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Garmin Instinct INCORRECT mileage

Former Member
Former Member over 5 years ago

I have a Garmin Instinct and I rode 30+ miles on a dirt bike. The watch only registered 20.13 miles of it. 

  • 0 over 5 years ago

    Since you did not tell which part is missing, it is hard to comment. If the beginning is missing, then you either forgot to start the activity, or started to ride before the satellites were acquired. If the end is missing, then you either stopped the activity accidentally, or there was no more memory space (think to clean up the folder //GARMIN/Activities time to time), or the watch entered the power-saving mode due to low power. If middle sections are missing, or there are frequent drop-outs in the pace graph, then there might have been bad GPS signal.

    You also did not tell why you think you rode 30+ miles. Did you use another device for measuring the distance? Are you sure it was more accurate?

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    0 Former Member over 5 years ago in reply to trux

    Hi, thanks for the reply!

    The trail is complete but the mileage is off, I think I figured it out. I was using the smart track, not every second track. That seems to cut portions of the track off resulting in less mileage. My buddy had an odometer on his bike which is accurate. Yes, it is accurate.

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    0 Former Member over 5 years ago in reply to Former Member

    Lessons I learned: Going to be testing this throughout the week for accuracy.

    1. soak the GPS prior to track

    2. enable every second track

    3. set the GPS + Glonass setting (not just GPS)