7. Preferences

Figure 32: Navigation Preferences

VZ Navigator's preferences can be configure by pressing Options -> Preferences from VZ Navigator's main menu.

Figure 33: Voice Type

Five difference voices are available to choose from. All the voices are computer generated, and speak actual street names when announcing turns.

Figure 34: Trip Settings

Trip Settings allows you to specify routing, vehicle, and avoidance preferences.

Figure 35: Route Type

When calculating the route to a destination, VZ Navigator has three different routing preferences available to choose: fastest, shortest, and simplest.

Figure 36: Vehicle Type

VA Navigator lets you toggle between Car/Motorcycle, Truck, Bicycle, and Pedestrian vehicle types. When set to Truck, VZ Navigator avoids roads with known commercial vehicle restrictions. When set to Bicycle or Pedestrian mode, the estimate time of arrival is adjusted to account for typical walking or cycling speed. Car/Motorcycle is the default setting.

Figure 37: Avoid

Highways, Toll Roads, and car pool lanes can be avoided when navigating to a destination by enabling them in the Avoid preference screen, shown above. HOV is enabled by default.

Figure 38: Navigation View

Navigation View is the map that's displayed when driving to a destination. Dashboard, the default setting, lets you cycle between all available map screens. 3D perspective and 2D Top View can also be selected.