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SEARCHING FOR NEARBY RES-
TAURANTS OR GAS STATIONS
While a wide variety of places can be searched
in the system, shortcut buttons are available for
restaurants and gas stations.
1. Press the NAV button.
2. Touch “Points of Interest”.3. Touch “Nearby Restaurants”, “Nearby Gas
Stations”, “Nearby Parking” or “Nearby
ATMs”.
4. The system searches for destinations within
50 miles (80 km) of the current position.5. Places are shown based on the straight line
distance to the current position. The arrow
on the right shows the direction of the
destination. Touch the desired destination
on the list.
NOTE:
A maximum of 200 destinations will be
listed when searching with this method.
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6. A detailed description of the destination is
provided.
●Press the BACK or
BACK button to go
back and pick another destination.
●Touch “Call” to call the destination (if a phone
number is available) using the Bluetooth®
Hands-Free Phone System. See the vehicle
Owner’s Manual for more information about
the Bluetooth® Hands-Free Phone System.
●Touch “Map” to show a map of the
destination.
●Touch “Start” to calculate the route to the
destination.
SEARCHING FOR PLACES NEAR
CURRENT LOCATION
1. Press the NAV button.
2. Touch “Points of Interest”.3. Touch “Search by Category”.
4. Touch “Near Current Location”.
When searching by category, you can browse
destinations from a variety of categories and
subcategories, including:
●Automotive
●Banking & Business
●Emergency
●Hotel/Motel
●Leisure
●Public Places
●Restaurant
●Shopping
●Travel
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If you choose “By Name”, you can search for
places using a specific name. The touch key-
board is shown.
“HOW TO INPUT CHARACTERS”
(page 2-10)
NOTE:
●When using “Search By Category”, the sys-
tem will search for up to 200 matches within
50 miles (80 km) of the current position.
●When using “Search By Name”, the system
will search for up to 30 matches within
50 miles (80 km) of the current position.
●If the destination is not found within the
50 mile (80 km) search radius, you can search
for places around a specific city name.
“SEARCHING FOR POINTS OF
INTEREST IN ANOTHER CITY”
(page 4-12)
5. Destinations are shown based on the dis-
tance to the selected position. The arrow on
the right shows the direction of the
destination. The distance shown is a
straight line distance.
Touch the desired destination from the list.6. A detailed description of the destination is
provided.
Press the BACK or
BACK button to
go back and pick another destination or
touch “Start” to have the system calculate
the route to the destination.
SEARCHING FOR POINTS OF IN-
TEREST IN ANOTHER CITY
1. Press the NAV button.
2. Touch “Points of Interest”.
3. Touch “Search By Category” or “Search By
Name”.
4. Touch “In Another City”.
5. Touch “Change State/Province” if the state
or province shown is not correct.
6. If necessary, enter the name of the state or
province.
The display shows the touch keyboard.
“HOW TO INPUT CHARAC-
TERS” (page 2-10)
The keyboard has an intelligent spelling
setting, so it excludes non-existing
combinations. On the top right of the
screen, the number of matches is shown.7. Touch “City”.
8. A touch keyboard is displayed. Enter the
name of the desired city.
Press “List” at any time to display a list of remain-
ing cities. Touch the desired city.
9. If you chose “Search By Category” in
Step 4, you can browse destinations from a
list of categories and subcategories.
If you choose “Search By Name” in Step 4, you
can search for places using a specific name. The
touch keyboard is shown.
NOTE:
●When using “Search By Category”, the sys-
tem will search for up to 200 matches within
50 miles (80 km) of the chosen city.
●When using “Search By Name”, the system
will search for up to 30 matches within
50 miles (80 km) of the chosen city. If no
matches are found, touch “Change Name” to
search for another name.
10. Destinations are shown based on the dis-
tance from the selected position. The arrow
on the right shows the direction of the
destination. The distance shown is a
straight line distance from the city center.
Touch the desired destination from the list.
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11. A detailed description of the destination is
provided.
Press the BACK or
BACK button to
go back and pick another destination or
touch “Start” to have the system calculate
the route to the destination.
SEARCHING FOR PLACES USING
VOICE RECOGNITION (if so
equipped)
Places can be set as destinations using the
NISSAN Voice Recognition System:
1. Press the
orbutton on the
steering wheel. The system provides
prompts and waits for voice commands.
2. Say “Navigation”.
3. Say “Points of Interest” followed by a brand
name.
4. Say number of the point of interest from the
available list on the screen.
5. There are up to four options to search for a
point of interest:
●Say “Along Route” to search for the de-
sired places along the current route.●Say “Nearby” to search for the desired
places close to the vehicle’s current
location.
●Say “Near Destination” to search for the
desired places near the route’s
destination.
●Say “In another city” so search for the de-
sired places in another city. Selecting
this option will lead to a series of other
steps.
6. The system displays a list of results fitting
the search criteria. Say the number of the
desired entry on the list.
If a route is active, say “Replace Destination” to
replace the current destination with the new
street address or say “Set as Waypoint” to set
the new street address as a waypoint on the cur-
rent route.
If a route is not set, say “Set as Destination” to
set the new street address as the destination
and begin route guidance.
Say “Show on Map” to display the new street ad-
dress on the map.
For more information about the NISSAN Voice
Recognition System, see the vehicle Owner’s
Manual.
MY POINTS OF INTEREST/USER-
DEFINED POINTS OF INTEREST
(POIs)
A point of interest (POI) in the My Points of Inter-
est database is a specific location of interest
such as a gas station or bank. The POI consists
of a longitude value, a latitude value and a name.
