2010 NISSAN ALTIMA COUPE Navigation Manual

3. Select “Nearby RESTAURANT”.
INFO:
The search can be narrowed down by selecting
“All Categories or Name” or “ZAGAT” on this
screen.
By selecting “All Categories or Name”, the area,
name of facility, etc. can be further specified. By
selecting “ZAGAT”, restaurants registered in the
ZAGATdatabase can be searched and sorted
by its rating regarding food, decor, cost, and
service.4. Select the preferred restaurant from the list.INFO:
●The position of the selected location is
displayed in the preview on the right side
of the screen.
●If there is a route already in progress, only
places along the current route will be
listed. Turn off “Show Along Route” at the
top of list to display all nearby places.5. The entire route is shown on the map. Se-
lect “Start” after confirming the location of
the displayed destination.
INFO:
●The system sets the destination to the
selected location and starts calculating a
route.
●Even after setting a destination, the loca-
tion of the destination can be adjusted,
the route can be stored, etc. if necessary.
“Procedures after setting a
destination” (page 5-2)
STARTING ROUTE GUIDANCE
After setting the destination and performing
route calculation, the suggested route is
displayed.
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1. Select “Start”. 2. Once route guidance is started, the system
navigates through the guide points using vi-
sual and voice guidance.3. When approaching a guide point, the sys-
tem automatically changes to the split
screen and shows an enlarged view of the
intersection in the left screen.
Press MAP to switch to the full map screen.
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4. When arriving at the destination, route guid-
ance automatically ends.
CANCELING A ROUTE
Delete a route that is already set according to
the following procedure.1. Press ROUTE.
2. Select “Cancel Route”.3. A confirmation message is displayed. Se-
lect “Yes”.
INFO:
●If a route is cancelled, “Cancel Route”
changes to “Resume Route”.
Select “Resume Route” to reactivate the can-
celled route.
This is available only until a new route is set or
a currently set destination is deleted.
●The above step does not delete the destina-
tion that has been set. To delete a destination,
press DEST and select “Delete Destination”.
Delete destination” (page 4-33)
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HOW TO VIEW MAP SCREEN
The navigation system displays various informa-
tion on the map screen.
Screen information
1Vehicle icon:
Indicates the current vehicle location and
the direction of travel.
2Starting point:
Displays the vehicle location, with which the
route is set, as the starting point.
3Guide point:
Indicates a guide point on the route.
4Waypoint:
Displays locations between the starting
point and the destination. A maximum of 5
waypoints can be set.
5Destination:
Indicates the destination location of the
route guidance.When you reach your destination, the ad-
dress will be displayed on the map screen.
6Suggested route:
Appears in bold yellow during route
guidance.
7Map menu icon:
Touch the icon to display the Map Menu
screen.
“Map menu screen” (page 2-12)
8/Direction indicator:
Indicates the setting of the map: north al-
ways pointing up or the vehicle’s direction
always pointing up on the display. Touch the
icon to change this setting.
9Scale indicator:
Indicates the scale of the map.
Touch the icon to display the scale bar. This
allows the map scale to be adjusted.
“Operating with the touch opera-
tion” (page 3-5)
10Street name:
Displays the name of the street that the ve-
hicle is currently driving on.
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OPERATING MAPS
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TURNING VOICE GUIDANCE
ON/OFF
Voice guidance can be activated or deactivated
and the volume adjusted.
1. Press ROUTE.
2. Select “Guidance Settings”.3. Select “Guidance Voice”. The indicator illu-
minates if voice guidance is activated.
Other settings
Voice guidance can also be activated or deacti-
vated using the following procedure.
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1. Press SETTING.
2. Select “Volume and Beeps”.
3. Select “Guidance Voice”.
ADJUSTING VOICE GUIDANCE
VOLUME
The voice guidance volume can be adjusted.1. Press ROUTE.
2. Select “Guidance Settings”.3. Select “Guidance Volume”.
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4. Adjust the voice guidance volume by touch-
ing the “+” or “-” keys.
Other settings
The volume of the voice guidance can also be
adjusted according to the following procedure.1. Press SETTING.
2. Select “Volume and Beeps”.
3. Select “Guidance Volume”.
4. Adjust the voice guidance volume by touch-
ing the “+” or “-” keys.
INFO:
The volume can also be adjusted by turning the
audio system volume knob or pushing +/on
the steering wheel switch while voice guidance
is being announced.
“Steering wheel switch” (page 2-3)NISSAN Voice Recognition allows hands-free
operation of the navigation system and other
systems equipped on this vehicle, such as the
phone, vehicle information and audio. NISSAN
Voice Recognition can be used in one of two se-
lectable modes, Standard Mode (default) or Al-
ternate Command Mode.
“9. Voice recognition”
In Standard Mode, the commands that are avail-
able are always shown on the display and an-
nounced by the system. To perform operations,
simply follow the prompts given by the system.
For advanced operation, change to Alternate
Command Mode. When this mode is active, an
expanded list of commands can be spoken after
pushing
, and the voice command menu
prompts are turned off. Note that in this mode
the recognition success rate may be affected
because the number of available commands and
ways of speaking each command are increased.
Otherwise, it is recommended that Alternate
Command Mode be turned to OFF and Stan-
dard Mode be used for the best recognition
performance.
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INFO:
●For voice recognition system operation re-
lated to the phone, audio or vehicle informa-
tion systems, refer to the Owner’s Manual of
your vehicle.
●When the system language is set to
“Francais” (French) or “Español” (Spanish) ,
the available commands and functions may
differ from those that are available when using
the system in English.
USING THE SYSTEM
Initialization
When the ignition switch is pushed to the ON
position, NISSAN Voice Recognition is
initialized, which takes a few seconds. When
completed, the system is ready to accept voice
commands. If
is pushed before the initial-
ization completes, the display will show the mes-
sage: “System not ready.”
BEFORE STARTING
To get the best recognition performance from
NISSAN Voice Recognition, observe the follow-
ing points:
●The interior of the vehicle should be as quiet
as possible. Close the windows to eliminate
the surrounding noises (traffic noise and vi-
bration sounds, etc.) , which may prevent the
system from correctly recognizing the voice
commands.
●Wait until the tone sounds before speaking a
command.
●Speak in a natural conversational voice with-
out pausing between words.
GIVING VOICE COMMANDS
The method of giving a voice command in Stan-
dard Mode is described in this section.1. Push
button located on the steering
wheel switch.
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