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Table Of Content
1. GETTING STARTED
1.1 Entering an Address
1.2 Turn by Turn Navigation
1.3 Acquiring GPS Position
2. PLANNING THE ROUTE
2.1 Action Menu
2.2 Alternate Route Option
2.3 Navigating to a Point of Interest
2.4 Searching POI by Name
2.5 Searching POI by Categories
2.6 Navigating to Contacts
2.7 Navigating Home
2.8 Navigating to Recent Destinations
2.9 Navigating to Favourite Destinations
2.10 Defining a new Favourite Destination.
3. ALTERING THE ROUTE
3.1 Route Summary
3.2 Route Options
3.3 Modifying the Route
3.4 Menu Font Size
3.5 Map Browsing Mode
3.6 Sharp Curve Warning Alerts
3.7 Lane Guidance
3.8 Avoid Toll Roads, Highways Or Ferries
4. ONLINE FEATURES
4.1 Connection
4.2 Traffic alerts
4.3 Reporting speed cameras and incidents
5. COMMUNITY
5.1 Friends
5.2 Status
Send messages
6 SOS/ HELP, CITY GUIDES AND TRAVEL BOOK
6.1 SOS / Help
6.2 City Guides
6.3 Travel book
6 SETTINGS

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Getting Started

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In Navigation Mode (A), the software tracks your position for visual
reference of route and map around you. If you want to explore other
locations, drag the map with your fingers to switch to Map Browsing
Mode (B). To select destinations, review information about your route
and alter settings, go to Menu .
B

C
Please note, that symbols and
specifyfunctionality available for
following devices:
Deviceswith phone functionality.
Smart phones or devices with

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1. Menu
Enter the Menu by tapping the extreme right button
on the
information bar. You can scroll between the menu pages by sliding a
finger up and down on the screen.
2. Map
Drag the map with your fingers and tap on the selected location to
enter the Map Browsing Mode (B).
3. Back
Return to the previous screen.
4. Zoom
Tap (+) button to zoom-in to more detailed view, (-) button to zoom
out.
6. 2D/3D view
Switch between 2D a 3D view by taping on the grid between the
(+) and () symbols on the right side of the navigation screen.
7. Compass
Use compass at the bottom of the screen to turn around and change
direction of the view. Tap on the compass to return the map to the
north-up position.

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1.1 ENTERING AN ADDRESS

To set your destination by entering its address select

The list also features explanatory icons left to the city/street name:
City

Menu > Navigate to > Address or POI

Locality

Now you can Select State, Select City or Postal Code or enter Select
Street directly. Enter the first few letters of the City/Street name to see a
list of similar names.

Sublocality/ Village/House Number

Application supports City-first and Street-first address entry.

City-first address search

Street
Street crossing
Middle of street
Select the desired city/street from the list.
Tap on POI to see a list of all points of interest near selected address.

Street-first address search

Tap Done button and Action Menu with following options will appear:
Drive to, Walk there, Travel via, Show on map, Add to favorites, Share
locations For more information about Action Menu, see the chapter
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Select from map
Allows you to select any starting point on map for the route calculation.
When route calculation is complete, the entire route is displayed on
map.

To select a different address altogether, tap the Back button.

If your device can determine your current position, your route will be
calculated immediately from that positon after clicking on Drive To
option on the Action Menu. If your current position cannot be
determined, you will be offered the following options:
Wait for valid position (Recommended)
Your route will be calculated from your current position as soon as a
valid GPS signal is available (see the chapter Acquiring GPS Position)
Last valid position
Your route will be calculated from your last known position (i.e. where
you were just before the device lost GPS signal).
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Tap on Options to access route summary. From route summary you can:
Cancel route
Access Route options
Avoid: (Highways, Toll roads, Restricted Area, Ferries, Unpaved Roads,
Special Area)
Traffic info: Manage traffic incidents on route (Availability of the traffic
service depends on your product configuration).
See list of Important places
Show all instructions
Add Way point
Optimize route
Access Saved routes
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To accept the route and start turn by turn navigation, tap Done. If you
wish to return to planned route go to Menu > Route.

1.2 TURN BY TURN NAVIGATION

The Navigation Screen will show the map of your surrounding area with
the calculated route highlighted in blue.

