This isn't specific to the HCH. Both of the portable GPS units my husband and I use in our vehicles (we have separate units; different models, but both are made by Garmin) require user acceptance of a legal/disclaimer screen before any map display, routing or location lookups occur.
My 2006 Ford Escape Hybrid's NAV system also requires user acceptance, though I haven't used it enough to remember at what point it asks for it. It has the added annoyance of not accepting routing changes/selections when the vehicle is in motion. Some FEH owners have resorted to cutting a wire that prevents the NAV system from knowing the vehicle is in motion (I guess no speed data = the assumption that the vehicle is in fact stopped), but if I recall rightly, this may also hinder some of the hybrid/energy flow data. Can't recall, and isn't really germane to this particular forum... sorry for the tangent.
