Pioneer K031 Multi-Media AVN Navigation Server System with BT User Manual 5
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If you have an active subscription to
MSN Direct service, you can check and
browse various information on your navigation
system, such as gas prices, movie times,
weather conditions and traffic information.
The information will be updated periodically.
IMPORTANT:
To receive MSN®Direct on an MSN Direct-
ready device, you must be within an MSN Di-
rect coverage area; see http://www.msndirect.
com/pioneer for current coverage maps. Cover-
age areas are affected by reception limitations
of the FM network as well as other factors,
which may affect the ability to receive FM
broadcasts. Coverage areas are subject to
change. Not all content is available in all cover-
age areas.
©2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights re-
served. Microsoft, MSN, and the MSN logo are
trademarks of the Microsoft group of compa-
nies.
Notice about MSN Direct
Pioneer is not responsible for the accuracy of
the MSN Direct content. The MSN Direct con-
tent may not be current or available at times,
and is subject to change without notice.
Activating the service
You have to activate MSN Direct first.
pA web-connected computer is required for
the online subscription.
pIf you have difficulty in online subscription,
please call toll-free 1-866-658-7032.
General flow chart:
1Check your product key.
You have to know your product key for the
subscription.
(Refer to Checking your product key on this
page.)
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2Make an online subscription to MSN Direct
service using your PC.
(Refer to Subscribing to the MSN Direct ser-
vice on the next page.)
j
3Activate the MSN Direct service on this pro-
duct.
(Refer to Activating the MSN Direct function
on the next page.)
j
4Activation is complete.
Checking your product key
The product key that you can find here is used
in the online subscription.
1 Touch [Destination] on the “Top Menu”,
and then touch [MSN Direct].
The “MSN Direct”screen appears.
2 Touch [Status].
3 Write your product key down in the fol-
lowing box:
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Subscribing to the MSN Direct
service
Within two days of completing the subscription,
execute Activating the MSN Direct function.
1 Access the following URL and read the
description.
http://www.msndirect.com/pioneer
2 Be sure to check the coverage area and
other availabilities of MSN Direct on the
web page.
3 Go to the page for activation and enter
your product key.
4 Follow the directions on the web page
to complete the subscription.
Activating the MSN Direct function
After the online subscription, complete the ac-
tivation so that the navigation system can re-
ceive the information.
This operation must be performed under the
following conditions:
—You are currently in the coverage area of
MSN Direct.
—The signal strength ( ) on the “MSN Di-
rect Status”screen is not weak.
1 Boot-up your navigation system.
2 Display the “Destination Menu”screen.
=For details of the operations, refer to Screen
switching overview on page 22.
3 Touch [MSN Direct].
The “MSN Direct”screen appears.
4 Touch [Status].
5 Wait until the activation status changes
to “Active”.
It may take approximately 20 or 30 minutes to
complete the activation.
After activation is complete, the information
will be available on each menu.
Browsing gas prices
Recent gas prices of nearby gas stations are
displayed in a list.
Although the MSN Direct service regularly up-
dates gas price information, the information
provided may not necessarily correspond to ac-
tual gas prices. Please refer to Notice about
MSN Direct on the previous page.
It may take up to 24 hours for all the data to be-
come available under the following conditions:
!When you use MSN Direct for the first time.
!When you have not performed this function
previously around the current area.
!After the navigation system has been
turned off for a few days.
1 Display the “Destination Menu”screen.
=For details of the operations, refer to Screen
switching overview on page 22.
2 Touch [MSN Direct].
The “MSN Direct”screen appears.
3 Touch [Gas Prices].
The “Gas Prices”screen appears.
4 Touch the desired tab to change the
sort order.
Available options:
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Browsing information on MSN Direct
!Dist. (default):
Sorts the items in the list in order by dis-
tance from the vehicle position.
!Name:
Sorts the items in the list alphabetically.
!Price:
Sorts the items in the list by price.
#Touch [Refresh].
The information is updated.
p[Refresh] appears when new gas prices in-
formation is received.
5 Touch on the item that you want to
view in detail.
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1Name:
Indicates the names of gas stations.
pIf there is no data, “Unknown”is dis-
played.
2Price:
Red: indicates gas stations whose gas
prices exceed average prices of all gas sta-
tions that are received.
Green: indicates gas stations whose gas
prices go below average prices of all gas
stations that are received.
White: indicates gas stations with average
prices of all gas stations that are received.
The information in ( ) shows how current
the information is.
pIf there is no data, “–––––”is displayed.
3Dist.:
Indicates the distance from the current lo-
cation to the gas station.
pTouching allows you to check the loca-
tion on a map.
6 Touch [OK].
Location confirmation screen appears.
