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Navigation System47
Driving to Your Destination
Driving to Your Destination
A route typically has three phases.
 Initial route calculation ( Calculate 
route to  screen) (see page
47)
 Change the route while en route (see  page
65 ).
 Resume the route when restarting the  engine (see  Continue Trip Screen  on 
page
69 ).
Calculate Route to Screen
Say or select  OK. The system calculates 
the route using the method shown on the 
screen (see  Map Screen  on page
50).
NOTE:
 Prior to departure, you can set areas  to avoid. The system then includes 
them in its calculations for the 
destination you have entered. See 
Edit Avoid Area  on page
91 .
 For information on the available  voice commands, see  Voice 
Command Index  on page
132 .Further selections from the 
Calculate 
route to  screen include:
ADD TO Address Book
Allows you to add the destination to 
your Address Book. See  By Address 
Book  on page
45.
NOTE:
If the button is grayed out, the 
destination is already in your Address 
Book.
ADD TO Today’s Destinations
Allows you to add the destination to 
your Today’s Destination list. See  By 
Today’s Destinations  on page
43.
NOTE:
If the button is grayed out, the Today’s 
Destination list is already full (five 
destinations have been stored).
CALL
This button is displayed only for the 
Touring model. Dials the number on the 
screen when available. See Bluetooth® 
HandsFreeLink® (Touring Model Only)  
on page
17 .
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48Navigation System
Driving to Your Destination
Changing the Routing Method
The system lets you select the way you 
want to drive to your destination. Select 
the desired method using the CHANGE 
METHOD  scroll bar back ( ) or 
forward ( ) buttons.  “Direct Route” (the factory default) is 
the route that is the quickest (least 
time) and is usually the best choice. If 
you choose any other method, it 
becomes the new default for all future 
routing. Make sure to check the 
routing method if the displayed route 
is not what you  expected to see.
 “Easy Route” produces a route with  the least turns.
 “Maximize Freeways,” “Minimize  Freeways,” and “Minimize Toll 
Roads” are also available.
NOTE:
If the trip is greater than 100 miles, then 
“Minimize Freeways” and “Minimize 
Toll Roads” may be grayed out. This is 
normal. The generated route may not be the 
route you would choose. For safety 
reasons, the system 
generally applies the 
following rules to your route:
 It tries to avoid “short cuts” through  residential areas.
 Right turns are favored over left turns  or U-turns.
 Restricted turns (turns that cannot be  made during certain hours), are not 
used for routing during any time of 
the day.
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Viewing the Routes
Touching View Routes  allows you to 
scroll through and view the various 
routes (Direct, Easy, Maximize 
Freeways, etc.) to your destination. If 
you select  View Routes , the display 
changes to:
You can change the method for 
calculating the route by using the voice 
control system and saying “Next” or 
“Previous” or by touching  Next or 
Prev . The system will display another 
calculated route. NOTE:
 The selected route method and 
pertinent details are shown at the top 
of the screen.
 It may take several minutes (the  system displays an hour glass while it 
is calculating) to show all route 
methods, and it is not unusual for the 
different methods to pick the same 
route. Voice commands cannot be 
used while the system is calculating.
 If the trip is greater than 100 miles,  then “Minimize Freeways” and 
“Minimize Toll Roads” may be 
grayed out. This is normal.
 Zoom IN/OUT to view route details is  not available on this screen. After you 
choose a “route method,” you can 
then zoom in or out on the  map 
screen to view your route in details. Say or select 
Summary to display the 
distance and time to  go for each route. 
Based on the summary data, you can 
change the routing by using the  Next 
and  Prev . buttons.
Once you confirm your selection, say or 
select  OK on the screen.
NOTE:
Distances and times show for each 
method in the Summary are 
approximate.
After calculating the route with the new 
method, the system displays a map of 
your current locatio n. The calculated 
route will be highlighted as a blue line, 
and a voice prompt will tell you how to 
proceed along the highlighted route. 
Touch  Voice to have the guidance 
repeated.
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50Navigation System
Driving to Your Destination
Viewing the Destination Map
Touching View Dest. Map  displays a 
map of the destination vicinity. Press the 
CANCEL  or NAVI BACK  button to 
return. You can view the destination 
map anytime while on route saying 
“Display destination map.”
Map Screen
When you select  OK on the  Calculate 
route to  screen, the  map screen 
appears, showing your highlighted route 
in real time.
Route Line
When driving to  a destination on 
verified roads in a metropolitan area, the 
route line is displayed as a blue line. 
