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Scroll Features
.To scroll within the map, touch
anywhere on the map display.
. Nudge or slide a finger on the
map; the map moves in the
direction of the finger.
. Fling a finger on the map; the
map will start scrolling in a short
continuous scroll.
. Touch the location on the map;
the map re-centers to the
location that was touched on.
. Touch twice a location on the
map; the map zooms in one
level to the location that was
touched. .
When the map is re-centered
away from being locked to the
vehicle position, the crosshairs
will show in the center of the
map. As the map continues to
be re-centered, the crosshairs
will remain on the display. When
the crosshairs are shown on the
display, a callout with more
information appears. If the map
is moved from the current
location, the crosshairs will
disappear along with the callout.
. Touch the callout next to the
crosshairs and the destination
details view displays. From this
view, route guidance can be
received or saved to the
vehicle's contact list.
. When the map is re-centered,
the straight-line distance from
the vehicle to the selected point
is displayed in the callout. In
addition, a heading direction in
the form of an arrow is displayed
to indicate the direction. The
arrow is shown in relation to the
current vehicle heading. .
Touch a POI icon shown on the
map; the name of the POI is
shown in the address callout,
along with the city name and
state/province. If the callout is
selected, the destination details
view for the POI shown.
. After panning the map away
from the vehicle, touch Reset to
return the map to the current
position.
. Touch the Overview option to
quickly get a view of the entire
route. The route Overview takes
the place of the Reset option
while under route guidance.
Touch the Reset option to return
the map to the current position.
Maps
The map database is stored in the
internal flash memory that is used in
the navigation system.

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Detailed Areas
Road network attributes are
contained in the map database for
detailed areas. Attributes include
information such as street names,
street addresses, and turn
restrictions. A detailed area includes
all major highways, service roads,
and residential roads. The detailed
areas include Places of Interest
(POIs) such as restaurants, airports,
banks, hospitals, police stations,
gas stations, tourist attractions, and
historical monuments. The map
database may not include data for
newly constructed areas or map
database corrections that are
completed after production. The
navigation system provides full
route guidance in the detailed map
areas.
Navigation Symbols
Following are the most common
symbols that appear on a map
screen.
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The symbol indicates the current
position and heading direction of the
vehicle on the map. When under
route guidance, a circle with an
arrow is added to the symbol which
indicates the direction to the
destination.
Vehicle Address Callout
Tap on the vehicle icon; the current
address of the vehicle is overlaid on
the map next to the vehicle icon in a
callout. Another tap hides the
information.Any address information about the
vehicle’s current location will be
shown, including the street, city, and
state/province names.
Tap on this callout to save the
current address to the vehicle
address book.The destination symbol marks the
final destination after a route has
been planned.
The waypoint symbol marks one or
more set waypoints.
A waypoint is a stopover destination
point added to the planned route.

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The estimated time to the
destination displays. Touch the
Arrival option to toggle to duration
and to the distance of the
destination.
This symbol indicates the
recommended maneuver that
should be performed. Touch it to
display the turn list or waypoint list.
The No GPS symbol appears when
there is no Global Positioning
System (GPS) satellite signal. When
the GPS is gone, the vehicle
position on the map may not be
accurate.
Autozoom
As a maneuver is being
approached, the map automatically
zooms in to give greater detail.
If lane guidance is available for the
maneuver, this is also shown.
When the system begins to
autozoom, it zooms in to its
minimum level. After the maneuver
is performed, the system slowly
zooms back out.
Destination
If route guidance is not active, touch
Nav on the Home Page to access
the map view. Touch Destination on
the infotainment display from the
map view to enter a destination.
Available methods of entering a
destination are Address,
Intersection, POIs, Recent, and
Contacts. Several options can beselected to plan a route. Some
destination items may be grayed out
if no destination was previously
entered or saved.
Another way to enter a destination
is to press the blue OnStar icon and
ask an OnStar Advisor to download
a destination into the embedded
navigation system. See
OnStar
System 048.Touch Destination on the
infotainment display to go to the
destination entry views.
