Map orientation on 1040

Try setting it up to North UP, save, then back to Track UP, save.

Good idea. Thanks. Will try that. 

On a ride on Sunday the orientation on my map switched to north up. Not sure if it’s a coincidence and maybe sweat dropped on the screen but that seems a bit unlikely. After quite a few attempts I managed to get it back to normal by clicking on the compass arrow. 

That's very interesting. I stopped for a cuppa, and when I started riding again the orientation just changed itself. I was only 20 miles from home and knew the roads so didn't bother too much, but it seems there must be a glitch in there somewhere. Anything to do with the recent upgrade? Do Garmin know, or care?

I'm out again tomorrow and will see what happens afterZillaGsuggestion.

Success of a sort.

Used the unit today and Track UP worked perfectly. I have no idea if the above tip^^^ worked or if it sorted itself out. Maybe a combination of both.

Curiosly I met a guy in the cafe who saw my unit and asked about it. He has one, and his too has a habit of reverting to North UP with no prior warning.

So at least three of us have the same problem. A coincidence or a glitch. I know which my money is on.

Thanks. Never heard of that as I've never used Trailforks. On my unit I've never activated Trailforks, or even explored what it can do. IIRC Trailforks is just for off road stuff??? As I only ride on road I've no interest in it.

Could be there is some cross linkage inside the unit, but it will take Garmin to sort that one out.

This should only get activated for profiles that have the ride type set to mountain.  

The other thing this could be is that the magnet compass is not correctly calibrated.

You can test this by adding the compass page to your list of training pages. Ride in a straight line while viewing the page and see what direction it reports. Then stop. If the compass changes direction then the magnetic compass needs recalibrating.

When you are moving the compass uses the GPS direction, but when you stop it switches to using the magnetic compass.

If you see the above then the compass needs to be re-calibrated. This is currently a hidden option. 

Let me know if this is the issue and I can PM the instructions.

Thats interesting, I'd noticed my garmin didn't seem particularly confident in the direction recently so sounds like it could fit, although its never happened before and I'm using a road profile. I'd be interested in the calibration instructions, and I'll add the compass screen.

That sounds just about right. When this happened to me on Saturday It was after a cafe stop. I walked a few yards from the plotted route into the cafe and was given the usual off route warnings, which I ignored - coffee was more important!

It was when I started up again that the display had changed.

That does sound ike the source of the problem so aweatherall I would be very pleased if you can ping me the instructions and I'll have a play.

I'm away in Scotland at weekend so it may be next week before I can report back.

Thanks for your help.