Pharos Science & Applications Pharos Ostia 2002 User Manual

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                     TABLE OF CONTENTS 
 
 
 
1  IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS ............................ 1 
2  SUMMARY OF FEATURES................................................... 1 
3 INSTALLATION ...................................................................... 2 
  3.1  Ostia Application Installation .............................................. 2 
  3.2  Installing Maps..................................................................... 2 
      3.2.1  Map Preparation...

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SECTION 1: Important Safety Instructions 
For the safety of yourself and others, please observe the following safety 
For the safety of yourself and others, please observe the following safety For the safety of yourself and others, please observe the following safety  For the safety of yourself and others, please observe the following safety 
requirements:
requirements:requirements: requirements: 
    
 
! Do not attempt to operate a Pocket PC Navigator system in a vehicle...

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• Moving map while navigating with the iGPS receiver. 
• Selectable “North Up” or “Heading Up” for map display. 
• Selectable “on” or “off” for voice prompt.  
• Satellite constellation display. 
 
SECTION 3: Installation 
3.1 Ostia Application Installation 
Installation of Ostia software requires that Microsoft ActiveSync (Windows CE Services) 
be installed on your desktop computer.  If not, please follow the instructions in the 
section called Installing Windows CE Services...

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 Page 3   3.2.2 Copying maps from the Desktop PC to your Pocket PC. 
 
1.  Make sure your Pocket PC is in its sync cradle and is attached to your PC. 
2.  Double click My Computer # C: # PharosMaps folder 
3.  In the PharosMaps folder you should see 2 files with the name of the region you 
just uncompressed.  Both the .rmf and .inx file will need to be transferred to the 
Pocket PC. 
4.  Select the files you wish to transfer to your Pocket PC by holding down “Ctrl” on 
your keyboard...

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SECTION 5: Using Ostia 
To start the Ostia program, click the Start # Programs # Ostia.  Your Pocket PC may 
also provide additional methods of running programs, such as a special menu window.  
Information/instructions provided in this section can also be found in your Pocket 
PC help menu after Ostia is started.  To read the help menu, please click the Start 
icon 
 on your Pocket PC window, and then click .  
When the Ostia program is started for the first time, several...

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The Ostia menu band consists of 
several parts: The main menu 
(File, Find, View, GPS and 
Option), and the GPS indicator. 
As shown in Figure 4.  
The GPS indicator has three 
changeable faces to indicate the 
different operating status of the 
receiver.  By clicking the 
indicator you can get more 
information. 
Blue arrow keys on the map 
allow you to shift the viewable 
portion of map currently open.
 
Figure 4 
The red sad-face of the indicator tells...

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that were opened. 
Close Map Close opened map(s), clearing screen and 
settings. 
Delete W aypoint Delete waypoint item(s) from the database. 
Select an item then press Delete to delete the 
item.  Press Finish to complete the delete process 
and close the window.  Press Cancel to delete 
none of the waypoints and quit the delete process 
and close window. 
Simulation Mode Simulating car navigation based on given 
route. 
Note: Before activating Simulation Mode, verify 
that...

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process. 
1. On the Street Lookup
 screen, type the first 
several numbers (not address numbers such as 
1234 “B” street but numbered street names 
such as 2
nd street) and/or letters of a desired 
street name.  A list of closely related street 
names will appear in the scrollable window. 
Select the desired street name, then press Next 
to proceed to step 2. 
2. On the Lookup City
 screen, the steps are 
similar to Step 1.  Select the desired city, 
county, township, etc....

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Press Next to proceed to step 3. 
3. All possible street crossings are listed.  Make a 
selection and press Finish to proceed to step 4. 
4. Specify if the intersection is an Origin or 
Destination.  If you want to save the location to 
the waypoint database, check the save-option 
box and give a waypoint name up to 50 letters. 
The selected intersection will be displayed in 
Green if an origin or Red if a destination. 
Note: To modify a previous selection, press the 
Back...