Kenwood DNX6980, DNX5180, DNX6180, DNX6040EX, DNX9980HD User Manual 2

GPS NAVIGATION SYSTEM
SYSTEME DE NAVIGATION GPS
SISTEMA DE NAVEGACIÓN GPS

DNX9980HD
DNX7180
DNX6980
DNX6180
DNX6040EX
DNX5180

GPS NAVIGATION
INSTRUCTION MANUAL

MANUEL D'INSTRUCTIONS
DE NAVIGATION DU GPS

MANUAL DE
INSTRUCCIONES DE
NAVEGACIÓN GPS

© B64-4843-08

Contents

End-User License Agreements 4

Find It and Go! 10

Finding a Restaurant 10
Following Your Route 11
Adding a Via Point 11
Taking a Detour 11
Stopping the Route 11

Where To? 12

Searching Near Another Location 12
Go! Page Options 12
Finding an Address 12
Finding a Place by Spelling the Name 13
Using the On-Screen Keyboard 13
Finding Places in a Different Area 13
Narrowing Your Search 13

Favorites 14

Saving Places You Find 14
Saving Your Current Location 14
Setting a Home Location 14
Viewing Saved Places 15
Editing Saved Places 15
Deleting a Favorite 15

Getting Started 9

Using the Navigation System 9
Help When You Need It 9

The Main Pages 16

Viewing the Map Page 16
Trip Computer 16
Resetting Trip Information 16
Turn List Page 17
Next Turn Page 17
About Junction View 17
GPS Info Page 17

Creating and Editing Routes 18

Creating a New Custom Route 18
Editing Custom Routes 18
Saving and Modifying the Active Route 18
Navigating a Saved Route 18
Deleting All Saved Routes 18
Stopping Your Route 18
Adding a Detour to a Route 19
Using Multiple Route Preview 19

Using ecoRoute™ 20

About ecoRoute 20
Creating a Vehicle Profile 20
Resetting Your Vehicle Profile 20
Calibrating Fuel Economy 20
Taking the ecoChallenge 20
About ecoChallenge Scores 20
Hiding Your ecoChallenge Score 21
Resetting Your Score 21
Viewing Your Fuel Economy 21
About the Mileage Report 21
Viewing a Mileage Report 21
Exporting a Mileage Report 21
Diagnostics (ecoRoute HD) 22
Clearing Error Codes (ecoRoute HD) 22
Gauges (ecoRoute HD) 22
Changing the Gauges (ecoRoute HD) 22
Setting Routes that Use Less Fuel 22

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Using Speech Recognition
(DNX9980HD) 23

Voice Commands 23
Search Methods 23
Speaking Text on the Screen 23
Speaking Shortcut Commands 23
Find Nearest Shortcut Command 23
Speaking the Name of a Popular Place 24
Speaking an Address 24

Customizing the Settings 26

Customizing the Navigation System 26
Changing the System Settings 26
Changing the Map Settings 26
Changing the Navigation Settings 26
Adjusting the Display Settings 26
Route Preferences 26
Updating the Time Settings 27
Setting the Languages 27
Adding Security 27

Traffic Information 25

Understanding FM TMC Traffic 25
Traffic in Your Area 25
Traffic on Your Route 25
Viewing the Traffic Map 25
Viewing Traffic Delays 25

Appendix 28

Updating the Software 28
Updating the Map Data 28
Custom POIs (Points of Interest) 29
Finding Custom POIs 29
Deleting Custom POIs 29
Saving Trip Logs 29

Icons Used in This Manual

Important precautions are described to prevent injuries and potentially dangerous situations.

Special instructions, supplementary explanations, limitations, and reference pages are described.

Manual Conventions

When you are instructed to “touch” something, use your finger to touch an item on the screen.

The small arrows (>) used in the text indicate that you should touch a series of items. For
example, if you see “touch Where To? > Favorites” you should touch Where To?, and then touch
Favorites.

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End-User License Agreements

Software License Agreement

BY USING THE DNX9980HD / DNX7180 / DNX6980
/ DNX6180 / DNX6040EX / DNX5180, YOU AGREE
TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF
THE FOLLOWING SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT.
PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY.

