Specify destination with free text searching

A destination can be set in different ways - with free text searching, for example, a search can be made using phone numbers, postcodes, streets, cities, coordinates and points of interest (Point of Interest - POI).

The on-screen keyboard can be used to type most characters and to search for destinations. For a description, see the section "Using the keyboard in the centre display".

P5-1507-Navi-Symbol Set dest.
Tap on Set dest., at the bottom of the screen.
The map image changes to searching by address
Press P5–1507–Symbol-Magnifying glas.
P5-1617-Navi-Set dest-Free text search
Enter the search terms.
Search hits are shown while characters are being entered.

If the search gives the desired result - tap on a search hit to show its information card and select to continue to use the search hit.

If the search gives too may results - tap on Filter search and select position to search around, and then select to continue to use the search hit:

  • Around car
  • Around destination
  • Along route
  • Around point on map

Coordinates

A destination can also be specified with map coordinates.

  • Type, for example, “N 58.1234 E 12.5678” and tap Search.
The points of the compass N, E, S and W can be entered in different ways, e.g. in accordance with the following:
N 58,1234   E 12,5678 (with spaces)
N58,1234   E12,5678 (without spaces)
58,1234N   12,5678E (with the point of the compass after the coordinate)
58,1234-12,5678 (with hyphen without point of the compass)

You can use a comma [] instead of a full stop [.] if you prefer.

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