Navitel Navigator 11 User Manual

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Navitel Navigator is an offline multifunctional navigation application used for efficient route search and planning. This document is the user manual that aims at helping novice users of the program to learn how to use its primary functions, as well as to familiarize themselves with all the special features of the program.

Please note that this manual also contains information on online services of the program. If there is no Internet connection on your device, the appearance of the program and its function set can be slightly different than that described in the document.

To ease the use of the manual, this document is organized to be read from top to bottom for learning all program tricks, or used as a quick reference guide for finding precise descriptions of functions or following instructions.

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Recommendations

If Navitel Navigator is installed on a built-in or portable navigation device, it is strongly recommended to study the user guide of the device before starting the program.

Instruction for installing the program on a tablet/smartphone/phone is available at: www.navitel.cz/en/support/instructions/nn-install.

Instruction on program registration is available at: www.navitel.cz/en/support/instructions/nn-registration.

Instruction on purchasing the program and maps is available at: www.navitel.cz/en/support/instructions/buy-a-map.

Safety Requirements

• Adjust the program settings and plan the route before starting the vehicle.
• Changing program settings or editing the route must be done only after fully stopping the vehicle in a proper place.
• It is recommended not to get distracted from driving by looking at the screen of your navigation device, but to follow voice prompts. Set up the voice prompts settings beforehand.
• Observe driving regulations, including speed limits and lanes, and maneuver only where allowed and safe.

Remember! Road safety is of prior importance!

User Interface

The figures below represent main elements of the interface. Their description is provided in the table below. The device in the pictures is shown only as an example. The model of the user's device and orientation of the screen may differ from those shown on the picture.

Route

This section describes how to create and modify routes, as well as other possibilities of working with routes.

Search

You can create and change a route by selecting a point in the list or on the map:

A route to a point in the list:

1. Choose Search.
2. In the Search window, type the address you are interested in or the name of the object or geographic coordinates in the format specified in the Settings menu. You can also find nearby locations by selecting from the categories: Filling Stations, Parkings, Food, Shopping, Transport, Banks/Financial, Hotels/Lodgings, Entertainments, Med. aid or Police.
3. When manually entering an address, you can sequentially add the names of countries, settlements and streets from the list that opens when you enter the initial letters by clicking the arrow at the right of the object you need.
4. Select the point to which you would like to navigate from your current location by tapping it in the list. The Route menu will open.
5. In the lower right corner, tap the Route button. The program will build a route from the current position to the selected point. The program will offer up to 3 alternative routes with indication of distance and estimated time to the finish point.
6. Tap Go to start route guidance.

A route to the point on the map:

1. In the map window, select the place or POI (point of interest) to which you want to route.
2. At the bottom of the window, tap the Route button.
3. In the lower left corner of the page, tap the Go button. The program will build a route from the current position to the selected point. The program will offer up to 3 alternative routes with indication of distance and estimated time to the finish point.
4. Tap Go button again to start route guidance.

Voice search:

1. Select Search.
2. In the window that opens, tap the microphone icon in the upper right corner, and then say the name of the object or the address. Note: Voice search is available only if you have a voice recognition service on your smartphone or tablet.
3. Voice search is possible only in the language of the map or English. For example, for voice search in the Czech Republic, you need to make a request in Czech or English.
4. Select the point to which you would like to navigate from your current location by tapping on it in the list. The Route menu will open.
5. In the lower right corner, tap the Route button. The program will build a route from the current position to the selected point. The program will offer up to 3 alternative routes with indication of distance and estimated time to the finish point.
6. Tap Go to start route guidance.

Modifying and saving a route

1. Lay the route one of the ways described above.
2. You can lay a route from any point on the map and save this point to speed up further searching using the drop-down menu.
3. Once the route is built, you can:
   • Use keyboard shortcuts to add additional points, avoid highways, toll roads, roads with vignettes, unpaved roads, and change the type of vehicle.
   • Using the drop-down menu, save the route, import it, enable the simulation, and also go to the navigation settings menu (see below in the Settings section).
   • Swap start and finish points or select other points.
4. You can look at any of the route maneuvers on the map by clicking on the sign of the upcoming maneuver and then on any maneuver you are interested in. Return to route guidance mode by clicking on the map.

