Garmin Edge 530 Mountain Bike Bundle Owners Manual - Page 14
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Navigating Back to Start At any point during your ride, you can return to the starting point. 1 Go for a ride. 2 Select to view the shortcut menu. 3 Select Back to Start. 4 Select Along Same Route or Most Direct Route. 5 Select Ride. The device navigates you back to the starting point of your ride. Stopping Navigation Select > Stop Navigation > OK. Editing Locations 1 Select Menu > Navigation > Saved Locations. 2 Select a location. 3 Select Edit. 4 Select a location detail. For example, select Change Elevation to enter a known altitude for the location. 5 Edit the value, and select . Deleting a Location 1 Select Menu > Navigation > Saved Locations. 2 Select a location. 3 Select Delete Location > OK. Projecting a Location You can create a new location by projecting the distance and bearing from a marked location to a new location. 1 Select Menu > Navigation > Saved Locations. 2 Select a location. 3 Select Edit > Project Location. 4 Enter the bearing and distance to the projected location. 5 Select . Courses Following a previously recorded activity: You can follow a saved course simply because it is a good route. For example, you can save and follow a bike friendly commute to work. Racing against a previously recorded activity: You can also follow a saved course, trying to match or exceed previously set performance goals. For example, if the original course was completed in 30 minutes, you can race against a Virtual Partner trying to complete the course in under 30 minutes. Following an existing ride from Garmin Connect: You can send a course from Garmin Connect to your device. Once it is saved to your device, you can follow the course or race against the course. Creating a Course on Your Device Before you can create a course, you must have an activity with GPS data saved to your device. 1 Select Menu > Navigation > Courses > Course Options > Create New. 2 Select an activity on which to base your course. 3 Enter a name for the course, and select . The course appears in the list. 4 Select the course, and review the course details. 5 If necessary, select Settings to edit the course details. For example, you can change the name or color of the course. 6 Select Ride. Following a Course From Garmin Connect Before you can download a course from Garmin Connect, you must have a Garmin Connect account (Garmin Connect, page 17). 1 Select an option: • Open the Garmin Connect app. • Go to connect.garmin.com. 2 Create a new course, or select an existing course. 3 Select or Send to Device. 4 Follow the on-screen instructions. 5 On the Edge device, select Menu > Navigation > Courses. 6 Select the course. 7 Select Ride. Tips for Riding a Course • Use turn guidance (Course Options, page 11). • If you include a warmup, select to begin the course, and warm up as normal. • Stay away from your course path as you warm up. When you are ready to begin, head toward your course. When you are on any part of the course path, a message appears. • Scroll to the map to view the course map. If you stray from the course, a message appears. Viewing Course Details 1 Select Menu > Navigation > Courses. 2 Select a course. 3 Select an option: • Select Summary to view details about the course. • Select Map to view the course on the map. • Select Elevation to view an elevation plot of the course. • Select Climbs to view details and elevation plots for each climb. • Select Laps to select a lap and view additional information about each lap. Displaying a Course on the Map For each course saved to your device, you can customize how it appears on the map. For example, you can set your commute course to always display on the map in yellow. You can have an alternate course display in green. This allows you to see the courses while you are riding, but not follow or navigate a particular course. 1 Select Menu > Navigation > Courses. 2 Select the course. 3 Select Settings. 10 Navigation