WAYFINDER ACCESS™ ONLINE MANUAL
Version 1.24 and above.
Links to main sections are found below. Sublinks to detailed parts are found on each section.
Version 1.24 and above.
Links to main sections are found below. Sublinks to detailed parts are found on each section.
WELCOME TO WAYFINDER ACCESS
Features
Wayfinder Access is a navigation system for mobile phones specially developed for visually impaired customers. Together with speech synthesis software, such as Talks from Nuance Communications or Mobile Speak from Code Factory, Wayfinder Access becomes a robust audiable pedestrian navigation experience.
Wayfinder Access includes several useful features for the visually impaired. A continuously proximity scanning of your immediate area helps you discover intersections and other key points of interest such as banks, post offices, restaurants, bars and much more from over 20 million locations*. At the touch of a button, you get efficient door-to-door voice directions from wherever you are to wherever you're heading. Other features included are:
- - Full navigation service based on Wayfinder Navigator
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- Where am I-functionality to enable your mobile to tell you precisely where you are!
you are!
- - Street names voice instruction
- - Optimised for screen readers
- - Nearby views - a real time updated scan of locations, streets, points of interest, favourites and crossings in your vicinity
- - 20 millions points of interest
- - Helps making the map visual
- And much much more!
* Subject to chosen geographic navigation area.
Compatibility
Wayfinder Access is compatible with a range of mobile phones based on the Symbian Series 60-platform for version 2 and version 3. This includes almost every recent Nokia smartphone, such as E61, N72, N70, N71, N73, N90, N95, 3230, 3250, 5500 and many others.
For more information on which mobile phones are compatible with Wayfinder's products, please visit (external link) access.getwf.com for a list of Wayfinder Access compatible phones.
Cost
A lifetime license of Wayfinder Access (software only) is available for €399 at at our web shop, (external link) www.wayfinder.com (does not include a text to speach application). If you buy Wayfinder Access at our web shop, you will also have the opportunity to purchase a Sirf 3 GPS receiver for €59. For more information on prices, please visit our web shop at (external link) www.wayfinder.com
If you have bought and downloaded a previous release of Wayfinder Access, you can upgrade to version 1.24 for free by using your existing activation code. Please keep this code at all times for you convenience.
INSTALLATION, ACTIVATION CODE & ACCESS POINTS
Install Wayfinder Access
- In order to use Wayfinder Access you must first install it on your phone.
- Go to (external link) access.getwf.com from your computer, or go to access.getwf.com in your mobile phone's web browser to start the download and installation of Wayfinder Access. You can also choose to send an SMS/text message from your phone including the word Access to number +46709032017 to recieve download information (not applicable in North America and selected other markets).
- Follow the simple steps described to download and install the application.
- When installation is complete, the Wayfinder application will automatically start up and you will be asked to activate the service (if Wayfinder does not start automatically, click on the Wayfinder icon in the main menu).
Activation Code
You will need an activation code to activate the Wayfinder service after you have downloaded and installed the software. If you are not already a Wayfinder customer you can buy an activation code on-line at www.wayfinder.com, at other on-line shops or at a reseller.
The service will be activated after having inserted the code and your mobile phone number in the Wayfinder application on your phone. You can however try Wayfinder Access for short period of trial. Please follow the instructions when starting up the application to get a trial activation code.
- The service will be activated after having inserted the code and your mobile phone number in the Wayfinder application on your phone. You can however try Wayfinder Access for short period of trial. Please follow the instructions when starting up the application to get a trial activation code.
- Start Wayfinder Access.
- Go to Options, then Extra and finally Submit code from the main menu.
- Enter the activation code (with or without space).
- Enter your phone number (add the country code, omit the zero of the area code, eg. +44222111333. NB! North American users should enter their number by adding a 1 and removing any hyphens. E.g. 6501234567 should be written 16501234567
- Send your code and your application will be activated.
Access points
To be able to use Wayfinder Access™ you need to be able to connect to the Internet from your mobile phone. To be able to connect to the Internet you need to have a working Internet Access Point.
An Internet access point consists of the address to the Internet connection of your mobile operator. 3G subscribers connect via 3G and usually have an Internet Access Point preinstalled. If you don’t have an access point and need help to set one up, please contact your mobile operator.
Please note that you will need to access the Internet via 3G, GPRS Internet or Edge. WAP or GPRS-WAP are not sufficient.
CONNECT WAYFINDER ACCESS TO A GPS RECEIVER
Connect a GPS receiver
The GPS receiver is connected via Bluetooth (if you don't have a mobile phone with an integrated GPS). It should not be placed more than 10 metres/30 feet from the phone. The GPS receiver gets signals from the satellites when it is placed in clear view of the sky.
