Hi, I bought my 530 a month ago, had a few rides, but the interesting thing is....Last 3 rides, the device shut itself down at the same place :D (3kms to my house, at the end of a ride, with different length) Is there some kind of interference? The battery was well above 70% and after I turned it on, it worked fine again.
Sorry haven't been around. No I didn't. It hasn't been happening since my initial report.
My 3 year old 520 has been flawless until a couple of weeks ago. Now it shuts itself off during a ride. I don't have to restart it though... turns itself back on and is running again in about 2 minutes. The current ride shows a short flat spot but just continues without me hitting start.
Mine is also shutting off while riding.
The weird thing is that it always happens within the first minute after I start the ride.
Doesn't seem to matter how long it's been on (to find satellites) before I press ride, just happens at complete random.
Anyone found any answer to this?
I have found my 520 will shut off when I have too many activities in the Edge 520 Garmin/Activities device folder. The 520 file system is not very robust and will overwrite working storage causing a shut down when free space on the 520 is short.
Always keep the 520 free of old activities, transfer them to pc or cloud and then delete from the 520.
There is a long standing bug that causes random shutdowns on the Edge 510. I found it was much more stable (not perfect, but significantly better) if I turned bluetooth off while I was riding. I spend quite a bit of time riding in areas with poor cellular phone coverage and I think the Edge sometimes throws a hissy fit if it has had Internet access via my phone at the start of a ride, but then finds it can’t access the Internet any more later on.
hey I want to join this club too! My 520 has been shutting off by itself for probably 2 years now. drives me crazy. I'll have to try some of these suggestions about turning off BT and/or the speed sensor too. for a $300 piece of equipment when I bought it new, this thing has given my nothing but grief for a very long time. honestly can't believe I have smashed it with a hammer by now