In article ,
(Paul Tomblin) wrote:

I know the Garmin 530W will lead you through a published hold, such as on
the missed approach, but is there any way to get it to lead you through an
ad hoc en-route hold, like when ATC tells you to hold at a certain VOR?

It looks like if I hit the OBS button it will stop sequencing, but what
can I do then?

I don't know if the 530 is different, but on the 430 you create a user
waypoint[1], set direct to that user waypoint, hit the obs button to put
it in obs mode, and then turn the obs dial to the heading on which you
want to hold.

[1] On the 430 to create a user defined waypoint you do something like
press in the right knob to put it in cursor mode, then hit enter a
couple times... or something like that.