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User Manual-Symbian Keypad

Main screen

When you'll enter the program the following screen appears:

Icons

The Waze screen has the following main sections:

*A top status bar

GPS Connectivity - (green means connected , orange means partial coverage, gray is disconnected).

Connection Status- (gray means disconnected, when connected no icon appears).

Mood icons- (happy, sad, etc...)

The smiley shows the mood you're in at the moment. If you've chosen to be visible to other wazers (green privacy icon), your mood is also displayed to them; and if you've chosen to tweet your reports to your Twitter followers, they'll see your current mood as part of the tweet.

Groups

This icon refers to the number of reports received by the groups you’re registered to.

Reports on the road

This icon refers to the number of traffic reports and events received by the community

*The main screen where the map is displayed

On the center of the screen on the map the following icons appear:

2D

3D

Clicking on 5 will switch to 3D view. (if you'll press it again it will switch back to 2D)

This state will be added to the map in another dimension - a dimension depth which will allow wider angle of vision.

Zoom

If you want to zoom-in on the map then press the * button.
If you want to zoom-out on the map then press the # button.

*Text buttons on the bottom of the main screen:

Me on Map (displays where you are right now).

Menu

Report (you will get this option when pressing me on map)

Note - report options will appear only if there is GPS reception and network data connection.

Report

Clicking on report will open the next menu:

Note - all options will appear only if there is GPS reception and network data connection.

You can choose one of the following events:

Police
Traffic jam
Accident
Hazard
Speed cam
Chit chat
Map update

Downloading the application on the device

1.Using the internal browser, type in the address: m.waze.com

2.Press Ok

3. Wait until the download is finished.

Install the application on the device

1.Press Yes

2. Press Continue.

3. Select on which memory (device/card) that you want to install the software and click Select.

Attention- It is recommended that you install WAZE on the phone's internal memory for smoother operation of the software.

4. Wait until the installation is complete.

5. Select the server you want.

6. Read and confirm the license agreement.

7. Create a new account:

7.1 After confirming the license agreement wait until the get started screen will pop

up and then press on get started.

7.2 Fill in the information.

7.3 Press Ok.

Installing the application using Nokia PC Suite

Interactive guide to Nokia PC Suite

1. Download the installation file to your computer from the following link: LINK save on the desktop (you can delete the file later).

2. Press Ok.

3. After this comment, the installation will continue on your phone.

Android

Download waze

In order to download waze, make sure you have an Internet connection (3G or Wi-Fi) on your mobile.

1.1 Go to m.waze.com or search for waze in the Android Market: (If you download from m.waze.com, you can skip to step 1.3)

1.2 Search waze

1.3 Select waze from the search results

1.4 Tap Install to start the download

1.5 Tap OK to confirm the Notifications:

1.6 After couple of seconds you' ll see the next screen, tap waze: Community GPS to see downloading progress.

1.7 Downloading progress:

Note: If you want to cancel the downloading, just tap Cancel download

Installing

The installation will start after downloading is finished.

2.1 Installing Progress:

2.2 After the installation ends, tap Open in order to start the installation use or Uninstall to remove waze from your device.

Getting started

3.1 waze splash screen:

3.2 Initializations and first time running:

3.3 Initializing:

3.4 If GPS or AGPS are off on your mobile settings you'll get the next message:

3.5 After the initialization you'll be required to select your location (If the GPS and AGPS are turned off):

3.6 Language files will be downloaded according to the selection :

3.7 After that Terms of use will be presented:

In order to proceed you need to confirm that you understand and accept those terms of use.

Click the Accept button to continue to use waze, or the Decline button to exit the program.

If you have accepted the terms of use, you will next get a form to create your account.

3.8 Select your language:

3.9 After choosing the language the Welcome screen will be displayed:

3.9.1 If you're a new user at waze, tap New user.

3.9.1.1 Fill out the details below in order to create your account:

You'll be asked to provide a username and password, an email address, and optionally to choose a waze nickname, which is used to identify you on the map and in reports you send, should you choose to be identified.

