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26Navigation System
Getting Started
System Function Diagram
This diagram shows the navigation
system features, starting at the center
and working outward in layers. The
navigation program starts at “Key ON,”
and then displays the globe screen
(blue). If OK is selected on the
Disclaimer screen, the functions in the
yellow segments of the diagram become
available in the Setup and Information
screen. The white segments of the
diagram are available anytime, even if
you do not select OK.
The items above the map screen show
various methods to begin driving to
your destination (orange). You are
provided with map/voice guidance,
routing cautions, and a direction list.
While driving to your destination, use
the voice control system as much as
possible to interact with the navigation,
audio, and climat e control systems
(green).
REMINDERS(pg.17)CALENDAR
-THEMAPSCREEN(pg.20)-
(MAP/VOICEGUIDANCE,ROUTINGCAUTIONS,DIRECTIONSLIST)
-DRIVINGTOYOURDESTINATION-
VOI CE:
"HELP"
(ALL)
(pg. 146)
VOICE:
"INFORMATION
SCREEN" (pg. 76)
VOICE:
"MENU" (to
change route) (pg. 70)
VOICE:
"HOW F AR OR LONG
TO THE
DESTIN ATION?"
(pg.
147)
VOI CE:
"DISPLAY (OR S AV E)
CURRENT LOCA TION"
(pg.
68)VOICE:
"WHAT TIME
IS IT?"
(pg. 146)
VOICE:
"A UDIO"
(pg. 151 - 159)
VOI CE:
CLIMA TE
F
AN, TEMP
(pg. 149, 150)
ENTE R
WA YPOINTS
(pg. 72)
VIEW
TRAFFIC (pg. 23)
VOI CE:
"ZOOM IN/ZO OM OUT"
(pg.
60, 147)
VOI CE:
"HIDE/DISPLA Y ICONS "
(pg.
63, 147)
VIEW TRAFFIC (pg. 23)
ADD BOOK (p g. 85)PINs (pg. 84)UNITS MI/KM (pg. 90)VOICE RECOG. FEEDBA CK
(pg. 90)
UNVERIFIED (pg. 92)AVOID AREA S (pg. 96)TIME ZONE (pg. 100)DAYLIGHT SAV. (pg. 100)OFF-ROAD TRACKING
(pg. 67, 10 1)CORRECT VEHICLE
POSITION (pg. 102)MAP COLOR (pg. 103)MENU COLOR (pg. 104)
GUIDE. PROMPTS (pg. 83)VERSION (pg. 107)MESSAGES (pg. 107)
BRIGHTNESS (pg. 82)VOLUME (pg. 83)INTERFA CE DIAL (pg. 83)
CALL (pg. 81)
COST (pg. 79 )
NUMERIC RAT I N G
(pg. 79)
ENTER (pg. 78)LIST (pg. 78 )MATH (pg. 80)CONVER T (pg. 81)LIST (pg. 77)
NAVI, AUDIO,
CLIMATE (pg . 7 6)
SELECT CATEGOR Y
( pg.
76)
IMPORT , SEARCH, DELETE (pg. 77)
PRESS
OK
NOT
SELECTEDOK
NOTSELECTED
OK
ROADSIDE
ASSISTANCE
KEY T O ZAGA T
RATINGS
CALEND ARCALCULA TORMAP LEGEND
PHONEBOOKMESSAGE
VOICE HELP
SELECT BAND/
FREQUENCYVOL BALANCECD
FUNCTIONSOTHER AUD IOBRIGHTNESS
ZOOM IN/OUT
SETUP
BUT TO N
(pg. 82)AUDIO
BUT TO N
(pg. 11)
INFO
BUT TO N
(pg.
76)
REAR CAMERA (REVERSE)
THEDISCLAIMERSCREEN(pg.17)
VOI CE: "FIND
NEARES T..."
AT M
, ETC .
(pg.
148)
SELECT A
DESTINA TION
WITH
INTERF A
CE DIAL
(pg. 73)
V OICE:
"GO HOME" (pg. 49)
VOICE:
"MENU" FOR ENTER
DESTINATION
SCREEN (pg. 27)
CONTINUE TO THE
DESTINATION
(RESUME)
AFTER REST
ART
(pg. 74)
GLOBESCREENKEYONPERSONAL
BASICROUTING
GUIDANCE
CLOCK
ADJUSTMENTVEHICLECOLORACU RALINKSYSTEM INFO .
