VIAMICHELIN PN3X003 gps navigation mobile device with a bluetooth conn User Manual USERS MANUAL 3

VIAMICHELIN gps navigation mobile device with a bluetooth conn USERS MANUAL 3

• Click “Finish” to close the window.• Disconnect the USB cable from your PC then from your ViaMichelin Navigation X-970.74

$13_Content ManagerThis is the application installed on your PC to customise your maps, add new POIs (including personal POIs) or to regenerate your SD card if a problem occurs.• Connect your ViaMichelin Navigation X-970 to your PC (for more information, see paragraph 12.).• Install the DVD-ROM and start “Content Manager”:• or from: Start > Programs > ViaMichelin > ViaMichelin > ViaMichelin Navigation PND > Content Manager• or from: C:\Program Files\ViaMichelin\ViaMichelin Navigation PND\ContentManager.exeThe “Content Manager” application uses this connection to retrieve information from the PND, which will take a few seconds. Your PC then displays the following screen:75$

13.1 My ViaMichelin• Click .The column on the right shows your various personal folders. Each folder – except the “My POIs” folder – contains the following directories:• Addresses to identify the addresses of your choice.• Hotels to save your favorite hotels.• Restaurants to save your favorite restaurants.• Routes to save the routes you use frequently.• Tourism to save your favorite tourist sites.• The buttons at the bottom of the column let you:– create a new folder – change an existing folder – delete an existing folder The “My Favorites” and “My POIs” folders are present by default and cannot be deleted.13.1.1 Create a new folder• Click the icon :• Select “Other folder”.• Give your folder a name.• Select a folder color, which will be applied to the 5 category icons for this folder.• Select an icon or click “New icon” to select the « *.bmp » folder of your choice (16 x 16 pixels – 256 colors).76

• Click “OK”.13.1.2 Change an existing personal folder• Select the personal folder you want and then click the icon .You can then change the title and color of the folder and icon selected.• Click “OK” to save your folder’s new settings.77

13.1.3 Delete a personal folder• Select the personal folder you want and then click the icon .• Click “OK” to confirm that you really want to delete it.Comment:If you select a sub-directory (Addresses, Hotel, Restaurant, Routes, Tourism) before clicking “Delete”, you will delete the entire personal folder and the five sub-directories and their content.The central column contains the buttons:• Change to change the name of an address or add a comment.• Delete to delete an address from a folder.13.1.4 Change an Address Name• Select the address in the folder for which you want to change the name or add or change the associated comment, click then enter the new name.• Click “OK” to save the changes.Comment:• You can move an address or a route from one folder to another simply by “sliding” it with the mouse.• If you press the “CTRL” key while performing this “slide”, you will copy the address or route selected to the folder of your choice.• Routes can only be moved or copied to “Routes” folders.• Addresses in the “My POIs” folder can only be copied to other folders.13.1.5 Delete an Address• Select the address you want to delete from the folder you want and click .• Click “OK” to confirm that you really want to delete it or “Cancel” to choose not to delete the selected address.Comment:You can delete an address, a POI, a route, etc. from a folder, but if you try to delete a folder (for example “Addresses” in the main “Vacation” folder), the entire main folder will be deleted, not just the Addresses folder.78

The bottom bar of the “My ViaMichelin” window contains the three following options:• to access your “My ViaMichelin” account directly on the ViaMichelin web site• to go directly to the ViaMichelin web site • to export the content of My ViaMichelin to the PND13.1.6 My ViaMichelin on lineIf you have a “My ViaMichelin” account on the ViaMichelin web site, this link lets you access it directly to export addresses, routes, etc. from your web site account onto your PC and to your ViaMichelin Navigation X-970. You must tick the box “I would like to be logged into my account automatically without having to enter in my details each time I visit” in the settings of your “My ViaMichelin” web site account.If you don’t have an account on the “My ViaMichelin” web site you will access the home page; then click the “Register” button to access the registration form, which is easy and quick to use and is free of charge.Your addresses saved in your personal “My ViaMichelin” account on the ViaMichelin web site can then be passed onto and shared with friends who also have a ViaMichelin PND. You will then have a collection of common addresses and routes grouped together in your customizable folders that can be identified easily (for more information, please see the FAQs on the ViaMichelin web site).79

