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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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Guidance Screen
The guidance screen offers an
alternative way to view your route
information. Many of the icons and
screen features are similar to those on
the map screen. While driving to your
destination, press the MAP/GUIDE
button to switch between the map and
guidance screens. The guidance
screen shows you:
Milestone to Destination - the position
of the small circular icon shows your
trip progress. As you get closer to your
destination, the indicator will approach
“DEST.”
Vehicle Heading - the black portion of
the compass symbol indicates north.
NOTE:
 The map and voice guidance in unverified areas differ from those in
verified areas.
 Current maneuvers and those within 1000 feet will show on the
Countdown bar, indicating the
distance until the next maneuver.
Guidance Screen Legend
Milestone to Destination (see page55)
Direction of Destination, “as the crow flies” (see page56)
Vehicle Heading (b lack indicates North) (see page61)
Distance to Next Driving Maneuver
Street Name of Next
Driving Maneuver
Scroll: to view guidance
maneuvers
(move Interface Dial up
or down)
Current Street (see page6)
Time to Destination (see page56)
Distance to Destination (see page56)
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Distance and Time to
Destination
When you select a destination, the
distance to the destination is the actual
road distance of the calculated route,
and “not as the crow flies.” When
viewing a list of destinations (points of
interest), such as restaurants, the
distance is “as the crow flies” (see Sort
by Distance to Travel on page37).
The displayed time to destination may
differ from the actual travel time
because the time is calculated based on
the posted road speed data and your
current speed. If part of your route
includes unverified roads, the “distance”
and “time to go” fo r that portion is
estimated using 25 mph as an average
speed.
Map Menu
When the map screen is displayed,
pressing in on the Interface Dial
displays the Map menu. If the map is
scrolled, the Map menu will not
appear. Move the Interface Dial left,
and press the CANCEL button to return
to the basic map screen. Voice -
button shown if currently on a
route. Select to hear the next guidance
maneuver (see page57).
Directions - button shown if currently
on a route. Select to see a list of
directions to your destination (see
page57).
North-up/Heading-up - Select
Heading-up or North-up button to
change map orientation. See Map
Orientation on page61 for details. On
scales greater than 1 mile, this button is
“grayed out” (North up only mode).
Show Icon on Map - allows you to
select the icons displayed on the map
(for a thorough description of this
feature, see Showing Icons on the Map
on page65).
By voice control, you can select the icon
by saying the name of the icon (“gas
station,” “ATM,” etc.). Say the icon
name again to turn the icon off.
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New Messages - button indicates that
there are AcuraLink messages for you to
read. These messages consist of quick
tips, and other information
communicated to you by Acura. If the
button is grayed out, you have no
messages. See page75 for more
information on this feature.
Traffic Incidents - select this button to
display a list of the traffic incidents
within a 30-mile radius of your current
position. You can view this same list by
saying “Display traffic incidents.” See
page24 for a discussion of this feature.Voice Guidance Prompts
As you get near the maneuver, you will
hear a voice reminder, and see a pop-up
window showing you the maneuver.
The number of reminders that you will
hear before a maneuver is determined
by Guidance Prompts in Setup on
page83.
With the factory default (NORMAL),
typically you will hear two prompts:
 The first is about 1/4 mile from the maneuver.
 The final prompt is close to your actual turn.
If the distance between the next two
driving maneuvers is very small, both
maneuvers are displayed on the screen
in a single window, and the voice will
remind you of both of them at the same
time. NOTE:
 You can say “Voice” at any time, or
select Voice after pushing on the
Interface Dial to be reminded of the
next maneuver.
 Typically a pop-up guidance window shows your next turn, and a voice
guidance prompt is heard. The timing
of these prompts varies, depending on
the type of road you are on, and the
distance to your next maneuver.
When given guidance in unverified
areas, the words, “If Possible,” are
inserted before each guidance prompt.
See Unverified Area Routing on page92
for more details about unverified
routing.
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Direction List
If you select Directions from the Map
menu, the display changes to:
NOTE:
 The map and voice guidance in unverified areas differ from those in
verified areas. See Unverified Area
Routing on page92.
 Only maneuvers that occur at freeway exits or contain freeway exit
information will show the exit info
icon (“i” icon) on the right end of the
items in the direction list. If no exit
info icon is shown on the list, the
EXIT INFO is not displayed. You can see the direction list and the
distance to each maneuver. Press the
MAP/GUIDE
button to return to the
previous screen.
You can scroll through the direction list
screen by screen by moving the
Interface Dial up or down, or one
instruction at a time by rotating the
Interface Dial knob .
