2008 NISSAN SENTRA Direction

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Model "NISSAN_NAVI" EDITED: 2007/ 2/ 26
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HOW TO VIEW MAP SCREEN
The navigation system displays various informa-
tion on the map screen.
Screen information
&1Vehicle icon:
Indicates the current vehicle location and
the direction that you are traveling.
&2Guide point:
Indicates a guide point on the route.
&3GPS indicator:
Indicates the GPS reception condition of
signals from the satellites.
*Green: accurate positioning is possible
*Gray: accurate positioning is not possible
&4Remaining time and distance to the
destination:
Indicates the remaining time and distance to
the destination.
&5Suggested route:
Appears in bold yellow during route gui-
dance.
&6/Direction indicator:
Indicates the direction of the map.
&7Scale indicator:
Indicates the scale of the map.
&8Arrow and distance:
Appears on the upper left corner of the
screen when the suggested route is set.
Indicates the distance to the next guide
point and the turning direction at that guide
point. This function can be turned on or off.
INFO:
.Roads with a width of 10 ft (3 m) or less may
not be displayed on the map.
.The system may require a long time for
positioning. The GPS indicator may remain
gray for 3 to 4 minutes after the system is
started. This is not a malfunction.
OPERATING MAPS
2-14Getting started

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MOVING AROUND WITHIN A MAP
You can manually move across the map to view
the surrounding areas or a preferred location.
1. Tilt the joystick corresponding to the direc-
tion that you want to move across the map.
Keep tilting the joystick to continuously
move across the map in that direction. Once
you start moving on the map, the cross
pointer appears.
2. Returning to the current location map screen
Push

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LIST SCREEN
After searching for a point of interest, a list
screen is displayed.
Depending on the list displayed, it can be
sorted.
Items displayed in a list
&1Highlight the preferred item from the list and
pushto select it.
If a location or facility name is not completely
displayed (due to length) , highlight the item
to show the hidden part of the name.
&2Distance from the current location
&3Direction to the point of interest
&4If the entire list cannot be displayed on the
screen, the system displays the total number
of items in the list and the entry number of
the selected item. Tilt the joystick upward or
downward to scroll the list.
&5Highlight and pushto sort the
list by shortest distance.
&6Highlight and pushto sort the
list in the original order.
&7When the list is sorted by the shortest
distance, you can confirm the selected
location in the preview on the right side of
the screen.
Getting started2-27

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Two types of map views are available: Plan View
and BirdviewTM.
PLAN VIEW
Plan View displays the map in a 2-dimensional
environment similar to a road map.
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Screen information
&1Vehicle icon:
Indicates the current vehicle location and
the direction that you are traveling.
&2Guide point:
Indicates a guide point on the route.
&3GPS indicator:
Indicates the GPS reception condition of
signals from the satellites.
*Green: accurate positioning is possible
*Gray: accurate positioning is not possible
&4Remaining time and distance to the
destination:
Indicates the approximate remaining time
and distance to the destination. This indi-
cator will appear when you set the destina-
MAP TYPES
3-2Map settings

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tion and start route guidance.
&5Suggested route:
Appears in bold yellow during route gui-
dance.
&6/Direction indicator:
Indicates the direction of the map.
&7Scale indicator:
Indicates the scale of the map.
&8Arrow:
Indicates the distance to the next guide
point and the turning direction at that guide
point.
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BIRDVIEWTM
BirdviewTMdisplays the map from an elevated
perspective. In BirdviewTM, it is easy to recog-
nize an image of the route because it provides a
panoramic view over a long distance.
INFO:
About the Birdview
TMdisplay
.“BirdviewTM” is a registered trademark of
Xanavi Informatics Corporation.
.The map in Birdview
TMalways appears with
the current forward direction facing up.
Map settings3-3

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The operations for moving across the map are
different between Plan View and BirdviewTM.
PLAN VIEW
Tilt the joystick corresponding to the direction
that you want to move across the map. Keep
tilting the joystick to continuously move across
the map in that direction.
Once you start moving across the map, the
cross pointer appears.
MOVING A MAP
Map settings3-7

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BIRDVIEWTM
The joystick allows movement in the following
ways.
Keep tilting the joystick to continuously move
across the map in that direction.
&1Rotates the map clockwise.
&2Rotates the map counterclockwise.
&3Moves the cross pointer on the map upward.
&4Moves the cross pointer on the map down-
ward.
Once you start moving on the map, the cross
pointer appears.
3-8Map settings

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Other settings are also available for the map
screen, such as changing the map direction,
splitting the screen, etc.
SETTINGS OF HEADING/LONG
RANGE MAP VIEW
You can change the map direction (orientation)
in Plan View or change the position of the
vehicle icon to view a wider area in the traveling
direction.
These settings are available only in the Plan
View or Split (Plan View) mode.
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1. Pushwhile the current location
map screen is displayed.
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2. Highlight [Heading] and push.
OTHER SETTINGS FOR THE MAP
SCREEN
Map settings3-15