Garmin grants you a limited license to use the
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Traffic Service End-user Subscriber
Agreement

The Traffic Service Provider holds the rights to
the traffic incident data and RDS/TMC network
through which it is delivered. You may not modify,
copy, scan, or use any other method to reproduce,
duplicate, republish, transmit, or distribute in any
way any portion of traffic incident data. You agree
to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Traffic
Service Provider (and its affiliates) and Garmin Ltd.
(and its subsidiaries) against any and all claims,
damages, costs, or other expenses that arise
directly or indirectly out of (a) your unauthorized
use of the traffic incident data or the RDS/TMC
network, (b) your violation of this End User
Subscriber Agreement and/or (c) any unauthorized
or unlawful activities by you in connection
herewith.

The Traffic Service Data is informational only. You
assume all risk of use. The Traffic Service Provider,
Garmin Ltd. (and its subsidiaries), and their
suppliers make no representations about content,
traffic and road conditions, route usability, or speed.

Garmin and its Traffic Service Provider(s) make no
warranty of fitness or compatibility of the traffic
data with the Garmin product and no warranty that
the traffic data will operate properly as integrated
and interfaced with the Garmin product. In
addition, Garmin and its Traffic Service Provider(s)
make no warranty with regard to the reliability,
accuracy, exhaustiveness and completeness of
the traffic data, which may contain inaccuracies
and/or errors from time to time. To the maximum
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the traffic data are hereby expressly waived and
excluded, including, but not limited to, those of
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accuracy or completeness of the traffic data, and/or
a lack of viruses.

Garmin and its Traffic Service Provider(s) disclaim
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from use of or inability to use the Garmin product
and traffic data as a result of weather difficulties,
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of the traffic data. In no event shall Garmin or
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any other party for any compensatory, indirect,
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(including, without limitation, indirect, direct,
special, punitive, or exemplary damages for loss
of business, loss of profits, business interruption,
or loss of business information) arising out of the

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use of or inability to use the Garmin product or the
traffic data, even if Garmin has been advised of the
possibility of such damages.

If you purchase or your Garmin product is pre­loaded with “lifetime” or “one-time” traffic, you will
receive traffic data for one (1) compatible Garmin
product until your product’s useful life expires
or Garmin no longer receives traffic data from its
Traffic Service Provider. Your traffic subscription
may not be transferred to another person or
another Garmin product. Garmin may terminate
this Agreement for any reason, including, but not
limited to, if Garmin finds that you have violated
any of the terms of this Agreement or the contract
between Garmin and its Traffic Service Provider
terminates.

Getting Started

The first time you use your Kenwood Navigation System, you need to set up your system. The Help menu
provides additional information.

WARNING

See "Safety Precautions and Important
Information" in the Quick Start Guide for
product warnings and other important
information.

⁄

• The screen shots shown in this manual may not exactly
match the screens on your navigation system. The
images used in this manual are intended for reference
only.

Using the Navigation System

For complete audio system information, see the
other Kenwood system manuals.

DNX9980HD

➊

➋

➌

Touch to access the navigation system.

➊

Touch to set up the navigation system.

➋
➌

When navigating, this displays Kenwood

audio. When using audio, this displays
navigation information.

Help When You Need It

Touch Tools > Help to get more information
about using your navigation system. Touch a
category to view information about a topic.

1 Touch Tools > Help.

2 To search the Help topics for a keyword,

touch Search.

⁄

• The hands-free phone feature is only available if your
mobile phone has Bluetooth® wireless technology and
has been paired to the navigation system. See the other
Kenwood manuals and your phone manual for setup and
pairing instructions.

• DNX5180 does not have Bluetooth functionality.

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Find It and Go!

The Where To? page provides several different categories for you to use when searching for addresses,
cities, and other locations. The detailed map loaded in your navigation system contains millions of points of
interest, such as restaurants, hotels, and auto services.

Finding a Restaurant

1 Touch Where To?.

2 Select a category.

3 Select a subcategory.

5 Select a place.

6 Select Press for More to see the Review

page.