The Actions At Route Guidance

You can make changes to the route while following it. To open the change menu, swipe up on the speed and sensors panel. Functions will be available to you:

1. Add intermediate point – adds additional points to the route.
2. Detour – automatically reroutes.
3. Search along route – searches for points of interest along the route.
4. Show route – shows the entire route on the map.
5. Route info – a list of maneuvers along the route. Each of the maneuvers can be viewed on the map by tapping on it. You can return to route guidance by tapping on the map.
6. Reset route.

Sign In

Register or log in to the Navitel cloud using your existing account on the NAVITEL website to synchronize your points and travel history.

Sound

Enable or disable all sounds in the application. Please select ☰ > Sound.

Navitel.Jams

Activate or deactivate the service of displaying traffic jams on the map, as well as taking into account the traffic density when planning a route. Select ☰ > Navitel.Jams.

Maps

Select ☰ > Maps. Lists of previously installed maps and maps available for download or purchase will open. If updates are available for previously installed maps, you will see a system alert.

Installed - list of maps previously installed.

Download - select a previously purchased map and tap the download icon. After the download is complete, the installation will start automatically.

Purchase - in the list that opens, select a map and make a purchase.

Using the drop-down menu in the upper right corner, you can restore purchases made earlier.

Settings

This section of the User manual describes the program's capabilities to customize and personalize its functionality. The settings are described in the order of their location in the program interface.

Map

In Navitel Navigator, you can change the map display parameters. To go to the map settings menu, select ☰ > Settings > Map. The following settings are available in this menu:

• 3D map view – enable or disable 3D map view.
• Rotate map - setting the map orientation in the motion direction. The GPS cursor is displayed at the bottom of the screen. If disabled, the map will be oriented north and the GPS cursor will be displayed in the center of the map.
• Auto zoom - enable automatic zoom while driving. The following options are available for configuring auto scaling:
  • Used scales: Select the scale interval within which automatic scaling will be able.
  • Preferred scale: Sets the value of the scale to which the program should aim during automatic scaling.

Navitel Navigator allows you to configure a number of visual settings. Please note that the use of visual effects may increase time to map rendering.

Map tilt sets the map tilt parameters. Minimum tilt makes the map look more like a 2D map, whereas at greater tilt the 3D elements of the map are more prominent.

Reset position enables automated return back to your original position after you move the map elsewhere. You can set up the time that has to pass after your last action before the map position is reset. The minimal time is 5 seconds, the maximum time is 40 seconds.

Navigation

In this settings menu, you can configure the specifics of route planning on your device. To proceed to the Navigation settings menu, select ☰ > Settings > Navigation.

• Vehicle type: Select your type of vehicle, and the program will consider it when planning routes, proposing the most comfortable route for your particular vehicle. Tap the Vehicle drop-down listbox to see the types, and then select the appropriate type. The settings of the Truck graph make it possible to select several types of freight transport (van, dump truck, truck) or a custom truck with user-specified parameters: total weight, axle weight, width, height, and length of the vehicle. The routes will be built taking into account the road restrictions for this type of transport, allowing you to freely travel to your destination. The configured parameters of a custom truck are saved and can be used in the future, even if the vehicle type has been changed. Please note that for the proper work of this function, the map must contain the corresponding data.
• Route on roads: Create a route by the roads. If this function is disabled, the route will be created in a straight line. Note: The “Route on a straight line” is used only for measuring distance between two points. Do not use this option to plan a route for navigation.
• When planning routes in Navitel Navigator, you can set up the “avoid” conditions. When such conditions are set, the program will try to avoid the specified road types when planning routes. If there is no way the program can plan a route with the selected conditions, it will ignore some of them.
• Guidance prompt – sets the distance to alert about the upcoming maneuver.
• Rerouting – determine circumstances when the program should try to automatically re-plan the created route. Navitel Navigator provides 2 possible conditions for route recalculation:
  • When found a route faster: Set the time by which the potentially new route must be faster than the current one in order for the program to start replanning the route. The work of this function is heavily based on information received when the Navitel.Jam service is updated.
  • When off-route: Set the distance of deviation from the current route, at which the program must start replanning the active route from the current position.

Notifications

Using the Notifications settings menu, you can configure the system alert settings when driving. To access this setting menu, select ☰ > Settings > Notifications.

