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Turning On LiveTrack, Starting a GroupTrack Session, Safety & Tracking

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Turning On LiveTrack Before you can start your first LiveTrack session, you must set up contacts in the Garmin Connect app. 1 Select > Safety & Tracking > LiveTrack. 2 Select an option: • Select Auto Start to start a LiveTrack session each time you start this type of activity. • Select LiveTrack Name to update the name of your LiveTrack session. The current date is the default name. • Select Recipients to view recipients. • Select Course Sharing if you want your recipients to see your course. • Select Spectator Messaging if you want to allow your recipients to send you text messages during your cycling activity (Spectator Messaging, page 38). • Select Extend LiveTrack to extend viewing of the LiveTrack session for 24 hours. 3 Select Start LiveTrack. Recipients can view your live data on a Garmin Connect tracking page. Starting a GroupTrack Session Before you can start a GroupTrack session, you must have a phone with the Garmin Connect app paired to your device (Pairing Your Phone, page 34). During a ride, you can see the riders in your GroupTrack session on the map. 1 On the Edge bike computer, select the map screen. > Safety & Tracking > GroupTrack to enable viewing connections on 2 From the Garmin Connect app, select or . 3 Select Safety & Tracking > LiveTrack > > Settings > GroupTrack > All Connections. 4 Select Start LiveTrack. 5 On the Edge bike computer, press , and go for a ride. 6 Scroll to the map to view your connections. You can tap an icon on the map to view location and heading information for other riders in the GroupTrack session. 7 Scroll to the GroupTrack list. You can select a rider from the list, and that rider appears centered on the map. Connected Features 37

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Turning On LiveTrack
Before you can start your first LiveTrack session, you must set up contacts in the Garmin Connect app.
1
Select
>
Safety & Tracking
>
LiveTrack
.
2
Select an option:
•
Select
Auto Start
to start a LiveTrack session each time you start this type of activity.
•
Select
LiveTrack Name
to update the name of your LiveTrack session. The current date is the default
name.
•
Select
Recipients
to view recipients.
•
Select
Course Sharing
if you want your recipients to see your course.
•
Select
Spectator Messaging
if you want to allow your recipients to send you text messages during your
cycling activity (
Spectator Messaging
, page 38
).
•
Select
Extend LiveTrack
to extend viewing of the LiveTrack session for 24 hours.
3
Select
Start LiveTrack
.
Recipients can view your live data on a Garmin Connect tracking page.
Starting a GroupTrack Session
Before you can start a GroupTrack session, you must have a phone with the Garmin Connect app paired to your
device (
Pairing Your Phone
, page 34
).
During a ride, you can see the riders in your GroupTrack session on the map.
1
On the Edge bike computer, select
>
Safety & Tracking
>
GroupTrack
to enable viewing connections on
the map screen.
2
From the Garmin Connect app, select
or
.
3
Select
Safety & Tracking
>
LiveTrack
>
>
Settings
>
GroupTrack
>
All Connections
.
4
Select
Start LiveTrack
.
5
On the Edge bike computer, press
, and go for a ride.
6
Scroll to the map to view your connections.
You can tap an icon on the map to view location and heading information for other riders in the GroupTrack
session.
7
Scroll to the GroupTrack list.
You can select a rider from the list, and that rider appears centered on the map.
Connected Features
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