7 Touch Go!.

4 Select a type.

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Following Your Route

As you travel, your navigation system guides you
to your destination with voice prompts, arrows
on the map, and directions at the top of the
map. The upper-left corner indicates the distance
to your next maneuver. If you depart from the
original route, your navigation system recalculates
the route and provides new directions.

Your route is marked with a highlighted line.

Follow the arrows.

Adding a Via Point

You can add a stop (Via Point) to your route. The
navigation system gives you directions to the
stop and to your final destination.

1 With a route active, touch

Where To?.

2 Search for the extra stop.

3 Touch Go!.

4 Touch Add As a Via Point to add this stop

before your destination.

If you want to add more than one stop to the
route, edit the current route. See page 18.

(back icon) >

Taking a Detour

If a road on your route is closed, you can take a
detour.

1 With a route active, touch .

2 Touch Detour.

The navigation system attempts to get you back
on your original route as quickly as possible. If
the route you are currently taking is the only
reasonable option, the navigation system might
not calculate a detour.

A checkered flag marks your destination.

⁄

• 3D buildings may appear in some areas on the map
(DNX9980HD only).

Stopping the Route

1 With a route active, touch .

2 Touch Stop.

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Where To?

The Where To? page provides several different categories you can use to search for locations.

➎

Searching Near Another Location

Your navigation system automatically searches for
places near your current location.

1 Touch Where To? > Near.

2 Select an option:

• Where I Am Now—search near your current location.

• A Different City—search near the city you enter.

• A Recent Destination—search near a recent

destination.

• A Favorite Destination—search near a favorite

destination.

• My Current Route—search along your route.

• My Destination—search near your current destination.

3 Touch OK.

Go! Page Options

Touch an item in the search results list to view the
Go! page.

➊

➋
➌

➎

➏
➐

➍

Touch to call this location, if a mobile

➊

phone with Bluetooth wireless technology
is connected.

Touch to save this location to your Favorites.

➋

Touch to create a turn-by-turn route to this

➌

location.

Touch to return to the previous page.

➍

⁄

• DNX5180 does not have Bluetooth functionality.

Touch to view more information about the

location.

Touch to switch between a 3D

➏

(three-dimensional) map and a 2D (two­dimensional) map.

➐

Touch to rotate the viewing angle in

3D view.

Finding an Address

The steps to find an address can vary depending
on the maps that are loaded on your navigation
system. Not all map data provides postal-code
searching.

1 Touch Where To? > Address.

2 Touch Change State/Country, if necessary.

3 Touch Search All.

OR

Touch Spell City. Enter the city using the

keyboard, and touch Done. Select the city.

4 Enter the number of the address, and

touch Done.

5 Enter the street name, and touch Done.

6 Select the correct street in the list, if

necessary.

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7 Touch the address, if necessary.

Finding a Place by Spelling the Name

If you know the name of the location you are
looking for, you can spell it using the on-screen
keyboard. You can also enter letters contained in
the name to narrow the search.

1 Touch Where To? > Points of Interest >

Spell Name.

2 Using the on-screen keyboard, enter

letters in the name.

3 Touch Done.

Using the On-Screen Keyboard

When an on-screen keyboard appears, touch a
letter or a number to enter it.

• Touch to add a space.

• Touch

• Touch

• Touch

• Touch Mode to change the keyboard language mode.

• Touch &?% to enter special characters.

and to move the cursor.
to delete the character, or touch and hold to

delete the entire entry.

to select words you have recently typed and

selected.

Finding Places in a Different Area

You can search for locations in a different area,
such as a different city or near your destination.

1 From the subcategories list, touch Near.

2 Select one of the search options.

Narrowing Your Search

To narrow your search, you can search near a
different city.

1 Touch Where To? > Near.

2 Touch A Different City.

3 Enter part of the name, and touch Done.

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Favorites

You can save all of your favorite places in Favorites. You can also save your home location in Favorites.

Saving Places You Find

1 After you have found a place you want to

save, touch Save on the Go! page.

2 Touch OK. The place is saved in Favorites.

Saving Your Current Location

1 Touch View Map.

2 Touch the vehicle icon

3 Touch Save Location.

.

Setting a Home Location

You can set a Home Location for the place you
return to most often.

