Navigation system tips & tricks

Have you tried going into route and deleting all the existing destinations? I have not used the emergency function so don't know how it interacts with any existing route. Sounds like it should override the next destination. If so, and you don't complete the trip to the emergency location, I assume that would always be the first destination for future routings. Manually deleting all destinations should give you a fresh start.

I agree with Bruce that the preferred road capability is really useful. I often use this option to force using a specific bridge when I'm going across the bay.

 

One tip I received from a friend who drives a Lexus is that you can change the map orientation mode between:
1) Top of map is always North
2) Top of map is the direction you are headed

By default the map is in mode 1. To switch, hit the N icon in the upper left corner of the screen. Once in that mode, you can switch back by pressing the compass icon that is now in the upper left corner.

Mode 2 is much better IMO. Thought I would share in case others missed this neat feature.

 

Related to that - note that the compass "icon" is actually a functioning compass.

Another useful fact - changes to zoom and orientation made when the map isn't centred on the car are only temporary. When you press MAP again to re-centre, it restores the old zoom and orientation.

 

The NAV will resume your route guidance to your next destination when you restart your car.

 

You can set a home position in memory and the command "home" from the voice commands will make a route home.

You can set 5 quick destinations in memory (Voice comand quick 1, quick2 etc)

Memory points can be given custom icons and can be made to play a chime as you approach from any or from a specific direction.

Found your way to somewhere and want it on the map, press mark. You can then edit the mark in memory and give it a propername, chime icon etc. there are about 100 memory points.

There are 2 phone books on board which can store about 100 number each. Use one for private and one for business use.

Pair upto 4 phones (his & hers) and switch between them as required. Each phone has 2 address books.

Multiple drivers? there are 3 (4?) profiles available. Each driver can have personalised settings. Languages are also stored.

Put the anniversary & wifes birthday in the calander and save your relationship!

Use split screen with different scale to get an overview of a town trip with all the streets shown. Keep the local side zoomed fully in and the overview at a zoom out 800m or so. zoom side will show poi, zoom out side wont. (Direction up is best here)

Problems with voice recognition? go into the diagnostics screen (hold info and turn lights on and off about 3 times), press menu, press navigation check, press microphone check,press start and speak the test text . Now pressthe button in lower right to hear yourself speak. repeat for each of the 3 texts. If recognition does not work, is the volume too low? Can you hear yourself clearly? If not goto BT Voice Quality Set and adjust the send volume. retest.

 

The problem with the calendar reminder (and the maintenance reminder for that matter) is that the NAV has to have been activated for that trip. Otherwise you don't get the notification.

Might be a neat added feature to Dave's I Agree killer: when powering up the car, determine current display state, go to MAP, kill 'I Agree', then fall back to original display.

 

Frequently, when driving a route with multiple waypoints, I'll drive to within 50 feet of an intermediate destination, park, and then continue off to the next destination.

The problem? The nav system doesn't think I made it to the first destination yet and wants to direct me there! Short of editing the route and deleting the intermediate destination, has anybody figured out how to tell the nav system to move on to the next destination in the list?

Chris