Additional POIs can be added to the system us-
ing the vehicle’s USB port. For more information
about using the USB port, see your vehicle’s
owner’s manual.
The POIs can be set as a destination or be setup
to activate POI warnings that display a pop-up
message when the vehicle approaches certain
areas such as hazard spot warnings.
NOTE:
●In order to save the user-defined points of in-
terest data, a USB mass storage device is
required. The user-defined points of interest
data cannot be saved on the SD-card which
contains the navigation data.
●User-defined points of interest are not shown
in the map representation.
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●The system recognizes the user-defined
points of interest (POI) data and then asks the
user via a pop-up message if the data needs
to be downloaded into the system.
●If you confirm the download, the available user
Points of Interest in the system internal
memory will be deleted and the new ones in
the USB mass storage device will be down-
loaded into the internal memory of the system.
●The progress of the download is shown by a
progress-bar. When the download is finished,
the user is notified that the USB mass storage
device can be removed.Creating user-defined points of inter-
est (POIs)
1Longitude
2Latitude
3Name
4Location/Folder to save
5File name
POI data can be downloaded from the Internet
or created in a simple text editor in CSV (Comma
Separated Values) file format.
There are two kinds of POI data supported by
the system:
●User POIs – user-defined points of interest
(POI) that can later be set as a destination
and found using route guidance.
●POI-warnings – user-supplied areas such as
hazard spots that the system displays in a
pop-up window when the vehicle is ap-
proaching the designated area.
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Perform the following procedure to create your
own User POIs:
1. Connect a USB mass storage device to
your personal computer.
2. Use a standard software program to create
a list of POIs. Make sure the software can
support the CSV file format.
3. In the first column, enter the longitude value
of the position of the POI.
4. In the second column, enter the latitude
value of the position of the POI.
5. In the third column, enter the name of the
POI. Information entered in the fourth
column, such as address or phone number,
will be appended to the name of the POI.
6. Add more rows if necessary.
7. Save the file with the extension .csv (for
example, myplacesfile.csv) .
NOTE:
The name of the .CSV file will be used to
create a My Points of Interest category in
the system. Create separate .CSV files with
different names to create other My Points
of Interest categories.8. Make sure to select the USB mass storage
device as the location to save, using the ex-
act folder name “/myPOIs” for User POIs or
“/myPOIs/myPOIwarnings”
for POI-warnings. For example, if the USB
mass storage device’s root folder is repre-
sented by f:/, save the file to the folder
“f:/myPOIs” for User POIs or to the folder
“f:/myPOIs/myPOIwarnings”
for POI-warnings.
9. Connect the USB mass storage device to
the vehicle’s USB port. For more informa-
tion about the USB port, see your vehicle’s
Owner’s Manual.
Adding user-defined points of interest
(POIs)
Perform the following procedure to add your
User POIs to the system:
1. Press the NAV button.
2. Touch “Next Page”.
3. Touch “My Points of Interest”.
4. If a USB mass storage device with the new
POI data is connected, the system will auto-
matically ask if you want to transfer the POI
data. Touch “Download” to begin the trans-
fer or “Cancel” to cancel the procedure.
NOTE:
New POI data will overwrite POI data al-
ready in the internal memory.
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5. The POI data on the USB mass storage de-
vice is transferred to the vehicle.
NOTE:
A maximum of 8 MB of POI data can be
added to the system.
6. Once the download process is complete,
the available POIs are displayed in a list on
the screen.
7. Touch the name of a POI on the list to set it
as the destination.
8. Touch “Start” to calculate the route.
A user-defined POI in the My Points of Interest
database can also be set as the destination by
following the procedure below:
1. Press the NAV button.
2. Touch “Next Page”.
3. Touch “My Points of Interest”
4. Touch the name of the user-defined Point of
Interest to set that entry as a destination.
Deleting user-defined points of inter-
est (POIs)
Perform the following procedure to delete the
user-defined POIs stored in the My Points of In-
terest memory:
1. Press the
or MENU button.
2. Touch “Settings”.3. Touch “Navigation”.
4. Touch “My Points of Interest Settings”
5. Touch “Remove My Points of Interest From
System”.
6. A pop-up is displayed to confirm that you
want to delete all User POIs (My Points of
Interest) from the system. Touch “Yes” to
delete the User POIs or “No” to cancel.
Other options are available on the “My Points of
Interest Settings” screen:
●My Points of Interest Alert
Select to adjust how alerts are provided when
approaching a destination set by My Points of
Interest. Choose “OFF” to disable the alert.
Choose “Show Only” to display the alert on
the screen. Choose “Show & Beep” to display
the alert on the screen and play an audible
sound.
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●Points of Interest Alert Distance
Select to choose from the available list a dis-
tance away from the My Points of Interest
destination at which to activate the alert.This option allows you to set and store the des-
tination in the address book and use the stored
destinations to calculate a route.
SETTING A NEW ENTRY TO THE
ADDRESS BOOK
1. Press the NAV button.
2. Touch “Next Page”.
3. Touch “Address Book”.
4. Touch “Add New Entry”.
There are four possibilities shown:
NOTE:
Up to 50 address book entries can be
stored. If the number of address book en-
tries exceeds 50, one must be deleted be-
fore the new one can be added.
“SETTING AN ENTRY AS A DESTI-
NATION” (page 4-18)
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ADDRESS BOOK
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