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Information Features
When you make a selection, you will
see the help commands that can be used
with the voice control. You can say
“Read List” or select by moving the
Interface Dial right, and the system
will read the list to you.
For a listing of all voice commands, see
Voice Command Index on page144.Trip Computer
The Trip computer screen displays the
trip information from the MID display
in the gauge assembly.
When you say or select Trip
Computer , the display changes to:
Instant Fuel
Shows you the current instantaneous
fuel economy in miles per gallon (mpg).
Average Fuel
Shows you the averag e fuel economy in
miles per gallon (mpg) since the display
was last reset. Elapsed Time
Shows the elapsed tim
e that the ignition
has been on since the display was last
reset.
Average Speed
Shows you the averag e speed in miles
per hour since the display was last reset.
Range
Shows the estimated distance you can
travel on the fuel re maining in the tank.
This distance is estimated from the
average fuel economy over the last
several miles, so it will vary with
changes in speed, traffic, etc.
NOTE:
 The “Instant Fuel” and “Average Fuel” may vary from actual fuel
consumed. These values are estimates
only.
 The “Range” is only an estimate. Always monitor your vehicle’s fuel
gauge to determine the appropriate
time to refuel.
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Information Features
Entering Your Schedule
Set your schedule by selecting the day
on the calendar, and the display changes
to:
Reminder
The default for Reminder is ON. This
allows the system to remind you of the
calendar item the next time you start the
vehicle. See System Start-up on page17.
Edit Date
This allows you to move your calendar
entry to a different date. If you say or
select Edit Date , the Calendar screen
is displayed with existing entries grayed
out. Select a new day and the display
returns to the Edit schedule screen
with a new date.
Edit Title
Say or select Edit Title, then enter the
name of your title using the Interface
Dial . Once you have entered the title,
say or select DONE. The title will be
displayed on the specified date of the
Calendar screen.
Edit Message
Say or select Edit Message , and the
system will show the Edit Message
screen. You can enter a message on two
lines. Use to change the line.
Once you have entered the message, say
or select DONE. The message will be
displayed on the specified date of the
Calendar screen.
Message Icon
Say or select Message Icon , and the
system displays a list of icons you can
select to help identify the type of
message you entered. The message icon
you choose will be displayed alongside
the specified date on the Calendar
screen.
Delete
From the Calendar screen, select the
date of the schedule you wish to
remove. To remove the schedule, say or
select DELETE .
Done
Once you have finished entering the
schedule, say or select DONE. The
Calendar screen is re-displayed and the
entered schedule is shown.
NOTE:
 You can only enter one message per day.
 A maximum of 50 entries can be stored in the schedule.
 To re-activate a previous message, turn the Reminder setting from OFF
to ON . If it is not turned on, the
reminder will not be displayed when
you start vehicle.
 The system displays active calendar entries only after you answer OK on
the Disclaimer screen.
 For more information, see System
Start-up on page17.
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System Set-up
Contrast
The screen contrast has 11 settings. To
adjust the contrast, use the voice control
system and say “Contrast up” or
“Contrast down.” You can also select
Contrast and change the setting by
rotating the Interface Dial knob .
Black Level
The screen black level has 11 settings.
To change the black level, use the voice
control system and say “Black level up”
or “Black level down.” You can also
select Black Level and change the
setting by rotating the Interface Dial
knob .
NOTE:
You can have separate daytime and
nighttime settings for Brightness,
Contrast, and Black Level. Adjust each
setting when the display is in either
daytime or nighttime mode. Use the
Display mode button (page11
and 105) to select Daytime or Nighttime
mode.
Volume
The navigation voice volume can be
adjusted by:
 Using the voice control system and saying “Volume up” or “Volume
down.”
 Selecting Volume and changing the
setting by rotating the Interface
Dial knob .
 Saying “Volume Off,” or selecting Volume and then OFF.
NOTE:
If you turn the volume off, you will not
hear route guidance or voice command
confirmations.
Interface Dial Feedback
This setting allows you to control when
(and if) the system will read the current
selection you choose with the Interface
Dial . The purpose of this feature is to
minimize the need to look at the screen
while operating the dial. You can set the
one of three settings explained in the
following table. The factory default is
AUTO .
Guidance Prompts
While you drive to your destination, the
system displays and announces
guidance prompts for your next
maneuver. This setting allows you to
adjust the number of guidance prompts
before each maneuver. The settings
MIN, NORMAL , and MAX are
described below. The factory default is
NORMAL , so you can adequately
prepare for the next maneuver. If you
wish to change the number of guidance
prompts, select your preferred setting,
as shown in the following table.