• Select the address, addresses or entire folder you want to export, then click “Export to GPS”:80

• Give your address a name, then click “Send”.Comment:The name entered will only be memorized if you save the file on the PC. If you export the file directly to your PND via the “Content Manager” application, the save name will be the one allocated by the system.• Save the file to your PC desktop (or to the directory of your choice - out of the ViaMichelin tree structure).• Or choose to open the file directly without saving it first.• Close the download window, then go back to your PC desktop.• Double-click the file .The activation of a “xvm” file automatically starts the “Content Manager” application. The addresses are then created in a folder with the same name as the one on the web site.• From the “My ViaMichelin” tab in the “Content Manager” application, click the “Export” button to copy all the customized folders into the “File summary” column.• Perform a synchronization as described in paragraph 13.4.13.1.7 www.ViaMichelin.com• Click .This link lets you access the ViaMichelin web site home page directly: http://www.ViaMichelin.com13.1.8 Export• Select the addresses and routes of your choice, then click .This function lets you select the addresses in your folders and export them to your PND.81

• When the content you want to export to your ViaMichelin Navigation X970 is in the “File summary” column, perform a synchronization as described in paragraph 13.4.82

13.2 POI Manager• Click .You can use the “POI Manager” program to manage 2 types of POI:• Michelin POIs to export Michelin POIs to the PND.• Thematic POIs to export POIs organized by theme to the PND.13.2.1 Michelin POIs• Select “Michelin POIs” from the list of POIs.You can display the full list of Michelin POIs, Michelin Green Guide tourist sites or select one of these three categories from the drop-down menu list. You can also select POIs for one country only from the list above the “Country” column.• Click the POI you want.When you have selected all the files you want, click “Export >>”. The selected files are then shown in the “File summary” table.• Perform a synchronization as described in paragraph 13.4.Comment on Michelin POIs and Thematic POIs:All Michelin POI files: Hotels, restaurants and tourist sites, are on the original SD card of your ViaMichelin Navigation X-970.Similarly, all Thematic POI files are on the original ViaMichelin Navigation X-970 card.However, you may delete the POI categories you do not want from your PND at any time. You can restore them at any time using the “POI Manager” module.83

13.2.2 Thematic POIs• Select “Thematic POIs” from the list of POIs.• Click the POI you want.• When you have selected all the files you want, click “Add to Selection”. The selected files are then shown in the “File summary” table.• Perform a synchronization as described in paragraph 13.4.The Thematic POI files are exported to the SD card. They are copied to the directory “VMNav_POI” on the SD card.13.2.3 How to Add a “*.poi” FileYou will also find “poi” files on ViaMichelin partner websites (for example, “CourtePaille” restaurants), which are made available to you free of charge and regularly updated. You can use the “Content Manager” application to download and add these files to have information that is permanently kept up-to-date on your ViaMichelin Navigation X-970.13.2.3.1 Directly from the web site• Click “Open”.The POI file is then saved directly onto your PND and your PC. You can see the file in the “Thematic POI” section of the “POI Manager”.13.2.3.2 From a saved file• When downloading the file, click “Save” and save the file to your PC’s desktop or to another directory on your PC’s hard disk - out of the ViaMichelin tree structure.84