VOICECOMMANDSINFO SCREEN (pg. 160)
AUDIO (pg. 151 - 159)
CLIMATE CONTR OL
(pg. 149, 150 )
Formoreinformation,see
thevehicleOwner'smanual.
BLACK LEVEL (pg. 83)CONTRAST (pg. 83)
SETUP
SCREEN (FIRS T)
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Driving to Your Destination
Driving to Your Destination
A route typically has three phases.
 Initial route calculation (Calculate
route to screen) (see page50).
 Change the route while en route (see page70).
 Resume the route when restarting the engine (see Continue Trip Screen on
page74).
Calculate Route to Screen
Say or select OK. The system calculates
the route using the method shown on the
screen (see Map Screen on page53).
NOTE:
 Prior to departure, you can set areas to avoid. The system then includes
them in its calculations for the
destination you have entered. See
Edit Avoid Area on page96.
 For information on the available voice commands, see Voice
Command Index on page146 Further selections from the
Calculate
route to screen include:
ADD TO Address Book
Allows you to add the destination to
your Address Book. See By Address
Book on page32.
NOTE:
If the button is grayed out, the
destination is already in your Address
Book.
ADD TO Today’s Destinations
Allows you to add the destination to
your Today’s Destination list. See By
Today’s Destinations on page47.
NOTE:
If the button is grayed out, the Today’s
Destination list is already full (five
destinations have been stored).
CALL
Dials the number on the screen when
available. See Bluetooth®
HandsFreeLink® on page18.
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NOTE:
 The selected route method and pertinent details are shown at the top
of the screen.
 It may take several minutes (the system displays an hour glass while it
is calculating) to show all route
methods, and it is not unusual for the
different methods to pick the same
route. Voice commands cannot be
used while the system is calculating.
 If the trip is greater than 100 miles, then “Minimize Toll Roads” and
“Minimize Freeways” may be grayed
out. This is normal.
 Zoom IN/OUT to view route details or traffic conditions is not available
on this screen. After you choose a
“route method,” you can then zoom
in or out on the map screen to view
your route in details. Say or select
SUMMARY to display the
distance and time to go for each route.
Based on the summary data, you can
change the routing method by rotating
the Interface Dial knob .
Once you confirm your selection, say
the number of the desired routing
method or push in on the Interface
Dial .
NOTE:
Distances and times show for each
method in the Summary are
approximate. After calculating the route with the new
method, the system displays a map of
your current locatio
n. The calculated
route will be highlighted as a blue line,
and a voice prompt will tell you how to
proceed along the highlighted route.
Push in on the Interface Dial and
select Voice to have the guidance
repeated.
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Driving to Your Destination
Viewing the Destination Map
Selecting View Dest. Map displays a
map of the destination vicinity. Press the
CANCEL or NAVI BACK button to
return. You can view the destination
map anytime while on route saying
“Display destination map.”
Map Screen
When you select OK on the Calculate
route to screen, the map screen
appears, showing your highlighted route
in real time.
Route Line
When driving to a destination on
verified roads in a metropolitan area, the
route line is displayed as a blue line.
When driving in rural areas on
unverified streets (light brown color),
the route line changes to either a blue
dotted “vector line” pointing to your
destination, or a blue-pink line. See
Unverified Area Routing on page92 for
a detailed explanatio n of how to enable
unverified routing, and the related
cautions and disclaimers.
NOTE:
 You can always view the entire route by simply saying, “Display entire
route.”
 When your route line uses streets that display traffic information, the route
line may consist of orange or red
segments. This is normal. See Traffic
Display Legend on page22, and
Viewing Flow Data on page23. “Vector line” (unverified routing off)
Blue-pink unverified route line
(unverified routing on)
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Map Screen Legend
Acura Dealer
School
Restaurant
AT M
Parking Lot
Post OfficeHonda Dealer
Hospital
Grocery Store
Gas Station
Hotel/Lodging
Parking Garage
Freeway Exit Information
Landmark Icon (see page62)
Destination Icon (see page61)
Map Features
Dark Green: Park
Light Blue: Hospital
Brown: Shopping Mall
Light Brown: Indian Reservation
Green: Golf Course
Gray: Airport/Stadium/Business
Blue: Body of Water
Blue/Green: Cemetery
Matte Blue: University
NOTE:
If you move the Interface Dial over an area (map
features shown above), the name is displayed on
the screen.
Map Scale Adjustment
(Mile or km per half inch appears
only when you zoom in or out by
rotating the
Interface Dial knob .)
