
Navigation
34Navigation OverviewHow does the navigation system work, and how is it operated?
An optimal route is defined using sensors, satellites and 
traffic reports and the driver is then guided to his or her desti-
nation.The current vehicle position is determined using a system of satellites (GPS -
Global Positioning System). Sensors in the vehicle measure distances that 
have been driven. Thanks to the detailed information on the navigation CD 
the measurements values are compared and if necessary they are updated 
using the traffic reports ( TMC = Traffic  Message  Channel). An optimal route to 
the destination is determined in this way.
Navigation announcements and direction  arrows shown on the screen and on 
the instrument panel
7)  guide you safely and conveniently to your destina-
tion. You can drive to a given address in towns you are unfamiliar with, or 
drive to the nearest garage or be guided to a hotel.
In this chapter, answers can be found to the following questions:
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What are the rules that should be followed for navigation?  ⇒page 34, 
“Safety” 
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How do I use the navigation CD?  ⇒page 35, “The navigation CD”
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Can I listen to music when using the navigation system?  ⇒page 56, “The 
destination guide without the navigation CD”
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What happens if I leave the recommended route? ⇒ page 35, “General 
notes”
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Can a navigation announcement be repeated?  ⇒page 53, “Navigation 
instructions”
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How does the radio navigation system respond when driving in an under-
ground car park or a tunnel?  ⇒page 35, “General notes”
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How do I enter destinations?  ⇒page 37, “Preparing the destination 
guide”
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How can I enter garages, restaurants or hotels as destinations? 
⇒ page 44, “Special destination”
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Can I store destinations in a memory?  ⇒page 45, “Destination memory”
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What parameters can I set for route calculation?  ⇒page 42, “Route 
options”
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How does the guide direct me to my destination?  ⇒page 53, “Navigation 
instructions”
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Can I stop the destination guide functi on before I reach my destination? 
⇒ page 50, “Destination guide”
SafetyThe navigation system determines the po sition of the vehicle, the direction 
and distance and the route to a selected destination without taking traffic 
regulations into account. Navigation recommendations are given as 
announcements by the system. Direction arrows are also shown on the 
screen. The destination is entered when the vehicle is stationary. The desti-
nation guide function is designed for ca rs and is thus unsuitable for larger 
commercial vehicles.
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WARNING
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Please observe the laws of road traffic legislation when following the 
recommendations made by your navigation system.
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The destination guide is subject to constant changes despite the infor-
mation about one-way streets, pedestrian zones etc. stored on the naviga-
tion CD. Information on traffic lights, stop and right of way signs, parking 
and stopping restrictions as well as lane constrictions is not included in 
the navigation system. Traffic signs and legislation always have priority 
over the recommendations made by the system.
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Adjust your speed to suit road traffi c conditions and also weather and 
visibility conditions. Do not follow  the instructions of the navigation 
system exclusively. 
The navigation CDInserting the navigation CD
– Press the button    ⇒page 3, fig. 1    to eject any CD in the 
CD slot.
– Remove the CD and insert the navigation CD with the written side  facing up. 
– Push the CD into the slot until the radio navigation system pulls  it in. The program stored on the navigation CD is loaded. Do not 
remove the navigation CD before the loading process is finished.After the destination guide has begun, the navigation CD may be ejected to 
listen to, for example, an audio CD  ⇒page 56, “The destination guide 
without the navigation CD”.
WARNING
Note also, the instructions and wa rning messages of the CD mode 
⇒ page 20, “Important information  on operating the CD player”.
Note
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Note that a soiled or damaged navigation CD may negatively effect the 
functions of the navigation system.
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The extent to which small villages, streets and house numbers are 
contained on the CD depends on the CD version.
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You will need a new navigation CD for every country that you travel to.
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The content of the CD is constantly  being updated. You will receive infor-
mation on new updates at your next SEAT Official Service.
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The navigation functions are limited if no navigation CD is inserted 
⇒ page 56, “The destination guide without the navigation CD”.
