Garmin 520 !!
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Re: Garmin 520 !!
Postby shutuplegs » Fri Sep 11, 2015 3:46 pm
Can't wait to open it up and and give it a try!
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Re: Garmin 520 !!
Postby Jmph67 » Fri Sep 11, 2015 6:41 pm
Overall I'm very happy with it. One of the first things I did was go to openstreet maps and download Sydney and its surrounds but it kept failing because I was unzipping the file before uploading to the Garmin - no need to do that. The maps are really detailed and look fantastic.
It's taken me a while to learn how to go through the interfaces of the unit - it's not intuitive at all. I'm still learning.
I'm a Strava Premium user and just adding a star to a segment in Strava loads it on the device. It works really well.
Good points:
- very simple to upload rides and bluetooth connection to the phone makes it easy to read text messages (you can't answer calls!)
- locks onto satellites very quickly (when you select the Glonass option)
- Strava integration is what has been missing to date - and it's addictive - but also potentially dangerous.
- screen display looks fantastic
Not so good points:
- battery life might be an issue - but I'm always pushing buttons and running almost consecutive Strava segments
- I find my self staring a bit at the display and not the road - maybe that's a new toy effect
- expensive unit
My 2 cents.
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Re: Garmin 520 !!
Postby MichaelB » Mon Sep 14, 2015 3:51 pm
Good points :
LOVE the bigger screen and the display method
Love the light/day display option
Like the colour
Like the elevation trace that was on the Edge 305
Like the breadcrumb navigation trail that was on the Edge 305
Bad Points :
Just found the bit in the manual to solve the auto pause issue (should be automatically done)
Don't like that you cant zoom (easily) during ride the nav/map display (per Edge 305)
Don't like that you cant zoom the elevation trace data page
Don't like that I cant get rid off the virtual partner page and have another data page - I can only see that I can have one date page and one lap page. The others are fixed at Elevation trace, Nav and Virtual partner - I don't need those all the time.
Need help with ??!!??
How to zoom on the fly the Elevation trace
Add a separate data page and p.o. the Virtual partner
Seem to have buggered up the text/call notification - so will read the manual to see whay it isn't working (the phone says it is and it got the code ? - maybe did something wrong) edit : Fixed
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Re: Garmin 520 !!
Postby MichaelB » Mon Sep 14, 2015 7:19 pm
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Re: Garmin 520 !!
Postby vosadrian » Tue Sep 15, 2015 8:19 am
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Re: Garmin 520 !!
Postby guyc » Tue Sep 15, 2015 11:52 am
1. No one-button way to turn on the backlight when riding at night. Weird!
2. Strava segments - seems too easy to go "off segment" when doing long segments, which is really annoying if you've already been going really hard for 15 minutes as the tracking suddenly just stops.
3. Strava segments - would like option to be able to see power etc on screen too
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Re: Garmin 520 !!
Postby jasonc » Tue Sep 15, 2015 12:22 pm
shimano d-fly + shimano dura-ace di2 shifters =guyc wrote:1. No one-button way to turn on the backlight when riding at night. Weird!
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Re: Garmin 520 !!
Postby MichaelB » Tue Sep 15, 2015 3:59 pm
Amen to that.guyc wrote:...
1. No one-button way to turn on the backlight when riding at night. Weird!
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I'd also like to adjust the brightness level of when the backlight is off so that it's just that little more visible just before dusk and during the night.
I've solved some of the problems I listed above, almost by stumbling around when setting up the auto pause feature. Managed to turn off the Virtual partner screen and access the menu to add other data screens, but still cant zoom the elevation trace at all, or maps on the fly.
The manual and menu system are shiiiiite
1st world problems though.
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Re: Garmin 520 !!
Postby skydance » Thu Sep 17, 2015 9:33 am
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Re: Garmin 520 !!
Postby vosadrian » Fri Sep 18, 2015 9:41 am
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Re: Garmin 520 !!
Postby jasonc » Fri Sep 18, 2015 9:45 am
see above - di-2 + shimano d-flyvosadrian wrote:Has anyone worked out a quick way to turn on the backlight when riding at night.
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Re: Garmin 520 !!
