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2Navigation System
Table of Contents
Map Orientation ............................57
Destination Icon ............................58
Landmark Icons .............................58
Showing Icons on the Map...............61
Icon Options ....................................61
Going Off the Route ......................63
Off-road Tracking..........................63
Viewing/Saving the Current Location ......................................64
Pop-ups and Disclaimers ...............65
Changing the Route .......................66
Change Route By Screen .................66
Waypoints ........................................66
Reroute: Avoid Streets .....................68
Reroute: Detour ...............................68
Reroute: Change Routing
Method..........................................68
Changing Your Destination ...........69
Find Nearest (Voice command) .......69
Go Home (Voice command) ............69
Using Joystick to Change Destination ...................................69
Entering a Destination from the Menu Screen (while on route) ................70
Continue Trip Screen.....................70
AcuraLink Messages .....................71
Information Features ................72
Information Screen ........................72
Messages........................................72
Voice Command Help ...................72
Cellular Phonebook .......................73
Map Legend ...................................73
Calendar .........................................74
Entering Your Schedule ...................74
Key to Zagat Ratings .....................75
Calculator.......................................76
Unit Conversion ...............................77
Roadside Assistance ......................77
System Set-up .............................78
Setup Mode ....................................78
Setup Screen (first) ........................78
Brightness ........................................78
Volume .............................................78
Display .............................................79
Guidance Prompts ....... ....................80
Contrast ...........................................80
Setup Screen (second) ...................80
Personal Information .....................81
Address Book ...................................81
Home Address ..................................84
PIN Number .....................................85
User Name .......................................86 Previous Destinations ......................86
Routing & Guidance ......................87
Rerouting .........................................87
Unverified Area Routing ..................88
Edit Avoid Area................................92
Edit Waypoint Search Area..............94
Guidance Mode ....
............................95
Vehicle ...........................................95
Off-road Tracking ............................95
Correct Vehicle Position..................96
System Information .......................97
Basic Settings.................................97
Keyboard Layout.. ............................98
Units (mile or km) ............................98
Voice Recognition Fe edback ...........98
Voice ................................................98
Clock Adjustment ..........................98
Auto Daylight Saving Time ..............98
Auto Time Zone by GPS ...................99
Daylight Savings Ti me (DST) Selection
(Change DST schedule) ................99
Time Adjustment ..............................99
Color ............................................100
Map Color ......................................100
Menu Color ....................................100
AcuraLink/Messages ...................101
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Navigation System7
Introduction
Verified streets (dark colored) Unverified streets (light colored)
When
displayed These roads are found within
metropolitan areas, and
include interstate freeways and major roads
connecting cities. These roads are found in rural
areas, and typically include
residential street s away from the center of a town.
Street color Shown on daytime
map screen as black or red, such as
interstate freeways. Shown on the daytime
map screen as light brown.
Map Quality The database vendor has
verified these streets.
Information like tu rn restrictions, average speed, and
whether it is a one way street have been gathered and
used when creating your route to a destination. These streets have not been veri
fied by the database vendor. The
system does not contain inform ation on one-way streets, turn
restrictions, or the road’s average speed. They are shown on the
map for reference and can have e rrors in map location, naming,
and address range.
Routing
differences While driving to your destin
ation, the displayed route
line is solid blue. The system provides voice and map
guidance to your destination. Your route line is either a blue
dotted “vector line,” or a dashed
pink/blue line. For information on selecting this option, and the
routing differences, see Unverified Area Routing on page
88.
Cautions There are no pop-up boxes urging extra caution during
a route. However, because
roads constantly change,
you are urged to use common sense, and always obey
posted traffic restrictions. Regardless of whether the user c
hooses route guidance, there are
cautionary screens before and dur ing the route urging the user to
be extra cautious, and obey a ll traffic restrictions. See Unverified
Area Routing on page88.
Guidance
voice Voice guidance issues maneuvers such as “In a half
mile make a right turn.” The suffix “if possible” is adde
d to each guidance maneuver. For
example: “In a half mile make a right turn, if possible.”
Time and
distance
“to go” The time and distance “t
o go,” displayed while on
route to a destination, is based on the average speed
and distance for the roads used for your route. Because the average speed of thes
e roads is not known, the time
and distance “to go” is based on a fixed average speed of 25 mph
for these roads.
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10Navigation System
Getting Started
System Controls
INFO button CANCEL button ZOOM (IN)/
(OUT) buttons
Joystick SETUP buttonScreen
MENU button
MAP/GUIDE button
Upper Display
Passenger’s Temperature
Driver’s Temperature Audio Functions
A
udio F unctio n sTime (set by navigation system)
MAP/GUIDE button
Displays the map. When on a route,
switches between the map and
guidance screens. See page
18 or 52.
MENU button
Displays the Enter destination by
screen. When on a route, displays the
Change route by screen. See page
25.
SETUP button
Displays the Setup screens to change
and update information in the system.
See page
78.
CANCEL button
Cancels the current screen and returns to
the previous screen display.
NOTE:
The NAVI BACK button performs the
same basic function.