General notesYou can continue to listen to the radio  or CD whilst you are being guided to 
your destination. Further informat ion can be found in the chapter ⇒page 56, 
“The destination guide without the navigation CD”.
When entering an address (town, street), only those letters or symbols which 
make up a logical entry will be presented. A list of possible names will be 
shown. Do not forget to enter the blank space in names made up of more than 
one word, such as Milton Keynes.
The route will be recalculated if you leave or disregard the route that was orig-
inally calculated. This process takes only a few seconds.
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If the menu  Route planning  menu is displayed instead of the 
previous menu, then the option  Route with intermediate 
destination must be deactivated in the menu    ⇒page 42. 
Pressing   a menu with information on the actual location 
of the vehicle can be accessed  ⇒page 38, “Navigation menu func-
tion buttons”. 
To access the navigation menu and enter a destination
– Press the   button. The main  NAVIGATION menu appears 
⇒ page 37, fig. 18 .
– Select how you would like to enter the destination and press the  menu button ( ⇒page 38, “Methods of entering a destination”). 
– To enter a new address, select the country in the list after  pushing the  Countr y . The previously used address is erased and 
a town and post code are entered  To w n / P C.
– Press the menus button to access the selection screen  ⇒page 37, fig. 19 . To enter characters, proceed as follows:
To enter characters
– After selecting an entry (in the example  To w n / P C) select charac-
ters by rotating the menu button. Pressing the button, the 
selected characters will form part of the name  ⇒page 37, 
fig. 19. Invalid characters will be displayed, so that only place 
names found in the destination country or in the indicated town 
included in the navigation CD can be entered.
– Select   to enter a number (for example, the post code).
– Select   to enter special characters. – The entry on the upper line following 
To w n / P C alters with each 
character entered. If the entry co rresponds to a searched name or 
is similar, press   or the   function key to access the 
list where the entry may be entered by rotating the menu button 
and confirm by pushing.
If the destination address has already  been entered, then the information 
only needs to be altered to the new destination. For example, only the entry 
To w n / P C  needs to be altered if the new destination corresponds to another 
country.
Methods of entering a destination
Using the options  Countr y, To w n / P C , Street  and Junction  the destination 
address may be indicated. Following country selection, the previous entries, 
for example special destinations, are limited to the corresponding countries.
Special destination - To enter real locations such as petrol stations or hospi-
tals as a destination  ⇒page 44, “Special destination”.
Begin Guide  – Starts destination guide to the entered destination 
⇒ page 50, “Destination guide”.
Position  – To enter the longitude and latitude of the destination.
This menu is also used to display points  of interest close to the destination; 
these may be directly selected. Nearby destinations are those that have been  
memorized by activating the option  Show as nearby destination ⇒ page 45, 
“To record or select a final destination, intermediate destinations, destina-
tions with a flag or current position”.
To record a trip destination
⇒ page 45, “To record or select a final destination, intermediate destina-
tions, destinations with a flag or current position”
Navigation menu function buttons
 – Displays the destination memory ⇒ page 45, “Destination 
memory”.
ROUTE
SYMBOLS
NAV
0-9*?!
OK
LIST / OK
MEMORY
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displayed from up to down, for example, first the stages  Stage 1, Stage 2 
down to the final destination ( Destination).
A menu bar on the right hand side (see also  ⇒page 6, “Handling the 
menus”) indicates that not all of the journey stages or the menu options are 
visible. Turn the menu button to verify stages.
While the destination guide is active, it is possible to add stages to a journey 
(up to six stages)
Menu options Route planning 
Pressing Enter new destination  new destinations may be added to the trip.
Destination  and Stage  refer to the final destination and the stages respec-
tively. These entries may be modified.
Pushing  Begin destination guide  the trip is begun.
To modify the trip or to choose an intermediate destination
Following the selection of a destination from the route planning by rotating 
and pressing the menu button, the  following options are available:
Change  – To change, for example, the name of the street.
