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Navigation System7
Introduction
Verified streets (dark colored) Unverified streets (light colored)
When
displayed These roads are found within
metropolitan areas, and
include interstate freeways and major roads
connecting cities. These roads are found in rural
areas, and typically include
residential street s away from the center of a town.
Street color Shown on daytime
map screen as black or red, such as
interstate freeways. Shown on the daytime
map screen as light brown.
Map quality The database vendor has
verified these streets.
Information like tu rn restrictions, average speed, and
whether it is a one-way street have been gathered and
used when creating your route to a destination. These streets have not been veri
fied by the database vendor. The
system does not contain inform ation on one-way streets, turn
restrictions, or the road’s average speed. They are shown on the
map for reference and may have e rrors in map location, naming,
and address range.
Routing
differences While driving to your destin
ation, the displayed route
line is solid blue. The system provides voice and map
guidance to your destination. Your route line is either a blue
dotted “vector line,” or a dashed
pink/blue line. For information on selecting this option, and the
routing differences, see Unverified Area Routing on page
82.
Cautions There are no pop-up boxes urging extra caution during
a route. However, because
roads constantly change,
you are urged to use common sense, and always obey
posted traffic restrictions. Regardless of whether the user c
hooses route guidance, there are
cautionary screens before and dur ing the route urging the user to
be extra cautious, and obey a ll traffic restrictions. See Unverified
Area Routing on page82.
Guidance
voice Voice guidance issues instruct
ions such as “In a half-
mile, make a right turn.” The phrase “if possible” is added
to each guidance instruction.
For example: “In a half-mile, ma ke a right turn, if possible.”
Time and
distance
“to go” The time and distance “t
o go,” displayed while en
route to a destination, is based on the average speed
and distance for the roads used for your route. Because the average speed of thes
e roads is not known, the time
and distance “to go” is based on a fixed average speed of 25 mph
for these roads.
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Getting Started
System Function Diagram
This diagram shows the navigation
system features, starting at the center
and working outward in layers. The
navigation program starts at “Key ON,”
and then displays the globe screen
(blue). If OK is selected on the
Disclaimer screen, the functions in the
yellow segments of the diagram become
available in the Setup and Information
screens.The white segments of the
diagram are available anytime, even if
you do not select OK.
The items above the map screen show
various methods to begin driving to
your destination (orange). You are
provided with map/voice guidance,
routing cautions, and a direction list.
While driving to your destination, use
the voice control system as much as
possible to interact with the navigation
and audio syst ems (green).
KEY
ONGLOBESCREENPRESS
OK
OKNOT
PRESSED
THEDISCLAIMERSCREEN(pg.16)
CALENDAR
REMINDERS(pg.17)-THEMAPSCREEN(pg.18)-
AUDIO
BUTTO N
(pg. 11)
INFO
BUTTON (pg. 68)
Formoreinformation,see
thevehicleOwner'smanual
VOICECOMMANDS
NAVI AUDI O (pg. 68)
ENTER (pg. 70)
LIST (pg. 69)
MATH (pg. 71)
CONVERT (pg. 71)
LIST (pg. 69)
CALENDAR
CALCULATOR
MAP LEGEND
VOICE: "FIND
NEAREST..." ATM, ETC.
(pg. 139)
SELECT A
DESTINATION WITH
JOYSTICK (pg. 65)
VOICE:
"GO HOME" (pg. 43)
VOICE:
"MENU" FOR ENTER
DESTINATION SCREEN(pg. 21)
CONTINUE TO THE
DESTINATION (RESUME)
AFTER RESTART
(pg. 67)
VOICE HELPSELECTBAND/
FREQUENCYVOL
BALANCECD
FUNCTIONSOTHER AUDIO
VOICE:
"ZOOM IN/ZOO M OUT"
(pg. 53, 138)
VOICE:
"HIDE/DISP LAY ICONS"
(pg. 56, 138)
INFORMATION SCREEN (pg. 142)
AUDIO (pg. 140 - 141)
-DRIVINGTOYOURDESTINATION-
(MAP/VOICEGUIDANCE,ROUTINGCAUTIONS,DIRECTIONLIST)
VOICE:"HELP" (ALL)
(pg. 137)
VOICE:
"INFORM ATION
SCREEN" (pg. 68)
VOICE:
"MENU" (to
change route) (pg. 62)
VOICE:
"HOW FAR TO THE DESTINATION?" (pg. 137)VOICE:
"DISPLAY (OR SAVE)
CURRENT LOCATION" (pg.60)
VOICE:"SET WAYPOINT"(pg. 62)
VOICE:
"WHAT TIME IS IT?"
