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Garmin edge touring problems

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  • October 5, 2014 at 7:18 pm #22512
    Cooperdan

    Hi, as the subject suggests, I have had countless problems with my Garmin Edge Touring sat nav and was wondering if anyone else has? I downloaded routes this summer when I rode LEJOG with a touring company (fortunately, I had paper back up maps) and despite having these routes, the damn gadget wanted to take me off road! Before anyone suggests it, I have set it for ‘road only’ as I am on my road bike, etc.

    Hilariously, whilst on the Yorkshire tour sportive last weekend (again with a downloaded route), the Touring wanted to take me off down a trail again! I switched it off and followed the masses.

    I have done routes via strava but haven’t got around to testing them on the Touring yet but am rapidly getting fed up of its inane ways – a real waste of cash!

    What are anyone else’s experiences? 8|

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  • March 18, 2015 at 9:21 pm #816821
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    02curtisb

    Just took mine out for a
    Just took mine out for a first ride today, had some similar issues. Seems to me that when following a downloaded course you need to turn off the automatic recalculation. Reading between many lines, when you go off the downloaded course or the unit thinks you have (maybe from a loss of signal) its route re calculation ignores your course from then on, and just follows the units settings to get to the end point. If what i think is correct the downloaded course and the units”route” both show as separate lines on the map.

    March 18, 2015 at 5:20 pm #816819
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    StevePurcell

    The touring unit wanted to
    The touring unit wanted to send me up a slip road of the M60 to join the motorway traffic, It was boxed up and sent back the same day.

    March 18, 2015 at 4:12 pm #816817
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    scotchtastic

    I have had identical problems
    I have had identical problems and agree this was a complete waste of cash. Garmin will also tell you you are “off course” when you aren’t and loves to send you down ploughed fields when you are following a route you know well that involves no such detour.
    The latest problem I have is that the device now refuses to download activities to my laptop. Garmin have sent me an email of suggested fixes. I’ve printed it off. It runs to four A4 sheets.
    I really wouldn’t bother.

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