Move  – To change the order of the destinations. If an intermediate destina-
tion is moved to the end of a trip, it is automatically converted to the final 
destination and the previous final destination becomes an intermediate 
destination.
Erase  – To erase the destination from the trip.
Begin guide – To begin the guide to this destination. The intermediate desti-
nations are not taken into account. If the required destination is an interme-
diate destination, the trip is resumed when the destination is reached 
⇒ page 50, “Destination guide”.
To record a trip
⇒ page 45, “To record or select a final destination, intermediate destina-
tions, destinations with a flag or current position”
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Route options can be altered whilst the  destination guide function is active. 
The changed parameters will be used as a basis for the calculation of the 
remaining journey.
Highway , Ferry , To l l  or Tunnel : Establishes if the sect ion of a route includes 
highways, a ferry, toll roads or tunnels. These options will, however, be used 
for route planning if there is no other logical route to the destination (e.g. an 
island is to be used without using a ferry) (“ No”).
To avoid a route from a point
During the destination guide, this option may be used to manually block a 
section of the route on the menu which follows  ⇒page 55, “To block 
sections and consult information from a route”. 
Note
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The dynamic route guide option will only function if you are receiving at 
least one TMC radio station. During the destination guide, the TMC station 
must be selected if the sound source is the radio.
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The quality of the dynamic destinatio n guide depends on the information 
contained in the traffic announcements. The stations and / or traffic informa-
tion providers are responsible for the quality of the information given.
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In some cases, in order to avoid a traffic jam using the TMC instructions, 
no benefit is noticeable if traffic is heavy on the alternative route.
To select a destination using its geographical position
A destination can be entered using the exact coordinates for 
longitude and latitude.– Press the   button. 
–Press  Position if you want to enter your destination using coordi-
nates. – Use the menu button to enter 
the degrees, minutes and seconds 
of the location.
If the coordinates entered do not correspond to the information on the navi-
gation CD, the destination guide cannot  begin. Use the following data to esti-
mate the position of your location:
For latitude, 1° corresponds to approximately 111 km, 1 arc minute approxi-
mately 1.85 km and 0.1 hundredth of an arc minute approximately 3 m
For longitude, 1° corresponds to approximately 69 km, 1 arc minute approxi-
mately 1.15 km and 0.1 hundredth of an arc minute approximately 3 m
Note
If you set the longitude higher than  180° or lower than 0°, the E will be 
replaced by a W (western longitude). Latitudes can be set from 90°N via 0° to 
90°S and back only.
NAV
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In the lower part of the list, details of the selected destination are displayed.
Load itineraries
A list of recorded itineraries is displayed. Select an itinerary from the list 
using the menu button.
Save an itinerary
An itinerary entered in the destination memory is saved. The equipment auto-
matically proposes a name for the itinerary. This may be changed using the 
menu button ⇒ page 47, “Charac ter input mask”. 
Up to six itineraries may be saved, each one with a final destination and a 
maximum of six stages. If there are already six itineraries saved, one must be 
erased before saving another.
Erase itineraries
It is possible to erase the itineraries one by one or all at the same time.
Save position
This saves the actual position in me mory as a destination. The proposed 
name may be modified on the display  ⇒page 47, “Character input mask”.
Flagged destination 
Press   to save the current position  in the destination memory. The flagged 
destination is saved with the time ( FLAG DEST HH:MM); it may be renamed or 
saved using the option  Edit the destination memory. When the button   is 
pressed again, the flagged destination will be overwritten if it has not been 
stored in the destination memory ⇒ page 46, “To edit the destination 
memory”. 
Character input mask
The letters and digits  ⇒page 45, fig. 24  are selected by rotating the menu 
button and are added to the corresponding line pressing.
A mark may be displayed under certain letters. If these letters are selected 
and some seconds go by, the special characters will appear. The corre- sponding character is selected by ro
tating and pressing the menu button (in 
the example, the characters derived from “Y”:  ⇒page 45, fig. 24 ).