(pg. 137)
VOICE:
AUDIO
(pg. 140 - 141)
ADD BOOK (pg. 75)PINs (pg. 79)UNITS MI/KM (pg. 91)
PERSONALBASIC
UNVERIFIED (p g. 82)AVOID AREAS (pg. 86)ADJ. TIME (pg. 92)CLOCK TYPE (pg. 93)
ROUTING
GUIDANCE
CLOC K
SETTINGS
OFF-ROAD TRA CKING
(pg. 59, 89)CORRECT VEHICL E
POSITION (pg. 90)MAP COLOR (pg. 94)MENU COLOR (pg. 94)
VEHICLECOLOR
GUIDE. PROMPTS
(pg. 74)
SETUP
SCREEN (FIRST)
OKNOTPRESSED
VERSION ( pg. 91)
SYSTEM INF O.
BRIGHTNESS (pg. 72)VOLUME (pg. 72)DISPLAY (pg . 73)CONTRAST (pg. 74)
SETUP(pg.72)
BRIGHTNESS
ZOOM IN/OUT REAR CAMERA
(REVERSE)
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Viewing the Routes
Touching View Routes on the
Calculate route to screen allows you to
scroll through and view the various
routes (Direct, Easy, Maximize
Freeways, etc.) to your destination. If
you select View Routes, the display
changes to:
NOTE:
 You may only view routes as shown above from the Calculate route to
screen.
 The selected route method and pertinent details are shown at the top
of the screen.  It may take several minutes (the
system displays an hourglass while it
is calculating) to show all route
methods, and it is not unusual for the
different methods to pick the same
route. Voice commands cannot be
used while the system is calculating.
 If the trip is greater than 100 miles, then “Minimize Freeways” and
“Minimize Toll Roads” may be
grayed out. This is normal.
Say or select Summary to display the
distance and time to go for each route.
Based on the route data, you can change
the routing by using the Next and Prev.
buttons. Once you confirm your
selection, say or select OK on the
screen.
NOTE:
Distances and times shown for each
method in the Summary are
approximate. After calculating the route with the new
method, the system displays a map of
your current locatio
n. The calculated
route will be highlighted as a blue line,
and a voice prompt will tell you how to
proceed along the highlighted route.
Touch VOICE to have the guidance
repeated.
Driving to Your Destination
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Driving to Your Destination
Viewing the Destination Map
Touching View Dest. Map displays a
map of the destination vicinity. Press the
CANCEL or NAVI BACK button to
return. You can view the destination
map anytime while en route by saying,
“Display destination map.”
Map Screen
When you select OK on the Calculate
route to screen, the map screen
appears, showing your highlighted route
in real time.
Route Line
When driving to a destination on
verified roads in a metropolitan area, the
route line is displayed as a blue line.
When driving in rural areas on
unverified streets (light brown color),
the route line changes to either a blue
dotted “vector line” pointing to your
destination, or a blue-pink line. See
Unverified Area Routing on page82 for
a detailed explanatio n of how to enable
unverified routing, and the related
cautions and disclaimers.
NOTE:
You can always view the entire route by
simply saying, “Display entire route.” “Vector line” (unverified routing off)
Blue-pink unverified route line
(unverified routing on)
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Driving to Your Destination
Acura Dealer
School
Restaurant
AT M
Parking Lot
Post OfficeHonda Dealer
Hospital
Grocery Store
Gas Station
Hotel/Lodging
Parking Garage
Freeway Exit Information
Map Screen Legend
Map Orientation
(see page54)
Map Scale Adjustment
(Mile or km per half-inch
appears only when you
ZOOM IN or OUT.)
(see page53) Current Map Scale
(see page53)
ICON Button
(see page57) “Breadcrumbs”
(see Off-road
Tracking on
page59)
Direction of Destination
(When en route)
(see page51)
VOICE Button (see page48)
(Announces next driving instruction) Distance to Destination
(see page51)
Time to Destination
(see page51)
Vehicle Position (see page60)
(Use voice command, “Display
current location,” or touch the icon
to show the current location.) Blue Line
Calculated route
(see page47)Map Features
NOTE:
If you move the joystick over an area (map features
shown above), the name is displayed on the screen.
