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 E.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?— reviews the waypoint’s definition page• Insert?— adds a new waypoint that precedes theselected waypoint• Remove?— deletes a selected waypoint• Change?— replaces the selected waypoint with anew waypointYou may delete a waypoint from a route, but only ifthe route is not active. Note: Editing the original storageroute will not affect route 0. If you want to save an edit-ed version of route 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 of the activeleg. Note that the first waypoint selected as the destina-tion waypoint will be the route leg closest to your pre-sent position. This may mean you’re not navigating tothe first waypoint in the active route—you may be navi-gating to the last. If you prefer to navigate a route out ofsequence, you can perform an “on-route GOTO” fromthe active route page.To perform an “on-route GOTO” from the activeroute page:1. Highlight the desired route waypoint, and press G.2. Once the GOTO waypoint page appears with the way-point highlighted, press E.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 using the page youwere on before performing a GOTO.Editing Routes& On-RouteGOTO’sREFERENCE30Use the on-screen menu toselect the desired editingfunction.To edit or review a routewaypoint from the activeroute page, highlight thedesired waypoint andpress ENTER.