Set the route to invisible
How?
Please!
J
I can't find a way of doing it, using Mapsource (versions 6.13 and 6.15) and a Legend HCx (software version 2.60 - not the latest). I assume it may be possible on the Edge models, and other newer Garmins.
In the newer version of Mapsource you can set a colour for each Route, in the same way as for Tracks. The colours available include white and 'transparent'.
This information doesn't seem to be picked up by the Legend HCx, after transferring the routes in the usual way - they all display in the default purple.
You can change the general 'Routing colour' on the HCx models - in Setup, Routing - to any one of several colors including white (but not transparent**) - and this will apply to any route in 'Follow Road' but not, AFAICS, in 'Off Road' where it stays in purple.
In any case on the GPS display the Route sits 'under' any track that is also displayed - so maybe its just a matter of choosing 2 suitably contrasting colours. In 'Follow Road' it also sits under map features such as roads and road names, which all works pretty well (if you like follow road!). In Off Road it is a narrower line that obscures map features (but still sits under tracks).
[**edit] You can get the 'invisible' or 'transparent' effect by setting the Route colour to be the same as the map general background colour. Again this works better in Follow Road than in Off Road, because the route seems to occupy a different 'overlay' depending on which mode its in. In Follow Road its above the map background (inc forests etc) but below all other features - in Off Road its above some map features but still below any visible Track.