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Virtual Partner

snelle60 over 4 years ago

How to turn of Virtual Partner ???

This is such an annoying and useles function for me, I am not racing 100% of the time, rather call it excercising !

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lytleric over 4 years ago in reply to PHILVANTWO +6

This topic has been discussed repeatedly and is a frequent complaint. It's probably my biggest gripe about the 830 (after the deplorable mountain bike route navigation). The problem with the workaround…
Dennerik over 4 years ago +5

Very very very annoying.

We need an answer from Garmin.
why can Virtual Partner not be disabled?
looigi over 4 years ago in reply to lytleric +4

>>>This topic has been discussed repeatedly and is a frequent complaint. It's probably my biggest gripe about the 830 (after the deplorable mountain bike route navigation). <<<

Yep…

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0 9963937 over 4 years ago in reply to Dennerik

How do you install the beta?

0 raiderma over 4 years ago in reply to Dennerik

The change log for the beta makes no mention of updates made to VP.

0 lytleric over 4 years ago in reply to 9963937

VP does stop when you leave the course. But as soon as you rejoin the course, it is right there with you, starting at the same point where you rejoined the course.

0 Oliver over 4 years ago

I contacted Garmin and they said that not to many people have complained about vp so the more people call in then maybe they will chage this!

0 lytleric over 4 years ago in reply to Oliver

You have to be kidding. I've submitted a feature request to disable this most annoying intrusion through the ideas webform at least a dozen times. It is one of the most frequent requests on this forum. I think whoever you spoke with had no clue.

It still baffles me that Garmin would program the VP to be a mandatory function. It's insane.

I'm about ready to start a Go Fund Me campaign to find a developer to create a Connect IQ app that lets us shut this thing off once and for all.

0 9963937 over 4 years ago

As I never need VP, permanent destruction would be ok. I don't need a config option, I simply want to get rid of it. Maybe we can change the icon file to 1x1 px? Or are these baked into an image file?

0 L.Rouge over 4 years ago

I can generally ignore the VP, if the route is hilly it will zoom off early and I never see it again, somewhere along the ride there is a message saying it has finished. What is really getting up my nose are these direction arrows, pointless, useless and most annoying and also no way I can turn them off (other than reverting to 7.10 which I have done.)

0 9963937 over 4 years ago

Actually I don't need a config option. Destroying the feature is fine for me either.

Do you know how/where to manipulate the VP icon? Maybe it can be set transparent or 1x1 pixels. Is it stored separately, baked into an image or some kind of database? I would like to switch the sound for crossing announcement as well.

0 cheracogoff over 4 years ago

I agree that Garmin should provide a option to turn off Virtual partner but I don't understand why it is so annoying to many users. It's just a dot on the screen.

0 snelle60 over 4 years ago in reply to cheracogoff

DING DONG VP has finnished....hahahah . This VP is just a big joke. The only difference with PAC-man back in the 80's was that you had to flip in a coin.