When driving in rural areas on 
unverified streets (light brown color), 
the route line changes  to either a blue 
dotted “vector line” pointing to your 
destination, or a  blue-pink line. See 
Unverified Area Routing  on page
87 f or 
a detailed explanatio n of how to enable 
unverified routing, and the related 
cautions and disclaimers.
NOTE:
You can always view  the entire route by 
simply saying, “Display entire route.” “Vector line” (unverified routing off)
Blue-pink unverified route line 
(unverified routing on)
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Guidance Prompts
As you get near the maneuver, you will 
hear a voice reminder, and see a pop-up 
window showing you the maneuver. 
The number of reminders that you will 
hear before a maneuver is determined 
by  Guidance Prompts  in Setup on 
page
79.
With the factory default (Normal), 
typically you will hear two prompts:
 The first is about 1/4 mile from the  maneuver.
 The final prompt is close to your  actual turn.
If the distance between the next two 
driving maneuvers is very small, both 
maneuvers are displayed on the screen 
in a single window, and the voice will 
remind you of both of them at the same 
time. NOTE: 
 You can say “Voice” or select 
Voice 
on the screen at any time to be 
reminded of the next maneuver. For 
information on the available voice 
commands, see  Voice Command 
Index  on page
132.
 Typically a pop-up guidance window shows your next turn, and a voice 
guidance prompt is heard. The timing 
of these prompts varies, depending on 
the type of road you are on, and the 
distance to your next maneuver.
When given guidance in unverified 
areas, the words, “If Possible,” are 
inserted before each  guidance prompt. 
See  Unverified Area Routing  on page
87
for more details about unverified 
routing.
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52Navigation System
Driving to Your Destination
Acura Dealer
School
Restaurant
AT M
Parking Lot
Post OfficeHonda Dealer
Hospital
Grocery Store
Gas Station
Hotel/Lodging
Parking Garage
Freeway Exit Information
Map Screen Legend
Map Orientation
(see page57)
Map Scale Adjustment
(Mile or km per half inch 
appears only when you 
ZOOM IN or OUT.) 
(see page
56)
Current Map Scale
(see page
56)
ICON Button
(see page
60)
“Breadcrumbs”
(see Off-road Tracking  on page
62) Direction of Destination
(When on route)
Voice (see page
51)
(Announces next 
driving instruction) Distance to Destination
(see page54) Time to Destination
(see page
54)
Waypoint
(When on route)
(see page
65)
Current Street 
(see page
6)
Vehicle Position (see page
63)
(Use voice command, “Display current 
location,” or touch the icon to show the 
current location.)Direction List
 
(see page
54)
Blue Line
Calculated route 
(see page
50)Map Features
Dark Green: Park Light Blue: Hospital
Brown: Shopping Mall Light 
Brown: Indian Reservation
Green: Golf Course Gray:  Airport/Stadium/Business
Blue: Body of Water Blue/Green: Cemetery
Matte Blue: University
NOTE:
If you move the  joystick over an area  (map features shown 
above), the name is disp layed on the screen.
Destination Icon  (see page
58)
Streets
(see Map Overview  on page
6, or  Unverified 
Area Routing on page
87)
Red: Interstates or Freeways
Black: Verified Street
Light Brown: Unverified Street
Landmark Icon - Generic (see page
58)“North Up”
“Heading Up”
NOTE:
See  Map Legend  from the Information  screen for further explanation (see page
72 ).One-way Traffic Icon 
(1/20 mile only) 
(see page
59)
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54Navigation System
Driving to Your Destination
Distance and Time to 
Destination
When you select a destination, the 
distance to the destination is the actual 
road distance of the  calculated route, 
and “not as the crow flies.” When 
viewing a list of destinations (points of 
interest), such as restaurants, the 
distance is “as the crow flies” (see  Sort 
by Distance to Travel  on page
37 ).
The displayed time to destination may 
differ from the actual travel time 
because the time is calculated based on 
the posted road speed data and your 
current speed. If part of your route 
includes unverified roads, the “distance” 
and “time to go” fo r that portion is 
estimated using 25 mph as an average 
speed.
Direction List
If you select  Directions on the map or 
guidance  screen, the display changes 
to:
NOTE: 
 The map and voice guidance in  unverified areas differ from those in 
verified areas. See  Unverified Area 
Routing  on page
87.
 Only maneuvers that occur at  freeway exits or contain freeway exit 
information will show the exit info 
icon (“i” icon) on the right end of the 
items in the Direction list. If no exit 
info icon is shown on the list, the  Exit 
Info.  is grayed out. You can see the Direction list and the 
distance to each maneuver. Touch the 
Return
 button to return  to the previous 
screen.
You can scroll through the Direction list 
screen by screen using the scroll bar, or 
one instruction at a time using the 
joystick.
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Exit Info (Freeway Exit 
Information)
You can search freeway exit 
information and add new destinations or 
waypoints to the calculated route as a 
new destination or waypoint. The exit 
info icon (“i” icon) on the right end of 
the items in the direction list indicates 
that there is freeway exit information 
available. Say or select  Exit Info., and 
choose the exit and place to set as a new 
destination or waypoint. 
On the  map screen, you can display 
freeway exit information using the 
joystick. The exit info  icon will only be 
displayed on the  map screen if there is 
any freeway exit information available. 
Choose the 1/4, 1/2, and 1 mile scale, 
then move the cross hairs to the desired 
exit info icon and click on it. Choose a 
place from the list and set as a new 
destination or waypoint.
NOTE:
To turn on “Freeway exit information” 
on the  map screen, display the icon bar 
and select the “i” icon (see page
60 ).
Split Screen Guidance
When on route to a destination, you 
have two display options: single screen 
mode (the factory default) and the split 
screen mode.
Single screen mode – a map is 
displayed with occasional guidance 
pop-up windows as you approach a 
maneuver.
Split screen mode  – the map is always 
displayed on the left of the screen, and 
the maneuver or direction list is 
displayed on the right hand side of the 
screen.
Guidance mode can be changed in either 
Setup (see  Guidance Mode  on page
94) 
or by accessing the icon bar 
(see  Guidance Mode  on page
60 ) .When you get near the maneuver, the 
map
 screen changes to:
On the  map screen, the location of the 
maneuver is marked with a small yellow 
square. The guidance window is simply 
an enlargement of th e area indicated by 
the yellow square. After you complete 
the maneuver, the display returns to a 
full map screen when the single screen 
mode is set, or to a map and direction 
list screen when the split screen mode is 
set.
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56Navigation System
Driving to Your Destination
Map Scale
Use the ZOOM buttons or a voice command such as “Display 1/2 mile  scale” (see page133) to change the scale of the map. 
Zooming in increases the detail, while zooming out gives you a vi ew of a wider area. After changing the scale, give the system a 
few moments to update the display.
Functions available at various map scales
NOTE: 
 You can change between miles or kilometers in Setup (see  Units on page
96 ).
 For information on the av ailable voice commands, see  Voice Command Index on page132.
Map Scale (English and Metric)
For selecting uni ts, see page
96.1/20 mi. 1/8 mi. 1/4 mi. 1/2 mi. 1 mi. 2 mi. 5 mi. 15 mi. 50 mi. 150 mi. 350 mi.
80 m 200 m 400 m 800 m1.6 km3 km 8 km 24 km 80 km240 km 560 km
POI icon symbols (like ATM) page 58 X X
Breadcrumbs (off-road tracking dots)page62XXXX
Freeway exit information icons page
55 X X X
One-way traffic icon page
58 X
Unverified road display (light brown) page
87 X X X
Map orientation “Heading up” page57XXXXX
Map orientation “North up” page57XXXXXXXXXXX
Map features (like park, golf course)page52XXXXXXXXXX
Avoid area shown on map page
91 X X X
Avoid area scales (w hen creating) page
91 X X X
Waypoint “flag” icons page
65 XXXXXXXXXXX
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Map Orientation
The map can be orientated two ways:
 North-up: North pointing up as you 
would normally view a paper map.
 Heading-up: The map constantly  rotates so the road you are driving on 
always points up (as you see the road 
through your front windshield).
NOTE:
The red arrow in both heading symbols 
always shows the direction north. Touch the Map Orientation icon on the 
map
 screen to switch between the 
available orientation, or say “Display 
heading up” or “Display north up.”
In the larger map scales (above 
1 mile or 1.6 kilometer), the map is 
always oriented with north facing 
upward. You cannot change the 
orientation.
To view other areas on the map, move 
the joystick left, right, up, or down. The 
map will shift in that direction. To 
return the map to your current location, 
press either the  MAP/GUIDE, the 
CANCEL , or the NAVI BACK  button 
on the steering wheel. The display automati
cally changes to 
the  map  screen when you reach your 
destination. Press the  MENU button to 
return to the  Enter destination by  
screen.
NOTE:
 For information on the available  voice commands, see  Voice 
Command Index  on page
132 .
 If you are on a route and the joystick  is moved, the “Time to Destination” 
and “Distance to Destination” 
indications are re placed with an 
indicator showing distance from the 
current vehicle location.
 “North Up”
 “Heading Up”
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