Tip:

Another quick way to stop recording one trail and begin a new one is to use the New Trail command. Press MENUMENUto MY TRAILSENTENT.

Caution:

You also have the option of completely turning off trail record- ing, under the trail Options command. If, however, the Update Active Trail option is left turned off, it will cancel the automatic trail creation feature.

Displaying a Saved Trail

The active trail is automatically displayed on the with the default set- tings. You can selectively turn trail display off and on for any saved or active trail. In the Saved Trails List, visible trails have a check mark in front of the trail name.

To turn off trail display:

1.Press MENUMENUto MY TRAILSENT.

2.Press to enter the Saved Trail list, then use ↑ ↓ to select the de- sired Trail NameENT.

3.Press ↓ → to VISIBLEENT. To return to the previous page, press EXIT repeatedly. Repeat the steps above to the turn on the trail display.

Navigating Trails

There are three methods for following a trail: visual trailing, navigating a trail and backtracking a trail. Try each method to see which you pre- fer.

Visual trailing is the simplest method. It uses only the Map Page and requires no menu commands at all. The technique works the same if you are running a trail forward (from start to end) or backward (from end to start.) Visual trailing, however, provides no navigation informa- tion during the trip, like time to your destination.

The other two methods provide a full range of navigation data and work with both the Map Page and Navigation Page. The only difference be- tween them is navigating a trail follows a trail forward while back- tracking follows a trail in reverse.

When hiking at walking speed with a hand-held GPS, we often just use visual back trailing because it is a bit better at following each turn on a foot path. At faster speeds, like on the highway or on the water, the Navigate Trail and Backtrack Trail commands are handy.

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Eagle Electronics 642c iGPS manual Displaying a Saved Trail, Navigating Trails