Move to an open area if you are close to tall buildings or other objects that may impede the connection. On your first try it could take a few minutes, and even up to twenty minutes. After frequent connections to the satellites, the signals are received within a few seconds. Follow the instructions below to connect your external GPS.
- You will need a GPS reciever to recieve GPS position data and to fully use the Wayfinder application. If you don't have a GPS, you can still plan routes but you will not be able to navigate and get voice instructions. Please follow the instructions below to connect a GPS receiver.
- To begin with, charge the battery of the GPS receiver before you turn it on.
- Please read the instructions manual that came with your GPS receiver.
- Make sure that the GPS has a clear view of the sky; e.g. put it next to a window if you are inside a building or on the dashboard of your car.
- Wait until the receiver indicates that it is receiving signals from the satellites.
- Open the Wayfinder application on your phone. You should be asked to connect to a Bluetooth device. Answer yes.
- Select your Bluetooth GPS receiver from the list. Wayfinder Access will tell you if the GPS are connected or not.
PIN codes
Sometimes you need a PIN code when connecting the GPS receiver. The PIN code for the GPS receiver differs depending on the brand. Most GPS receivers (including the Wayfinder GPS) use 0000, with the exception of:
• Emtac: 0183
• Falcom Navi: 1111
• Holux: 6268
• M-tec: 0183
• Parrot: 1234
• Royal Digital: 1234
If you have another GPS receiver, and 0000 is not working, please check with the GPS supplier to find out the PIN code.
GPS Symbols
No connectionPlace the GPS receiver not more than 10 metres/30 feet from the phone and make sure that it is on.
ConnectionThe GPS receiver is connected to the phone, but your position cannot be pinpointed. Is the GPS-receiver receiving satellite signals? Place the GPS-receiver in a clear view of the sky, e.g on the dashboard of the car or by the window if you are indoors.
GPS-receptionThe number of green dots specifies the quality of the GPS-reception, i.e. the accuracy of the position. Three green bars indicate excellent GPS reception.
The Wayfinder iconThe Wayfinder icon is rotating when the application processes any request from the user, e.g. searching for destinations and calculating routes.
HOW TO USE ACCESS - MENUS, ICONS & USAGE
Menus
Main menu
When the Wayfinder application starts, the main menu is displayed:
Main menu screen.
The main menu consists of four main alternatives:
- Map: Show the map, show your position on the map (if GPS is connected), select positions as start, destination or favourite.
- Find: Make a search, use the search results start, destination, save as favourite or show it on the map.
- Favourites: Manage your favourites, show favourites on the map or use as start or destination.
- Services: Additional services such as wheather information, currency converter, public transportation information etc.
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In the left hand corner of the screen the menu alternative Options is displayed - use your left soft key to bring up this alternative. Here you can go to the Mobile shop, send a Wayfinder trial invitation to a friend, load and save routes, submit your activation code, connect/disconnect to/from GPS and more.
The right soft key on your mobile phone is the Back/Exit button.
Settings
Through the Options menu, by pressing the left soft key in the main menu and then scrolling down, the application Settings is available. Here you can change the appearance and set up of your Wayfinder Access application. In the Settings view, by pressing right on your joystick/joypad, four different tabs are accessible: Phone, Route, Vicinity, Comm and Map.
The Phone tab
Volume - set the volume of the voice instructions.
Voice prompts - control the number of voice instructions given during navigation.
Backlight - the backlight settings of the screen will affect your mobile phone's standby time. Normal uses the phone's standard settings, Only on route means that the screen will only be lit when navigating and Always on means that the backlight of the screen will be lit all the time.
Language - set the language of the Wayfinder application, including voice instructions.
Internet access point - set which Internet access point to be used for contacting the Wayfinder server. Please note that WAP is not sufficiant.
Keep GPRS alive - choose if Wayfinder should connect to GPRS Internet only when needed (if "off") or if it should connect immediately and keep it ative until Wayfinder is closed (if "on").
The Route tab
Transport mode - Set your transportation type. Either passenger car, pedestrian or taxi. This will affect the calculated route in terms of where it is allowed to drive and the estimated time to goal / time of arrival.
Distance units (only available in certain language versions) - Set if the the metric or imperial system should be used.
Optimise route for - Optimise your route for time, traffic info (roadworks, accidents etc will be considered when calculating the route) or distance.
Toll roads - Allow or avoid toll roads on your route.
Motorway - Allow or avoid motorways on your route.
