Current Speed Feature

topgazza · Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2004 4:49 pm Post subject: Current Speed Feature

Lord knows I've tried to find it but does CP5 have a way of displaying your current speed?

lbendlin · Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2004 5:25 pm Post subject:

yes, you can select that as one of the items in the bottom two status lines. Just tap the lines to iterate through the offerings.
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topgazza · Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2004 6:02 pm Post subject:

Is that the little grey road that pops up. I'm at my desk so not moving so I can't see any mph numbers

topgazza · Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2004 6:04 pm Post subject:

...or the thing that looks like half a speedo?

lbendlin · Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2004 6:27 pm Post subject:

the speedo.
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topgazza · Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2004 8:33 pm Post subject:

That would be the speedo then.

xda · Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2004 7:09 am Post subject: Re: Current Speed Feature

Dave · Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2004 8:34 am Post subject:

Or just wait until you're on the safety screen and tap one of the two lines and it will rotate around the features :D

topgazza · Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2004 8:37 am Post subject:

None of this is in the manual or help pages so thanks again for your help. I am enjoying the product though. Having read the reviews and users comments my expectations were about right so I am very pleased. Just using it for point to point and will"introduce" the features in good time. Lack of detailed info like we have been discussing makes it harder though

xda · Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2004 6:10 am Post subject:

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CrashBiker · Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2004 12:52 am Post subject:

To be fair to ALK this is in the manual (or at least the one I have, CPL5, on the desktop Start > Programs > CoPilot PocketPC 5 > User Manual).

In the quickstart page "x" it shows a picture of the safety screen with a line pointing to the half speedo and the legend "Current speed (customizable)".

Page 32 shows the same picture but after the word "customizable" adds "see page 50".

Page 50 gives the instruction:
These lines can display the current road, nearest crossroad, nearest major road, nearest town, ETA, or speed. NOTE: Defaults are set here, but you can also toggle through the options by tapping the lines themselves.

I'm not trying to be clever here by pointing this out, just alerting any readers who aren't aware or who don't own the product yet that there is a decent manual installed on the PC with CPL5.

Hope this helps,

Crash

topgazza · Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2004 11:23 am Post subject:

No problem there Crash. I actually found it myself as well in the end. Good thing is that CP5 is largely intuative anyway and for navigating and planning I find it extremely simple to use. A big plus. I struggle with the layout of most manuals, its down to the way the author and the reader think how quickly you can spot stuff. I would prefer a section of all the on screen options for instance but that not a complaint about CP5 just my own preference. Once you find the references it really is all there. I have now taken the time to read the manual and it is excellent so I wouldn't want to give the wrong impression.

Fact is I was up and running so quickly and enjoying the ease of planning straightforward routes that I forgot my own original advice about learning it first. I did it with the PDA and BT GPS. The advice is the same for CP5. You can use it simply straight off the bat but the old cliche about reading the manual is always a good one. In the short term you can always ask here of course, as I did, you get both solutions........

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