2015 LINCOLN MKX Owners Manual

Setting a Destination
Press the green corner of your touchscreen, thenDestwhen it appears.
Choose any of the following:
Destination selections
My Home Street Address
Favorites Intersection
Previous Destinations City Center
Point of Interest Map
Emergency Edit Route Cancel Route
1. Enter the necessary information into the highlighted text fields (in
any order). For address destination entry,Go!appears once you
enter all the necessary information. PressingGo!makes the address
location appear on the map. If you choosePrevious Destination,
the last 20 destinations you have selected appear.
2. SelectSet as Destto make this your destination. You can also
choose to set this as a waypoint (have the system route to this point
on the way to your current destination) or save it as a favorite. The
system considers anyAvoid Areasselections in its route calculation.
3. Choose from up to three different types of routes, and then select
Start Route.
•Fastest Route:Uses the fastest moving roads possible.
•Shortest Route:Uses the shortest distance possible.
•Eco Route:Uses the most fuel-efficient route.
You can cancel the route or have the system demo the route for you.
SelectRoute Prefsto set route preferences like avoiding freeways,
tollroads, ferries and car trains as well as to use or not use
high-occupancy vehicle lanes. (High-occupancy vehicle lanes are also
known as carpool or diamond lanes. People who ride in buses, vanpools
or carpools use these lanes.)
Note:If your vehicle is on a recognized road and you do not press the
Start Routebutton, the system defaults to theFastest Routeoption
and begins guidance.
During route guidance, you can press the talking bubble icon that
appears in the upper right navigation corner (green bar) if you want the
system to repeat route guidance information. When the system repeats
the last guidance instruction, it updates the distance to the next
guidance instruction, since it detects when the vehicle is moving.
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Point of Interest (POI) Categories
Your system offers a variety of points of interest categories.
Main categories
Food/Drink & Dining Automotive
Travel & Transportation Shopping
Financial Entertainment & Arts
Emergency Recreation & Sports
Community Government
Health & Medicine Domestic Services
Within these main categories, there are subcategories which contain
more listings:
Subcategories
Restaurant
Golf
Parking
Home & Garden
Personal Care Services
Automobile Dealership
Government Office
Public Transit
Education
To expand these listings, press the+in front of the point of interest
listing.
When programming a point of interest destination, the system allows you
to sort the resulting lists alphabetically, by distance or by cityseekr
listings (if available).
Pressing theSearch Areasbutton allows you to search for points of
interest nearby, near a city or state or near a destination, if a route is
active.
Pressing theSearch By Namebutton allows you to directly enter the
point of interest name into the system by using the keyboard.
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cityseekr (If Available)
Note:cityseekr point of interest information is limited to approximately
912 cities (881 in the United States, 20 in Canada and 11 in Mexico).
cityseekr, when available, is a service that
provides more information about certain
points of interest such as restaurants,
hotels and attractions.
When you have selected a point of
interest, the location and information
appear, such as address and phone
number. If cityseekr lists the point of
interest, more information is available, such as a brief description, hotel
check-in and checkout times or restaurant hours.
PressMore Informationfor a longer review, a list of services and
facilities, the average room or meal price as well as the website link.
This screen displays either a facility photo (if available) or point of
interest icons, such as:
Hotel
Coffeehouse
Food & Drink
Nightlife
Attraction
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This icon appears when your selection exists in multiple
categories within the system.
When you are viewing more information for hotels, cityseekr also tells
you if the hotel has certain services and facilities using icons.
Hotel services and facilities
Restaurant24 Hr Room Service
Business CenterFitness Center
Handicap FacilitiesInternet Access
LaundryPool
RefrigeratorWi-Fi
For restaurants, cityseekr can provide information, such as star rating,
average cost, review, handicap access, hours of operation, and website
address.
For hotels, cityseekr can provide information, such as star rating, price
category, review, check-in and check-out times, hotel service icons and
website address.
Setting Your Navigation Preferences
Select settings for the system to take into account when planning your
route.
Press the Settings icon >Settings>Navigation.
Map Preferences
Breadcrumbsdisplays your vehicle’s previously traveled route with
white dots. Turn this featureONorOFF.
Turn List Formatallows you to choose to have the system display your
turn listTop to BottomorBottom to Top.
Parking POI Notificationsets the automatic parking points of interest
notification. Turn this featureONorOFF.When parking points of
interest notification is on, the icons display on the map when you get
close to your destination. This may not be very useful in dense areas,
and may clutter the map when other points of interest display.
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Route Preferences
Preferred Routeallows you to choose to have the system display the
Shortest, Fastestor mostEcologicalroute first. If you setAlways
Use Preferred RoutetoYe s, the system uses the selected route type
to calculate only one route to the desired destination.
Always Use Preferred Routebypasses route selection in destination
programming. The system only calculates one route based on the
preferred route setting.
Eco Time Penaltyallows you to select a low, medium or high cost for
the calculated Eco Route. The higher the setting, the longer the time
allotment is for the route.
Avoidfeatures allows you to choose to have the system avoid freeways,
toll roads, ferries and car trains when planning your route. Turn these
featuresONorOFF.
