Kenwood Specifications - Comprehensive Safety Information; Critical Warnings and Cautions; Important Operational Information

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Readthisinformationcarefullybeforestartingto
operatetheKenwoodCarNavigationSystemand
followtheinstructionsinthismanual.Neither
KenwoodnorGarminshallbeliableforproblems
oraccidentsresultingfromfailuretoobservethe
instructionsinthismanual.
2WARNINGS
Failure to avoid the following potentially
hazardous situations could result in an
accident or collision resulting in death or
serious injury.
Whennavigating,carefullycompareinformation
displayedonthenavigationsystemtoallavailable
navigationsources,includinginformationfrom
streetsigns,visualsightings,andmaps.Forsafety,
alwaysresolveanydiscrepanciesorquestions
beforecontinuingnavigation.
Alwaysoperatethevehicleinasafemanner.
Donotbecomedistractedbythenavigation
systemwhiledriving,andalwaysbefullyaware
ofalldrivingconditions.Minimizetheamountof
timespentviewingthescreenofthenavigation
systemwhiledriving,andusevoiceprompts
whenpossible.
Donotenterdestinations,changesettings,or
accessanyfunctionsrequiringprolongeduseof
thenavigationsystemcontrolswhiledriving.Stop
yourvehicleinasafeandlegalmannerbefore
attemptingsuchoperations.
Keepthesystemvolumeatalowenoughlevelto
beabletohearoutsidenoiseswhiledriving.Ifyou
cannolongerhearoutsidenoises,youmaybe
unabletoreactadequatelytothetrafficsituation.
Thismaycauseaccidents.
Thenavigationsystemwillnotdisplaythecorrect
currentpositionofthevehiclethefirsttimeitis
usedafterpurchase,orifthevehiclebatteryis
disconnected.GPSsatellitesignalswillsoonbe
received,however,andthecorrectpositionwill
bedisplayed.
Becarefuloftheambienttemperature.Usingthe
navigationsystematextremetemperaturescan
leadtomalfunctionordamage.Alsonotethat
theunitcanbedamagedbystrongvibration,by
metalobjects,orbywatergettinginsidetheunit.
2CAUTIONS
Failure to avoid the following potentially
hazardous situations may result in injury or
property damage.
Thenavigationsystemisdesignedtoprovideyou
withroutesuggestions.Itdoesnotreflectroad
closuresorroadconditions,weatherconditions,
orotherfactorsthatmayaffectsafetyortiming
whiledriving.
Usethenavigationsystemonlyasanavigational
aid.Donotattempttousethenavigationsystem
foranypurposerequiringprecisemeasurementof
direction,distance,location,ortopography.
TheGlobalPositioningSystem(GPS)isoperated
bytheUnitedStatesgovernment,whichissolely
responsibleforitsaccuracyandmaintenance.The
governmentsystemissubjecttochangesthat
couldaffecttheaccuracyandperformanceofall
GPSequipment,includingthenavigationsystem.
Althoughthenavigationsystemisaprecision
navigationdevice,anynavigationdevicecanbe
misusedormisinterpretedand,therefore,become
unsafe.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Vehicle Battery Preservation
Thisnavigationsystemcanbeusedwhenthe
ignitionkeyisturnedtoONorACC.Topreserve
thebattery,however,itshouldbeusedwiththe
enginerunningwheneverpossible.Usingthe
navigationsystemforalongtimewiththeengine
switchedoffcancausethebatterytorundown.
Map Data Information
OneofthegoalsofGarministoprovide
customerswiththemostcompleteandaccurate
cartographythatisavailabletousatareasonable
cost.Weuseacombinationofgovernmental
andprivatedatasources,whichweidentify
inproductliteratureandcopyrightmessages
displayedtotheconsumer.Virtuallyalldata
sourcescontainsomeinaccurateorincomplete
data.Insomecountries,completeandaccurate
mapinformationiseithernotavailableoris
prohibitivelyexpensive.
Safety Precautions and Important Information