red direction arrow

Former Member
Former Member
Hello everyone,
i have a fenix 5x and when i make a loop route when i’m not on the map screen the red arrow after a moment goes down the watch tells me to turn around, but when I switch to map screen I'm on the right route.
is this normal?
any idea?
thanks in advance........
regards
Alex
ps: sorry for my bad English.
  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 7 years ago
    the distance of the waypoint displays zero and the alarm that must sound a few meters before does not work either when there is this bug I actually think of a navigation bug but it does not matter because there is the map for follow the route which is anyway much easier to follow than this arrow I just wanted to reassure me that it is not a material problem. I think it's not
  • Yes, this is quite common.

    Depending on the size of the intersection, when you are on the inside or outside lane on a road, or on the sidewalk, there can be some distance between you and the assumed turn point of the mapping software, and the watch can register you as not yet having gone through the turn point. This can create an "off-course" notification, and the red heading bug can show the route as being behind you. However, once you have completed the turn, and have gone through the intersection by 10-20 meters, the watch picks up that you are on correct course, and the watch then reverts to pointing you to the next waypoint.

    This can be very distracting, but the watch does eventually catch up that you are heading in the right direction. Personally, when I am following a course I am unfamiliar with, when I get a notification I am approaching a turn, I quickly flick to the map screen so that I can check which direction I am supposed to take before I enter the turn.
  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 7 years ago
    yes thank you but for my at intersections where there is this bug I do not receive notification and the distance of the waypoint displays 0. on the other hand I believe that in bike mode the guidance works better
  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 7 years ago
    Hello anyone have this issue no tur by turn on course round trip mode? In cycling mode all works perfect