Turn by turn notifications

dtunney 5 days ago

I am just back from a run in a foreign city. First time using 970 as a navigational aid.

Turn notifications did not work for me. Do they work for anyone? Did you have to do anything special to get them to work?

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brei 5 days ago +1

It‘s hit and miss for me. Sometimes I get turn by turn with voice prompts, sometimes just with the beeping sound, and on the last two activities it just showed the distance to finish (without any prompts…

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0 Fozzee1970 5 days ago

You need to tell us how you routed?

Did you create a course? Torn by turn notifications only work for pre loaded courses.

0 dtunney 5 days ago in reply to Fozzee1970

Route created in garmin connect on iOS and loaded onto 970. No notifications of upcoming turns

0 arcalius 5 days ago in reply to dtunney

Did you turn on turn by turn notifications when you created the map in Garmin Connect?

0 dtunney 5 days ago in reply to arcalius

I did

0 brei 5 days ago

It‘s hit and miss for me. Sometimes I get turn by turn with voice prompts, sometimes just with the beeping sound, and on the last two activities it just showed the distance to finish (without any prompts before that). I didn’t change anything that I‘m aware of. All on firmware version 6.17.