BASIC FUNCTIONS

SECTION 1
BASIC FUNCTIONS
〈Basic information before operation〉
D Initial screen 26
D Touch screen operation 27
D Inputting letters and numbers/List screen operation 28
D Screen adjustment 31
D Function help 32
D Map screen operation 33
Current position display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Screen scroll operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Switching the screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Map scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Foot print map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Orientation of the map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Map icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
D Speech command system 44
Command list 47

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Initial screen

When the “ENGINE START STOP” switch After about 5 seconds, the “CAUTION”
is in ACCESSORY or IGNITION ON screen automatically switches to the map
mode, the initial screen will be displayed screen. When the “MAP·VOICE” button
and the system will begin operating. is also pushed, the map screen is dis-
played.
CAUTION While the “CAUTION” screen is displayed,
the “DEST” or “SETUP” button cannot be
When the vehicle is stopped with the operated. And if the “Calendar” button on
engine running, always apply the the “Information” screen is touched, the
parking brake for safety. screen will change back to the “CAUTION”
screen. In about 5 seconds, or when the
After a few seconds, the “CAUTION” “MAP·VOICE” button is pushed or the
screen will be displayed. “Show Map” is touched, the “CAUTION”
screen will change to the map screen.

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Touch screen operation

D Maintenance information This system is operated mainly by the
This system informs about when to replace touch screen buttons on the screen.
certain parts or components and shows To prevent damage to the screen, light-
dealer information (if registered) on the ly touch buttons on the screen with the
screen. finger. When a button on the screen is
When the vehicle reaches a previously set touched, a beep sounds. (To set a beep
driving distance or date specified for a sound, see page 208.)
scheduled maintenance check, the “Infor- Do not use objects other than the finger
mation” screen will be displayed when the to touch the screen.
navigation system is in operation.
INFORMATION
D If the system does not respond to
a touch on a touch screen button,
move the finger away from the
screen and then touch it again.
D Dimmed touch screen buttons
cannot be operated.
D Wipe off fingerprints using a glass
cleaning cloth. Do not use chemi-
To disable this screen, touch “Do Not cal cleaners to clean the touch
Display This Message Again”. This screen.
screen goes off if the screen is not op- D The displayed image may become
erated for several seconds. darker and moving images may be
To prevent this information screen from be- slightly distorted when the display
ing displayed again, touch “Do Not is cold.
Display This Message Again”. D Under extremely cold conditions,
To register maintenance information, see the map may not be displayed and
“— Maintenance” on page 272. the data input by a user may be de-
leted. Also, the touch screen but-
tons may be harder than usual to
depress.
D When you look at the screen
through polarized material such as
polarized sunglasses, the screen
may be dark and hard to see. If so,
look at the screen from different
angles, adjust the screen settings
on the “Display” screen, or take off
your sunglasses.

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Inputting letters and

numbers/List screen
operation
When searching for an address or a name, D To input letters and numbers
or entering, letters and numbers can be in- To display the alphabet keys, touch
put via the touch screen. “A−Z”.

INFORMATION
Keyboard layout can be changed.
(See page 210.)

Enter letters by touching the keys directly.

: Touching this button erases one

letter. By holding this button, let-
ters will continue to be erased.
On certain letter entry screens, letters can
be entered in upper or lower case.

: To enter in lower case.

: To enter in upper case.

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D To input symbols D To display the list

To display symbol keys, touch “Other”.

To search for an address or a name, touch

Enter symbols by touching the symbol “OK”. Matching items from the database
keys directly. are listed even if the entered address or
name is incomplete.
: Touching this button erases one If the number of matches is five or less, the
letter. By holding this button, let- list is displayed without touching “OK”.
ters will continue to be erased.

INFORMATION
The number of matching items is
shown to the right side of the screen.
If the number of matching items is
more than 999, the system displays
“∗∗” on the screen.

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D List screen operation D Sorting

When a list is displayed, use the appropri- The order of a list displayed on the screen
ate button to scroll through the list. can be rearranged.

To shift to the next or previous 1. Touch “Sort”.

page.
Touch or to scroll through
the displayed list.

This expresses a displayed screen

position.

2. Select the desired sorting criteria.

If appears to the right of the Sorting criteria are as follows:
item name, the complete name is “Distance”: To sort in the order of dis-
too long for the display. Touch tance from your current location.
to scroll to the end of the name. “Date”: To sort in the order of the date.
Touch to scroll to the beginning “Category”: To sort in the order of the
of the name. category.
“Icon”: To sort in the order of the icons.
“Name”: To sort in order by name.

