Anyway to set default Course track color on map

noshame99 said:

At that point, I need to see the course as well as the direction I'm supposed to go on it.

The chevrons displayed on the track show the course an direction. They are generally visible.

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What I've done is create a copy of the track that is shifted to the right by 20 feet or so (I forgot the actual number; you'd have to try it. This can't be use for navigation but it clearly show the direction of the track and makes the track easier to see.

You'd use the "always display" option in your choice of color in addition to the actual course.

It worked pretty well.

I wrote a program that make it easy to shift the track. You'd need Garmin BaseCamp or GPSBabel to convert the file.

sites.google.com/.../bc2ge

dpawlyk said:

The chevrons displayed on the track show the course an direction. They are generally visible.

The only time I really need to see the route is when the device says I'm off course or asks me to make a U-turn.  When I look at the display at that moment, I don't see chevrons.  What I see in that state is that the route ahead, the route behind and the surrounding roads all appear in similar dark colors and I'm flummoxed as to where I'm supposed to go.  On a recent group ride, five of us had our Garmins suddenly start beeping and telling us to make a U-turn.  This very nearly caused a pile-up :)  None of us could determine where to go from the map display.  All five of us could not have been red-green deficient (two were women), so I think the color choice when the unit is in that state must be poor for folks with normal color vision as well.

I use 3) & find the course line (purple) very, very similar to some of the surround roads on the Edge 1030 display, and as a consequence often make navigational errors at busy junctions with several roads congregating in the vicinity (especially when the lighting conditions are sub-optimal). At a glance it is easy to get confused, even with the directional 'chevrons' which are not always obvious. Is it really not possible for Garmin to change the colour of the upcoming course track to something more district & different to surrounding roads? It is clearly possible to change the colour of a course track prior to starting it, but not possible once the navigation has commenced, which seems very odd and rather frustrating. Garmin boffins, any chance???

Garmin - are you listening? This is so basic, let us change the route colour to one we want. I'm not colour blind but the current colours are rubbish and so difficult to follow.

There is a way…
You have to study this thread:
https://forums.garmin.com/sports-fitness/cycling/f/edge-530/290989/how-to-make-course-line-easier-to-see#pifragment-1290=1

Many thanks. Looks a bit technical for me but I’ll see if I can figure it out. 

There is also this. https://www.pinns.co.uk/osm/theme_editor.html

It says it has been updated to support Garmin Edge x30 devices, I have not used it so have no knowledge of if it works, it’s a little less techie than the other hack

Also of course the usual (very wise) warnings about getting unknown software from the internet

PS Experience with the “How to….” hack above would indicate not all theme elements options are supported on the x30s eg scale/width were not but might be in the future?

L.Rouge said:

Also of course the usual (very wise) warnings about getting unknown software from the internet

pinns isn’t “unknown software”.

Many thanks, but this solution is way to complicated for me! We just need Garmin to listen & act (or at least respond!)