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SECTION III
ROUTE GUIDANCE
Route guidance screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Typical voice guidance prompts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Distance and time to destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Setting and deleting destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Adding destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Reordering destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Deleting destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Setting route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Search condition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Detour setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Route preference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Starting route from adjacent road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Map view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Display POI icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Route overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Route preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Route trace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
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Route guidance screen D During freeway driving
INFORMATION
During route guidance, various types of guid- During freeway driving, the freeway exit infor-
ance screens can be displayed depending on D If the vehicle goes off the guidance mation screen will be displayed.
conditions. route, the route is searched again. This screen displays the distance to the next
D Screen layout D For some areas, the roads have not junction and exit, or POIs in the vicinity of the
been completely digitized in our data- freeway exit.
base. For this reason, the route guid-
ance may select road that should not
be traveled on.
D When you arrive at your destination,
the destination name will be dis-
played on the top of the screen.
Touching "OFF" clears the display.
1 Distance to the next turn and the ar-
1 Current position
row indicating turning direction
2 2 Points of Interest that are close to a
Current street name
freeway exit
3 Distance and travel/arrival time to the
3 Exit number and junction name
destination
4 4 Distance from the current position to
Current position
the exit or junction
5 Guidance route
5 Current street name
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: To display the selected map of the exit
D When approaching a freeway exit or D When approaching an intersection
junction When the vehicle approaches an intersec-
vicinity.
When the vehicle approaches an exit or junc- tion, the intersection guidance screen will be
: To scroll for farther junctions or exits. tion, the guidance screen for the freeway will displayed.
be displayed.
: To scroll for closer junctions or exits.
: To scroll for the closest three junctions
or exits.
1 Next street name
1 Road/area name 2 Distance to the intersection
2 Distance from the current position to 3 Current position
the exit or junction
"OFF": The intersection guidance screen
3 Current position disappears and the map screen appears.
"OFF": The guidance screen on freeway dis-
When touching or pushing the "MAP/
appears and the map screen appears.
VOICE" button, the intersection guidance
When touching or pushing the "MAP/ screen reappears.
VOICE" button, the guidance screen on free-
way reappears.
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D Other screens ARROW SCREEN Typical voice guidance
TURN LIST SCREEN On this screen, information about next turns prompts
On this screen, the list of turns on the guid- on the guidance route can be viewed.
The voice guidance provides various mes-
ance route can be viewed. Touching during guidance displays the sages as you approach an intersection, or
Touching during guidance displays the arrow screen. other point where you need to maneuver the
turn list. vehicle.
4.7 miles
0.25 miles
+
1 Exit number, street name containing
1 Next street name or destination name number or next street name
2 2 Turn direction
Turn direction
3 3 Distance to the next turn
Distance between turns 1
4
"Proceed about 5 miles."
4 Current street name Current street name
2 "In a quarter of a mile, right turn."
3 "Right turn."
4 (Beep sound only)
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INFORMATION
4.2 miles One-way road
On freeways, interstates or other high-
0.25 miles
ways with higher speed limits, the voice
guidance will be made at earlier points
than on city streets in order to allow time
to maneuver.
One-way road
: The system indicates a U-turn if the dis-
1 "Proceed about 4 miles to the traf- tance between two one-way roads (of oppo-
fic circle." site directions) is less than 50 feet (15 m) in
2
residential areas or 164 feet (50 m) in non-
"In a quarter of a mile, traffic circle
residential areas.
ahead, and then 3rd exit ahead."
1 "In half of a mile, make a legal U-
3 "The 3rd exit ahead."
turn."
4 "The exit ahead." 2 "Make a legal U-turn ahead."
5 (Beep sound only) 3 (Beep sound only)
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INFORMATION Distance and time to
destination
D If the system cannot determine the
current vehicle position correctly (in
cases of poor GPS signal reception),
the voice guidance may be made ear-
ly or delayed.
D If you did not hear the voice guidance
command, push the "MAP/VOICE"
button to hear it again.
D To adjust the voice guidance volume,
see "Volume" on page 67.
