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Place Name by Keyword
If you do not know the exact name of
the destination, you can find the place
with a keyword. When you select this
option, the display changes to:
You can find your destination with
keyword using the Sort by Distance
to Travel option or City Vicinity
option. If you select the
Sort by Distance to
Travel option, the Enter keyword for
place screen appear s. Enter the
keyword using the Interface Dial. If
the system does not fi nd an exact match,
select LIST when you finish entering
the keyword. The system starts
searching for places that match the
entered keyword. If you see your
desired place, select it from the list. If
not, scroll through the list to find the
desired place.
If you select the City Vicinity option,
the Enter city name screen appears.
Enter the name of the city using the
Interface Dial . The system will
display a list of city names, with the
closest match to the name you entered at
the top of the list. Select your desired
city name from the list. Once you have
selected your desired city name, the
Enter keyword for place screen
appears. Enter the keyword using the
Interface Dial to specify the desired
place.
Once you select a place, the system then
displays the Calculate route to screen
(see Driving to Your Destination on
page45).
Sort by Distance to Travel
When you select this option, the system
gives you a list of all the places in the
subcategory. This list is arranged by
distance from your current location,
with the closest at the top of the list.
The distance and direction to the
destination at the top of the list are
shown in the screen. The distance
shown is straight line distance (as the
crow flies), not driving distance. Say or
select the number (1-4) of the desired
destination from the list.
Once you select a place, the system then
displays the Calculate route to screen
(see Driving to Your Destination on
page45).
Entering a Destination
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Finding the Place by Zagat 2007
The ZAGAT 2007 option allows you to
find a restaurant by the Zagat Rating
information.
The system lets you select several items
(such as metro area, region, and
neighborhood) to search the restaurant
you like. When you select a type of
food, the following display appears:
Name - When you select Name, the
restaurants will be listed by alphabetical
order.
Food, Decor, Service - When you
select Food, Decor , or Service , the
restaurant will be listed by rating value.
Cost - When you select Cost, the
restaurant will be listed by the average
cost of a meal (including drink and tip). When you select a sorting method, the
list of restaurants will appear.
You can see the survey for a listed item
by selecting the “Z” tab, or by saying
“Zagat list number X” (where X is the
number 1-3).
Once you select a restaurant, the system
then displays the
Calculate route to
screen (see Driving to Your Destination
on page45).
NOTE:
For details on the ra tings and symbols,
say “Question mark” or select the “?”
tab using the Interface Dial , or see
Key to Zagat Ratings on page73.
By Intersection
After you select Intersection from the
MENU screen ( Enter destination by ),
the display changes to:
Tip:
When entering an address, it is usually
easier to enter the st reet first. A city or
cities that the street appears in will be
displayed. For your convenience, you
do not have to enter both city and street.
Entering a Destination
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Information Features
Delete
From the Calendar screen, select the
date of the schedule you wish to
remove. To remove the schedule, say or
select DELETE .
Done
Once you have finished entering the
schedule, say or select DONE. The
Calendar screen is re-displayed and the
entered schedule is shown.
NOTE:
 You can only enter one message per day.
 A maximum of 50 entries can be stored in the schedule.
 To re-activate a previous message, turn the Reminder setting from OFF
to ON . If it is not turned on, the
reminder will not be displayed when
you start vehicle.
 The system displays active calendar entries only after you answer OK on
the Disclaimer screen.
 For more information, see System
Start-up on page17.
Key to Zagat Ratings
When you display data for a Zagat
surveyed restaurant on the Select a
place screen, you will see the
description of ratings as follows:
By saying or selecting Key to Zagat
Ratings on the Information screen,
you can see the explan ation of the data
displayed for the Zagat surveyed
restaurants.
 “Food,” “Decor,” and “Service” categories (red circle) are rated using
numbered values (e.g., 0-9, 10-15,
etc.)  “Cost” (white circle) is the average
cost of a meal (including drink and
tip).
 The symbols, if displayed (blue circle), indicates the following
information: open on Sunday
closed on Sunday
open on Monday
closed on Monday
open for lunch
lunch not served
serving after 11 PM
no credit card accepted
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Information Features
Use the Interface Dial to scroll
through the Key to Zagat Ratings
screens.Calculator
When you say or select Calculator, the
display changes to:
Use the Interface Dial and its Knob to
use the following features:
Calculator
The calculator function operates like a
standard hand held calculator.
Unit Conversion
Values entered on the calculator can be
converted from one unit to another (e.g.,
inches-to-millimeters).
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System Set-up
Menu Color
Allows you to choose the menu color
from one of five colors for the Day and
Night mode.
Say “Return” or press the CANCEL
button to return to the previous screen.
NOTE:
 Choose “Silver metal” (factory default) as the Day color to obtain
the best daytime display contrast.
 Choose “Black metal” (factory default) as the Night color to obtain
the best nighttime display contrast.
Switching Display Mode
Manually
Pressing the Display mode button
allows you to toggle through the
screen display modes: Day, Night or
Off . This button is the overriding
control for the day/night display mode,
and is the simplest way to control the
display mode.
