Planning And Riding A Course; Creating And Riding A Round-Trip Course; Following A Course From Garmin Connect; Tips For Riding A Course - Garmin EDGE 830 Owner's Manual

is saved to your device, you can follow the course or race
against the course.

Planning and Riding a Course

You can create and ride a custom course. A course is a
sequence of waypoints or locations that leads you to your final
destination.
1
Select Navigation > Courses > Course Creator > Add First
Location.
2
Select an option:
• To select your current location on the map, select Current
Location.
• To select a saved location, select Saved, and select a
location.
• To select a location for which you recently searched,
select Recent Finds, and select a location.
• To select a location on the map, select Use Map, and
select a location.
• To browse for and select a point of interest, select POI
Categories, and select a nearby point of interest.
• To select a city, select Cities, and select a nearby city.
• To select an address, select Addresses, and enter the
address.
• To select an intersection, select Intersections, and enter
the street names.
• To use coordinates, select Coordinates, and enter the
coordinates.
3 Select Use.
TIP: From the map, you can select another location, and
select Use to continue adding locations.
4
Select Add Next Location.
5
Repeat steps 2 through 4 until you have selected all locations
for the route.
6
Select View Map.
The device calculates your route, and a map of the route
appears.
TIP: You can select to view an elevation plot of the route.
7
Select Ride.

Creating and Riding a Round-Trip Course

The device can create a round-trip course based on a specified
distance, starting location, and direction of navigation.
1
Select Navigation > Courses > Round-Trip Course.
2
Select Distance, and enter the total distance for the course.
3
Select Start Location.
4
Select an option:
• To select your current location on the map, select Current
Location.
• To select a location on the map, select Use Map, and
select a location.
• To select a saved location, select Saved Locations, and
select a location.
• To browse for and select a point of interest, select Search
Tools > POI Categories, and select a nearby point of
interest.
• To select a city, select Search Tools > Cities, and select
a nearby city.
• To select an address, select Search Tools > Addresses,
and enter the address.
• To select an intersection, select Search Tools >
Intersections, and enter the street names.
• To use coordinates, select Search Tools > Coordinates,
and enter the coordinates.
Navigation
5
Select Start Direction, and select a direction heading.
6
Select Search.
TIP: You can select to search again.
7
Select a course to view it on the map.
TIP: You can select and
8
Select Ride.

Following a Course From Garmin Connect

Before you can download a course from Garmin Connect, you
must have a Garmin Connect account
page 18).
1
Select an option:
• Open the Garmin Connect app.
• Go to connect.garmin.com.
2
Create a new course, or select an existing course.
3
Select or Send to Device.
4
Follow the on-screen instructions.
5
On the Edge device, select Navigation > Courses > Saved
Courses.
6
Select the course.
7
Select Ride.

Tips for Riding a Course

• Use turn guidance (Course Options, page
• If you include a warmup, select
warm up as normal.
• Stay away from your course path as you warm up.
When you are ready to begin, head toward your course.
When you are on any part of the course path, a message
appears.
• Scroll to the map to view the course map.
If you stray from the course, a message appears.

Viewing Course Details

1
Select Navigation > Courses > Saved Courses.
2
Select a course.
3
Select an option:
• Select Summary to view details about the course.
• Select Map to view the course on the map.
• Select Elevation to view an elevation plot of the course.
• Select Climbs to view details and elevation plots for each
climb.
• Select Laps to select a lap and view additional information
about each lap.

Displaying a Course on the Map

For each course saved to your device, you can customize how it
appears on the map. For example, you can set your commute
course to always display on the map in yellow. You can have an
alternate course display in green. This allows you to see the
courses while you are riding, but not follow or navigate a
particular course.
1
Select Navigation > Courses > Saved Courses.
2
Select the course.
3
Select Settings.
4
Select Always Display to make the course appear on the
map.
5
Select Color, and select a color.
6
Select Course Points to include course points on the map.
The next time you ride near the course, it appears on the map.
to view the other courses.
(Garmin Connect,
12).
to begin the course, and
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