Garmin XT - simulate route

[lurkin]

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I am running Garmin XT (2008 version) on my HTC mobile. The XT menu suggests a function called "Simulate route".

When I click it following message pops up
"To simulate driving a route, you must have an active route and the GPS signal must be disabled".

So far so good but to me it looks like a bit of an endless loop?
To reproduce the example of searching on GPS unit while not physically inside the country requires the GPS to be in simulation mode (GPS signal off) and the pointer to be placed within the search area.
On the other hand - at least from my understanding - to create an active route, the GPS must be on? Or did I miss something?
On Garmin XT it is different from Nuvi where I can simulate routing with GPS in sim mode.

Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Also, where the heck to disable GPS signal in Garmin XT?

Thanks

[Alan]

Hi Lurkin,
To simulate a route, you have to have your GPS turned off, that's easy if you're using a bluetooth GPS, I don't know about a HTC with a built in GPS.
You then need to create the route, TOOLS-MANAGE MY DATA-ROUTES-CREATE NEW SAVED ROUTE. I tried it and it works, but you have to have the map active, that is you're in the country and the GPS has determined your location at least once.
Alan

[lurkin]

Hi Lurkin,
To simulate a route, you have to have your GPS turned off, that's easy if you're using a bluetooth GPS, I don't know about a HTC with a built in GPS.
You then need to create the route, TOOLS-MANAGE MY DATA-ROUTES-CREATE NEW SAVED ROUTE. I tried it and it works, but you have to have the map active, that is you're in the country and the GPS has determined your location at least once.
Alan

Hi Alan,

That's exactly the point - one has to be in the country and GPS must have once determined the location.

The question on the forum where I was trying to help was however, how to create a route without being physically in the country.
This kind of travel planing are possible on my GPSmap 60CSx as well as on my Nuvi but it seems impossible on Garmin XT, at least I could not figure out how it works because I can't turn off the build in GPS.