Garmin Edge 800 User Guide (With Fancy Pics)

[Broughtonblue]

These figures: N52°32'06.4, W001°13'37.7 which will change depending where you are.

Ha. Thanks. As you can tell im not a gadget man!

 

[Gary E]

N52°32'06.4, W001°13'37.7 gives your location in degrees, minutes and seconds along the North/South and East/West axis.

 

[Gary E]

Just cut and copy "N52°32'06.4, W001°13'37.7" (without the quote marks into Google and look at the map.

 

[Broughtonblue]

Peregrine Road, or thereabouts in Primethorpe? - N52°32'06.4, W001°13'37.7

Sorry i missed those figures you gave! I get it now. Thanks

 

[Louch]

On the graph that shows your elevation. Where on the graph are you? Is it where you are going, where you have just climbed, or are you in the middle?

 

[uclown2002]

On the graph that shows your elevation. Where on the graph are you? Is it where you are going, where you have just climbed, or are you in the middle?

I've always wondered that; could never make any sense of it!

 

[musa]

It is what you are riding or just ridden. Ie your current elevation

 

[Louch]

cheers.

 

[uclown2002]

Courses:

So you've got a course off one of the map sites (or made your own) and downloaded it to the 800. It'll look something like below.

Touch the route you desire and you'll get this. Mine is zoomed in on 8mi,don't worry this is purely to show the whole route. I'll add shots of the level of detail at some point.

Press the Spanner.

Map Display.

Press the Blue ( I )

Or the Graph for elevation.

Press Go to collect $200

The unit will happily navigate you along your chosen route. But if you power the unit down at a stop

YOU MUST PRESS THE START BUTTON BEFORE CONTINUING.​

I tried following a downloaded course for the first time today. My settings were identical to yours. However, I got no navigation at all although I got a few warnings when I accidentally strayed off course. Do you get the course guidance on a separate page or does it appear regardless of what page is displayed? As it happens I had a good idea where I was going today but would to use it for other routes that I don't know as well.

 

[Gary E]

When you first download a route to your 800 the default setting for navigation (Turn Guidance in settings) is 'off' you have to turn it on when you select the ride.
NOTE - you must turn it on BEFORE you press start! Once you've started the route it's too late, even if you go back into settings and turn it on it won't work for that ride. This is one of the most annoying features of the 800 and because I also have a 705 on another bike (that doesn't have this little quirk) I do it all the time

 

[uclown2002]

When you first download a route to your 800 the default setting for navigation (Turn Guidance in settings) is 'off' you have to turn it on when you select the ride.
NOTE - you must turn it on BEFORE you press start! Once you've started the route it's too late, even if you go back into settings and turn it on it won't work for that ride. This is one of the most annoying features of the 800 and because I also have a 705 on another bike (that doesn't have this little quirk) I do it all the time

That'll be it ty. Guess it doesn't matter what screen I leave it on after starting course?

 

[Gary E]

No, whatever screen you're in it'll give you notifications of the turns and the map will come up briefly to show you the way then go back to the screen you were on.

 

[uclown2002]

No, whatever screen you're in it'll give you notifications of the turns and the map will come up briefly to show you the way then go back to the screen you were on.

Thanks.

 

[david k]

Thanks for that...but do I need to press Stop before press/hold Reset, or does it make no difference?

yes, thats how i do it anyway.
if i stop for a rest/eat i just press stop, if i stop and want to reset i press and hold reset to start a new journey

 

[david k]

Anyone know the battery life on the Garmin 800 with the lighting turned all the way down, and 1 sec recording?

I had the light turned all the way up today, and the battery went from 100% to 37% after five hours. I'm taking it on a charity Solihull to Paris bike ride in a weeks time, and could have it turned on for ten hours plus, so want to know if it'll last!

Also, on the same front - if we stop for lunch, and I hit stop on the timer, and then turn the unit off, will it be able to resume from the same place when I turn it back on, or will the data have been reset and stored as a ride?

it just carries on, which i like