Swapping from Garmin 705 to 500...

hopper1
hopper1 Posts: 4,389
edited December 2010 in Training, fitness and health
Thinking of getting a Garmin 500. I don't actually use the maps on my 705...
Would I be able to transfer routes (.tcx or .gxp) from 705 to 500, so that I could use the virtual trainer, etc?...
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  • jonmack
    jonmack Posts: 522
    I don't see why not, just plug them both in to your computer and move them from one device to the other.
  • keef66
    keef66 Posts: 13,123
    Would you then be looking to sell the 705?? Nudge nudge, wink wink :wink:
  • hugo15
    hugo15 Posts: 1,101
    You can definitely plot routes in BikeHike and upload them to the 500 so you will be able to get your routes out of the 705 and into the 500. Don't know how it will hande the virtual trainer data though as I think the 500 converts the .tcx file into a .fit file (it does it automatically).
  • hopper1
    hopper1 Posts: 4,389
    Bugger!... I just read that the Garmin 500 doesn't have Virtual Trainer...

    Sorry Keef66, there wont be any good deals on a used 705 just yet!...
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  • hugo15
    hugo15 Posts: 1,101
    hopper1 wrote:
    Bugger!... I just read that the Garmin 500 doesn't have Virtual Trainer...

    Yes it does!

    When the 500 was first launched the Garmin info said it didn't have virtual trainer. It's now been updated to say it does. Unfortunately a few suppliers still have the original Garmin info :roll:

    https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?cID ... 8#specsTab

    Scroll down to the features, 7th point down.

    Have a look here too for a discussion that confirms it http://www.mtbe.co.uk/garmin-500-question-t9756.html.

    Keef66...... you might just be back in the game :wink:
  • hopper1
    hopper1 Posts: 4,389
    hugo15 wrote:
    hopper1 wrote:
    Bugger!... I just read that the Garmin 500 doesn't have Virtual Trainer...

    Yes it does!

    When the 500 was first launched the Garmin info said it didn't have virtual trainer. It's now been updated to say it does. Unfortunately a few suppliers still have the original Garmin info :roll:

    https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?cID ... 8#specsTab

    Scroll down to the features, 7th point down.

    Have a look here too for a discussion that confirms it http://www.mtbe.co.uk/garmin-500-question-t9756.html.

    Keef66...... you might just be back in the game :wink:

    :lol: Bugger!... Thought I'd saved myself 133 squids, then... :wink:

    Handtec obviously using old data. I did think it had VT, but then thought maybe I was having a senior moment...

    Thanks Hugo
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