you’re driving. If you have to concentrate on a device...

Page 9 How Do I Put It in My Car? Attaching the windshield mount Insert the bracket hooks into the notches on the bottom of the device. 1 ...and snap the top hook into the notch on top of the device. Rotate the bracket head up... 3 2

Page 11 How Do I Put It in My Car? Mounting on the windshield Make sure the device does not block your view of the road or your mirrors. Once you decide where you want the device, hold the suction cup in that position, then adjust the mount so you have the best view of the device. 1) Press the sucti...

Page 13 How Do I Put It in My Car? Hold the disk 4) exactly above the spot where you want to glue it down. (Remember, the glue is designed to be permanent!) Press the disk firmly against the surface. Push down along the 5) edges, too, so that every part of the disk makes good contact with the surfac...

Page 14 How Do I Use It? 1: Warnings and Safety information TRAX325 is a navigation system that helps you find your way to your destination with a connected GPS receiver. TRAX325 does not transmit your GPS position; others cannot track you.It is important that you look at the display only when it is...

Page 17 How Do I Use It? The typical way of using TRAX325 is to select a destination, and start navigating. You can select your destination in the following ways (not all of them are available in Simple mode):• Use the selected location on the map (the Cursor) (page 35).• Enter a full address or a p...

Page 19 How Do I Use It? Route Planning options Yes Yes See page 104 Regional settings Only language selection Yes See page 106 Warnings No Yes See page 109 Hardware button (Power on/off) You can use TRAX325 mostly by tapping the touch screen. The device has only one hardware button for turning powe...

Page 21 How Do I Use It? Using keyboards You only need to enter letters or numbers in TRAX325 when you cannot avoid it. You can type with your fingertips on the full-screen keyboards and you can switch between various keyboard layouts, for example ABC, QWERTY, or numerical. Task Details Switching to...

Page 23 How Do I Use It? 3. For further details, tap to open the Cursor menu. 4. Tap . The address, the coordinate and the list of nearby POIs will be displayed.• It is even easier if you select the desired point in the Find menu. Then the Cursor menu opens automatically. You only need to tap the bu...

Page 32 How Do I Use It? Icon Status for More Information GPS position quality The more lit bars, the better is the GPS position. Battery status The device is running on battery power. The number of lit bars represent the remaining capacity. The battery is being charged The device is running on exte...

Page 33 How Do I Use It? In the active route, uses the Cursor as the destination while keeping the previous destination as a via point (available in Advanced mode only)Shows the different routes calculated by the available routing methods. Choose the one that suits your needs the best.(available in ...

Page 34 How Do I Use It? enable Smart Zoom. Fine-tuning Smart Zoom Tap the map to let the map control buttons appear, and then tap and hold to open the Smart Zoom Settings window. Modify the zoom limits of Smart Zoom if necessary. Position markersCurrent GPS position and Lock-on-Road When your GPS p...

Page 35 How Do I Use It? Return to normal navigation When GPS position is available, and you have moved the map (the icon is moving or is not even visible), or you have rotated the map in 3D mode, the button appears. Tap it to move the map back to the GPS position and re-enable Track-up map orientat...

Page 37 How Do I Use It? Route calculation and recalculation TRAX325 calculates the route based on your preferences:• Route calculation method: • Fast • Short • Economical • Easy • Vehicle types : • Car • Taxi • Bus • Emergency vehicles • Bicycle • Pedestrian • Road types: • Unpaved Roads • Permit N...

Page 38 How Do I Use It? Itinerary The Itinerary is the list of the route events, that is, the driving instructions. When you are on the Map screen, you can display the Itinerary in one of the following ways:• Tap the area between the Turn preview and the Travel data fields where the symbol of the s...

Page 39 How Do I Use It? When the map is open with a manoeuvre in the middle: Button Description Zooms in the map. Zooms out the map. , Moves the map to show the previous or next manoeuvre.Opens a screen where you can avoid a part of the route starting from the selected manoeuvre. Track Logs TRAX325...

Page 40 How Do I Use It? route; if you do not want to take that bridge, you can avoid it.Route demonstrations can be started from the Route menu by tapping the (high speed simulation) or the (simulation at normal speed) button. POI (Points of Interest) A point of interest (POI) is a location that so...

Page 41 How Do I Use It? , . Road Safety Cameras The location of a Road Safety Camera is a special POI. They cannot be searched like other POIs, and there is a special proximity warning only for cameras. The TRAX325 does not have a pre-installed speed camera database. You can save the Cursor as the ...

Page 42 How Do I Use It? Turn Preview field (for example ). • Audible Warning: If there is no speed limit given for the camera, or your speed is under the given speed limit, single beeps warn you about the camera.• If you exceed the speed limit of the camera, the following also happens:• Visible War...

Page 43 How Do I Use It? Section control These speed cameras work in pairs, and do not measure your current speed but your average speed between the two speed cameras. Both identify your car and record the exact time you pass them. They use the difference between the two points in time to calculate ...

Page 44 How Do I Use It? Symbol Description The camera checks the speed of the direction into which you are driving. The camera checks the speed of the opposite driving direction. The camera checks the speed in both directions on the road. The camera can check the speed in any direction. Speed limit...

