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Guidance Screen
The guidance screen offers an
alternative way to view your route
information. Many of the icons and
screen features are similar to those on
the map screen. While driving to your
destination, press the MAP/GUIDE
button to switch between the map and
guidance screens. The guidance
screen shows you:
Milestone to Destination - The position
of the small circular icon shows your
trip progress. As you get closer to your
destination, the indicator will approach .
NOTE:
The map and voice guidance in unverified areas differ from those in
verified areas.
Current guidance points and those within 1000 feet will show on the
Countdown bar, indicating the
distance until the next guidance
point.
Guidance Screen Legend
Direction of Destinatio n, “as the crow flies”
Milestone to Destination (see page57)
Scroll: to view guidance points
(rotate Interface Dial knob) Street Name to Next
Driving guidance point
Distance of Next Driving
guidance point
Current Street (see page 6)
Time to Destination (see page58)
Distance to Destination (see page58) No Entry Icon
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Distance and Time to
Destination
When you select a destination, the
distance to the destination is the actual
road distance of the calculated route,
and not “as the crow flies.” When
viewing a list of destinations (points of
interest), such as restaurants, the
distance is “as the crow flies” (see Sort
by Distance to Travel on page41).
The displayed time to the destination
may differ from the actual travel time
because the time is calculated based on
the posted road speed data and your
current speed.
NOTE:
If you are en route and the Interface
Dial is moved, the “Time to
Destination” and “Distance to
Destination” indications are replaced
with an indicator showing distance from
the current vehicle location.
Map Menu
When the map screen is displayed,
pressing in on the Interface Dial
displays the Map menu. If the map is
scrolled, the Map menu will not
appear. Press the MAP/GUIDE button,
the BACK button, or the CANCEL
button to return to the basic map screen.
Voice - Button shown if currently en
route. Select to hear the next voice
guidance.
New Messages - Indicates that there are
AcuraLink messages for you to read.
These messages consist of quick tips
and other information communicated to
you by Acura. If the button is grayed
out, you have no messages. For detailed
information on this feature, see page 80. Traffic Incidents -
Displays a list of the
traffic incidents around your current
position or on your current route. You
can view this same list by saying
“Display traffic incidents.” For detailed
information on this feature, see page 25.
Weather Info. - Allows you to view the
weather forecast, wa rning list, warning
map, and radar map. See AcuraLink
Weather on page 82.
Guidance Menu - Button shown if
currently en route. This button allows
you to set or confirm the guidance
features. For detailed information, see
Guidance Menu on page59.
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Find Nearest … - Selects a subcategory
from the list to search the nearest POI
from your current loca tion. For detailed
information on this feature, see
Subcategories on page38.
Map Information - Allows you to
confirm information on the map or
change the settings of displaying a map.
For detailed information on this feature,
see Map Information on page61.
Cancel Route - Cancels your current
route. The map screen will display your
current position.Guidance Menu
When you select Guidance Menu
from the Map menu , the Guidance
menu screen appears.
Directions - Select to confirm the
directions (guidance points) to your
destination (see page 59).
Exit Info. - Allows you to set a new
destination or waypoint located near a
freeway exit when you are en route (see
page 60).
Guidance Mode - Allows you to select
the guidance mode (single screen or
split screen) (see page 61).
Directions
You can display a list of the guidance
points on your route and confirm the
distance between them.
Select Directions on the Guidance
menu screen, the display changes to:
NOTE:
When you select a guidance point from the list, a map of the guidance
point is shown.
Guidances that occur at freeway exits or contain freeway exit information
will show the exit info icon ( ).
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When you select Exit Info. by moving
the Interface Dial to the right, you can
display a list of the freeway exits en
route (see page 60).
Press the CANCEL button or the
BACK button, or move the Interface
Dial down to return to the previous
screen.
You can scroll one guidance point at a
time by rotating the Interface Dial
knob.
The route guidance display disappears
and guidance ends wh en you reach your
destination. Press the MENU button to
return to the MENU screen ( Dest.
MENU 1 or 2).Exit Info. (Freeway Exit
Information)
You can search freeway exit
information (gas sta tions, restaurants,
ATMs, etc.) and add new destinations or
waypoints to the calcu lated route. Select
Exit Info. on the Guidance menu
screen, and a list of freeway exits for the
route is displayed.
If you select the fr eeway exit you plan
on taking, a list of businesses in the area
will be displayed. You can choose a
listing to set as a new destination or
waypoint, and say or select OK. On the
map screen, you can display
Freeway Exit information using the
Interface Dial . The Exit Info icon will
only be displayed on the map screen if
there is any freeway exit information
available. Choose the 1/4, 1/2, or 1 mile
scale, then move the crosshairs to the
desired Exit Info icon and push in on the
Interface Dial . Choose a place from
the list and set it as a new destination or
waypoint.