• Select the username you'd like. The username is case dependent so Jenny is not the same as jenny.
• After you have proceeded to fill in all the form, waze will display the filled-in form (your password will be displayed as five stars no matter how long it actually is).
• If the information is the way you want it, select Create in order to create your account. If not, select the line you want to change.
  

3.9.1.2 Tap Next to confirm and to enter as a registered user or Skip if you don't want to register at this moment.

Note that if you select “skip”, a temporary account will be created for you If you skip the registration.

You will not be able to access waze's web site and points you get during driving will not be saved!

3.9.2 If you already have waze account, tap Get Started

3.9.2.1 Enter your Username and Password and tap Log in.

3.9.3 You can also enter your twitter account details. Your routes and / or road reports will be tweeted automatically from your account according to your settings. (Add internal wiki link to the Settings -> Profile -> Twitter).

3.10 Way to go! Congratulation you have a new WAZE account.

3.11 Read or skip the information about waze:

3.12 Welcome to waze's main screen:

3.13 2D (2D and 3D should appear in the settings part)

3.14 3D- Depth dimension will be added to the map in this mode.

Menues

Position from right to left	Description	Name	Icon	Other Modes
Top of the screen
#1	Denotes the level of the GPS reception	GPS Reception
#2	Denotes whether the phone is connected to the internet via Wi-Fi or Cellular Network	Internet Connection
#3	Mood icons. You can choose from a variety of options.	Mood
#4	View all the groups that you are following.	Groups
#5	View ll the events that have been reported by your groups, that have been reported on your route or that have been reported near to you.	Live info
#6	Some details about the application, including the version number.	About
Bottom of the screen (Main menu)
#1	Tap here to drive to an address, to a favorite address and history drives.	Drive
#2	Configure or change waze's settings.	Settings
#3	View groups or scoreboard.	More
Second row
#1	Shows you on center of the map.	Me on map
#2	Tapping here will close waze.	Exit
#3	Tapping here will alow to report about different things during the driving.	Report
Center of the Screen- Half transparent and will disappear after 5 seconds
#1	Zooms out the map	Zoom out		row 3, cell 5
#2	row 3, cell 2	Zoom in		row 3, cell 5
#3	row 3, cell 2	Align North		row 3, cell 5
#4	row 3, cell 2	Update map		row 3, cell 5

4.2 Detailed Operating:

4.2.1 Top Screen Icons

4.2.1.1 Tapping or icons will show the next screen:

It describes GPS reception and Internet connection.

Means you have good connectivity and your location is known.
Means a low-power connection, until it improves only your rough location is known.
Means your GPS connection is bad or non-existent, and your location is unknown. To improve it, try to give your phone a clear line of sight to the sky and wait a few minutes.

4.2.1.2 Tapping allows to change your mood:

- you’re happy – other wazers will see your avatar on the map as
- you’re sad – and your avatar
- you’re tired – and your avatar
- you’re mad – and your avatar
- you’re bored – and your avatar
- you’re starving – and your avatar

4.2.1.3 Tapping will allow to view your groups:

4.2.1.3.1 Tap Around me to view groups' report in your area:

4.2.1.3.2 Tap On route to view groups' reports on current route:

4.2.1.3.3 Tap My Groups to return to Groups screen and tap OK to view your grroups:

4.2.1.4 Tapping will show all Live info.

This is an exclamation point together with a small number representing the number of events that have been reported in your area. As long as you have Internet connectivity this number is constantly updated. To view details of these reports, tap the Events button at the bottom of the screen.

If you've stopped, the reports will also be displayed in rotation on the main screen, on your map.

Simply by driving around with waze running on their smartphones, drivers share real-time information that waze translates into road and traffic conditions. You can also actively report to the community on traffic, accidents and incidents, speed cameras, police traps, blocked roads and more. These are called "events". This information about events is collected and analyzed in real time to provide all wazers with the optimal route to their destination at any given moment.