ZOOM (IN)/ (OUT) buttons
Press ZOOM to zoom in (to show
more detail), or ZOOM to zoom out
(to show more area and less detail)
while a map screen is displayed.
ZOOM IN reduces the scale (showing
less area with greater detail). ZOOM
OUT increases the scale (showing more
area with less detail). See page
56.
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Navigation System13
Getting Started
Using the Voice Control System
You should use the voice control system
as much as possible, and consider
manual entry using the joystick as a
“back-up” method of entry.
Most of the system’s functions can be
controlled by voice commands activated
with the NAVI TALK button. To
control your navigation system by
voice:
 Press and release the NAVI TALK
button.
 Wait for the beep.
 Give a voice command.
Once the microphone picks up your
command, the system changes the
display in response to the command and
prompts you for the next command.
Using the NAVI TALK button, answer
the prompts as required. If the system does not understand a
command or you wait too long to give a
command, it responds with “Pardon,”
“Please repeat,” or “Would you say
again.” If the system cannot perform a
command or the command is not
appropriate for the screen you are on, it
sounds a beep.
Anytime you are not sure of what voice
commands are available on a screen,
you can always say “Help” at any
screen. The system can then read the list
of commands to you.
When you speak a command, the system
generally either repeats the command as
a confirmation or asks you for further
information. If you do not wish to hear
this feedback, you can turn it off.
However, hearing the feedback will
familiarize you with the way the system
expects commands to be phrased. See
the
Voice Recognition Feedback
setting in Setup. If you hear a prompt such as “Please use
the touch screen to...” or “Please choose
an area with the joystick,” the system is
asking for input
that cannot be
performed using the voice control
system.
Improving Voice Recognition
To achieve optimum voice recognition
when using either the Navigation or
Bluetooth® HandsFreeLink® voice
control system, the following guidelines
should be followed:
NOTE:
Make sure the correct screen is
displayed for the vo ice command that
you are using. See Voice Command
Index on page137.
 Adjust the air flow from both the dashboard and side vents so they do
not blow against the microphone on
the ceiling. Place your hand over the
microphone; if you feel any airflow,
adjust the vents.
 Lower the A/C fan speed during voice recognition operation.
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Navigation System17
Getting Started
System Start-up
When you turn the ignition to ON (II), it
takes several seconds for the navigation
system to boot up.
The first screen to appear is the
navigation system globe screen. The
screen then changes to the Disclaimer
screen:
NOTE:
The OK button does not appear
immediately. It appears after the
software is loaded. Read this disclaimer carefully so you
understand it before continuing. Push in
on the joystick, or touch
OK, and the
map screen will appear on the display.
The “OK” cannot be activated by voice.
If you do not press the joystick or touch
OK , the screen will go dark after 30
seconds. To return to the Disclaimer
screen, press any navigation or voice
control button.
NOTE:
If you do not select OK, and then enter
the Setup or Information screens, some
items are not available, and will show
up as darkened buttons (grayed out).
See System Function Diagram on
page24.
If you have entered any Calendar
reminders, they are displayed after you
select OK. The
Calendar reminder screen
remains displayed until you select OK,
Remind Later or press the CANCEL
button.
If you select OK, the reminder will not
show up again. If you wish to have the
reminder show up agai n later in the day,
touch the Remind Later button.
If you press the CANCEL button, the
message will be displayed the next time
you start the vehicle.
NOTE:
The system will display the current
message and any older or previously
unread messages, with the newest
message listed first.
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Navigation System19
Getting Started
Map Screen Description
Zoom In/Out
Use the ZOOM buttons to change the
scale of the map. Zooming in increases
the detail, while zooming out gives you
a wide area view. After changing the
scale, give the system a few moments to
update the display.
Map Scrolling
To view other areas on the map, move
the joystick 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.
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.
Displaying Current Location
You can say “Display current location.”
or touch the vehicle position icon at any
time to see the current address, latitude,
longitude and elevation. The screen will
change to:
NOTE:
The elevation will not appear when the
system is temporarily lacking proper
GPS information. The system elevation
may not agree with elevations shown on
roadside elevation signs, and may
fluctuate plus or minus 100 feet or more. You can say “Save current location.” or
select
Save on the screen to save the
current location in your Address Book.
Select Traffic Incidents 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 page22
for a discussion of this feature.
Select Return to return to the previous
screen.
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20Navigation System
Getting Started
Traffic Display Legend
NOTE:
When driving to a destination on freeways that have traffic flow data, the route line is
used to display moderate and heavy traffic flow status instead of the colored bands
on the side of the road. The route line color indicates the following conditions:
Free Flow Traffic - a section of the blue route line will be bordered with a light
green line (this may be difficult to see)
 Moderate Traffic Flow - a section of the route line will change from blue to
orange
 Heavy Traffic Flow - a section of the route line will change from blue to red
 Unknown Traffic Flow - a section of the route line is blue
Map Scale (5 - 1/2 mile):
Traffic flow and incident icons are
only displayed for the following
scales: 1/2, 1, 2, 5 mile (or 800m,
1600m, 3km, 8km).
