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Object Number: 1685897  Size: B3

Press the CONFIG (Configure) hard key to adjust several of your system's features and preferences. The last selected CONFIG screen will be the screen that displays; Sound, Radio, Nav (navigation), Display, or Time.

Sound

Press the CONFIG key to enter the configure menu options, then press the CONFIG key repeatedly until Sound is selected or touch the Sound screen button to make speaker and DSP (Digital Signal Processing) adjustments. See Navigation Audio System for more information.

Radio

Press the CONFIG key to enter the configure menu options, then press the CONFIG key repeatedly until Radio is selected or touch the Radio screen button to make changes for radio information displayed, preset pages, XM™ categories, and Bose® AudioPilot®. See Navigation Audio System for more information.

Nav (Navigation)


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Press the CONFIG key to enter the configure menu options, then press the CONFIG key repeatedly until Nav is selected or touch the Nav screen button.

Voice Prompt

Voice Prompt: Touch the Voice Prompt screen button to change the volume of the voice prompts or to turn voice guidance on and off.

Volume: Touch the + (plus) or - (minus) screen buttons to increase or to decrease the volume of the voice prompts. The system will respond with the adjusted voice level.

Voice Guidance: Touch the On or Off screen buttons to turn voice instructions on and off while traveling on a planned route.

Route Preference

Touch the Route Preference screen button to change route options when the system calculates a route.

Allow Major Roads: This feature allows the system to use major roads when calculating a planned route.

Allow toll road: This feature allows the system to use toll roads when calculating a planned route.

Allow ferry: This feature allows the system to use ferries when calculating a planned route.

Allow time and seasonal restricted road: This feature allows the system to use time restricted and seasonal roads when calculating a planned route.

Edit Address Book -- How to Add

To add an address to the address book, see "Adding Destinations to the Address Book" under Destination .

Edit Address Book -- Edit/View

To edit the name of an address book:

  1. Select the CONFIG hard key.
  2. Select the NAV screen button.
  3. Select the Edit/View Address Book screen button.
  4. Select the Address book entry.

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  6. Touch the Name screen button and use the alpha keyboard to edit or add the name.
  7. Touch the OK screen button to save your changes, then touch the Back screen button to return to the Address Book information screen.

To add or change the phone number of an address book entry:

  1. Select the CONFIG hard key.
  2. Select the NAV screen button.
  3. Select the Edit/View Address Book screen button.
  4. Select the address book entry to change.
  5. Touch the Phone # screen button and use the numeric keyboard to input or change the phone number.
  6. Touch the OK screen button to save your changes, then touch the Back screen button to return to the Address Book information screen.

To change the map icon of an address book entry:

  1. Select the CONFIG hard key.
  2. Select the NAV screen button.
  3. Select the Edit/View Address Book screen button.
  4. Select the address book entry to change.
  5. Select the Icon screen button.
  6. Select an icon from the list.

To add a voice tag to an address book entry:

  1. Select the CONFIG hard key.
  2. Select the NAV screen button.
  3. Select the Edit/View Address Book screen button.
  4. Select the Add Voice Tag screen button.
  5. The system will ask for you to state the name. You will have four seconds to state the name. The system will respond back with the name and prompt you to repeat the name for confirmation.

To delete an address book entry:

  1. Select the CONFIG hard key.
  2. Select the NAV screen button.
  3. Select the Edit/View Address Book screen button.
  4. Select the address book entry to delete.
  5. Press the Delete screen button to delete the address book entry.
  6. A confirmation pop-up will display. Select Ok to delete; select Cancel to cancel the operation.

To delete the entire address book:

  1. Select the CONFIG hard key.
  2. Select the NAV screen button.
  3. Select the Edit/View Address Book screen button.
  4. A list of all the address book entries will display. Press and hold the Clear All screen button.
  5. A confirmation pop-up will display. Select Ok to delete; select Cancel to cancel the operation.
Call: Press this screen button to make a phone call. See Phone for more information.

Map Database Information


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Touch the Map Database Information screen button to view the coverage areas of the map DVD.

Off-Road Mode

To turn the Off-road mode on or off, do the following:

  1. Press the CONFIG hard key.
  2. Press the Nav screen button.
  3. Press the Off-Road mode screen button. The button will be highlighted when the feature is on.

When the off-road mode is turned on, the navigation system will show the path being traveled by the vehicle when not on a marked road. This path will be a simulation since the map database coverage will not have these roads on the DVD. This path will be stored in the navigation system's memory, see "Previous Destination" under Destination for more information.

See "Off-Road Driving" in the Index of your vehicle's owner manual for more information about off-road driving.

Display


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Press the CONFIG key to enter the configure menu options, then press the CONFIG key repeatedly until Display is selected or touch the Display screen button.

Display Off

Touch this screen button to turn the display off. Press any hard key to view the display.

Brightness/Contrast/Mode


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Touch this screen button to change the brightness, contrast, and mode of the display.

(Brightness): Touch the + (plus) or - (minus) screen buttons to increase or decrease the brightness of the screen.

(Contrast): Touch the + (plus) or - (minus) screen buttons to increase or decrease the contrast of the screen.

Auto (Automatic): Touch this screen button for the system to automatically adjust the screen background depending on exterior lighting conditions.

Night: Touch this screen button and the system will make the map background darker.

Day: Touch this screen button and the system will make the map background brighter.

Setting the Clock

The navigation system time and the analog clock are separate features. Changing the time through the navigation system will not change the time on the analog clock and vice versa. See "Analog Clock" in the Index of your vehicles owner manual to change the analog clock time.

Press the CONFIG key to enter the configure menu options, then press the CONFIG key repeatedly until the time is selected or touch the time screen button.

Hours: Press the - (minus) or + (plus) signs to decrease or increase the hours.

Minutes: Press the - (minus) or + (plus) signs to decrease or increase the minutes.

12/24 Format: Select the 12 screen button for standard time; select the 24 screen button for military time.