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Garmin edge 530 will not pair with any HR monitor

I know this is a constant issue with Gamin, but here we go again. Last week my Garmin worked fine with my Cateye HR strap (and has for years), But today it would not pair. I changed the battery to a new one. does not work. i tried a different new battery. Does not work. I tried two other HR straps. Does not work. It shows each different HR strap on the "device" list when I try to pair it, and I check the box to add it, then the animation spins as if it is trying to pair, but it will not pair. I tried all the various suggestions on the Garmin site, but none work, and since they refuse to actually answer questions and help people, here I am.

Does anyone have any ideas why this will not work? I'm getting to believe it is a new Garmin bug to go with all the others.

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0 Wongataa over 3 years ago

Is the HR sensor Bluetooth or ANT+?

0 gperez over 3 years ago

This happened to me, but I realized I missed the last step. When the Edge 530 found the sensor I had to check the box, which I was doing, but then also scroll up and select “Add Sensor.” It then connected, hope that helps.

0 girotdf over 3 years ago

Same problem for me, now no HR monitor will display, but all work fine on all other devices, both Bluetooth and Ant+

0 andrew14964 over 2 years ago in reply to gperez

Thank you! I was not going back to hit add sensor.

0 gperez over 2 years ago in reply to andrew14964

No worries, glad it helped!

0 a-hone over 2 years ago

Same problem- Garmin HRM not connecting to Edge530. It used to but no longer - without any clear reason why it dropped. I changed the battery in HRM. Still didn’t work. Rebooted the Edge530. Symptom - I search for the new sensor and the wheel of doom just keeps turning without offering the sensor.
I can see the HRM on another device so it is transmitting.
Any ideas? Thank you.

0 lopey66 over 2 years ago in reply to a-hone

try adding a friends HRM as a way to see its not your HRM, I had to replace my HRM as I was getting double the values and coincidently I was getting over covid, I have edge530 & fenix6pro, I disconnected the BT on fenix6 and I could see my HR from the watch was different to edge530

0 Wongataa over 2 years ago in reply to a-hone

Are you trying to connect via Bluetooth or ANT+? Have you tried both? If you are using Bluetooth are you sure the HRM is not paired to anything else?

0 lopey66 over 2 years ago in reply to Wongataa

correction to my post, I disabled the HRM not disconnected, my environment was fenix & edge530, no other external devices to interfere, as the watch will use the HRM ant+ rather than the inbuilt watch HR.

0 a-hone over 2 years ago in reply to lopey66

friend’s HRM was immediately discoverable. It was a problem with the HRM. it’s on the way back to reseller for a replacement. Thanks for for the thoughts on how to solve.