Garmin GPS 12XL Owner's Manual & Reference

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Editing RoutesA route can be edited any time after its creation.To edit a route from the active route page orthe route definition page:1. Select the waypoint you want to edit, and press .An on-screen menu of editing choices will appear,with options for reviewing, inserting, deleting, orchanging the waypoint field highlighted. This field con-tains the following options:• Review?— displays the waypoint definition pagefor the selected waypoint• Insert?— adds a new waypoint directly in frontof the selected waypoint• Remove?— deletes the selected waypoint fromthe route• Change?— allows you to replace the selectedwaypoint with a new waypointNote: Editing the original storage route will notaffect route 0. If you want to save an edited version ofroute 0, save it to an open storage route.On-Route GOTOsAt the beginning of this section, we mentioned thatthe GPS 12XL will automatically select the route legclosest to your position as the active leg. This will giveyou steering guidance to the desired track (desiredcourse) of the active leg. Note that the first waypointselected as the destination waypoint will be along theroute leg closest to your present position. This maymean you’re not navigating to the first waypoint in theactive route—you may even be navigating to the last.You can manually navigate a route out of sequence atany time (bypassing one or more interim waypoints) byperform an “on-route GOTO” from the active route page.To perform an “on-route GOTO” from the activeroute page:1. Highlight the desired route waypoint, and press .2. Once the GOTO waypoint page appears with the way-point highlighted, press .Note that after you reach the on-route GOTO way-point, the GPS 12XL will automatically resume navigat-ing the rest of the route in sequence.Editing Routes& On-RouteGOTO’sREFERENCE30Use the on-screen menu toselect the desired editingfunction. The on-screenmenu is displayed byhighlighting a routewaypoint and pressingENTER..You can ‘skip ahead’ andbypass one or more legs ofthe route by highlighting awaypoint further alongthe route, pressing GOTOand ENTER.