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Quick semantics question recording track with waypoint marking

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Hi gang,

Newbie to gps and I have a quick question regarding the etrex 20. I know how to create and save waypoints and I know how to record a track as i am navigating. I do have a question regarding the "mix" of these two however.

If I do not have a preplanned route, what I want to do is create an initial waypoint then set the device to record my track. Along the way I would like to create and save new waypoints at specific intervals. While I am recording the track if i go thru the menu options to save another waypoint then go back to navigate will it still be automatically recording or do i have to say record track again?

In other words, once i start recording the track does it keep recording until i say stop or does it stop if i type in another command? i just doent want to lose any of the track recording after i mark additional waypoints

Thank you!
  • It will keep recording the track until you switch the track recording option off (or when you switch the device off, ofcourse).
    Saving waypoints or whatever you do on the device doesn't influence the track recording.