Garmin Quest 2 User Manual

Quest Owner’s Manual 13

BASIC OPERATION > FINDING PLACES AND ROUTING TO THEM

Finding Recently-Found Places
Your Quest stores the 50 most recent places you have found and 
viewed. The most recently-reviewed item is on the top of the list. 
To find a recently-found place:
1.  Press FIND, highlight Recent Finds, and press OK. A list of 
recently-found items appears. 
2.  To narrow your search, 
highlight All Categories and 
press OK. 
3.  Highlight a category from the 
list and press OK. The 15 
most...

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BASIC OPERATION > FINDING PLACES AND ROUTING TO THEM

Planning a Trip
If you are planning a trip and would like to find vacation spots 
ahead of time, consider using the “chain find” method described 
below. You can also follow these instructions for finding places 
while you are already on a trip. 
1.  Find the city you plan to visit. See page 12 for more 
instructions. In our example, Overland Park, KS is chosen.
2.  Highlight 
Find Near and 
press OK. Highlight Lodging 
to look...

Quest Owner’s Manual 15

BASIC OPERATION > MY LOCATIONS

My Locations
You can save your favorite places to the My Locations category of 
the Find Menu. This allows you to easily find your favorite places 
later. For example, if you have found a great campsite, you can 
save the place to My Locations. Then when you want to return to 
the campsite, you can easily find it and route to it. 
Saving Your Favorite Places in “My Locations”
You can save up to 500 locations using four basic methods. All of 
the...

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BASIC OPERATION > MY LOCATIONS

Saving a Map Location
As you pan around the map, you can save a location you see to My 
Locations. See page 29 for information about panning the map.
To save a place on the map to My Locations:
1.  Press Page  to open the 
Map page. 
2.  Press the 
Rocker pad to 
select the place you want to 
save. Press OK. 
3.  An Information page opens. 
Highlight Save and press 
OK.
4.  A Saved as My Location page  opens. This page allows you 
to rename the...

Quest Owner’s Manual 17

BASIC OPERATION > MY LOCATIONS

Editing a Saved Location
You can edit many aspects of a saved location: the name, symbol, 
location coordinates, comment, elevation, and category.
To edit the saved location:
1.  Press the FIND key. Highlight My Locations and press OK. 
2.  Highlight the saved location you want to edit and press 
OK.
3.  Highlight the item you want to 
change and press OK.
4.  Use the on-screen keyboard 
to enter new information. 
5.  When you are done editing...

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BASIC OPERATION > MY LOCATIONS

Deleting Saved Locations
You can delete saved locations when they are no longer needed.
To delete a saved location:
1.  Press the FIND key. Highlight 
My Locations and press OK. 
2.  Highlight the saved location 
you want to delete. 
3.  Highlight the red 
 to the 
right of the location and press 
OK to delete it.
To delete saved locations by symbol or category:
1.  Press the FIND key, highlight My Locations, and press OK. 
2.  Press 
MENU,...

Quest Owner’s Manual 19

BASIC OPERATION > SETTING YOUR HOME LOCATION

Setting Your Home Location
Your Quest allows you to set a “Home” location that can be your 
home, office, or any other place to which you return most often. 
After you set your Home location, you can quickly create a route 
to your Home Location. For example, if you are traveling in a 
new city or down an unknown street and you want to easily find 
your way home, simply press and hold the FIND key. Your Quest 
automatically redirects...

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BASIC OPERATION > USING TRACBACK

Using TracBack
The Quest records an electronic breadcrumb trail or “track log” 
as you travel. As a result, you can retrace your recent movements 
using the TracBack
® feature. This feature is particularly useful 
when navigational markers are not readily available.
The track log starts recording as soon as the Quest gets a location 
fix. For the best results, clear the track log before you start 
traveling. When the track log is full, new track...

Quest Owner’s Manual 21

BASIC OPERATION > USING TRACBACK

Following Your Track with the Compass Page
If you have selected to follow your track 
(Follow Track), the Quest traces your path to 
the destination. You can use the Map page and 
Compass page to navigate to your destination. 
Press the Page  key to view the Compass page. The middle of 
the page features a rotating “compass ring” that shows your course 
while you are moving. Your present heading is indicated at the top 
of the compass ring. The...

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BASIC OPERATION > PLANNING AND MODIFYING ROUTES

Planning and Modifying Routes 
Use the Quest’s Route Planner feature to plan your routes before 
you even leave the house. The Route Planner allows you to select 
a start point and a destination, and it automatically saves the route. 
You can also modify the route to add extra stops (via points) or 
avoid certain roads. 
Planning a Route
Planning routes is fast and easy: simply pick a starting location and 
an ending location. 
To...