Garmin aera 550 Automotive Owner's Manual - Page 15

Downloading Locations You can download locations and points of interest to your aera from various online sources. 1. Go to www.garmin.com /communicator to download and install the Garmin Communicator Plugin on your computer. 2. Connect your aera to your computer. See page 22. 3. Find a location on a supported Web site. 4. Follow the instructions on the Web site to send the location to your aera. Downloaded locations are saved in your Favorites on your aera. aera 500 Series Owner's Manual Using Custom Routes Touch Where To? > Custom Routes. Select the route you want to take, and touch Go!. Creating a Custom Route Use your aera to create and save routes before your next trip. You can save up to 10 routes. 1. Touch Where To? (or Tools) > Custom Routes > New. 2. Touch Add New Start Point. 3. Find a location for your starting point, and touch Select. 4. Touch Add New End Point. 5. Find a location for your ending point, and touch Select. 6. Touch to add another location to your route. Touch to remove a location. Where To? 7. Touch Next to calculate your route and view it on the map. 8. Touch Save to save the route and exit. Editing Custom Routes 1. Touch Where To? (or Tools) > Custom Routes. 2. Select the route you want to edit. 3. Touch Edit. 4. Touch an option to edit the route: • Change Name-enter a new name, and touch Done. • Add or Remove Points-add or remove points from the route. • Manually Reorder Points-change the order of points along your route. • Optimally Reorder Points- automatically order the points. • Recalculate-change the route preference to calculate by faster time, shorter distance, or off road. • Delete-remove this route. Your changes are automatically saved when you exit any of the route edit pages.