Get the most from DriveNova.

The home screen

Your layout fills the screen: the clock, your speed, the map, music, weather and your car. Along the bottom is the dock, with buttons such as Maps, Music, Radio, Phone, OBD, Car care, Garage and Apps.

• Tap a card to open it: the map opens DriveNova Maps, the music card opens your player.
• Apps shows every app on the car player.
• Garage is where you change your car, paint, layout, colours and settings. Settings are in Garage › Settings.
• Press the car player’s Home button to come back to the dashboard from any app.

Layouts, day and night

Choose a layout in the Garage: Aurora, Horizon, Velocity, Onyx, Studio or Crystal. Switch any time; your licence includes all of them.

• Day and night follow sunrise and sunset where you are. Tap the AUTO pill (on Studio) or use Settings to choose Day or Night yourself.
• Headlights: automatic (follows sunset), always on, or off. They change the glow of your car on screen.
• Night dim makes the screen gentler after dark.
• Motion effects turn the moving road and turning wheels on or off.

Your car and its colour

In the Garage, choose your model, then Paint to pick a colour, slide to any colour, or keep Original paint. You see it change live; tap Apply to keep it.

Maps and navigation

• Tap any map card, or Maps in the dock, to open the full-screen map.
• Tap the search bar and type a place, or tap the microphone and say it. Quick buttons: Home, Work, Fuel, ATM, Hospital, Food.
• Check the time and distance, then tap Start. Voice prompts come about 400 m and 150 m before each turn.
• Drag the map to look around; Recenter brings it back to your car.
• Set your Home and Work addresses in Garage › Settings.
• To use Google Maps or Waze instead, choose it in Settings › Navigation › Navigate with.

Hey Nova

Set up your wake phrase once: go to Settings › Hey Nova › Set up my wake phrase. After each tone, say your phrase three times, the way you will say it in the car. Nova learns your voice.

• Then say the phrase and your command: “Hey Nova … take me home”, “Hey Nova … ගෙදර යන්න”.
• Or tap the microphone on any layout and speak.
• Nova language: English, සිංහල or தமிழ் in Settings › Hey Nova. To hear replies in Sinhala or Tamil, install that voice in Android Settings › Language & input › Text-to-speech.
• Sensitivity: Strict gives fewer false starts; Relaxed hears you more easily over loud music.
• Nova learns the voice that trained it. If someone else drives, record the phrase again.

Things you can say: “Navigate to Kandy”, “Find the nearest petrol station”, “Play Sirasa FM”, “Next song”, “Volume 10”, “What’s the weather?”, “When is my licence due?”, “Call 0771234567”, “Switch to Onyx”, “Speed limit 80”, “Stop navigation”.

Music and radio

• To show the song, artist and album art from any player, tap the music card once and turn on DriveNova in Notification access.
• The ⏮ ⏯ ⏭ buttons control the app that is playing.
• Tap Radio for stations in the tabs Sri Lanka, Sinhala, Tamil, News, World and ★ Favourites. Tap ☆ to save a station.

Speed alert

Set the limit in Settings › Speed alert, or say “Speed limit 80”. Choose Chime, Voice or Beep in Settings › Speed alert sound. The alert plays at the music volume and the music dips while it plays.

Car care

• Open Car care from the dock. Tap Odometer once and type the reading from your dashboard; DriveNova then counts with GPS.
• Tap Add and choose Revenue licence, Insurance, Emission test, Engine oil change, Full service, Driving licence or Other.
• Dates are asked for licences and insurance, kilometres for oil and service.
• A week (or 300 km) before something is due, a banner shows on every layout. When you renew, tap Renewed / Done and the next date is set for you.

OBD car health

• Buy an ELM327 adapter (Bluetooth or Wi-Fi), plug it into the OBD port under the steering wheel and turn the ignition on.
• Bluetooth: pair it first in Android Bluetooth settings (PIN 1234 or 0000). Wi-Fi: connect the car player to the adapter’s Wi-Fi.
• Tap OBD in the dock, then Connect adapter. It reconnects by itself next time.
• See live data, scan and clear trouble codes, and get alerts for overheating and charging problems.
• No adapter yet? Tap Try demo.

Some car players keep Bluetooth for their own phone app. If your adapter does not appear, use a Wi-Fi adapter.

Colours, wallpapers and store

Garage › Theme colour changes the glow of every layout: seven presets or any colour. Garage › Theme store has style packs, wallpapers and Use my photo.

Language

Garage › Settings › Language: English, සිංහල or தமிழ். The whole app changes, including dates and reminders.

Updates

When a new version is out, a banner says DriveNova x.y is available. Tap it, then Download & install. You can also check in Settings › Check for updates. Your settings and licence stay.

Licence

Your device code and licence are in Garage › Settings › Licence. See How to install for activation. DriveNova starts on the licence screen until a key is activated; the licence unlocks all layouts, theme colours, the store, OBD and Car care.