You can then log off the Internet.• Double-click the “poi” file to be added: the POI file is then saved directly onto your PND and your PC. You can see the file in the “Thematic POI” section of the “POI Manager”.13.2.4 How to add a ViaMichelin “*.xvm” file“xvm” files are generated by the ViaMichelin web site to let you easily add the addresses or routes you want to your PND.• Log on to the ViaMichelin web site: http://www.ViaMichelin.com• Perform your search.• Click on the “Send this address: to my GPS” link:• In the “Send to my ViaMichelin GPS” window, give your export a name; then click “Send”.13.2.4.1 Directly from the ViaMichelin web site• Click “Open”.The address is then directly saved in the “My Favorites” / “Addresses” folder (or the “Routes” folder if you are saving a route).13.2.4.2 From a saved file• When downloading the file, click “Save” and save the file from the ViaMichelin web site to your PC’s desktop or to another directory on your PC’s hard disk - out of the ViaMichelin tree structure.You can now log off the ViaMichelin web site.• Double-click the “xvm” file to be added: The address is then directly saved in the “My Favorites” / “Addresses” folder (or the “Routes” folder if you are saving a route).When you have selected all the files you want, click “Add to Selection”. The selected files are then shown in the “File summary” table.85

• Perform a synchronization as described in paragraph 13.4.13.2.5 How to add an “*.asc” fileWith the “Content Manager” application it is possible to add “.asc” type text files matching the structure described in paragraph 13.2.5.1.• Connect your ViaMichelin Navigation X-970 to your PC.• Start the “Content Manager” application.• Go to the “My ViaMichelin” section.• Select the “My POIs” directory.• Click the icon to create a new folder.• Click the box with 3 small points as shown in the figure above.• Select the “.asc” file you want from the folder in which it has been saved.• Click “Open”.86

• Select an icon from the ones displayed or click “New icon” to select a “bmp” file (16 x 16 pixels) that will be the icon associated with the added file.• Enter a name for this new file.• Click “OK”.The file will then be added to a new directory of the “My POIs” file.When you have selected all the files you want, click “Export >>”. The selected files are then shown in the “File summary” table.• Perform a synchronization as described in paragraph 13.3.13.2.5.1 Create an “*.asc” fileTo create an “.asc” type file to add to your ViaMichelin Navigation X-970, follow the instructions below:87

$You have to create an “.asc” file for each category of saved address to be imported (which also means you can subsequently delete saved items solely for a given category).On your PC:• Create a text file (with Windows Notepad, for example: *.txt).• Open this text file and create your saved addresses as follows:• Each line must contain information on a single saved address only and use the following syntax: [Longitude], [Latitude], [Name]• The separator is the comma “,”• The name must be in quotation marks “ ”• Lines preceded by a semi-colon “;” are comment lines.• Longitude and Latitude must be given in degrees and decimal fractions of degrees.• The longitude is defined on a scale of +180° to -180° or 180° East to 180° West. The latitude it defined on a scope of 0° at the equator to 90° at the poles.• Rename the text file using “.asc” as the extension: e.g.: “MyRestaurants.asc”• Save the file in the directory of your choice (out of the ViaMichelin tree structure.• Check that your ViaMichelin Navigation X-970 system is connected and that the link with your PC is working.• Start Content Manager and click the POI Manager tab• Select the “.asc” file saved in the directory of your choice and confirm.• Select the category of saved address to which imported saved addresses will be attached.After importing the file into your ViaMichelin Navigation X-970, you can set the display and the POI Warner as you want.EXAMPLE OF AN “asc” FILE:——————————————————————————————; Sample File;; Longitude, Latitude, “Name of saved address”; =========== ============ ========================= 2.3336 , 48.8675 , “Michelin Store Opéra” 2.2935 , 48.8587 , “Eiffel Tower” -1.460885 , 43.484898 , “Bayonne Center”; End of file——————————————————————————————13.2.5.2 Creating a new icon• On the PC, open the “Paint” drawing program (MSPAINT.EXE). To open it: Start / Programs / Accessories.• In Image / Attributes, select: 16x16 pixels and color, then click “OK”.• In View / Zoom, select Large Size.• Using the pencil, the brushes, etc. and the color box, draw your icon.• In File / Save As, give your icon a name and select the format “Bitmap 256 colors *.bmp”.• Save your icon in the folder of your choice.• Close “Paint”.13.3 SynchronizeAfter performing the operations of your choice in Map Manager, My ViaMichelin and / or POI Manager and transferring all the files and maps to be added to your ViaMichelin Navigation X-970 to the “File summary” table, you must perform a synchronization between your PC and your PND.88$