1 Touch Where To? > Go Home.

2 Select an option.

• Enter My Address—enter an address for the location

using the on-screen keyboard.

• Use My current location—set your current location as

your Home Location.

• Choose from Recently Found—select a location from

your recently found locations.

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After you set your Home Location, touch Where

To? > Go Home.

Viewing Saved Places

1 Touch Where To?.

2 Touch Favorites.

3 Touch a category.

Editing Saved Places

1 Touch Where To? > Favorites.

2 Touch the location you want to edit.

3 Touch Press for More.

4 Touch Edit.

5 Touch the item you want to edit.

• Change Name—enter a new name for the location
using the on-screen keyboard.

• Change Map Symbol—touch a new symbol.

• Change Phone Number—enter a phone number.

• Change Categories—create or change the category in
which this location is saved.

Deleting a Favorite

1 Touch Tools > My Data.

2 Touch Delete Favorite(s).

3 Select the Favorite to delete.

4 Touch Delete.

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The Main Pages

This section provides details about the Map page, the Trip Computer, the Turn List, Lane assist, and the GPS
Info page.

Viewing the Map Page

Touch View Map to open the map. Touch an
area of the map to see additional information,
as shown below. The vehicle icon shows your
current location.

➋

➊

➌
➍

➏ ➐➎

➊ Distance to the next turn. Touch to view

and hear next turn details. Lane assistance
also displays in this area.

➋ While navigating a route, touch the text bar

to open the Turn List. See page 17.

➌ Touch to zoom in.
➍ Touch to zoom out.
➎ Touch to change the data field.
➏ Touch to view the Where Am I? page.
➐ Touch the Speed data field to open the Trip

Computer.

⁄

• A speed limit icon may appear as you travel on major
roadways. This icon displays the current speed limit of the
roadway.

Trip Computer

The Trip Computer displays your current speed
and provides helpful statistics about your trip. To
view the Trip Computer, touch the Speed field on
the Map page.

Resetting Trip Information

If you want current and up-to-date trip
information, reset the trip information before
beginning a trip.

From the Trip Computer, touch Reset to

reset the information.

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Turn List Page

When you are navigating a route, the Turn List
page displays turn-by-turn instructions for your
entire route and the distance between turns.
Touch the text bar on the top of the Map page to
view the Turn List page. Touch a turn on the list
to view the Next Turn page for that turn. Touch

Show Map to view the entire route on the map.

Next Turn Page

When you are navigating a route, the Next Turn
page shows the turn on the map and the distance
and time left before you reach the turn. To view
an upcoming turn on the map, touch the upper­left corner of the Map page, or touch any turn on
the Turn List page.

About Junction View

When available, the Lane Assist page may
display a view of the upcoming junction and
in which lane you should be driving. You must
be navigating a route before you can view the
junction.

⁄

• You can also view junctions from the Turn List page.

• The Lane Assist page with Junction View is available on
the DNX9980HD, DNX7180, and DNX6980.

GPS Info Page

From the Nav Menu page, touch in the
upper left corner to view the GPS Info page.

➊

➋

➊ Sky view
➋ Satellite signal-strength bars

The sky view shows the satellites you are
receiving. The satellite signal-strength bars
indicate the strength of each satellite you are
receiving. A solid bar indicates that the GPS
satellite is ready for use.

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Creating and Editing Routes

This section describes how to create and customize your routes.

Creating a New Custom Route

1 Touch Where To? (or Tools) > Routes > New.

2 Touch Add New Start Point.

3 Find a location for your starting point, and

touch Select.

4 Touch Add New End Point.

5 Find a location for your ending point, and

touch Select.

6 Touch + to add another location to your

route. Touch – to remove a location.

7 Touch Next to calculate your route and

view it on the map. Touch Save to save
your changes.

Editing Custom Routes

1 Touch Where To? (or Tools) > Routes.

2 Select the route you want to edit.

3 Touch Edit.

4 Touch the item to edit.

• Change Name—enter a new name.

• Add or Remove Points—add or remove points from

the route.

• Manually Reorder Points—change the order of points

along your route.

• Optimally Reorder Points—automatically order the

points.

