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Viewing the Routes
Touching View Routes allows you to
scroll through and view the various
routes (Direct, Easy, Maximize
Freeways, etc.) to your destination. If
you select View Routes , the display
changes to: You can change the method for
calculating the route by using the voice
control system and saying “Next” or
“Previous” or by touching
Next or
Prev . The system will display another
calculated route.
NOTE:
 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 Freeways” and
“Minimize Toll Roads” 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 by using the Next
and Prev . buttons.
Once you confirm your selection, say or
select OK on the screen.
NOTE:
Distances and times show for each
method in the Summary are
approximate.
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After calculating the route with the new
method, the system displays a map of
your current location. The calculated
route will be highlighted as a blue line,
and a voice prompt will tell you how to
proceed along the hi ghlighted route.
Touch Voice to have the guidance
repeated.Viewing the Destination Map
Touching 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 page88 for
a detailed expl anation 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 page20, and
Viewing Flow Data on page21.
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“Vector line” (unverified routing off)
Blue-pink unverified route line
(unverified routing on)
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
page80.
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” or select
Voice
on the screen at any time 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 page88
for more details about unverified
routing.
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Map Features
Dark Green: Park Gray:
Light Blue: Hospital Airport/Stadium/Business
Brown: Shopping Mall Blue: Body of Water
Light Brown: Blue/Green: CemeteryIndian Reservation Matte Blue: University
Green: Golf Course
NOTE:
If you move the joystick over an area (map features
shown above), the name is displayed on the screen.
Acura Dealer
School
Restaurant
AT M
Parking Lot
Post OfficeHonda Dealer
Hospital
Grocery Store
Gas Station
Hotel/Lodging
Parking Garage
Freeway Exit Information
Map Screen Legend
Map Orientation
(see page57)
Map Scale Adjustment
(Mile or km per half inch
appears only when you
ZOOM IN or OUT.)
(see page56)
Current Map Scale
(see page56)
ICON Button
(see page61)
“Breadcrumbs”
(see Off-road Tracking on page63)
NOTE:
See Map Legend from the Information screen for further explanation (see page73).
Direction of Destination
(When on route)
(see page54)
Voice
(see page51)
(Announces next
driving instruction)
Distance to Destination
(see page54) Time to Destination
(see page54)
Waypoint
(When on route)
(see page66)
Current Street
(see page6)
Vehicle Position (see page64)
(Use voice command, “Display curr ent location,” or touch the icon to show the current location.)
Direction List

(see page54)
Blue Line
Calculated route
(see page50) Destination Icon
(see page58)
Streets
(see
Map Overview on page6, or Unverified
Area Routing on page88)
Red: Interstates or Freeways
Black: Verified Street
Light Brown: Unverified Street
Landmark Icon (see page58)
“North Up”
“Heading Up”
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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
Freeway Exit Information (see page55)
Direction of Destinatio n, “as the crow flies” (see page
54)
Vehicle Heading (b lack indicates North) (see page
53)
Scroll: to view guidance maneuvers
Street Name of Next
Driving Maneuver
Distance to
Destination
(see page
54)
Time to Destination
(see page
54)
Direction List
(see page
54)
Current Street (see page
6)
Voice Button (announces next
driving instruction) (see page51)
Milestone to Destination
(see page
53) Distance to Next Driving Maneuver
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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 page38).
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.
Direction List
If you select Directions on the map or
guidance screen, the display changes
to:
NOTE:
 The map and voice guidance in unverified areas differ from those in
verified areas. See Unverified Area
Routing on page88.
 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 grayed out. You can see the Direction list and the
distance to each maneuver. Touch the
Return
button to return to the Previous
screen.
You can scroll through the direction list
screen by screen using the scroll bar, or
one instruction at a time using the
joystick.
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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
joystick. 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 click on it. 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 page61).
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 page95),
or by accessing the icon bar (see
Guidance Mode on page61). 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 th e 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
Use the ZOOM buttons or a voice command such as “Display 1/2 mile scale” (see page138) to change the scale of the map.
Zooming in increases the detail, while zooming out gives you a vi ew 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
98 ).
 For information on the av ailable voice commands, see Voice Command Index on page137.
Map Scale (English and Metric)
For selecting uni ts, see page
98.1/20 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 m 200 m 400 m 800 m1.6 km3 km 8 km 24 km 80 km240 km 560 km
POI icon symbols (like ATM) page58X X
Breadcrumbs (off-road tracking dots)page63XXXX
Freeway exit information icons page55X X X
Unverified road displa y (light brown) page88X X X
Map orientation “Heading up” page57XXXXX
Map orientation “North up” page57XXXXXXXXXXX
Map features (like park, golf course)page52XXXXXXXXXX
Avoid area shown on map page92X X X
Avoid area scales (w hen creating) page92X X X
Waypoint “flag” icons page66 XXXXXXXXXXX
Traffic speed page20XXXX
Traffic incident page20XXXX
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