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Chapter
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Utilizing V
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Setting Areas to Avoid
If you register Areas to Avoid, such as crowded intersections or congested areas, routes can be
calculated that avoid those areas. Areas to Avoid can be set from the Settings menu.
Caution
If “Display Areas to Avoid” is set to Off, route calculation will be performed
without considering Area to Avoid. If you want a route calculation with consid-
ering Area to Avoid, set “Display Areas to Avoid” to On. For details, see “Dis-
play Areas to Avoid” on page 92.
■Registering an Area to Avoid
This section describes a way of registering an Area to Avoid for the first time. You can regis-
ter up to five Areas to Avoid.
1 Select “Settings” in the Main menu, then select “Route Guidance” and “Areas to
Avoid”. Click the OK button.
The list of Areas to Avoid appears.
2 Select one of the items shown in “New Area- . . .” and click the OK button.
When registering for the first time, any item on the list is shown as “New Area - (number
in range 1 to 5)”.
A message to specify a search method for a location appears.
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When “Display Areas to Avoid” is set to On, if you perform the above operation, the
message confirming whether to recalculate the current route is displayed. Select “Yes”
and click the OK button, then proceed to the next step.
3 Search for a location for registration and display a map.
The search method is the same as that of searching for your destination (see Chapter 2).
Once a search is complete, a map with the specified location at its center appears.
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If you select “Map Search”, you can specify the location to register by showing a map.
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You can also register the items included in the Address Book.
4 Move the scale control to set the size of the Area to Avoid.
The larger the map, the more detailed Area to Avoid can be specified. The smaller the
map, the wider the area can be specified.
The maximum size of an Area to Avoid is 0.4 square mile (100 square kilometers).
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When setting the Area to Avoid, operate with the scale of the map between 0.02mi
(25m) and 0.75mi (100m). With other scale ranges, you cannot to set the Area to Avoid.