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Viewing Weather Alerts, Checking Road Conditions, Route Planner, Planning a Route

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Viewing Weather Alerts Before you can use this feature, your device must be connected to a supported phone running the Garmin Drive app (Live Services, Traffic, and Smartphone Features, page 36). NOTE: This feature is not available in all areas. While you are traveling with your device, weather alerts may appear on the map. You can also view a map of weather alerts near your current location or near a selected city. 1 Select Apps > Weather. 2 If necessary, select a city. 3 Select > Weather Alerts. Checking Road Conditions Before you can use this feature, your device must be connected to a supported phone running the Garmin Drive app (Live Services, Traffic, and Smartphone Features, page 36). You can view weather-related road conditions for the roads in your area, on your route, or in another city. 1 Select Apps > Weather. 2 If necessary, select a city. 3 Select > Road Conditions. Route Planner You can use the route planner to create and save a route, which you can navigate later. This can be useful for planning a delivery route, a vacation, or a road trip. You can edit a saved route to further customize it, including reordering locations, adding suggested attractions, and adding shaping points. You can also use the route planner to edit and save your active route. Planning a Route A route can include many locations, and it must include at least a starting location and one destination. The starting location is the location from which you plan to start your route. If you start navigating the route from a different location, the device gives you the option to route to your starting location first. For a round trip, the starting location and final destination can be the same. 1 Select Apps > Route Planner > Create Route. 2 If necessary, select a calculation mode. NOTE: The Faster Time mode is selected by default. 3 Select an option to choose a location for your starting point: • Select a location on the map. • Select , and search for a location (Finding a Location Using the Search Bar, page 18). 4 Repeat step 2 to add more locations. NOTE: The last location you add is the destination. 5 After you have added all the necessary locations, select . Editing and Reordering Locations in a Route 1 Select Apps > Route Planner. 2 Select a saved route. 3 Select List. 4 Select a location. 5 Select an option: • To move the location up or down, select , and drag the location to a new position in the route. • To add a new location after the selected location, select . • To remove the location, select . Using the Apps 41

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Viewing Weather Alerts
Before you can use this feature, your device must be connected to a supported phone running the Garmin Drive
app (
Live Services, Traffic, and Smartphone Features
, page 36
).
NOTE:
This feature is not available in all areas.
While you are traveling with your device, weather alerts may appear on the map. You can also view a map of
weather alerts near your current location or near a selected city.
1
Select
Apps
>
Weather
.
2
If necessary, select a city.
3
Select
>
Weather Alerts
.
Checking Road Conditions
Before you can use this feature, your device must be connected to a supported phone running the Garmin Drive
app (
Live Services, Traffic, and Smartphone Features
, page 36
).
You can view weather-related road conditions for the roads in your area, on your route, or in another city.
1
Select
Apps
>
Weather
.
2
If necessary, select a city.
3
Select
>
Road Conditions
.
Route Planner
You can use the route planner to create and save a route, which you can navigate later. This can be useful for
planning a delivery route, a vacation, or a road trip. You can edit a saved route to further customize it, including
reordering locations, adding suggested attractions, and adding shaping points.
You can also use the route planner to edit and save your active route.
Planning a Route
A route can include many locations, and it must include at least a starting location and one destination. The
starting location is the location from which you plan to start your route. If you start navigating the route from
a different location, the device gives you the option to route to your starting location first. For a round trip, the
starting location and final destination can be the same.
1
Select
Apps
>
Route Planner
>
Create Route
.
2
If necessary, select a calculation mode.
NOTE:
The Faster Time mode is selected by default.
3
Select an option to choose a location for your starting point:
•
Select a location on the map.
•
Select
, and search for a location (
Finding a Location Using the Search Bar
, page 18
).
4
Repeat step 2 to add more locations.
NOTE:
The last location you add is the destination.
5
After you have added all the necessary locations, select
.
Editing and Reordering Locations in a Route
1
Select
Apps
>
Route Planner
.
2
Select a saved route.
3
Select
List
.
4
Select a location.
5
Select an option:
•
To move the location up or down, select
, and drag the location to a new position in the route.
•
To add a new location after the selected location, select
.
•
To remove the location, select
.
Using the Apps
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