up information on the GPS or let one of your passengers operate the GPS.
If you do not already have accommodation booked, you would want to start looking for a place to sleep To navigate to a desired destination, in the afternoon. You can find accommodation around you by simfollow these steps: 1. Make sure the correct map, and ply browsing the contents of this only that map, is selected. Your book or you could scroll down to the GPS will not configure correctly if accommodation category on your you have more than one map GPS to find the accommodation nearest to you. Keep the direction of selected at a time. 2. Know which route calculation these places in mind as some may be method is selected and that you behind you. Note that the distance specifically want this method to indicated is a straight line distance be used. The default should be and you first have to set your GPS to ‘Fastest time’. De-select ‘All- navigate to a particular place before it will calculate the proper distance avoidances’. 3. Find the desired destination. This and, more importantly, drive time. In is based on your trip planning. Y o u this book we have given distance as will either look up intermediate well as time on the road. destinations or waypoints from your ‘Favourites’. Then select ‘Go’ to Also note that when you are sta start navigation on your Garmin tionary, your GPS will not show you which way you should be driving. It device. 4. Review the calculated route to is only when you start moving that make sure that it takes you on a the GPS will pick up in which direc suitable route. Pay attention to the tion you are going and can orientate time to destination. If this is very the map accordingly. long in relation to the dis tance, then you are probably There are two ways to set up the map going to do some 4x4 driving. Use screen of your GPS when it comes to your common sense and do not direction. You have north-up where the screen will always position the be led astray by technology. 5. Now you can follow the route map with north aligned with the top instructions, but pay careful atten- of the screen, similar to a paper map tion to major turnoffs and always view. Then there is track-up where correlate information from the the map will be rotated to always road with what your GPS is sug- have the track you are supposed to gesting. For instance, does the be following pointing to the top of the road sign indicate the same screen. Whichever way you decide to use, is personal preference. distance as your GPS?
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