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Why different data fields when following a course vs. doing activity?

Former Member over 9 years ago

Hi everybody,

Thanks for this helpful forum. I'm new to the 520, and there's something odd going on, and I don't know if it's me or the unit.

I carefully configured the data and map screens for an activity. When I do that activity, everything is good.

When I follow a course, however, there seem to be a bunch of extra data screens that I didn't include. Did I misconfigure something? How do I get the course to have the just the data screens I defined for the activity?

Thank you,

-Eben

0 aweatherall over 9 years ago

You might get two additional training pages depending on the course and a notification page.

If the course has course points and the option to show course points for that course is enabled (this is the default) then an extra page is added that shows a list of the course points.
If the Virtual Partner training page is active under the activity profile you are using then that will be added when using a course.
If TBT (Turn by Turn) instructions are enable under course options then the Edge will open a turn instruction page as you get close to one of these turns.

Did you get something beyond these.

0 Former Member over 9 years ago

As well as the five data screens where you can configure up to 10 data fields per screen, there are several other possible screens that the 520 can display: Map, Compass, Elevation, Lap Summary, Virtual Partner, Cycling Dynamics, Light Network. Some of these also have a field or two that can be configured and some also allow you to change the number of data fields displayed on the screen.

To enable/disable the screens (or configure their data fields), Settings | Activity Profiles | Select the profile you want to change | Select Data Screens | Scroll past Screen 5 to see the other possible screens and select each and enable/disable/configure as you need.

0 Former Member over 9 years ago

You might get two additional training pages depending on the course and a notification page.

If the course has course points and the option to show course points for that course is enabled (this is the default) then an extra page is added that shows a list of the course points.
If the Virtual Partner training page is active under the activity profile you are using then that will be added when using a course.
If TBT (Turn by Turn) instructions are enable under course options then the Edge will open a turn instruction page as you get close to one of these turns.

Did you get something beyond these.

Thank you! That sounds like what I was seeing. Does turning off Virtual Partner affect the turn-by-turn directions (which is why I have the course in the first place)?

0 aweatherall over 9 years ago

TBT and VP are independent of each other, so you can switch one off without affecting the other.

0 solitone over 8 years ago

And what about the additional workout screen that appears when I start a workout? How can I configure it? I don't find it following the path suggested above. I'd like to add heart rate field, while currently I only have heart rate zone.