NAVIGON questions and answers
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- Installation of the Mobile Navigator 6 and 7 software on an SD card (PDA, Smartphone, Symbian)
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Answer:
Regardless of the specified version all installation assistants are same. The installation steps of the software on the SD card are similar for all versions.
A: Download version
1. First unzip the ZIP file which you must have downloaded from
our web page. Open the ZIP file and click on „Extract all files “.
Depending of the operating system in your PC the process can
be automatically carried out when the file was unzipped.2. Follow the instructions of the extraction assistant. The assistant
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will ask you in which folder you would like to save the unzipped
files. We recommend to maintain the suggested option and not
change it. The files are thereby filed under the same list as the
ZIP file. By downloading you will see a green beam bar which
indicates the state of the process. Even if the beam is completely
green, has arrived to an end, it can still last several minutes until
the process is concluded. Do not interrupt the process at this point,
even if it appears to you as if the process has stopped.
3. After the process is concluded, open the unzipped folder and make
a double click on the „Start" file. Please follow now the instructions
described in step B (2.) below.
B: From DVD
1. Insert the DVD into the DVD disk drive. If the DVD does not start
automatically, please go to your computer's work place, choose
your DVD disk drive and double click then on „Start" file.
2. Select now the language of your preference in which you wish
the installation assistant to carry out the installation process.
Language selection at this point does not affect the Mobile
Navigator software. This selection is only for the installation
assistant.
3. In the actual screen you can start the installation, select the
language of your preference for the installation assistant or
read the software's manual.
4. After you click on „Installation “ you will be requested to insert
the SD card into the connected SD card reader. Please proceed
to do so now, if you have not done this before. Please make sure
that your SD card reader is conditioned and has enough memory
space to process an SDHC memory card of at least 2 GB of
memory capacity.
5. In the new screen you will see a brief overview of your SD card.
The disk drive is indicated, the size of the SD card, the free
memory space on the SD card and information of if the software
MN6 is already in the SD card.
6. Select now the map material which you will like to install. You can
install only several maps if you are concerned that the memory
card size is limited. Make sure that the memory card size is enough,
find in the left conrner a picture of a beam bar which fills up as more
maps are added. This displayed bar indicates you, how much free
memory is still available. Also note that you can navigate only within
single maps. It is not possible to navigate from an address in one
map to an address in another map.
7. You can select here the navigation language of your preference to
be installed. This selection is for the language which you hear during
the navigation as well as the written text in the menu guide.
8. Please double check the selected options once more before
iniciating the transfer process into the SD card. On the left side you
will see the map material which you would like to install and on the
right side the well-chosen languages. Below the selected software
is marked. If you still want to make changes you can carry them out
with the back-key. Click on „next“ to start the installation.
9. Because now the real installation begins a loading beam bar
appears. This process can take several minutes according to how
many maps have been selected. Some times the beam stays at
98% and 99% when the installation is ending. Please have some
patience and do not interrupt by any means the installation. When
the process has ended you will receive a message that the
installation is concluded. Simply click on „Ok “.
10. Now you can remove the SD card from the card reader and insert
it into your device.