Available Methods of Search
.
Address (entries by hierarchy)
. Intersection
. Places of interest (POIs)

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.Recent (destinations)
. Contacts
Touch Destination on the
infotainment display and the last
used destination view is shown.
This mode is retained. The initial
default is Address.
Navigation Next Turn Maneuver
Alert
The navigation system may need to
get the attention of the driver in
certain situations.
If not in the navigation application
when a near maneuver prompt is
given, it is shown as an alert. The
alert contains the turn indicator and
an option to display the main
navigation view, or dismiss the alert.
The alert also contains the name of
the street to turn on and a
countdown bar.
Auto-Capitalization
The shift key is automatically
enabled when a period is entered
on the keyboard. Once the first character is typed after the period,
the next character will change to
lower-case.
Alpha-Numeric Keyboard
The keyboard is used in multiple
locations throughout the system and
can be used with many features.
The navigation system uses the
keyboard's alpha-numeric keyboard.
The keyboard can also be modified
to include characters appropriate for
the region configured in the vehicle
settings.
@:
Touch to search for the
destination details of an address or
place of interest entered in the text
field. Once
@is touched, the
activity indicator displays in the list
of possible matches.
|: Touch to display a list of
matches.
When there are multiple matches, a
dropdown arrow is shown after the
autocomplete text. This dropdown
displays an entire list of matches.
Touch the appropriate match without
having to enter more text.
z: Touch to delete the last typed
character. Touch and hold to clear
the entire text field. If the entire text
field has been deleted, this display
option becomes an Undo option.
Touching Undo will restore the
deleted text.
Exit : Touch to return to the
previous Map view.
SYM : Touch to show the symbol
keyboard.
Space : Touch to enter a space
between characters or the words of
a name.
R: Touch to display the
interaction selector.
E: If equipped, touch to switch
between Alpha-Numeric Keyboard
and Character Recognition.
Special Characters
As the characters are typed on the
keyboard, a pop-up of the letter
touched displays above the key that
was touched.

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Continue to touch and hold, and any
additional special characters
associated with that letter are
displayed around the current letter.
To select one of the special
characters, slide a finger left or right
to adjust the highlight of the special
character.
Special Character List
The following characters have
special characters beneath them:
Character Handwriting
Recognition
Character handwriting recognition is
offered as an alternative to using a
keyboard. This character input
method allows the drawing out of
characters instead of picking themout from the keyboard. Character
handwriting recognition has two
main modes, upper case and mixed
case. The upper case mode is used
for Destination Entry while mixed
case is used for all other character
entry modes. This feature is
available by touching the globe icon
from the keyboard display.
The Handwriting Recognition screen
is split into different zones:
.
Drawing Pad: This is the area
to draw a character. Draw a
character in the display area.
When the first character is
complete, a representation of
that character can be seen, and
there is an audible response.
If the character is correct, the
next character can be started
immediately.
‐ To delete the last entered
character, draw a line from left
to right across the character
field.
‐ To create a space, draw a line
from right to left across the
character field. .
Prioritized Guess List: This
area displays a list of guesses
for the character drawn.
If character recognition displays
the incorrect character, look at
this list and see if the desired
character is available to select.
Scroll up or down the list, then
highlight the desired character.
Touching a character from the
list will replace the incorrect
character with the desired
character. The character is
displayed in the character entry
section of the display.
. Character Entry: This is the
area across the top of the
display. This section can look
different depending on which
feature is being used.
Option Settings
This section is an area on the right
side of the Character Recognition
display. This section will only look
different if the characters showing
on the display are in upper case or
mixed case.

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.k:Touch this icon display. The
draw speed setting will adjust
the speed of the character
recognition feature. The settings
are: Faster, Default, and Slower.
. Audio Feedback: Touch to turn
Audio Feedback On or Off.
Audio feedback is an audible
response to an action that has
occurred while using the
Character Recognition.