Navigation mode - Set which navigation mode Wayfinder should show on default when a route has been calculated. Either the Guide view, the Map or the Vicinity Feed view.
Automatic reroute - on or off. "On" means that a new route will automatically be calculated if you go off track.
Check traffic info - Set if traffic information should be checked during routes.
Traffic update time - Set the frequency of traffic updates during routes.
The Vicinity tab
Direction mode - Set what direction format you want to use in the application. Either get navigation instructions in a clock based format or a compass based format. When clock based, the naviation instructions are based on your heading. 0 o'clock is straight ahead and 6 o'clock is straight backwards. In the direction based mode, the navigation instructions will be as of a traditional compass. There are eight directions (north, north-east, south-east, south, south-west, west and north-west).
Vicinity info - Set how much information you would like to receive from the constantly updated vicinity scanning, either detailed or brief information.
Walking speed min. - To get reliable clock based heading information, you will need a GPS receiver with good direction reporting for low speeds. There is a lower speed limit for when the heading data gets unreliable, and this lower limit varies with each receiver. This setting allows you to turn off the clock based direction mode if you are walking below this speed limit.
Vicinity feed rate - Set how long the constantly updated feed of places and points of interest in your vicinity will wait between updates.
Locked navigation rate - Set how long the locked navigation view will wait between updates.
The Comm tab
Save SMS destination - Set if incoming text messages containing a position should be saved automatically, if you should be asked if you want to save or if it shouldn't be saved at all.
Auto route to SMS - Set if incoming text messages containing a position should automatically trigger a route calculation to that position.
Keep SMS in inbox - Set if incoming text messages containing a position should automatically be saved in your inbox or if you should be asked about it.
Username - The username needed to login at access.mywayfinder.com.
Password - Here you can set your password need to login at access.mywayfinder.com.
The Map tab
Size of map cache - Changes the allowed map cache size. The map cache size will not affect the maps that are downloaded from access.mywayfinder.com.
Show my position - Select if you want the tracking functionality (to show your current position on the map) to automatically be on or only on request.
Map orientation - Set if you want the map to be north oriented or to rotate according to your direction while navigating.
Show favourites - Set if you want your favourites to be displayed on the map at all levels, at city level or never.
Categories shown - Select which category icons you want to be displayed on the map.
Traffic info in map - Set if you want to see the traffic information displayed in the map.
Traffic update time - Set the traffic update frequency for traffic information displayed in the map.
The Nearby tabs
If you use your joystick/joypad to go to the right from the main menu, a range of information- and vicinity tabs are available. These tabs display information about your position and map information such as locations, crossings and points of interest in your vicinity. Most items on these tabs can be used as destinations for a route, shown on the map and saved as favourites. The following tabs are can be accessed by pressing right on your joystick/joypad when in the main menu:
1. The Nearby info tab - find out your coordinates, altitude and heading.
2. The All Nearby tab - show all map information in your vicinity.
3. The Crossroads Nearby tab - show all intersections in your vicinity.
4. The Favourites Nearby tab - show all favourites in your vicinity.
5. The Places nearby tab - show all points of interest in your vicinity.
6. The Around you update tab - offers a constantly updated text feed of nearby places, addresses, companies and other points of interest in your vicinity. When navigating on a route, the navigating instructions are read along with these items.
You can find out more information about the items in the All Nearby-, Crossroads Nearby-, Favourites Nearby- and Places Nearby-tabs. If you press the Enter key or choose the "View Details" item in the Options menu the following information will be displayed (depending on what tab you are in):
Places Nearby - category information, phone numbers, open hours etc. If a phone number is present, pressing the green dial button will call it.
Favourites nearby - the name and description of the favorite.
Crossroads Nearby - listing the roads that make up the crossing, as well as information on the angles of the roads joining in the crossing (i.e. Kings Road from 8 o 'clock, High Street from 11 o'clock and Main Street from 2 o'clock).
How to use Wayfinder Access
Find out how to (sublink) navigate, make a (sublink) search, navigate to (sublink) favourites, how to use (sublink) Services, and (sublink) other additional features below.
Wayfinder Access can be used in many ways: to navigate to a position selected from the map, a search or a favourite, or to use the tabs to get updated information of your position and what is in your vicinity. Select a position from the map, a search, a favourite or a location in your vicinity. When selecting an item, position or location, press the left soft key to bring up the Options menu. Select Navigate to. You can also choose to use the selected position as a starting position, to show it on map and more. A turn-by-turn view will be shown and you will now be guided to your selected destination!
You can always select locations in your vicinity as your destination, as long as you have a GPS receiver connected.
