navigation system HONDA RIDGELINE 2008 1.G Navigation Manual

Navigation System101
Customer Assistance
Visiting Your Dealer
We strive to make this manual as
complete as possible and to answer all
questions regarding operation of the
system. Occasionally you may run into a
specific issue that you cannot find in the
book. You may save yourself a trip to
the dealer by first consulting the
following resources:
 The Troubleshooting section (see page119)
 The Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) section (see page112)
 The navi FAQs found on the on-line DVD order site (see “Obtaining a
DVD”)
 For detailed questions regarding Audio or other systems that interact
with the navigation system, see the
main vehicle Owner’s manual, or the
Quick Start Guide  Call Honda Customer Relations (see
“Honda Automobile Customer
Service”)
 For database or PO I issues, follow the
guidelines in the “Reporting Errors”
section (see page100)
If your question is still unanswered and
you wish to visit the dealer, please be
prepared to demonstrate the issue to the
troubleshooting. Some issues may at
first seem random, but you may notice a
driving on a certain ro ad, or just when it
is cold. This information is very useful
tech may be unfamiliar with your
specific issue.
Obtaining a Navigation
Update DVD
Honda is continually expanding the
scope of the navigation system.
Upgraded software may be made
available to navigation system owners
periodically, usually in the fall of each
year.
To purchase an updated DVD or a
replacement DVD, call the Honda
Navigation Disc Fulfillment Center at
(888) 291-4675. You can also order on-
line by going to
www.honda.com and
selecting “Honda Automobiles”, entering
“navi” into the “Type a question” field,
clicking “right here” under “Order the
Satellite Navigation DVD”, and selecting
“Order Navigation DVD”.
NOTE:
 DVDs are not available at your dealer. However, the dealer may
order a DVD for you as a courtesy.
There is no program for free DVD
updates.
 The DVD order line staff cannot answer technical questions regarding
navigation operation, coverage, or
POIs.
service advisor. This way, the service
pattern, like it only occurs when you
advisor can document the issue for theenter some specific address, or when
factory to allo
w more efficient
to the service advisor . Be patient, the
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Customer Assistance
Changing the DVD
NOTE:
The system’s database is stored on a
removable DVD. The system will not
work without the DVD. Ensure the door
remains closed at all times.
1. Remove the DVD while the ignition
switch is in the Accessory (I) position
or in the ON (II) position.
2. Locate the control unit. It is under the front of the driver’s seat.
3. Push the OPEN button. An error
message will display on the screen.
This is normal. 4. Push the Eject button. The DVD will
automatically come out.
5. Pull the DVD straig ht out. Hold the
DVD by the edges. Fingerprints,
scratches, or other contamination on
the playing surface can make the
DVD unreadable.
To install the Navigation DVD, make
sure the white label is facing up. Slide
the DVD into the slot. The DVD is
automatically pulled into the control
unit. Make sure you close the door. NOTE:
 The system will not play movies or
other video/audio discs.
 Never “sneak preview” a newer white labeled DVD in the system
unless you plan to keep it. The system
cannot automatically “revert back”
to a prior version DVD. If you must
revert to a previous version DVD
after loading a newer version, see
your dealer for assistance.
 If you see the error message “Navigation unit door is open...,”
close the door.
PC Card
A PC card is not supplied. The PC card
slot is for factory use only. This slot
cannot be used to play audio files.
PC card slot
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Coverage Areas
Map Coverage
The system provides map coverage for
the following 48 US states, and southern
Canada. The US map coverage consists
of accurately mapped (verified)
metropolitan areas (in the following
list), and a less accurate (unverified)
rural database. Canada coverage
consists of major metropolitan areas,
and major roads connecting the
metropolitan areas within about 100
miles north of the U.S. border. If you
need additional North Canada coverage,
you may purchase the gray Canadian
DVD (see Obtaining a Navigation
Update DVD on page101). See Map
Overview on page6 for a discussion of
map coverage.
The cities and metropolitan areas in the
following list are fully mapped. Only
major streets, roads, and freeways have
been verified outside these areas. If your
route passes through these areas, routing
may be limited in these areas, depending
on your routing choices. See Unverified
Area Routing on page81.
