Garmin GPSMAP 296 Pilot's Guide - Page 70

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BASIC OPERATION IN AUTOMOTIVE MODE > EDITING YOUR ROUTE Editing Your Route When you are navigating a route, you can edit that route. You can add areas and roads to avoid as well as temporary detours to your current route. You can also add stops along your trip, called Via Points. While navigating, press Direct To to open the Navigate Menu, shown below. Navigate Options in Automotive Mode While navigating a course Entering Custom Avoids Custom Avoids allows you to enter specific areas and roads that you would like to avoid in your navigation. Custom Avoids apply to all routes, but Detours apply to only the active route. Custom Avoids can be added while you are navigating a route or before you navigate. To enter a custom avoid: 1. Press Direct To while in Automotive Mode. Or Open the Map Page, and press MENU. 2. Select Custom Avoid. Press ENTER. 3. Press ENTER when the Add Avoid button is highlighted. 4. Select Avoid Road or Avoid Area, and press ENTER. 5. Use the ROCKER to move the arrow to the first point in the avoidance area. Press ENTER to select the first point. 6. Move the arrow to the end point and press ENTER. During route calculation and navigation, the GPSMAP 296 avoids the area within the box or the selected area of the road. 7. When finished, highlight the OK button, and press ENTER. 62 GPSMAP 296 Pilot's Guide

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Editing Your Route
When you are navigating a route, you can edit that route. You can
add areas and roads to avoid as well as temporary detours to your
current route. You can also add stops along your trip, called Via
Points.
While navigating, press
Direct To
to open the Navigate Menu,
shown below.
Navigate Options in Automotive Mode
While navigating a course
Entering Custom Avoids
Custom Avoids
allows you to enter specific areas and roads that
you would like to avoid in your navigation.
Custom Avoids
apply
to all routes, but
Detours
apply to only the active route. Custom
Avoids can be added while you are navigating a route or before you
navigate.
To enter a custom avoid:
1.
Press
Direct To
while in Automotive Mode.
Or
Open the Map Page, and press
MENU
.
2.
Select
Custom Avoid
. Press
ENTER
.
3.
Press
ENTER
when the
Add Avoid
button is highlighted.
4.
Select
Avoid Road
or
Avoid Area
,
and press
ENTER
.
5.
Use the
ROCKER
to move the arrow to the first point in the
avoidance area. Press
ENTER
to select the first point.
6.
Move the arrow to the end point and press
ENTER
. During
route calculation and navigation, the GPSMAP 296 avoids
the area within the box or the selected area of the road.
7.
When finished, highlight the
OK
button, and press
ENTER
.
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GPSMAP 296 Pilot’s Guide
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