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Changing Your Active Route, Adding a Location to Your Route, Shaping Your Route, Taking a Detour

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Changing Your Active Route Adding a Location to Your Route Before you can add a location to your route, you must be navigating a route (Starting a Route, page 26). You can add locations to the middle or end of your route. For example, you can add a fuel station as the next destination in your route. TIP: To create complex routes with multiple destinations or scheduled stops, you can use the route planner to plan, schedule, and save a route (Planning a Route, page 41). 1 From the map, select > Where To?. 2 Search for a location (Finding and Saving Locations, page 17). 3 Select a location. 4 Select Go!. 5 Select an option: • To add the location as the next destination in your route, select Add As Next Stop. • To add the location to the end of your route, select Add As Last Stop. • To add the location and edit the order of destinations in your route, select Add to Active Route. The device re-calculates the route to include the added location and guides you to the destinations in order. Shaping Your Route Before you can shape your route, you must start a route (Starting a Route, page 26). You can manually shape your route to change its course. This allows you to direct the route to use a certain road or go through a certain area without adding a destination to the route. 1 Touch anywhere on the map. 2 Select Shape Route. TIP: You can select to zoom in on the map and select a more precise location. The device enters route shaping mode and recalculates the route to travel through the selected location. 3 Select Go!. 4 If necessary, select an option: • To add more shaping points to the route, select additional locations on the map. • To remove a shaping point, select the shaping point and select Remove. Taking a Detour You can take a detour for a specified distance along your route or detour around specific roads. This is useful if you encounter construction zones, closed roads, or poor road conditions. 1 From the map, select > Edit Route. 2 Select an option: • To detour your route for a specific distance, select Detour by Distance. • To detour around a specific road on the route, select Detour by Road. Changing the Route Calculation Mode 1 Select Calculation Mode. 2 Select an option: • Select Faster Time to calculate routes that are faster to drive but can be longer in distance. • Select Straight Line to calculate point-to-point routes (without roads). 30 Following a Route

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Changing Your Active Route
Adding a Location to Your Route
Before you can add a location to your route, you must be navigating a route (
Starting a Route
, page 26
).
You can add locations to the middle or end of your route. For example, you can add a fuel station as the next
destination in your route.
TIP:
To create complex routes with multiple destinations or scheduled stops, you can use the route planner to
plan, schedule, and save a route (
Planning a Route
, page 41
).
1
From the map, select
>
Where To?
.
2
Search for a location (
Finding and Saving Locations
, page 17
).
3
Select a location.
4
Select
Go!
.
5
Select an option:
•
To add the location as the next destination in your route, select
Add As Next Stop
.
•
To add the location to the end of your route, select
Add As Last Stop
.
•
To add the location and edit the order of destinations in your route, select
Add to Active Route
.
The device re-calculates the route to include the added location and guides you to the destinations in order.
Shaping Your Route
Before you can shape your route, you must start a route (
Starting a Route
, page 26
).
You can manually shape your route to change its course. This allows you to direct the route to use a certain
road or go through a certain area without adding a destination to the route.
1
Touch anywhere on the map.
2
Select
Shape Route
.
TIP:
You can select
to zoom in on the map and select a more precise location.
The device enters route shaping mode and recalculates the route to travel through the selected location.
3
Select
Go!
.
4
If necessary, select an option:
•
To add more shaping points to the route, select additional locations on the map.
•
To remove a shaping point, select the shaping point and select
Remove
.
Taking a Detour
You can take a detour for a specified distance along your route or detour around specific roads. This is useful if
you encounter construction zones, closed roads, or poor road conditions.
1
From the map, select
>
Edit Route
.
2
Select an option:
•
To detour your route for a specific distance, select
Detour by Distance
.
•
To detour around a specific road on the route, select
Detour by Road
.
Changing the Route Calculation Mode
1
Select
Calculation Mode
.
2
Select an option:
•
Select
Faster Time
to calculate routes that are faster to drive but can be longer in distance.
•
Select
Straight Line
to calculate point-to-point routes (without roads).
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Following a Route