The keyboard is used for selecting navigation destinations, searching media files, saving contact information or entering other data into the radio when needed. The keyboard is operated by touchscreen or by using the CURSOR/SELECT hand control switch to select letters.

The 6.5 radio supports a full size keyboard and a large keyboard. See System Settings → Keyboard: 6.5 Only to select the keyboard type. The 4.3 radio uses a screen similar to the full keyboard for entering data.

The large keyboard may be more suitable for use when wearing riding gloves. When using the keyboard, some letters may be blanked out. This is a feature of the smart speller, which only enables valid strings of letters according to the entries in the database.

Input is displayed in the title bar. Select the buttons for numbers, symbols or extended characters to display keypads with additional characters as needed. When finished with a keyboard entry, select OK.

Full Keyboard: See Figure 1. When input is required, the screen displays a full keyboard with alphabetically arranged characters A-Z.

Large Keyboard: See Figure 2. When input is required, the screen displays a keypad with larger buttons. Use the keypad selectors on the right side to display different portions of the alphabet (A-I, J-R or S-Z).