Setting Degree of assistance
ON When selection is made,
the system always reads
what is selected.
AUTO
(factory default)The system reads
selection only when
moving.
OFF No voice assistance when
selecting.
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Edit Phone Number
You can enter the telephone number of
the address. If the address was chosen
with Places , and it has a telephone
number, that number is entered
automatically.
Say or select Edit Phone Number to
display the Enter phone number
screen. Enter the telephone number,
including the area code, by using the
voice control system (say the entire
phone number one digit at a time), or by
using the Interface Dial . Say or select
DONE when finished. Edit Category
If desired, you can specify the category
of the address. Say or select
Edit
Category to display the Select a
category screen.
Scroll the screen and select a category
by saying the number next to your
choice, or by pushing in on the
Interface Dial .
If you wish to set, add, or edit a new
category, select EDIT CATEGORY in
the upper right corner on the screen. The
system will show the Select a
category to edit screen. Follow the on-
screen prompts to add, change or delete
a category. If you delete a category that
was used to categorize addresses, the
category for those addresses becomes
“UNFILED.” NOTE:
You may have up to 100 categories.
These are shared between Driver 1 and
Driver 2.
The system will then display everything
that you have entered.
If all the information is correct, say or
select
Done. This will return you to the
Address Book list.
If you want to enter another address,
select NEW ADDRESS in the upper
right corner on the screen, then repeat
the procedures above. If not, press the
CANCEL button.
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System Set-up
1. Select PIN Number . The display
changes to:
2. Enter your new four-digit PIN. If you do not wish to use a PIN, select DO
NOT USE PIN .
NOTE:
The factory default is no PIN.
3. When you have entered your PIN, the display changes to the Please re-
enter new PIN screen. Enter the
same number to validate the number
you have selected. 4. If you have entered the same number
both times, the display returns to the
Edit personal information screen. If
not, “INCORRECT PIN” appears.
Enter your PIN again.
NOTE:
 If you start the vehicle and the MID displays only “Welcome,” this
function is unavailable.
 If you wish to remove your PIN, return to the same screen and, after
entering your PIN correctly, select
DO NOT USE PIN .
 PINs are optional. If you choose to use a PIN, make sure you remember
it. If you forget your PIN, your dealer
will have to reset it for you.Previous Destinations
Allows you to delete some or all of your
previous destinations.
1. Select this option, and the display changes to:
NOTE:
Normally, moving the Interface Dial
left exits most screens. However, for this
screen, moving the dial left deletes all of
your previous destinations.
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For “Places along the route,” the system
looks in front of yo u within a corridor
width specified by your values for “On
Freeways” or “On Surface Street.” The
system checks the upcoming area, based
on your input.
For “Places around the destination,” the
system searches outwards in a spiral
from the destination. In this case,
specific search values are not needed;
the matches are displayed in order of
distance from destination.
NOTE:
These settings do not affect the search
range used for the voice commands like,
“Find nearest gas station,” that are
also available wh en viewing the map
screen.Guidance Mode
Allows you to select the guidance
display mode: Single Screen or Split
Screen .
To get to Guidance Mode from the
Setup screen, select in sequence,
“MORE”, “Routing & Guidance”, and
“Guidance Mode”.
The factry default is Single Screen.
NOTE:
The Guidance Mode can also be
selected on the Icon Selection screen.
See Showing Icons on the Map on
page65.
Clock Adjustment
From the Setup screen (second), say or
select Clock Adjustment and the
following screen appears:
This screen allows y ou to set or adjust
the following:
 Auto Daylight (Default = ON)
 Auto Time Zone (Default = ON)
 DST (Daylight Savings Time) Selection
(Change DST schedule)
 Time Adjustment (Adjust your clock)
 RESET (resets this screen’s settings to factory defaults)
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Auto Daylight
Sets automatic daylight saving time ON
or OFF . If set to ON the navi clock will
automatically “spring ahead” or “fall
behind” by one hour when a daylight
savings time change occurs. If you
reside in a state or area where daylight
saving time is not used, then you may
want to turn this feature off.
NOTE:
If you set Auto Daylight to ON, the Auto
Daylight function is activated even in an
area that does not adopt the Daylight
Savings Time system.
The federal government has mandated
that, starting in 2007, daylight savings
time will change in March & November
instead of the old schedule in April &
October. The new government daylight
savings time schedule is subject to
review and possible cancellation in
2008. The dates that the navi switches between
standard and daylight savings time are
not triggered by GPS
satellite signals.