• Recalculate—recalculate the route.

• Delete—remove this route.

Your changes are saved automatically when you
exit any of the route edit pages.

Saving and Modifying the Active Route

1 Touch Where To? (or Tools) > Routes.

2 Touch Active Route.

3 Touch Add or Remove Points.

4 Add, remove, or reorder the points.

5 Touch Next.

6 Touch Save.

Navigating a Saved Route

1 From the Main page, touch Where To? (or

Tools) > Routes.

2 Touch the route you want to navigate, and

touch Go!.

Deleting All Saved Routes

Touch Tools > My Data > Delete Selected

Route(s) > Select All > Delete.

Stopping Your Route

With a route active, touch > Stop.

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Adding a Detour to a Route

If a road on your route is closed or congested
with traffic, you can take a detour.

1 With a route active on the Main Map,

touch

2 Touch Detour.

The navigation system attempts to get you back
on your original route as quickly as possible. If
the route you are currently taking is the only
reasonable option, the navigation system might
not calculate a detour.

.

Using Multiple Route Preview

⁄

• See page 26 to enable multiple route preview with Route
Preferences.

• Multiple Route Preview is not available on the
DNX9980HD.

1 Select a point of interest (page 10).

A map appears with Faster Time, Shorter

Distance, and Less Fuel routes highlighted.

2 Select a route, and touch Go!.

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Using ecoRoute™

The ecoRoute feature calculates your vehicle fuel economy, carbon footprint, and the fuel price of
navigating to a destination, and offers tools for improving fuel efficiency. Using a wireless data connection,
the optional ecoRoute HD accessory sends data from your vehicle to your navigation system. The DNX
5 / 6 / 7 series cannot connect with ecoRoute HD.

About ecoRoute

The data provided by the ecoRoute feature is
only an estimate. The data is not actually read
from your vehicle. To receive more-accurate
fuel reports for your specific vehicle and driving
habits, calibrate the fuel economy.

⁄

• The optional ecoRoute HD accessory collects data from
your vehicle.

Creating a Vehicle Profile

The vehicle profile provides a basis for ecoRoute
to calculate your vehicle fuel economy.

1 Touch Tools > ecoRoute.

2 Enter the required information, and touch

Next.

3 Touch Done.

Resetting Your Vehicle Profile

1 Touch Tools > ecoRoute > Vehicle Profile.

2 Touch Reset.

Calibrating Fuel Economy

Use this feature when you refuel to maintain an
accurate fuel economy.

1 Touch Tools > ecoRoute > At the Pump.

4 Enter the distance you have traveled since

the last fill up.

5 Touch Next.

Taking the ecoChallenge

The ecoChallenge helps you maximize your fuel
economy by scoring your driving habits. The
higher your ecoChallenge scores, the more fuel
you save. The ecoChallenge collects data and
calculates a score whenever you are moving.

The ecoChallenge
score on the map.

Touch Tools > ecoRoute > ecoChallenge.

icon displays your current

⁄

• To view detailed ecoChallenge scores, touch the icon.
The leaf color on the driving challenge icon changes

depending on your performance in the challenge.

About ecoChallenge Scores

• Overall—a combination of the speed, acceleration, and

braking score.

• Speed—gain points for driving at your vehicle optimal

speed for conserving fuel (45–60 mph for most vehicles).

• Acceleration—gain points for smooth acceleration; lose

points for rapid acceleration.

• Braking—gain points for smooth braking; lose points for

hard braking.

• Fuel Economy—ecoRoute HD compares your current

fuel economy with the highest fuel economy recorded
for your vehicle. Gain points for driving at the optimal
fuel economy for your vehicle.

2 Enter the current fuel price.

3 Enter how much fuel your vehicle has used

since the last fill up.

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Hiding Your ecoChallenge Score

1 Touch Tools > ecoRoute > ecoChallenge.

2 Touch Settings > Hide.

3 Touch OK.

Resetting Your Score

You can restart your current ecoChallenge.

While viewing the current ecoChallenge

details, touch Reset > Yes.

Viewing Your Fuel Economy

1 Touch Tools > ecoRoute > Fuel Economy.

The graph along the bottom shows your

average fuel economy for a period of
driving time.

