[gps-talkusers] Re: Arrival distance and ARrived Near
- From: Chris Grabowski <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2008 11:01:27 -0400
Hi,
The following is taken directly from the manual.
11.7 Arrival Distance
The Arrival Distance option allows you to set the distance from your
Waypoints at
which they are announced. In other words, when you are within X feet,
or meters,
of your Waypoint, BrailleNote GPS automatically announces that you are
approaching
that Waypoint. The default is 50 feet (16 meters) in an automatically
created route
and half that distance, or 25 feet (8 meters), for manually created
routes. The
arrival distance automatically increases if you increase your speed in
the following
intervals:
? 5-15 MPH equals 2 times arrival distance, 100 feet.
? 15-40 MPH equals 5 times arrival distance, 250 feet.
? 40 MPH and faster equals 10 times arrival distance, 500 feet.
If you switch between meters and feet, the Arrival Distance may shift
a digit or
two to round off the setting.
When you select this option, GPS prompts: "Arrival Distance? Press
ENTER for number
" where number is the number that is currently set as your arrival
distance. To
change the distance, type the new distance as a number value e.g. 60
feet as 60
or 20 meters as 20 and press
ENTER
. The arrival setting also affects Waypoint and turning point
announcements within
routes.
If you don?t feel alerts are triggering soon enough, increase the
Arrival Distance.
If you feel they are prematurely announced, reduce the Arrival
Distance. Note: If
you are within 12 feet, or 4 meters, of your Waypoint, Sendero GPS
announces that
you are "near" your Waypoint without a heading or distance.
11.8 Arrived Near Threshold
This item gives the user the ability to select the minimum proximity
distance to
a Waypoint or POI. The default is 12 feet. For example, when you are
12 feet or
less from Peets, you will hear, "Near Peets." If you wish to always
here the estimated
distance, change the threshold distance to 0.
On Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:42:03 +0100, Peter Bosher
<peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Hi All,
>
>Please could someone clarify exactly what effect the two settings:
>'Arrival Distance' and 'Arrived Near threshold' have?
>
>Best,
>
>Peter
Chris Grabowski
- Customer Support and Product testing
Sendero Group
"The GPS company." Also, distributors of the mPower, PK, Victor
Stream, Voice Sense, KNFB Mobile Reader, Talks, Miniguide and ID Mate
Phone: 888-757-6810 EXT. 113
Email: chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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