Garmin Edge 800... advice
DonDaddyD
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So I got one of these Garmin Edge 800 (Performance and Navigation bundle) thingys.
How do you change the distance and speed to miles and miles per hour
How do you rearrange the layout of the performance data page.
Routes, please.
Any other additional advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
How do you change the distance and speed to miles and miles per hour
How do you rearrange the layout of the performance data page.
Routes, please.
Any other additional advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
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A true scalp is not only overtaking someone but leaving them stopped at a set of lights. As you, who have clearly beaten the lights, pummels nothing but the open air ahead. ~ 'DondaddyD'. Player of the Unspoken Game
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By following the instructions.DonDaddyD wrote:How do you change the distance and speed to miles and miles per hour
By following the instructions.DonDaddyD wrote:How do you rearrange the layout of the performance data page.DonDaddyD wrote:Any other additional advice would be greatly appreciated.
Read the instructions!
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Menu, Spanner, System, Units, Distance/SpeedDonDaddyD wrote:How do you change the distance and speed to miles and miles per hour
Thought I knew, forgot.DonDaddyD wrote:How do you rearrange the layout of the performance data page.
Edit: Ah, Data Fields. Ta JG. Yeah, around there
Where to start...DonDaddyD wrote:Any other additional advice would be greatly appreciated.
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RTFM
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You can change the performance data page by longpressing on them till it prompts you for a replacement. You can change the number and configuration (# of data elements) of pages elsewhere in the setup.
Its really quite simple, just explore it.
Importing routes is a bit more of a faff though.0 -
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JonGinge wrote:If it's anything like my 500 (which I have in front of me):
Units are under Menu>Settings>System>System Setup>Select units format
Ya, the options I get are Statute and Metric.
Statute turns the speed into MPH and distance into FT (feet).
Metric turns the speed into Kmh and distance into m (meters I assume as miles would be 'mi')Screen (page) layout is under Menu>Settings>Bike Settings>Data fields
Can't find it.
(Doesn't help I've got a screaming baby as I'm trying to figure this out....)Food Chain number = 4
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Seriously man what is Statute and Statute UK.
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DonDaddyD wrote:Seriously man what is Statute and Statute UK.
Urgh
Another variation of Imperial? Seriously - the Yanks have some very, very odd unit combinations. (eg foot pounds per cubic yard per week). I think you should just stick with Statute UK and accept the consequences of buying an American product!Faster than a tent.......0 -
It's pissing me off. I don't want it.
I ain't joking I been at this since yesterday. I have a fucking degree. All I want is:
My speed in miles per hour
My distance in miles
My elevation in metres
I want my display to look like the one on the back of the box. Time at the top and 6 data fields beneath it, one either side:
Speed and Cadence,
Distance and Elevation
Heart rate and Avg Heart rate
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On a serious note if someone could (constructively) help me set my Garmin to the above it would be greatly appreciated.DonDaddyD wrote:I would like:
My speed in miles per hour
My distance in miles
My elevation in metres
I would like my display to look like the one on the back of the box. Time at the top and 6 data fields beneath it, one either side:
Speed and Cadence,
Distance and Elevation
Heart rate and Avg Heart rateFood Chain number = 4
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Read my post further back, spanner.DonDaddyD wrote:
On a serious note if someone could (constructively) help me set my Garmin to the above it would be greatly appreciated.DonDaddyD wrote:I would like:
My speed in miles per hour
My distance in miles
My elevation in metres
I would like my display to look like the one on the back of the box. Time at the top and 6 data fields beneath it, one either side:
Speed and Cadence,
Distance and Elevation
Heart rate and Avg Heart rate
As in it's in the spanner bit, in the menu 0 -
OK I'm gonna lock myself in the toilet until I've cracked this. Mario Kart rainbow road in reverse was easier.Food Chain number = 4
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Sorry, assumed the menu structure would be the same as the 500. What a fool I am.DonDaddyD wrote:JonGinge wrote:If it's anything like my 500 (which I have in front of me):
Units are under Menu>Settings>System>System Setup>Select units format
Ya, the options I get are Statute and Metric.