=For details, refer to Setting a route to your
destination on page 41.
Browsing movie times
Nearby theaters can be displayed on a list.
Switching the screen allows you to see the
movie title now showing.
Although the MSN Direct service regularly up-
dates movie information, the information pro-
vided may not necessarily correspond to actual
movie information. Please refer to Notice
about MSN Direct on page 50.
It may take up to six hours for all the data to
become available under the following condi-
tions:
!When you use MSN Direct for the first time.
!When you have not performed this function
previously around the current area.
!After the navigation system has been
turned off for a few days.
Searching for a theater by
selecting a movie title
1 Display the “Destination Menu”screen.
=For details of the operations, refer to Screen
switching overview on page 22.
2 Touch [MSN Direct].
The “MSN Direct”screen appears.
3 Touch [Movie Times].
The “All Movie Theaters”screen appears.
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4 Touch [All Movie Titles].
The movie titles now showing are displayed.
#Touch [Refresh].
The information is updated.
p[Refresh] appears when the new informa-
tion is received.
5 Touch the desired movie title.
The theaters that are currently showing the se-
lected movie are displayed.
#Touch [Refresh].
The information is updated.
p[Refresh] appears when the new informa-
tion is received.
6 Touch the desired tab to change the
sort order.
Available options:
!Dist. (default):
Sorts the items in the list in order by dis-
tance from the vehicle position.
!Name:
Sorts the items in the list alphabetically.
7 Touch on the item that you want to
view in detail.
pTouching allows you to check the loca-
tion on a map.
8 Touch [OK].
Location confirmation screen appears.
=For details, refer to Setting a route to your
destination on page 41.
#Touch [Call].
Enables you to call the position if a telephone
number is available. (Pairing with cellular phone
featuring Bluetooth wireless technology is re-
quired.)
Searching for a movie title by
selecting a theater
1 Display the “Destination Menu”screen.
=For details of the operations, refer to Screen
switching overview on page 22.
2 Touch [MSN Direct].
The “MSN Direct”screen appears.
3 Touch [Movie Times].
The “All Movie Theaters”screen appears.
4 Touch the desired tab to change the
sort order.
Available options:
!Dist. (default):
Sorts the items in the list in order by dis-
tance from the vehicle position.
!Name:
Sorts the items in the list alphabetically.
5 Touch the desired theater.
The movie titles currently shown on the se-
lected theater are displayed.
6 Touch on the item that you want to
view in detail.
pTouching allows you to check the loca-
tion on a map.
#Touch [Refresh].
The information is updated.
p[Refresh] appears when the new informa-
tion is received.
7 Touch [OK].
Location confirmation screen appears.
=For details, refer to Setting a route to your
destination on page 41.
#Touch [Call].
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Browsing information on MSN Direct
Enables you to call the position if a telephone
number is available. (Pairing with cellular phone
featuring Bluetooth wireless technology is re-
quired.)
Browsing weather
information
Local weather information can be displayed
on a list. Switching the screen allows you to
see worldwide weather conditions.
Although the MSN Direct service regularly up-
dates weather information, the information
provided may not necessarily correspond to ac-
tual weather conditions. Please refer to Notice
about MSN Direct on page 50.
Checking the local weather
information
1 Display the “Destination Menu”screen.
=For details of the operations, refer to Screen
switching overview on page 22.
2 Touch [MSN Direct].
The “MSN Direct”screen appears.
3 Touch [Weather].
The local weather information is displayed.
The city name, weather, temperature and wind
direction are displayed in list format.
pIf there is no information available, or
“–––––”is displayed.
4 Touch the desired area.
Detailed information is displayed.
#Touch [Forecast].
Displays the weather forecasts for these three
days.
Checking worldwide weather
conditions
1 Display the “Destination Menu”screen.
=For details of the operations, refer to Screen
switching overview on page 22.
2 Touch [MSN Direct].
The “MSN Direct”screen appears.
3 Touch [Weather].
The local weather information is displayed.
4 Touch [Worldwide].
Worldwide weather conditions are displayed.
The area names and weather conditions are
displayed on the list. The list is sorted alphabe-
tically by the area name.
5 Touch the desired area.
Detailed information is displayed.
How to read MSN Direct
information on the map
MSN Direct icons can be displayed on the
map.
=For details, refer to Displaying the MSN Di-
rect icons on page 157.
pMSN Direct icons are not displayed when
the map scale is 0.75 mile (1 kilometer) or
more.
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MSN Direct icon
The following MSN Direct icons appear in the
map screen.
!Gas Prices
: Indicates gas stations whose gas prices
exceed average prices of all gas stations
that are received.
