Operating the map screen, Changing the scale of the map 38, Smart zoom 38 – Pioneer AVIC-F550BT User Manual

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An icon showing a petrol station or a restau-
rant will appear on the map during you are
driving on motorways. Touch the icon to open
the details of the next few exits or service sta-
tions.

Motorway exit services

p You can add any of them as a waypoint to

your route.

= For details, refer to Setting a route using the

“My Route” menu on page 52.

p If you want to display other types of POIs

for the exits, you can change the icons in
“Visual Guidance Settings”.

= For details, refer to Setting the visual gui-

dance on page 99.

Operating the map screen

Changing the scale of the map

You can change how much of the map is dis-
played on the screen with street names and
other text displayed in the same font size.

1

Display the map screen.

= For details of the operations, refer to Screen

switching overview on page 29.

2

Touch anywhere on the map during na-

vigation.
The map stops following the current position
and control keys appear.

3

Touch

or

to change the map scale.

p Map scaling has a limit in 3D map view

mode. If you zoom out further, the map
switches to 2D view mode.

= For details, refer to Switching the map be-

tween 2D and 3D on page 39.

4

Touch [Back] to move the map back to

follow the current GPS position.

Smart Zoom

Your navigation system features

“Smart Zoom”

that works in two ways:
! When the route is set:

When approaching a turn, it will zoom in
and raise the view angle to let you easily re-
cognise your manoeuvre at the next junc-
tion. It the next turn is at a distance, it will
zoom out and lower the view angle to be
flat so you can see the road in front of you.

! When the route is not set:

“Smart Zoom” will zoom in if you drive
slowly and zoom out when you drive at
high speed.

Switching the map orientation

You can switch how the map shows your vehi-
cle

’s direction between “Heading up” and

“North up”.

! Heading up:

The map display always shows the vehicle

’s

direction as proceeding toward the top of
the screen.

! North up:

The map display always has north at the
top of the screen.

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How to use the map

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