Garmin Tread (1 Viewer)

[sogncab]

There's a setting somewhere to turn the nanny crap off so you've got control of things whilst moving

 

[kcjaz]

There's a setting somewhere to turn the nanny crap off so you've got control of things whilst moving

yes, I think I've shut that off.

 

[kcjaz]

Maybe making a little progress over lunch on route building. Basically there are 3 places where you can build routes and they connect with each other. The Explore web app is seeming like the best way to build a general route but you can't just select "Fins and Things". You have to just select enough point along the trail you want to travel and it draws a straight line between the points. After you build the route in Explorer, it will then show up in the Tread phone app (or i suppose an iPad). The read app seems to understand the rough route and selects the trail you intended. If you didn't build the route with a lot of points, it will auto selected what it thinks is the best way to get you to the points you selected. I believe this will then sync with the Garmin device when paired with your phone. Its just a little clunky but maybe after I get used to it, it will be fine. It puzzles me why Garmin just didn't put the same functionality in the Web app as they did in the phone app. The Tread phone app seems better than the web app except that you are on a small screen. Its really nice having a full screen with the web app.

 

[kcjaz]

I have yet to use the Tread off road. I'll be going to Cruise Moab in April and that will be the first use off road. Looking forward to that. In the mean time, I've build some runs myself and I think I have the hang of it but it still seems weird that you need to use the web app plus the phone app to do this. The best way for published runs like at Moab is to just load the FunTreks gpx files to the Garmin Explorer web app, then it syncs to your phone and the Tread unit. That works pretty well. I was also able to export gpx files from OnX to the Tread, so that's cool.

I'm currently downloading satellite images (I added a 250GB memory card). The download speed really sucks. The interface lets you size the area and tells you the size of the file which is nice. In theory, you can download a huge area into one 200 GB file but I don't think that would ever download without bombing out. I'm currently down loading a 25GB file for Moab and its going to take 4-5 hours. The bad part is that the download seems to fail when the screen times out. I've set the screen at 30 minutes which is the max.

 

[sogncab]

I don't really build routes. I just mash a point on the map and navigate to it.

I need to add a memory card to mine

 

[Vocoder]

There's a setting somewhere to turn the nanny crap off so you've got control of things whilst moving

Where?! I use a Tread in my side by side... would like to kill off the nanny notices. Thanks

 

[sogncab]

Where?! I use a Tread in my side by side... would like to kill off the nanny notices. Thanks

Settings---> Navigation---> Restricted Mode

I think that's it anyways.