help with Garmin Zumo XT

[Mzokk]

@paul69 I don't use explore so the XT reverts to the old Garmin method of displaying a track by ticking it in the menu. The Drive app works fine without explore being installed on your phone or linked to your XT unit.

You obviously have to manually untick the track when you have finished using it.

[Mzokk]

@paul69 I am thinking of going down the route of using MRA for navigation as well as route planning. Sometimes the testing gets a bit ridiculous.

[paul69]

@Mzokk

[paul69]

@Mzokk
this is what i have been trying to explain to people, you do not get this option with explore activated.

replied to this a bit late, but never mind

for those looking in, this refers to 3 posts above this one

[Mike wiruth]

@paul69 Paul, thanks very much. I went to the link and followed the instructions and got rid of explore on my xt. I also signed up for the zumo forum. This should be a great place to get more zumo related answers. Thanks again for your help.

[Mike wiruth]

@Mzokk So how do you display both the track and the route? I checked my xt and went to trip planner and opened up the trip I designed. Then what do you do? Go back and open the track too? When I downloaded it I chose gpx 1.2 route, track, poi

[Mike wiruth]

@Mzokk Also where in settings do you change the color of routes and tracks? Also, how did you get those great screen shots of your xt screen? Thanks for all your hard work of posting this reply. Great work. I was a great help. You might regret it though, I'm a learner, always wanting to learn more and I might burden you with questions. LOL

[Marinus van Deudekom]

@Mike-wiruth of you got rid of explore in your XT in the settings you can choose to display any track and choose the with and color.
They are display under your route so is you go of route it's instantly visible

[Mike wiruth]

@Marinus-van-Deudekom How do you do it? I can't seem to open them both up at the same time. Also, need to know where to go to change the color of the track. Thanks for any help you can give me.

[Mzokk]

@Mike-wiruth Hi Mike if you go into tracks this is the sequence.

Open Tracks

Click on the spanner to show the track on the map. This stays on until you unclick it even if you are not navigating.

To change colour and width of the track you click on the spanner and scroll to the menu Item

So you can set up the track of the route you intend to run at any time and the track will stay until you untick it.

[Mike wiruth]

@Mzokk Great, thanks for those steps. When you set the properties of the track, to see both at once, do you have to Start the track, then back out and start the route? I looked at the route, and when I first looked at it I could see what looked like the track on the outside of the route, I made the track the widest and color in red. But, when I zoomed in, I couldn't see the track anymore. But, I guess the good news is the track was the same as the route. No deviation.