Lexus GS300 2006 Basic Functions In Frequent Use

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Show POI icons
Points of Interest such as gas stations and
restaurants can be displayed on the map
screen. You can also set their location as
a destination and use them for route guid-
ance.
1. Touch the “Map View” switch.
2. Touch the “Show POI Icon” switch
to display a particular type of Point of In-
terest on the screen.
A screen with a limited choice of Points of In-
terest will be displayed. (To change the dis-
played POI, see page 90.) When you touch
the desired Point of Interest category, sym-
bols will appear on the map screen indicating
where the POI addresses are located.
To turn off the symbols of the Points of In-
terest on the map screen, touch the
“POI
Off” switch.
“More”: If you cannot find your desired Point
of Interest on the limited choice screen, touch
this switch. The screen then displays the
complete POI listing screen.
You can display up to 5 categories of icons on
the screen.

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When you select a Point of Interest type from
either the limited list or the complete list, the
screen will display symbols at those locations
on the map screen.
Touching the
“Delete” switch will delete the
last selected icon.
“Local POI List”: If you want to search for the
nearest Point of Interest, touch this switch.
Then choose one of the categories. The sys-
tem will list the points within 20 miles (30 km).
Touch the switch of your desired Point of In-
terest. Selected Points of Interest are dis-
played on the map screen.
“Dist.”: To sort in the order of distance from
your current location.
“Icon”: To sort in the order of the POI icons.
“Name”: To sort in alphabetical order by
name.
“On Route”: When the indicator is illumi-
nated by touching this switch, the list of the
items searched along the route is displayed.

To set a POI as a destination
You can select one of the Points of Interest
icons on the map screen as a destination and
use it as route guidance.
Directly touch the Point of Interest icon
that you wish to set as a destination.
The map will shift so that the icon is centered
on the screen and overlaps with the cursor
. At this time, the distance from your cur-
rent position can be displayed on the screen.
The distance shown is measured as a straight
line from the current vehicle position to the
POI.
When your desired Point of Interest over-
laps with the cursor, touch the
“Enter
” switch. The screen changes and dis-
plays the map location of the selected des-
tination and route preference. (See “ —
Entering destination” on page 38.)

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Route overview
1. Touch the “Map View” switch.
2. Touch the “Route Overview”switch.
The entire route from the current position to
the destination is displayed.
“Guide”: To start guidance.
“Route”: To change the route. (For details,
see pages 42 and 44.)
“Turn List”: The following screen displays
the list of the roads up to your destination.You can scroll through the list of roads by
touching
or . However, not all road
names in the route may appear on the list. If
a road changes its name without requiring a
turn (such as on a street that runs through two
or more cities), the name change will not ap-
pear on the list. The street name closest to
the starting point will be displayed with a mile-
age to the next turn.
These marks indicate the
direction in which you should turn
at an intersection.

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Touch the “Map” switch of your desired
point. The point which you choose is dis-
played on the map screen.Route preview
1. Touch the “Map View” switch.
2. Touch the “Route Preview” switch.
:To indicate the next destination.
:To preview the route to the next des-
tination.
:To preview the route to the next des-
tination in fast−forward mode.
:To stop the preview.
:To review the route to the previous
destination or starting point.
:To review the route to the previous
destination or starting point in fast−
forward mode.
:To indicate the previous destination
or starting point.

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Screen configuration
You can choose any one of the screen
configurations.
1. Touch this switch to display the follow-
ing screen.
2. To select the desired screen configura-
tion, touch one of the following switches.Depending on the conditions, it may not be
possible to select certain screen configura-
tion switches.
:To display single map screen. (See
page 53.)
:To display dual map screen. (See
page 54.)
:To display compass mode screen.
(See page 54.)
:To display turn list screen. (See page
55.)
:To display arrow screen. (See page
55.)
:To display freeway information
screen. (See page 55.)
:To display intersection guidance
screen or guidance screen on free-
way. (See page 56.)
(a) Single map
The screen shows the single map.