Once this button is used, automatic day/
night switching is disabled until the next
key cycle. See item #1 on page99.
See the chart below for an explanation
of other day/night display mode
adjustments and how th ey interact with
each other.
(Example of Day/Night Mode)
Day Mode Night Mode
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System Set-up
Switching Display Mode AutomaticallyI
Recommended Display mode Day/Night settings:
 With the headlights on, select mid range for the dash illumination (see Own er’s manual for location of knob).
 With the headlights off, select mid range for the dash illumination (see Owner’s manual for location of knob).
 On the SETUP “Color” adjustment screen, choose White for the map Day display, and black for the map Night display (
see
page98). Inappropriate adjustment of these colors can cause the Day/Night modes to appear inoperative.
 Remember that once the Display mode button is selected, the other display mode controls are overridden until the
vehicle is restarted.
NOTE:
See the vehicle Owner’s manual for additional info rmation regarding the dash brightness adjustment.
llumination control Prior ity Operation But remember
Display mode button
(see page
11) 1 Allows selection of Day, Night or Off display
mode. This button has the highest priority and
overrides all other displa y control adjustments
listed below. Remember that once you pr
ess this button, you
assume full manual control of the display
mode until the ignition key is cycled again.
Dash illumination adjustment
knob (See Owner’s manual for
location) 2 When headlights are turned on, and you wish to
have the Day display mode, then adjust the
illumination to the full bright setting (beeps). Remember to adjust the dash brightness back
to mid-range to allow auto switching by
sensing the headlights are on or off.
Headlights (Auto/On/Off) 3 When turned on, it changes the display to the
Night display mode. The previous two
controls listed above ca n “cancel” this function. Use the
Display mode
button , or
adjust the dash illuminati on to full bright to set
the display to your desired choice.
Map Day/Night screen color
choice (see page
98 f
or the
Day and Night color choices) N/A The user can select the color of the screen that
will be displayed for the Day, and Night
display modes described above. For best contrast
, ensure that the Map “color”
is white for Day, and black for Night.
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Coverage Areas
Florida
Cape Canaveral/Cocoa Beach/
Titusville
Florida Keys
Fort Myers Metro area – including
Naples
Fort Pierce
Gainesville
Jacksonville Metro – including St.
Johns County
Miami/Fort Lauderdale/West Palm
Beach Metro
Orlando/Daytona Beach/Melbourne
area – including Osceola County
Pensacola
Tallahassee
Tampa Bay/St. Petersburg Metro –
including Pasco and Manatee
Counties
Vero Beach
Georgia Athens
Atlanta Metro
Columbus
Augusta/Aiken Metro
Macon
Savannah Idaho
Boise
Sun Valley Ski Resorts
Spokane-Coeur d’Alene
Illinois Bloomington-Normal
Champaign
Charleston
Davenport-Rock Island-Moline
Chicago Metro (to Wisconsin border)
– including Lake County, IN and
Dekalb County, IL
East St. Louis Metro
Moline
Peoria
Quincy
Rock Island
Rockford
Springfield
St Louis
Indiana Evansville
Fort Wayne
Gary/Hammond Metro
Indianapolis Metro
Kokomo Metro
Northwest Indiana
South Bend/Elkhart/Goshen Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Davenport – Rock Island-Moline
Des Moines
Iowa City
Omaha-Lincoln
Kansas Topeka
Kansas City/Leavenworth Metro
Wichita
Kentucky Lexington
Louisville
Cincinnati
Louisiana Baton Rouge
New Orleans Metro
Shreveport
Maine Bangor
Bar Harbor/Acadia National Park
Portland/Lewiston/Auburn
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Coverage Areas
MarylandCumberland
Baltimore/Washington D.C. Metro –
including Charles and Carroll
Counties
Ocean City
The State of Maryland: Most roads
are verified in non-metro areas.
Massachusetts Boston/Cape Cod Metro
Cape Cod
Springfield Metro area
Complete coverage of all cities in
Barnstable, Berkshire, Bristol, Essex,
Hampshire, Hampden, Middlesex,
Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk, and
Worcester Counties
The State of Massachusetts: All roads
are verified in non-metro areas. Michigan
Detroit Metro area – including Ann
Arbor, Pontiac, Flint, Clinton, Eaton,
and Monroe Counties
Grand Rapids Metro
Kalamazoo
Lansing Metro
Northern Michigan Resort Area –
including Traverse City, Elk Rapids,
Petoskey, Charlevoix, Boyne City,
and Harbor Springs
Saginaw-Midland
Southeast Michigan
Minnesota Minneapolis/St. Paul Metro –
including cities in Anoka Scott and
Carver Counties
Fargo-Moorhead
Rochester
Mississippi Biloxi/Gulfport
Jackson Missouri
Branson
Columbia
Kansas City (KS-MO) Metro –
including Platte County
Springfield
St Louis Metro (IL-MO) – including
additional cities in Jefferson County
Montana Billings
Nebraska Lincoln (Lancaster County)
Omaha
Nevada Las Vegas Metro
Reno/Lake Tahoe
Sacramento-Reno-Lake Tahoe-Yuba
New Hampshire Manchester
Nashua-Portsmouth
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