tow Acura MDX 2011 Navigation Manual

Navigation System7
Introduction
Verified streets Unverified streets
When
displayed These roads are found within metropolitan areas, and
include interstate freeways
and major roads connecting
cities. These roads are found in rural
areas, and typically include
residential streets away fr om the center of a town.
Street color Shown as red (freeways), pink (state routes), or gray
(verified streets)
on the daytime map screen. Shown on the daytime
map screen as purple.
Map quality The database vendor has
verified these streets.
Information like turn restri ctions, average speed, and
whether it is a one-way street have been gathered and
used when creating your route to a destination. These streets have not been ve
rified by the database vendor.
The system does not contain in formation on one-way streets,
turn restrictions, or the road’s average speed. They are shown
on the map for reference and may have errors in map location,
naming, and address range.
Routing
differences While driving to your destin
ation, the displayed route
line is solid blue. The syst em provides voice and map
guidance to your destination. Your route line is either a pur
ple dotted “vector line,” or a
dashed pink/blue line. For inform ation on selecting this option,
and the routing differences, see Unverified Area Routing on
page 106.
Cautions There are no pop-up boxes urging extra caution during
a route. However, because roads constantly change,
you are urged to use common
sense, and always obey
posted traffic restrictions. Regardless of whether the user
chooses route guidance, there
are cautionary screens before and during the route urging the
user to be extra cautious, and obey all traffic restrictions. See
Unverified Area Routing on page106.
Guidance
voice Voice guidance issues instructions such as “In a half-
mile, make a right turn.” The phrase “if possible” is added
to each guidance instruction.
For example: “In a half-mile, ma ke a right turn, if possible.”
Time and
distance
“to go” The time and distance “to go,
” displayed while en route
to a destination, is based on the average speed and
distance for the roads used for your route. The time and distance “to go,”
displayed while en route to a
destination, is based on the aver age speed and distance for the
roads used for your route.
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Entering a Destination
If the system does not find an exact
match, select LIST when you finish
entering the name of the city. Most of
the cities and towns for that state are
listed.
Listings of cities and towns in the non-
detailed coverage area may have an
asterisk “*” next to their names. If you
select one, a pop-up box is displayed
saying, “No detailed street data...”, and
a street address cannot be entered (See
Map Coverage on page134). Try
entering the street fi rst, and then select
the city if available.
Select DESTINATION MAP and use
the Interface Dial to select an icon,
approximate area, or street you wish to
choose as your destination. Otherwise, a
central location of the city will be
selected. If you select a point of interest
(POI) or road in an unverified area, you
may or may not have routing in these
areas. See Map Overview on page6.Selecting the Street
By Voice Control
After you have selected the city, or if
you say “Street” on the Find address
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 display 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.
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:
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Coverage Areas
New Jersey
Camden Metro
Newark Metro
Southern New Jersey – including
Atlantic City/Cape May/
Cumberland Metro
Trenton Metro – including Ocean and
Hunterdon Counties
New Mexico Albuquerque
