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"Radar Disconnected"

During a ride the radar disconnects by itself sometimes up to once an hour. I have to turn off the RTL510 and on again to reconnect

Any ideas?

Garmin edge 1030 is my bike computer

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Mrburns over 3 years ago in reply to Garmin-Matthew +5

As you are aware there have been a number disconnections mentioned on the forum. I believe i may be able to point you in the way of resolving this but obviously it would be great if Garmin could amend…
aclass over 4 years ago +1

I've been using the Garmin Varia radar for nearly a year now with my 520+ and all of the sudden it has started disconnecting during a ride multiple times. It sounds crazy but the common theme seems to…
aweatherall over 3 years ago in reply to aclass +1

If it is connected as a light you will see what looks like a car head light icon in the list of sensors and will see a message "Forming light network" when you power the Edge on with the radar active.…

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0 tmisiak1 over 3 years ago in reply to aclass

I just bought the rtl and have used it for about 2 weeks with the 520+. I have now had it disconnect 3 times. Am fairly certain that each incident was on a long stretch of rough road (unfortunately, plenty of those in rural SC).

0 aweatherall over 3 years ago in reply to tmisiak1

Make sure that if the radar is mounted below a saddle bag that the bag cannot hit the on/off button when riding on rough terrain.

0 aclass over 3 years ago in reply to aweatherall

I thought the very same thing when this first starting happening especially to notice that when the connection was restored that the light mode had changed from my original. Then I removed my seat bag to have the same thing happen. I'm hoping the Garmin Support suggestions will work. I have never cleared all of those folders from my 520+

0 aweatherall over 3 years ago in reply to aclass

Is the Radar connected as both a radar and as part of light network? If it is not connected as a light network then the light mode can only change by actions on the radar. This would imply that something might be wrong with the radar switch.

0 aclass over 3 years ago in reply to aweatherall

That's a good point and a good question. I dont think I know how to determine if it's connected via a light network.

+1 aweatherall over 3 years ago in reply to aclass

If it is connected as a light you will see what looks like a car head light icon in the list of sensors and will see a message "Forming light network" when you power the Edge on with the radar active.

I'm guessing it is just paired as a radar as this is the default unless you put the radar into pairing mode.

0 Michal J over 3 years ago in reply to aweatherall

I’v got my Radar connected as a light but I can confirm its behavior was bad with 12.30... I hope it gets better again with current rollback update 12.40

0 Kermit over 3 years ago in reply to aweatherall

The distance between my saddle bag and the RTL 510 is at least 10 cm

0 aclass over 3 years ago in reply to aclass

FYI, I tried these steps in my cycling computer but it didnt solve the problem. The Varia continues to take on its own personality during a ride and the on/off button does not respond normally.

0 Garmin-Matthew over 3 years ago in reply to aclass

aclass - The button on your Radar may need to cleaned. Varia Radar RTL510 Power Button Stuck

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