 – Arrows to the left and to the right. These move the cursor in the corre-
sponding direction.
 –  This erases the characters one by one, beginning from the right.
 – To leave the character input mask. Changes must still be saved.
Note
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If “Route with intermediate destinations” is selected, the last destination 
or last itinerary is added. The selected destination may be moved to the 
required position in the itinerary usin g the menu button, if only one destina-
tion is required, first deactivate the  Route with stages option in the “route 
options” (access using the   menu  ⇒page 42, fig. 21 ).
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The options between square brackets  [ ... ] can not be selected because 
they do not conform to the conditions. The options  Load itinerary and Save 
an itinerary, for example, can only be selected if the corresponding   
menu option  is available  ⇒page 42, fig. 21.
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A destination will not be stored in  Last dest. until destination guide has 
started. 
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The memory has a capacity for 100 destinations. If you are not able to 
store any more destinations, the destination memory is full. A destination 
must be erased from the me mory before saving another.
ERASEOK
ROUTE
ROUTE
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52possible that no new traffic reports will be received. In this case, the dynamic 
destination guide is limited or may not work. 
Traffic problems during dynamic destination guide
If, while the destination guide is working, a traffic problem arises on the 
route, an audio message will indicate the traffic problems or, just before the 
problem, will indicate that there are traffic problems.
The navigation system will calculate the quickest possible route when the 
dynamic destination guide option is active. The system might well guide you 
through a traffic jam if the diversion would be longer. 
To display the received traffic reports
Pressing the button   displays a list of the latest traffic reports from 
the received TMC station.
Rotating and pressing the menu button, additional information on the traffic 
report is displayed. Thus, information may be obtained on route traffic and 
the route may be altered before  beginning the destination guide.
Note
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The dynamic route guide option will only function if you are receiving at 
least one TMC radio station. During the destination guide, the TMC station 
must be listened to.
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The quality of the dynamic destination guide depends on the information 
contained in the traffic announcements.  The stations and / or traffic informa-
tion providers are responsible for th e quality of the information given.
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In some situations, the proposed deviat ion in function of some TMC traffic 
report may possibly not represent any time saving if the alternative route is 
also saturated.
TRAFFIC
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56You will be guided through a blocked area if there is no logical alternative to 
travelling through it.
Route list
The route list is updated during the journey. It shows the roads or streets that 
you have not yet reached. Route sections that you have already travelled will 
be deleted from the route list.
Pressing the menu button, more info rmation can be found on different 
stretches. The blocked stretches are indicated by the symbol “ !” in a black 
box.
Note
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It takes some seconds after the destination guide has started for the route 
list to be compiled for display.
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The type and the quantity of the proposed alternative routes in case of a 
blockage depends on the navigation CD content.
The destination guide without the navigation CD
With the destination guide active, the navigation CD may be 
changed for an audio CD.The navigation function is still available, although in a limited form, without 
the corresponding CD. In this case, the internal reader may be used to play an 
audio or MP3 CD without having to reinsert the navigation CD. For this, all of 
the data on the CD concerning the route is stored in the “temporary memory” 
and with the data from this “tempo rary memory” the destination entry 
dynamic TMC guide options are limited. The “content” of the temporary 
memory depends on the length of the route that must be recorded. The 
shorter the route, the more details may be stored in the temporary memory 
and the more functions will be available without any need to insert the navi-
gation CD. If the route is long, or unexpected deviations are taken (for  example, to avoid a traffic jam based on
 TMC reports), the navigation CD will 
be requested to resume the destination guide. 
In the navigation menu, the equipment in dicates that it is transferring data 
from the navigation CD to the temporary memory by a CD symbol after the title 
NAVIGATION; The navigation CD can only be removed when this symbol 
disappears. If the navigation CD is removed anyway, the route calculation or 
destination guide can not be resumed correctly. 
During the destination guide using stored data, that is, without the naviga-
tion CD, the CD symbol appears crossed out.
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