Switch off course alerts on Montana 700i/750i

Is there a way to switch off the course alerts for on course / off course on the 700i Montana? Or customise the distance before the alert triggers?

It never used to give these warnings which now take up the whole screen and I'm sometimes finding it hard to acknowledge the alerts and see where I'm at vs where I'm supposed to be while riding my moto off-road

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6026138 over 1 year ago +2

Glad to hear this has been fixed.
2309383 over 2 years ago +1

I'd really like a way to switch off the course alerts. I'm sure they're useful sometimes, but it's a pain not to have the choice of on or off.

Garmin: please can you put a switch in so…
twolpert over 2 years ago in reply to 2309383 +1

Although Garmin employees sometimes read the forums (and, rarely, respond), you are unlikely to get any action on enhancements. Submit your enhancement requests here:

https://www.garmin.com/en-US/forms…

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0 Garmin-Leslie over 2 years ago

striped_tomato Hello. I have sent you a private message to gather more infromation from you regading this experience.

0 gaz1000sx over 2 years ago in reply to Garmin-Leslie

Hi. I have not received the PM? Please try again. Thanks.

0 Garmin-Leslie over 2 years ago in reply to gaz1000sx

Hello gaz1000sx I have not sent you a personal message. I sent it to the original user from the post.

0 larry1 over 2 years ago

Go to SETUP and select Tone.

Chane setup on/off for the appropriate choice

or tone off.

0 gaz1000sx over 2 years ago in reply to larry1

This does not stop the map screen going off and being replaced by a plain white screen saying "OFF COURSE" which you have to physically acknowledge before you can get back to the map screen again. Also there is no individual setting for the 'off course' tone on its own - you have to turn off ALL tones which renders other features unusable. I'm so pi$$ed off with Garmin that this hasn't been addressed. If they added this feature then there must be a way to get rid of it again. I get the impression Garmin is not much interested with the 700 series, maybe they didn't sell many so can't be bothered?

0 larry1 over 2 years ago

I setthe tone on for power on/off signal to make sure.

For the individual setting, goto the tone and select off which is the last option of the tone lists.

I set all the other warning tone off.

0 9323416 over 2 years ago

The marine approach appears to have worked for me

0 8107965 over 2 years ago in reply to gaz1000sx

I wholeheartedly agree! I have turned off the tones because the constant beeping is driving me crazy (I'm a hiker). So therefore I can't use waypoint alert tones. When you turn the tones off it stops the annoying beeping but the 'off course' screen still comes up and has to be cleared. This has only occured after an update but Garmin don't want to fix it.

0 8107965 over 2 years ago in reply to 9323416

What's the marine approach?

0 9323416 over 2 years ago

Marine approach - I'd read it on these pages somewhere. In essence path is as follows

Home screen, setup, marine, marine alarm setup, off course alarm, 1000 miles, check.

This will leave the off course alarm function switched on, but it will never trigger, unless you're on thw wrong continent, in which case the garmin isn't the issue.