Navigation System Operation
Selecting a DestinationA destination can be selected by Address, Intersection, Place, Personal Address, Previous Destination, Map Input, or Today's Destinations using the touch-screen, the joystick, or the voice control system. Refer to the Navigation System Manual for detailed information.
Traveling to a Destination
Confirm a selected route - The system display asks you to select one of these route options:
^ Direct Route - Takes the least amount of time
^ Easy Route - Minimizes the number of turns
^ Minimize Freeways - Avoids freeway travel (when possible)
^ Minimize Toll Roads - Avoids toll roads (when possible)
^ Maximize Freeways - Incorporates freeway travel (when possible)
Going off the route - If you leave the route, the system recalculates the route from your current position, and displays a new highlighted route.
Modifying the route - The system can recalculate portions of the route and/or avoid a specific street, and then return you to the current route.
Save current location - This option stores the current location for later use (it does not change or cancel the route instructions currently in progress). A location can be stored anytime the navigation system is in use.
Off-road tracking - This option displays dots ("bread crumbs") on the map if you drive on a road not shown on the navigation screen. These bread crumbs begin to appear approximately 1/2 mile away from a mapped road, and they allow you to retrace your route back to a mapped road. They will not appear if this feature is turned off during setup.
Personal Addresses
Two users can each store up to 100 destinations (addresses with phone numbers) in the system. A PIN (Personal Identification Number) is optional. Refer to the Navigation System Manual for instructions on how to enter a PIN and use Personal Addresses.
Go Home
This option allows a single button entry to set your home address as a destination. A PIN is optional.
System Limitations
Always verify the audio and visual route information by carefully observing roadway signs, signals, etc. Use your own good judgment, and obey traffic laws while driving. The navigation system has these limitations:
^ The GPS (global positioning system) satellites used by the navigation system are operated by the U.S. Department of Defense. For security reasons, certain inaccuracies are built into the GPS. This can cause occasional positioning errors of up to several hundred feet. If the navigation system indicates your position incorrectly, wait several seconds until it corrects itself. The system may also correct itself after you make a turn or cross a road.
^ The routes calculated by the system may not always be what you consider to be the most direct ones. Try different routing methods to obtain the best route. Even the direction your vehicle is pointing influences the route calculation.
^ Since businesses fail or move to new locations, some information may be inaccurate. Also, route guidance may conflict with actual road conditions such as street closures, construction, and detours.
^ Occasionally, the navigation system may "reboot" due to excess heat or shock, or from recalculating a route too many times. Rebooting does not necessarily indicate a need for service.
^ GPS reception is affected by outside electrical interference from aftermarket electronic devices placed near the GPS antenna or navigation unit. Aftermarket metallic tinting of windows above the GPS antenna, that is located beneath the package tray, can seriously degrade the GPS signal.