Shaping Your Route; Taking A Detour - Garmin 50LM Owner's Manual

• 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 .
The device enters route shaping mode.
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3 Select a location on the map.
TIP: You can select
map and select a more precise location.
The device recalculates the route to travel
through the selected location.
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
5 When you are finished shaping the route,
select Go!.
.

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
TIP: If the Change Route tool is not in the
to zoom in on the
.
> Change Route.
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