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Creating, copying & clearing routes – Garmin GPS 38 User Manual

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To create a route from the route definition page:

1. Highlight the route number field and press

E

.

2. Enter a route number and press the

E

key to confirm.

3. Press

E

to begin entry of a route comment. (Note that

the default (first and last waypoint) comment will only
appear if the comment field is blank).

4. Enter your comment and press the

E

key.

5. Highlight the No. 1 waypoint field and press

E

.

6. Enter the first waypoint of your route and press

E

.

7. Continue entering the rest of your waypoints in order,

using the

E

key to start and confirm each field entry.

The list will automatically scroll down as needed.

8. After you have entered all your waypoints, press

P

.

Copying and Clearing Routes

The route definition page is also used to copy a route to

another route number. This feature is useful when you
make changes to the active (or TracBack) route and want to
save the route for future use.

To copy a route:

1. Highlight the route number field and press

E

.

2. Enter the route number to be copied and press

E

.

3. Highlight the ‘COPYTO’ field and press

E

.

4. Scroll through the available routes and select a destination

route number. Only open routes will be available as choic-
es. Press the

E

key to copy the route.

5. Press the

P

key to return to the Menu Page.

To clear a route from memory:

1. Highlight the route number field and press

E

.

2. Enter the route number and press

E

.

3. Select the ‘CLR?’ prompt and press

E

.

Enter each waypoint in the
order you would like to nav-
igate them. If you enter a
waypoint not stored in
m e m o ry, you’ll need to
define the position on the
waypoint definition page.

To copy a route, select an
open storage route and
press the ENTER key. If you
select a route that is already
used, you’ll be alerted with
an ‘Route Full’ message.

R E F E R E N C E

Creating,

Copying &

Clearing Routes

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