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

Go to the Google Play Store and install the app.

The Android operating system asks you two questions about the usage of the app.

Please allow the SafeDrivePod app to access location data. It is necessary to measure whether your speed is higher than 10 km/h. Further, the app does not make use of location information. Please allow the SafeDrivePod app to use notifications. In both cases press 'Allow'.

It is important that you select 'Allow' in the Location Services Request dialog, else the app will not function.

Step 2

Open the app, press "Register" and follow the on-screen instructions. Fill out your phone number (including country code), create a password and fill out the contract number you received with your SafeDrivepod.

Already registered? Log in with your credentials.

Step 3

Enter the verification code (received via text message/SMS).

Step 4

Follow the instructions and enter your name and email address. Verify your email address by confirming the link in the mail you've received.
When you click the link, our website will load. You don't have to do anything more on this page and you can go back to the app and press the 'Next' button.

Step 5

You are logged in now. First allow the app to be on the foreground of your screen and use the back arrow on the top left. Now we connect the SafeDrivePod to the app. Please make sure your Bluetooth is turned on. Go to settings: the three dots in the right upper corner. Click on 'Cars'^*). To add a car (in fact it is a SafeDrivePod), click the plus button in the bottom right.

*) In case your company has chosen for the 'All pods' option, you won't find this. The app will connect automatically to all SafeDrivePods it can find. This is convenient for drivers on more than one car/truck.

The app will start searching for a SafeDrivePod. Please move the pod a bit to make sure it starts transmitting and that it is the only one within a radius of about 10 meters.

When the app has found the SafeDrivePod, it will show the device on screen. Click the found SafeDrivePod, so that it will appear in the list of connected cars. You are ready now. Click the arrow in the top left to return to home page.

Many Android phones (especially Samsung and Huawei), 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.

For the app to work properly, follow these steps:

Step 1 Go to settings, select Device maintenance and click on Battery
Step 2 Select unmonitored apps
Step 3 Select add apps
Step 4 Select safedrivepod from the list and press done.
Step 5 Finished, safedrivepod is now added to the list of unmonitored apps (apps that will not be stopped by the App power monitor)

To make sure navigation-apps work properly in combination with the SafeDrivePod app, the 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 "Requuire 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 (you will see the word ‘locked’ on the screen), 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.

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.

We wish you a safe driving experience!