They are stored in th e navi software and
can be selected in the DST schedule
selection screen. Therefore your navi
clock will change based on the daylight
savings time schedule.
Auto Time Zone
Sets automatic time zone selection by
GPS to ON or OFF . If you are driving
across the country and passing through
time zones, then this feature will
automatically set the time to the time
zone you are traveling through.
However, if you live and work in two
different time zones, you may want to
turn this feature off.
NOTE:
When driving near a time zone
boundary, the displa yed time zone may
fluctuate between the two zone times.
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Daylight Savings Time (DST)
Selection (Change DST
schedule)
This option lets you select the schedule
(April-October , or March-
November ) when daylight savings
time will automatically occur in your
navi. The system default is the new
2007 “ March-November ” schedule.
During 2008-2009, it is possible that
this new change will be canceled and
returned back to the previous “April-
October” schedule. If so, simply change
the schedule in this setting back to the
“April-October” schedule.
Time Adjustment
Adjusts the current time in hours and
minutes. Switch HOUR and MINUTE
by moving the Interface Dial left or
right, and change value by rotating the
Interface Dial knob . Selecting
DONE returns you to the previous
screen. You can reset the adjustment by
selecting RESET.
NOTE:
Selecting RESET also clears any
changes you made to “Auto Daylight,”
“Auto Time Zone,” or “DST Selection”
settings. Depending on your location,
you may need to adju st these settings.
Vehicle
From the Setup screen (second), say or
select Vehicle and the following screen
appears:
Off-road Tracking
With this ON, the system will provide
white off-road tracking dots
(“breadcrumbs”) on the map screen
whenever you drive into an area where
the map does not show any roads. See
Map Screen Legend on page20.
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After you have traveled approximately
1/2 mile away from a mapped road, the
system will display a series of white
dots on the map screen to show the path
you have traveled. This is provided so
you can follow the dots to backtrack to
the mapped road you originally left.
Tracking continues until you reach a
mapped road. See Off-road Tracking on
page67.
Tracking is shown only in the 1/20, 1/8,
1/4, and 1/2 mile, or the 80, 200, 400,
and 800 meter scales. Rotate the
Interface Dial knob to change the
scales if necessary.
NOTE:
To clear existing dots, turn this feature
off and exit Setup. To re-enable this
feature, return to Setup and turn it on
again.Correct Vehicle Position
The system relies on satellites for
positioning information. Buildings,
tunnels, and other objects can block or
reflect these signals, requiring the
system to use “dead reckoning” to
determine your location and direction.
This can sometimes lead to small errors
in positioning, such as showing you on
an adjacent street.
NOTE:
Using this function to adjust vehicle
position is not recommended. When the
system acquires a GPS signal, it will
automatically place the vehicle in the
correct location.
If you choose to do this, follow these
steps:
1. Stop the vehicle. 2. Select
Correct Vehicle Position ,
and the system will display a map
adjustment screen.
3. Use the Interface Dial to move the
vehicle position arrowhead to the
correct location, and push in on the
Interface Dial . The display will
change to:
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System Initialization
System Initialization
If for any reason, you lose power to the
navigation system (like the battery was
disconnected), the navigation system
will require initialization. Once
completed, your system will be ready to
use.
This initialization requires the
following:
 Entry of the 4-digit anti-theft security code to “unlock” the navigation
system.
 GPS initialization (may not be needed depending on the le ngth of time the
system was without power).
 Map matching to align the GPS coordinates to a place on the map
(displays current street at the bottom
of the map).
Entering the Security Code
If the battery goes dead or is
disconnected for any reason, you will
have to enter a secur ity code for both the
audio system and the navigation system
before you can use it again.
When you purchased the vehicle, you
should have received two cards that
have the audio and navigation system’s
security codes and serial numbers. Keep
these cards in a sa fe place in case you
need the codes. If you lose the cards,
you must obtain the security codes from
your dealer. Enter the four-digit s
ecurity code. If you
have entered it corr ectly, the display
changes to the Disclaimer screen. If
you make a mistake, the system will
display “INCORRECT PIN.” Re-enter
your 4-digit security code. You have ten
chances to enter the correct code. If all
ten are incorrect, turn the ignition to
OFF, then back to ON (II) to have ten
more chances to enter the correct code.
Follow the instructio ns in the vehicle
Owner’s manual to enter the 5-digit
audio code. The navigation voice will
not operate if the audio code is not
entered.
NOTE:
The anti-theft security code is unrelated
to your optional Navigation system PIN
(for Personal or Home Address).
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