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When will we get an update to disable Virtual Partner

mar over 5 years ago

The band-aid of slowing down VP so it disappears from the map does not address all issues with VP.

I've never had a desire to use VP and none of the folks I ride with use VP on their Garmins.

When will we get a s/w update to disable this annoying "feature"?

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Martin Borsje over 5 years ago +5

Hear hear!

Same for me; never use it. Also asked for it.

As well I asked in a next update to slow down the GPS signal lost notifications: when I underpass a viaduct I do not need a beep within one second…
lytleric over 5 years ago +4

This is probably my biggest gripe with the 830. This is my first Edge, and at first I was completely confused by the additional arrow floating around the map. The fact that Garmin forces this feature on…
Former Member over 5 years ago +4

Yep, VP be gone!

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0 lytleric over 5 years ago in reply to raiderma

I wonder if it's possible for someone outside of Garmin to figure out a software hack or develop an IQ app that provides the ability to turn the VP completely off. I would be willing to throw some money into a crowd-funded campaign to find someone to do this. I find the VP annoying enough that I am willing to pay money to eliminate this "feature."

0 GerdF03 over 5 years ago in reply to raiderma

Indeed, i don't understand why it is taking so long...

0 GerdF03 over 5 years ago in reply to lytleric

Same here: come on guy's, go for it!

0 FlatlanderAuk over 5 years ago in reply to GerdF03

I agree with all this. On the E800 the VP could just be turned off when the saved route is loaded. For the E820 and E830 the VP feature is squeezed down our throats. This combined with also breaking the E800 scaling fix on trail up direction pages so a roundabout turns into a triangle and the real navigation arrow is underneath unmovable solid overlay buttons at the bottom of the screen just creates junction navigation nightmare, and dangerous on busy roads sometimes as well. The hardware base of the E830 (other than rain affected capacitive touch screen) is far better than the E800 as one would expect with low power platforms improving all the time, but the software is a big step backwards. Garmin, please fix it, it is a trivial change

0 et01267 over 5 years ago in reply to FlatlanderAuk

That's great feedback. I presume you have communicated these to Garmin via the beta feedback or other support channel? I don't think we can rely on Garmin folks to be trolling these forums for issues...

0 8789201 over 5 years ago in reply to et01267

Hear hear, please include this option, can't be that hard......

0 TichuPotter over 5 years ago

I was always wondering what you are talking about concerning VP. I've never come across it so far.

But today I loaded a track created on komoot (as I did several time before) and it is the first time I see this bloody VP on my navigation screen.

You are all right, This is really ***, I cant name it more friendly.

0 Former Member over 5 years ago

Two more votes to disable this feature. My wife and I both have 530's and hate not being able to turn this off. Come on Garmin!!

0 omolenkamp over 5 years ago

Can someone post a picture of this hugely annoying, space wasting feature in action? Because all I'm seeing (on my 530) is a tiny little arrow, which is hardly ever visible because the VP speed and my actual speed rarely match exactly.

0 aweatherall over 5 years ago in reply to omolenkamp

That is it.

An arrow head on the map page and a small dot on the elevation page. This assumes that the VP is in the scale range of your place on the map and elevation profile.