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CLICK HERE to download a sample[/i] • The official navigation textbook used in outdoor education courses by thousands of students • Goodreads.com readers rated the previous edition 4 out of 5 stars (and now it’s even better!) • Map and compass skills remain the foundation for traveling safely in the wilderness This new third edition is a major and complete update of the popular textbook: • Improved throughout for clarity, with chapter objectives presented at the beginning of each chapter and summaries, “skills check” mini-quizzes, and practice problems listed at the end • Updated descriptions of the most current maps, compasses, altimeters, and Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers • Updated declination maps for the United States and the world (declination changes over time and compasses must be adjusted for a specific location to provide correct readings) • Much-expanded GPS chapter, including interfacing the GPS receiver with the home computer, maximizing battery life, and using the GPS function on a “smart” phones (along with a description of their limitations) • Additional information on non-GPS navigational techniques • Recommended websites, apps, and other sources of useful navigational information

Content

Basic functions

• Home screen
• Touch screen control
• Entering alphabet letters and numbers / list of operations performed on the screen
• Explanatory function
• Managing the map screen
• Destination information
• Switching screens
• Screen configurations
• Compass mode
• Map scale
• Legend on the map

Search for a destination

• Quick link (destination screen)
• Search for a destination
• Selecting the search area on the destination screen
• Selecting the search area on the destination screen
• Search for a destination with the home button
• Search for a destination with the quick access button
• Search for a destination with the "Address" button.
• Click "City"
• Search for a destination with the "POI Category" button
• Search for a destination with the "Emergency" button
• Search for a destination with the "Memory" button
• Search for a destination with the "Map" button
• Search for a destination with the "Intersection" button
• Search for a destination with the "Freeway Ent./Exit" button
• Search for a destination using the coordinates button (coordinates)
• Search for your destination with the phone button
• Starting the guide

Define a route

• The route determination screen
• Other information
• Cornering information
• Distance and time to destination
• Set up and delete a destination
• Adding new destinations
• Redistribution of destination
• Deleting a destination
• Configuring the route
• Search for a route
• Setting up the bypass
• Conditions for determining the route
• Beginning of the route along the route from the adjacent street
• View a map
• Pointer symbols
• Selecting the type of pointer symbols you need

Advanced features

• To disable
• To resume
• User registration
• User change
• Deleting a user
• Sound icons
• Displaying the names of points on the map
• Displaying area names for detours
• Units of measure
• Estimated driving time
• Keyboard layout
• Time zone
• Off function (screen interface setting)
• Change the category of pointer symbols (POI). Displaying icons
• Service companies
• Displaying the outline of buildings
• Notifications about seasonal traffic restrictions
• Guide to the voice recognition system
• Voice prompt system for all modes
• Automatic voice messaging system
• Pop-up messages
• Calibration of the current position of a car or a new wheel
• Calibration of position / direction
• Calibration of new wheels

Other functions

• Maintenance information
• Maintenance settings
• Information buttons
• Dealer settings
• Calendar with reminders
• Add a new reminder
• Editing a reminder
• List of reminders
• Hands-free system
• The screen is equipped with a built-in Bluetooth® antenna
• To connect a mobile phone to the system
• Connecting a mobile phone
• Changing phone settings
• Connecting a mobile phone to the system
• Voice command system
• Help
• Screen adjustment
• Display settings
• Beep settings
• Language selection

Audio / video system

• Quick reference
• Using an audio / video system
• Automatic volume control
• Radio
• CD changer
• DVD player
• Practical recommendations for working with an audio / video system
• Radio reception

Rear view monitor

• Rear view monitor

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