Metro Navigator Readme File ******************************************************** Introduction ******************************************************** Welcome to Metro Navigator Routing and Mapping CD-ROM. Based on Navigation Technology's mapping databases, which contain the most accurate and up-to-date mapping data available, Metro Navigator can help you get around major metropolitan cities by drawing maps and plotting routes based on information you provide. The most recent Frommer's Travel Guides information is also included for each city, so you can select Frommer's information in Metro Navigator to decide on a restaurant, tour the city or find the nearest golf course. Metro Navigator covers a broad metropolitan area that extends well beyond the heart of the city. This allows you to plan extended travel routes beyond the city limits for either business or pleasure. ******************************************************** System Requirements ******************************************************** MPC compatible system including: 33 mHz 80486 or better CPU 16 MB RAM or higher MS Windows® v3.1 or higher, Windows® NT v3.5 or higher, or Windows® 95 v1.0 640 x 480 256 Color VGA Display. Higher resolutions may be used. Sound card recommended. A sound card is recommended for playing the intro audio and the Frommer's Top Attractions slide show audio. Double speed CD-ROM drive or better. A single speed drive may be used, but program performance will suffer. Note: Although Metro Navigator is supplied as a 32-bit program for Windows® 95 use, the discs do not support autoplay (automatically running Metro Navigator when the disc is inserted). This is to ensure that there is no conflict when discs are changed during the program. In addition, Metro Navigator does not support the Windows® 95 automatic removal feature. ******************************************************** Installation Instructions ******************************************************** Insert the Metro Navigator disc into your CD-ROM drive. From the Windows® Program Manager, select RUN from the File menu. Type the following command at the prompt: d:\setup. Then click OK. (If necessary, replace "d" with the letter of your CD-ROM drive.) The installation program for Metro Navigator will start and prompt you for information on where to install the Metro Navigator program and support files. (Alternatively you may select the CD-ROM icon from the File Manager and double click on the setup.exe program.) During program installation, the installer will ask which cities you wish to install on your hard drive. Cities that you select to install will run noticeably faster, but more of your hard drive space will be used up (45 - 175 megabytes depending on the city). Any city that you install can be run without the CD-ROM in the drive. Next, you will be asked to select accelerated cities. Accelerated cities are cities that have some critical data files installed to the hard drive to increase performance, but don't use up nearly the amount of hard drive space that a fully installed city does (1 - 7 megabytes depending on the city). The CD-ROM must be in the drive to run accelerated cities. Notes: Under certain circumstances, the display of the amount of space required is not completely accurate. If your selected cities will not install try clearing some extra hard drive space and reinstalling. These installation instruction apply to Windows® 3.11, Windows® NT and Windows® 95. ******************************************************** Helpful Hints ******************************************************** CITIES When inserting a city name from the Main Menu of Metro Navigator, try to be as specific as possible. Use the city proper name instead of the neighborhood name. For instance: Wrong: Crystal City Right: Arlington Alternatively, omit the city name altogether and let Metro Navigator present a list of possible matches for the address you have typed in. You may then select the address from the list by double clicking on it. New York City, in particular, poses some additional challenges when entering the city name. The proper format for an address in New York City is "NEW YORK CITY-borough", i.e., "NEW YORK CITY-BROOKLYN". Metro Navigator does not support abbreviated city names such as LA for Los Angeles and NYC for New York City. STREET NAMES When searching or inputting an address name that is also known as a direction (North, South, East, West), double quotes should be used. For example: Wrong: North St Right: "North" St Also, be sure to use double quotes when any part of the street address (road name identifier only) has any sort of road description associated with its name (Dr, St, Rd, etc.). For example: Wrong: Dr. Phillips Drive Right: "Dr. Phillips" Drive Note: Quotes should only be used on the addresses name and not on the type of road. If you are have any problems finding an address try using quotes to help you. COPYING You can copy textual directions from Metro Navigator by performing the following steps. 1) Select addresses in the route list and calculate route. 2) When the directions come up in the routing results screen, select the directions using the mouse. Click at the top portion of the directions, hold down the mouse button and drag the mouse pointer to the end of the directions. 3) Using the keyboard hit Ctrl C. This will copy the text to the clipboard. 4) Once the text is in the clipboard you can paste it into a multitude of applications, such as Microsoft® Word, Microsoft® Excel, Power Point, Notepad, Paintbrush, etc. DELETING ROUTE LIST ENTRY When an address is selected from the Route List the entire entry can be deleted by hitting the DELETE button on this menu or hitting ALT D from the keyboard. Individual characters in each entry field can be deleted by using the keyboard BACKSPACE button. SEARCHING In using the Go To feature in the Map and Main Menu you can not only type in the address, but you can also search based on the name field. The program will search your Address Book, Other Places, Restaurants, and Hotels in this order. THE MAP The map is one feature of Metro Navigator that will run distinctly faster if the city is installed to your hard drive. If you opt not to install the city, but do not wish to endure multiple slow redraws of the map in order to zoom in on an area, remember that you can place your cursor over the area that you want to zoom in on and press a number key (1 through # of zoom levels) to go directly to the level of detail that you want. Also, keep in mind that the LEFT mouse button is used to zoom in, and the RIGHT mouse button is used to zoom out. When the route list is open over the map you can use the RIGHT mouse button to center the map on any address in the route list. The LEFT mouse button can be used to select addresses from the route list and to drag and drop addresses to reorder them. NUMBERS When inserting a numbered street be sure to type in the NUMBER instead of the textual representation. For instance: Wrong: Sixth Street Right: 6th Street Also, when the lists of hotels, restaurants and other places are sorted alphabetically, numbered data items will be listed in the beginning of the list prior to the textual items. ******************************************************** Technical Support ******************************************************** For technical support please dial 1-310-444-6100 to reach Philips Media. For the Philips Media Home and Family Entertainment web site: http://www.philipsmedia.com/media/home For the Metro Navigator web site: http://www.philipsmedia.com/metronavigator