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NOUG-2.1.0-100 Nexus One User’s Guide
Using Car Home
You can use Car Home whether or not you have a Nexus One car dock (the optional
accessory available from http://google.com/phone).
S Insert the phone into the Nexus One car dock.
OR
S Touch the Car Home icon on the Home screen or in the Launcher.
See “Opening and switching applications” on page 44 to learn more about opening
and switching applications.
The first time you insert the phone in a car dock, a dialog asks whether you want to
use the dock as a speakerphone and whether you want to play music and other
audio on the dock’s speaker. Your setting applies only to the dock you are using—
you can have different settings for different docks. You can also change your dock
audio setting any time the phone is inserted in that dock, as described in “Sound &
display settings” on page 300.
Car Home opens with five large buttons that you can touch to access Maps,
Navigation, Voice Search, Contacts, and Search, as well as a Home button.
For information about Maps, including navigation, see “Maps” on page 211.
For information about searching and searching by voice, see “Android basics” on
page 25.
For information on working with your Contacts, see “Contacts” on page 89.
When the phone is in the car dock, the Car Home notification icon is added to the
status bar, so you can quickly return to Car Home from another application by opening
the Notifications panel and touching the Car Home notification
Touch an icon to access that
application or service while
driving.
Touch to return to the Home
screen.
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