: Par k
: Hospital
: Shopping Mall
: Golf Course
: Water Area
: Cemetery
: University
: Indian Reservation
: Airport/Stadium/Business
One-Way Traffic Icon
(1/20 mile scale only)
(see page55)
Streets
(see Map Overview on page6)
Interstates or Freeways
Verified Streets
Unverified Streets
Landmark Icon - Generic (see page55)
“North Up”
“Heading Up”
NOTE:
See Map Legend from the Information screen for further explanation (see page69). Destination Icon
(see page55)
Waypoint
(When en route)
(see page62)
CURRENT STREET/
AUDIO INFO
Current Street (see page6)
(When audio information is displayed,
touch CURRENT STREET /AUDIO INFO
to display the current street name.)
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Driving to Your Destination
Showing Icons on the Map
Touching the ICON button on the map
screen displays the following screen:
The screen consists of the following
items:
Icon Bar (row of icon symbols)
The icon bar allows you to manually
select the icons that are displayed on the
map (see page55 for a list of these
icons). In the screen above, both gas
stations and restaurants are selected.
Touch the icons to select (goes blue) or
remove them (goes gray). You can also
display or hide the same icons by using
the “Display” or “Hide” voice
commands (see page138).
Icon Options
This feature allows you to “fine tune”
some of the icons on the Icon bar (see
Icon Options for more information).
Guidance Mode
When en route, this item allows you to
select between a single-screen (with
occasional pop-up guidance windows),
or a split-screen (containing one-half
map and one-half guidance/directions
list window). See page52 for an
explanation of this feature, and see
page89 for Setup.
Exit Screen
Select Return to return to the map
screen.
Icon Options
Selecting Icon Options displays the
following screen:
This feature allows you to “fine tune”
some of the icons on the Icon bar. The
three icon choices – “Parking” (lot or
garage), “Restaurant” (specific type or
types of food), and “Other icons”
(hospitals, schools, etc.) – can each be
tailored to your needs.
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For instance, let’s assume that your
hospital icons are not displayed on the
map. You would do the following:
 First, you would ensure that the OTHER ICON button on the Icon
bar is blue (see Icon Bar on page57).
 Second, you select Icon Options
and verify that hospital option is also
on (blue). This procedure is explained
below.
If you select Other Icons from the
Select category for icon settings
screen, the other icons options are
displayed: In the example above, POST OFFICE
and
SCHOOL are selected and will
show up on the map. To also see
HOSPITAL on the map, this would
need to be turned on to select it so it
appears as below.
Exit, and save your settings by selecting
Done . NOTE:
 When viewing the
map screen, you
can turn some icons on using voice
control.
 See Navigation Display Commands
on page138 for the available
“Display” and “Hide” icon
command.
Driving to Your Destination
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System Setup
Unverified Area Routing
Allows you to receive turn-by-turn map and voice guidance in unverified areas when en route to a destination (see Map Overview
on page6). The chart below illustrates the rou ting differences with this setting On or Off.
Unverified Area Routing: Off (factory default) Unverified Area Routing: On
Decision:
Why choose
On or Off? The driver wishes to navi
gate manually by using the
navigation map and choosing the streets that lead to
the destination. The driver understands that unverified
roads may not be a ccurate, and can contain errors in
location, naming, and address range. The driver chooses to let the na
vigation system suggest possible
routing. The driver understands that in some cases, guidance may
not be appropriate. Unverified ro ads may not be accurate, and can
contain errors in location, naming, and address range.
What you will
see… A blue dotted vector line is displayed on the map that
continually points to your
destination. The driver
should stop and then use the ma p to select streets that
lead to the destination. A blue-pink dashed route line
highlights suggested unverified
streets on the map while traveling to your destination. This is in
sharp contrast to the normal blue route line displayed in verified
areas.
Cautionary
messages There are cautionary pop-up screens and voice
announcements, before and
during the route. These
serve as reminders that you should obey all traffic
restrictions. There are cautionary pop-up sc
reens and voice announcements,
before and during the route. These serve as reminders that you
should exercise additional ca ution, and obey all traffic
restrictions.
Guidance
(map/voice) There is no turn-by-turn map or voice guidance. Voice gui
dance commands end with the words “if possible.” This
is to remind the driver to verify all traffic restrictions before
making a maneuver.
Directions list A direction list is typicall y not available. However,
depending on your route, dire ctions are provided to
help you reach the first available verified road. A direction list is provided showing street names and turn
symbols in pink.
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