NOTE:
To turn on “Freeway exit information”
on the map screen, display the icon bar
and select the icon (see page 62).
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Guidance Mode
When en route to a destination, you
have two display options: single-screen
mode (the factory default) or split-
screen mode.
If you select Guidance Mode on the
Guidance menu screen, the Select a
guidance mode screen will appear.
Single-screen mode - While the map
screen is displayed, only the map is
shown with occasional guidance pop-up
windows as you approach a guidance
point. When you press the MAP/
GUIDE button and switch to the
guidance screen, only the guidance
screen is displayed.
Split-screen mode - While the map
screen is displayed, the map is on the
left of the screen, and the next guidance
point is on the right side of the screen.
You will see the same screen setup
when you press the MAP/GUIDE
button. Guidance mode can be changed in
SETUP (see Guidance Mode on
page
113).
When you get near the guidance point,
the map screen changes to:
On the map screen, the location of the
guidance point is marked with a small
yellow square. The guidance window is
simply an enlargement of the next
guidance point. After you get through
the guidance point, the display returns to
a full map screen when single-screen
mode is set, or to a map and direction
list screen when split-screen mode is set.
Map Information
When you select Map Information
from the Map menu , the Map
information screen appears.
Show Icon on Map - Allows you to
select the icons displayed on the map
(see page 62).
North-up/Heading-up - Select North-
up or Heading-up to change map
orientation (see page 63). On scales
greater than 1 mile, this button is grayed
out (North-up only mode).
Current Location - Allows you to
display and/or save your current
location (see page 64).
Map Legend - Allows you to learn the
meaning of map features (see page 65).
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Showing Icons on the Map
Selecting Show Icon on Map on the
Map information screen displays the
following screen:
The screen consists of the following
items:
Icon Bar
The icon bar allows you to manually
select the icons that are displayed on the
map (see page 69 for a list of these
icons). In the screen shown, traffic, gas stations,
and restaurants are selected. Rotate the
Interface Dial knob and push in to
select (blue with box checked) or
remove them (black with box
unchecked). You can also display or
hide the same icons by using the
“Display” or “Hide” voice commands
on the
map screen (see page 164).
ICON OPTION
This feature allows you to “fine tune”
some of the icons on the Icon bar.
If you move the Interface Dial down
and select ICON OPTION, the
following screen will be displayed: The four icon choices –
Parking,
Restaurant, Other Icons, and
Traffic – can each be tailored to your
needs.
For instance, let’s assume that hospital
icons are not displayed on the map, and
you want to make sure that your settings
are correct. You would do the
following:
• First, ensure that OTHER ICON on
the Icon Bar is selected.
• Second, select Other Icons from
ICON OPTION and verify that the
hospital option is on (blue with box
checked). This procedure is explained
below.
If you select Other Icons from the
Select category for icon settings
screen, the other icon options are
displayed:
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In the previous example, only 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 by first selecting it
and then pushing in on the Interface
Dial to select it so it appears as below. Exit, and save your settings by moving
the
Interface Dial down to select OK.
NOTE:
When viewing the map screen, you can
turn some icons on using voice control.
See the Voice Command Index on
page 164 for the available “Display”
and “Hide” icon commands.
Map Orientation
The map can be orientated two ways:
• North-up: North pointing up as you would normally view a paper map.
• Heading-up: The map constantly rotates so the road you are driving on
always points up (as you see the road
through your front windshield).
NOTE:
The red arrow in both heading symbols
always shows the direction north.
“North Up”
“Heading Up”
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Select North-up or Heading-up on
the Map information screen, or say
“Display heading up” or “Display north
up.”
In the larger map scales (above 2 mile),
the map is always oriented with north
facing upward. You cannot change the
orientation.
NOTE:
For information on the available voice
commands, see Voice Command Index
on page 163.Current Location
Whenever you are on a map screen, you
can always obtain your current location
either by pushing in on the Interface
Dial , selecting Current Location
from Map Information, or by using
the voice control system and saying
“Display current location.” A screen
pops up which shows the address of
your current location, as well as the
latitude, longitude, and elevation. NOTE:
The elevation will not appear when the
system is temporarily lacking proper
GPS information. Th
e system elevation
may not agree with elevations shown on
roadside elevation signs, and may
fluctuate plus or minus 100 feet or more.
You can store the current location for
later use. It does not change or cancel
your current route.
For example, you are following the
system’s directions to get to a
destination. While sitting at a stoplight
you notice a store on the corner, but do
not have time to visit it right now.
You can save the location to select as a
destination at a later date.
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