Postby MichaelB » Fri Sep 18, 2015 10:11 am
But that's not a 520. And I don't have Di2.jasonc wrote:see above - di-2 + shimano d-flyvosadrian wrote:Has anyone worked out a quick way to turn on the backlight when riding at night.
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Re: Garmin 520 !!
Postby jasonc » Fri Sep 18, 2015 10:17 am
michael - same options available with the 520
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Re: Garmin 520 !!
Postby vosadrian » Fri Sep 18, 2015 11:37 am
Hopefully Garmin work out a better way to do this. I would love the Auto mode I mention above based on the sun rise/set (my car GPS does that).... or does the unit have an ambient light sensor which would be even better.
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Re: Garmin 520 !!
Postby GeoffInBrisbane » Fri Sep 18, 2015 1:22 pm
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Re: Garmin 520 !!
Postby MichaelB » Fri Sep 18, 2015 1:36 pm
Why didn't they just carry this over ... Knuckleheads.
Oh well, standby to standby.
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Re: Garmin 520 !!
Postby vosadrian » Fri Sep 18, 2015 1:49 pm
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Re: Garmin 520 !!
Postby skydance » Wed Sep 23, 2015 9:00 am
What a disappointment!!! It does not work with Garmin's HRM Run! Edge 520 records 63 bpm instead of actual HR. Issue has been confirmed with Garmin, with no ETA supplied. I broke rule #1, never buy newest Garmin stuff.
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Re: Garmin 520 !!
Postby jasonc » Wed Sep 23, 2015 9:40 am
swap you for a 510?skydance wrote:Finally got mine.
What a disappointment!!! It does not work with Garmin's HRM Run! Edge 520 records 63 bpm instead of actual HR. Issue has been confirmed with Garmin, with no ETA supplied. I broke rule #1, never buy newest Garmin stuff.
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Re: Garmin 520 !!
Postby MichaelB » Wed Sep 23, 2015 9:59 am
The Bluetooth connectivity for call/text alerts was one of the prime reasons that I upgraded. It's been setup several times, and whilst it has worked, and my phone says it's connected, the 520 says it's still searching. Say What ? It has only once connected and shown that it has found the phone. It has worked twice (that I know), but haven't yet had an instance where I've been on a ride and received a call/text (outside those two instances)
So, do I assume that the phone is correct (showing when it is connected) or the 520 that shows it's still 'searching' .....
If this is the current status, I'll send it back until Garmin sort it. I need to know the feature works properly or not, rather than hope it does.
Any idea as to why one would say it's connected and the other doesn't ?
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Re: Garmin 520 !!
Postby liamb » Wed Sep 23, 2015 10:38 am
I guess its a bit of a punt getting a new platform of anything. I tend to keep it in my pants until series 2 comes out in the hope that alot of the bugs have been exterminated.
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Re: Garmin 520 !!
Postby skydance » Wed Sep 23, 2015 12:04 pm
But HRM fail!!! This is outrageous.
jasonc, I'd swap my HRM Run for a cheaper HRM Premium. As for 520->510... I need maps, HR and Power. 510 lacks maps.
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Re: Garmin 520 !!
Postby MichaelB » Wed Sep 23, 2015 2:51 pm
The phone needs an update, so that will take a while.
Confirmed no fix yet for elevation screen scale change. Also, no suggested fix for backlight except to change data screen up & back (that's a fail too)
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Re: Garmin 520 !!
Postby GeoffInBrisbane » Wed Sep 23, 2015 7:39 pm
A lot of people have been complaining about this (HRM Run issue). I'm sure it'll be fixed in the first firmware update.skydance wrote:Pretty much all bluetooth devices fail occasionally (including all Garmin devices). This one is not a total failure, but yes it does reconnect to the phone every few minutes. It's not the most important feature anyway.
But HRM fail!!! This is outrageous.
jasonc, I'd swap my HRM Run for a cheaper HRM Premium. As for 520->510... I need maps, HR and Power. 510 lacks maps.
I run a normal (non Garmin) HRM, Vectors, Garmin speed sensor and bluetooth to a Samsung Galaxy S6, and it has been very reliable for me. A couple of minor UI things that can be improved, but otherwise I am very happy.
Now i just want Garmin to fix up the sleep bug in the Vector firmware. Get to it, Garmin!
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