aera 500 Series Owner’s Manual 23
Using the Tools
Using the Tools
The Tools menu provides many features that
are helpful when you are traveling across
town or across the globe.
Settings
For information about the settings, see
pages 28–32.
Where Am I?
Touch Tools > Where Am I? to view
information about your current location.
This is a helpful feature if you need to tell
emergency personnel your location. Touch
a button on the right to view the nearest
locations in that category. Touch Save
Location to save your current location.
Help
Touch Tools > Help to get information about
using your aera. Touch a category to view
information about a topic. To search the
topics for a keyword, touch Search.
Media Player
For information about the media player, see
pages 20–21.
ecoRoute
™
The ecoRoute feature calculates your
vehicle’s fuel economy, carbon footprint, and
the fuel price of navigating to a destination
and offers tools for improving fuel efciency.
The data provided by the ecoRoute feature
are estimates only; they are not actually read
from your vehicle. To receive more-accurate
fuel reports for your specic vehicle and
driving habits, calibrate the fuel economy.
Touch Tools > ecoRoute. The rst time you
access the ecoRoute features you will be
asked to enter fuel and mileage information
about your vehicle.
View the Fuel Report
If you have entered your vehicle prole and
the current fuel price, your aera calculates
your vehicle’s average fuel economy
and carbon footprint, and the cost of fuel
consumed.
To view the fuel report, touch Tools
> ecoRoute > Fuel Report. The fuel
consumption data is based on estimates
for speed and acceleration for an average
vehicle.
TIP
: To ensure fuel data is always recorded,
keep your aera turned on while driving.
Touch Reset to reset the data.
