I haven't had any further power outages since using some of the advice on my previous thread - thank you all.
However, I am puzzled and frustrated by a "feature" on this model which Garmin seem to think is useful. That feature displays "Incidents". So when I enter a Trip downloaded from Basecamp and ride along it, every so often a third of my screen is taken up with "Incident Detected" followed by "Nearest Address ............" This is usually a postal address in a nearby town or village but which bears no relationship to the road I am on or where I am going. There is an invite to get "More" (information I guess) by touching "More" on the screen and there's an "X" at the top of the message which will remove it. Both are too small to hit accurately with a gloved finger and not advised while moving, so I have to put up with this useless piece of information covering a third of my screen until it eventually deletes itself - presumably when I pass out of the range of that "Incident". I have never felt the need nor the opportunity to stop and press "More" to see what else the messages say. I haven't linked my mobile phone to the device so far as I don't have blue tooth on my helmet. I can't find a way to disable this feature and it's getting pretty annoying.
So, has anyone got the same feature on their device, is it useful if linked to something else and how do you use it - or how do you get rid of it if, like me, you find it a distraction.
Thanks,
John
Updated 2125 17/04/2019 - The Incident Detected function is not for "road/traffic" incident detection but for detecting incidents involving one's own bike and has an option to set up a nominated contact to whom the device will send an SMS e.g. it can send an emergency SMS in circumstances where you are unable to do so yourself. My device is therefore detecting false incidents. See my post lower down with link to a Garmin user forum and further info.
However, I am puzzled and frustrated by a "feature" on this model which Garmin seem to think is useful. That feature displays "Incidents". So when I enter a Trip downloaded from Basecamp and ride along it, every so often a third of my screen is taken up with "Incident Detected" followed by "Nearest Address ............" This is usually a postal address in a nearby town or village but which bears no relationship to the road I am on or where I am going. There is an invite to get "More" (information I guess) by touching "More" on the screen and there's an "X" at the top of the message which will remove it. Both are too small to hit accurately with a gloved finger and not advised while moving, so I have to put up with this useless piece of information covering a third of my screen until it eventually deletes itself - presumably when I pass out of the range of that "Incident". I have never felt the need nor the opportunity to stop and press "More" to see what else the messages say. I haven't linked my mobile phone to the device so far as I don't have blue tooth on my helmet. I can't find a way to disable this feature and it's getting pretty annoying.
So, has anyone got the same feature on their device, is it useful if linked to something else and how do you use it - or how do you get rid of it if, like me, you find it a distraction.
Thanks,
John
Updated 2125 17/04/2019 - The Incident Detected function is not for "road/traffic" incident detection but for detecting incidents involving one's own bike and has an option to set up a nominated contact to whom the device will send an SMS e.g. it can send an emergency SMS in circumstances where you are unable to do so yourself. My device is therefore detecting false incidents. See my post lower down with link to a Garmin user forum and further info.
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