2 Touch a section of the graph to zoom in.

3 Touch Reset to clear the fuel economy

data.

Viewing a Mileage Report

You can view the 20 most-recent mileage reports.

1 Touch Tools > ecoRoute > Mileage Report.

2 Select a report.

• To reset all report data, touch Reset.

Exporting a Mileage Report

⁄

• The DNX9980HD cannot save mileage reports.

1 Connect a USB mass storage device to your

Kenwood unit.

2 Touch Tools > ecoRoute > Mileage Report.

3 Touch Export to export and save the

reports to the USB mass storage device.

About the Mileage Report

A mileage report tracks the distance, the time,
the average fuel economy, and the fuel cost of
navigating to a destination.

A mileage report is created for every route that
you drive. If you stop a route on the device, a
mileage report is created for the distance you
traveled.

Mileage reports are created automatically when
you stop or complete routes.

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Using ecoRoute

Diagnostics (ecoRoute HD)

When your ecoRoute HD is connected, it can
detect select diagnostic trouble codes (DTC)
related to your vehicle's emissions system, if the
on-board diagnostic system detects a fault.

1 Touch Tools > ecoRoute > Diagnostics.

2 Touch an error code to view its meaning.

⁄

• Consult your vehicle repair technician for additional
details for DTC reported by the system.

Clearing Error Codes (ecoRoute HD)

Touch Tools > ecoRoute > Diagnostics > Reset
to clear error codes noted by the system.

⁄

• Not all vehicles will allow you to reset error codes.

• Clearing error codes without repairing the source of the
erro may result in a return of the check engine light.
Consult your vehicle repair technician for additional
details.

Gauges (ecoRoute HD)

View real-time information about your vehicle,
such as RPM and battery voltage.

Changing the Gauges (ecoRoute HD)

You can change the data displayed in the gauges.

1 Touch Tools > ecoRoute > Gauges.

2 Touch the gauge you want to change.

3 Touch a data type.

Setting Routes that Use Less Fuel

1 Touch Settings > Navigation > Route

Preference.

2 Select Less Fuel.

Touch Tools > ecoRoute > Gauges.

⁄

• The information displayed on the gauges page is
collected from your vehicle. Garmin is not responsible for
the content displayed on the gauges page. The gauges
that are displayed may vary by vehicle.

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Using Speech Recognition (DNX9980HD)

Use the speech recognition feature to speak to your navigation system to find destinations, select options,
and perform other functions.

Voice Commands

1 Press the Talk button on the unit.

2 Wait for the

appear in the upper-right corner of the
screen.

3 Speak a command.

green speak icon to

⁄

• The speech recognition feature does not work for all
languages in all areas.

Search Methods

Speech recognition uses four search methods:

• Speak any text on the screen

• Speak shortcut commands

• Speak the name of a popular place

• Speak an address

Speaking Text on the Screen

1 Speak any word on the screen. For

example, from the Tools menu, you can
speak Routes or Page Down.

2 Listen for the voice prompt before

speaking your next command.

Shortcut Commands

Cancel Route Go Home
Detour Help
Find Address Stop Listening
Find City Tools Menu
Find Favorite Trip Computer
Find Place by
Category
Find Place by Name Where Am I?
Find Recently Found Where To?

You can also say Find Nearest to search a
location category. Location categories are points
of interest categories contained in the navigation
system. The Find Nearest command only works
from the Nav Menu page, the Where To? page,
and the Map page.

View Map

Find Nearest Shortcut Command

1 Press the Talk button on the unit.

2 Speak Find Nearest followed by a point

of interest category, such as Italian

Restaurant.

Speaking Shortcut Commands

1 Speak any shortcut command from the

Shortcut Commands list. You can use
shortcut commands from any screen.

2 Listen for the voice prompt before

speaking your next command.

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Using Speech Recognition (DNX9980HD)

Speaking the Name of a Popular Place

1 Speak Find Place by Name from any

screen.

“Find Place by Name”

2 Listen for the voice prompt, and speak the

name of the place. The navigation system
repeats the name of the place as it is
searching.

“Starbucks”

3 A list of places appears. Speak the line

number of the place you want.