Statute turns the speed into MPH and distance into FT (feet).
Metric turns the speed into Kmh and distance into m (meters I assume as miles would be 'mi')Screen (page) layout is under Menu>Settings>Bike Settings>Data fields
Can't find it.
(Doesn't help I've got a screaming baby as I'm trying to figure this out....)
Page 31 of http://static.garmincdn.com/pumac/Edge_800_OM_EN.pdf0 -
Erm the distance is in Feet until you have travelled a mile.
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cyclingprop wrote:Erm the distance is in Feet until you have travelled a mile.
You need to bike more. Just sayin'
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Go to Menu > Spanner > Bike Settings > Training Pages > Timer Pages
Tap on page 1, press up or down to select the number of fields you want to display, tick that you are happy then press and hold on the field you want to change and search through the options til you find what you want. Click tick when you're happy.
Want more pages, click on page 2 or 3 - same as page 1, just make sure you check the enabled check box...
Not sure about the metric vs imperial thing though, think very few bike computers will show you distance in miles (i.e. feet) but elevation in metres...Nice weather bike: Fondriest TF2 (white/ black)
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Thanks everyone.
Now to fit the sensors to the bike.
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Good luck with the cadence sensor. Tried to fit it to my bike and ended up ripping it off after about an hour of trying (albeit not too hard). Just couldn't get the magnets to sit the correct distance from the main sensor.
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FoldingJoe wrote:Good luck with the cadence sensor. Tried to fit it to my bike and ended up ripping it off after about an hour of trying (albeit not too hard). Just couldn't get the magnets to sit the correct distance from the main sensor.
God help anybody with a Pinarello trying to fit the cadence sensor (no chance) !!
Don't bother with the standard magnets. Get neodymium (rare earth) magnets. The magnets (which are very strong - mine are rated to lift 2.3 kg each!) sit on the end of the pedal spindle (with their own magnetism - so no ugly cable ties and bits of badly moulded plastic to hold the magnet on) and you only need to get them within a foot (OK, a centimeter or so) of the sensor to get it to register.
These are the ones I got -
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Neodymium-Dis ... 5777637423Faster than a tent.......0 -
Rolf F wrote:FoldingJoe wrote:Good luck with the cadence sensor. Tried to fit it to my bike and ended up ripping it off after about an hour of trying (albeit not too hard). Just couldn't get the magnets to sit the correct distance from the main sensor.
God help anybody with a Pinarello trying to fit the cadence sensor (no chance) !!
Don't bother with the standard magnets. Get neodymium (rare earth) magnets. The magnets (which are very strong - mine are rated to lift 2.3 kg each!) sit on the end of the pedal spindle (with their own magnetism) and you only need to get them within a foot (OK, a centimeter or so) of the sensor to get it to register.
These are the ones I got -
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Neodymium-Dis ... 5777637423
I have some neodyniums at home, might give that a go as the Garmin supplied cadence magnet is a bit ugly, what with the zip ties round the crank arm. My issue was that there is barely enough clearance for the wheel magnet - have sorted that by putting an additional zip tie round the speed sensor arm which holds it snug to the seat stay and will hopefully make the whole thing a bit more secure as well.0 -
Last question, how do you set a 'home' address so if it can always take me home?Food Chain number = 4
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Luckily I don't need that one not living in London but - do be careful with that incase the unit gets nicked - make your home address somewhere some distance from where you actually live. And be careful about settings on the website. They have a nasty tendency to default to public so you end up with a load of commute info published on the web showing where you live and when you leave the house and return.......Faster than a tent.......0
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Strava...Food Chain number = 4
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I'd be careful when letting Garmin decide your route.
This is Garmin effort from yesterday.
http://app.strava.com/rides/the-one-where-garmin-screwed-me-over-5549371?ref=1MT1yaWRlX3NoYXJlOzI9dHdpdHRlcjs0PTE0OTIyMA%3D%3D
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You only get 2 choices;
Imperial
Metric
Cant mix and match....0
