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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 - Generic (see page 57)
Destination Icon (see page
57)
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 page
55)
NOTE:
See Map Legend on the Information screen for further explanation (see page
71 ).
Current Map Scale
(see page
55)
Current Street
(see page
62)
Vehicle Position
(see page
62)
“Breadcrumbs”
(see Off-road
Tracking on
page
61)
Streets
(see Map Overview on
page
6, or
Unverified Area
Routing on page
86)
Dark Red: Interstates or
Freeways
Black: Verified Street
Light Brown: Unverified
Street Direction of Destination
(when on route)
(see page51)
Map Orientation
(see page
56)
Distance to Destination (see page
51)
Time to Destination (see page
51)
Waypoint (see page
65)
Blue Line
Calculated route
(see page
48)
Map Menu (see page
51)
(Push in on the Interface Dial to view.) One-way Traffic Icon
(1/20 mile only)
(see page
60)
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Driving to Your Destination
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 page50)
Direction of Destination, “as the crow flies” (see page51)
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 page51)
Distance to Destination (see page51)
Vehicle Heading (b
lack indicates North) (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 page32).
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,
or 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 page52).
Directions - button shown if currently
on a route. Select to see a list of
directions to your destination (see
page52). North-up/Heading-up -
Select
Heading-up or North-up button to
change map orientation. See Map
Orientation on page56 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 page59).
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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Driving to Your Destination
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
page77.
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. For information on
the available voice commands, See
Voice Command Index on page132.
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 page86
for more details about unverified
routing.
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 page86.
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.
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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 page59).
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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
page93), or by accessing the icon bar
(see CHANGE GUIDANCE MODE on
page59). 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 133) 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
84).
For information on the av ailable voice commands, see Voice Command Index on page132.
Map Scale (English and Metric)
For selecting uni ts, see page
84.1/20 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) page 57 XX
Breadcrumbs (off-road tracking dots) page 61 XXXX
Freeway exit information icons page
57 XXX
One-way traffic icon page
60 X
Unverified road display (light brown) page
86 XXX
Map orientation “Heading up” page
56 XXXXX
Map orientation “North up” page
56 XXXXXXXXXXX
Map features (like park, golf course) page
49 XXXXXXXXXX
Avoid area shown on map page
90 XXX
Avoid area scales (when creating) page
90 XXX
Waypoint “flag” icons page
65 XXXXXXXXXXX
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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 automati
cally changes to
the map screen when you reach your
destination. Press the MENU button to
return to the MENU screen ( Enter
destination by ).
NOTE:
For information on the available voice commands, see Voice
Command Index on page132.
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.
“North Up”
“Heading Up”
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