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Can't load more than two courses Edge 530

rugger64

I can't seem to load more than two courses onto my 530, when I try download a third it just deletes one of the first two.

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    How are you putting courses on your device?  I have never had any trouble copying GPX course files to the Garmin\New Files folder on the device.

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    What is the source of the courses, did you create them, are they the same name? (name can be tricky as the "file" name can be different to the course name label inside the TCX/GPX/Fit and the type extension will be dropped when the course file is converted on the device into a .FIT

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    I was taking them off Garmin Connect direct from peoples rides I follow there. Tried agian yesterday and it worked fine, don't know what has changed. Have given up trying to take from Strava, just get a error notice each time.

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    The Garmins use only like the first 12 letter of the course name.

    The course name is inside the file (so, it's not the name of the file). If it's a gpx or tcx file, you can edit the file to change the name using a text editor (lie notepad++).

    If the difference in the name is after the 12 letter, the second one will overwrite the first.

    Keep the names short. 

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    Does this apply to Trailforks as well?  I can only load two courses from TF.  

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    Are the first 12 or 15 characters of the name the same?

    It's a limitation on the Garmin.