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Object Number: 1820381  Size: B3

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

Sound

Press the MENU key to enter the Menu options, then press the MENU key repeatedly until Sound is selected or touch the Sound screen button to make speaker and equalization or DSP (Digital Signal Processing), if equipped with the Bose® sound system, adjustments. See Navigation Audio System for more information.

Radio

Press the MENU key to enter the menu options, then press the MENU key repeatedly until Radio is selected or touch the Radio screen button to make changes for radio information displayed, preset pages, XM™ categories, and Automatic Volume Control or Bose® AudioPilot®, if your vehicle has the Bose® sound system. See Navigation Audio System for more information.

Nav (Navigation)


Object Number: 1644684  Size: B3

Press the MENU key to enter the Menu options, then press the MENU 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.

Voice Prompt Volume: Touch the + (plus) or - (minus) screen buttons to increase or to decrease the volume of the voice prompts.

Turn voice turn instruction: 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 highway: This feature lets the system use major roads when calculating a planned route.

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

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

Allow time and seasonal restricted road: This feature lets the system use time restricted and seasonal roads while 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 MENU 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.

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

  1. Select the MENU 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 MENU 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 MENU 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 asks for you to state the name. You will have five seconds. The system responds back with the name.

To delete an address book entry:

  1. Select the MENU 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.

To delete the entire address book:

  1. Select the MENU 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 and hold the Delete screen button until the delete all address book entries pop-up confirmation displays. Select Yes to delete; select No to cancel the operation.

Map Database Information


Object Number: 1562245  Size: B3

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

Change: Touch this screen button to eject or change the map DVD. The screen will tilt, exposing the map DVD slot and, if loaded, the map DVD will eject. Pull the map DVD out. Insert the map DVD partway into the slot. The system will pull it in.


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  1. Map DVD Slot.

Once the map DVD is loaded touch the Close screen button. The screen will close.

Once the screen is closed touch the OK screen button to proceed to the navigation system. See Getting Started for more information.


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Coverage: Touch this screen button to view the areas covered by the map DVD. Touch the up and down arrow screen buttons to view each region of the map DVD. The screen will display the major cities for the selected region.

Low Fuel Warning

To turn the Low Fuel Warning on or off, do the following:

  1. Press the MENU key.
  2. Press the Nav screen button.
  3. Press the Low Fuel Warning ON or OFF screen button. The active button will be highlighted.

When on, a warning will appear on the display when your vehicle's fuel tank is low on fuel. The warning pop-up window will ask if you would like to view gas station POIs on the map display. Once the gas station POIs are displayed you can automatically route to a gas station by touching the gas station POI symbol on the screen and pressing the GO screen button.

To remove the POIs from the screen, see the POI information under Symbols for more information.

See "Fuel" in the Index of your vehicle's owner manual.

Off-Road Mode

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

  1. Press the MENU hard key.
  2. Press the Nav screen button.
  3. Press the Off-Road mode ON or OFF screen buttons. The active button is highlighted when the feature is on.

When the off-road mode is turned on, the navigation system shows the path being traveled by the vehicle when not on a marked road. This path is a simulation since the map database coverage does not have these roads on the DVD. This path is 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


Object Number: 1644685  Size: B3

Press the MENU key to enter the menu options, then press the MENU 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


Object Number: 1562206  Size: B3

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

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

The time will need to be reset manually when entering a new time zone.