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Navigation System5
Introduction
The navigation system applies location, 
direction, and speed information to the 
maps and calculates a route to the 
destination you enter. As you drive to 
that destination, the system provides 
map and voice guidance.
The navigation system is easy to use. 
The locations of many places of 
business and entertainment are already 
entered in the system. You can select 
any of them as a destination by using the 
touch screen, joystick, or voice control.
There are several ways to enter a 
destination, such as by point of interest 
(POI), by address, by phone number, 
and by selecting it from the map. The 
last 50 destinations are saved for reuse 
at a later date. The system also allows 
you to store a home address to simplify 
returning home from  your destination.Accessories Precautions
If you have front or side window tinting 
installed, be aware that if the tint has 
metallic properties, it can seriously 
degrade or prevent GPS reception. This 
is because the GPS antenna is located 
under the dashboard.
If you plan to install electronic 
components, such as radar detectors, 
vehicle tracking devices, remote 
starters, additional amplifiers, or other 
audio components, ensure that they are 
not located near the navigation control 
unit under the driver’s seat, near the 
navigation screen in the dash, or near 
the GPS antenna under the dashboard. 
Signal noise emanating from these 
devices can cause intermittent 
disruption of the navigation system.
Important Safety Information
The navigation system can distract your 
attention from the road if you focus on 
the screen or operate the system’s 
controls while driving.
Enter as much information as possible 
into the system before you begin 
driving, or when the vehicle is stopped. 
Then, as you drive, listen to the audio 
instructions and use voice commands 
when possible.
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62Navigation System
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 page 86).
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 page 94). By following the dots, you can 
backtrack to the mapped road you 
originally left. “Breadcrumbs” may 
occasionally be displayed in urban 
areas, such as large 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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Navigation System75
Information Features
There is a tutorial available for the voice 
command help. Say or select  Getting 
started , and the display changes to:
Select the line number of the desired 
tutorial you want to view, and the 
tutorial will automatically be read. Press 
Stop  to stop the reading, or press the 
CANCEL  button. When you make a command help 
selection under any of the help screens, 
you will see the help commands that can 
be used with the voice control. You can 
say or select 
Read List, and the system 
will read the list to you.
For a listing of all voice commands, see 
Voice Command Index  on page138.Map Legend
You can use the  Map legend screens to 
learn the meaning of map features, 
icons, colors, etc. used in this system. 
When you say or select  Map Legend, 
the display changes to:
Say or select the desired item or item 
number to view each section of the map 
legend.
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