Route criteria

General information

> You can influence the calculated route by selecting certain trip criteria.
> Route criteria can be changed during destination entry and during route guidance.
> Street types are part of the navigation data and are taken into account in route planning, e.g. avoiding highways.
> The proposed route can differ from personal experience.
> The settings are stored for the remote control currently in use.
> Route guidance with traffic bulletins.

Changing route criteria

1.  "Navigation"
2.  "Map"

3.   "Route preference"

3.  4.  Selecting a criterion: "Route preference"

4.  Selecting a criterion:

> a combination of the least possible distance and stretches of road that allow rapid "Fast route": time-optimized route through a combination of the least possible distance and stretches of road that allow rapid driving.
> fastest and shortest possible route. "Efficient route": optimized combination of the fastest and shortest possible route.
> into account. "Short route": short distance without taking time into account.

> "Alternative routes": are suggested, where possible, during active route guidance.

> "Alternative routes": are suggested, where possible, during active route guidance. The individual suggestions are labeled in color.

5.  Select additional route criteria, if desired.

Where possible, the selected criteria will be avoided on the route.

> "Avoid highways": highways are avoided where possible.
> "Avoid toll roads": toll roads are avoided where possible.
> "Avoid ferries": ferries are avoided where possible.

The setting applies to the current route and to the planning of future routes.

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