Page 45 How Do I Use It? 3: Navigating with TRAX325 You can set up your route in TRAX325 in several ways:• If you need a simple route (a route with only one destination, without any intermediate via points), you can select the destination and start navigating to it right away• you can plan a multi-p...

Page 50 How Do I Use It? • After entering a couple of characters, the names that match the string appear in a list. • Tap to open the list of results before it appears automatically. 4. Pick the street from the list.5. Enter the house number: 1. Tap . 2. Enter the house number on the keyboard. 3. Ta...

Page 52 How Do I Use It? 3. Tap to finish entering the address. 6. A list appears with the matching addresses. Tap the desired one.7. The map appears with the selected point in the middle. Tap (Simple mode) or (Advanced mode) from the Cursor menu. The route is then automatically calculated, and you ...

Page 53 How Do I Use It? appears automatically. 4. Pick the settlement from the list.4. Enter the street name: 1. Tap . 2. Start entering the street name on the keyboard. 3. Get to the list of results: • After entering a couple of characters, the names that match the string appear in a list. • Tap t...

Page 55 How Do I Use It? Entering an address with a postal code All of the above address searching possibilities can be performed with entering the postal code instead of the settlement name. Find below an example with a full address:The procedure is explained starting from the Navigation menu. 1. T...

Page 56 How Do I Use It? 4. Pick the street from the list. 5. Enter the house number: 1. Tap . 2. Enter the house number on the keyboard. 3. Tap to finish entering the address. 6. The map appears with the selected point in the middle. Tap (Simple mode) or (Advanced mode) from the Cursor menu. The ro...

Page 59 How Do I Use It? 5. Tap the desired POI in the list.6. The map appears with the selected point in the middle. Tap (Simple mode) or (Advanced mode) from the Cursor menu. The route is then automatically calculated, and you can start navigating. Selecting the destination with a saved POI search...

Page 61 How Do I Use It? Creating a multi-point route (inserting a via point) Multi-point routes are created from simple routes, so a route must be active first. One of the ways of expanding the route is to keep the destination, and to add via points (intermediate destinations).This feature is avail...

Page 66 How Do I Use It? , , . If via points exist in the active route, you cannot delete the route immediately on the Route Information screen. Tap repeatedly until all via points disappear and the button appears. Tap it to cancel the whole route. Using Track Logs TRAX325 can record the track (how ...

Page 67 How Do I Use It? recording. TRAX325 labels the Track Log with a time stamp. (As an alternative, you can tap the button in the Quick menu to start, and later to stop the Track Log recording.) Simulating a Track Log on the map 1. Tap the following buttons: , , . 2. Locate the desired Track Log...

Page 68 How Do I Use It? • If you updated your map since you first saved the route, TRAX325 recognises the change, and recalculates the driving instructions according to the latest available map information.• TRAX325 deletes from the route the via points that you already left behind during navigatio...

Page 69 How Do I Use It? Screen Button Description Map The Map screen. Find Selecting the destination (for example an address or a POI) or using the search engine of TRAX325 for any other reason (for example to look for the phone number of a POI). Route Managing the active route (obtaining informati...

Page 75 How Do I Use It? Pedestrian Status indicator strip This is a complex indicator. In one strip it indicates the following status information: Icon Description The sound output of TRAX325 is muted. The sound output of TRAX325 is enabled. TRAX325 records a Track log when GPS position is availabl...

Page 77 How Do I Use It? In certain situations when route events are not important, these fields show other useful pieces of information. They are described here: page 16. Objects on the mapStreets and roads TRAX325 shows the streets in a way that is similar to how the paper road maps show them. The...

Page 79 How Do I Use It? Via point A via point is an intermediate destination. You can place as many via points as you want. Destination (end point) The last point of the route, the final destination. Route colour The route always stands out with its colour on the map, both in daytime and in night c...

Page 80 How Do I Use It? You have the following options:• On the main part of the screen you can see the first page of Saved Search Criteria. Select any of the criteria to quickly receive the list of nearest matching POIs, and instantly plan a new route to the desired one, or insert it as a via poin...

Page 83 How Do I Use It? Position menu When you follow the recommended route on the map (the Cursor is the current GPS position), the Position menu replaces the Cursor menu. It does not contain buttons that modify the current route, as the GPS position is not useful as a route point. To open the Pos...

Page 85 How Do I Use It? Method This field shows how the route was calculated. It either displays the Route Calculation Method or the Vehicle field from the Route Planning options. If you have chosen Car, Taxi or Bus, the type of the route (Fast, Short, Easy or Economical) will be displayed here; if...

Page 88 How Do I Use It? Tap this button to change the content of the Route Data fields to show information about the next via point. If you tap the previous button, this one replaces it. Tap this button and the Route Data fields show information about the final destination again. Most of the fields...

Page 89 How Do I Use It? Name DescriptionPauses the trip currently shown on the screen. Values on the screen stop changing. This button replaces the previous one if it has been activated. Tap it to resume collecting trip data. Resets all counters of the currently shown trip. Collecting trip data is ...