U.S. Detailed Coverage Areas
Alabama
Birmingham/Tuscaloosa
Huntsville
Mobile
Montgomery
Arizona Phoenix Metro
Sedona
Tucson
Arkansas Fayetteville
Hot Springs
Little Rock
California Bakersfield
Fresno
Los Angeles/San Diego Metro
Merced
Modesto
Sacramento Metro
Sacramento-Reno-Lake Tahoe-Yuba
San Francisco Bay (approximately
Monterey to Sonoma) - including
Monterey County and Hollister
San Luis Obispo
Stockton
Southern California Area
Colorado Denver/Boulder/Colorado Springs/
Ski Resorts Metro area - including Ft. Collins
Grand Junction
Connecticut The State of Connecticut
Bridgeport
Danbury
Hartford Metro
New Haven Metro
Norwalk
Stamford
Delaware Entire state - including Dover,
Wilmington Metro area, New Castle
County
Florida Cape Canaveral/Cocoa Beach/
Titusville
Florida Keys
Fort Myers Metro area - including
Naples
Fort Pierce
Gainesville
Jacksonville Metro - including St.
Johns County
Miami/Fort Lauderdale/West Palm
Beach Metro
Orlando/Daytona Beach/Melbourne
area - including Osceola County
Pensacola
Tallahassee
Tampa Bay/St. Petersburg Metro -
including Pasco and Manatee
Counties
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Vero Beach
Georgia Athens
Atlanta Metro
Columbus
Augusta/Aiken Metro
Macon
Savannah
Hawaii
(all cities for the following islands)
Hawaii
Kauai
Lanai
Maui
Molokai
Idaho Boise
Sun Valley Ski Resorts
Spokane-Coeur d’Alene
Illinois Bloomington-Normal
Champaign
Charleston
Davenport-Rock Island-Moline
Chicago Metro (to Wisconsin border)
- including Lake County, IN and
Dekalb County, IL
East St. Louis Metro
Moline
Peoria Quincy
Rock Island
Rockford
Springfield
St Louis
Indiana Evansville
Fort Wayne
Gary/Hammond Metro
Indianapolis Metro
Kokomo Metro
Northwest Indiana
South Bend/Elkhart/Goshen
Iowa Cedar Rapids
Davenport - Rock Island-Moline
Des Moines
Iowa City
Omaha-Lincoln
Kansas Topeka
Kansas City/Leavenworth Metro
Wichita
Kentucky Lexington
Louisville
Cincinnati
Louisiana Baton Rouge
New Orleans Metro
Shreveport Maine
Bangor
Bar Harbor/Acadia National Park
Portland/Lewiston/Auburn
Maryland Cumberland
Baltimore/Washington D.C. Metro -
including Charles and Carroll
Counties
Ocean City
The State of (partial) Maryland
Massachusetts The State of Massachusetts
Boston/Cape Cod Metro
Cape Cod
Springfield Metro area
Complete coverage of all cities in
Barnstable, Berkshire, Bristol, Essex,
Hampshire, Hampden, Middlesex,
Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk, and
Worcester Counties
Michigan Detroit Metro area - including Ann
Arbor, Pontiac, Flin t, Clinton, Eaton,
and Monroe Counties
Grand Rapids Metro
Kalamazoo
Lansing Metro
Northern Michigan Resort area -
including Traverse City, Elk Rapids,
Petoskey, Charlevoix, Boyne City,
The State of Hawaii
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Coverage Areas
and Harbor Springs
Saginaw-Midland
Southeast Michigan
Minnesota Minneapolis/St. Paul Metro -
including cities in Anoka Scott and
Carver Counties
Fargo-Moorhead
Rochester
Mississippi Biloxi/Gulfport
Jackson
Missouri Branson
Columbia
Kansas City (KS-MO) Metro -
including Platte County
Springfield
St Louis Metro (IL-MO) - including
additional cities in Jefferson County
Montana Billings
Nebraska Lincoln (Lancaster County)
Omaha
Nevada Las Vegas Metro
Reno/Lake Tahoe
Sacramento-Reno-Lake Tahoe-Yuba New Hampshire
Manchester
Nashua-Portsmouth
New Jersey Northern New Jersey