Las Cruces
Santa Fe
Taos Ski Resorts
New York Binghamton
Buffalo – including Erie and Niagara
Counties
Eastern New York – including the
Adirondack, Oneonta -
Cooperstown, New York City
Metro, Albany, Glen Falls,
Schenectady, Troy
Elmira
Ithaca
Lake Placid
Rochester – including cities in
Monroe County
Syracuse
Utica
Watertown North Carolina
Asheville
Charlotte Metro
Fayetteville
Hickory
Jacksonville
Morgantown
Outer Banks
Raleigh-Durham Metro
Wilmington
Winston-Salem/Greensboro Metro
North Dakota Fargo Metro
Grand Forks
Ohio Akron
Columbus/Marysville Metro
Cincinnati Metro – including Butler
County
Cleveland Metro – including Geauga County
Dayton
Lima
Mansfield
Springfield
Toledo (Lucas County)
Youngstown
Oklahoma Oklahoma City
Tulsa Oregon
Bend
Corvalis
Eugene
Medford
Portland/Salem Metro
Seaside/Astoria/Cannon Beach
Pennsylvania Allentown
Erie
Gettysburg
Harrisburg
Lancaster
Philadelphia Metro
Reading
Southeastern Pennsylvania
Southwest Pennsylvania - including
Pittsburgh and Washington County
State College/University Park
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
Williamsport
York
Rhode Island Newport
Providence Metro
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Coverage Areas
West Virginia
Charleston
Harper’s Ferry Metro
Huntington
Morgantown
Parkersburg
Wisconsin Appleton
Beloit
Eau Claire
Green Bay
Janesville
Kenosha County
La Crosse
Madison
Lake Geneva
Milwaukee Metro – including
Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Washington,
and Waukesha Counties
Neenah
Oshkosh
Racine
Sheboygan
Wausau
Wyoming Cheyenne
Jackson Ski ResortsCanada Detailed Coverage Areas
ALBERTA
Airdrie
Banff
Beaumont
Calgary
Calmar
Canmore
Chestermere
Cochrane
Crossfield
Devon
Edmonton
Fort Saskatchewan
Leduc
Lethbridge
Medicine Hat
Spruce Grove
St. Albert
Stony Plain
Strathcona County
BRITISH COLUMBIA
Greater Vancouver Anmore
Belcarra
Bowen Island
Burnaby
Coquitlam
Delta
Langley
Langley Twp
Lions Bay
Maple Ridge
New Westminster
North Vancouver
North Vancouver District
Pitt Meadows
Port Coquitlam
Port Moody
Richmond
Surrey
Squamish
Vancouver
West Vancouver
White Rock
Whatcom, WA Point Roberts (Community) also
listed in USA Washington St Cities
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Coverage Areas
Grey
Blue Mountains
Chatsworth
Georgian Bluffs
Meaford
Grey Highlands
Hanover
Owen Sound
Southgate
West Grey
Haldimand Haldimand
Halton Burlington
Halton Mills
Milton
Oakville
Hamilton Hamilton
Kawartha Lakes Kawartha Lakes
Lambton Brooke-Alvinston
Dawn-Euphemia
Enniskillen
Lambton Shores
Oil Springs Petrolia
Plympton-Wyoming
Point Edward
Sarnia
St Clair
Warwick
Lanark Beckwith
Carleton Place
Drummond/North Elmsley
Lanark Highlands
Mississippi Mills
Montague
Perth
Smiths Falls
Tay Valley
Leeds and Grenville Athens
Augusta
Brockville
Edwardsburgh/Cardinal
Elizabethtown-Kitley
Front of Yonge
Gananoque
Leeds and the Thousand Islands
Merrickville-Wolford
North Grenville
Prescott
Rideau Lakes
Westport Muskoka
Bracebridge
Georgian Bay
Gravenhurst
Huntsville
Lake of Bays
Muskoka Lakes
Middlesex Adelaide Metcalfe
London
Lucan Biddulph
Middlesex Centre
Newbury
North Middlesex
Southwest Middlesex
Strathroy-Caradoc
Thames Centre
Niagara Fort Erie
Grimsby
Lincoln
Niagara-on-the-Lake
Niagara Falls
Pelham
Port Colborne
St Catharines
Thorold
Wainfleet
Welland
West Lincoln
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Coverage Areas
Wellington
Centre Wellington
Erin
Guelph
Guelph/Eramosa
Mapleton
Minto
Puslinch
Wellington North
York Aurora
East Gwillimbury
Georgina
King
Markham
Newmarket
Richmond Hill
Vaughan
Whitchurch-StouffvilleWindsor
EssexAmherstburg
Essex
Kingsville
Lakeshore
Lasalle
Leamington
Pelee
Tecumseh
Windsor
Inter-Town (partial) Coverage
Counties/Districts/Regional
Municipalities
Brant
