Planning a route in advance

You can plan a route in advance before you drive it. You can save the route as part of your My Routes list.

To plan a route in advance, do the following:

  1. Select the Main Menu button to open the Main Menu.

  2. Select Search.

    The search screen opens with the keyboard showing.

    Tip: If you don't want to use search to choose your starting point and destination, go to the map view and press and hold to select a location.

  3. Use the keyboard to enter the name of the location you want to use as a starting point.
  4. Select an address or POI suggestion.
  5. Select Show on Map.
  6. Select the pop-up menu button.

    A pop-up menu shows a list of options.

  7. Select Use as Starting Point.
  8. Repeat the search steps to choose your destination, and then select Drive/Ride in the pop-up menu.

    Your route is planned using your chosen starting point and destination. The estimated journey time is shown at the top of the route bar.

    Tip: Stops, POIs, Places and the destination can all be selected as starting points using their pop-up menus.

    Tip: You can save the route in My Routes.

  9. To drive to the starting point, select Drive/Ride at the top of the screen.

    The starting point of the route is converted to your first stop and then the route is planned. Guidance to your destination begins from your current location. As soon as you start driving, the guidance view is shown automatically.

Changing the starting point to be your current location

  1. Select the starting point of the route in the map view.
  2. Select the pop-up menu button.

    A pop-up menu shows a list of options.

  3. Select Remove Starting Point.

    Your route is replanned with your current location as the starting point. The original starting point is removed from your route.

Changing the starting point into a stop

  1. Select the starting point on the route in the map view.
  2. Select the pop-up menu button.

    A pop-up menu shows a list of options.

  3. Select Change to a Stop.

    Your route is replanned with the starting point changed into a stop.