2008 TOYOTA AVALON Navigation Manual

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After each letter is inputted, the system
searches the database for street names
that match. Alphabet keys are dimmed if
the database does not have a match for
the next letter in the remaining list of
matching street names.
Selecting the
“” switch to display
the diacritics input screen, the
“09”switch to display the numeral input
screen.
Based on your input, the number of match-
ing sites appears at the top right of the
screen. After the number decreases to
some extent, select the
“List” switch to
display the street selection list. If the num-
ber of matches decreases to 4 or less, the
screen changes automatically to the
selection list.
When you find your desired street
name, select of the item. The
screen changes and displays the map
location of the selected destination and
the route preference. (See “Entering
destination” on page 39.)
If the same street exists in more than one
city, the current screen changes to the “Se-
lect city” screen. Select or enter your de-
sired city.

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If you input a street name first, the screen
changes. You can then input a house num-
ber.
If the above screen appears, you can se-
lect an address range on that screen.(b) Inputting a city name
The screen for selecting the last 5 towns
appears if you select the
“City” switch on
the “Address” screen on page 22.
5 cities are displayed on the screen.
Select the
of the desired city name.
The current screen changes to the
screen which is for inputting a street
name.
INFORMATION
Under the initial condition, town
name will not be displayed.
“All cities”: All cities are selected.
“Near 5 cities”: 5 near cities are dis-
played. Selecting a city in the list changes
to the display to input a street name.
“Input city name”: The screen for input-
ting a city name appears.

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The screen for inputting a city name ap-
pears if you select the “Input city
name” switch on the “Address” screen.
Input a city name.
After the number decreases to some
extent, select the
“List” switch to dis-
play the city selection list. If the number
of matches decreases to 4 or less, the
screen changes automatically to the
selection list.
Select the of the desired city name.
“Map”: If you select this switch, the screen
changes and displays the map location of
the selected city and the route preference.
(See “Entering destination” on page 39.)
The current screen changes to the
screen which is for inputting a street
name.
Input a street name. (See “(a) Inputting
a street name” on page 22.)
The screen changes and displays the
map location of the selected destina-
tion and the route preference. (See “En-
tering destination” on page 39.)

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There are 3 ways to select a point of in-
terest (POI) location.
(a) Input the name of the point of inter-
est directly.
(b) Inputting a city name first.
(c) Selecting from the points of inter-
est categories.
It will not take a long time for you to find
your destination if you use a combina-
tion of the searching ways of (a), (b) and
(c).(a) Inputting the name of the point of
interest directly
Select the
“POI” (Point of Interest)
switch on the “Destination” screen.
The “POI” (Point of Interest) screen ap-
pears, and then you can input the name of
the point of interest.
Select letters on the screen to input a
name.
Selecting the
“” switch to display
the diacritics input screen, the
“09”switch to display the numeral input
screen.
If the number of sites becomes 4 or less,
or if you select the
“List” switch at the
bottom right of the screen, the screen
changes and displays a list of sites.
Select the of your desired destina-
tion.
You can search it more easily with the
“City” and “Category” switches.
(See “(b) Inputting a city name” on page 27
and “(c) Selection from the point of interest
categories” on page 28.)
Destination input by
POI (Point of Interest)

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(b) Inputting a city name
Select the
“City” switch on the “POI”
(Point of Interest) screen.
5 cities are displayed on the screen.
Select the
of the desired city name.
The current screen changes to the
screen which is for inputting a name of
point of interest.
INFORMATION
Under the initial condition, town
name will not be displayed.
“All cities”: All cities are selected.
“Near 5 cities”: 5 near cities are dis-
played. Selecting a city in the list changes
to the display to input a name of the point
of interest.
“Input city name”: The screen for input-
ting a city name appears.
Input a city name.
If the number of sites becomes 4 or less,
or if you select the
“List” switch at the
bottom right of the screen, the screen
changes and displays the selection list.
Select the
of the desired city name.
After entering the city name, input the
name of the point of interest.

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(c) Selection from the point of interest
categories
Select the
“Category” switch on the
“POI” (Point of Interest) screen.
The categories are shown on the
screen. When you select the of
your desired category, more detailed
categories are shown.
When you select the of your de-
sired category, the screen changes and
displays the previous screen.
“All” categories: You can select the point
of interest by the name in all categories.
Once you have selected a category, select
letters directly on the screen to input a
name.
Selecting the
“” switch to display
the diacritcs input screen, the
“09”switch to display the numeral input
screen.
If the number of sites becomes 4 or less,
or if you select the
“List” switch at the
bottom right of the screen, the screen
changes and displays a list of sites.
When you select the of your de-
sired item, the screen changes and dis-
plays the map location of the selected
destination and the route preference.
(See “Entering destination” on page
39.)

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In case of having some POIs of the same
name, this screen appears.
“Name sort”: Select this switch to list the
categories in alphabetical order.
“Dist. sort”: Select this switch to list the
categories in order of nearest place from
your current location.
INFORMATION
The information on the desired point
of interest can be displayed on the
map screen.
Select the “Info.” switch to display the
selected destination name, address and
telephone number.

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List of points of interest
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