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Screen adjustment
You can adjust the contrast and brightness
of the screen. You can also turn the display
off, and change the screen to either day or
night mode.
D Contrast and brightness adjust-
ment
The contrast and brightness of the screen
can be adjusted depending on the bright-
ness of your surroundings. You can also
turn the display off.
Contrast and brightness adjustment
2. Touch the desired button to adjust
contrast and brightness.
“Contrast” “+”: Strengthens the contrast
of the screen.
“Contrast” “–”: Weakens the contrast of
the screen.
“Brightness” “+”: Brightens the screen.
“Brightness” “–”: Darkens the screen.
3. After adjusting the screen, touch
“OK”.
The screen goes off when “Screen Off” is
1. Push the “DISP” button. touched. To turn the display screen back
on, push the “DISP” button again, or push
the “DEST” or another screen mode but-
ton.

INFORMATION
When you do not touch any button on
the “Display” screen for 20 seconds,
the previous screen will be displayed.

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Function help
D Changing between day mode and
night mode When appears on the screen, an ex-
Depending on the position of the headlight planation of the function can be displayed.
switch, the screen changes to day mode or
night mode.

1. Touch .

To display the screen in day mode even

with the headlight switch on, touch
“Day Mode” on the adjustment screen
for brightness and contrast control.
If the screen is set in day mode with the
headlight switch turned on, this condition is
memorized in the system even with the en-
gine turned off.

2. Touch the button of the desired

function.

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Map screen operation — — Screen scroll operation

— Current position display (one−touch scroll)
When starting the navigation system, the When any point on the map is touched,
current position is displayed first. that point moves to the center of the screen
This screen displays the current vehicle and is shown by the cursor mark ( 1 ).
position and a map of the surrounding local
area.

Use the scroll feature to move the desired

point to the center of the screen for looking
The current vehicle position mark ( 1 ) ap- at a point on the map that is different from
pears in the center or bottom center of the the current position of the vehicle.
map screen. If the finger is continuously held on the
A street name will appear on the bottom of screen, the map will continue scrolling in
the screen, depending on the scale of the that direction until the finger is removed.
map ( 2 ). A street name, city name, etc. of the
You can return to this map screen that touched point will be shown, depending on
shows your current position at any time the scale of the map ( 2 ). Distance from
from any screen by pushing the the current position to will also be
“MAP·VOICE” button. shown ( 3 ).
While driving, the current vehicle position After the screen is scrolled, the map re-
mark is fixed on the screen and the map mains centered at the selected location
moves. until another function is activated. The cur-
rent vehicle position mark will continue to
The current position is automatically set as move along your actual route and may
the vehicle receives signals from the GPS move off the screen. When the
(Global Positioning System). If the current “MAP·VOICE” button is pushed, the cur-
position is not correct, it is automatically rent vehicle position mark returns to the
corrected after the vehicle receives sig- center of the screen and the map moves as
nals from the GPS. the vehicle proceeds along the designated
route.
INFORMATION
D After battery disconnection, or on INFORMATION
a new vehicle, the current position When the one−touch scroll feature is
may not be correct. As soon as the used, the current vehicle position
system receives signals from the mark may disappear from the screen.
GPS, the correct current position Move the map with a one−touch scroll
is displayed. again or push the “MAP·VOICE” but-
D To correct the current position ton to return to the current vehicle
manually, see page 223. position map location display.

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D To set the cursor position as a des- D To register the cursor position as an

tination address book entry
A specific point on the map can be set as Address book entry registration enables
a destination using the one−touch scroll easy access to a specific point.
function.

Touch “Mark”.
Touch “Enter ”. When you touch “Mark”, the following
The screen changes and displays the map screen appears for a few seconds, and
location of the selected destination and the then the map screen returns.
route preference. (See “Starting route
guidance” on page 70.)

The registered point is shown by on the

map.

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To change the icon or name, etc., see “ (b) D To see information about the icon
Editing address book entries” on page where the cursor is set
108.
Up to 100 address book entries can be reg-
istered. If there is an attempt to register
more than 100 address book entries, an
error message will appear.

To display information about an icon, set

the cursor on it.

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POI INFORMATION
INFORMATION
When the cursor is set on a POI icon, the
name and “Info.” are displayed at the top The desired Point of Interest can be
of the screen. displayed on the map screen. (See
“ — Display POI icons” on page 90.)

Touch “Info.”.

