Hi, since some time, no tracks has turn-by-turn notifications, even the tracks, who previously had (actually all had, except the ones run in the opposite directions). Now I am seeing only kms to finish...
As you say my old courses used to give me tbt.... and now don't for some unknown reason.....firmware 8.0 perhaps?
I get no turn by turn notifications while hiking a course using the 5x since a few weeks ago just " on/ off/ course" alerts on follow course. same course on the fenix 3hr.....and bingo!....I get turn by turn directions!....my Fenix 3hr is more useful in this instance at the moment.... If I choose Hike and follow course, now there is no TBT. If I choose Hike and use map, I get TBT but also get hundreds of blue pins saturating the course plot on some of the courses made in GC and worst of all, it actually changes the course itself sometimes......even when there are roads and paths available on the map I'm using for the course I made...making the tbt course function next to useless for me at the present..
Navigating to a place works perfectly with tbt....
I had the exact same problem and actually got lost on a run because I missed a turn as my watch didn't alert me. I finally found that if you go into Run or Hike or whatever... - Run Settings - Routing - Courses - you can choose “Use Map” or “Follow Course”. The “Use Map” provides turn by turn directions the “Follow Course” has zero turn by turn notifications. Somehow it was switched to "Follow Course" and TBT stopped. I switched it to "Use Map" and have ran an 18 miler and another run getting my normal TBT notifications again.
But as I understand, use map is a different thing - it is rerouting you using the built in map, and recalculating your track on the watch. Assuming, you are following a course, that isn't on the roads defined in your map, it will not work. So it is totally different approach.
wojtek_b - After I have it set for "Use Map" I then go into Run, navigation and pick a course that I built in Garmin Connect. It then provides TBT notifications where it didn't before I switched it from "Follow Course". The TBT notifications tell me when I have to turn to maintain the course I created.
But as I understand, use map is a different thing - it is rerouting you using the built in map, and recalculating your track on the watch. Assuming, you are following a course, that isn't on the roads defined in your map, it will not work. So it is totally different approach.
I find even if there are roads and paths available on the map " Use map" may reroute the course regardless... or cover the map in hundreds of pins...or give a few random tbt.. ..not as good for tbt as navigating to a saved location etc.. In GC when I make the course, I include extra nav points on the map....in " follow course" Id get the turns I created.......until a few weeks ago?
I don't really understand, why garmin does not make it possible, to use turn by turn whether you "use map" or "follow course". When creating a course and using "use map" mode, I will get full turn by turn instructions, but there is a problem, if I leave the route, it will recalculate, and no longer want to use the full course I have created before.
I believe, it's not about "use map" or "follow course". It is not "a problem" if you leave the route, it is the expected behavior, when you are in the "use map" mode. The TBT notification worked previously in "follow course" mode, and now they don't. Can anyone of you confirm, it is also the case, when you upload courses using garmin express? As I use the mobile app on iphone only, and there were cases, sth. what did't work with mobile app, did work via garmin express...
I've sent detailed screenshots, picks and information off to product support about the issue......(course direction indicator missing) Not Tbt but the course directional indicators.
I then phoned them and we went through the problem. The experienced member of staff has sent off all my information to another department..along with his notes and links to this and another thread... So the process has started. The more it gets reported...........the quicker it will be sorted. :--)
