Honda 2004 Odyssey Service Manual page 2036

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The Honda Navigation System is a highly-sophisticated, hybrid locating system that uses satellites and a map

database to show you where you are and to help guide you to a desired destination.

The navigation system receives signals from the global positioning system (GPS), a network of 24 satellites in orbit

around the earth. By receiving signals from serveral of these satellites, the navigation system can determine the

latitude and longitude of the vehicle. In addition, signals from the system's yaw rate sensor and the vehicle speed

pulse (VSP) sensor enable the system to keep track of the vehicle's direction and speed of travel.

This hybrid system has advantages over a system that is either entirely self-contained or one that relies totally on the

GPS. For example, the self-contained portion of the system can keep track of vehicle position even when satellite

signals cannot be received, and the GPS can keep track of the vehicle position even when the vehicle is transported by

The navigation system applies all this location, direction, and speed information to the maps and calculates a route to

the destination entered. As you drive to that destination, the system provides both visual and audio guidance.

System Diagram

DISPLAY UNIT

ILLUMINATION

MUTE SIGNAL/

VOICE OUTPUT

NAVIGATION UNIT

(BACK UP) SIGNAL

CLIMATE CONTROL

VEHICLE SPEED PULSE

(VSP) SENSOR

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