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Category Archives: Tips & Tricks

CoPilot Tips for May: Photonav, Screen Orientation and Vehicle Preferences

By Pauliina | Published: May 13, 2013

Summer is approaching despite ever-changing weather – well at least here in the UK we hope it is – and to ensure you make most out of your holidays. we have collected few little tips and tricks for your travels in May. We hope you like them! 1. Did you know that you are able to navigate [...]

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CoPilot Tips for April: Trip Optimisation and Map Download

By Pauliina | Published: April 11, 2013

Hello fans, Spring is finally here and we have written two useful tips for you so you can get most out of your CoPilot app this month. We hope you find it useful! Trip Optimisation Did you know that  you are able to optimise and save your routes? Thanks to our trip optimisation feature, you [...]

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How to use CoPilot Live Premium with Apple Maps in iOS 6

By jshukla | Published: September 27, 2012

Since Apple released iOS 6 there’s been an avalanche of criticism of its most significant new feature: Apple Maps. There’s probably not a great deal we can add to the masses of opinion on the blogosphere other than it just goes to show the extent to which we’ve come to take maps on our phones [...]

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Top ten long distance driving tips for summer

By Pauliina | Published: July 25, 2012
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Summer is here and whether it is a road trip abroad with family and friends, or a journey on the road across the country to meet relatives – it is good to be prepared. We’ve gathered top 10 summer driving tips for long distance journeys so you can sit back, relax and enjoy the drive. [...]

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Issues with your mobile network? CoPilot Live app’s onboard maps work without network connection

By Pauliina | Published: July 9, 2012
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This Friday, Orange France experienced a major service disruption that left customers without access to mobile data for several hours. The network is now back up and running, however the experience is a reminder of the risks of becoming too dependent on mobile internet coverage. As many people in France discovered on Friday, a lost [...]

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Tips & Tricks: Make your battery last longer

By Christian | Published: May 17, 2012

Using apps like CoPilot Live which use the GPS receiver in your smartphone can cause your battery life to decrease quite rapidly. We’d always recommend using an in car charger for longer car journeys where possible. The greatest drain on your battery is caused by having your phone’s screen switched-on on all the time, as [...]

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Petrol Crisis? What Petrol Crisis – Keep one step ahead with CoPilot Live

By Tim Sergent // Marketing & Communications Manager | Published: March 30, 2012

With the prospect of a ‘may be/may be not’ tanker strike and the governments somewhat ambiguous advice to ‘use common sense’ but ‘top up’ anyway, a predictable rush to the pumps has ensued. Never the less, people still need to travel, so how about using some of CoPilot Live’s features to research your journey beforehand?  Use [...]

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Important information about map management for CoPilot Live Premium Europe (iOS only)

By CoPilot Live France | Published: December 14, 2011

As a consequence of our free map update for Europe customers, we’ve made a major change to the way maps are managed in our CoPilot Live Premium Europe app. The updated maps now exceed the 2GB maximum allowed by the Apple App Store. So to enable you to benefit from the latest maps, we’ve separated [...]

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Tip and Trick – Alternate Routing

By CoPilot Live France | Published: November 1, 2011

CoPilot Live will always try to find the best way to your destination. Since its introduction in the new version, CoPilot Live Premium, the concept behind Alternate Routes is to help our customers refine the way they want to travel by providing up to three alternative routes with details about the distance and journey time [...]

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Tip & Tricks – How to reinstall CoPilot Live after the iOS 5 update if the app appears to have disappeared

By CoPilot Live France | Published: October 25, 2011

Some of our customers have informed us of an installation issue and accessing CoPilot Live once IOS5 has been installed. In these cases, it would appear that the CoPilot Live app has disappeared. A possible reason for this is due to a back up error during the updating process and here’s how to recover the [...]

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