Garmin Quest TM GPS Receiver User Manual


 
28 Quest Owner’s Manual
BASIC OPERATION > PLANNING AND MODIFYING ROUTES
To avoid an area:
1. Press and hold MENU to open the Route Options menu.
2. Highlight Avoidances and press OK.
3. Highlight the Add… button and press OK.
4. Highlight Area Avoidance and press OK. A map appears,
enabling you to mark a “start point.”
5. Use the Rocker pad to move the map pointer to the first
corner of the area you want to avoid and press OK. A blue
push pin marks the start point.
6. Use the Rocker pad to move the map pointer to the far
corner of the area you
want to avoid and press
OK. You have drawn a
dark rectangle around the
area you want to avoid.
7. A map of the avoided area
appears. Press OK.
The Avoidances page, shown to
the right, lists the avoided area with a default name (Area 000).
After you enter the avoid areas and roads, your Quest avoids these
roads/areas unless no other roads are available, until you remove
them from the Custom Avoidances list, or until you uncheck them.
To uncheck an avoidance, select the check box to the left of the
avoidance name and press OK. An unchecked box indicates that
the road/area will not be avoided.
Uncheck the
box to the
left of the
avoidance to
deactivate it.
A
Clock
Red X
Avoidances Page
To change the name of an avoidance, select the A and use the
on-screen keyboard to create a new name. Select the clock to
choose the date that you want the avoidance to expire. Select the
red X to permanently delete the avoidance.