A method for operating a mobile navigation device in a vehicle. The
vehicle is equipped with a radio device and wherein the navigation device
encompasses at least one device for generating maneuvering instructions
and a transmitter device for generating radio signals and wherein signals
can be transmitted by the navigation device to the receiving part of the
radio device by means of the transmitter device. The method includes the
following method steps: a) computing a maneuvering display including a
maneuvering instruction, which is to be displayed graphically; b)
encoding the maneuvering display as a radio signal; and c) transmitting
the maneuvering display, which is encoded as a radio signal, by the
transmitter device of the navigation device, for transmitting the
maneuvering display to the radio device.