Garmin 800 Help

[Trickedem]

I would suggest you turn recalculate off completely. Before doing this I had no end of problems.
If you are following a course and things go wrong or you forgot to turn on prompts, you can always start the course again. Very occasionally I find the turn by turn instructions go wrong and restarting the course fixes it. The unit will still be recording fine.
I would also suggest you take a look at bikehike.co.uk. This allows you to load the track direct to the 800.
A single press of the power button should bring up a screen that allows you to adjust brightness and also to lock the unit. Turning off requires a longer press

 

[Norry1]

Thanks - yes I think I'll turn recalculate off. I loaded the test ride from Garmin Connect directly (not tried that before). I've also turned Virtual Partner off.

 

[Gary E]

I've never been able to get on with Garmin's route maker, I use Bikeroutetoaster.com and have never had a problem. My 705 locked up on me a few times but my 800 has been perfect since I bought it (well not quite true but all of the problems turned out to be my fault in the end).

 

[HLaB]

For some reason GC's course creator wont transfer to my 800 even though its recognised. RWGPS works with creating a tcx, importing it to Training Centre and then sending everything to the 800. Its a bit time consuming, however and when adding a new course I had to delete all courses and start again! I thing RWGPS can do it directly but you have to pay. GC has at least made the correct file/folder structure on the memory card and I'm going to try copying it directly to the 'new files' folder.

Its there the GC and RWGPS course now