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theloafer
Legendary Member
- Location
- newton aycliffe
got an edge 500 if that's any good ...(no mapping) ..as just got g/f an 810 just the head unit as she need the usb and mounts but there easy to get hold of 
got an edge 500 if that's any good ...(no mapping) ..as just got g/f an 810 just the head unit as she need the usb and mounts but there easy to get hold of
No mapping but there is the option to follow a pre-loaded bread crumb trial.
theloafer
Legendary Member
- Location
- newton aycliffe
opps thanks ian forgot that detail..been a hard day at work ...
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I couldn't get that feature to work reliably. There are hundreds of people complaining online about the same kind of problems. I tried everything I could but finally admitted defeat. I got it to work for 30-50 km but it always started playing up on longer rides.
Yup, the problem was any route that was more then 75 miles.
Anything below that I found it worked flawlessly.
derrick
The Glue that binds us together.
- Location
- On the edge of London
Have you tried uploading from Ride with GPS?
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Hmm, I would have been very happy with that. Most of my rides are shorter than that and even my longest were 140-145 miles so I would just split such a ride file into 2 parts, pre-cafe and post-cafe.
I tried different versions of Garmin firmware and preparing the gpx files in many different ways. Still got unreliable results.
Any tips?
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I will give that a go. If it works I will look at the gpx file and see what is different to the ones my mapping software produces. (Or does Ride with GPS use a different format?)
lazyfatgit
Guest
- Location
- Lawrence, NSW
Garmin have a route planning app. Basecoonect or basemap or something.Can't quite remember the name. Its free. Havent used it but may be worth a try?
It doesn't matter what mapping you use the results will still be the same. It's a flaw with the unit. I used lots of different mapping with the same results.
However not all the units were affected. It seemed to be luck of the draw wether you had one that worked with routing properly or not.
Anyway. The 500 are brilliant units for recording rides and stats. For that they work flawlessly.
However not all the units were affected. It seemed to be luck of the draw wether you had one that worked with routing properly or not.
Anyway. The 500 are brilliant units for recording rides and stats. For that they work flawlessly.