Southern New Jersey - including
Atlantic City/Cape May/Cumberland
Metro
Camden Metro
Newark Metro
Trenton Metro - including Ocean and
Hunterdon Counties
New Mexico Albuquerque
Santa Fe
Taos Ski Resorts
New York The Adirondack
Binghamton
Buffalo - including Erie and Niagara
Counties
Cooperstown
Eastern New York - including New
York City Metro, Albany, Glen Falls,
Schenectady, Troy
Ithaca
Lake Placid
Oneonta
Rochester - including cities in
Monroe County
Syracuse Utica
North Carolina Asheville
Charlotte Metro
Fayetteville
Hickory
Morgantown
Jacksonville
North Carolina Metro
Raleigh-Durham Metro
Wilmington
Winston-Salem/Greensboro Metro
North Dakota Fargo Metro
Fargo-Moorhead
Ohio Akron
Columbus/Marysville Metro
Cincinnati Metro - including Butler
County
Cleveland Metro - including Geauga
County
Dayton
Toledo (Lucas County)
Youngstown
Oklahoma Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Oregon Bend
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Eugene
Medford
Portland/Salem Metro
Pennsylvania Allentown
Erie
Gettysburg
Harrisburg
Lancaster
Philadelphia Metro
Pittsburgh Metro - including
Washington County
Reading
State College/University Park
Southern Pennsylvania
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
Williamsport
York
Rhode Island The State of Rhode Island
Newport
Providence Metro
South Carolina Augusta-Aiken
Beaufort
Charleston
Charlotte
Columbia
Greenville/Spartanburg - including
additional cities in Greenville and
Spartanburg Counties Myrtle Beach Metro
Rock Hill Metro
South Dakota Sioux Falls
Tennessee Chattanooga
Johnson City/Kingsport/Bristol
Knoxville/Farragut Metro
Memphis Metro - including Desoto
and Tunica Counties
Nashville
Texas Austin Metro
Big Bend
Bryan/College Station
Corpus Christi
Dallas/Fort Worth Metro-Sherman -
including additional cities in Grayson
County
El Paso
Houston Metro - including additional
cities in Galveston County
Longview
Lubbock
Midland/Odessa Metro
San Antonio Metro
South Padre Island
Utah Moab
Ogden Park City
Salt Lake City Metro
Salt Lake City -Provo
Vermont The State of (partial) Vermont
Burlington
Montpelier
Virginia Washington D.C. detailed area -
including Alexandria, Arlington,
Fairfax, Falls Church, Fauquier
County, Fredericksburg City,
Manassas, and additional cities in
Charlottesville-U of VA
Danville
Loudoun and Prince William
Counties
Johnson City-Kingsport Bristol
Lynchburg
Richmond Metro
Roanoke
Shenandoah National Park
Williamsburg/Norfolk/Virginia
Beach Metro - including Charles
City, Hopewell, Kent, and Prince
George Counties
Winchester
Washington Bellingham
Portland-Salem
Seattle/Tacoma/Olympia Metro -
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Coverage Areas
including Island County
Spokane-Coeur d’Alene
Tri-Cities
Whatcom
Point Roberts (community)
Yakima
West Virginia Charleston
Harper’s Ferry Metro
Wisconsin Appleton
Beloit
Green Bay
Janesville
Kenosha County
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
NOTE:
obtain coverage for cities listed in blue,
ALBERTA
Alberta
Beaumont
Banff
Calmar
Canmore
Devon
Calgary
Cochrane
Crossfield
Chestermere
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
Fraser Valley Abbottsford
Chilliwack
Mission
you may purchase the Canada DVD
Airdrie
(see Obtaining a Navigation Update
The blue colored city names are not
DVD on page101). DVDs are notincluded in the USA South DVD. To
available at your dealer.