The Events button displays a menu, organized by type of event, of the real-time live reports by wazers about problems in your area:

• All - gives you a list of all events reported in your area, listed by distance
• Police - displays only reports of police cars/traps , listed by distance
• Traffic - displays only reports of traffic loads in your area (light / moderate / heavy / standstill) listed by distance
• Accidents - displays only reports of accidents in your area.
• Chit Chats - displays the chat and allow to add a comment:
• Other - any reports of events that aren't in one of the above 3 categories.

iPhone

First Time in Waze?

The first time that you run waze, you will have to select between a few settings, with the following screens and messages:

Select Server

If waze can't pick up your current location, you will be asked to choose your general location:

1. USA & Canada.
2. Israel.
3. International (rest of the world).

After you choose your general location, you will be requested to choose your language.

Note that you will be able to change the language later on.

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Next, read and accept the waze terms & conditions

Login

After accepting the terms & conditions, you can choose between creating a new user, or entering the credentials of an existing user.

Choose Sign up to log in, or Sign in to use an existing user name / password (if you already created a waze user in the past). Note: you can also choose to use waze anonymously. Choose sign in at this screen to proceed anonymously.

If you forgot your password, you can visit this page and ask for a password reset: http://www.waze.com/forgot_password/

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Sign Up

When you choose you will get to this page:

Fill in these fields in order to complete your registration. If you'd like to use waze without creating a user, press the skip button. You will be able to create a user later on.

NOTE I: If you choose to use waze as a guest, you will not able to use the any of functions inside the our web page and all your points and score it will not be accumulate in your account.

NOTE II: The “send me updates” box indicates the option to get or not to get update and news mails in your personal mailbox. After pressing the skip button, the following screen will show up:

In here, you have another time an option to create a user name or continue working with a temporal user name.

Twitter

Next screen is:

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Ping\Chit Chat

Just after you finish to subscribe to twitter, you will see the next screen:

Here you can choose whether you want to receive pings (chit chat) from other wazers.

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Facebook

Next screen that appears:

Waze allows you to connect to Facebook, in case you have an account. In this screen you can choose to connect your account.

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Next screen that appears, is the following :

Your account has been created. Press GO and start using Waze.

Main Screen

After running the application, you will see following screen:

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The top of the screen

On top of the main screen will appear six different icons:

GPS Reception icons:

	connected
	Partial connected
	No GPS reception.

Internet connection:

	Connected to Waze
	Not connected to Waze

Mood icon

	Here you can decide in which mood do you want to appear in Waze.

Groups icon

	Here you can see all the groups that you are following.

Events

	Here you can see all the events that have been reported by your groups, that have been reported on your route or that have been reported near to you.

Turn off icon

	Here, you can turn off the application.

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Bottom of the screen

On the bottom of the screen will appear four different buttons:

Pressing the first button will open the next menu:

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Center of the screen

In the center of the screen you will see the map. You can choose to view the map in 2 different modes :

3D mode	2D mode

To change between the modes, press and then , The following screen will appear:

Choose your prefered display.

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Zoom

Zoom Out	Zoom In

Tap once on the screen to bring up the zoom in/ zoom out buttons:

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Events

To report an event press The following screen will appear:

Note: This screen will appear only if you have GPS reception and Internet connection.

You can choose to report the following events:

Police

Traffic Jam

Accidents

Hazard

Speed cam

Chit Chats

Updated Map

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Police

You can add a description to the event, decide its direction and add a photo of it.

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Traffic Jam

You can add a description to the event, decide its direction and add a photo of it.

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Accidents

You can add a description to the event, decide its direction and add a photo of it.

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Hazard

You can add a description to the event, decide its direction and add a photo of it.

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Speed cam

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Chit Chats

You can add a description to the event, decide its direction and add a photo of it.

