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How to use garmin edge 500 indoors

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  • 15-10-2013 9:05pm
    #1
    Charlie69
    Registered Users Posts: 1,819 ✭✭✭


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


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    seamus
    Registered Users Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


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


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    RunDMC
    Registered Users Posts: 337 ✭✭RunDMC


    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.

    R


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    nordicb
    Registered Users Posts: 271 ✭✭nordicb


    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


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    smithslist
    Registered Users Posts: 618 ✭✭✭smithslist


    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.


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