The system announces the approach to the fi- When the vehicle is on the guidance route,
nal destination. the distance and the estimated travel/arrival
time to the destination are displayed. When
1 "Your destination is ahead." the vehicle is not on the guidance route, the
distance and the direction of the destination
2 "You have arrived at your destina- are displayed.
tion. The route guidance is now
finished." When driving on the guidance route and more
than one destination is set, the distance and
the estimated travel/arrival time from the cur-
rent position to each destination are dis-
played.
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1. Touch this button to display the follow- To switch to estimated arrival Setting and deleting
ing screen. time. destination --
-- Adding destinations
To switch to estimated travel Adding destinations and searching again for
time. the routes can be done.
Displayed while driving off the
guidance route. The destina-
tion direction is indicated by
an arrow.
2. Touch the number button to display INFORMATION
the desired destination.
When the vehicle is on the guidance
The distance, the estimated travel time and route, the distance measured along the
the estimated arrival time from the current route is displayed. Travel time and arriv-
position to the selected destination are dis- al time is calculated based on the set ve- 1. Touch "Route".
played. hicle speed information. (See page 82.)
Estimated travel time is dis- However, when the vehicle is not on the
played. guidance route, the distance is the linear
distance between the current position
and the destination.
Estimated arrival time is dis-
played.
2. Touch "Add".
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3. Input an additional destination in the -- Reordering destinations
same way as the destination search. (See
"Destination search" on page 21.) When more than one destination is set, you
can change the arrival order of the destina-
tions.
3. Select the destination in the order of
arrival by touching the destination button.
Reordered number of arrival is displayed on
4. Touch the desired "Add" to determine the right side of the screen.
the arrival order of the additional destina- Touching "Undo" will cancel each selected
tion. 1. Touch "Route".
order number from the previously input num-
ber.
4. After selecting the destinations, touch
"OK".
The system searches for the guidance route
again, and displays the entire route. Even if
"OK" is not touched, the entire route is dis-
played automatically within a few seconds
when the order is fixed.
2. Touch "Reorder".
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-- Deleting destinations When more than one destination is set, a list 4. To delete the destination(s), touch
will be displayed on the screen. "Yes".
A set destination can be deleted.
If "Yes" is touched, the data cannot be recov-
ered.
If "No" is touched, the previous screen will re-
turn.
5. If more than one destination is set,
touch "OK" after deleting the destination-
s.
The system searches for the guidance route
again, and displays the entire route.
3. Touch the destination for deletion.
1. Touch "Route".
"Delete All": To delete all destinations on the
list.
A message appears to confirm the request to
delete.
2. Touch "Delete".
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Setting route -- -- Detour setting
-- Search condition While the route guidance is operating, you
You can designate the route conditions of the can change the route to detour around a sec-
route to the destination. tion of the route where a delay is caused by
road repairs, or an accident, etc.
3. Touch "Quick", "Quick1", "Quick2" or
"Short" and touch "OK".
1. Touch "Route".
1. Touch "Route".
The entire route from the starting point to the
destination is displayed.
"Guide": To start guidance.
"Route": To change a route. (See pages 51
2. Touch "Search Condition". and 54.) 2. Touch "Detour".
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-- Route preference
A number of choices are provided on the con-
ditions which the system uses to determine
the route to the destination.
3. Select the button below to select the
desired detour distance.
"1 mile (km)", "3 miles (km)" or "5 miles
This picture shows an example of how the
(km)": Touch one of these buttons to start the
system would guide around a delay caused
detour process. After detouring, the system
by a traffic jam. 1. Touch "Route".
returns to the original guidance route.
1 This position indicates the location of a
"Whole Route": By touching this button, the
traffic jam caused by road repairs or an
system will calculate an entire new route to
accident.
the destination.
2 This route indicates the detour sug-
gested by the system.
INFORMATION
D When your vehicle is on a freeway, the
detour distance selections are 5, 15,
and 25 miles (km).
D The system may not be able to calcu- 2. Touch "Route Preference" to change
late a detour route depending on the the conditions that determine the route to
selected distance and surrounding the destination.
road conditions.
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-- Starting route from
adjacent road
You can start the route guidance from the ad-
jacent road.
(ex. When route guidance is set on the free-
way, but the vehicle is driven parallel along
the freeway.)
3. Select desired route preferences by 2. Touch "Start from Adjacent Road".
touching each button on/off. When there is no adjacent road, this button
When searching for a route, the system will will not be displayed.
avoid routes for preferences that are deselec-
ted.