• Speed penalty – sets the amount of non-penalized overspeeding.
• Speed limits sound alert – sets the type of alert: signal or voice. The program will warn you about the speed limit on the road section along which the movement is carried out. You can also turn off such alerts. Please note that in all cases, the voice notification is triggered only once: when changing the speed limit on the current road section.
• Speedcam sound alert – sets the type of notification: signal or voice. The program will warn you about the controls in the moving direction. You can also turn off such alerts.
• Selecting speedcam – enabling or disabling alerts about the controls (speed cameras, radars, dangerous crossroads, speed bumps, crosswalks, etc.).
• Show traffic lanes – enable information about the permitted maneuver at the nearest crossroads or place for a U-turn on roads with two or more lanes in the same direction; the progress bar under the sensor displays the remaining part of the path to the place of the maneuver.

User interface

This menu contains the settings that will help you personalize the program interface. To go to the interface settings menu, select ☰ > Settings > User interface.

• Skin type — the choice of interface colors: Day, Night, Auto. Auto skin switching to Day during daylight hours and to Night at nighttime in accordance with the sunrise and sunset times for the current location and date; also the skin will change to night at the entrance into a tunnel (if a tunnel is marked on the map).
• Show zoom buttons toggles zoom buttons on or off on the map page.
• Collapse zoom buttons – turn on to collapse the + / - 2D/3D buttons into one function button on the map screen. When you touch this button, it will unfold.
• Show compass turns the compass button on or off on the map page.

Online services

In the Online services menu, you can configure the parameters of the online services of the Navitel Navigator program. Online services are available only for devices with Internet access.

To access this setting menu, select ☰ > Settings > Online services.

• Navitel.Jams – turn on or off the display of traffic jams on the map, as well as take into account the traffic density when planning a route. The optimal route will be laid taking into account the data on traffic jams that the program receives from the Internet.
• Show road events – display on the map road events marked by other users.
• Update speedcam – enable or disable regular updates of the control tools database.

Regional Settings

In this menu, you can change the language settings, as well as adjust the units of measurement used in the program. To access this setting menu, select ☰ > Settings > Regional settings.

• Interface language - select the program interface language.
• Map language – select the language used to display the street names and other objects on the map.
• Voice notification language — select a voice package that will be used for voice notifications. Some languages may have multiple voice packs. To download any voice pack, select it from the drop-down list.
• Distance, velocity – selection of units of measurement (metric, nautical, statute).
• Height, depth – selection of units of measurement (meters, feet).
• Address format – select the order of indicating the street name and house number.
• Coordinates – select the format for representing geographic coordinates.

System

In this menu, you can change general program settings, such as background mode, GPS settings, volume, and other system settings. To access this setting menu, select ☰ > Settings > System.

• Sound - turn on or off the sound.
• Application volume – volume of sound notifications of Navitel Navigator.
• Sound stream – select an audio stream on the device, the sound settings of which will be used when playing sound signals of the program (music, system, alarm clock, reminders, call).
• Sound mode – choose an action when playing voice prompts in the program while playing other sound files on the device (Nothing, Muffle, Pause).
• Background notifications – select the notifications that will be played when the Navitel Navigator application is running in the background (Off, Important only, All).
• Adjust time zone - automatically change the time zone to the current one in the current location.

Route import

To import a route file:

1. Select ☰ > Route import.
2. Select the route file to import.

Despite that the route will contain all the same intermediate points, the traffic pattern may differ due to possible differences in the map versions, as well as taking into account information about traffic jams.

My trips

Navitel Navigator allows you to save previous trips in the program. To view the list of trips, select ☰ > My trips. A list of recent trips and favorite trips will open. In this menu, you can delete, save, or restart a trip on a previously completed route.

About

To access this menu, select ☰ > About. In this menu, you can see:

• License key: A unique code that confirms the user's right to use a software product and / or digital product, or to receive updates to a digital product.
• Device serial number
• SW Version

Feedback

Write to the technical support service of the NAVITEL company, using your mail client. To do this, select ☰ > Feedback.

News

This menu opens the Navitel.News service, where you can get information about software updates or other useful information. To go to the News menu, select ☰ > News.

Exit

To exit Navitel Navigator, select ☰ > Exit.

Booking.com Service

You can book hotels that support the Booking.com service directly from the Navitel Navigator app.

To do this, in the Search menu, find the hotel you are interested in or click on the hotel icon marked with number 22 on the map (see the Program interface section above).

Then click on the name of the hotel you are interested in. A short description of the hotel will appear in the properties window that opens, and the “Book through Booking” function will become available.