BMW 7 E65 owners manual page 144

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Location Once effective GPS reception has been established, it will no longer be Display of current location possible to revise your position manually.< 1. Select "Location" and confirm. Wordmatch principle The system relies on a wordmatch principle to make it easier for you to enter the names Navigation of towns or streets. The system runs ongoing checks, comparing your destina- tion entries with the data stored on the map CD as the basis for instant response. The user benefits include: > When you make an entry that consists You can request the current location of of more than one word, the system can your BMW or view a display showing your identify the name regardless of the map location. If the navigation system is sequence in which you enter the indi- unable to identify a town or city, your cur- vidual words. rent map coordinates will appear. Example: If the navigation system recognizes the Official version: city, but not the street and intersection, you J.F. Kennedy Square can enter these manually, refer to "ABC." Possible entries: for operating instructions. The entry is Kennedy Square J.F. adopted as the current location with or: "ACCEPT". Square J.F. Kennedy "AS ADDRESS" can be used to import your > Names of specific locations can also current location into the address book; you vary from the official versions provided can also enter a name as desired. Entry of a that the spelling of the entry corre- name is mandatory for locations identified sponds to a standard form used in only by their map coordinates. another country Entering the location > When you are entering the names of We recommend that you avoid entering cities and streets the system will com- subsequent corrections of your position plete them automatically as soon as unless absolutely necessary. After trans- enough letters are available to ensure port by truck or rail, etc., the GPS receiver unambiguous identification. may require several minutes to determine Example: your current location. You can reduce the If you want to drive to Iowa Ave NW in amount of time the system requires to Washington, the system has already identi- determine your location by entering it man- fied the street name when "o" is entered ually. and displayed it in the lower half of the To enter your current location: Control Display. 1. Select "Location" and confirm > The system only accepts name entries 2. Enter the address of the current loca- beginning with letters that are stored on tion in the same way as for destination the map CD. The system will not accept input, refer to page 132. non-existent names and addresses. 142 Online Edition for Part No. 01 41 0 157 197 - © 11/02 BMW AG

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