aera 500 Series Owner’s Manual 9
Where To?
Downloading Locations
You can download locations and points of
interest to your aera from various online
sources.
1. Go to www.garmin.com
/communicator to download and install
the Garmin Communicator Plugin on your
computer.
2. Connect your aera to your computer. See
page 22.
3. Find a location on a supported Web site.
4. Follow the instructions on the Web site to
send the location to your aera.
Downloaded locations are saved in your
Favorites on your aera.
Using Custom Routes
Touch Where To? > Custom Routes. Select
the route you want to take, and touch Go!.
Creating a Custom Route
Use your aera to create and save routes
before your next trip. You can save up to 10
routes.
1. Touch Where To? (or Tools) > Custom
Routes > New.
2. Touch Add New Start Point.
3. Find a location for your starting point, and
touch Select.
4. Touch Add New End Point.
5. Find a location for your ending point, and
touch Select.
6. Touch to add another location to your
route. Touch to remove a location.
7. Touch
Next to calculate your route and
view it on the map.
8. Touch Save to save the route and exit.
Editing Custom Routes
1. Touch Where To? (or Tools) > Custom
Routes.
2. Select the route you want to edit.
3. Touch Edit.
4. Touch an option to edit the route:
Change Name—enter a new name,
and touch Done.
Add or Remove Points—add or
remove points from the route.
Manually Reorder Points—change
the order of points along your route.
Optimally Reorder Points—
automatically order the points.
Recalculate—change the route
preference to calculate by faster time,
shorter distance, or off road.
Delete—remove this route.
Your changes are automatically saved when
you exit any of the route edit pages.
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