Buttons HONDA ODYSSEY 2009 RB3-RB4 / 4.G Navigation Manual

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If desired, use the ZOOM buttons to
change the map scale. When you have
the crosshairs on the desired icon, map
feature, or road, push in on the joystick.
The address of the location you have
selected will appear at the top of the
screen.
NOTE:
The selected icon or road segment is
displayed on the 1/2 mile (800 meter) or
less map scale.
If this is the desired address, push in on
the joystick again. If not, use the
joystick to reposition the crosshairs,
then push in on th e joystick again to
display the new address.
If you selected a single icon or road
segment, push in on the joystick again to
select the new address. If you selected
multiple icons within the cursor radius,
select an item from the list on the
screen.
Once you select an address, the system
then displays the Calculate route to
screen (see Driving to Your Destination
on page47).By Previous Destinations
Every time you route to a destination,
that destination is saved by the system.
Up to 50 destinations can be stored.
Select Previous Destinations from
the Enter destination by screen to
choose one of those destinations.
After you select Previous
Destinations , the display lists the last
50 destinations entered, with the most
recent appearing first. NOTE:
If
Previous Destinations is
grayed out, there are no Previous
Destinations entered.
 When finishing a “Today’s Destinations” trip, the Today’s
Destinations list entries are stored to
this list, beginning with the date (e.g.,
item 1 shown on the previous screen).
 Because both the Home address and personal Address Book list can be
protected by a PIN, they do not show
up in the previous destination list.
Entering a Destination
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Driving to Your Destination
Changing the Routing Method
The system lets you select the way you
want to drive to your destination. Before
selecting OK to calculate a route, you
can change the routing method by using
the CHANGE METHOD scroll bar
back ( ) or forward ( ) buttons. The
route choices will appear in the address
box.
NOTE:
When you are en route and want to
change the routing method, press the
MENU button, and select Change
Routing Method on the Change
route by screen.  “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 shortcuts 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.
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Viewing the Routes
Touching View Routes on the
Calculate route to screen 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:
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 hourglass 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 route 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 shown 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.
Driving to Your Destination
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Driving to Your Destination
Map Scale
Use the ZOOM buttons or say a voice command such as “Display 1/2 m ile scale” (see page137) 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
95 ).
 For information on the available voice commands, see Voice Command Index on page136.
Map Scale (English and Metric)
For selecting uni ts, see page
95.1/20 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
86 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
90 X X X
Avoid area scales (w hen creating) page
90 X X X
Waypoint “flag” icons page
65 XXXXXXXXXXX
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Driving to Your Destination
Going Off the Route
If you leave the calculated route,
“Recalculating...” is displayed at the top
of the screen. The system will
recalculate the route from your current
location and direction to the desired
destination, and then give you a new
route instruction. This is done
automatically if you have set
Rerouting to Automatic on the
Setup screen (second) (see page85).
If the Rerouting option in Setup is set
to Manual , “Off route” appears at the
top of the screen when you leave the
calculated route. Sa y “Recalculate” or
select Recalc. whenever you wish the
system to perform a recalculation.
Off-road Tracking
If you drive more than half a mile from
a mapped road, “Not on a digitized
road” appears at the bottom of the
screen.
The map screen starts displaying a
series of dots (breadcrumbs) to show the
path you have taken if Off-road
Tracking on the Setup screen (second)
is set to On (see page93). By following the dots, you can
backtrack to the mapped road you
originally left. “Breadcrumbs” may
occasionally be displayed in urban
areas, such as larg
e parking lots in
shopping malls, or in new subdivisions
where the roads are not yet in the
database. In other cases, you may see
dots if the system temporarily goes off
route, like in a parking garage where the
GPS signal is unavailable.
These dots appear only in the 1/20, 1/8,
1/4, and 1/2 mile (or the 80, 200, 400,
and 800 meter) map scales.
Use the ZOOM buttons to change scales
if necessary.