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Updated Map

In this menu you can record new roads, update details and report map problems.

Record New Roads

Update Details

Report Map Problem

Record New Roads

Choosing will change your icon to a small steam-roller and allow you to record a new road.

to stop recording just click on the steam-roller icon

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Update Details

Choose to update house numbers.

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Report Map Problem

Choose to report a problem with a description:

Choose to send the report.

Attention: you won't be able to report without GPS reception or 3G/ WIFI connection!

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SETTINGS MENU

To access the Settings menu click the button in the bottom menu of the main screen.

Then click the button:

The Settings Menu will appear:

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Quick Actions

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Navigation guidance

Here you can select to turn on/off the Navigation guidance.

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Display

Here you can switch between 2D / 3D view.

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Light

Here you can switch between Day/ Night light mode Manually.

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Music Player

Here you can turn on the music player.

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Settings

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More features in the settings menu:

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General

Tap  :

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Language

Here you can change your prefered language.

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Prompts

Here you can change the navigation commands' language.

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Measurement System

Here you can switch between Meters/ Miles.

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Clock

Here you can switch between 24 or 12 hours clock.

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Auto Zoom

Here you can turn on\off the auto zoom.

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Show Points Ticker

Here you can turn on\off the points ticker.

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Back Light On

Here you can turn on\off the back light.

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Auto-Learns Routes

Here you can turn on\off the auto-learn routes mode.

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Events Radius

Here you can select the range which you'll receive events notifications during your ride.

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Notifications

Here you can select the types of notifications you will receive.

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Profile

Here you can sing in with a different user, select your privacy settings and sing in to a 3 different social networks.

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Privacy

Here you can set up your privacy settings, such as Nickname, FB/Twitter details, etc.

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Show me as

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Show Facebook Details:

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My FB name

My FB picture

My profile link

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Show Twitter Details:

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My profile link

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Show me as

Here you can select to show your Nickname or stay anonymous.

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My FB name

Here you can choose whether your Facebook name will be revealed to your friends only, to everyone or to no one.

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My FB picture

Here you can choose whether your Facebook picture will be revealed to your friends only, to everyone or to no one.

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My Facebook profile link

Here you can choose whether a link to your Facebook profile will be revealed to your friends only, to everyone or to no one.

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My Twitter link

Here you can choose whether a link to your Twitter profile will be revealed to your friends only, to everyone or to no one.

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Twitter Account

Here you can sign in to your Twitter account and set up different settings.

Facebook Account

Here you can sign in to your Facebook account and set up different settings.

Foursquare Account

Here you can sign in to your Foursquare account and set up different settings.

Map

General Map Settings menu:

Here you can set up your map settings, like colors and events to appear on the map.

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Maps color scheme

Tapping the “Map color scheme” button, will open the following screen:

Here you can select your map color.

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Data Usage

Here you can set up the data usage settings.

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Routing

Here you can set up your Routing preferences: Choosing between Fastest/Shortest route, selecting whether to include dirt roads in your navigation, minimizing turns, avoiding highways and preferring cookie munching (in roads without connectivity).

Type	Dirt roads

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Groups

Here you can set up yours preferences for pop-up reports and groups icons.

Pop-up reports	Waze group icons

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Spread the world

Here you can share the application with your friends and write a review about Waze in Apple Store\Chomp.

NOTE: Reviewing Waze on Apple store, will close the application.

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Help/ About

Here you can get supportive information about the Waze and send logs when needed.

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Groups

Tap on the button from the bottom menu.

Then tap on the "Groups" button.

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Create Group

Tap on to create new group.

Adding Icon

Group Name

Group Twitter Account

Group Facebook Fan Page

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Adding Icon

Tap on to add new Icon for the group:

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Group Name

Here you can select a name for the group.

Note! once you select a name, you can't change it. The name is permanent.

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Group Twitter Account

Tap on to keep your group connected to Twitter.

