I've had my 5x now for about two months, and it's replaced every function my Mio 505 served, plus some, with the exception of navigation. I had the Mio 505 since 2014 because it had better navigation features than any Garmin product available until the 820 was released, and at half the cost. I really liked how I could make a ride on whatever site, download it as a GPX, then throw it onto the Mio from a file browser, and have it show up as a rideable route. I'm given to believe the 5X is similar; put the GPX into the "NewFiles" folder, select it from Courses, but this does not work. How do I make a ride OUTSIDE of Garmin's site, and enable it for riding on my 5X? Thanks.
Just curious, do we have to use routeCourse to import courses to the watch? Doesnt Garmin Connect now support this feature as well?
Nope. Now that Garmin overhauled the route creator, you can import either GPX or TCX. Really nice job Garmin has done.
I have a premium subscription to Dynamic Watch, and did so before Garmin overhauled the route creator. I'll be keeping the subscription since it makes getting routes to my Oregon 700 so easy. It also has a really nice topo map for subscribers.
I remember a discussion a few months ago about the routeCourse-loaded courses showing only cross hatching on the preview screen on the Fenix 5x. You have probably been told numerous times by other people already, but just in case: This issue has completely gone away - it may have been the Fenix fw 6.0 that fixed it, or it may have been something you did, I don't know. But all in all, it just works now :)
Yes, we've had that confirmed from a number of users: there's no longer an issue when previewing a routeCourse routes on the Fenix 5X. I suspected it was the firmware, not the app, since the route (course) file download by the app was the exact same file as used on the Edge and other models without incident, but it was still a relief when a firmware update did indeed fix it.
