Operating Software for monochrome systems, Conrad Anderson UK

Operating software for monochrome systems

Reach your destination still more rapidly – VDO Dayton presents new operating software for its monochrome navigation systems (1st June 2002)

The VDO Dayton MS 3100, MS 4100 and MS 4200 navigation systems kick off with noticeably faster routing, a user interface that has been further optimised and an expanded range of information.

All these features have been made possible by new operating software which turns the systems into the fastest route planners on the market. With the new update the navigation systems will come up with the first route instruction immediately after the last entry for the destination address has been made. Customers also benefit from a performance improvement in detour and deviate planning when avoiding traffic jams and driving alternative routes. In addition, the voice instructions in the MS 4100 and MS 4200 were yet again made more precise. In future for some countries the spoken road numbers will be specified at motorway junctions, for example.

Furthermore, there is an optimised user interface with a number of icons to directly call up individual functions and a self-explanatory, intuitive logic. Thus the entry of a destination is not only made easier, but access to the so-called POIs, ranging in 40 categories from petrol stations via car parks to hotels, is also simplified. In addition, destinations outside the area of the digitalised map with the new software can also be directly targeted by entering their coordinates. So the tracking vehicle of a hot air balloon, for example, can find the balloon it is following more quickly.

A whole series of additional information is also new: thus the navigation systems will in future show the current height above sea level and a compass rose indicating where north lies; traffic jams along the route are announced with new pictograms and explained in detail in a second information field; and entertainment during a motorway stop is provided by three integrated computer games.

In addition to the optimised navigation applications, the new software provides further advantages: thus it is now possible to supplement the MS 3100 with the MG 2150 hands-free device as an optional extra. Here the monitor and remote control are used both for navigation and for safe telephoning in the car. Furthermore, with the optional TMC receiver MT 5010 the driver is now able to display the TMC provider list and choose the preferred station. The new RDS memo dynamic function in the MS 4100 and MS 4200 ensures that the alphabetical list of all RDS radio stations in the reception area is stored permanently and kept up to date.