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Map rotates away from track up when stopped

Jeff
over 3 years ago

I have the orientation set to track up. The trouble is when I stop moving, the map rotates to some other orientation (north up?). This is problematic for lots of reasons - but the biggest problem is that the current location is not centered on the screen which is fine when its track up - most of the screen is where you're going. However when it rotates, often where you're going rotates off the screen and you can no longer see it. There's also the issue of the mental gymnastics to match the rotated map up to what you're looking at in front of you to figure out which way to go. If the unit is navigating, and you're not moving, then where you came from should remain at the bottom.

  • 0 over 3 years ago in reply to tfidalgo

    After a system reset, today i made a test in a car ride, the issue persists. No navigation, no auto pause, GPS only, no forksight. When i stop the map rotates, even in the compass page i can see the rotation. Could this be a hardware issue? I have in my group ride +2 530, +1 830 and a 1030 and all work great! Only mine have this issue.

    Maybe a bad compass... The map rotates not north up, but some degrees, some times 180...

    Here is an example, in Pic 1 the arrow points back from were i stand, when i rotate the unit it points to where i really am. In Pic 2 i inverted the unit and the arrow point to correct direction. Pic 3 shows the compass error.

    Pic1

    Pic1

    Pic2

    Pic2

    Pic3

    PIC3 Compass Error

  • 0 over 3 years ago in reply to tfidalgo

    ) is there a way to test the unit hardware? 

  • 0 over 3 years ago in reply to tfidalgo

     could you please help? 

  • 0 over 3 years ago in reply to tfidalgo

    Let me catch up on this thread. 

    In theory what should happen is that when you are stationary the magnetic compass takes over. 

    Does the compass calibration work?

    Settings -> System -> Calibrate Compass.

  • 0 over 3 years ago in reply to aweatherall

    Yes it worked, and i have done that 1000 times before, the issue persists... no luck...

  • 0 over 3 years ago in reply to tfidalgo

    Let me check what my 530 is doing.

  • 0 over 3 years ago in reply to aweatherall

    In the screen shots you posted you can see that the map page is showing the small compass icon. This icon does not get added to the page is the unit thinks the page is set to North up. The fact that icon is on the page means that for some reason it does not think it is set to North up.

    Could you post the activity profile you are using. You can find it in the Garmin\Sports folder.

  • 0 over 3 years ago in reply to tfidalgo
    tfidalgo said:

    Here is an example, in Pic 1 the arrow points back from were i stand, when i rotate the unit it points to where i really am.

    Pic1

    Pic1

    Pic2

    Pic2

    The top of the unit has to be aligned with your heading/orientation. That is, you can't point the unit to your rear.

    • With "north up" the map is aligned to that the top (front) of the unit is north. In this mode, the north arrow (on the map) is not displayed. The blue location arrow rotates on the map (to point to different sides of the unit).

    • With "track up", the location arrow (the blue triangle) points to the top of the unit. (The arrow can rotate a little to not always be quite square to the top.) In this mode, the map rotates (and the blue triangle, basically, doesn't). With "track up", the north arrow is displayed.

    Note that your unit is set to be "track up" (the north arrow is displayed).

    • If the unit is moving, it knows your heading by computing the differences in successful rotation. (The orientation of the unit doesn't matter.)

    • While you are stopped, it can only determine where the top of the unit is pointing. The device has to assume that where it's pointed is the direction you are heading (when you move).

    Note that heading is really something that exists when you are moving. When you are stopped, it's more properly your (really, the unit's orientation).

  • 0 over 3 years ago in reply to dpawlyk

    The definition is "track up", when moving its all working as it should, when stopped the map rotates, in this particular location 180º in others just 10º or 20º, thats the issue.

  • 0 over 3 years ago in reply to tfidalgo

    "Track up" means the blue triangle is pointing to the top of the unit. Your pictures show the arrow pointing to the top of the unit.