Garmin Edge 1030 - useful features during cycling
Split long course
Garmin got bug when the Course is longer than 180 KM as my experiences, and it caused self reboot during recalculating. So I have to split the course into smaller segments, and this is also improve the loading time. Anyway, Garmin Edge isn't a fast computer.
Change Course during cycling
In order to load the next Course into Edge without stopping the activity, the following steps can be used
- Touch the screen
- Tap on Home icon
- Tap on Navigation
- Tap on Courses
- Tap on the Course to load
- Return to Home page
- Tap on the round activity icon on top of screen to back to activity screen if needed
Pause/Resume activity
If the activity is on, the power button will lock the touch screen. Otherwise, will off the screen.
To Pause activity for lunch
- Press start/stop button
- Press power button to off the screen
Resume activity
- Press power button
- Press start/stop button
Merge activities
If the activity was stopped and saved, then the only way I know to merge with previous activity is using following online tool, but some useful information will be lost too, such as activity type, category, calories, etc.