Navigation System
QWERTZ (German) and AZERTY (French) keyboards. To switch to your desired
button repeatedly until the appropriate keyboard appears.
The numeric keyboard only contains num- bers, on huge buttons. The special keys you find on the other keyboards (except Space) are available here as well.
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Discovering the program through the screens
The best way to discover Cydle is to ex- plore each screen in detail, and to find out how to move from one to another. Read this chapter for a guided tour.
Main menu
Cydle starts by displaying the Main menu. This is the root of the screen hierarchy, but you need
to return here very rarely while using the program. Screens are also accessible from each other
to reduce the number of actions needed to initiate a function or change a setting. Most parts of the program are directly ac- cessible from here by using the buttons described below.
About screen
Touch About on the Main menu screen to open this screen. The About screen is not used in normal navigation. It is there to in-
form you about the map licenses you have, the creators of Cydle and the legal aspects of using the program.
GPS Data screen
Touch the small satellite dish icon on the Main menu, Map or Cockpit screen to open this window.
The GPS Data screen is a collection of in- formation received from the GPS device and it also serves as the entry point to the following screens.
GPS Data Display
The virtual sky on the left represents the currently visible part of the sky above you, with your position as the center. The satel- lites are shown at their current positions. The GPS receives data from both the green and grey satellites. Signals from the grey satellites are only received, while green ones are used by the GPS to calculate your current location. On the right you can see the satellite signal strength bars. Dark bars are for the grey and orange bars are for the green satellites. To identify satellites use their numbers also shown in the virtual sky. The more satellites your GPS tracks (the green ones), the better your calculated po- sition will be.
Additional pieces of information on this screen are: current position in latitude/lon- gitude format, elevation, speed, date, time and calculated accuracy.
NOTE: Accuracy can be affected by sev- eral factors the GPS cannot take into ac- count. Use this accuracy information only as estimation.
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