How to use garmin edge 500 indoors

Charlie69 · 15-10-2013 8:05pm #1

Can I use the garmin on the turbo?do I need to turn off GPS?

seamus · 15-10-2013 8:08pm

Yeah you need to turn off GPS, but obviously you need to have the speed/cadence sensor attached to measure stuff

RunDMC · 17-10-2013 9:04am

Hold "Menu", select GPS, GPS Status, set to "Off". You then need a GSC10 to provide speed data, unless the turbo trainer itself has ANT+ capability.

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nordicb · 17-10-2013 9:52am

Just for convenience, switching it off in the menu will leave it in off state until switched on again same way. I think if you let it continue to acquire the signal, at some point it will prompt asking whether to use GPS or not. By choosing to not to use GPS, it will disable it until the unit is restarted.

You may need to disable the automatic switch off however, as it will turn itself off after a while

As mentioned, unless you have all these sensors, it's not really useful indoors. Personally I use it indoors only for HRM.

Kind regards

smithslist · 17-10-2013 12:49pm

nordicb wrote: »

As mentioned, unless you have all these sensors, it's not really useful indoors. Personally I use it indoors only for HRM.

Kind regards

Does the HR strap that comes with a Garmin work on the turbo screen(tacx flow machine to be precise), does anybody know?

I know Polar HR strap does, and is v.accurate on the Tacx Flow compared to the Polar watch unit.

How to use garmin edge 500 indoors

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