Motorola I88s User Guide

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Making an Emergency Call
The satellites used by your phone’s GPS feature are controlled by the U.S.
government and are subject to changes implemented in accordance with the
Department of Defense GPS user policy and the Federal Radionavigation Plan.
These changes may affect the performance of your phone’sGPSfeature.
Making an Emergency Call
Dial 911 to be connected to an emergency response center. If you are on an
active call, you must end it before calling 911.
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Accessing the GPS Menu
To access the GPS menu:
Viewing Your Approximate Location
To view your location:
This displays the following information about the last time your location was
calculated:
the time (as Greenwich Mean Time) and date that the location was last
calculated.
the approximate location, expressed as latitude and longitude.
the estimated accuracy of the calculated location. This estimate of accuracy
is only a very rough estimate and may vary substantially from the actual...

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Viewing Your Approximate Location
the number of satellites used to calculate the location. In general, more
satellites make for better accuracy.
To calculate your location again:
It may take your phone several minutes to complete the process of determining
your location. During this time, a message usually displays on your phone’s
screen saying your phone is scanning for satellites. For tips on getting the best
location calculation, see“Enhancing GPS Performance”on page 124.
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Enhancing GPS Performance
Sometimes your phone’s GPS feature may be unable to complete a location
calculation successfully. If this happens when you are making an emergency
call, the location of the nearest cell tower in contact with your phone is made
available to the appropriate emergency response center if the center has the
capability to receive such information. If this happens when you are trying to
view your location on your phone’s screen, you will see a message indicating
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Updating Satellite Almanac Data
In a car.When using the GPS Enabled feature in a car, position the phone
so that the GPS antenna has good access to GPS signals through the car’s
windows. Typically, the GPS antenna has best access to GPS signals in a
car when placed near a window.
NOTE: Although moving the phone at a walking pace decreases GPS
performance, moving it at the speed of a moving car does not.
Stay in network coverage.Depending on who your service provider is,
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By Permission —When an application attempts to view your phone ’s
location, you will be prompted to give permission. However, a different
privacy protection mechanism may apply to those customers who purchase
a dispatch application.
NOTE: Privacy options do not apply to the transmission of location
information during emergency 911 calls.
To set your GPS privacy options:
Setting the GPS PIN Security Feature
To prevent your GPS privacy settings from being altered without your
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UsingGPSwithMapSoftware
To change your GPS PIN:
Using GPS with Map Software
You can use your phone’s GPS feature to provide approximate location data to a
laptop computer or similar device that is running interactive map software such
as that made by DeLorme or Microsoft. This way, if your phone has good access
to GPS signals, your approximate position on a map can be made available as
you as you travel in a vehicle.
5Press Rto scroll to OnorOff .On enables the GPS PIN requirement;
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To do this, connect your phone to your laptop (or other device) with a data cable
and set your phone to transmit data (see“Getting Started”on page 128). Your
phone then provides your approximate location to the device running the map
software, which displays your location on a map. Your phone provides an
updated location every second and the map software displays your changing
location on its map.
See“Enhancing GPS Performance”on page 124 for more details on obtaining
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UsingGPSwithMapSoftware
To set your phone to send location information to your laptop or other device:
To stop your phone from sending location data to your laptop or other device:
Each time you power your phone on,Interfaceis automatically set toOff.
Getting the Best Location Information
This feature works best when used while traveling at the typical speed of a
motor vehicle. If your vehicle is moving very slowly, your phone may not be
able to determine your location as quickly or as accurately....

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