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Stop / Disable virtual partner Edge 540

This question is old and still seems not to have "clean" solution like disable button in menu but I want to share my workaround on Edge 540.

Steps I did:

- start a course

- stop a course

- go to Virtual Partner option under Controls menu (it looks that without first step this option is not present in the menu, at least in my case)

- change speed of VP to 0 km/h or enormous big number or whatever you want just not to disturb you while riding

- re-sync to User

If you use several profiles, and want to have the same workaround active on them, you have to switch to each profile and repeat these steps on each profile you use.

This procedure seems to give permanent result.

You can edit VP setting while course is started but then you can change percentage only by which VP will be faster or slower and each time when you start again the same or different course you will see default value of 100%.

0 cheracogoff over 1 year ago

The virtual partner option in controls is not available on a 1030. Must have started in the 40 series.

0 Lupo over 1 year ago

where actually is the Control menu ... :)

0 3473517 over 1 year ago in reply to Lupo

When you are on the main screen, press left up button and you will find it. Depending on your configuration you may need to press several times until you reach Controls menu.

0 3473517 over 1 year ago

Unfortunately it looks that it doesn't work as expected. I played with many options uploading tracks from Komoot, changing fitness level while creating tracks in Komoot, even manually erasing time stamps from gpx file, but in result VP always appears during ride. Even if you upload via Basecamp pure gpx without any time stamps it is converted while uploading to device into course format and apparently time stamps are added then. The only change I achieved was different speed of VP. This is really annoying. I don't understand why Garmin don't want to add just one option/switch to disable VP or not showing it on map screen at least.