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Route guidance, Retrieve position information, Trip meter, Positioning settings

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Positioning (GPS) calculating the coordinates of your location with three satellites. However, the accuracy is generally better when more satellites are found. Route guidance Select Menu > Applications > Location and GPS data > Navigation. Start the route guidance outdoors. If started indoors, the GPS receiver may not receive the necessary information from the satellites. Route guidance is designed to show the straightest route and the shortest distance to the destination, measured in a straight line. Any obstacles on the route, such as buildings and natural obstacles, are ignored. Differences in altitude are not taken into account when calculating the distance. Route guidance is active only when you move. To set your trip destination, select Options > Set destination and a landmark as the destination, or enter the latitude and longitude coordinates. To clear the destination set for your trip, select Stop navigation. To save your current location as a landmark, select Options > Save position. Landmarks are saved locations with more information, and they can be used in other compatible applications and transferred between compatible devices. Trip meter Select Menu > Applications > Location and GPS data > Trip distance. The trip meter has limited accuracy, and rounding errors may occur. Accuracy can also be affected by availability and quality of GPS signals. To turn trip distance calculation on or off, select Options > Start or Stop. The calculated values remain on the display. Use this feature outdoors to receive a better GPS signal. To set the trip distance and time and average and maximum speeds to zero, and to start a new calculation, select Options > Reset. To set the odometer and total time to zero, select Restart. Retrieve position information Select Menu > Applications > Location and GPS data > Position. In the position view, you can view the position information of your current location. An estimate of the accuracy of the location is displayed. Positioning settings Select Menu > Applications > Location and Positioning. Positioning methods Select from the following: 88

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calculating the coordinates of your location with three
satellites. However, the accuracy is generally better when
more satellites are found.
Route guidance
Select
Menu
>
Applications
>
Location
and
GPS data
>
Navigation
.
Start the route guidance outdoors. If started indoors, the
GPS receiver may not receive the necessary information
from the satellites.
Route guidance is designed to show the straightest route
and the shortest distance to the destination, measured in
a straight line. Any obstacles on the route, such as
buildings and natural obstacles, are ignored. Differences
in altitude are not taken into account when calculating the
distance. Route guidance is active only when you move.
To set your trip destination, select
Options
>
Set
destination
and a landmark as the destination, or enter
the latitude and longitude coordinates.
To clear the destination set for your trip, select
Stop
navigation
.
Retrieve position information
Select
Menu
>
Applications
>
Location
and
GPS data
>
Position
.
In the position view, you can view the position
information of your current location. An estimate of the
accuracy of the location is displayed.
To save your current location as a landmark, select
Options
>
Save position
. Landmarks are saved locations
with more information, and they can be used in other
compatible applications and transferred between
compatible devices.
Trip meter
Select
Menu
>
Applications
>
Location
and
GPS data
>
Trip distance
.
The trip meter has limited accuracy, and rounding errors
may occur. Accuracy can also be affected by availability
and quality of GPS signals.
To turn trip distance calculation on or off, select
Options
>
Start
or
Stop
. The calculated values remain on
the display. Use this feature outdoors to receive a better
GPS signal.
To set the trip distance and time and average and
maximum speeds to zero, and to start a new calculation,
select
Options
>
Reset
. To set the odometer and total
time to zero, select
Restart
.
Positioning settings
Select
Menu
>
Applications
>
Location
and
Positioning
.
Positioning methods
Select from the following:
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