Also, you can easily access a number of views and features by pressing certain hotkeys on the phone's numeric keypad. The hotkeys listed below takes you two the corresponding view or function :
1 - Start view
2 - Info view
Vicinity All
4 - Vicinity Crossings
5 - Vicinity Favourites
6 - Vicinity POIs
7 -Vicinity Feed
8 - Where am I, see below for more information.
9 - Refresh the vicinity list (only works in Vicinity and Info views)
The "Where am I?" functionality is always available when you have GPS receiver connected - if you go to the Vicinity tabs (to the right from the Main menu), press Options and then "Where am I", and your text to speech software will tell your exact position! You can also press 8 on the numeric keypad to access this information.
Wayfinder Access will have limited navigation & vicinity functionality without a connected GPS receiver, however you may still be able to make searches, manage favourites, calculate routes etc. Remember to activate your text to speech software before starting up Wayfinder Access.
- Make sure you are connected to your GPS receiver.
- Select a position from the map, a search, a favourite or a location in your vicinity.
- When selecting an item, position or location, press the left soft key to bring up the Options menu.
- Select Navigate to. You can also choose to use the selected position as a starting position, to show it on map and more.
- A turn-by-turn view will be shown and you will now be guided to your selected destination! If you now press right on your joystick/joytab an itinerary of your route will be shown. Go to the right again and information such time and distance left to destination will be shown. All other vicinity tabs are also available, as well as the main menu.
Guide view screen while navigating. Top name on screen is next road name, main symbol shows next turn, small symbol on the top right shows next turn after that. Status bar on right shows distance to next turn. Bottom left is current road name.
Please note that you can also choose to use most selected search results/favourites/locations as either starting points or destinations, if your starting point is not the same as your present position (not possible for locations in your vicinity since these depend on your position).
Making a seach
Search screen.
- To make a search and find a search result to navigate to, select Search in the main menu.
- Enter a street or a company name in the first search field. If you have a street or house number, enter that in the second field. Enter the city you want to search in, or choose to use your GPS position. Repeat this for the country field.
- Select Options and then Search. If your city name resembles other city names, you will have to select your city from a list of alternatives.
- Select your desired search result, press Options and then choose to navigate to, save as a favourite, show on the map and more!
Select category screen.
Also note that when in the Search view, you can choose to search for selected categories such as ATM's, Pharmacists, City centres etc. Select Options and then Select category to do this. Then perform as search as usual. For a full list of available categories, see the (sublink) Icons section below.
Favourites
Favourites screen.
- To navigate to a favourite, select Favourites in the main menu.
- Highlight your favourite.
- Select Options and then Navigate to.
- You will now be guided to your favourite!
Services
If you select Services in the main menu you will be presented with a range of additional services such as currency converter, wheather information and public transportation information (not available in all countries)!
Additional features
Wayfinder Access includes several more useful features:
Send free Wayfinder Access trial to a friend - by pressing Options and then Send Wayfinder, you are able to send a free trial version to a friend.
Load, save and play route - if you want to save, load, play or erase a route press Options and then Route. Then select the appropriate alternative.
Icons & categories
In the map view you are presented with different icons that help you find points of interests (sometimes referred to as "POIs") when navigating or viewing the map, such as museums, restaurants, hotels etc (see list below).
Hotel
Restaurant
Grocery store
Bank
ATM
Post office
Gas station
Car repair
Wifi hotspot (wireless Internet connection available)
Tourist information
Tourist attraction
Historical monument
Golf course
Ski resort
Christian church
Synagogue
Mosque
Pharmacy
Hospital
Airport
Railway station
Bus stop/station
Tramway
Ferry terminal
Parking garage
Parking
Amusement park
Casino
Theatre
Cinema
Nightlife
Traffic information
Road work
Speed camera
Speed trap
Detour You can search directly for a certain category (e.g. hotel) by selecting Options > Select category in the search view. There you find a number of categories already listed but you can search for many more categories. Just enter any of the names listed below in the Address or Company field.
MOBILE SHOP & CUSTOMER SUPPORT
Mobile shop
Wayfinder's secure Mobile shop allows you to easily purchase Wayfinder products, service extensions and additional map coverage in a secure mobile environment. You can pay for the products using VISA, MasterCard and Delta. Please note that you need a GPRS-Internet Access Point configured on your mobile phone to enter the secure Mobile Shop.
Please contact your mobile operator if you are experiencing problems with your access point settings.
Contacting customer support
If you experience any problems, and find no assistance in this manual, please email our Wayfinder Customer Support at (email adress) support.access@wayfinder.com.