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119 Navigation*
Destination entry

Press

.
The Start Route Guidance menu ( page
128)
appears.
The system accesses one of the following
menus after entering of a destination city ( page
116)
:

For larger cities with more than 15
streets:

Enter Street menu.

For smaller cities with up to 15
streets:

Select Street menu
( page
119)
.

If no streets are registered for the se
-
lected city, or if a street extends
through several city centers:

Select City Center menu
( page
118)
.
The appropriate menu can be identified
from the display in the status bar.
Entering a street 
Use the keypad menu or the 12 buttton
keypad to enter the data of the street ( page
112)
.
After entering the street a selection list
of streets appears. Now continue with
selecting a street.
Switching to a selection list is possible at
any time while entering a street.
Press the
List
soft key.
The selection list appears. Now contin
-
ue with selecting a street.
Selecting a street
Use

or

to select a street. The
Page
soft keys allow scrolling through
the list page by page.

Press

.
The Start Route Guidance menu with
the selected destination information
appears;or If the street extends through several
city centers, the list of city centers re
-
ferring to the street selected appears.
Entering a street in the destination
city

120 Navigation*Destination entrySelecting the city center referring to
the street selectedThe system distinguishes between streets
with the same name in a city by specifying
the center. After selecting a street, a list of
city centers may appear.The status bar shows how many times the
system found the same street name within
a given city.
Use

or

to select a center and
press

.
The Start Route Guidance menu with
the selected destination information
appears.
The following soft keys are available to
continue narrowing the destination after
entering the street:
Map
soft key

Provides access to further destination
input directly via road map ( page
123)
.

Intrsct.
soft key

An intersection with the destination
street can be entered
( page
121)
.

Hse.
no.
soft key

A house number on the destination
street can be entered
( page
122)
.

POIs
soft key

A POI on or near the destination street
can be entered
( page
153)
.
The following soft keys can also be select
-
ed:
Mode
soft key

For setting the route mode ( page
109)
.

Save
soft key

Stores the entered destination in the
destination memory
( page
150)
.
Narrowing of the destination after
selecting street
iOnly the entry of either an intersecting
road or a house number is possible.

121 Navigation*
Destination entry
After entering a street (
 page
119), a
street intersecting with this street can be
entered.
Press the
Intrsct.
soft key.
The Enter Intersection menu or a list of
all intersecting streets appears.
Enter Intersection menu
Proceed the same as when entering a
street
( page
119)
.
List of intersecting streets
Use

or

to select an intersec
-
tion. The
Page
soft keys allow scrolling
through the list page by page.

Press

.
The Start Route Guidance menu ( page
128)
appears.
Entering an intersectioniThe
Intrsct.
soft key is only available
if streets intersecting the destination
street are stored as intersections on
the navigation DVD.

122 Navigation*Destination entryA house number can be entered after en
-
tering the destination street
( page
119)
.

Press the
Hse.
no.
soft key.
The Enter House Number menu ap
-
pears
( page
122)
, or the house num
-
ber list appears. Now a house number
range can be selected
( page
123)
.
Enter House Number menu

Use

, 
, , , (
or
+
to
select the numbers. Press

after
each selection.
or
Press
3
- "
to enter the numbers.

Press the
Delete
soft key if necessary.
The number last accepted by the sys
-
tem is deleted.

Press and hold

for approx. 2 sec
-
onds to confirm the input;
or
Entering a house numberiAn intersection instead of a house number can be entered (
 page
121).

Entry of both is not possible.
iThe
Hse.
no.
soft key is only available
when registered house numbers are
stored on the navigation DVD for the
selected street.
iSymbol “
” represents a space.
iDo not confuse the
Delete
soft key (de
-
letion of the last number) with the
Back

soft key (deletion of the complete en-
try).

123 Navigation*
Destination entry

Use

or

to select the
sym
-
bol and press

.
The house number list appears. Now a
house number range can be selected.
Selecting a house number range

Use

or

to select the desired
range of house numbers. The
Page
soft
keys allow scrolling through the list
page by page.

Press

.
The Start Route Guidance menu ( page
128)
appears.
Calling up the map display
Press
%
;
or
Press the
Map
soft key if it appears in a
menu.
The map appears in full-screen display.

If the soft key displays are hidden,
press any soft key.The soft key displays appear.
Selectable soft keys
Coord.
soft key

Allows entering a destination via geo
coordinates
( page
125)
.

