Problem with navigation to starting point

• Yes I think it is the same problem as here:
• forums.garmin.com/.../unable-to-calculate-route-to-starting-point

I'm really surprised that such basic navigation function does not work properly in 400$ device.

I don't know if this is  algoitgm issue or problem with the maps.

For me this device is useless. Better choice would be cheap smartfone + google maps for navigation.

I totally agree. I used smartphone before without issues on courses. Because the smartphone  battery drained fast I thought that buying a dedicated bike navigation solved that battery issue. Indeed the battery lasts longer, but it also caused a lot of anger during rides, because of the generic issue with courses.  I will try to do more tests and if all fails then I let this device "disappear" instead of selling it to somebody.

Are your start and finish points virtually in the same place? I was having issues with mine and some kind person on here advised me to end my ride a couple of hundred yards short of where I started, had no issues since. The device gets confused if the start and finish points are close together.

PHILVANTWO said:

The device gets confused if the start and finish points are close together.

This issue is another thing: the device not being able to navigate to the start point. The device certainly knows what the start point is (it's the first point in the list of track points. People here are talking about a problem with navigating to that point.

What you are talking about is different.

Anyway, the device isn't confused at all.

The device lets you pick up a course anywhere along it. It does that by picking the nearest point on the course to begin navigation from. The device only picks the start (first) point if that happens to be the nearest point.

For loop courses, the nearest point might just happen to be the end point. The idea behind making the course a bit short is to make sure the end point won't be the nearest point when you want to begin navigation at the start point.

I think you misunderstand the problem dpawlyk.. In my case the problem had nothing to do with a course. You started the tracking/training. Then after 100 meters og 50 km, then you want the unit to guide you back to your starting point for the training. Then suddenly it could not calculate the route back. And if you looked at the map, then you could see why. Sometimes the unit would guid you back over oceans and countries maybe 500 km away. And then it cannot calculate your way back of course.

I had to make a full reset - delete all my activity proffiles. And now it has been working for the last months.The funny thing though is, if you saved your training - there was a fine start and end point, just as you rode it....

I was replying to what PHILVANTWO said.

Whatever problem you had seems very unusual (I haven’t heard of other people having that problem).

Ok sorry, misunderstood tha. But yes, others have had this problem. I believe maybe I replied in the wrong thread then ;) 

I replied in that other thread. What PHILVANTWO was talking about is another thing (not relevant to the problem you are talking about).  PHILVANTWO is talking about a common and old issue. It’s annoying but fairly easy to deal with.