530 does not start recording

i didnt use mine for a few months, and today i could not get it to record, or start my route.. so annoying, as I was already riding.. my wahoo NEVER did this.. Garmin :( 

same issue.. it's been doing this for a whiel now.. i missed so many good rides already. Couldnt be more annoying. My wahoo never ever had this problem. Garmin seems to only have issues for me. $400 piece of garbage 

I did what Cranky K did - turned auto pause off, and for some reason mine stopped starting on its own while rolling, so I had to manually press start on the side. 

maybe give that a go

i dont know how to manually hit start on the side? when i do that, i just go into the navigation menu .. there is no way for me to 'start'.. i just get a blinking 'start/pause' arrow in the screen.. 

The start button is the right one on the bottom of the device. The blinking arrow means that the timer start mode is set to prompted, which you can change by editing your activity profile. I think you might need to look at the User Guide to familiarize yourself with the device.

i think for me that just goes one step back.. however, i switched the start mode to 'auto' .. hopefully this will work. i wil give it a try today.. thanks much Peter ! 

If that button makes you go "one step back" you're hitting the wrong button!  The "one step back button" is on the right SIDE of the unit, lower button.  The Start/Stop button @PeterK_55 is referencing is at the BOTTOM Right of the unit.  The buttons are described accurately in the first few pages of the manual.

I don't mean to be harsh, but there's no hope to using the unit correctly if you don't know what each button does.

Thanks!