route begins with out announce via/waypoint

Former Member
Former Member
Hello,
I have cobbled together a route ( using joins..etc from previous routes). My route in basecamp has ended up with :
start: un announce start ( waypoint) - viapoint
with pleny of un announce viapoints within the route
end: announce waypoint

Is this route then valid once I loaded it onto my device ( BMW nav V). All looks good in basecamp.

Do you need to have a announce waypoint/viapoint to start a route ?

thanks
DT