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Tracks

Tracks are the recorded routes that give the best experience for cycling provided by other users and

official institutes. There are popular scenic tracks by Bicycling Australia preinstalled in the device.

They consist of both on-road and off-road bike tracks. You can download all the Top WhereToRide

tracks at www.MagellanCyclo.com.

1. Tap Tracks on the Navigate screen and then you can navigate and choose from individual

tracks downloaded to your device.

2. Slide the screen to the left or right using your finger to display more information of the track.

Tap GO to start navigating.

3. Tap the Sort by button at the bottom of the screen to change the sorting order of the

entries: by distance; by name; distance from the current location.

GPX Data Information

GPX (GPS eXchange Format) is a XML data format that allows you to transfer GPS data (including

waypoints, routes, and tracks) between your device and the computer.

When you record your travels, they are stored in GPX format. You can retrieve the recordings from

your device to the computer and then share them on the website.

If you have downloaded a GPX file from a third party website, you can install this file to your device.

To transfer GPX files between your device and the computer:

1. Ensure the track you have downloaded from the website is saved as a GPX file on the

computer.

2. Turn on your device and then connect it to the computer. When prompted, select the

Connect to PC option. Once connected, you can find two external mass-storage drives on the

computer: Mgn_system and Mgn_data.

1. In the Mgn_data drive, each profile will have its own directory under

2. Dodge > Tracks

3. Do one of the following:

4. To install the track to your device, copy/paste the gpx file to Mgn_data

a. Dodge > Tracks. (Don’t put it in any of the profile folders.)

5. To retrieve recordings from your device, find the gpx file in Mgn_data > Dodge >

Tracks>Profile(user folder). Move or Copy/Paste as desired.

6. Example: The default profile’s folder is

7. \Dodge\Tracks\Profile1_Default_City bike

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Magellan Cyclo 505 User Manual Page 13