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Coverage Areas
Central OkanaganKelowna
Peachland
Okanagan-Similkamen Penticton
Summerland
Victoria
CapitalCentral Saanich
Colwood
Esquimalt
Highlands
Langford
Metchosin
North Saanich
Oak Bay
Saanich
Sidney
Sooke
Victoria
View Royal
Squamish-Lillooet Whistler
Kamloops
MANITOBA
East St Paul
Headingley
West St Paul Winnipeg
NOVA SCOTIA
Halifax
(partial)
ONTARIO
Barrie
Kingston
London
Ottawa-Gatineau
Stratford
Dufferin Orangeville
Durham Ajax
Brock
Clarington
Oshawa
Pickering
Scugog
Uxbridge
Whitby
Halton Burlington
Halton Mills
Milton
Oakville
Hamilton Hamilton Muskoka
Bracebridge
Georgian Bay
Gravenhurst
Huntsville
Lake of Bays
Muskoka Lakes
Niagara Fort Erie
Grimsby
Lincoln
Niagara-on-the-Lake
Niagara Falls
Pelham
Port Colborne
St Catharines
Thorold
Wainfleet
Welland
West Lincoln
Peel Brampton
Caledon
Mississauga
Simcoe Adjala-Tosorontio
Barrie
Bradford West Gwillimbury
Clearview
Essa
Innisfil
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Coverage Areas
Midland
New Tecumseth
Orillia
Oro-Medonte
Penetanguishene
Ramara
Severn
Springwater
Tay
Tiny
Wasaga Beach
Toronto Toronto
Waterloo Cambridge
Kitchener
North Dumfries
Waterloo
Wellington Guelph
Puslinch
York Aurora
Ease Gwillimbury
Georgina
King
Markham
Newmarket
Richmond Hill
Vaughan
Whitchurch-StouffvilleWindsor
EssexLasalle
Tecumseh
Windsor
Inter-Town (partial) Coverage
Counties/Districts/Regional
MunicipalitiesBrant
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
QUÉBEC
Municipalites Regionales de Comte
Beauharnois-Salaberry
Brome-Missisquoi
Coaticook
La Haute-Yamaska
La Vallee-du-Richelieu
Le Haut-Richelieu
Le Haut-St-Laurent
Les Jardins-de-Napierville
Memphremagog
Roussillon
Rouville
Vaudreuil-Soulanges
Montreal
Deux-MontagnesDeux-Montagnes
Oka
Oka Paroisse
Pointe-Calumet
St-Eustache
St-Joseph-du-Lac
Ste-Marthe-sur-le-Lac
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L’assomptionCharlemagne
Le Gardeur
Repentigny
La Rivi ere-du-Nord Prevost
St-Colomban
St-Hippolyte
St-Jèrôme
Ste-Sophie
La Vallee-du-Richelieu Beloeil
Caringnan
Chambly
Longueuil
McMasterville
Mont-St-Hilaire
Otterburn Park
St-Basile-le-Grand
St-Mathieu-de-Beloeil
LaJemmerais Longueuil
Ste-Julie
Laval Laval
Les Laurentides Amherst
Arundel
Barkmere Brèbeuf
Huberdeau
La Conception
La Minerve
Labelle
Lac-Supèrieur
Lantier
Mont-Tremblant
Montcalm
St-Faustin-Lac--Carrè
Ste-Agathe-des-Monts
Ste-Lucie-des-Laurentides
Val-David
Val-des-Lacs
Val-Morin
Les Moulins Lachenaie
Mascouche
Terrebonne
Les Pays-D´en-Haut Lac-des-Seize-Îles
Morin-Heights
Piedmont
Ste-Adolphe-d´Howard
St-Sauveur
Ste-Adèle
Ste-Anne-des-Lacs
Ste-Marguerite-Estèrel
Wentworth-Nord
Longueuil Longueuil Montreal
Montreal
Rousillon
Candiac
Chateauguay
Delson
La Prairie
Lery
Ste-Catherine
St-Constant
Therese-de-Blainville Blainville
Boisbriand
Bois-des-Filion
Lorraine
Rosemere
Ste-Therese
Vaudreuil-Soulanges Hudson
L’Ile-Cadieux
L’Ile-Perrot
Notre-Dame-de-l’Ile-Perrot
Pincourt
St-Lazare
Terrasse-Vaudreuil
Vaudreuil-Dorion
Vaudreuil-sur-le-Lac
SASKATCHEWAN Regina
Saskatoon
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