. ABC/abc: Select from the touch
screen to view the available
character sets. Select a
character set to change. Multiple
character sets may not be
supported by some regions. This
button also displays the
sentence case of upper or lower
case characters that are
currently active in a mixed case
mode. If only one character set
is available for the desired
region, touching the character
recognition will only open and
close the character recognition
window. If mixed case character mode is
supported, the last characters of
character recognition will be
upper and lower case.
One-Shot Search
Enter a full or partial Address,
Contact, or POI into the search bar
and the system will search and
display all of the matches.
The contacts that are searched
include both the connected phone’s
contacts list and the vehicle’s
contacts list.
Search Process
The process of prioritizing the
search is to help shorten the length
of time at finding the results. If there
is a 100% match found when a
search type is carried out, the
remaining searches abort.
The system conducts the search in
the following order: 1. Vehicle Contacts List
2. Connected Phone Contacts List 3. POIs
4. Addresses
The Contacts are done first because
the list will be relatively short and
can be done quickly.
POIs are done next because the
amount of time it takes to search for
the average POI is consistent. The
less deviation during a search would
mean an average of less time taken.
The Addresses are last because the
standard deviation for an address
search is very large. Some address
searches are very quick, but others
may take very long. Because of this,
the address search would not be
conducted unless a good match
could not be found in either
Contacts or POIs.
Autocomplete
The autocomplete is preloaded with
all recent destinations and POI
category names. Previous POI
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If only one type of result is found,
the single type result screen is
shown. Within each group, they are
listed in confidence order. This
means the highest confidence result
will be at the top.
If multiple types of matches are
found, the result list with the highest
confidence match displays.
Address and Contact matches are
shown in full width list format. The
match results will display unique
icons for full addresses, streets,
intersections, cities, states/
provinces, and countries.
POIs show in a split list format with
the map on the right displaying the
locations of the matches. The brand
icon or category icon will display for
the match results.
When a list displays, the results for
a particular type can be filtered by
touching the filters along the top of
the screen. If there are no particular
results for a selected type, a
message is indicated in the list.For example:
.
For no addresses: “No
Addresses Found Within region>”
. For no POIs: “No POIs Found
Within <75 km/50 mi/ 800 km/
500 mi>.” This distance is shown
depending on what radius is
completed and what current
units are selected.
. For no contacts: “No Contacts
Found.”
The system performs partial
searches on contacts, so typing a
first name or last name would find a
match. The entire contact name
does not need to be entered for it to
be found in a search.
Touching a contact listed on the
results list displays the standard
contact details view to select an
item, such as an address to start
routing, or a phone number to place
a call. Address
.
A destination can be searched
by typing out the address,
intersection, highway, or freeway
entrance ramps on the
keyboard. This information is
typed and displayed in the
information field. Touch the
search icon to start the search.
For example:
City: Crawford
Street: Main Rd
House #: 12334
. Country information does not
have to be included in the
search field if entering an
address that is located in the
same state.

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.Whenever the keyboard view is
entered, the last text that was
typed, even if it was not
searched on, will display.
. A partial or complete address
can be typed in the search field.
If a partial address is typed, the
system attempts to use local
knowledge to fill in additional
information. For example, if no
city name or state/province are
given, the system assumes a
search for something in the
current city or a nearby city in
the current state/province. The
system is also capable of
recognizing address formats
according to other regions.
If a destination address or location
being entered is outside of the
country, the country abbreviation
must be added after the address.
Spelling Mistakes
The system is able to offer
alternatives if the searched term is
not found exactly. The system uses
the closest term it finds and
provides those results. The system first searches the
entered term exactly. If no matches
are found, partial words are used.
Search in Process
Touch Search; the results screen
displays with the activity indicator.
There is a non-selectable List item
in the list that says
“Searching”to
indicate that it is in process.
Once the results are found, the
correct list will display.
No Results Found
If no results are found from an
entered search term, a pop-up
displays indicating there are no
results found. Touch OK to return to
the keyboard view.
