Using a Course to navigate whilst running - audio cues?

I have recently upgraded from a Fitbit to a Fenix 5 and loving the device but I am still getting to grips with all of the great features so be gentle if I have missed something on level 23 of the menu system.

I have created a number of courses in Garmin Connect (web) and successfully downloaded it to my Fenix 5. I have used the course whilst running and felt the device vibrate to tell me if I am off course etc. My question is - Is there anyway to get audio notifications for the course changes etc?

I assume most people would use courses when they are running somewhere new and that this would be a major benefit. I always run with my iPhone and Bluetooth earbuds (Jabra Sport Pulse special edition) so I get the lap audio notifications but cannot find a setting for navigation anywhere.

Thanks

0 Former Member over 6 years ago

Hi Colin, have you found a solution? Today I could not keep the pace with my group and likely uploaded the course. While getting the notifications on the watch about 50m before the turn, I still had to look regularly to know if left or right or simply a soft turn and keep straight! Best

0 ColinSainsbury over 6 years ago

Fredzorrao No purely Garmin solution. I have tried RunGo https://www.rungoapp.com/ with some success but most of the time I memorise the course or making it so simple that I can.

0 mcalista over 6 years ago

You can get it beep as well as vibrate, but it won't give you verbal turn directions.

0 Former Member over 6 years ago

You can get it beep as well as vibrate, but it won't give you verbal turn directions.

That I have gotten, but isn't Garmin user oriented? Direction recognition is there in the watch. Sound is there with running statistics. Hence not hard to put them together!!!