(see page60) NOTE:
See Map Legend on the Information screen for further explanation (see page77).
Current Map Scale
(see page60)
Current Street
(see page68)
Vehicle Position
(see page68)
“Breadcrumbs”
(see
Off-road
Tracking on page67)
Streets
(see
Map Overview on page6, or
Unverified Area Routing on page92)
Dark Red: Interstates or Freeways
Black: Verified Street
Light Brown: Unverified Street Direction of Destination
(when on route) (see page56)
Map Orientation
(see page61)
Distance to Destination
(see page56)
Time to Destination
(see page56) Waypoint (see page71)
Blue Line
Calculated route
Map Menu (see page56)
(Push in on the Interface Dial to view.)
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Driving to Your Destination
Showing Icons on the Map
Selecting Show Icon on Map from
the Map menu (see page56) displays
the following screen:
The screen consists of the following
items:
Icon Bar (curved row of icon
symbols)
The icon bar allows you to manually
select the icons that are displayed on the
map (see page62 for a list of these icons).
In the screen above, both traffic and
restaurants are selected. Rotate the
Interface Dial knob and push in to
select (goes blue) or remove them
(symbol is gray). You can also display or
hide the same icons by using the
“Display” or “Hide” voice commands
(see page147).
CURRENT LOCATION (Interface
Dial Left)
This allows you to display and/or save
your current location. See page68 for
more information.
ICON OPTIONS (Interface Dial
Right)
This feature allows you to “fine tune”
some of the icons on the Icon bar (See
Icon Options below for more
information).
CHANGE GUIDANCE MODE
(Interface Dial Down)
When on route, this item allows you to
select between a single screen (with
occasional pop-up guidance windows),
or a split screen (containing one half
map, and one half guidance/directions
list window). See page59 for an
explanation of this feature, and see
page99 for Setup.
Exit Screen
Press the CANCEL button to return to
the map screen.
Icon Options
Selecting ICON OPTIONS from the
Icon bar displays the following screen:
This feature allows you to “fine tune”
some of the icons on the Icon bar. The
four icon choices, “Parking” (lot or
garage), “Restaurant” (specific type or
types of food), “Other icons” (hospitals,
schools, etc.), and “Traffic” (traffic
speeds or traffic icons), can each be
tailored to your needs.
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For instance, let’s assume that your real-
time traffic is not displayed on the map,
and you want to make sure that your
settings are correct. You would do the
following:
 First you would ensure that the “Traffic” button on the Icon bar is
blue (See Icon Bar above).
 Second, you select ICON OPTIONS
and verify that both traffic options are
also on (blue). This procedure is
explained below.
If you select Traffic from the Select
category for icon settings screen, the
traffic icon options are displayed: In the example above, only
Traffic
Icons is selected and will show up on
the map. To also see Traffic Speeds
flow on the map, this would need to be
turned on by first selecting it and then
pushing in on the Interface Dial to
select it so it appears as below.
Exit, and save your settings by moving
the Interface Dial to the right
( DONE ). NOTE:
 When viewing the map screen, you
can turn some icons on using voice
control.
 “Traffic Speeds” and “Traffic Icons” must be selected in the “Traffic”
choice of “Icon options” to enable
the traffic display on the map screen.
 You can use voice commands, “Display (or hide) traffic icons,” or
“Display (or hide) traffic speeds.”
See page147.
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Driving to Your Destination
AcuraLink Messages
AcuraLink enhances your ownership
experience by providing a direct
communication link between you and
Acura. AcuraLink messages are
displayed on the Navigation screen.
Working through the XM Satellite
Radio, AcuraLink works in conjunction
with your vehicle’s Navigation,
Bluetooth®
HandsFreeLink® (HFL),
and audio systems to send and receive
several kinds of message. These
include:
 Operating tips and information on your vehicle’s features.
 Important recall and safety information.
 Maintenance information to keep your vehicle in top condition.
 Diagnostic information to provide information about any problems with
your vehicle.
NOTE:
See your vehicle’s Owner’s manual for
more details on this feature. When service inform
ation is received
from your vehicle or AcuraLink, an
envelope icon is displayed in the upper
right corner of the Navigation screen.
The Interface Dial controls most
AcuraLink functions. For more
information on AcuraLink, refer to:
 The Quick Start Guide for features and a function overview.
 The vehicle Owner’s manual for a detailed explanatio n of the system.
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