Using pois to plan a route – Sony XAV-701HD User Manual

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The POI is created and saved in the selected category.

Using POIs to plan a route

When you plan a route, you can use a POI for the destination.

The following example shows how to plan a route to a parking lot in a city:
1. Tap Navigate to... in the Main menu.
2. Tap Point of Interest.
3. Tap POI in city.

Tip

: The last POI you viewed on your navigation module is also shown in the menu.

4. Enter the name of the town or city and select it when it is shown in the list.
5. Tap the arrow button to expand the list of POI categories.

Tip

: If you already know the name of the POI you want to use, you can tap Search POI to

enter the name and select this location.

6. Scroll down the list and tap Parking lot.

The parking lot closest to your destination is shown at the top of the list.

The following table explains the distances shown next to each POI. How the distance is

measured varies depending on how you initially searched for the POI:
• POI near you - distance from your current location
• POI in city - distance from the city center
• POI near Home - distance from your Home location

Point of Interest

Tap this button to add a Point of Interest (POI) as a POI.

For example, if you are creating a category of POIs for your favor-

ite restaurants, use this option instead of entering the addresses of

the restaurants.

My location

Tap this button to add your current location as a POI.

For example, if you stop somewhere interesting, you can tap this

button to create a new POI at the current location.

Point on map

Tap this button to create a POI using the map browser.

Use the cursor to select the location of the POI, then tap Done.

Latitude

Longitude

Tap this button to create a POI by entering latitude and longitude

values.

Position of last

stop

Tap this button to select the location where your navigation mod-

ule was last docked.

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