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Selecting the Street
By Voice Control:
After you have selected the city, or if you say “Street” on the Find intersection by screen, the display changes to the Say street name screen. Say the street name and the searching will begin.
To enter the street name by voice spelling, say or select CHANGE TO Spell Mode on the Say street name screen, and the disp lay will change to the Enter street name screen.
Say the street name by saying individual letters or numbers, or words that represent the letters, one at a time.
After you have completed the first name, the display changes to the Say intersecting street screen. Say the name of the other intersecting street.
The system has a talk back function. If your spoken letter is not recognized, the system will talk back to you. For example, if you say “E” but the system does not recognize the command, it will ask you, “Please select the number of the input letter from the list,” and the following pop-up box will appear:
You should select a letter by saying the number.
Alternatively, to improve voice recognition, you can say “Echo” or “Edward” instead of “E.”See page 15 for a list of available words for each letter.
Entering a Destination
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Finding the Place by Phone
Number
The Phone Number option allows you to select a destination by its telephone number. Only telephone numbers stored in the system under the Places (of business) option are recognized. The system does not contain residential telephone numbers, or numbers you may have entered in your personal Address Book.
Tip:
If you know the phone number of a point of interest (POI), its uniqueness makes it the fastest entry meth od. When using the voice control system, the entry should be spoken as a continuous string of numbers. For example, the telephone number (310) 555-4000 should be spoken as “Three, one, zero, five, five, five, four, zero, zero, zero.”
By Map Input
After you select Map Input from the Enter destination by screen, the display changes to:
NOTE:
Prior to departure, you can set areas to avoid. The system then includes them in its calculations for the destination you have entered. See Edit Avoid Area on page 87. For information on the available voice commands, see Voice Command Index on page 138.
Showing the Map of Current
Position
The Current Position selection assumes that you are looking for a destination in the immediate area. The display changes to:
The red arrow indicates your vehicle position. Find your desired destination by moving the joystick left, right, up, or down. The map and crosshairs will move in the same direction.
The yellow box indicates the area you will see when you click on the current map with the joystick. The scale will decrease each time you push in on the joystick, until Select a destination appears at the top of the screen.
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Showing the Map of City
With the City selection, the display changes to the Enter city name screen.
When you have entered the desired city, the display changes to a map. The starting location will be the central position in the selected city.
See Showing the Map of Current Position on page 36 for instructions on finding and entering your desired destination.
Showing the Map of State
With the State selection, the display changes to the Enter state name screen.
After you select the desired state, the display changes to a map of the state, with the crosshairs located near the middle.
The yellow box indi cates the area you will see when you click on the current map with the joystick. The scale will decrease each time you push in on the joystick, until Select a destination appears at the top of the screen.
Use the joystick to move the crosshairs to the area of the state close to your intended destination. If desired, use the ZOOM buttons to change the map scale. When you have the crosshairs in the desired area, push in on the joystick. The address of the location you have selected will appear at the top of the screen.
NOTE:
The selected icon or road segment is displayed on the 1/2 mile (800 meter) or less map scale.
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If this is the desired address, push in on the joystick again. If not, use the joystick to reposition the crosshairs, then push in on th e joystick again to display the new address.
If you selected a single icon or road segment, push in on the joystick again to select the new address. If you selected multiple icons within the cursor radius, select an item from the list on the screen.
Once you select an address, the system then displays the Calculate route to screen (see Driving to Your Destination on page 45).
Showing the Map of Continental
USA
With the Continental USA selection, the display changes to:
The yellow box indi cates the area you will see when you click on the current map with the joystick. The scale will decrease each time you push in on the joystick, until Select a destination appears at the top of the screen.
Use the joystick to move the crosshairs to the area of the country for your intended destination. Then push in on the joystick.
If desired, use the ZOOM buttons to change the map scale. When you have the crosshairs on the desired icon, map feature, or road, push in on the joystick. The address of the location you have selected will appear at the top of the screen.
NOTE:
The selected icon or road segment is displayed on the 1/2 mile (800 meter) or less map scale.
If this is the desired address, push in on the joystick again. If not, use the joystick to reposition the crosshairs, then push in on th e joystick again to display the new address.
If you selected a single icon or road segment, push in on the joystick again to select the new address. If you selected multiple icons within the cursor radius, select an item from the list on the screen.
Once you select an address, the system then displays the Calculate route to screen (see Driving to Your Destination on page 45).
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Driving to Your Destination
Changing the Routing Method
The system lets you select the way you want to drive to your destination. Before selecting OK to calculate a route, you can change the routing method by using the CHANGE METHOD scroll bar back ( ) or forward ( ) buttons. The route choices will appear in the address box.
NOTE:
When you are en route and want to change the routing method, press the MENU button, and select Change Routing Method on the Change route by screen.
• “Direct Route” (the factory default) is the route that is the quickest (least time) and is usually the best choice. If you choose any other method, it becomes the new default for all future routing. Make sure to check the routing method if the displayed route is not what you expected to see.
• “Easy Route” produces a route with the least turns.
• “Maximize Freeways,” “Minimize Freeways,” and “Minimize Toll Roads” are also available.
NOTE:
If the trip is greater than 100 miles, then “Minimize Freeways” and “Minimize Toll Roads” may be grayed out. This is normal.
The generated route may not be the route you would choose. For safety reasons, the system generally applies the following rules to your route:
• It tries to avoid shortcuts through residential areas.
• Right turns are favored over left turns or U-turns.
• Restricted turns (turns that cannot be made during certain hours) are not used for routing.
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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 is 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.
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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 page 83 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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Distance and Time to
Destination
When you select a destination, the distance to the destin ation 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 page 35).
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. If part of your route includes unverified roads, the “distance” and “time to go” fo r that portion is estimated using 25 mph as an average speed.
Direction List
When you press the MAP/GUIDE button on the guidance screen, the display changes to:
NOTE:
The map and voice guidance in unverified areas differ from those in verified areas. See Unverified Area Routing on page 83. Only maneuvers that occur at freeway exits or contain freeway exit information will show the exit info icon ( ) on the right end of the items in the Direction list. If no exit info icon is shown on the list, the Exit Info. is grayed out.
You can see the Direction list and the distance to each maneuver. Press the MAP/GUIDE button to return to the previous screen.
You can scroll through the Direction list screen by screen using the scroll bar, or one instruction at a time using the joystick.