Page 90 How Do I Use It? If you only adjust the volume, you need to use this button to return to the Map screen. Opens the Navigation menu. Mutes all sounds of TRAX325. Opens Sound settings. Switches between the daytime and night colour schemes manually. This will not disable the automatic switching...

Page 92 How Do I Use It? Green, blinking TRAX325 is connected to the GPS receiver. Yellow, blinking TRAX325 has no connection to the GPS receiver but it is still trying to establish a connection. Red, blinking TRAX325 has no connection to the GPS receiver and does not try to establish a connection. ...

Page 93 How Do I Use It? , . Button Description Reference If you know at least a part of the address, this is the quickest way to find the location. Page 46 You can select your destination from the thousands of POIs included with TRAX325 or from the ones you have previously created. Page 57 The dest...

Page 94 How Do I Use It? You can modify the route: remove route points or change their order. Page 62 Erase the active route with all its route points (start point, via points and destination). If you later decide that you need the same route, you will have to rebuild it from scratch. Page 65 You ca...

Page 95 How Do I Use It? Creating, updating or deleting POIsCreating, updating or deleting POI groupsModifying POI visibility settings Page 97 Creating, renaming or deleting Saved Search Criteria Page 99 Manage Saved Routes You can manage the previously saved routes. Tap the following buttons: , , ....

Page 96 How Do I Use It? , Turns the page for additional list items. Manage Track Logs You can record Track Logs, then play them back, display them on the map, and see their details. Tap the following buttons: , , . Button Description Starts recording the track that you drive. (You can also start re...

Page 97 How Do I Use It? The map returns with the Track Log. The map is scaled to show the whole Track Log. Deletes the selected Track Log. Saves the Track Log on the inserted memory card in GPX format. Manage Favourites You can manage the list of your Favourites. Tap the following buttons: , , . Bu...

Page 99 How Do I Use It? Button with the icon of the POI group Tap this button to select a new icon for the POI group.Deletes the edited POI group. You are only allowed to remove POI groups that you have created. When a POI item is open for editing: Button Description Button with the name of the POI...

Page 100 How Do I Use It? Deletes the entire list. , Turns the page for additional list items. Tap to save a new search criteria. Similar to how you search for a POI, select the search reference first, then select the POI group or subgroup to search in. User Data Management You can manage the data y...

Page 101 How Do I Use It? Settings menu You can configure the program settings, and modify the behaviour of TRAX325. Tap the following buttons: , . The Settings menu has two pages of submenus. Tap to access the other options. Button Description Reference You can fine-tune the appearance and content ...

Page 102 How Do I Use It? You can change some device settings to control the screen backlight when TRAX325 is running. Page 111 You can set up an automatic Track Log saving, and fine-tune its settings. Page 112 This screen has no navigation feature. It merely provides information about the maps and ...

Page 103 How Do I Use It? Elevation on 2D Map 2D maps can also display 3D information. These top-down maps can display elevation by colours and shading. Show Street Names Street names and POI icons can be disturbing on the map during navigation. With this switch you can suppress these map elements w...

Page 104 How Do I Use It? Dynamic Volume When driving at high speed, the noise in the car may be too loud to clearly hear the voice guidance and other sounds. Using Dynamic Volume you can instruct TRAX325 to increase the volume when your speed exceeds a certain minimum, and reach its highest volume ...

Page 106 How Do I Use It? Route Calculation Method types: Type Description Fast Gives the quickest possible route if you can travel at or near the speed limit on all roads. Usually the best selection for fast and normal cars. Short Gives a route that has the smallest total distance of all possible r...

Page 107 How Do I Use It? Units You can set the distance units to be used by the program. TRAX325 may not support all the listed units in some voice guidance languages. If you select a measurement unit not supported by the chosen voice guidance language, a warning message will appear. Set Date &...

Page 109 How Do I Use It? Warning settings You can enable some handy warnings, and disable the touch screen in a moving vehicle with Safety Mode. Tap the following buttons: , , . Type Description Warn when speeding Maps may contain information about the speed limits of the road segments. TRAX325 is ...

Page 110 How Do I Use It? Speed Camera Warning This feature allows you to receive a warning when approaching a Road Safety Camera. You must ensure on your own liability that using this feature is legal in the country where you intend to use it. You have the following options:• Audible Warning: beeps...

Page 111 How Do I Use It? Autodetect Tap this button and let TRAX325 find and connect the GPS receiver. Menu settings You can modify the look and behaviour of the Menu screens. Tap the following buttons: , , . Type Description Animation You can activate and deactivate the Menu animations. When anima...

Page 112 How Do I Use It? Backlight Intensity at Daytime You can set the backlight level for daytime use. Backlight Intensity at Night You can set the backlight level for night use. Track Log settings You can set up an automatic Track Log saving, and fine-tune its settings. Tap the following buttons...

Page 118 What Else Do I Need to Know? UNIDEN TRAX 325 IN CAR NAVIGATION Limited One Year Warranty Please keep your sales docket as it provides evidence of warranty. Important: Evidence of original purchase is required for warranty service. Warrantor: Uniden Australia Pty Limited A.B.N. 58 001 865 49...

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