2017 Acura MDX navigation

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Driving to Your DestinationViewing the Route
Navigation
The guidance screen offers an alternative way to view your route.
The next guidance point is
displayed as you approach each
guidance point on the route.
You can also view a list of guidance
directions.
■Guidance Screen1 Guidance Screen
A visual guide helps you check the guidance
screen.
2 Guidance Screen P. 10
Turn-by-Turn Directions
The next guidance point appears on the multi-
information display.
2 Turn-by-Turn Directions P. 10
You can turn this feat ure on or off using the
multi-information display. See the Owner’s
Manual for instructions.

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Driving to Your DestinationViewing the Route
Navigation
When driving on verified streets, the route line is light blue. The route line display
changes when driving on unverified streets:
•If Unverified Routing is Off , the
route line uses verified streets only
(when possible). If Straight Line
Guide is set to On, a pink “vector
line” pointing directly towards your
destination is displayed.
2 Straight Line Guide P. 77
• If Unverified Routing is On , the
route line changes to a blue-pink
line to indicate that the route line
uses unverified streets.
■ Route Line1 Route Line
You can set Unverified Routing to Off to
follow your own route to the destination. If
Unverified Routing is On, be aware that
unverified streets ma y not be displayed
accurately.
2 Unverified Routing P. 57
The route line may also c onsist of red, orange, or
green segments when traffic information is
displayed.
2 AcuraLink Real-Time Traffic™ P. 14
2 Traffic Rerouting™ P. 125
Straight line guide
Blue-pink route line

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Driving to Your DestinationViewing the Route
Navigation
If you leave the calculated route, the system automatically recalculates a route to the
desired destination based on your current location and direction.
2Route Preference P. 55
You can display a series of dots (breadcrumbs) to track the path you are taking. If
needed, you can follow the dots back to the mapped road you originally left.
2Display Tracking P. 83
■Deviating From the Planned Route
■Tracking Dots1 Tracking Dots
A message “Not on a digi tized road” may appear
when you drive 800m away from a mapped
road.
Breadcrumbs may occasionally be displayed in
urban areas, such as large parking lots in
shopping malls, in new subdivisions where the
roads are not yet in the database, or in areas
where a GPS signal is unavailable, such as in a
parking garage.
Breadcrumbs are limite d to approximately
240km. Breadcrumbs at the beginning of the
trail are deleted if you exceed that distance.
Breadcrumbs are displaye d only at 80, 200, 400,
and 800m map scales.

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Driving to Your DestinationListening to Voice Guidance
Navigation
Listening to Voice Guidance
HENTER button (on map)  Voice
As you approach each guidance point, a pop-up window is displayed on the map
screen with instructions fo r you to follow. Voice guidance for each guidance point is
also provided.
Typically, you hear three prompts:
• 800m from the guidance point (3km on highway)
• 400m from the guidance point (1.5km on highway)
• Just before the guidance point
To replay voice guidance, rotate i to select Voice in the Map Menu.
If you select Voice between guidance points, voice guidance for the next guidance
point is provided.1 Listening to Voice Guidance
You can turn voice guidance OFF if you prefer.
Press the SETTINGS button. Select System
Settings and set Guidance Volume to 0.
You can also adjust Guidance Volume by
rotating the volume knob while the route
guidance or voice command confirmations is
announced.
When driving in unverified areas, the phrase “if
possible” is inserted before each voice guidance
prompt.
Voice in the Map Menu may be grayed out if:
•The system is in proces s of gathering the route
guidance information.
•The vehicle is out of th e road (e.g., pulling in a
parking lot).
The timing of voice guida nce varies depending
on the type of road you are on and the distance
to the next guidance point.

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Driving to Your DestinationReaching a Waypoint
Navigation
Reaching a Waypoint
When you reach a waypoint, a pop-up message is displayed. You can continue or
pause the route guidance.Rotate i to select No to pause the
route guidance. Press u.
Select Yes to continue the
guidance.
You can resume the route guidance in the following ways:
• Restart the engine when you stop your car (e.g., to rest, stop for gas, etc.).
2Resuming Your Trip P. 139
• Select Resume Guidance from the navigation menu or the map menu.
2Map Menu P. 120
2Changing Your Route P. 127
■Resuming the route guidance

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Navigation
Map Menu
Displaying the Map Menu
Use the Map Menu to control the icons displayed on the screen and to display traffic
information and messages. You can also use the Map Menu to find locations or to
cancel the route.
1.On the map screen, press u.
The Map Menu is displayed on
the map screen.
2. Rotate i to select an item. Press
u .
The following item s are available:
• Voice: Select to hear the voice guidance when en route.
2Listening to Voice Guidance P. 118
1Map Menu
If you scroll the map while en route, press the
NAV (or BACK ) button to return to the current
position map screen, then press u.

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Map MenuDisplaying the Map Menu
Navigation
•Guidance Volume : Adjusts the navigation system volume level.
• Map/Guidance : Allows you to select the map and guidance settings (display
mode, icons to display on the map, map orientation, map color, and 3D view
angle), display your current location an d an overview of the map features.
2Guidance Mode P. 64
2Showing Icons on Map P. 71
2Color P. 73
2View (Map Orientation) P. 76
23D Angle Adjustment P. 77
2Current Location P. 78
2Map Legend P. 79
• Pause Guidance : Pauses your current route.
2Pausing the Route P. 128
• Resume Guidance : Resumes your current route. This item is displayed while the
route guidance is paused.
• Hide Traffic Flow : Hides the current traffic flow indicator on the map screen.
2Hide Traffic Flow P. 122
• Directions : Displays a list of the guidance points.
2Directions P. 123
• Search Nearby: Allows you to find the nearest place/landmark (e.g., nearest gas
station) by specifying a category. You ca n then add the location to the list of
destinations, set as a waypoint, or set as your destination.
2Find Nearest Place P. 136
• Traffic Incidents: Displays a list of the traffic incidents around your current
location or on your current route.
2 Traffic Rerouting™ P. 125
1Map Menu
Directions
The system provides highway exit information
only in the U.S.
Traffic Incidents
You must have an AcuraL ink Real-Time Traffic™
subscription to receive traffic information.
2 AcuraLink
® P. 268
The incident icons are displayed on the 8km or
less map scale.
2 Map Scale and Functions P. 80

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Map MenuHide Traffic Flow
Navigation
Hide Traffic Flow
HENTER button (on map)  Hide Traffic Flow
Hide the traffic flow indicator on the map screen. Press the ENTER button and select
Display Traffic Flow to display the traffic flow indicator on the map screen.