Navigation

The application offers a range of options to customize the navigation appearance according to your preferences. Navigation settings can be found in the Settings menu under the Navigation section.

Color Mode

Used to change the color rendition of the maps. You can choose the mode:

  • Automatic: Day or night mode depending on the time of sunrise and sunset or whether you are in a tunnel
  • Day: Classic light theme
  • Night: Dark theme, which does not glare during night rides

Sound and Voice

Used to activate or deactivate voice navigation, set the language, volume of instructions.

Voice Navigation

Voice navigation is available in 7 languages: Czech, English, German, Spanish, French, Russian, Italian. Voice navigation is only available for Android and iOS devices. For mobile devices with Android, commands narrated by celebrities Janek Rubeš and Veronika “Koko” Kokešová are available, however, we highly recommend downloading a synthetic TTS voice for the Android platform. It can read directions on signposts, provide radar alerts, and more. On iOS, nothing needs to be downloaded, as the native Siri can handle all voice commands by default.

Instructions Volume

You can set the instructions volume using the green slider. Dragging the slider to the left decreases the volume, to the right increases it.

Playback Alert Sounds

Used to set the events you will be alerted to during active navigation:

  • Exceeding max. speed
  • Exceeding speed in a measured section
  • Recalculation of route when it is left
  • Alert for traffic events (accidents, roadwork, etc.)
  • Offer of a time-advantageous route
Bluetooth Playback

When connecting your phone via Bluetooth (car audio system, wireless headphones, wireless speaker etc.), you can set the sound output:

  • Default: Sounds from the app, including voice commands, play directly on the connected Bluetooth device
  • Like a phone call: Sounds will come from the telephone earpiece speaker
  • From phone: Sounds will come from the loudspeaker

Map View

Used to set the preferred map display:

  • Tilted view: The displayed map is at a slight angle, allowing better overview
  • 2D view: Classic top-down map display

The North always up feature can be activated only in 2D view settings. The map will not rotate according to the direction of travel when activated.

Map Features

Automatic Centering

This option activates or deactivates the feature where the map automatically returns to your position after manually moving it for 5 seconds. If the feature is turned off, the map will stay at the location it was manually moved to.

Default Map for Car Navigation

Used to set the map background that will be displayed as default when navigation is turned on. This option is independent of the default map for the application settings, it only pertains to Navigation. The Last Used option, which retains the background last selected, can also be set.

Information at Navigation Arrow

Allows setting display of selected additional information at the navigation arrow. You can choose from the data:

  • Altitude
  • Current location
  • Next stop on the route. If no waypoint is set, the name of the destination along with travel time and remaining distance to the destination is displayed
  • Nothing

Alerts

Used to set the display of radar alerts in navigation with the following options:

  • Alert in countries where it is legal. Radar alerts are turned off in Germany, France, Cyprus, Macedonia, Switzerland, Turkey, and Austria
  • Always alert
  • Never alert

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