: Indicates gas stations whose gas prices
equal or go below average prices of all gas
stations that are received.
: Indicates gas stations without any price
information.
!Movie Times
: Indicates the locations of movie thea-
ters.
!Local Events
: Indicates the locations of music events.
: Indicates the locations of performing
arts events.
: Indicates the locations of visual arts
events.
: Indicates the locations of spectator
events.
: Indicates the locations of other
events.
Using traffic information
You can view current traffic conditions and in-
formation. When the navigation system re-
ceives updated traffic information, it will
overlay the traffic information on your map
and also display detailed text information
when available.
The navigation system takes into account traf-
fic information and tries to avoid traffic con-
gestion and suggests better routes. Also,
when you are traveling along a route and the
system finds a better route to avoid traffic con-
gestion.
The system acquires the traffic information up
to 100 miles in radius from the vehicle posi-
tion. (If there is a lot of traffic information
around your vehicle, the radius will be shorter
than 100 miles.)
The term “traffic congestion”in this section in-
dicates the following types of traffic informa-
tion: slow, queuing and stationary traffic and
closed/blocked roads. This information is al-
ways taken into consideration when checking
your route, and the information related with
these events cannot be turned off. If you select
other traffic information in “Traffic Settings”,
the information can be displayed in a list or on
a map.
=For details, refer to Selecting traffic informa-
tion to display on page 59.
Checking all traffic information
Traffic information except traffic flow informa-
tion is displayed onscreen in a list.
Although the MSN Direct service regularly up-
dates traffic information, the information pro-
vided may not necessarily correspond to actual
traffic conditions. Please refer to Notice about
MSN Direct on page 50.
1 Display the “Destination Menu”screen.
=For details of the operations, refer to Screen
switching overview on page 22.
2 Touch [MSN Direct].
The “MSN Direct”screen appears.
3 Touch [Traffic Events].
The “Traffic Event List”screen appears.
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4 Select an incident you want to view in
detail.
The details of the selected incident are dis-
played.
pTouching an incident you want to see allows
you to view the detailed information of the
incident. If the information cannot be dis-
played on one screen, touch or to view
the remaining information.
pTouching allows you to check the loca-
tion on a map. (Traffic information without
positional information cannot be checked
on a map.)
#Touch [Sort].
You can sort the traffic information.
Each time you touch the key changes that set-
ting.
!:
You can sort the traffic information by dis-
tance from your current position.
For the list displayed when you touch [Traf-
fic Events], the list will be sorted according
to the linear distance from the vehicle posi-
tion to the traffic information.
For the list displayed when you touch [Traf-
fic On Route], the list will be sorted accord-
ing to the distance from the vehicle position
to the traffic information.
!:
You can sort the traffic information in alpha-
betical order.
!:
You can sort the traffic information accord-
ing to the incident.
The list will be sorted in the order of closed/
blocked roads, traffic congestion, acci-
dents, road works and others.
Current order is indicated on the upper right of
the screen.
#Touch [Refresh].
When new traffic information is received, current
information is changed or old information has
been removed, the list is updated to reflect the
new situation.
5 Touch .
The previous screen returns.
Checking traffic information on
the route
All traffic information on the current route (in-
cluding traffic flow information) is displayed
onscreen in a list.
1 Display the “Destination Menu”screen.
=For details of the operations, refer to Screen
switching overview on page 22.
2 Touch [MSN Direct].
The “MSN Direct”screen appears.
3 Touch [Traffic On Route].
The “Traffic On Route”screen appears.
The method for checking the content dis-
played on the screen is the same for Checking
all traffic information on the previous page.
How to read traffic information
on the map
The traffic event information displayed on the
map is as follows.
pA line is displayed only when the map scale
is 2.5 miles (5 km) or lower.
pIcon appears only when the scale on the
map is 10 miles (20 km) or lower. If the
scale is changed, the icons are resized ac-
cording to the selected scale.
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Traffic event icon
!with yellow line:
Stop-and-go traffic
!with red line:
Stopped traffic
!with black line:
Closed/blocked roads
!etc.:
Accidents, constructions, etc.
pFor meanings of other icons, check them
the “Traffic Type Settings”screen.
=For details of the operations, refer to Select-
ing traffic information to display on page 59.
Viewing the traffic flow
All traffic flow information is displayed on
screen in a list.
1 Display the “Destination Menu”screen.
=For details of the operations, refer to Screen
switching overview on page 22.
2 Touch [MSN Direct].
The “MSN Direct”screen appears.
3 Touch [Traffic Flow].
A list with traffic flow information that has
been received is shown. The list is sorted by
distance from your current position.
Places (street names) where incidents have
occurred are displayed on the list.