4. After choosing the desired route pref-
erence, touch "OK".
1. Touch "Route".
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Map view -- D Selecting POIs to be displayed
-- Display POI icons Up to 5 categories of icons can be displayed
on the screen.
Points of Interest such as gas stations and
restaurants can be displayed on the map
screen. You can also set their location as a
destination and use them for route guidance.
2. Touch "Display POI Icon" to display a
particular type of Point of Interest on the
screen.
Touch the desired Point of Interest catego-
ry to display POI location symbols on the
map screen.
1. Touch "Map View". By selecting the desired POI category and
then touching "OK", the selected POI icons
are displayed on the map screen.
To turn off the Points of Interest icon on the
map screen, touch "Delete".
"Other POIs": If the desired Point of Interest
can not be found on the limited choice screen,
A screen with a limited choice of Points of In- touch this button.
terest will be displayed. (To change the dis- "Local POI List": When searching for the
played POI, see page 85.) nearest Point of Interest, touch this button.
Then choose one of the categories. The sys-
tem will list the points within 20 miles (32 km).
(See page 58.)
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Touch "Other POIs" on the "Display POI D To display the local POI list
icons" screen. Points of Interest that are within 20 miles (32
When a Point of Interest category is selected km) of the current position will be listed from
from either the limited list or the complete list, among the selected categories.
the screen will display symbols of those loca-
tions on the map screen.
Select the desired POI categories from the
list.
The selected category icon appears on the
top left of the screen.
By selecting the desired POI category and 1. Touch "Local POI List" on the "Display
then touching "OK", the selected POI icons POI icons" screen.
Select the desired POI categories. are displayed on the map screen.
The selected category icon appears on the To return to the POI category selection
top left of the screen. screen, touch "More".
By selecting the desired POI category and
then touching "OK", the selected POI icons
are displayed on the map screen.
If the desired POI category is not on the
screen, touch "List All Categories" to list all
POI categories.
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D To set a POI as a destination -- Route overview
You can select one of the Points of Interest
icons on the map screen as a destination and
use it for route guidance.
2. Touch the button of the desired Point
of Interest.
1. Touch "Map View".
The selected Points of Interest are displayed
on the map screen.
"On Route": When the indicator is illumi- 1. Directly touch the Point of Interest icon
nated by touching this button, the list of the that you want to set as a destination.
items searched along the route is displayed. The map will shift so that the icon is centered
on the screen and overlaps with the cursor
. At this time, the distance from the current
position is displayed on the screen. The dis-
tance shown is measured as a straight line
from the current vehicle position to the POI.
2. When the desired Point of Interest
overlaps with the cursor, touch "Enter ". 2. Touch "Route Overview".
The screen changes and displays the map
location of the selected destination and route
preference. (See "Starting route guidance"
on page 40.)
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Touch "Map" on the "Turn List" screen.
The point which you choose is displayed on
the map screen.
The entire route from the current position to You can scroll through the list of roads by
the destination is displayed.
touching or . However, not all road
"Guide": To start guidance. names in the route may appear on the list. If
"Route": To change the route. (See pages a road changes its name without requiring a
51 and 54.) turn (such as on a street that runs through two
"Turn List": The following screen displays or more cities), the name change will not ap-
the list of the roads up to the destination. pear on the list. The street names will be dis-
played in order from the starting point, along
with the distance to the next turn.
These marks indicate the
direction in which you should
turn at an intersection.
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-- Route preview -- Route trace
It is possible to store the traveled route up to
124 miles (200 km) and retrace the route on
the display.
INFORMATION
This feature is available on the map with
more detailed map scale than 30 mile (50
km).
: To indicate the next destination.
1. Touch "Map View". : To preview the route to the next des-
tination.
: To preview the route to the next des-
tination in fast-forward mode.
: To stop the preview.
: To review the route to the previous
destination or starting point.
: To review the route to the previous Touch "Map View".
destination or starting point in fast-
2. Touch "Route Preview". forward mode.
: To indicate the previous destination
or starting point.
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"Record": To start recording the route trace.
"Stop": To stop recording the route trace.
If you touch "Stop" to display the following
screen.
Touching "Yes" stops recording and the
route trace remains displayed on the screen.
Touching "No" stops recording and the route
trace is erased.
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