How To Use HERE Drive Plus – Nokia Lumia Icon

How To Use HERE Drive Plus - Nokia Lumia Icon
How To Use HERE Drive Plus - Nokia Lumia Icon

Learn how to use HERE Drive Plus on your Nokia Lumia Icon. HERE Drive+ guides you where you want to go with voice-guided turnby-turn directions.

How To Use HERE Drive Plus - Nokia Lumia Icon

  • Tap HERE Drive+ icon. You can:
  • Find your way with turn-by-turn directions and voice guidance
  • Preload maps before traveling and use HERE Drive+ offline to save data costs
  • Get a warning when you exceed the speed limit
  • Avoid ferries and tunnels, or certain types of roads, such as unpaved roads
  • Have your favorite places backed up and at hand on all HERE apps and at here.com: save places to your Nokia account

Note: Use this QR code to download the latest version of HERE Drive+ to your phone. Press Search button, and tap Location icon. Point the camera at the code, and tap the link.

How To Use HERE Drive Plus - Nokia Lumia Icon

Using services or downloading content may cause the transfer of large amounts of data, which may result in data costs.

Download maps

  • To save on data costs when traveling, save new street maps to your phone before your journey. If youre running low on space, you can remove some maps from your phone.
  • Tap HERE Drive+ icon, swipe up from the bottom of the screen, and tap Settings icon > Map options > Manage maps.
  • To download maps on your phone, you need to be connected to a Wi-Fi network.
    • Tap + icon.
    • Select the country or region.

Remove a map

  • Tap and hold the map, and tap delete icon.

Drive to your destination

When you need clear turn-by-turn directions optimized for driving, HERE Drive+ helps you get to your destination.

  • Tap HERE Drive+ icon.
  • Obey all local laws. Using a mobile phone or some of its features while driving may be prohibited. Always keep your hands free to operate the vehicle while driving. Your first consideration while driving should be road safety.
  • Swipe up from the bottom of the screen, tap Set destination, and search for your destination.
  • Tap your destination.
  • If you want to avoid tunnels and ferries, or certain types of roads, such as unpaved roads, tap the route options toolbar, and switch road types on or off.

How To Use HERE Drive Plus - Nokia Lumia Icon

Note: To change the road types later during navigation, swipe up from the bottom of the screen, and tap Settings > Route settings.

  • To start navigation, tap START. By default, the map rotates to your driving direction, and the compass points north. To view the map north up, for example, to get a general picture of your route, tap Direction icon > North-up.

Note: If you want to take a look at the remaining route during navigation, you can drag the map with your finger. To return to your current location, tap Location icon.

Note: To take a quick look at the traffic situation around your current location, tap . To return to the navigation view, tap Location icon.

  • To stop the navigation, swipe up from the bottom of the screen, and tap Stop navigation.

Save a place

  • To help with your travel plans, you can search for places, such as hotels, attractions, or gas stations, and have them backed up and at your disposal on all HERE apps and at here.com.
  • Tap HERE Drive+ icon.
  • To search for a place, swipe up from the bottom of the screen, and tap Set destination.
  • Write search words, such as a street address or the name of your destination.
  • Tap a place from the list.
  • Tap Favorite icon.
  • The destination is saved to your Nokia account. If youre not signed in to your Nokia account, you are asked to sign in.

Sync your saved places

  • If youre signed in to your Nokia account, your favorites are synced to your account automatically every time you open HERE Drive+. To sync your favorites manually, swipe up from the bottom of the screen, and tap Favorites > Sync icon.

Drive to a saved place

  • Swipe up from the bottom of the screen, and tap Favorites and the place.

Note: You can pin a favorite destination to the Start screen, so you can navigate to it quickly. Swipe up from the bottom of the screen, tap Favorites, tap and hold a place, and tap pin to start.

Get voice guidance

Voice guidance, if available for your language, helps you find your way to a destination, leaving you free to enjoy the journey.

  • Tap HERE Drive+ icon.
  • Swipe up from the bottom of the screen, and tap Settings > Navigation voice.
  • Tap a language. If you dont want to use voice guidance, tap None.

Note: If you want to hear the street names when youre navigating, tap a voice that announces street names (text-to-speech computer-generated voice).

  • If you cant find a voice with street names for your language, you may need to download and install the speech language in the phone settings. From the Start screen, swipe left, and tap Settings icon > speech > Speech language. Not all languages are supported.

Download new navigation voices

  • Swipe up from the bottom of the screen, and tap Settings icon > Navigation voice > Download new and a voice.

Navigate offline

To save data costs, you can also use HERE Drive+ offline.

  • Tap HERE Drive+ icon.
  • Swipe up from the bottom of the screen, and tap Internet connection.
  • Turn Internet connection Off icon. Some features, such as search results, may be limited when using HERE Drive+ offline.

Get speed limit warnings

Dont let your speed drift above the limit set your phone to warn you when youre driving too fast. The availability of speed limit info may vary according to the region and
country.

  • Tap HERE Drive+ icon.
  • Swipe up from the bottom of the screen, tap Settings > Speed limit, and switch SPEED LIMIT WARNING to Warning on icon.
  • To set by how much you can exceed the limit before being warned, drag the Tell me if my speed exceeds the limit by slider. You can set a separate limit for lower and higher speeds.

Change the look of the Drive+ view

Are you using HERE Drive+ at night, when its dark? With day and night modes, you can see the screen clearly at all times. You can also change other settings to suit your needs.

  • Tap HERE Drive+ icon.
  • Swipe up from the bottom of the screen, and tap Settings > Map options.
  • Switch Colors to Night. To turn night mode on automatically when its dark, tap Automatic.

Show places such as gas stations and rest areas on the map

  • Swipe up from the bottom of the screen, tap Settings > Map options > Map features, and turn place categories on or off.

Switch between remaining time or time of arrival view

How To Use HERE Drive Plus - Nokia Lumia Icon

  • In the navigation view, tap and hold the time of arrival, and tap an option.

Hide prominent buildings and attractions

  • Swipe up from the bottom of the screen, tap Settings > Map options, and turn Landmarks Off icon.

Amarnath Natarajan

I am a freelance programmer and tech enthusiast. In my spare time I contribute to this website.

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