ALK Technologies Pocket PC 6 User Manual

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NOTE:  If your CoPilot product came with a Quickstart installation memory 
card, you don’t need to download map data (it’s already on your Quickstart card).  
You can skip to Using Your Pocket PC for Guidance, p. 16.

To use CoPilot on your Pocket PC, you first need to download map data from 
your desktop or laptop computer to your Pocket device.  You select the data to 
download from one or more regions (“data areas”) that you specify in the CoPilot 
application on your desktop.  It’s a simple 4-step process.

To begin the data download process, open the CoPilot application on your 
desktop/laptop, then click the Data Download Wizard icon or pick Data 
Download Wizard from the File menu.

CoPilot gives you three options for downloading data: 
 

1) directly to the Pocket device's memory, 

 

2) to a Storage Card in the device, or 

 

3) to a Storage Card through a Storage Card Reader. 

You will be prompted to enter one of these choices before you can download.  
CoPilot will detect which options are available to you.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. To download to Pocket PC  

Device Memory:  (In this example, 
CoPilot has detected that there is no 
Storage Card in the device.)  Click 
Next to go to the Data Selection win-
dow.  See CoPilot QuickStart, this page, 
for a description of software included 
in downloads.  See p. 12 for Options.

2. To download to a Storage Card in 

the device:  (In this example, CoPilot 
has detected that all options are avail-
able.)  Select a storage card name 
from the drop-down pick list, then 
click Next to go to the Data Selection 
window.  See CoPilot QuickStart to the 
right for a description of software 
included in downloads. See p. 12 for 
Options.

3. To download to a Storage  

Card through a Card Reader:  
(In this example, again all options  
are available.) Pick the drive let-
ter associated with your Storage 
Card Reader, then click Next to 
go to the Data Selection window.  
See CoPilot QuickStart below for a 
description of software included in 
downloads.  See p. 12 for Options.

NOTE:  You can also download to a Storage Card through a PCMCIA 
adapter.  Simply identify the drive letter associated with the adapter under the 
Storage Card Reader option.

If you are downloading map data to a Storage Card or Storage Card 
Reader, you have the option to download a complete, ready-to-use 
“QuickStart” version of CoPilot along with the data.  Having the 
QuickStart version on your Storage Card ensures that CoPilot will be 
available even if you experience technical problems with your Pocket 
PC and need to perform a hard reset.  (During a hard reset, all installed 
applications are deleted from the Pocket PC.)  Inserting a storage 
card with the QuickStart version on it will automatically install 
CoPilot, and your map data will already be there!

The QuickStart option can be turned on or off in the final step of 
the download process (see p. 12).  By default this option is active 
and the QuickStart download will be executed each time you 
download map data.   

The QuickStart needs 10 MB of space on your Storage Card.  Once 
the QuickStart has been copied, you can save time the next time you 
download data by unchecking the Create QuickStart option in the final 
Data Download Wizard screen before proceeding to download.  You will 
also want to uncheck this option if you do not have enough room on your 
Storage Card for it.

If the QuickStart is copied onto your Storage Card and you need to 
remove it, simply delete the folder that contains it.  The folder will be 
named “2577”.