Magellan eXplorist Basic User Manual page 17

The POI database is the place where your saved positions ("My
Pts of Interest"), geocaching pals or any preloaded positions
are stored for easy access when creating a GOTO or multi leg
route.
Accessing· the, POI Database
From any screen, press
~
Menu. Use the arrow
joystick to highlight "Pts
of Interest" and press ..
Enter.
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A list of POI types are displayed for you to
select from.
If you select" My Pts of Interest," a Iist of
types of pals are are displayed in the order you
defined. If you highlight one of the displayed
POI's and press
rm
Menu, you will be able to
edit or delete the POI. (Shortcut: pressing
Enter with the POI highlighted goes into the edit mode.)
Geocache Pts provides a path to pal's that you have added
using the Magellan geocaching software.
From "Background Map," you will be given a list of topics,
such as cities, highways, airports, waterways and parks. After
selecting one of these topics, a keyboard is displayed if the
alphabetical listing is chosen. As the list of pal's in the
database can be enormous, you can use the keyboard to enter
the first few characters in the POI you are looking for when
doing an alphabetical search. With the first few characters
entered, highlight "OK" and press'" Enter. This will speed
up the search for the POI you are seeking. When you have the
POI selected, pressing" Enter brings up information about
that POI. You can also save it as one of your user POI's or view
it on the Map screen.