Varia Radar and Audio Prompts

For clarification, the Edge 820 does have the ability to provide an audible alert when the Radar detects an approaching Vehicle. To ensure this feature is turned on in the Edge 820 go to the Edge 820 Main Menu, select Settings, select Sensors, select the Radar, select Sensor Details, select Alert Settings, Select Tones On.

wrist vibration ?

IMHO,the audio prompts are not audible with my Edge 1000, but i ride wearing at the same time a 735 XT .
Both are paired with the Varia radar.

Unfortunately, i'm not able to get a "wrist vibration alert" , with any setting of the 735 and edge.

Is it possible ?

Thanks

IMHO,the audio prompts are not audible with my Edge 1000, but i ride wearing at the same time a 735 XT .
Both are paired with the Varia radar.

Unfortunately, i'm not able to get a "wrist vibration alert" , with any setting of the 735 and edge.

Is it possible ?

Thanks

it's not between the watch and edge you set up this feature! if the 735 is compatible with Varia devices, pair it to the Varia Radar directly (just like any other sensor) !

... on the other hand, nothing can be done for devices that are not compatible with Varia, so check the compatibility list for your watch.

Where is this SAFETY FEATURE ???

I've been trying to get the Varia to transmit the tones through my headset as well and was frankly gobsmacked to find this thread confirming that it can't be done. Like others have mentioned, the tones from the 820 are inaudible above about 20mph and frankly they're pretty quiet at lower speeds. The 820 can provide me with other in-ear tones and turn-by-turn directions none of which are as important as the beep telling me that a vehicle is approaching from behind.

Come on Garmin! This is a SAFETY FEATURE for heaven's sake. Please sort it out!

radar does indeed beep when it detects something approaching fast (10Kph faster than your speed) but alerts are not carried through earpiece if you are connected to a phone... (sound of edge 820 can be difficult to hear if there is a lot of wind)

note that it won't beep for every car though: it won't beep again if cars keep appearing at a close interval, and cars coming up slower won't be detected at all.

I think it's a good behaviour: this forces me to keep paying attention if there is some traffic, but will wake me up when I've been riding on a quiet road for a while and a car approaches fast.

Actually, this is not correct. I called Garmin customer support and asked them to clarify how the Varia radar is supposed to work with my 735xt and let them know that there seem to be two schools of thought, yours above and the more common opinion that it is supposed to beep whenever a car is approaching, regardless of the difference in speed. The guy asked around among a few other customer support reps and noted that the same confusion existed among them. I asked him to email me about this lack of consensus among the customer support reps. By the time he emailed me, they had resolved their confusion and they now agreed that it is supposed to beep whenever a car is approaching, regardless of the speed of the approaching vehicle. BUT, one needs to have the updated watch software AND the updated software on the radar unit itself. Once I updated the software on my Varia radar, this is indeed how my unit is now working.

I still wish i could make the beep louder and the vibration more pronounced. It would be ideal if they would program this to work in conjunction with an app like Ride With GPS so that you could also get a loud audible alert similar to the turn-by-turn directions on such apps.