NAV route planning question

Simply switch to the destination region and put in the address. It'll give you directions the entire route without you having to do anything else.

The NAV computer only uses the region setting when searching for the address. if i put in "cleveland ave", it would pop up with dozens, maybe even hundreds across the nation... limit it to a region, and it's more like 10. the same thing goes when typing in the city for the search area - there are a ton of cities across the country with the same name - it wouldn't surprise me if there was a "Columbus" or "Washington" in every state. Limit it by area, and it's a lot easier to find the one you want.

Calculating the route from region A to region B can happen even if you set it in region C.

I used it when coming from Ohio to Minnesota, so i can promise that it works.

 

Howdy galaxee

Not sure I can give you a definitive response, but I can give a partial...

On a trip between Texas and Arkansas (different NAV areas), I was able to use the "Go Home" command while I was in Arkansas successfully while my system was logged in to the Texas area. Although I did not use the MENU to chage areas, my 2004 NAV system did show all the streets and highways in both areas.

I believe setting "Home" [or any location] actually records the Latitude and Longitude to mark that location. I suspect that you would need to switch "areas" if you wanted your NAV system to search for and mark a specific address though. If I wanted my NAV system to locate and mark a specific address in another area, I would switch to that area and do the search. Once done, then I believe I would instruct NAV to take me there from wherever I was.

Hope this did not confuse the issue for you.

THANKS for your continuing support of PriusChat and particularly for your informative responses. Helps to have a "DOCTOR'S WIFE" [Doctor = Technician] in the group.

 

Just to give an example of having to change regions for searching, when I installed Coastal's NAV override (the original version) it worked fine UNTIL I tried to locate an address. It said it didn't exist, not even the street. I ended up having to use a Thomas Guide to find a street that's been around for decades. :blink: What was really sad was that when I was actually on the street the name popped right up.

Later on I discovered that when the NAV system rebooted after the installation, the region had changed to Florida. After I changed it back to California it worked correctly.

I have some friends who live in another region, so I made a change when I set them up. Now that they're in the system I don't have to worry about changing the region.