Bruce
Chatham-Kent
Dufferin
Elgin
Essex
Frontenac
Gray
Haldimand-Norfolk
Haliburton
Hastings
Huron
Kawartha Lakes
Lambton
Lanark Leeds and Granville
Lennox and Addington
Middlesex
Muskoka
Northumberland
Oxford
Perth
Peterborough
Prescott and Russell
Prince Edward
Simcoe
Stormont, Dundas, and Glengarry
Waterloo
Wellington
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Coverage Areas
QUÉBEC
Montreal-Laurentians
Beauharnois-SalaberryBeauharnois
Salaberry-de-Valleyfield
Ste-Martine
St-
Étienne-de-Beauharnois
St-Louis-de-Gonzague
St-Stanislas-de-Kostka
St-Urbain-Premier
Deux-Montagnes Deux-Montagnes
Oka
Pointe-Calumet
St-Eustache
St-Joseph-du-Lac
Ste-Marthe-sur-le-Lac
St-Placide
L’Assomption Charlemagne
L’Assomption
L’Èpiphanie
L’Èpiphanie Paroisse
Repentigny
St-Sulpice La Rivìere-du-Nord
Prévost
St-Colomban
St-Hippolyte
St-Jèrôme
Ste-Sophie
La Vallee-du-Richelieu Beloeil
Caringnan
Chambly
McMasterville
Mont-St-Hilaire
Otterburn Park
St-Antoine-sur-Richelieu
St-Basile-le-Grand
St-Charles-sur-Richelieu
St-Denis-sur-Richelieu
St-Jean-Baptiste
St-Marc-sur-Richelieu
St-Mathieu-de-Beloeil
LaJemmerais Calixa-Lavallée
Contrecoeur
St-Amable
Ste-Julie
Varennes
Verchères
Laval Laval Le-Haut-Richelieu
Henryville
Lacolle
Mont-St-Gr
égoire
Noyan
St-Alexandre
St-Blaise-sur-Richelieu
St-Georges-de-Clarenceville
St-Jean-sur-Richelieu
St-Paul-de-L’
Île-aux-Noix
St-Sébastien
St-Valentin
Ste-Anne-de-Sabreviois
Ste-Brigide-D’Iberville
Venise-en-Qu
ébec
Le Haut-St-Laurent Dundee
Elgin
Franklin
Godmanchester
Havelock
Hinchinbrooke
Howick
Huntingdon
Ormstown
St-Anicet
St-Chrysostome
Ste-Barbe
Tr
ès-St-Sacrement
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Coverage Areas
Cities with available real-time in-
car traffic information
The following cities currently have
available real-time traffic information.
In the U.S.
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
Albuquerque, NM
Allentown-Bethlehem, PA
Atlanta, GA
Austin, TX
Baltimore, MD
Birmingham, AL
Boston, MA
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC
Chicago, IL
Cincinnati, OH
Cleveland, OH
Colorado Springs, CO
Columbus, OH
Dallas-Ft.Worth, TX
Dayton, OH
Denver-Boulder, CO
Detroit, MI
Fresno, CA
Grand Rapids, MI
Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point, NC
Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle, PA
Hartford-New Britain-Middletown, CT
Houston-Galveston, TX
Indianapolis, IN
Jacksonville, FL
Kansas City, KSLancaster-York, PA
Las Vegas, NV
Lincoln, NE
Little Rock, AR
Los Angeles, CA
Louisville, KY
Memphis, TN
Miami-Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood, FL
Milwaukee-Racine, WI
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
Mobile, AL
Naples-Ft. Myers, FL
Nashville, TN
New Orleans, LA
New York, NY
Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA
Oklahoma City, OK
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE
Orlando, FL
Philadelphia, PA
Phoenix, AZ
Pittsburgh, PA
Portland, OR
Portsmouth-Manchester, NH
Providence-Warwick-Pawtucket, RI
Raleigh-Durham, NC
Richmond, VA
Rochester, NY
Sacramento, CA
Salt Lake City, UT
San Antonio, TX
San Diego, CA
San Francisco-Oakland, CA
San Jose, CA
Sarasota-Bradenton, FL
Seattle-Tacoma, WA
Spokane, WASt. Louis, MO
Syracuse, NY
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
Toledo, OH
Tucson, AZ
Tulsa, OK
Washington, DC
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL
Wilkes Barre-Scranton, PA
Wilmington, DE

In CanadaToronto, ON
Montreal, QB
Vancouver, BC
Coverage may expand to other cities as
traffic information in those cities
becomes available. Fo
r the latest traffic
coverage details for each metropolitan
area, check www.acura.com/
realtimetraffic . This site provides traffic
coverage for each city, a demonstration
video, and FAQs.
