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Creating, Editing, or Deleting Custom Avoidances on an Automotive Device

Your device allows you to set up custom avoidances so that you can avoid specific areas and lengths of road. This feature is useful if you want to avoid certain streets because they are a problem to travel on, as well as avoiding certain areas where your vehicle may not have the capability to travel, or if you simply do not wish to travel in that particular area.  

A maximum of 50 custom avoidances can be created.

NOTE: Custom road avoidances may have to be re-set after each map update. Custom area avoidances should remain accurate and intact.

To Access Custom Avoidances:

  1. Touch  Settings gear
    • Touch Apps then the Tools tab first on some devices.
  2. Touch Navigation 
  3. Touch Custom Avoidances
    • Touch Route Preferences first on some devices
    • If custom avoidances already exist, touch Add Avoidance first.
  4. Touch Add Avoid Area or Add Avoid Road

After selecting the desired type of custom avoidance, you'll be able to select the area or road that you want to avoid.

To Avoid a Specific Area:

  1. Locate the area you want to avoid
  2. Touch a point on the map that you want to be one corner of the avoid area
  3. Touch Next
  4. Touch a point on the map that you want to be the opposite corner of the avoid area
  5. Touch Next
  6. Confirm that the area you want to avoid is completely covered by the rectangular area
  7. Touch Finish or Done

The device will now avoid the area you selected.

To Avoid a Specific Length of Road:

  1. Locate the road you would like to avoid all or part of
  2. Touch the point on the map that will mark the beginning of the stretch of road you would like to avoid
  3. Touch Next
  4. Touch the point on the map that will mark the end of the stretch of road you would like to avoid
  5. Touch Next
  6. Confirm that the highlighted area contains the entire length of road that you would like to avoid
  7. Touch Finish or Done

The device will now avoid the area you selected.

To Edit or Delete a Custom Avoidance:

  1. Access the Custom Avoidance menu
  2. Touch the Custom Avoidance you would like to edit or delete
  3. Touch the  menu icon
  4. Select the desired action

    • Rename will allow you to type a new name for the selected custom avoidance for easier identification.

    • Disable/Enable will turn the selected custom avoidance off or on without permanently deleting it.

    • Delete will permanently delete the selected avoidance.

Repeat these steps as desired to edit or delete other custom avoidances.

To Delete More than One Custom Avoidance at a Time:

  1. Access the Custom Avoidance menu
  2. Touch the  trash icon
  3. Touch each custom avoidance that will be deleted
    • Touch Select All if you wish to delete all custom avoidances.
    • Touch the  magnifying glass to search for specific custom avoidances.
  4. Touch Delete

The selected custom avoidances will be deleted.

NOTE: After touching Delete, no confirmation message will appear. Confirm the selections prior to touching Delete.

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