Tracking continues for approximately
150 miles; dots at the beginning of the
trail will start disappearing when you
exceed that distance . When you reach a
mapped road, th e system stops
displaying dots.
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Information Features
Calendar
The Calendar option allows you to
enter events and be reminded of them in
the future. When you say or select
Calendar , the system shows the
calendar with the current calendar day
highlighted.
Dates with an icon indicate there is a
scheduled entry for that date. You can scroll through the calendar day
by day by moving the joystick, or select
the day by voice. To change the month,
say “Next” or “Previous,” use the
ZOOM
buttons, or touch the triangles at
the top of the screen.
If you say or select List, your entries are
listed. Press the CANCEL button to
return to the Calendar screen.
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.
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System Setup
With Unverified Area Routing Off ,
you are presented with a blue “vector
line” that always points to the
destination. You must manually choose
streets from the map that will lead to
your destination. No guidance is
provided, and there are no directions to
the destination.
With Unverified Area Routing On ,
a blue/pink route line is shown for
unverified segments. Voice guidance
commands in unverified areas always
end with “if possible.” This is your
signal that you should use additional
caution, and obey all traffic restrictions.
The maneuver window “arrow” shows
any portions of unverified turns in blue/
pink dashes.
These guidance maneuvers are only a
suggestion. You should always confirm
that the maneuver is possible. A
direction list is also provided that shows
any unverified roads in a blue color,
with pink arrows pointing to the next
maneuver. Unverified Area Routing “Off”
NOTE:
There are no
Voice or Directions
buttons shown on the screen. With
Unverified Area Routing “Off,” no
Direction List is provided. Unverified Area Routing “On”
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System Setup
Edit Avoid Area
This function allows you to select areas
you wish to avoid when calculating a
route to your destination. You can select
up to five areas to avoid. You may wish
to set up an “avoid area” to route around
long-term road construction, closures,
or any area you wish to avoid. If you
enter a route that takes you through or
into an “avoid area,” a pop-up box will
warn you that your route takes you into
one of these areas. However, you can
still choose destinations in an avoided
area.
When you select Edit for the Setup item
“Edit Avoid Area,” the following list
screen is displayed: You can select
New Area or select (by
touch) one of your existing areas to
modify. If you choose New Area, the
following screen is displayed:
Say or select Edit Name and use the
keyboard to enter the name on the Enter
avoid area name screen (19 characters
max). Say or select Done to return to
the previous screen. Say or select Edit
Area to create the area to be avoided.
The following screen appears: Either select
Address or Map Input
on the Enter avoid area by screen.
Each choice provides a slightly different
way to locate the approximate map
display for drawing the area you wish to
avoid. After selecting the choice, a map
screen will be displayed.
Use the ZOOM buttons to select the
map scale (available scales are 1/20,
1/8, and 1/4 mile scales). Use the
joystick to move the crosshairs (red
circle) to the desired start point and push
in the joystick to “set” the start point.
Then move the joystick in a straight or
diagonal direction to encompass the
area to be avoided.
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System Setup
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 factory default is Single Screen.
NOTE:
The Guidance Mode can also be
selected on the Icon Selection screen.
See Showing Icons on the Map on
page60.
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. 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
page62.
Tracking is shown only in the 1/20, 1/8,
1/4, and 1/2 mile scales, or the 80, 200,
400, and 800 meter scales. Use the
ZOOM buttons 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.
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System Setup
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 Adjust, and the system will
display a map adjustment screen. 3. Use the
ZOOM buttons and the
joystick to move the location
arrowhead to the correct location.
Touch the arrow buttons on the
bottom of the screen to rotate the
direction arrows so the vehicle
position is pointin g in the correct
direction.
NOTE:
If you continually have to do this, there
are either problems in the database or
GPS reception problems. See
Accessories Precautions on page5.4. When you have finished, press the
joystick or select Done to return to
the previous screen.
5. As you drive, the current road will be displayed at the bottom of the screen.
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