Information such as the name, address,

and phone number are displayed.
If “Enter ” is touched, the position of the
cursor is set as a destination.
If there is already a set destination, “Go to
” and “Add to Route” are displayed.
“Go to ”: To delete the existing destina-
tions and set a new one.
“Add to Route”: To add a destination.
To register this POI as an address book
entry, touch “Mark”. (See page 107.)

If is touched, the registered tele-

phone number can be called.

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ADDRESS BOOK ENTRY

INFORMATION
When the cursor is set on an address book
entry icon, the name and “Info.” are dis-
played at the top of the screen.

Information such as the name, address,

and phone number are displayed.
If “Enter ” is touched, the position of the
cursor is set as a destination.
If there is already a set destination, “Go to
Touch “Info.”. ” and “Add to Route” are displayed.
“Go to ”: To delete the existing destina-
tions and set a new one.
“Add to Route”: To add a destination.
To edit an address book entry, touch
“Edit”. (See “(b) Editing address book en-
tries” on page 108.)
To delete an address book entry, touch
“Delete”.

If is touched, the registered tele-

phone number can be called.

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DESTINATION INFORMATION XMr NavTraffic TEXT INFORMATION

When the cursor is set on a destination When you touch the XMr NavTraffic icon
icon, the name and “Info.” are displayed on the map, the XMr NavTraffic info. bar
on the top of the screen. will appear on the upper part of the screen.

Touch “Info.”. Touch “Info.”.

Information such as the name, address, Traffic information is displayed on the

and phone number are displayed. screen.
To delete a destination, touch “Delete”. Touch “Detail” to display detailed traffic
event information.
If is touched, the registered tele-
phone number can be called.

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— Switching the screens

Any one of the screen configurations can Depending on the conditions, certain
be selected . screen configuration buttons cannot be
selected.
:
To display the single map screen.
(See page 40.)
:
To display the dual map screen.
(See page 40.)
:
To display the compass mode
1. Touch this button to display the fol- screen. (See page 41.)
lowing screen.
:
To display the freeway screen.
(See page 76.)
:
To display the turn list screen.
(See page 78.)
:
To display the arrow screen. (See
page 78.)
2. To select the desired screen config- :
uration, touch one of the following but-
tons. To display the intersection guid-
ance screen or the guidance
screen on the freeway. (See page
77.)

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D Screen configurations DUAL MAP

SINGLE MAP A map can be displayed split in two.
This is a regular map screen. While on a different screen, touching
While on a different screen, touching will display the dual map
will display the single screen.
map screen.

The screen shows the dual map. The map

on the left is the main map.
The screen shows the single map.
The right side map can be edited by touch-
ing any specific point on the right side map.

This screen can perform the following pro-

cedures:
1. Changing the map scale
2. Displaying the POI icon
3. Show XMr NavTraffic Info. (See page
96.)
4. Changing the orientation of the map
Touch “OK” when you complete edi-
ting.
The screen returns to the dual map screen.

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— Map scale
COMPASS MODE
Current vehicle position is indicated with a
compass.
While on a different screen, touching
will display the compass
mode screen.

Touch or to change the scale

of the map display. The scale bar and indi-
cator at the bottom of the screen indicates
the map scale menu. The scale range is
150 feet (50 m) to 250 miles (400 km).

Touch or until the scale bar

Information about the destination and cur-
changes normally. By continuing to touch
rent position, as well as a compass, is dis-
the button, the scale bar changes smooth-
played on the screen.
ly.
The destination mark is displayed in the di-
The scale of the map display can be
rection of the destination. When driving re-
changed by touching the scale bar directly.
fer to the longitude and latitude coordi-
It is not available while driving.
nates, and the compass, to make sure that
your vehicle is headed in the direction of The map scale is displayed under the
the destination. north−up symbol or heading−up symbol at
the top left of the screen.
INFORMATION
INFORMATION
When the vehicle travels out of the
coverage area, the guidance screen When the map scale is at the maxi-
changes to the compass mode mum range of 250 miles (400 km),
screen. is not shown. When the map
scale is at the minimum range of 150
feet (50 m), is not shown. In
areas where the foot print map is
available the map scale changes from
to when at the minimum
range.

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— Foot print map

For the area which is covered by the foot D To display building information
print map (Some areas in the following Information is available only for buildings
cities: Detroit, Chicago, N.Y., L.A), you can for which information is recorded on the
switch to the foot print map on a scale of 75 map disc.
feet (25 m).
D To switch to the foot print map
changes into when the map
is scaled down to 150 feet (50 m).

Touch “Info.” while the foot print map is

displayed.

To display the foot print map, touch

.
To delete the foot print map display, touch
.