4 Speak Yes to navigate to the place, or

speak No to go back to the list of found
places.

“Yes”

Speaking an Address

1 Speak Find Address from any screen.

2 Respond to the prompts to speak or spell

the city name, the house number, and the
street.

3 Listen for the voice prompt, and speak the

name of the place. The navigation system
repeats the name of the place as it is
searching. A list of places appears.

4 Speak the line number of the place you

want.

5 Speak Yes to navigate to the place, or

speak No to go back to the list of found
places.

“Line 1”

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“Yes”

Traffic Information

Using the built-in FM traffic receiver, the navigation system can receive and use traffic information. When
a traffic message is received, you can see the event on the map and change your route to avoid the traffic
incident. The DNX5180 does not have an FM traffic receiver. Traffic information is not available in all areas.

Understanding FM TMC Traffic

FM TMC traffic receivers receive traffic information
that is broadcast over the FM Radio Data System.
The FM TMC subscription activates automatically
after your navigation system acquires satellite
signals while receiving traffic signals from the
service provider. You can add other FM TMC
subscriptions at any time. Check the Garmin
Web site at www.garmin.com/kenwood for other
available services.

Traffic in Your Area

When you are receiving traffic information, a
traffic icon appears in the upper-left corner of
the Map page. The traffic icon changes color to
indicate the severity of traffic conditions on your
route or on the road you are currently traveling.

Color Description Meaning

Green Low severity Traffic is flowing

normally.

Yellow Medium

severity

Red High severity Traffic is heavily

Gray No data Traffic data has

Traffic is slightly
congested.

congested or
stopped.

not updated.

If a non-severe traffic delay occurs on your route,
the traffic icon shows how much time the delay
has added to your route. This time is already
included in your estimated arrival time.

To manually avoid traffic on your route:

1 On the Map page, touch the traffic icon.

2 Touch Traffic On Route.

3 Touch the arrows to view other traffic

delays on your route, if necessary.

4 Touch Avoid to avoid the traffic delay.

Viewing the Traffic Map

The traffic map shows color-coded traffic flow
and delays on nearby roads.

1 On the Map page, touch the traffic icon.

2 Touch Show Traffic Map to view the traffic

incidents on a map.

⁄

• To return to the normal map from the traffic map, touch

the traffic icon, and touch Show Normal Map.

Viewing Traffic Delays

Traffic on Your Route

When calculating your route, the navigation
system examines the current traffic and
automatically optimizes the route for the shortest
time. If a severe traffic delay occurs on your
route while you are navigating, the navigation
system automatically recalculates the route. You
might still be routed through traffic if no better
alternative routes exist.

1 On the Map page, touch the traffic icon.

2 Touch Traffic Search to view a list of traffic

delays.

3 Touch an item in the list to view the delay

on a map and details about the delay. If
there is more than one delay, touch the
arrows to view the additional delays.

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Customizing the Settings

You can customize the settings of your GPS navigation system.

Customizing the Navigation System

1 Touch Settings.

2 Touch the setting you want to change.

3 Touch the button below the setting name

to change it.

Changing the System Settings

Touch Settings > System.

• GPS Simulator—enable the simulator to turn off the

GPS mode and simulate navigation.

• Units—change the units of measure.

• Keyboard Layout—select keyboard layout.

• About—display the software version number, the unit

number, and the unit ID number.

• Restore—restore the original system settings.

Changing the Map Settings

Touch Settings > Map.

• Map Detail—adjust the amount of detail shown on the

map. More detail may cause the map to redraw slower.

• Map View—select a map perspective.

• Vehicle—touch Change to change the icon used to

display your position on the map. Touch the icon you
want to use, and touch OK.

• Trip Log—show or hide the log of your travels. To clear
your trip log, touch Tools > My Data > Clear Trip Log.
See page 29 to save trip logs.

• Map Data Layout—changes the layout of the main
map.

• Map Info—view the maps loaded on your navigation
system and their version. Touch a map to enable (check
mark) or disable (no check mark) that map.

• Restore—restore the original map settings.

Changing the Navigation Settings

Touch Settings > Navigation.

