Garmin nuvi 50LM, Owner'S Manual

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26 Garmin DriveSmart™ 50LM
Navigating to Your
Destination
Routes
A route is a path from your current location
to one or more destinations.
• The device calculates a recommended
route to your destination based on
the preferences you set, including the
route calculation mode
(Changing the
Route Calculation Mode, page 31) and
avoidances (Avoiding Tolls, Road, and
Areas, page 35) .
• You can start navigating to your
destination quickly using the recommended
route, or you can select an alternate route
(Starting a Route, page 26) .
• If there are specific roads you need to use
or avoid, you can customize the route
(Shaping Your Route, page 30) .
• You can add multiple destinations to a
route (Adding a Location to Your Route,
page 29) .
Starting a Route
1 Select Where To? , and search for a location
(Finding and Saving Locations, page 37) .
2 Select a location.
3 Select an option:
• To start navigating using the
recommended route, select Go! .
• To choose an alternate route, select ,
and select a route. Alternate routes
appear to the right of the map.
• To edit the course of the route, select >
Edit Route , and add shaping points to the
route (Shaping Your Route, page 30) .
The device calculates a route to the location
and guides you using voice prompts and
information on the map
(Your Route on the