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Select the “Intersection” switch on
the “Destination” screen.
Input the name of the two intersecting
streets which are located near the des-
tination to be set.
When you select the
“List” switch or the
number of sites becomes 4 or less, the list
of matching street names appears.
Select the of your desired item. Af-
ter inputting the two intersecting
streets, the screen changes and dis-
plays the map location of the selected
destination and the route preference.
(See “Entering destination” on page
39.)
If the same two streets cross at more than
one intersection, the screen changes and
displays the menu to select the city name
where the streets intersect. Select the city
and the map location of the selected des-
tination and the route preference. (See
“Entering destination” on page 39.)
Destination input by
INTERSECTION

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To input a freeway entrance or exit, se-
lect the “Freeway Ent./Exit” switch
on the “Destination” screen.
Be sure to use the complete name of the
freeway or highway, including the hyphen,
when entering the destination. Freeways
and interstates use an “I” (I−405). US high-
ways use the state designation before the
number (CA−118).
As the number of matching freeways de-
creases, you can select the
“List” switch
to display the list. When the number of
sites becomes 4 or less, the list screen ap-
pears automatically.
Choose the desired freeway by select-
ing the .
You can then select either a freeway“Entrance” or “Exit”.
Select the of your desired entrance
or exit name. The screen changes and
displays the map location of the se-
lected destination and the route prefer-
ence. (See “Entering destination” on
page 39.)
There are 2 ways to list the freeway en-
trance or exit.
“Dist. sort”: Select this switch to list the
entrances or exits in order of distance from
your current location.
“Name sort”: Select this switch to list the
entrances or exits in alphabetical order.
Destination input by
FREEWAY ENTRANCE or
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Select the “Previous starting
point” switch on the “Destination”
screen.
The screen changes and displays the
map location of the previous starting
point and the route preference. (See
“Entering destination” on page 39.)
If you have not used the navigation yet,
you can not set the destination by the
“Previous starting point” switch.Select the
“Map” switch on the “Des-
tination” screen.
The screen change and displays the
map location of the last map and the
route preference. (See “Entering des-
tination” on page 39.)
Destination input by
PREVIOUS STARTING
POINT
Destination input by MAP

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Select one of the — switches
on the “Destination” screen, the screen
changes and displays the map location
of your desired preset destination. In
this case, it is necessary to register
your desired preset destination before-
hand. (Refer to pages 90 through 91,
“Registering”, “Editing” or “Deleting”
preset destination.)Select the “ (home)” switch on
the destination input screen.
The screen changes and displays the
map location of your home and the
route preference. (See “Entering des-
tination” on page 39.)
The screen changes to display the map
location of your home about 3 seconds,
and then the system starts to search the
way to your home.
If you have not registered your home yet,
you can not set the destination by the
“ (home)” switch.
For the steps to register or delete your
home, see page 49.
Destination input by
PRESET DESTINATIONDestination input by HOME

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After you input the destination by one
of the 12 methods, the screen changes
and displays the map location of the se-
lected destination and the route prefer-
ence.
Select the “Map scroll” switch on the
screen to move the cursor .
You can move and set the cursor
at a
desired point. (For the method of how to
move the cursor, see page 18.)
“Change”: Selecting this switch can
change “Route preference”.
When you select the
“Enter” switch, the
system starts searching for a route to your
destination using the conditions entered.
If you want to set a preferred road point be-
tween the starting point and the destina-
tion or change the search condition, push
the
“ENTER” button on the navigation
controller to display the menu switches.
Select the “Edit route” switch on the
screen. The screen changes and displays
the edit route menu. (For details, see page
99.)
You can start the route guidance by select-
ing the
“Start” switch on the screen or
starting to move your vehicle.
If you continue to push the
“ENTER”button on the navigation controller until
you hear a beep, the “demo” mode will
start.
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Route preference:
To change the conditions of the route
preference.
Select the
“Edit route” switch, and
the “Edit route” screen appears.
Select the “Route preference”switch.
Select either “Allow” or “Detour”switch. When you select the “OK”switch, the system starts searching for
a route up to the destination.
Even if you select the
“Detour”switch, it cannot be avoid in some
cases.
INFORMATION
If the calculated route includes a trip
by ferry, the route guidance shows a
sea route. After you travel by ferry,
the current vehicle position may be
incorrect. Upon reception of GPS sig-
nals, it is automatically corrected.
Select the “3routes” switch.
“3routes”: You can choose your route out
of 3 types of route.
Choose one from the three routes.
“Quick”: A route on which you can reach
the destination in the shortest time.
“Short”: A route on which you can reach
the destination in the shortest distance.
“Alternative”: Other route.
Select the “Time & distance”switch to display the time and distance
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The route guidance system displays
two different screen modes.
Single screen: Only map is shown in a
screen mode like the above.
Split screen: Map and guidance screen
are shown in a screen mode like the
above. (For details about guidance
screen, see page 43.)
The two route guidance screens have a
number of indicators and switches with
which you should be familiar.
Map screen with switch: When the“ENTER” button on the navigation con-
troller is pushed while the map is dis-
played, the switch screen is displayed on
the right side of the screen.
“GPS”: Upon reception of signals from the
GPS (Global Positioning System), this
mark appears. (For details, see page 58.)
“Map orient”: To switch the map orienta-
tion between North−up and Heading−up.
(For details, see page 57.)
“POI”: Select this switch, and symbols of
points of interest are shown on the screen.
(For details, see page 51.)
“Chg. route”: The “Change route” screen
appears and the following settings are
available.
“Mark”: Select this switch for quick regis-
tration of the marked point. (For details,
see page 89.)
“Guide”: When POI icons are displayed
on the map, select this switch, and the
name of a POI icon near the cursor is dis-
played. Move the select and scroll lever to
the right or left, and the name of the next
POI icon is displayed. If no POI icons are
displayed on the screen, “No guidance in-
formation available” is displayed. Push the
“ENTER” button while the name of a
POI icon is displayed to see detailed infor-
mation about that POI (name, location,
phone number, etc.) displayed on the
screen.
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“”: Select this switch when you have
several destinations to go. The distance
and time from the current position to the
destination can be displayed for each des-
tination. When you are not traveling on the
route, however, only the distance is dis-
played.
INFORMATION
The distance to your destination
appears on the left of the screen.
The time to your destination can
also be displayed. (For the setting
steps, see page 108.)
Selecting these
switches changes the
guidance screen.
Selecting these switches
changes the map screen.
“Searching condition”: To change the
condition for reroute. (For details, see
page 101.)
“Del. next dest.”: To delete the setting of
the next destination.
“Delete preferred road”: To delete the
preferred road that you registered.
“Start from adjacent road”: To start the
route guidance from the adjacent road.
(ex. When the route guidance guides the
route on a freeway, but you drive on the
parallel way along a freeway.)
“Detour for”: To change the condition for
detour. (For details, see page 50.)
“Whole route”: To calculate an entire new
route to the destination.