Garmin Edge 500

[Super Sywurm]

Bryton 35 with accesories for sale , only R1000 sorry

 

Tempting...tempting...

[Mailman7412]

Tempting...tempting...

 

No shipping costs invovlved for Kimberley

[Super Sywurm]

No shipping costs invovlved for Kimberley

 

Shipping would be like 40 bucks.

[Mailman7412]

Shipping would be like 40 bucks.

 

LOL

[Tankman]

Tank how do you do a soft reset?

 

HOLD IN the LAP + MENU buttons then hit the POWER button.

 

Maybe I should update my USB drivers first. Doesn't matter to which USB port I plug it into it just pick up the printer

 

Try as above. If that does not work. Connect the USB cable to the unit and keep the MENU button pressed in for at least 3 seconds after connecting.

 

You dont need Garmin Communicator for the unit to be visible as an external drive.

 

Most USB cables should work, not only the Garmin USB cable.

The only cable that will not work is the cable where the two points on either end is switched around.

The unit will see it as a power supply only and not a connection to another device.

In other words, if you plug the unit in and it goes to your normal screen not the charging one, use a different cable.

[eraser]

Thanks Tank! Happy b/day

[Tankman]

I battled with a unit with this exact problem for quite some time a while back.

 

Tried everything, different computers, different cables, different ports, resets, soft resets, all to no avail.

 

Then I remembered I had a usb hub, one of those 6 port hubs. It must have been an older one because I stopped using it since every time I connected a device to it, I got a message that I have connected the device at a slower speed usb port and I can connect faster using the other ports on the pc itself.

 

Anyway, connecting through the usb hub made the device visible for the first time and I was able to do the software upgrade through the Garmin website.

 

Thereafter the unit worked 100% on any port with any cable.

 

Then I had the same problem with another unit and thought I would try my trusted old usb hub again.

Did not work, no matter what I tried.

Concluded that the connection points inside the unit was loose, Garmin confirmed this and replaced the unit with a new one!

[Joeboy69]

Im also fed-up with my Bryton. Doesnt pick up my HRM Belt anymore, even though i did replace the battery.

 

Left mine on roof of car couple of months ago and will definitely not be replacing it with another Bryton :-(

[splat]

Is it worth updating my Garmin 500 firmware from 3.0 to 3.3?

[Tankman]

Is it worth updating my Garmin 500 firmware from 3.0 to 3.3?

 

No, I gave my reasons as to why I am sticking to 3 in the thread about the upgrade.

 

Not worth it, slows some processes down actually.

 

I'm waiting for the next update

[feetup]

Bryton??is that a village name?

Stick with Garmin

[feetup]

Download "Garmin training centre" and use the online version-far more options then the disc.

As far as heart rates not being read-just research from your device and it should be sorted,even when changing a battery

Edited January 2, 2014 by feetup

[Tankman]

Download "Garmin training centre" and use the online version-far more options then the disc.

 

 

You dont need Training Centre to use Garmin Connect online.

 

I love the Garmin devices but the software programs for you pc and online are very basic and sucks ass most of the time. If you want to track your equipment, analyse you power training, customise or go into much more detail, invest in proper training software.

 

I've been using SportTracks for years and it kicks ass with it being openwear where there are many developers writing plugins to satisfy your wildest desire!

 

 

[Storm 78]

Ive downloaded the garmin training centre. At least now I can can get the info from the garman to my pc. But still I cant download the communicator pluggin. After the I have done the the whole communicator plugging download, the screen just pops up back again and tell me to download communicator pluggin.