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How to Check Error History (Navigation DTCs)

NOTE:  The navigation DTCs cannot be retrieved with the HDS.

The Error History feature is to record intermittent audio/navigation issues that occur while the customer is using the system. Sometimes the customer complaint cannot be duplicated. The error history may record the information needed to diagnose the problem. To check the error history:

1. Turn the vehicle to the ON mode.

2. Press and hold the POWER ( ) button, the MENU button, and the DISPLAY MODE ( ) button until the Select Diagnosis Items menu screen is displayed.

NOTE:  The buttons needs to be pressed together simultaneously.

Displaying Select Diagnosis Items Menu Screen 

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3. When the Select Diagnosis Items menu appears, select the Self-Diagnosis Mode.

4. When the audio-navigation unit has hard error codes, the Error History icon (A) appears yellow. When no hard error codes are stored, the icon appears gray. To view the errors with their navigation DTC, select the Error History icon.

NOTE:  The display differs depending on the equipments and specifications.

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5. Select the Hard Error icon in the Error History menu.

NOTE:  The Soft Error feature is for factory use only.

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6. The Hard Error screen displays the following information by selecting the Date_Time icon (A):

NOTE:  The Save feature is for factory use only.

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7. Use the audio DTC Troubleshooting table to troubleshoot the error. Press the BACK button to exit the Error History main menu.

How to Clear Error History 

NOTE:  The navigation DTCs cannot be deleted with the HDS.

8. Select the Clear icon in the Hard Error. The confirmation screen appears.

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9. Select the Yes icon. All Hard Error histories are cleared. The system returns to the Error History menu automatically.