Incident Icons
Incident Icon Update Details:
 Typically M–F, 5:00 AM – 7:00
PM (varies by metropolitan area)
 Continuously updated signal is received.
Accident / Incident (other)
Construction
Weather
Traffic Flow Data
(using bands parallel to the road) Heavy traffic: 0 – 27 mph
(approx.)
Moderate traffic: 27 – 52 mph
(approx.)
Free flow traffic: 52 + mph
(approx.)
(shown for both sides of the freeway where
available)
Viewing Incident Details:
To view the incident details, use
the joystick to position the cursor
(round red circle below) over an
incident icon and push in.
Hearing Incident Details:
To have the message read to you, push in on
the joystick a second time.
To return to current position, say, or select
Return.
Message Button
Indicates that you have a message. View
messages by touching the message button.
See page71.
Traffic Flow Data Update Details:
 Available 24 hrs a day, 7 days a week
 Continuously updated
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24Navigation 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
screens. 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.18)-
(MAP/VOICEGUIDANCE,ROUTINGCAUTIONS,DIRECTIONSLIST)
-DRIVINGTOYOURDESTINATION-
VOI CE:
"HELP"
(ALL)
(pg. 137)
VOICE:
"INFORMA TION
SCREE N"
(pg. 72)
VOICE:
"MENU" (to
change route) (pg. 66)
VOICE:
"HOW F AR OR LONG
TO THE
DESTIN AT ION?"
(pg.
137)
VOICE:
"DISPLAY (OR S AV E )
CURR
ENT LOCA TION"
(pg.
64)VOICE:
"WHAT TIME
IS IT?"
(pg. 137)
VOI CE:
AUD IO
(pg. 141 - 144)
VOI CE:
CLIMA TE
F
AN, TEMP
(pg. 140, 141)
ENTER
WAY POINTS
(pg. 66)
VIEW
TRAFFIC (pg. 20)
VOI CE:
"ZOOM IN/Z OOM OUT"
(pg. 56, 138)
VOI CE:
"HIDE/DISPLA Y ICONS"
(pg. 59,138)
VIEW TRAFFIC (pg. 20)
ADD BOOK (pg. 81)PINs (pg. 85)UNITS MI/KM (pg. 98)VOICE MALE/F (pg . 98)UNVERIFIED (pg. 88)AVOID ARE
AS (pg. 92)TIME ZONE (pg. 99)DAYLIGHT SAV. ( pg. 98)OFF-ROAD TRACKING
(pg. 63, 95)CORRECT VEHICLE POSITIO N (pg. 96)MAP COLOR (pg. 100)MENU COLO R (pg. 100)
GUIDE. PROMPTS (pg. 80)VERSION (pg . 97)
MESS
AGES (pg. 101)
BRIGHTNESS (pg. 78)VO
LUM E (pg.78)DISPLAY (pg. 79)CONTRAST (pg. 80)
CALL (pg. 77)
COST (pg. 75)
NUMERIC RA TING
(pg. 76)
ENTER (pg. 74)LIST (pg. 74)MATH (pg. 76)CONVER T (pg. 77)LIST (pg. 73)
NAVI, AUDIO,
CLIMA TE (pg. 72)
SELECT CA TEGOR Y
(PG. 72)
IMPORT/SEAR CH/DELETE (pg. 73)
PRESS
OK
NOT
PRESSEDOK
NOT
SELECTEDOK
ROAD SIDE
ASSISTAN CE
KEY TO ZAGAT
RATINGS
CALEND ARCALCULA TORMAP LEGEND
PHONE BOOKMESSAGE
VOI CE HELP
SELECT BAND/
FREQUENCYVOL BALANCECD
FUNCTIONSOTHER AUD IOBRIGHTNESS
ZOOM IN/OUT
SETUP
BUT TO N
(pg. 78)
A/C
B
UTTON
(pg. 10)
AUDIO
BUT TO N
(pg. 10)
INFO
BUT TO N
(pg. 72)
REAR CA MERA (REVERSE)
THEDISCLAIMERSCREEN(pg.17)
VOICE: "FIND
NEAREST..." A
TM, ETC .
(pg.
139)
SELECT A
DESTINA TION
WITH
JO YSTIC K
(pg. 69)
VOI CE:
"GO HOME" (pg. 46)
VOICE:
"MENU" FOR ENTER
DESTINATION
SCREEN (pg. 25)
CONTINUE TO THE
DESTINATION
(RESUME)
AFTER REST
ART
(pg. 70)
GLOBESCREENKEYON
Formoreinformation,see
PERSO NALBASICROUTING
GUIDANCE
CLOCK
ADJUSTMENT
VEHICLECOLOR
SET TEMPAC ON/OFFVENTFA N
ACU RALINKSYSTEM INFO .
SET UP
SCREEN (FIRST)
thevehicleOwner'smanual.
VOICECOMMANDS
AUD IO (pg. 141 - 14 4)
CLIMATE CONTR OL
(pg. 140, 141)
INFO SCREEN (pg. 1 44)
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