Figure 34: Magellan's Route Exclusion Feature

11. Canceling the Route

Figure 35: Canceling a Route

When routing to a destination, you can cancel the route easily by tapping on Menu from the map screen, and then tapping on "Cancel Route"

Figure 36: Are You Sure You Want To Cancel the Route?

Tapping on Cancel Route from the previous menu brings up the cancel confirmation dialog screen, shown above. Tap on Yes to cancel the route and return to the main menu, or tap on No to return to the previous menu.

12. Using the Detour Feature

Figure 37: Accessing the Detour Feature

There may be times when you encounter heavy traffic or a closed road and want/need to detour around the problem area. Magellan's "detour" feature allows you to do just that. Tapping on the Detour icon from the main menu (shown above) brings up the Detour screen, shown below.

Figure 38: Using the Detour Feature

The Detour page asks you to specify how far you want to avoid the road you are currently traveling on. For example, if you're stuck in traffic caused by an accident not far from your current position, you may only want to avoid the current road for 3 miles. However, if the entire highway is closed due to flooding, or you know that the traffic extends for miles, you may want to take a longer detour of 5, 10, or any custom number of miles.

13. Using the Exit POI's Feature

Figure 39: Accessing the Exit POI Feature

Another excellent feature unique to Magellan is "Exit POI's". The Exit POI function provides a way of accessing commonly used POIs that are near an exit you are approaching while traveling on a freeway. Exit POIs include restaurants, gas stations, auto repair, shops, and hotels. Note that Exit POIs can only be accessed while driving on a highway (either en route to a destination or just driving).

To access the Exit POIs, tap on Menu from the Map screen and then tap the Exit POI's icon, shown above.

Figure 40: Using the Exit POI Feature

The Exit POI screen, shown above, displays a list of upcoming exits, along with the 4 categories of POIs: food, gas, auto repair, and lodging. To see the available POIs for a given category at an exit, tap on the category icon. For example, to see all the restaurants at a particular exit, tap on the restaurant icon for the exit you want to view, and the Maestro produces a list of all restaurants located at that exit (shown below).

Figure 41: Viewing POI Details via the Exit POI Menu

You can route to any POI found via the Exit POI by tapping on the POI from the results list, shown above.

14. Using the Address Book

Figure 42: Accessing My Addresses (Address Book)

"My addresses" is where you store addresses that you want to keep as future destinations as well as access addresses that you have found to recently that may not be in your address book. The address book can hold up to 200 addresses (up to 50 of those can be marked as favorites).

To access the "My Addresses" menu, from the Main Menu tap the "Enter Address" icon, then tap on the "my addresses" icon.

From within the "my addresses" screen, you can view previous destinations, view addresses that have been marked as favorites, browse the address book, or create a new entry in the address book.

15. Setting the Home Address

Figure 43: Setting the HOME Address

Your home address can be entered and saved in the Magellan Maestro for one-touch routing back home. The first time you press the Home button, the unit prompts you to enter your home address.