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Category Archives: Tips & Tricks

Top Tip – CoPilot Live screen sizing – Upgrading from iPhone 3/GS to iPhone 4S

By Tim Sergent // Marketing & Communications Manager | Published: October 17, 2011

If like thousands of others this weekend, you’ve upgraded to iPhone 4S  from a previous iPhone,  you may  have noted that your CoPilot Live  display is a little on the small side. The reason why is that the 3 series of iPhone were not equipped with retina display, so restoring CoPilot Live on  a new iPhone 4S may cause [...]

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Tip and Trick – Using Bing™ local search

By Tim Sergent // Marketing & Communications Manager | Published: October 11, 2011

At CoPilot Live, in addition to getting you to your destination, we’re keen to give you the ability to find what you need, wherever  you happen to be. So, in addition to the thousands of POIs stored within CoPilot Live Premium, we’ve  integrated Bing™ Local Search – the intelligent, connected, search tool. Using the mobile internet, Bing Local Search [...]

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Tips&Tricks : CoPilot Live ActiveTraffic – How it works

By CoPilot Live France | Published: September 27, 2011

CoPilot Live ActiveTraffic – How it works 1) Choose the best route before you set-off (CoPilot Live Premium only) Simply enter your destination and CoPilot Live will display the route and estimated time of arrival in the MyRoute screen. Go into Menu>My Route> Active Traffic The impact of traffic delays will be calculated and displayed on [...]

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Top Tip – Using Wikipedia Places

By Tim Sergent // Marketing & Communications Manager | Published: August 25, 2011

Wikipedia is easily one of the world’s most visited websites and it doesn’t look like its popularity is likely to diminish anytime soon. Besides being the peoples own encyclopaedia, more location-based information is being added all the time… So why not have its  services available within your navigation? CoPilot Live thought it was time to [...]

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Tips and Tricks – Managing Favourite destinations.

By Tim Sergent // Marketing & Communications Manager | Published: August 11, 2011

Entering the same address details for the places you frequently travel to can be tedious, and thankfully, un-necessary with the Favourites feature in CoPilot Live Premium. Creating a Favourite There are  several ways in which you can turn any location into a favourite: 1) Tap on the Map In CoPilot Live Premium, simply tap on [...]

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Tips and Tricks: Directions View in CoPilot Live Premium

By Tim Sergent // Marketing & Communications Manager | Published: August 3, 2011

Ever since we launched our first version of CoPilot, one of our primary navigation  modes has been Driver Safety view – where a map is only displayed near a turn. The aim is to help you keep your eyes on the road by reducing screen clutter and only giving you turn information when you need [...]

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Installing CoPilot Live Premium to a new device or after upgrading your ROM

By David // CoPilot Live Marketing | Published: July 6, 2011

We’ve had a number of CoPilot Live Premium customers contact us asking how to re-install the app to a new device or after upgrading an Android device ROM. Here’s the steps you’ll need to take to avoid activation issues. *Please note that we cannot guarantee support for unofficial or pre-release Android ROMs* 1. Uninstall CoPilot [...]

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How to transfer a v8 Traffic Subscription to CoPilot Live Premium

By David // CoPilot Live Marketing | Published: July 4, 2011

One of the great new features in our new CoPilot Live Premium app is the introduction of the ActiveTraffic service. Available as an optional 12 month subscription, it takes into account real-time traffic flow along your route to calculate the fastest way to your destination. If a severe delay occurs on route, CoPilot Live will [...]

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CoPilot Live Tips and Tricks – The Detour facility

By Todd Klein | Published: April 18, 2011

 With the partial closure of the M1 bringing a certain degree of traffic chaos to North London over the weekend, we thought it would be timely to remind CoPilot users about the ‘Detour’ facility in CoPilot Live v8.  This handy feature allows you to either pre-plan a detour on a pre-determined journey or select a [...]

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CoPilot Live – Reducing the hidden costs of holiday travel…and more weekly winners!

By Todd Klein | Published: March 30, 2011

With all the excitement of getting away on holiday, the real cost of travelling can sometimes be over looked. With the cost of petrol going through the roof, fuel economy is the most obvious factor that can increase the price of your trip. But that’s one of several ways that a European road trip can [...]

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