As you approach a junction, further directions are displayed to indicate

which road to take.
In addition to turn by turn directions, the navigation screen also
provides a range of further useful information:
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Quick Search

Distance to the destination/ Estimated time of arrival

Main Menu

at destination

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Current speed

Distance to next change of direction

Next maneuver

2D/3D switch

zoom in/out

Current speed limit

10 Speed limit change indicator

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1.3 ACQUIRING GPS POSITION

2.1 ACTION MENU

If there is no GPS signal, the GPS signal indicator on the information bar
will show empty bars. This can happen under any of the following
conditions:

Action menu is the last step in the process of selecting any location.
A variation of action menu is available after:
-Selecting destination in Map Browsing Mode
- Making a selection from any part of Navigate to menu (Menu >
Navigate to)
- Selecting a contact or Friend from Community > Friends

1. The device is in a tunnel or at a location where signals from the

GPS satellites are obstructed by buildings, trees, electric cables or
other objects
2. Device system settings or Product settings are set incorrectly
You can check and configure GPS settings in:
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Drive to
Set selected location as destination and calculate route
for car navigation.
Walk there
Set selected location as destination work Walk mode and
calculate pedestrian route.
Travel via
Insert a waypoint to an existing route.
More actions
Show on Map:
Show the selected location on map. This option is not available
from Map Browsing Mode.
Nearby POI
Show the list of POIs near to the selected address.
Add to favourites
Add selected location to the list of favorite destinations.
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Add POI
Add selected location to the POI database
(Note: This option is available only when the location is
selected in Map Browsing Mode).
Actions related to Contacts / Friends
Call friend
Dial contacts number.
Send SMS
Compose SMS message to a selected contact.
Send Message
Send message via Friend network.
Remove this friend
Selected friend will not be notified about his/her removal.
Assign new position
Set GPS position linked to your contact/friend.
Profile
View the friends profile from network.

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2.2 ALTERNATE ROUTE OPTION

Alternate route feature provides upto 3 options for a particular

destination.

2.3 NAVIGATING TO A POINT OF INTEREST

In addition to the road network, the map also stores the details of
millions of Points of Interest (POIs) such as Petrol station, Restaurant,
Hotels, Tourist attractions and other facilities.
To set any POI as your destination, you have multiple options:
Menu > Navigate to > Address or POI will find POI near the
selected address.
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Menu > Nearby POI shows a list of POIs near your current (or last
valid) position.

Select a position in Map Browsing Mode and choose Nearby POI

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2.4 SEARCHING POI BY NAME

POI Groups

POI List

Search POI by Name

Anytime during the search process, you can start typing the name of
POI (tap

to show the keyboard) to refine the results.

2.5 SEARCHING POI BY CATEGORIES

You can switch between List view (shows narrow list of POIs) and
Groups view (shows POI categories and subcategories). To refine your
search results, tap
icon at the bottom of the screen and type the
name of the POI you are looking for. You can also enter partial names.
When finished, the Action Menu pop up. For more information, see the
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2.6 NAVIGATING TO CONTACTS

2.7 NAVIGATING HOME

If you want to drive to your friend or business partner, you can select
their name directly from your contact list. Select

To start using this feature, you need to set your home location first,
select:
Menu > Navigate to > Home

Menu > Community > Friends

In the list, scroll to the desired contact, or tap on the magnifying glass
and enter their name. You can also enter partial names. Tap on the
name of the Contact and action menu will appear. To set the address
assigned to a contact as your destination, tap the Drive to, Walk there or
Travel via button. For more actions, see the chapter Action menu.
NOTE: To set your destination from the contact list, the selected
contact must be stored with a full address.

Once your home address is stored, you can navigate home from the
same dialogue.
If you wish to change your Home address, tap the Set button.

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2.8 NAVIGATING TO RECENT DESTINATIONS

2.9 NAVIGATING TO FAVOURITE DESTINATIONS

Application keeps track of your recent destinations, making it easy to

return to a previously set location.

To view a list of your favourite destinations, select

When entering an address through

Menu > Navigate to> Address or POI

Menu > Navigate to> Favourites

You can start navigation by selecting a Favourite destination from the
list shown.

the last entered address is preselected. If you are selecting City or

Street, the list of previous selections appears. They are marked with
icon
You can directly go to a list of recent destination by selecting
Menu >Navigate to> History
and start navigation by selecting a previous destination from the list
shown.

Select the desired Favourite destination by tapping it and then select

your next option from the Action Menu.

Tap on the item and select action.

