Garmin Edge 8. 00 forgot Intro. The Edge 8. 00 is fantastic for is navigation I frequently cycle up to and over 1. Ive never been before, without getting lost. I have garmin 800 with Discoverer 150K maps enabled and basemap disabled. I have followed instructions above. When I try out a course from ridewithgps tcx file or. GPSMapEdit Previous releases. GPSMapEdit 2. 1 update 78. March 4th, 2014 The change log Fix The context menu for tracks and waypoints is restored thanks to. Garmin GPSMAP 62s hands on review including comparisons to similar units, price comparisons, links to owners manual, message forums and more. Even better is that I pre plan my route to visit particular places, follow the nicest roadsavoid the nasty roads and pass the features I want cake stops when I want. Whats not fantastic is the documentation on the best way to get this working. Ive therefore put together this guide broken down into just 6 steps Set up your Edge 8. Plan your route. Download your route. Copy your route onto the Edge 8. Pstn To Ip Converter on this page. Import Maps From Gmapsupp.Img' title='Import Maps From Gmapsupp.Img' />Configure your route again, some of the default settings are a bit odd so well change them. Go ride After the guide theres some sections covering other relevant information. Maps. As maps are so important to the success of turn by turn navigation, and the main reason people have problems, Ive moved this section to the start. In short, the built in map on the Edge 8. If youre reading this page you almost certainly need to add a better map via a Micro SD Card. There are three options for these maps Garmin City Navigator good quality road maps, ideal for road riding only. Garmin GB Discoverer 1 5. K OS maps for the UK, ideal for cross country mountain biking. Open Street Map OSM consumer made maps including cycle paths, ideal for road riding and use of cycle paths. The Garmin maps cost and you cant get updates without buying another. However, they are very convenient as they come ready to go on a Micro SD Card. I now prefer the OSM maps and, even better, they are free except for the cost of the Micro SD Card. John Tiffany has written an excellent step by step guide to getting them in the comments below. GET THE GEAR ON AMAZON httpswww. We dive into the kind of maps you can load onto your Garmin GPS device and Basecamp. There. Iepriekjs versijas. V. 1. 1. x karu paniekus ldzam sazinties ar kurtuesikurtuesi. LM versiju. Initial setup. Some of the default settings on the Edge 8. Select Menu, SpannerWrench, System, Map and then set the options like so Once done, press the back arrow, select Routing and then set the options like so When you get to Avoidance Setup, set the options like so Keep pressing or press and hold the back arrow to get out of the menu system. Plan your route. There are numerous websites out there that allow you to pre plan a cycle route but Ride. With. GPS is by far the best so thats what Ill assume youll be using. Some tips for route planning originally written by Uncycle on the Garmin forums To avoid the confusing the Edge 8. When plotting a route always click in road segments NOT at junctions to avoid little side stubs when you click a bit inaccuratelyAllow the websites routing algorithm time after each click to complete its routing to that point avoids odd little loopbacksGo round the course at max zoom to check that all is correct. Another little trick that I do is to grab peg man and hover him over the route, if my route lights up blue, it means the Google Street. View car went down that part of the road and so there shouldnt be a problem going down it myself. If it doesnt light blue then why did the Street. View car not go down there Most likely its an unpaved or private road that Google thinks is navigable when in fact its not practical andor legal to do so. Download your route. Once youve planned your route on Ride. With. GPS, use the Export feature to save the route as a GPX Track. If you ignored the very first section about maps and only have the built in ones or youve added your own entries to the Cue Sheet on Ride. With. GPS and want to be notified of these, then you will need to export the route as a TCX. Copy your route onto the Edge 8. Plug the Edge 8. 00 into your computer, wait for it to be recognised and then copy the GPX file you exported into the Garmin. New. Files folder on the Edge 8. I prefer to use the Garmin. New. Files folder on the SD Card as it means that should the Edge 8. Ive heard this being reported, but its never happened to me then at least my route is still safe. Configure your route. Once youve got a route on the Edge 8. Unplug the Edge 8. Menu, Courses, your course, Spanner Wrench and then set the options like so When you get to Map Display, set the options like so Of course you can pick any colour you like, but I find lime green works well. Note that this colour only applies when Always Display is On If youre doing a course then this will be shown in purple and you cant change that. See Go Ride section for clarification. Keep pressing or press and hold the back arrow to get out of the menu system. Go ride Once youve done the above actually navigating a route is really simple, just select Menu, Courses, your course hit the big green Go button. This will cause the Edge 8. Overlay the route on the map page in purple, you cant change thatGive you turn by turn instructions bleep on screen promptGive a bleep and an instruction for every entry in the Ride. With. GPS cue sheet if you used the TCX optionShriek and show Off Course if you stray off the route. An alternative if you dont want the bleeps prompts is to not hit Go but select the Spanner Wrench, Map Display and set Always Display to On. Then keep pressing or press and hold the back arrow until youre out of the menu system. If you then find the map screen youll see your course displayed in the colour you chose, e. This option obviously removes any intelligence from the device, which is no bad thing if you dont want to follow a course exactly or youre not totally familiar with the technology and want to keep it simple andor quiet. Note that when you hit the Go button, the Garmin will say Calculating from 0 to 1. The speed at which it goes through this process is not consistent e. On longer routes it may stick on 1. Ride With. GPS Premium Users. Its worth noting that Ride. With. GPS Premium users have two extra features directly relevant to the Edge 8. Garmin Write this sends a route directly to your Garmin Edge 8. GPX Track meaning the Putting a route onto the Edge 8. If you use the TCX format you can tick the Notify before turn option to get an extra bleep just prior to junctions. There are lots of other benefits to being a premium user as well as the fact youre supporting a great website run by two great guys so its worth considering. Issues. There are some issuesbugs relating to the above that Im aware of If the maps you have loaded dont contain all the paths used on your route, the Garmin might change your route during the Calculating phase. Ive heard of another user experience this and Im 9. I saw this once or maybe twice when I used a lot of cycle paths on my way from Calais to Amsterdam. I did my route plan on RWGPS using OSM which knew of the cycle paths but had a Garmin map loaded on the Edge which didnt have all the cycle paths. I suspect different settings e. I havent experimented as I now use the OSM maps on my Garmin so its unlikely to reoccur. Sometimes you dont get a turn prompt when you expect one. This is because the map you have loaded doesnt know about or understand the junction and isnt a fault with the Garmin. Typically this happens when the map thinks a junction has a different layout different road priorities to what is marked on the road. Ive heard people say that turn by turn notifications sometimes stop working during a route. I think Ive seen this myself too, though Im not very observant of it as Im not very reliant on them. Im happy just following the line on the screen, following the obvious road and relying on the off course shriek to alert me if I made a mistake.