Fenix6 - Big black field with white number with remaining distance until next turn. - Cant turn off

I'm having an issue navigating routes I've drawn in Garmin Explore and loaded onto my Fenix 6. I've done it several times with no problems. Since June (I think after they forced me to do 3 updates in one week) I've had an annoying feature in my watch's map display. In the lower third of the map display (when I have loaded a route) there is always (every minute) popping up a black field that shows me in white letters the distance in meters to the next turn of the loaded route (like "56" for walking 56 meters ). Until now there was only a small white field below the map, which showed me the distance to be traveled in small numbers. OR when I wasn't on the track,. the distance back to the track. How can I turn off this useless feature?
Looks like a turn-by-turn navigation feature. - Tried to switch off everything. - without success. - Appears in different Sport-Profiles.
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#Matthias# over 3 years ago +2

In one of the last firmware updates, something seems to have changed on how waypoints that come from Garmin Explore are handled. A user in the Explore subforum reported that the watch is now correctly…
Garmin - Chris over 3 years ago +1

Thank you for your post.
7034398 over 3 years ago +1

Thank you guys very much for your help.
#Matthias# you are right: I just made some test with routes and lines in Garmin Explore:
If i draw a route in Google MyMaps and import it as KMZ file into Garmin…

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0 #Matthias# over 3 years ago

In one of the last firmware updates, something seems to have changed on how waypoints that come from Garmin Explore are handled. A user in the Explore subforum reported that the watch is now correctly showing the distance to the next waypoint instead of only the distance to the end of the course. But it seems that this 'fix' now causes other issues, because Explore is creating a waypoint everytime you tab on the screen while creating a course. I assume it will ne adresses in a future app update to Garmin Explore.

I would write to customer support. Maybe they can tell you something more specific.

Or maybe Garmin - Chris can share some insights?

0 Garmin - Chris over 3 years ago

Thank you for your post.

0 7034398 over 3 years ago

Thank you guys very much for your help.
#Matthias# you are right: I just made some test with routes and lines in Garmin Explore:
If i draw a route in Google MyMaps and import it as KMZ file into Garmin Expolore i can choose "Lines" or "Routes" - Choosing "Routes" will end in the same problem.
The Solution is: Importing as Lines. In that case the track loaded on the Fenix6 will be shown with the remaining distance and no additional information appears while following the track.

+1 Garmin - Chris over 3 years ago

The appearance is by design and will remain.