Tips - Honda 2008 GL1800 Goldwing Navigation System Owner's Manual

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Tips

The following tips will help you avoid some confusion as you learn the system:
A Blue Field Indicates a
Selected Item
Quick Scroll
Quick Keyboard Maneuvering
Understanding the Find
Function
Find by Name vs Find Nearest
White Arrow Point Locator
Use Category & Subcategory to
Simplify Find by Point of
Interest
Edit Route vs Re Route on the
Route menu
Edit Route vs Calculate on the
Route Calculate Screen
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Some fields can be switched between blue (selected) and light gray (not selected). Other fields are
permanently blue, and you highlight and select them to bring up an option screen or to enter information with
the keyboard. When choosing between adjacent fields on an option screen, such as Select Layout (Setup/
System, screen 1), use a directional arrow button to move to the field you want to highlight (orange border
around the light gray field), then press ENT to select (indicated by the color change to blue).
You can quick scroll through many lists. See Scroll Bar on
You can speed up keyboard entry by jumping from the far left to the far right of a row or vice versa – and by
jumping from the top keyboard row to the bottom row or vice versa. See
Each Find function searches within its designation. Find by City will find cities. It will not find locations in a
specified city. Find by Point of Interest searches the points pre-loaded in the database.
Use Find Nearest if the location you want is nearby. This function brings up a list, allowing you to skip the
keyboard process used by Find by Name.
This feature can be used to find a location on any map and include it in a route. For more information,
see page 51.
You can narrow your search by selecting the Category and Subcategory before you use Find by Name or Find
Nearest. To see the category choices, highlight the Category field and press ENT. This will bring up a list of
the nine categories. Highlight your choice and press ENT. A Subcategory field will appear. Highlight it and
press ENT to bring up the various subcategories of your selected category.
• Use Edit Route to bring up an Edit Route Screen to add a stop (via) to your current route.
• Use Re Route to bring up a Route Calculate Screen that lets you select your speed vs distance preference
and up to four "avoids."
• Use Calculate to have the system calculate a route to your selected destination.
• Use Edit Route to bring up the Edit Route Screen to add a stop (via) to your current route.
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