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2.10 DEFINING A NEW FAVOURITE DESTINATION

3.1 ROUTE SUMMARY

To add new item to the list of your Favourite destinations tap on Add
then set address by choosing from following options:

You can access detailed information about the calculated route from
the Route menu.
Select Menu > Route
1. Cancel route
2. Access Route options (see page 18)
3. Avoid (Highways, Toll roads, Restricted area, Ferries; Unpaved
roads, Special area)
4. Traffic info: Manage traffic incidents on route (Availability of the
traffic service depends on your product configuration.)
5. See list of Important places like waypoints, crossings and cities
near the route.
6. Show all instructions
7. Add waypoint
8. Optimize route
9. Access Saved routes

My current position,
Select from map, or
Enter address.

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3.2 ROUTE OPTIONS

To see the entire route on the map, select Route options > Show on
map.
To see the calculated route as if you were driving along (fly over mode)
select Route options >Demonstrate.
In the section Important places you can see a list of important
junctions and places along the route.
To get a detailed list of all junctions and directions along the route,
select Show all instructions.
Tap on selected item on the list to view the junction on the map.

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3.3 MODIFYING THE ROUTE

If you wish to travel through a certain place on your trip, choose from
following options:
Use option Travel via in Action Menu. (For more information, see the
chapter Action menu.)
Tap on Add waypoint in Route summary and set address by
choosing from following options:
My current position,
Select from map, or
Route before optimization

Enter address
To optimize a route with multiple waypoints, select Optimize route.
This option is only available if the route planned contains
more than two waypoints.

Optimized route

You can modify those parts of the route that are listed as Important
places.
Tap on selected item and a variation of following menu will appear:
Show on map
Delete waypoint
Avoids
Avoid parts of the route with special attributes like Highways, Toll roads,
Restricted area, Ferries; Unpaved roads, Special area
Manage Traffic incidents

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Change waypoint

3.4 MENU FONT SIZE

Move waypoint up
Move waypoint down
Change start point (This option is available only when the
selected item is the start point.)
Change end point (This option is available only when the selected
item is the end point.)
Find nearby parking (This option is available only when the
selected item is the end point.)

Font Size of Menu could be adjusted from Settings>Map menu.

Weather forecast (This option is available only when the selected

item is the end point.)

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3.5 MAP BROWSING MODE

3.6 SHARP CURVE WARNING ALERTS

When you drag the map and tap on a particular location, a box
containing address of the location pops up on the map screen. Tap into
the box and the action Menu will appear.
Actions available for the selected location: Drive to, Walk there, Travel
via 1 Nearby POI, Add to favourites, Share location , Add POI.
For more information about available actions, see the chapter Action
menu.

Alerts for an approaching sharp turn alongwith ideal speed (at that
curve) with an audio-visual indication.

3.7 LANE GUIDANCE

No need to worry about which lane to say to take the easiest next turn
and avoid all the chaos. Lane Guidance could be managed by
Settings>Map menu.
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Online features
3.8 AVOID TOLL ROADS, HIGHWAYS OR FERRIES
To Avoid Highways, Toll roads, Restricted area, Ferries; Unpaved roads
and Special area, tap on the icons shown in the route summary.
If you have added some waypoints to your route, you can avoid these
sections for each via point separately.

If you wish to cancel the calculated route entirely, and use the
navigation system only as an indicator of your current position, select
Menu > Info > Route > Cancel route

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4.1 CONNECTION
In order to use online services (e.g. real time traffic and safety camera
alerts) you will need to connect your device to the internet. Select
Menu > Settings > Connection

Enable Connection to go online. To connect automatically enable

option Sign me in automatically.
NOTE: The cost of data transfer depends on your mobile phone
tariff. Make sure you know the cost before you start using online
features. The costs can be considerably higher when you are
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4.2 TRAFFIC ALERTS

Availability of the traffic service depends on your product configuration.
Visit www.sygic.com/shop for more information about availability and
pricing of traffic service in your region.

For more options, including roaming preferences, go to

To select individual incidents, first tap the incident. To show its extent
on the map tap on Show on map, to avoid it tap Avoid.

4.3 REPORTING SPEED CAMERAS AND INCIDENTS

If you observe a speed camera or traffic incident on-route, tap the
bottom bar of the Navigation Screen.

