If you have it, or can make one, I'd be most appreciative. I'll be picking up a new HCH sometime in January, out of state, and wanna know how to use it to get back home. Post it or PM me. Thanks.

 

I looked around for a PDF version of the manuals while I was waiting, but never found them. You can order printed copies online ($29 for the NAV) if you really want to here:
http://www.helminc.com/helm/shopchec...R40XBAHMS7DQ3L

 

Put the tranny in "D" and push on the pedal to the right


It works just like a regular civic, just a little less costly long-term

 

Appearantly, you missed something. Your instructions won't help a bit with the NAVIGATION system.

 

Pretty funny nimbus2k.

 

Right. Take Lassie with you. She knows the way home.

 

I'm curious how well it works myself. I've been with other folks on two occasions where their NAV system were less than helpful. In both cases they relied on the NAV (no maps). First time,it was on the way to the "Tail of the Dragon" in TN/NC, from PA. I knew the way but followed after we left the route I knew to take until he gave up in a parking lot a few miles from where we should have been. I led us back to the route and the rest of the way. The 2nd time was a trip from NJ back to PA - we were going to take a different route on the return trip. But they messed up somehow with either reading the NAV or feeding it the route - but we ended up dozens of miles away from the intended route before they realized we weren't where we should be.
My point is simply this: print or buy a map of your route before you make the trip, review it so you know approximately what roads to take, how many miles from each turn or road to the next, etc. IF the NAV takes over and gets you from point A to point B with no errors - great. If you get pointed to or end up on a dirt road in "Timbukto" and the NAV can't get you turned around - get the maps out.
All that said - has anyone here had experience with the voice commands and response and accuracy of a Honda OEM NAV system? I believe I'd prefer to invest in an after-market unit that I use in our van or any other vehicle I might drive (particularly if it will work in Europe).

 

What??? Timmy's stuck in the well???? GOOD GIRL!!!!

 

I don't know about the nav manual but i use mine all the time. Voice commands work great it hasn't let me down in CA or NV. sometimes i know of better routes to take but i have tried the one the nav says and it got me there in good time too.

 

I agree that you shouldn't follow the NAV's route guidance blindly. The Honda NAV is not just route guidance though, it also has all the maps you need at various levels of detail. You can skip the route guidance alltogether and just use the maps, zooming in and scrolling around as necessary, just as you would with a paper map. Best of all is to use a combination; let the NAV do route guidance, but keep your eye on the map that the route is overlayed onto and make sure it makes sense.

So far, I've found the Honda NAV to be very useful and accurate.