4 Select an incident you want to view in
detail.
The details of the selected incident are dis-
played.
pTouching an incident you want to see allows
you to view the detailed information of the
incident. If the information cannot be dis-
played on one screen, touch or to view
the remaining information.
pTouching allows you to check the loca-
tion on a map. (Traffic information without
positional information cannot be checked
on a map.)
#Touch [Sort].
You can sort the traffic information.
Each time you touch the key changes that set-
ting.
!:
You can sort the traffic information by the
linear distance from your current position.
!:
You can sort the traffic information in alpha-
betical order.
!:
You can sort the traffic information by the
average speed.
The list will be sorted in the order of closed/
blocked roads, traffic congestion, acci-
dents, road works and others.
Current order is indicated on the upper right of
the screen.
#Touch [Refresh].
When new traffic information is received, current
information is changed or old information has
been removed, the list is updated to reflect the
new situation.
#Touch .
The traffic event information displayed on the
map is as follows.
Traffic flow icon and line
!Red: average speed in this area is slower
than 15 mph (24 km/h)
!Yellow: average speed in this area is be-
tween 15 mph to 45 mph (24 km/h to 72 km/
h)
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!Green: average speed in this area is faster
than 45 mph (72 km/h) (An icon without a
line will be displayed)
Setting an alternative route to
avoid traffic congestion
The navigation system checks at regular inter-
vals whether or not there is the traffic informa-
tion on your route. If the navigation system
detects any traffic congestion on your current
route, the system tries to find a better route in
the background.
pThe following types of traffic incidents on
the route will be checked: slow, back ups,
stationary traffic, and closed/blocked roads
except for closed freeway exits/entrances.
Checking for traffic congestion
automatically
If there is information about traffic congestion
on your current route and if an alternative
route can be found, the navigation system will
recommend a new alternative route automati-
cally. In such a case, the following screen will
appear.
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1Difference in distance and travel time between
the existing route and new route.
2Distance from the current position of your ve-
hicle to the point of entry into the new route.
pThere is no action if the system cannot find
any traffic congestion information on your
route or the system cannot find an alterna-
tive.
1 Touch [New].
The recommended route is displayed on the
screen.
#Touch [Current].
The current route is displayed on the screen.
2 Touch [OK].
The displayed route is set.
pWhen no selection is made, the screen re-
turns to the previous screen.
Checking traffic information manually
Touching the notification icon on the map
screen allows you to check traffic information
on your route while the icon is displayed. The
notification icon is only displayed on the navi-
gation map screen if there is any traffic infor-
mation on your route.
pThe notification icon is not available if your
vehicle deviates from the route.
1 Set [Show Traffic Incident] to “View”.
=For details, refer to Displaying the traffic no-
tification icon on page 155.
2 Display the map screen.
The icon appears when the system acquires
traffic information on the current route.
3 Touch the icon while the icon is dis-
played.
Notification icon
Traffic information on the current route is dis-
played on the map screen.
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4 Touch [Diversion] to search for an alter-
native route.
After touching [Diversion], the route is recal-
culated taking all traffic congestion on your
current route into account.
p[Diversion] will be available only when the
system can find traffic congestion.
pNotification icon shows the nearest traffic
information on the route. However, if you
touch [Diversion], the route is recalculated
by taking into account not only this infor-
mation, but also all traffic congestion infor-
mation on the route.
For the subsequent operations, refer to Check-
ing for traffic congestion automatically.
=For details, refer to Checking for traffic con-
gestion automatically on the previous page.
#Touch [List].
The “Traffic On Route”screen appears.
#Touch .
The message disappears, and the map screen re-
turns.
Selecting traffic information to
display
There are different types of traffic information
that can be received via the MSN Direct ser-
vice, and you can select which types will be in-
corporated and displayed on your navigation
system.
1 Display the “Destination Menu”screen.
=For details of the operations, refer to Screen
switching overview on page 22.
2 Touch [MSN Direct].
The “MSN Direct”screen appears.
3 Touch [Traffic Settings].
The “Traffic Settings”screen appears.
4 Touch [Displayed Traffic Information].
The “Traffic Type Settings”screen appears.
5 Touch the traffic information item to
display.
A check mark appears next to the selected
traffic information.
#Touch [All]or[None].
Selects or deselects all entries.
6 Touch [OK].
The selected traffic information icon is added
to the screen.
7 Touch [OK].
Browsing local events
The nearby events to be held in the next few
days are displayed on a list, and you can see
the detail event information.
Although the MSN Direct service regularly up-
dates local event information, the information
provided may not necessarily correspond to ac-
tual local event conditions. Please refer to No-
tice about MSN Direct on page 50.
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