Your Garmin help, please

i got really frustrated with the 800 telling me to ride across parks that had no cycling restrictions, and taking long convoluted routes, navigating for car reduced a lot of this

OSM maps ? If so you can fix the problem at source by heading over to http://www.openstreetmap.org, editing the map and putting Bicycles=no tags on the offending ways. Then wait a couple of days and download fresh maps.

Ah, I read that as 'no cycling restrictions' and thought "what's the problem?!" but he meant 'NO CYCLING' restrictions.

I can use my new 810 without maps can't I? If I have a course it'll still work on the basemap (without turn by turn) right?

i no longer use the 800 but it had the garmin europe map on an SD card

these days am using the 1000 with OSM

Have not done it for a while but with a tcx I have just followed the blue line. Does not really matter where you are does it?

Same with a gpx track if you choose the off road option.
It will not try to find the nearest road but will follow the track points in the gpx file.

Not for an audax, no. When I'm training though I often use the map to look around and pick somewhere else to ride to. Well, I used to. I'll get a map on it eventually but in case I don't have a memory card spare before Saturday I thought i'd ask.

A brief guide to setting up navigation, etc on an 800 that I came across
http://www.scarletfire.co.uk/foolproof-course-navigation-on-the-garmin-edge-800/

Just go Garmin tandoori.

Routesheets >>>

Actually, good point. Originally purchased Nov 2011. Replaced in June 2012. Less than 3 years til it dies ain't enough. I'll call them again tomorrow.

Thanks for the reply. Yes, tried with/without the SD, but still no joy. Resigned to it going back...

Your cable is obviously working with other devices?

Thanks, had no idea these existed. Will buy.

@fussballclub - yeah, cab,e was the first check.

Is there a way to check storage space on the actual 800/810? What do they come with internally available?

800 has about 100MB. Too small for maps.

Cheers. Looks like I'll have to grab the SD card out of the etrex and put a new OSM map on it.

I have a GPX/TCX file which I want to import/replicate in Strava routes; I found a couple of sites that let you import the files and show the route on map but none of them show the direction of the ride .. what is the best solution?

Ride it both ways?

Ridewithgps for example shows a green icon at the start and a red icon at the end.

Garmins basecamp shows direction arrows

Can i import GPX/TCX in ridewithgps?

Yes

How!?

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Any ideas for sorting a loose USB connection on a Garmin? The actual connector feels pretty tight, like it won't fall out but it seems to rock side-side a bit, which I guess is making the unit think the external power is disconnecting, so it beeps and sets the screen brightness up again.