SAFEDRIVEPOD QUICK START GUIDE

Before you start: turn Bluetooth on, but do NOT go to Android Bluetooth settings to pair the SafeDrivePod. The connection with the SafeDrivePod will be taken care of by the SafeDrivePod app.

Step 1

Visit the Google Play Store and install the app.

Step 2

Open the app, press "Register" and enter your name and surname. The app will then ask for a contract number. Provide the contract number you received with your SafeDrivePod. Lost your contract number? Ask the person who sent you your SafeDrivePod.

Already registered? Log in with your credentials.

Step 3

To continue you will have to accept the terms of use and our privacy policy.

Proceed by entering your mobile phone number. Make sure the country code is correct.

Step 4

Enter the 6-digit confirmation code you've received by text message and press 'Next'.
Create a password longer than 6* characters and enter it in both fields.

*) If your company has chosen for 'strict passwords', the password has to be at least 8 characters long and must contain at least one letter, number and special character (!@#).

Step 5

Enter your email address and verify it using the link in the mail you've received.
When you click the link, our website will load. You don't have to do anything else on this page. Instead you can go back to the app and press the 'Next' button.

Step 6*

Now the app has to connect to the SafeDrivePod. Make sure bluetooth is on and keep the pod close to your phone. The connection will occasionally fail. If so, try to shake the pod. You should also make sure there are no other pods closeby.

Attention: connecting the pod has to go through the SafeDrivePod app, NOT through your phone's bluetooth settings.

Wait until the app has found the SafeDrivePod. Shake the pod once more and press 'Next'.

If at this point the Android system requests you to grant the SafeDrivePod app access to your device's location, press 'Allow'. No data about your location is stored in the phone's memory nor is it transferred to the cloud. Read more in our privacy statement.

*) If your company has chosen for the 'All pods' option, this step of the installation will be completely omitted. The app will then automatically connect to all SafeDrivePods it finds. This is convenient if you have multiple drivers in multiple vehicles.

Attention: It is crucial that you allow the app to access your device's location.

Give your pod a name and press 'OK'

Step 7

The app now requests you to change your battery usage settings. To do so, press 'Open Battery Settings', tap 'Apps not optimised'* and select 'All apps'. Scroll down to find the SafeDrivePod app and turn its optimisation off.

*) Some operating systems will already have 'All apps' selected.

It is important that you correctly change your battery settings. Otherwise the app will not function properly.

You can now return to the app and press 'Next'.

Step 8

The installation is almost complete, after you press "All done, let's drive!", the android system will ask you to allow SafeDrivePod to 'make and manage' phone calls and, if it did not do so earlier, to access your device's location. Press 'Allow' on both pop-ups. No data about your location is stored in the phone's memory or in the cloud. Access to your phone calls is only used to detect the start and end of a phone call, in order to enable hands-free calls in your car. Read more in our privacy statement.

Lastly, the android system will ask you to grant permission to the SafeDrivePod app to appear on top (of other apps). Turn 'allow permission' on and return to the app.

If the app asks you to once again change your battery usage settings, this has to do with your device's 'power manager'. See the next chapter of this manual.

Many Android phones have an active 'power manager' or 'battery manager'. This manager is able to shutdown apps when they are not registered to a white list. The SafeDrivePod app uses very little power, but is not added to the list by default.

• Samsung
• Huawei
• Sony
• Xiaomi
• Asus
• Oppo
• Other

To make sure navigation-apps work properly in combination with the SafeDrivePod app, the accessibility service should be turned on:

Step 1 Go to "Settings" and choose "Accessibility".
Step 2 Scroll to the bottom, and if SafeDrivePod is set to 'Off', press it. On the next screen, enable the service.
Step 3 Select OK and enter your pin/pattern if asked.
Step 4 Select enable if there is a language notification.

Some Android phones (mostly Samsung and Huawei), have a Secure Startup function.

Step 5 Go to settings and select "Security" or "Lock screen and security". If a notification is shown to update the settings, choose "UPDATE".
Step 6 Select Secure Startup, choose "Require pin/pattern when device powers on" and click OK
Step 7 Enter your pin or pattern to confirm

Step 1 Place or stick-down the SafeDrivePod somewhere in the car's interior cabin. It does not need to be visible. With relation to warmth, avoid placing it near the car’s glass panes.

Step 2 You are now set-up and ready to go. The app is always running in the background and searching for your SafeDrivePod. As soon as the app has found the SafeDrivePod and you are moving quicker than 10km/h, it will conclude that you are driving your car and the app will initialise the ‘lock’ screen to come into your view. You are then unable to access your telephone. However, Internet still works.

You are still able to make and receive hands-free calls, unless this is switched off by your employer.

If your car stops, after 20 seconds of standing still the ‘lock’ on your telephone is released and you have full access to all functions. Be extra careful with the use of your telephone in the traffic!

In an emergency, you can press the SOS button while driving or, if you have stopped and are still within the 20 second lock-down range. You then have full access to all the functions of your telephone.

Please note: we monitor the use of the SOS button which is only intended for use in emergencies.

Additionally, in order for the app to function correctly, the Bluetooth and GPS on the telephone need be switched on at all times. If you switch off the app, GPS or Bluetooth, this will be automatically recorded.

Battery use on modern phones is barely influenced by Bluetooth or location services.

With the Android version it is possible to use a navigation app while you are driving. Before you set off you can choose the favourite navigation app via settings. If your favourite app is not in your setting options, please let us know and we will add this to the list.

Before you start driving, click on the navigation button which is on the bottom right hand side of the screen, in the SafeDrivePod app. The chosen navigation app will then start automatically, you can enter the destination of your journey and the navigation will then begin to calculate your car journey. When you begin to drive, your telephone will lock automatically, however, the navigation app remains visible. If you try to leave the navigation app by clicking on the home button, the telephone will automatically go back to the SafeDrivePod app and will return to the navigation app within a few seconds.

In order to monitor whether you are actually driving the vehicle, we use the GPS from the telephone. Therefore, it is important that your telephone has GPS switched on.
For Android: go to Location settings and switch on.

If you want to prohibit other apps from using the location services, you can do that in the individual set up from each app via Android settings.

If you have the GPS-free version of the SafeDrivePod, the GPS function of your telephone is not used because the pod itself detects whether you are driving or not. You will have noticed this during the registration process, because the app did not ask you to allow location services.

SafeDrivePod does not store location details.

Your family members can use the SafeDrivePod in the same way (so multiple users per SafeDrivePod is possible). If you wish to have an additional SafeDrivePod for your second vehicle, please send a message to info@safedrivepod.com.

If you make changes to your vehicle type, for example, changing your lease car or temporarily changing your vehicle (rental or company pool car), please do not forget to take your SafeDrivePod with you!

The SafeDrivePod has a 4 year lifespan.