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NorthernKai
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 26, 2019 11:30 am    Post subject: Garmin eTrex Touch 35 Routing Reply with quote

hi
i have this device but i'm having trouble with creating routes and getting turn by turn navigation

i used Garmin Connect , went to training and then courses and created a course. i was able to send this to the device but it appears under Tracks in the menus, rather than Routes.

i still thought it would give you turn by turn navigation or does it need to be a route, or have i not turned something on?

It's so much easier to create the routes in Connect rather than Basecamp
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 26, 2019 12:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well first you won't get turn by turn directions with a track, it needs to be a route. Second you won't even get turn by turn directions with a route unless you have a routeable map installed on your Etrex. After that it's down to settings on your Etrex. Personally I use BaseCamp and not Connect so can't help with any further issues created by Connect, if indeed it does create any specific 'Connect' issues.
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 26, 2019 12:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

yes i couldn't see how to make a route in Connect, does anyone know?

i assume the map it came with is routable , it's the Topo Active Europe map.

i have created a test route just now and it looks like it will navigate me
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 26, 2019 1:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sorry as I said I don't use connect. You could always import a track into BaseCamp, convert it to a route then send it to your Etrex?
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 26, 2019 6:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

sussamb wrote:
Sorry as I said I don't use connect. You could always import a track into BaseCamp, convert it to a route then send it to your Etrex?


ah good idea, i'll give this a go.

do you have an eTrex yourself at all?
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 26, 2019 7:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yep, an Etrex 20 Smile
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 27, 2019 1:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

think i got it to work
created the route in Garmin Connect, sent to device
then in BaseCamp i went to Transfer (top left)
selected tracks , and it imported
then right click on the track and 'create route from track'
jobs a good un'


do you create cycle routes at all? i can't understand the logic of where it tries to take you sometimes. you click from a to b on a main road and it will take 3miles of back roads to get to a point a few meters up the road...
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 27, 2019 7:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

No, just use it for hiking ... but routing is dependant mainly on whatever map you're using, there are plenty free ones out there so if one doesn't work for you try some others.
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 27, 2019 2:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

do you need to connect via cable each time?

my device doesn't pick up bluetooth on the laptop but does on the phone
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 27, 2019 7:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mine doesn't have Bluetooth
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