Otherwise, click the Export tab then click on your desired filetype: TCX Course, GPX Track, or FIT Course.On the website, navigate to your route or ride.You can also experiment with 3D mode.įor a more detailed example of how to get a route to your Edge 1000, see Export Routes to Garmin Devices.īefore exporting your routes, try to limit the name to 15 characters or less for TCX files or 21 characters or less for GPX files. Select the Settings Icon at the bottom of the home screen.The default setting on the Garmin is for the map to always rotate so your current heading is towards the top of the map. Optionally, some users strongly prefer the map always be displayed with North at the top of the map. This is almost always not what you want! By setting it to prompted, you can choose to recalculate or not. If you lose GPS signal, or go slightly off course for a block or two, with recalculation enabled the Garmin has a tendency to shortcut you to the end of your ride with whatever it feels is the quickest way. Set Recalculation to Prompted or Disabled.Since we are loading pre-planned routes onto the Edge, we don’t want it recalculating the route on us if it thinks there may be a toll, highway etc. Select Avoidance Setup and make sure all options are disabled.Set Calculation Method to Minimize Distance (though Minimize Time shouldn’t be too different).Select Activity Profiles then select your preferred profile ( Train in my case).Click the Settings Icon at the bottom of the home screen.Once you have setup your Activity Profiles, let’s move on to navigation specific settings. Additionally, it lets you change per-activity routing options, which is useful if you use the 1000’s routing system to calculate a route for you (not as helpful for loading pre-planned routes). This allows you to associate different speed/cadence sensors with different profiles, so that way wheel size is always correct. The Edge 1000 is similar to the 810 in that you can have different settings based on different profiles. There are many settings available on the unit, but this should get you going.įirst, review your Activity Profiles. There are a few settings we recommend changing on the Edge 1000 to give you the best navigation experience.
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