Menu > Settings > Connection

To view real time alerts of traffic incidents along your calculated route,
select Menu > Route > Traffic info
The screen will show the incidents ordered by their distance from your
current position. You can select which of them you want to avoid.
Select your option from the menu.
To change the way you receive reported camera and incident
information, select Menu > Settings >Notifications & Sounds>
Speed cameras

To select all the listed incidents, tap the Avoid all button.
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Community
Join the growing Policetraps.com community, where other users meet
to make further improvements to the database. For more information,
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5.1 FRIENDS

To add friends go to
Menu > Community > Friends
Tap on Add.
To search for your friends among the growing MapmyIndia Aura
community tap on add and enter the name. The list of possible results
will appear. Tap on chosen name and tap on Add to compose an
invitation message.
Tap on Send e-mail invitation to invite your friend by email.
To add your Facebook friends tap on Match Facebook friends.
When you receive a friend request it will be displayed in
Menu > Community > Events
Tap on event to accept or deny the request.
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5.2 STATUS
To set your status and share it with friends go to
Menu > Community > My status

To change settings for sharing of your Location, Status and Status

message on , Twitter and Facebook tap on Share.
5.3 SEND MESSAGES
Tap on Status and choose one of the options. Tap on Status message
to share your mood with other friends.

To send, view and delete messages go to

Menu > Community > Messages
The screen will show the most recent messages grouped by sender. To
view all messages from certain person tap on the name of the sender.
You can choose to Reply to a message or Remove message by taping
on it. To delete all messages from this sender tap on Remove All.

To edit or add details into your profile tap on My profile.

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SOS/ HELP, CITY GUIDES & TRAVEL BOOK

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6.1 SOS/HELP

6.3 TRAVEL BOOK

This option shows helpful points of interest; Hospital, Police Station,

Gas Station and Pharmacy nearby the current location.

To see traveled routes statistics and altitude profiles, go to

Menu > Info > Travel book

6.2 CITY GUIDES

To learn more about important cities go to
Menu >Info> City Guides

Tap on selected log to see overall statistics

Now, select state to see the list of cities available.

Use the search function, the magnifying glass on the bottom of the
page, to look up a certain name.
Scroll down for more actions.

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For settings, go to Menu > Settings.

7.1 NOTIFICATIONS & SOUNDS

Tap on Graphs and drag the blue marker to see logs marking altitude,
distance, time, speed and acceleration.

Enable sounds or Disable sounds

Voice Instructions
Volume settings - set the sound intensity separately for low driving
speed and for high speeds.
Advanced Set the volume of sounds as always on or always off,
Set sounds for Notifications
Speed cameras
Speed limits
Railway crossings
Points of interest
Online friends
Friend notifications
Message notification
Traffic notification
7.2 MAP VIEW
Colour scheme
Set Day /Night colours, or
choose automatic switching between them.

To see the log on map tap on Show on map. To add the log to favorites
tap on Add to favorites.
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Map Details
Points of interest
Town blocks
Buildings
Landmarks
Map View
Chose map vew options as 2D, 3D or North Up
Signpost info
Lane assistant
Autozoom
Photos see photos of places on map.
Friends
Traffic info
7.3 CONNECTION
Connect or Disconnect your device from internet
Change password
Create New Account
Account options
Clear login data
Sign me in automatically
Ask before connecting

7.4 ROUTE PLANNING

Avoid toll roads - Set the preference of paid
road segments: avoid them, do not avoid them, or always ask.
Route computing - Set the routing algorithm to
Fastest, Shortest, Economic.
Traffic incidents Set this preference to avoid
incidents automatically.
7.5 REGIONAL
Language - language of user interface.
Voice - language of voice instructions.
Keyboard layout
Distance Units Set kilometers, Miles/Feet, or miles /Yards
Time Format
Temperature and
GPS coordinates
7.6 FAVOURITE POI
Create your own custom POI.
7.7 HARDWARE
GPS Module on/off.

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7.8 TRAVEL BOOK

Set laps while in walking mode to be Stopwatch
triggered, Distance triggered or on automatic
Lap detection. For more information, see the
chapter Travel book.
7.9 INFORMATION BAR
Driving mode and walking mode information
for Landscape & Portrait screen mode
7.10 AUTOCLOSE DIALOG
Dialogs will be hidden automatically after
specified time.
7.11 ABOUT
Information about version, device code and available
application memory. Please provide this information in
communication with MapmyIndia Support.

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In the interest of improving the content of the document, Sygic a.s.
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7.12 RESET TO DEFAULTS

Restore default settings.

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