Garmin Fenix 5 plus and Edge 130 Extended display issue

**Cross posting here and on the Garmin Edge 130 forum**

Folks I have the Fenix 5 plus and Garmin Edge 130 - both running latest firmware. The Edge connects to the Fenix 5+ for Extended Display and everything seems to be working fine but then invariably after about 5 minutes of riding it disconnects and the Edge keeps saying trying to connect. I have tried holding the watch very close to the Edge while riding but even then it will not reconnect. Not sure if anyone else is seeing this issue and if the problem is on the 130 side or Fenix 5+?

Second question is for Garmin - any way to change the data fields and order on the 130 Extended Display more?

0 jimoestman over 6 years ago

This could be caused by the same issue affecting connectivity with other devices and sensors (from my experience; hrm-tri and cadence sensor and Varia vision).
try disconnecting the smartphone from the watch and see if this helps. If this workaround works, then this is part of an issue that Garmin is aware of and will surely fix in a firmware update.
I have not yet updated to firmware 4.0, so I do not know if it has been fixed already.

0 bjornhellstrom over 6 years ago

I have the same issue (not tried with v4.0 - still waiting for it to be available). I also posted on this board a couple of weeks ago.

I contacted Garmin Sweden and after a couple of days I got the answer that extended screen is not yet supported on the plus models. I think it's a bit strange since connects fine but then looses the connection after a couple of minutes.