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Navigation - Map Direction

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Audio and Electronics' started by required_username, Mar 31, 2008.

  1. required_username

    required_username Junior Member

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    Just learning how to use all the electronic features.
    I have had a portable GPS for a few years and notice one difference between it and the Prius Nav, system is this . . .
    on the portable GPS the icon representing the vehicle was always pointing up, regardless of actual direction. That is, whether going NSEW, the direction of the icon was 'up.' Not so in the Prius - if I am heading west, the icon points and travels toward my left. I have found a reference to 'Map Direction' in the manual but nothing on what it is/does.
    Can I set the Prius Navigation system to always show map direction pointing up?
     
    #1 required_username, Mar 31, 2008
  2. Jairus-Z

    Jairus-Z Junior Member

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    Press the compass icon on the map screen to make your car icon always point up instead of the direction it's traveling.
     
    #2 Jairus-Z, Mar 31, 2008
  3. qbee42

    qbee42 My other car is a boat

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    You can also use voice commands: "heading up", or the opposite which I forget (oh yea, "North up"). I just press the compass button on the MFD, and save the voice commands for impressing my friends.

    Tom
     
    #3 qbee42, Mar 31, 2008
  4. Rest

    Rest Active Member

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    I'll bet you have an option to change it so it shows actual direction. I don't know of any that don't do this.
     
    #4 Rest, Apr 2, 2008
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