Symbol
soft key

Provides access to setting the symbols
display
( page
143)
iThe
symbol can only be selected if
the system recognized the house num
-
ber.
ok
ok
Entering a destination using the map
iIf no soft key is selected within

approx. 8 seconds, the soft key dis
-
plays will disappear.


124 Navigation*Destination entry
Memory
soft key

The current map location is stored ( page
126)
.

Display
soft key

You can select which POIs will appear
as symbols on the map
( page
143)
.

soft key

The map scale will change to display a
more detailed map.

soft key

The map scale will change to display a
map that shows a wider area.
Moving the map and selecting a desti
-
nation
Move the cursor using

, 
, ,
, (
or
+
to select the desired
destination.

Release the button.If the system finds a street name at the
location the cursor is pointing to, the
corresponding street name is shown in
the status bar. In this example:
WATER
ST
Start route guidance to the selected
destination
Press

.
The Start Route Guidance menu ap
-
pears if route guidance has not yet
been activated.
Press

.
Route calculation begins.
If route guidance is already active, you
will be prompted to confirm that you
wish to accept the new destination.
Press

to select
Yes
.

Press

.
Route calculation begins.
iThe soft keys
Coord.
, Memory
and
Dis
-
play
are visible only if the map has
been called up using
%
.
iThe destination selection will be lost
when pressing the
Back
soft key.

The system reverses to the details of
the previously entered destination.

125 Navigation*
Destination entry
Destination input via coordinates (longi
-
tude and latitude) will only be possible if
the map display is visible and if the
Coord.

soft key is displayed.

Press
%
.

Press any soft key if the soft key dis
-
plays are hidden.The soft key displays appear.

Press the
Coord.
soft key.
The menu for entering coordinates ap
-
pears. You can set the individual values
for the longitude and latitude in this
menu.
1“Hours” longitude value2“Minutes” longitude value3“Seconds” longitude value4“Seconds” latitude value5“Minutes” latitude value6“Hours” latitude value

Press

or

to select the value you
wish to set.

Select the desired value using

or

.

Keep repeating the last two steps until
you have set the required longitude and
latitude.

Press

.
If the coordinates entered are located
in the digital map range, the display will
switch to map display with cursor. The
center point of the cursor indicates the
position of the coordinates entered on
the map.
Entering a destination via geo coor
-
dinates


126 Navigation*Destination entry
Press

.
The Start Route Guidance menu ap
-
pears.

Press

.
Route calculation begins.
You can store the current vehicle position
or a location selected via the map as an en
-
try in the
Last
Destinations
memory.
Therein such entries are marked with

( page
148)
.
If you wish to store such entries for later
retrieval or repeat usage, you can store
them in the standard destination memory ( page
149)
.
Storing current vehicle position
Press
%
.

Press any soft key if the soft key dis
-
plays are hidden.The soft key displays appear.
1Symbol
= current vehicle location

Press the
Memory
soft key.
The system stores the current vehicle
position.

While storage takes place, the
Memory

soft key display changes its color for a
short period of time.
iRoute guidance is only possible to co
-
ordinates within the digital map range.
Storing map location

127 Navigation*
Destination entry
Storing locations selected via the map
Press
%
.

Move the map and select a location ( page
124)
.

Press the
Memory
soft key.
The system stores the current cursor
position.

While storage takes place, the
Memory

soft key display changes its color for a
short period of time.

128 Navigation*Route guidanceYou can start route guidance when the
destination input is complete and Start
Route
Guidance
is displayed at the
bottom of the main area.
Besides starting route guidance following
soft keys are available:
Mode
soft key

Provides access to the route mode set
-
ting for certain road types to be avoid
-
ed
( page
109)
.

Save
soft key

Stores the entered destination in the
destination memory
( page
149)
.

To start route guidance, press

.
The route is calculated and route guid
-
ance begins.
Depending on the distance to the destina
-
tion, route calculation can take some time.
While the route is being calculated, Reading Navi DVD... Please Wait
and an
arrow pointing towards the destination are
displayed. Once route calculation is com
-
plete, route guidance begins.Because of changes in local traffic patterns
(e.g. road works) and/or incomplete data,
errors in calculation may occur.
As a result, the recommended route may
deviate from the ideal route. The data
stored on the DVD only reflects local con
-
ditions at the time of DVD production. DVD
maps may not cover all areas nor all routes
within an area.The system will calculate a new route dur
-
ing active route guidance if the driver fails
to follow the route guidance. During recalculation,
NEW
RTE
is displayed.
The arrow is not solid.
Start route guidance menu
Route calculation
Route re-calculation