Instinct – 2.75 Beta Release

Hello Instinct users,

Thank you to everyone for the tremendous response that we've already received this early in the Instinct launch. We are very excited to finally see the Instinct in the market for all to enjoy!

We appreciate you, our customers, who pursue similar passions to our own, and share those stories with us. Not only do you share your stories, but your feedback makes an already fantastic product even better. This we appreciate more than we can express.

Because of our wonderful community we are officially kicking off the Instinct beta program today. We have this program so that we can offer added features, improvements, and bug fixes to our most loyal fans as soon as possible. Please read the 'notes' and 'installation instructions' in the 'Updates and Downloads' page found in the link below. We look forward to your feedback!

Instinct: https://www8.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=14528

Note: Please allow for the updates to propagate across all servers. There is no need to post that the link does not work. It will after a bit of patience. :cool:

2.75 Change Log Notes:

Added support for Moon Phase widget. Accessible from Settings > Widgets > Add Widgets > Moon Phase and Settings > Controls > Add New > Moon Phase.
Improved sync speed with Explore app.
Fixed an issue where the activity elevation plot would not update.
Fixed an issue where the map page would not draw the full screen.
Fixed an issue where the ascent remaining field on the future plot page was not visible.
Fixed an issue that could cause elevation to jump after starting an indoor activity.
Fixed an issue where the sunrise and sunset times in New Zealand were not taking daylight savings into account.

Please send all bug reports to: [EMAIL="[email protected]"][email protected][/EMAIL]

0 Former Member over 6 years ago

Hi All!

I am not sure if this is the right topic but I haven't found any other relevant one.
I've just bought the Garmin Tempe temp. sensor, paired it to my Instinct and was dissapointed to find out
that the sensor keeps connection with Instinct only for circa a minute then get disconnected.

So to check the temp. readings again I need to manually reconnect it which is very unhandy
and may take up to a minute.

I am wondering if there a way to somehow keep Tempe connected as long as needed?
Maybe via Software update in the future or I don't know?
If not then Tempe for me is almost useless in pair with Instinct.

Thanks and greetings!

0 gaijin over 6 years ago

Hi All!

I am not sure if this is the right topic but I haven't found any other relevant one.
I've just bought the Garmin Tempe temp. sensor, paired it to my Instinct and was dissapointed to find out
that the sensor keeps connection with Instinct only for circa a minute then get disconnected.

So to check the temp. readings again I need to manually reconnect it which is very unhandy
and may take up to a minute.

I am wondering if there a way to somehow keep Tempe connected as long as needed?
Maybe via Software update in the future or I don't know?
If not then Tempe for me is almost useless in pair with Instinct.

Thanks and greetings!

The Tempe sensor will disconnect if the Instinct is not running an APP which uses the Tempe. If you start an APP with no GPS, nothing but the Tempe sensor, the Tempe sensor will stay connected (and recording Temp data) as long as the APP is running.

HTH

0 Former Member over 6 years ago

If you start an APP with no GPS,

Thank you for the heads-up - for Instinct the built-in indoor APP like Treadmill for example? I will try it out.

0 gaijin over 6 years ago

Thank you for the heads-up - for Instinct the built-in indoor APP like Treadmill for example? I will try it out.

GPS can be on or off, it's not the use of GPS that makes the difference - I was just suggesting not using GPS in order to save battery life when running the App since you would most probably be running the App in the background while gathering Temp data.

Please post up how your test goes.

0 WALLKOM over 6 years ago

Thank you for the heads-up - for Instinct the built-in indoor APP like Treadmill for example? I will try it out.

Hello, the temp sensor needs to be running an app, as Gaijin says, otherwise it will turn off. You can use Treadmill.

A greeting.

0 Former Member over 6 years ago

Please post up how your test goes.

So far so good :) - even better than I expected first as you don't need to connect Tempe first.
Once you start activity the sensor just get connected automatically as long as BT on your Instinct is on.
The temp. screen shows only the current temp. reading, min/max values, no graphs etc.

I wish they might be a temp. graph like that for pressure but I understand that there is no specially app to show it.

The only thing I don't get yet is min/max values - how can they be reset?

0 Former Member over 6 years ago

You can use Treadmill.
A greeting.

Cheers! For now I've chosen Yoga. :)

0 Former Member over 6 years ago

Please post up how your test goes.

Just in case: Placed the Tempe outside the window - it took it 24 mins to cool down from +22C
to Minus 4.0C.

0 Former Member over 6 years ago

Shouldn't the temperature on the main screen in the little bulb update to the Tempe temperature?
And do I need to press start on a background app and keep it running to get the Tempe temperature?

0 Former Member over 6 years ago

sorry for my stupid, but who can help with updating my instinct to this beta firmware?

I have tried a few times to copy the file to the folder of Garmin while connectin to my MacBook, and unplugged afterward, but there's no prompt about the update pops...
quite confused