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(b) Dual map
The screen shows the dual map. The map on
the left is the main map.
You can edit the right side map by touching
any specific point on the right side map.
This screen can perform the following
procedures.

Changing the map scale

Displaying the POI icon

Changing the orientation of the map
Touch the
“OK” switch when you complete
editing. The screen returns to the dual map
screen.
(c) Compass mode
Information about the destination and current
position, as well as a compass, is displayed
on the screen.
The destination mark is displayed in the direc-
tion of the destination. When driving, refer to
the longitude and latitude coordinates and the
compass, to make sure that your vehicle is
headed in the direction of the destination.
INFORMATION
When the vehicle goes out of the disc
area, the guidance screen changes into
compass mode.

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(d) Turn list screen
The screen shows the turn list. You cannot
scroll through the list of roads.
(e) Arrow screen
The screen shows the current road name and
the distance to the next corner.
(f) Freeway information screen
This screen displays the distance to the next
junction and exit, or POIs in the vicinity of the
freeway exit.
“Map”: To display the selected map of the
exit vicinity.
On the left side of the
“Map” switch, up to
five POIs around the selected exit are dis-
played.
:To scroll for farther junctions or exits.
:To scroll for closer junctions or exits.
:To scroll for the closest three junctions
or exits.

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INFORMATION
When you drive on a freeway, the screen
is automatically divided into two parts,
with freeway information screen on the
right side.
(g) Intersection guidance screen/
guidance screen on freeway

Intersection guidance screen
This screen automatically appears when the
vehicle approaches an intersection on the
road.
The distance to the intersection is shown at
the bottom of the screen.
“OFF”: The intersection guidance screen
disappears and the map screen appears.
When touching the
switch or pushing
the
“MAP/VOICE” button, the intersec-
tion guidance screen reappears.
INFORMATION
Intersection guidance can be turned on
or off. (See page 85.)

Guidance screen on freeway
This screen automatically appears when the
vehicle approaches a junction or exit on a
freeway.
The distance to the junction or exit is shown
at the bottom of the screen.
“OFF”: The guidance screen on freeway
disappears and the map screen appears.
When touching the
switch or pushing
the
“MAP/VOICE” button, the guidance
screen on freeway reappears.
INFORMATION
Guidance screen on freeway can be
turned on or off. (See page 86.)

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Distance and time to
destination
When the vehicle is on the guidance route,
the distance and the estimated travel time
to the destination are displayed. When the
vehicle is not on the guidance route, the
distance to and the direction of the des-
tination are displayed.
When driving on the guidance route and more
than one destination is set, the distance and
the estimated travel time from current position
to each destination are displayed.
1. Touch this switch to display the follow-
ing screen.
2. Touch the number switch of the des-
tination you wish to display.
The distance and the estimated travel time
from the current position to the selected des-
tination are displayed.
Displayed while driving along the
guidance route.
Displayed while driving off the
guidance route. The destination
direction is indicated by an arrow.
INFORMATION
When the vehicle is on the guidance
route, the distance measured along the
route is displayed. Travel time is calcu-
lated based on the set vehicle speed in-
formation. (For details, see page 79.)
However, when the vehicle is not on the
guidance route, the distance is the linear
distance between the current position
and the destination.

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Foot print map
For the area which is covered by the foot print
map (Some areas in the following cities; De-
troit, Chicago, N.Y., L.A), you can switch to
the foot print map on a scale of 75 feet (25 m).

To switch to the foot print map
The
switch changes into the
switch when the map is scaled down to 150
feet (50 m).
To display the foot print map, touch the
switch.

To delete the foot print map display
Touch the
switch.
INFORMATION

If the map or the current position is
moved to the area which is not cov-
ered by the foot print map, the screen
scale automatically changes to 150
feet (50 m).

On the foot print map, a one way
street is displayed by .

It is not possible to perform scrolling
on the foot print map (one−touch
scroll) while driving.

To display building information
Information is available only for buildings for
which information is recorded on the map
disc.
1. Touch the “Info.” switch while the
foot print map is displayed.
If the map is displayed in split screen, it turned
into a single map display.