Use HOV Lanesallows you to choose to have the system use
high-occupancy vehicle lanes, if available, when planning your route.
Navigation Preferences
Guidance Promptsallows you to choose to have the system useVoice
& TonesorTone Onlyon your programmed route.
Auto - Fill State/Provinceallows you have the system automatically fill
in the state and province based on the information already entered into
the system. Turn this featureONorOFF.
Traffic Preferences
Avoid Traffic Problemsallows you to choose how you want the system
to handle traffic problems along your route.
•Automatic:Have the system reroute you to avoid traffic incidents
that develop and impact the current route. The system does not
provide a traffic alert notification.
•Manual:Have the system always provide a traffic alert notification
for traffic incidents along the planned route. You have a choice to
accept or ignore the notification before making the route deviation.
Traffic Alert Notificationallows you to choose have the system
display traffic alert notifications.
Other traffic alert features allows you to turn on certain, or all, traffic
icons on the map such as road work, incident, accidents and closed
roads. Scroll down to view all the different types of alerts. Turn these
featuresONorOFF.
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Avoid Areas
Avoid Areasallows you to choose areas which you want the system to
avoid when calculating a route for you.
PressAddto program an entry. Once you make a selection, the system
tries to avoid the area(s) if possible for all routes. To delete a selection,
choose the listing on the screen. When the screen changes toAvoid
Areas Edit,you can pressDeleteat the bottom right of the screen.
Map Mode
Press the green bar in the upper right area of the touchscreen to view
map mode. Map mode shows advanced viewing comprised of both 2D
city maps as well as 3D landmarks (when available).
2D city mapsshow detailed outlines of buildings, visible land use and
land elements and detailed railway infrastructure for the most essential
cities around the globe. These maps also contain features, such as town
blocks, building footprints, and railways.
3D landmarksappear as clear, visible objects that are typically
recognizable and have a certain tourist value. The 3D landmarks appear
in 3D map mode only. Coverage varies, and improves with updated map
releases.
Change the appearance of the map
display by repeatedly pressing the
arrow button in the upper left
corner of the screen. It toggles
between three different map modes:
Heading up, North up, and 3D.
Heading up (2D map)
always shows the direction of forward
travel to be upward on the screen. This view is available for map
scales up to 2.5 miles (4 kilometers). The system remembers this
setting for larger map scales, but shows the map in North up only.
If the scale returns below this level, the system restores Heading up.
North up (2D map)always shows the northern direction to be
upward on the screen.
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3D map modeprovides an elevated perspective of the map. This
viewing angle can be adjusted and the map can be rotated 180
degrees by touching the map twice, and then dragging your finger
along the shaded bar with arrows at the bottom of the map.
Vi e wswitches between full map, street list and exit view in route
guidance.
Menudisplays a pop-up box that allows direct access to navigation
settings, View/Edit Route, Sirius Travel Link, Guidance Mute and Cancel
Route.
Press the speaker button on the map to mute route guidance.
When the light on the button illuminates, the feature is on. The
speaker button appears on the map only when route guidance
is active.
Re-center the map by pressing this icon whenever you scroll
the map away from your vehicle’s current location.
Auto Zoom
Press the green bar to access map mode, then select the+or-zoom
button to bring up the zoom level and Auto buttons on the touchscreen.
When you pressAuto,Auto Zoom turns on andAutodisplays in the
bottom left corner of the screen in the map scale. The map zoom level
then synchronizes with vehicle speed. The slower your vehicle is
traveling, the farther in the map zooms in; the faster your vehicle is
traveling, the farther the map zooms out. To turn the feature off, just
press the+or-button again.
In 3D mode, rotate the map view by swiping your finger across the
shaded bar with the arrows.
The ETA box under the zoom buttons appears when a route is active
and displays the distance and time to your destination. If the button is
pressed, a pop up appears with the destination listed (and waypoint if
applicable) along with mileage and time to destination. You may also
select to have either the estimated time to reach your destination or
your estimated arrival time.
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Map Icons
Vehicle markshows the current location of your vehicle. It
stays in the center of the map display, except when in scroll
mode.
Scroll cursorallows you to scroll the map; the fixed icon is in
the center of the screen. The map position closest to the cursor
is in a window on the top center part of the screen.
Address book entry default icon(s)indicates the location on
the map of an address book entry. This is the default symbol
shown after the entry has been stored to the Address Book by
any method other than the map. You can select from any of the
22 icons available. You can use each icon more than once.
Homeindicates the location on the map currently stored as the
home position. You can only save one address from the Address
Book as your Home entry. You cannot change this icon.
POI (Point Of Interest) iconsindicate locations of any point
of interest categories you choose to display on the map. You can
choose to display three point of interest categories on the map at
one time.
Starting pointindicates the starting point of a planned route.
Waypointsindicates the location of a waypoint on the map. The
number inside the circle is different for each waypoint and
represents the position of the waypoint in the route list.
Destination symbolindicates the ending point of a planned
route.
Next maneuver pointindicates the location of the next turn on
the planned route.
No GPS symbolindicates that insufficient GPS satellite signals
are available for accurate map positioning. This icon may display
under normal operation in an area with poor GPS access.
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