EXIT INFO (Freeway Exit
Information)
You can search freeway exit
information and add new destinations or
waypoints to the calculated route as a
new destination or waypoint. The exit
info icon (“i” icon) on the right end of
the items in the direction list indicates
that there is freeway exit information
available. Say or select EXIT INFO, and
choose the exit and place to set as a new
destination or waypoint.
On the map screen, you can display
freeway exit information using the
Interface Dial . The exit info icon will
only be displayed on the map screen if
there is any freeway exit information
available. Choose the 1/4, 1/2, and
1 mile scale, then move the cross hairs
to the desired exit info icon and push in
on the Interface Dial . Choose a place
from the list and set as a new destination
or waypoint.
NOTE:
To turn on “Freeway exit information”
on the map screen, display the icon bar
and select the“i” icon (see page65).
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Split Screen Guidance
When on route to a destination, you
have two display options: single screen
mode (the factory default) and the split
screen mode.
Single screen mode - a map is
displayed with occasional guidance
pop-up windows as you approach a
maneuver.
Split screen mode - the map is always
displayed on the left of the screen, and
the maneuver or direction list is
displayed on the right hand side of the
screen.
Guidance mode can be changed in either
Setup (see Guidance Mode on page99),
or by accessing the icon bar (see
CHANGE GUIDANCE MODE on
page65). When you get near the maneuver, the
map
screen changes to:
On the map screen, the location of the
maneuver is marked with a small yellow
square. The guidance window is simply
an enlargement of the area indicated by
the yellow square. After you complete
the maneuver, the display returns to a
full map screen when the single screen
mode is set, or to a map and direction
list screen when the split screen mode is
set.
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Map Scale
Rotate the Interface Dial knob or a voice command such as “Display 1/2 mile scale” (see page 147) to cha nge the scale of the
map. Zooming in increases the detail, whil e zooming out gives you a view of a wider area. After changing the scale, give the
system a few moments to update the display.
Functions available at various map scales
NOTE:
 You can change between miles or kilometers in Setup (see Units on page
90 ).
 For information on the av ailable voice commands, see Voice Command Index on page146.
Map Scale (English and Metric)
For selecting uni ts, see page
90.1/20 mi.1/8 mi. 1/4 mi. 1/2 mi. 1 mi. 2 mi. 5 mi. 15 mi. 50 mi. 150 mi. 350 mi.
80 m200 m 400 m800 m1.6 km3km 8km24 km 80 km240 km 560 km
POI icon symbols (like ATM) page 62 XX
Breadcrumbs (off-road tracking dots) page 67 XXXX
Freeway exit info rmation icons page
62 XXX
One-way traffic icon page
62 X
Unverified road displa y (light brown) page
92 XXX
Map orientation “Heading up” page
61 XXXXX
Map orientation “North up” page
61 XXXXXXXXXXX
Map features (like pa rk, golf course) page
54 XXXXXXXXXX
Avoid area shown on map page
96 XXX
Avoid area scales (when creating) page
96 XXX
Waypoint “flag” icons page
71 XXXXXXXXXXX
Traffic speed/incident page
22 XXXX
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Map Orientation
The map can be orientated two ways:
 North-up: North pointing up as you
would normally view a paper map.
 Heading-up: The map constantly rotates so the road you are driving on
always points up (as you see the road
through your front windshield).
NOTE:
The red arrow in both heading symbols
always shows the direction north.
Push in on the Interface Dial on the
map or guidance screen and select
North-up or Heading-up to switch
between the available orientation, or say
“Display heading up” or “Display north
up.” In the larger map scales (above 1 mile or
1.6 kilometer), the map is always
oriented with north facing upward. You
cannot change the orientation.
To view other areas on the map, move
the
Interface Dial left, right, up, or
down. The map will shift in that
direction. To return the map to your
current location, press either the MAP/
GUIDE , the CANCEL , or the NAVI
BACK button on the steering wheel.
The display automatically changes to
the map screen when you reach your
destination. Press the MENU button to
return to the Enter destination by
screen.
NOTE:
 For information on the available voice commands, see Voice
Command Index on page146.
 If you are on a route and the Interface Dial is moved, the “Time
to Destination” and “Distance to
Destination” indications are
replaced with an indicator showing
distance from the current vehicle
location.
Destination Icon
The destination icon only shows the
approximate location of the destination.
This occurs because a city block can
have as many as 100 possible addresses
(for example, the 1400 block is followed
by the 1500 block.) Since most cities
use only a portion of the 100 possible
addresses (for example, in the 1400
block, the addresses may only go up to
1425 before the 1500 block starts).
Therefore, the address 1425 will be
shown a quarter of the way down the
block by the system instead of near the
end of the block where the destination is
actually located.
Tip:
When on a route, you can view a map
showing your destination. Using voice
control, say “Display destination map.”
“North Up”
“Heading Up”
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