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| · | If you can't see a recently loaded file, try zooming in closer. If you still can't locate it, use the Find feature to locate a place nearby, then try zooming in again.
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| · | Finding Addreses - When entering information about an address, it is better to provide less information at first, and to fill it in once you have a broad result to search within. Examples of this are when you have a street like North Main St. First try searching for Main in the street name; next, try to add the prefix to your search (i.e. N Main); typing in St or Ave or any other suffixes will not be necessary unless you do not see your desired suffix as a search result.
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| · | Load only the highway files (see folder \GPS\Maps\Highways) as a base reference rather than the detailed street maps to conserve storage space. Using highway maps is often helpful when journeying across large geographic areas for which detailed street maps would consume excessive storage space and are typically unnecessary.
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| · | Finding POIs - When entering information about a Yellow Pages point of interest, you may do one of several searches.
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| a. If you do not know an area well, you can do a search within a certain number of miles by checking the box relevant to this in the Find menu. This will grey out City, State and Country fields, allowing you to either enter a name, or to just search without entering a name for the nearest points of interest.
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| b. If you would like to search for points within a specific city, this will require you to enter a city, state, and country to be chosen. If you would like to enter a name for a specific search, you may do so, or you may search without entering a name for the nearest matches.
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| c. If you know the phone number of the point you are looking for, you may enter it to receive the address information. Also, putting in the area code of that point will provide you with a list of the closest matches within that area code.
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| Note: Remember that you can always use the categories to help you to narrow your results down to what you are looking for.
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| · | Maps can be unloaded by right-clicking/tapping on a location. A shortcut menu will appear and you can choose Load/Unload maps. Select Unload from the screen that comes up, and the type of maps you wish to unload. Click OK and those maps will be unloaded.
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| · | To see a list of the currently loaded maps, go to File, then Manage Maps.
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| · | To change from using latitude and longitude to UTM coordinates, select View > Preferences > Unit (Tools > Preferences > Unit on PDA), then choose UTM. Note: UTM can be used for position reference; however, it is not to be used for entering waypoints!
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| · | To search for a city, Go to Tools > Find > Address, and type the city name next to the word City and specify the two letter state abbreviation in the State field. The rest of the fields can be left blank.
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| · | If the address you seek is not listed as a result of your search, try eliminating the city name. Some places have a different name from what you may imagine. The search may take longer, but the likelihood of finding the address is improved.
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| · | To activate or deactivate audible and visual alerts for driving instructions, select View > Preferences > Direction (Tools > Preferences > Direction on PDA).
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