NAVIGATION SYSTEM UTILIZING AUDIO CD PLAYER FOR DATA STORAGE

摘要

An audio navigation system incorporating an audio CD player (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21) for playing audio format CD constituting a data storage medium (12) for the navigation system. The CD may store a database containing map data and navigation information, software (9) including an algorithm for selecting a desired route between a designated starting point and destination, and speech data for generating audible spoken statements through a sound system (4). The audio CD player may be part of a sound system and may also play audio CDs carrying musical selections.