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How Routing Preferences Work on an Automotive Device

Most automotive devices allow you to select a route preference or calculation mode to determine how the device calculates the route.

Your Device may Provide Some of the Following Route Preferences:

  • Faster Time: Uses map information to create a faster route.
    • This includes posted speed limits, road types, and driving distance.
    • Faster Time may have a longer distance, but offers a faster arrival time than the Shorter Distance option.
  • Off Road or Straight Line: Draws a geographical straight line route between two points, or "as the crow flies". This is also known as a bearing. This route will not follow any roads.
  • Shorter Distance: Creates a route from the shortest driving distance between two points.
    • This feature is not available on all devices.
  • Less Fuel: Uses distance and posted speed limits to calculate a route using less fuel.
    • This feature is only available on devices with ecoRoute that also have an entered vehicle profile.
    • See your device's owners' manual for information on ecoRoute compatibility and the Less Fuel route preference.
  • Turn-by-Turn: Route taking streets and/or trails.
    • This feature is only available on the Camper 795 caravan and motorhome sat nav, CamperCam 795 motorhome sat nav with built-in dash cam,  RV 795 RV navigator, RVcam 795 RV navigator with built-in dash cam, Tread® Series devices, and zūmo® XT2 GPS navigator (trail maps are included with the Tread® Series).

To see route options, after selecting a destination and before pressing go, press the double-headed arrow to see and choose from routes presented. See "Starting a Route" in the device manual for more information.


A Detailed Video Tutorial Discussing Route Settings is Available Below: