Garmin 128 Owner's Manual

Also see for GPS 126: Specifications

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Creating and Navigating RoutesTo create a route from the route definition page:1. Highlight the ‘route number’ field, and press F.2. Using the U or D key select an empty routenumber and press F.3. Press F to begin entry of a route comment.4. Enter your comment, and press the F key.5. Press F to begin entering the first waypoint ofyour route.6. Press F again to move to the next waypoint field.As you continue entering waypoints, the list will auto-matically scroll down.Whenever you activate a route, it will automaticallyselect the route leg closest to your position as the activeleg. As you pass each waypoint in the route, the receiverwill automatically sequence and select the next way-point as the “active to” waypoint.Activating and Inverting RoutesAfter a route has been entered, it can be either acti-vated in sequence or inverted from the route definitionpage. The process of activating or inverting a storedroute takes a storage route (routes 1-19) and copies itinto the active route (route 0) for navigation. The stor-age route is then no longer needed and will be retainedin its original format under its existing route number.This system allows you to have an active route thatyou may edit during navigation and save as an entirelynew route from the original. You will have to copy theactive route to an unused storage route to save it, sincenew route or TracBack activation overwrites route 0.To activate a route:1. From the route definition page, highlight the ‘routenumber’ field and press F.2. Enter the route number to be activated, and pressF.3. Highlight ‘ACT?’, and press F.To activate a route in inverted order:1. Follow the steps above, but select ‘INV?’, and pressF.Using RoutesREFERENCE30You may use up to 16characters to customname a route. The defaultname will be the first andlast waypoint in the route.To activate a route, high-light the ‘ACT?’ promptand press ENTER.