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Coverage Areas
Operation in Alaska, Hawaii,
Canada, and Puerto Rico
Certain functions that rely on a satellite
signal will not work correctly. These
functions include but are not limited to
AcuraLink, and traffic- and weather-
related services.
XM Radio
Navigation-equipped vehicles delivered
to Alaska, Hawaii, Canada, and Puerto
Rico are equipped with XM hardware,
but XM broadcasting is not available;
therefore sections of the manual that
mention XM audio, traffic displays,
weather information, and AcuraLink
features do not apply.
Vehicles originally delivered to the U.S.
mainland and shipped to Hawaii also
have XM, but will not function because
the XM satellites (aimed toward the
U.S. mainland) are too far away to
obtain reception.
Alaska, Hawaii, Canada, and
Puerto Rico
This section describe s the differences in
navigation system operation for vehicles
delivered in Alaska, Hawaii, Canada,
and Puerto Rico.
Map Coverage
All roads displayed on the map screens
are detailed coverage roads. Text related
to “unverified” road s or areas are not
applicable. The followi ng topics do not
apply:
• Unverified road descriptions (see page 6, 106)
• Cautions and pop-up windows related to unverified roads (see page 72)
• Setup entries that re late to turning on
or off unverified routing (see
page 107)
• See the coverage section for a list of islands with coverage (see page 134)
Address and POI Entry Screens
The following differences occur for
map, address, and POI selection:
• Entry of a destination address or POI
on an island other than your current
island may result in a screen caution
message. This is normal because
there are no “ferry” routes between
islands available in the database.
Setup Screen Differences
The SETUP screen differences are
minor and are listed below. See the
Setup section (page 94) for additional
information.
AcuraLink/Messages
This item is grayed out on the SETUP
screen ( Other) because XM is not
available.
Traffic & Weather Status
This item is grayed out on the SETUP
screen ( Other) because XM is not
available.
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Glossary
USB - Universal Serial Bus. A computer hardware interface used to store and
play audio files from USB devices,
such as thumb drives or iPods. Image
files can also be stored to USB
devices and uploaded to the HDD.
See the Audio section in your
Owner’s Manual for more
information.
Vehicle Speed Sensor - Provides speed
signal to the navigation system for
moving the VP icon on the map.
Verified Streets - These streets consist
of the detailed metropolitan coverage
areas and all other inter-town
connection roads. These roads are
shown in black, red, or pink on the
map.
Voice Control - See VR. VP -
Vehicle Position. When in map
mode, this circular icon shows the
vehicle position on the map. Push in
on the Interface Dial , select Map
Information on the Map menu, and
then rotate the Interface Dial Knob
to select Current Location . It
shows the latitude, longitude, and
elevation of your current position.
VR - Voice Recognition. This allows
voice control of many of the
navigation functions. The hardware
consists of the microphone, voice
control switch ( TALK/BACK
buttons), and the front speakers.
Waypoint - A temporary destination
you may enter while en route (e.g., a
gas station, ATM, etc.). See page 76.Yaw Rate Sensor -
Senses when the
vehicle makes a turn, which makes
the VP change direction on the map
as you turn.
Zagat Ratings - Restaurant ratings
information provided by Zagat
Survey. See the INFO screen on
page 92 for an explanation of the
ratings.
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