No Edge 1050 Sounds in Bluetooth Connected Earbuds :(

Rob C 5 months ago

I have a brand new Edge 1050 and I cannot hear any of the sounds through my phone's Bluetooth connected earbuds. I can hear all sounds from my phone just fine. The Edge 1050 sounds (nav and tones) play through the Edge speaker, but not through my earbuds. The Edge and my phone are connected and all activities sync just fine. When I turn on my Edge I get a quick notification on the screen that says "Phone Connected". Also, in System>Sounds>Voice Prompts, I do have the Audio Output set to "Phone. And also to confirm, in my Connect App on phone, the Edge 1050 device shows Connected. When I select the Edge device in my Connect App on my phone and choose System>Settings>Sounds>Voice Prompts, my Audio output shows as "Phone" and I have the Navigation Alerts and Activity Alerts toggles set to the "On" positions.

I honestly don't know what else to do. I 100% want to be using my earbuds when cycling which means I need to be hearing my Edge sounds through my earbuds. I have a Varia connected as well so I need to be hearing those alerts in my earbuds too.

Any help or suggestions would be appreciated. I did some searching and I didn't see where anyone else was having this issue with the Edge 1050, so it must be something I am doing wrong.

And to confirm, I have my Edge 1050 updated to the latest software version 9.11.

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0 rochlis 3 months ago in reply to Rob C

Garmin employees sometimes respond and sometimes monitor the forums, but it is unclear how much monitoring and feedback happens. You cannot count on it. If you want to give garmin feedback, open a ticket with support. That will work.

0 missingspoke 3 months ago

https://www8.garmin.com/manuals/webhelp/GUID-08ACA9FC-DEE6-4C8D-8A95-F62181C512E9/EN-US/GUID-01956CF5-CF67-40C2-9AB5-E6B8913B544B.html

Rob C. This worked for me. There are setting you have to turn on once you have told the prompts to play on phone. After that connection your headphones and pow it worked. All that being said I still do not get radar alerts via headphones which sucks and there has to be a way to do it.

0 jstrawks 3 months ago in reply to missingspoke

I am told, but have not tried, that if you run the Varia app on your phone, the radar alerts will be audible on connected Bluetooth devices.

0 missingspoke 3 months ago in reply to jstrawks

I have tried this but about an hour into the ride the connection from the Varia app running on the phone stops responding making the app useless.

0 3345054 3 months ago

Hello Rob C, I have also the 1050 and I had the same problem. But I solved it with de suggestions in the answers to your question. But I also made an other change in my phone: I have an Android phone and my question is: did you also give the garmin connect app authorization to use mic? I did and now I can hear my garmin on my earphones. My phone has the latest Android version. If it does not work for you, try another phone (one of your friends) to test it.