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Group Facebook Fan Page

Tap on to keep your group connected to Facebook.

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Tap on to finish and creating the group.

Joining to existing Group

You can search for a group by taping on the icon

To join a group just tap on the icon. The following message will appear:

To quit a group you've joined to, tap on the button. The following message will appear:

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Additional Info

By taping on the name of the group, for example:

You will get additional info about this group:

- Number of members.

- New Users.

- New Reports.

- Facebook account.

- Twitter Account.

- The Owner of the group.

- When the group was created.

By taping on the members button you will see all the members of this group:

To join the group, click the button.

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Main Group

To set a group as your main group, tap on MINE tab to see the groups that you are following and tap on the gray star

To cancel main group, tap on the yellow star

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Edit Your Group

In order to edit a group that you've created, tap on and select your group . You will see your group info:

To edit tap on

Here you can Change Icon, Description, Group Twitter Account, Group Facebook Fan Page.

Tap "save" to save your changes.

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Navigation

In order to navigate tap on button from the bottom menu

The Drive To Menu will appear:

My Favorites

Recent Searches

Saved locations

Contacts

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My Favorites

In order to add an address/place to your favorites, first search for one, using the search bar.

Tapping on will open these options:

Select whether to Navigate to the destination, show the destination on the map, or add it to your favorites.

After selecting Add to Favorites, enter a name for it.

to save tap on

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Recent Searches

Here you can view your recent searches

Tapping on will open these options :

Select between:

Drive	drive to the location.
Show on map	show the location on the map.
Delete	to delete the location from the resent searches menu.
Add to favorites	add the location to favorite menu.

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Saved locations

In order to save a location, tap on the location on map for a few seconds and a pop up menu will open.

Select

Enter a name for the location.

Tap to add the location to your Saved Locations.

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Delete Location from Favorites/ Saved Locations

Select the location you want to delete from your Favorites or Saved Locations and tap on

Favorites	Saved Locations

Select Delete to remove the location.

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Contacts

Search Address

Tap on the search bar to search address or place

Tap on

Select Drive or Alternatives.

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Alternatives

Here you will find alternatives routes for your destination (the routes differ in time and distance):

You can compare them visually by tapping on

Route 1	Route 2
Route 3	All Together

To see the navigation list, tap on

A pop up menu will appear:

Select

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How to stop Navigation

To stop the navigation tap on

A pop up menu will appear:

Select

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Windows Mobile

Installation Guide

First, you need to be sure that your cell phone is connected to the Internet (WI-FI or 3G). To download Waze, go to the web site http://m.waze.com, using your phone browser.

A download screen will open. Select yes/save as and install the program.

During this process you will need to select the location you want Waze to be saved on. For better performances, we recommended to install the application on your device memory and not on the memory card.

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First Time in Waze?

The first time you run the application, you'll get a message that indicates that your WM is looking for GPS signal.

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Select Server:

If Waze doesn't recognise your current location, it will ask you to select your sever.

After selecting your server, you'll be asked to select your language:

Next, read and accept the waze terms & conditions

After accepting the using terms, the welcome screen will be displayed:

Choose Sign up to log in, or Sign in to use an existing user name / password (if you already created a waze user in the past). Note: you can also choose to use waze anonymously. Choose sign in at this screen to proceed anonymously.

If you forgot your password, you can visit this page and ask for a password reset: http://www.waze.com/forgot_password/

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Creating a new user

After selecting “Sing up”, the following screen will appear.

You'll be asked to provide a username and password, an email address, and optionally to choose a waze nickname, which is used to identify you on the map and in reports you send, should you choose to be identified. Select Next to confirm and to enter as a registered user or Skip if you don't want to register at this moment. Note that if you select “skip”, a temporary account will be created for you If you skip the registration.

NOTE I: If you choose to skip this step and use a temporal user name, you will not be able to access waze's web site and points you get during driving will not be saved!