• Route Preference—select a preference for calculating

your route.

• Avoidances—select the road types you want to avoid or

you would prefer to use on your routes.

• Restore—restore the original navigation settings.

• Voice Prompts—turn voice prompts on or off.

Adjusting the Display Settings

Touch Settings > Display.

• Color Mode—select Day for a light background, Night
for a dark background, or Auto to automatically switch
between the two.

• Restore—restore the original display settings.

Route Preferences

From the main menu, touch Settings >
Navigation > Route Preference.

The route calculation is based on road speeds and
vehicle acceleration data for a given route.

• Faster Time—calculates routes that are faster to drive
but can be longer in distance.

• Shorter Distance—calculates routes that are shorter in
distance but can take more time to drive.

• Less Fuel—calculates routes that could use less fuel
than other routes.

• Prompted—prompts you to select a route calculation
mode before navigating (multiple route preview, see 19).

• Off Road—calculates a direct line from your location to
your destination.

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Updating the Time Settings

Touch Settings > Time.

• Time Format—select a 12-hour, 24-hour, or UTC time

format.

• Current Time—select Automatic to update the time

automatically. When Automatic is not selected, you can
adjust the time in 15-minute increments.

• Restore—restore the original time settings.

Setting the Languages

Touch Settings > Language.

• Voice Language—select a voice.

• Keyboard—select the keyboard for your language. You

can also change the keyboard language mode from any
keyboard by touching the Mode button.

• Recognition Prompt—turn speech recognition

prompts on or off.

• Restore—restore the original languages.

Adding Security

Touch Settings > Security.

• Safe Mode—turn safe mode on or off. When your

vehicle is moving, safe mode disables all functions that
require significant operator attention and could become
a distraction while driving.

• Restore—restore the original security settings.

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Appendix

This appendix provides additional information about your navigation system, such as how to update the
software and map data.

Updating the Software

To update the navigation system software, you
must have a USB mass storage device and an
Internet connection.

⁄

• The DNX9980HD uses an SD card for data storage.

1 Go to www.garmin.com/Kenwood.

2 Find your model and select Software

Updates > Download.

3 Read and accept the terms of the Software

License Agreement.

4 Follow the instructions on the Web site to

complete the installation of the software
update.

Updating the Map Data

You can purchase updated map data from Garmin
or ask your Kenwood dealer or Kenwood service
center for details.

1 Go to www.garmin.com/Kenwood.

2 Select Order Map Updates for your

Kenwood unit.

3 Follow the Web site instructions to update

your map.

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Custom POIs (Points of Interest)

You can manually load custom points of interest
(POI) databases, available from various companies
on the Internet. Some custom POI databases
contain alert information for points such as safety
cameras and school zones. The navigation system
can notify you when you approach one of these
points. You are responsible for ensuring that your
use of safety camera information is lawful in your
area.

NOTICE

Garmin is not responsible for the consequences of
using the safety camera database or other custom
POI databases, or for the accuracy of the safety
camera or other custom POI database.

After downloading your POI database, use the
Garmin POI Loader to install the POIs onto a
USB mass storage device. Use the USB mass
storage device to load the POIs. The POI Loader is
available at www.garmin.com/products

/poiloader. Refer to the POI Loader Help file for

more information; click Help to open the Help
file.

⁄

• The DNX9980HD uses an SD card for mass storage and
loading custom POIs.

• Each time you load custom POIs to the navigation
system, any other custom POIs already saved in the
system will be overwritten.

Finding Custom POIs

To view a list of the custom POIs loaded in your
navigation system, touch Where To? > Extras >

Custom POIs.

Deleting Custom POIs

To delete all custom POIs from your navigation
system, touch Tools > My Data > Delete Custom

POI(s). Touch Yes to confirm.

Saving Trip Logs

Trip logs are recorded while you navigate a route.

⁄

• Trip log data is saved as a .gpx file.

• Saving trip logs is not available on the DNX9980HD.

1 Connect a USB mass storage device to your

Kenwood unit.

2 Touch Tools > My Data > Manage Trip Logs.

3 Select a trip log segment, or View All

Segments.

4 Select Share to export to the USB mass

storage device.

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