INFORMATION
Details of POIs in some buildings may be
D If the map or the current position is displayed.
moved to the area which is not cov-
ered by the foot print map, the For detailed POI information, touch the
screen scale automatically building name. You can see details of the
changes to 150 feet (50 m). selected POIs.
D On the foot print map, a one way
street is displayed by .
D It is not possible to perform scroll-
ing on the foot print map (one−
touch scroll) while driving.

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— Orientation of the map —Map icons

The orientation of the map can be changed Icon Name
from North−up to Heading−up by touching
the orientation symbol at the top left of the Island
screen.
Park
Touch or .
Industry

Business facility

Airport

Military

University

" North−up screen Hospital

Stadium

Shopping mall

Golf

" Heading−up screen

North−up symbol

Regardless of the direction of vehicle trav-

el, North is always up.
Heading−up symbol

The direction of vehicle travel is always up.

A red arrow indicates North.

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Speech command system —

The speech command system enables
you to operate the navigation system, au-
dio system and hands−free system by giv-
ing a command.

2. After a beep sounds, say the com-

mand of your choice.

Speech commands are marked with .

Speak the commands as displayed on the
screen.
1. Push the talk switch. If you want to check the command list, say
“Command list” to display the command
After a beep sounds, the “Voice Menu” list screen. (See “— Command list” on
screen is displayed. page 47.)

INFORMATION
Voice guidance for the speech com-
mand system can be skipped by
pushing the talk switch.

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3. Following voice guidance, say the

command displayed on the screen.
If a desired outcome is not shown, or if no " Microphone
choices are available, say “Go back” or
touch “Go Back” to return to the previous It is unnecessary to speak directly into
screen. the microphone when giving a com-
mand.
To cancel speech command recognition,
say “Cancel”, touch “Cancel”, or push
and hold the talk switch. INFORMATION
If the navigation system does not respond D Wait for the confirmation beep be-
or the confirmation screen does not disap- fore speaking a command.
pear, please push the talk switch and try
again. D Voice commands may not be rec-
ognized if :
If a speech command cannot be recog-
nized within 6 seconds, the voice guidance D Spoken too quickly
system will say “Pardon?” (“Command not D Spoken at a low or high volume
recognized.” will be displayed on the D The windows or sunroof are open
screen) and speech command reception
will restart. D Passengers are talking while
voice commands are spoken
If a speech command cannot be recog-
nized two consecutive times, the voice
guidance system will say “Paused. To re-
start voice recognition, push the talk
switch.”, then be suspended.

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D Speech command example: Search- When you search the destination by

ing for a route to your home. POI, this screen is displayed.
1. Push the talk switch.
2. Say “Go home”.
If a home address is not registered, the
voice guidance system will say “Your
home is not set” and you will be prompted
to enter a home address. (See page 101.)
When the speech command is recog-
nized, a map of the area around your home
is displayed.

INFORMATION
In the following conditions, the sys-
tem may not recognize the command
properly and using speech com-
mands may not be possible.
D The command is not correct or
clear.
Note that certain words, accents, or
3. Touch “Enter” or say “Enter”, and speech patterns may be difficult for
the system starts searching for a route the system to recognize.
to your home.
D There are some noises such as
To return to the “Voice Menu” screen, say wind noise, etc.
“Go back” or touch “Go Back”.
Touch “Cancel” or say “Cancel”, and the
speech command system will be can-
celed.

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— Command list
The system has a voice recognition com-
mand list. You can operate the voice rec- INFORMATION
ognition system by saying any command When the “Voice Menu” screen is dis-
from the displayed command list. Howev- played, all the commands in the voice
er, the XMr NavTraffic commands cannot recognition command list can be rec-
be used where the XMr NavTraffic service ognized.
is not available. (For details, see “XMr
NavTraffic” page 96.)
1. Push the talk switch.

2. Say “Command list”.

3. Say the command of your choice to

operate the system.
To confirm commands on the screen,

touch or to scroll through the

command list. This function is available
only when the vehicle is not moving.

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D Speech command example: Chang- D Speech command example:Chang-

ing map screen ing map scale
1. Push the talk switch. 1. Push the talk switch.
2. Say “Command list”. 2. Say “Command list”.

3. Say “Dual map”. 3. Say “Zoom in” or “Zoom out”.

To confirm commands on the screen, To confirm commands on the screen,

touch or to scroll through the touch or to scroll through the

command list. This function is available command list. This function is available
only when the vehicle is not moving. only when the vehicle is not moving.

When or is touched, push the talk When or is touched, push the talk
switch again and say the command. switch again and say the command.

The screen shows the dual map. The scale of the map display is changed.

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