2006 Lexus GS300 Basic Functions In Frequent Use

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— Destination input by
“Intersection”
Touch the “Intersection” switch on the
“Destination” screen.
Input the name of the two intersecting
streets which are located near the destina-
tion to be set.
Touch the switch of the desired item. After
inputting the two intersecting streets, the
screen changes and displays the map
location of the selected destination and
the route preference. (See “ — Entering
destination” on page 38.)
If the same two streets cross at more than one
intersection, the screen changes and dis-
plays the menu to select the city name where
the streets intersect. Select the city, and the
map location of the selected destination and
the route preference. (See “ — Entering des-
tination” on page 38.)

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— Destination input by
“Freeway Ent./Exit”
To input a freeway entrance or exit, touch
the
“Freeway Ent./Exit” switch on the
“Destination” screen.
Be sure to use the complete name of the free-
way or highway, including the hyphen, when
entering the destination. Freeways and inter-
states use an “I” (I−405). US highways use
the state designation before the number
(CA−118).
Select the desired freeway by touching
the switch.
You can then select either a freeway “En-
trance” or “Exit”.
Touch the switch of the desired entrance
or exit name. The screen changes and dis-
plays the map location of the selected des-
tination and the route preference. (See
“ — Entering destination” on page 38.)
“Dist. Sort”: In the order of distance from
your current position. The distance from your
current position up to the destination is dis-
played on the right of the name.
“Name Sort”: In alphabetical order by name.
“Input Name”: An applicable list is displayed
by touching this switch and inputting name.

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— Destination input by
“Coordinates”
Touch the “Coordinates” switch on the
“Destination” screen.
Input the latitude and the longitude.
When the input is finished, touch the
“OK”switch.
When you touch the switch of the desired
point, the screen changes and displays
the map location of the selected destina-
tion and the route preference. (See “ —
Entering destination” on page 38.)
— Destination input by
“Phone #”
Touch the “Phone #” switch on the
“Destination” screen.
Input a telephone number.
After inputting a telephone number, touch
the
“OK” switch, and the screen changes
and displays the map location of the se-
lected destination and the road prefer-
ence. (See “ — Entering destination” on
page 38.)
If there is more than one site having the same
number, the following screen appears.
INFORMATION

If there is no match for the telephone
number inputted, a list of identical
numbers but with different area
codes will be displayed.

To set a memory point as a destina-
tion using the phone number, the
number must be registered previous-
ly. (See page 72.)

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Starting route guidance —
— Entering destination
After you input the destination, the screen
changes and displays the map location of
the selected destination and the route
preference.
SCREEN A
1. When you touch an arrow facing the
desired point, the map scrolls in that
direction. When you release your finger,
scrolling stops.
2. To set the destination and display
SCREEN B, touch the
“Enter” switch.
When the destination is already set, the
“Add to ” switch and the “Replace
” switch are displayed.
“Add to
”: To add a destination.“Replace
”: To delete the existing destina-
tions and set a new one.
“Change”: To change the route preference.
(See page 39.)
“Info.”: If this switch is displayed on the top
of the screen, touch the switch to see name,
address, and phone number, etc.
SCREEN B
3. To start guidance, touch the
“Guide”switch.
“3 Routes”: To select the desired route from
three possible routes. (See page 39.)
“Route”: To change the route. (See pages
42 and 44.)
INFORMATION

Guidance can be suspended or re-
sumed. (See page 62.)

If you keep touching the
“Guide”switch until a beep sounds, Demo
mode will start.

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To change the route before starting
guidance
ROUTE PREFERENCE
You can change route preference by touching
the
“Change” switch on SCREEN A.
You can turn the indicator on or off by
touching the switch.
When searching for a route, the system
avoids routes where the indicator is dimmed
as much as possible.
After choosing conditions, touch the
“OK” switch.
INFORMATION

Even if the “Allow Freeway” indi-
cator is dimmed, the route cannot
avoid including a freeway in some
cases.

If the calculated route includes a trip
by ferry, the route guidance shows a
sea route. After you travel by ferry,
the current vehicle position may be
incorrect. Upon reception of GPS sig-
nals, it is automatically corrected.
3 ROUTES SELECTION
To select the desired route from three routes,
touch the
“3 Routes” switch on SCREEN
B.
Touch the “Quick1”, “Quick2” or“Short” switch to select the desired
route.
“Quick1”: Recommended route.
This route is indicated by an orange line.
“Quick2”: Other route.
This route is indicated by a purple line.
“Short”: A route by which you can reach the
destination in the shortest distance.
This route is indicated by a green line.

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“Info.”: To display the following information
about each of the 3 routes.
1Time necessary for entire trip
2Distance of entire trip
3Toll road
4Freeway
5Ferry
— Route guidance screen
When starting route guidance, the following
screen is displayed.
This screen displays the route that guides the
driver to the destination.
The route to the destination is indicated by a
highlighted line. Drive along the guided route.
When the vehicle approaches a guidance
point such as an intersection or a freeway, the
screen automatically divides in two to display
the guidance screen. (For details, see page
53.)
The current street name will be displayed at
the bottom of the screen.
In some areas, the roads have not been com-
pletely digitized in our database yet. For this
reason, the route guidance may guide the
road that is not allowed to pass.
— Typical voice guidance
prompts
The voice guidance provides various mes-
sages as you approach an intersection, or
other point where you need to maneuver the
vehicle.
1“Proceed about 5 miles.”
2“In a quarter of a mile, right turn.”
3“Right turn.”
4(Beep sound only)

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INFORMATION
On freeways, interstates or other high-
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.
4.2 miles
0.25 miles
1“Proceed about 4 miles to the traf-
fic circle.”
2“In a quarter of a mile, traffic circle
ahead, and then 3rd exit ahead.”
3“The 3rd exit ahead.”
4“The exit ahead.”
5(Beep sound only)
One−way road
One−way road
∗: The system indicates a U−turn if the dis-
tance between two one−way roads (of oppo-
site directions) is less than 50 feet (15 m) in
residential areas or 164 feet (50 m) in non−
residential areas.
1“In half of a mile, make a legal U−
turn.”
2“Make a legal U−turn ahead.”
3(Beep sound only)

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The system announces your approach to the
final destination.
1“Your destination is ahead.”
2“You have arrived at your destina-
tion. The route guidance is now
finished.”
INFORMATION

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.

If you did not hear the voice guidance
command, touch the
“MAP/
VOICE” button to hear it again.

To adjust the voice guidance volume,
see page 63.
Setting and deleting
destination
(a) Adding destinations
You can add destinations and search
again for the routes.
1. Touch the “Route” switch.
2. Touch the “Add” switch of “Destina-
tion”.