Results Display
If only a single match is found at the
end of a search, the list is not
shown but the Destination Details
View is shown. Touch Back from the
Destination Details View to go back
to the results list screen. If it was a
POI search, the Continue POI
Search option is available in case
that was not the desired POI. Places of Interest (POI)
Touch Nav on the Home Page to
display a view of the map. Touch
Destination on the infotainment
display to go to the destination entry
views.
1. Touch the POIs option to
display a list of POI categories.
The first item in every POI list
is a search function. For the
highest level of categories,
touch the Spell Name option or
select a category and search
within that selection.
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3. If a selected subcategory hasno results in the surrounding
area, the search is expanded
until a result is found.
4. If a high-level category is selected, such as restaurants,
the map zooms in to the region
near the vehicle’s position to
show the nearest matches.
When a list displays, it can be
filtered for a particular type by
touching the filter along the top
of the screen. If there are no
particular results for a selected
filter type, it is indicated in
the list.
5. Pan or zoom the map using the finger gestures to minimize the
POI list and to interact with the
map. The icons that were
shown before continue to be
displayed and updated. The list
is also updated based on
where the map was panned or
zoomed. The search for POIs
is constrained to where the
map has been moved to. 6. If the search map is touched to
re-center, the crosshairs are
shown to indicate the center of
the new search location. If a
POI icon is touched on while in
the full expanded map, a
callout for that location
displays. Touch the callout to
display the destination
details view.
7. Touch the map Reset option to return the map to automatic
zooming and searching. It is
re-centered around the
vehicle’s position, the route,
the destination, or another
location that was specified for
the search. The map Reset is
only displayed if the map was
manually adjusted.
If multiple types of matches are
found, the All list is shown with the
results sorted by confidence order
with the highest confidence result at
the top. Using the Keyboard
The POI can be searched by
entering a POI name, category,
name and category, or phone
number on the keyboard.
For example, enter the
information as:
POI Name:
Worldwide Food
POI Category: Restaurants
POI Name and Category:
Worldwide Food Restaurants
POI Phone Number: 0001222555
Additionally, a location may be
entered if the POI is not nearby.
This search will then be made
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For example, enter the
information as:
POI Name and Location:
Worldwide Food Chicago IL
The POI keyboard search results
will display in the order in which
they were found.
POI Search Location
If browsing for POIs or searching for
results on a keyboard in a different
location than what was searched
previously, touch Search Options on
the map view to specify a different
location.
Touch an option displayed on the
Select Search Area menu.
.POIs Along Route .
POIs Nearby
. POIs Near Destination
. POIs at Another Location
Favorite POIs
Locations, categories, or a particular
POI chain ID can be saved as
Favorites in the POIs view.
Drag
lup to display the Favorites.
Touch and hold a preset, then touch
the category to be saved. Whenever
a set of POIs is grouped, such as in
a category, the whole category is
saved in the favorites for recall.
Whenever a set of POIs that belong
to the same chain ID is saved in the
favorites, a POI chain saving pop up
message displays asking to save
only that location, or to save the
entire chain. POIs are only grouped
by chain when the sorting order is
Alphabetical. Touch the Sort option
to change the sorting order.
Recalling a POI Category or Chain
If a POI category or chain favorite is
recalled, the system displays a list
of matching results defaulting to nearby, but allows a search of other
locations. Touch Search Options to
specify a different location.
Creating and Downloading
Predefined POIs (My POIs)
In addition to the POIs already
stored in the Infotainment system,
predefined POIs can be created.
While creating a predefined POI, the
GPS coordinates for longitude and
latitude of the POI’s location and a
descriptive name will need to be
entered.
After creating the predefined POIs,
they can be downloaded to the
infotainment system from a USB
drive.
Once downloaded, the POI data
becomes a selectable destination in
the My POIs menu.
Creating a Text File with
Information
Create a text file by using a simple
text editor software. Save this file
with a name and extension of .csv,
for example,
“TomsPOI.csv.”