2008 TOYOTA AVALON Navigation Manual

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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
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The right half of the screen can be used
as a guidance screen.
See also “Route guidance screen” on page
41.
Split screen near the intersection.
The distance to the intersection is shown
at the bottom of the screen.
Split screen near the exit of the freeway.
You can set the map mode and guid-
ance mode.
1. Push the “MENU” button on the
navigation controller.
2. Select the “Map appearance”switch.
3. It changes to the “Map appearance”
screen and you can select the “Guid-
ance mode”.
Guidance mode:
To display arrow screen
To display turn list screen
To display map screen
Guidance screenMap appearance

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Arrow screen
This screen shows the current road name
and the distance to the next corner.
Turn list screen
This screen shows the “turn list” like the
above. You cannot scroll through the list of
roads.Map screen
Single mode
Dual mode
The map screen has 2 modes:
Single mode
Dual mode
The dual mode screen can perform the
following procedures.
Changing the map scale
Displaying the POI icon (See page 51.)
Changing the orientation of the map

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The current vehicle position mark ap-
pears in the center of the map screen.
You can return to this map screen
showing your current position at any
time from any screen by pushing the
“MAP/VOICE” button on the naviga-
tion controller.
While driving, the current vehicle position
mark is fixed in the center of the screen
and the map moves.
If you move the map, the current vehicle
position mark continues to track your cur-
rent location.
INFORMATION
When you use the map scroll feature,
the current vehicle position mark may
disappear from the screen. Move the
map again with map scroll or push the
“MAP/VOICE” button to return to
the current vehicle position map loca-
tion display.
The current position is automatically
set as your vehicle receives signals
from the GPS (Global Positioning Sys-
tem). If your current position is not cor-
rect, it is automatically corrected after
your vehicle receives signals from the
GPS.
INFORMATION
After battery disconnection, or on a
new vehicle, the current position may
not be correct. As soon as the system
receives signals from the GPS, the
correct current position is displayed.
If you must correct the current position
manually, follow the steps on page 95.
The current street name will be displayed
in the bottom of the screen when the set-
ting of the current street name is on.
In some areas, the roads have not been
completely digitalized in our database yet.
For this reason, the route guidance may
guide the road that is not allowed to pass.
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You can use voice guidance while driv-
ing to the destination.
You can adjust the volume of the voice or
turn off voice guidance.
1. Push the “MENU” button on the
navigation controller.
2. Select the “Volume” switch.
3. Select the volume using the
switches “1”“7”.
If you do not need voice guidance, select
the
“Off” switch.
The selected item is highlighted in green.
INFORMATION
During route guidance, the voice
guidance continues even if the navi-
gation screen is changed to other
screens.
“Adaptive volume control”: If you select
the “Adaptive volume control”,
the volume is turned up automatically
when the vehicle speed exceeds 50 mph
(80 km/h).
To turn the system of the
“Adaptive
volume control” on, select the
switch. The indicator will be highlighted.
Voice guidance