NOTE II: The “send me updates” box indicates the option to get or not to get update and news mails in your personal mailbox.

In case you select to skip the registration, the following screen will be displayed:

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Main Screen

After running the application, you will see following screen:

The top of the screen

The top bar contains six different icons:

GPS Reception icons:

	connected
	Partial connected
	No GPS reception.

Internet connection:

	Connected to Waze
	Not connected to Waze

Mood icon

	Here you can decide in which mood do you want to appear in Waze.

Groups icon

	Here you can see all the groups that you are following.

Events

	Here you can see all the events that have been reported by your groups, that have been reported on your route or that have been reported near to you.

Turn off icon

Here, you can choose between

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The center of the screen

In the center of the screen you will see the map. It can displayed in two different modes: 2D\3D.

3D mode	2D mode

Zoom: With one simple touch on the center of the screen, the zoom icons in and out will appear.

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The bottom of the screen

In the bottom of the screen you will find four different buttons:

• More.
• Report.
• Search.
• My current position.

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More

Clicking on button, you will be able to see the following menu:

• Settings.
• Scoreboard.
• Groups.

Go back to The bottom of the screen

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Settings

The Setting menu screen it’s divide in two main groups, Quick actions and Settings.

Go Back to More.

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Quick Actions

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Navigation guidance

Here you will be able to turn on/off the Navigation guidance.

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Display

Here, you will be able to change between 2D view or 3D view.

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Light

Here you will be able to change between Day/ Night light mode Manually.

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General

Clicking on “general” will give you access to the general settings menu:

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Language

Selecting the language label, will open the following screen:

Here you will be able to change between the interface languages.

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Prompts

Here you will be able to change between the voice navigation commands.

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Measurement System

Here you will be able to change between Meters/ Miles.

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Clock

Here you will be able to change between 24 hours clock and 12 hours clock.

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Auto Zoom

Here you will be able to turn on\off the auto zoom.

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Show Points Ticker

Here you will able to turn on\off the points ticker.

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Auto-Learns Routes

Here you will be able to turn on\off the auto-learn routes mode.

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Events Radius

Selecting in the event radius button, will open the following screen.

Here you can select the event radius notifications that you will receive during your trip.

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Profile

Clicking on “general” will give you access to the general settings menu:

Here you can login to your account or change to a different account. Also you can choose your privacy settings and to sync Waze with different social networks.

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Car

Clicking on Car will give you access to the next window:

Here, you can select your car icon. This icon will show your current position in the map.

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Privacy

Clicking on Privacy will give you access to the next window:

Here you can decide, if you want that Waze show your nickname on the map or not.

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I agree to be pinged

Here you will able to turn on\off the ping permission.

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Twitter

Clicking on Twitter will give you access to the next window:

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Blackberry

Getting Starded:

Accept Waze's Terms of Use

– ADD SCREENSHOT Waze's terms of use will appear on the screen. In order to proceed you need to confirm that you understand and accept those terms of use.Click the Accept button to continue to use waze, or the Decline button to exit the program.If you have accepted the terms of use, you will next get a form to create your account.

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Select the preferred language.

ADD SCREENSHOT

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Registration screen

New user:

Select the Sign up option.

Fill out the details below in order to create your account:

You are asked to provide a username and password, an email address, and optionally to choose a waze nickname, which is used to identify you on the map and in reports you send, should you choose to be identified.

• Enter the username you'd like. The username is case dependent so Jenny is not the same as jenny.
• After you have proceeded to fill in all the form, waze will display the filled-in form (your password will be displayed as five stars no matter how long it actually is).
• If the information is the way you want it, select Create in order to create your account. If not, select the line you want to change.

After filling all the fields click on the next button.

Twitter connect

You can also enter your twitter account details. Your routes and / or road reports will be tweeted automatically from your account according to your settings. (Add internal wiki link to the Settings -> Profile -> Twitter)

Congratulation you have a new WAZE account.

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