+TheOldfields Posted July 14, 2018 Share Posted July 14, 2018 Hi all, With our new Oregon 700, it appears that if you specify a geocache or a route to navigate to, then the unit will automatically calculate the best way of driving there, even when we're out in the country (and the route ends up being gibberish). I can't see an obvious way of turning that behaviour off. Can anyone advise? Quote Link to comment
+Mineral2 Posted July 14, 2018 Share Posted July 14, 2018 Under settings > Routing, set your default routing method to "Direct." Quote Link to comment
+TheOldfields Posted July 14, 2018 Author Share Posted July 14, 2018 Thanks for the idea, but the options under settings, routing are activity, calculation method, lock on road, off route calculation and avoidance setup. No default routing method option. None of the choices under those look to address the issue. Quote Link to comment
+Mineral2 Posted July 14, 2018 Share Posted July 14, 2018 What are your settings for activity? You should be able to set it to Direct Routing for your geocaching profile. Quote Link to comment
+TheOldfields Posted July 14, 2018 Author Share Posted July 14, 2018 On the initial screen that I'm always choosing Geocaching, but that Default Routing option isn't there. Not sure what you mean by "What are your settings for activity"? Quote Link to comment
+TheOldfields Posted July 15, 2018 Author Share Posted July 15, 2018 Can I check something.... you do have a 7xx model yourself? You're not just assuming that the 7xx will have the same settings as an earlier model? Quote Link to comment
+Mineral2 Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 I don't, so I am making some assumptions based on many settings being unchanged over the past 15 years or so. 1 hour ago, TheOldfields said: but the options under settings, routing are activity, calculation method, lock on road, off route calculation and avoidance setup. So I'll ask again, what do you have set for your routing settings for activity? Quote Link to comment
+TheOldfields Posted July 15, 2018 Author Share Posted July 15, 2018 OK. They changed the options I think. Quote Link to comment
+Atlas Cached Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 Should be able to find answers to most of your Oregon 7x0 questions here. Quote Link to comment
+TheOldfields Posted July 15, 2018 Author Share Posted July 15, 2018 Thanks both, found it. I was expecting the direct routing choice to be an option under one of the activities, but it turns out that it's actually classed as a separate activity. Switching that appears to sort my issue out. Quote Link to comment
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