Setting up my Garmin 800 : tracking problem and screen arrow warning

[The Borg]

Hi All,
Any advice with setting up my Garmin 800 would be appreciated as I’m having problems and I’m not sure what has changed.  Maybe there are some optimal Audax use  settings.

I need to set it up so that it beeps before a turning and then an arrow pointing the correct direction.

Secondary is that the backlight should get brighter when approaching a turning.

Currently it beeps when I’ve missed or am on top of a junction and if I see the arrow it’s so tiny on the screen that it’s useless

Just as annoying is that the TCX track (using ridewithGPS) doesn’t match the Garmin map ( Good satellite signal when starting )  and neither matches the blue position arrow. This is really strange. 

If I’m not following a route ( ie just GPS recording )  the position arrow is correctly located on the map.

Thanks for any tips

[Oscar's dad]

This might help. Good luck!

[The Borg]

Thanks, i'll set it up as described and see if it fixes the tracking problem at the same time.  I'll be riding around the block a few times to see how it gets on

[The Borg]

Tried the recommended setting and things have improved dramatically  .   Thanks for the website pointer

Only 3 issues left.

1. Navigating in Town,  The closeness of the junctions is obscured by the arrows. Maybe zooming in would help

2. A short off road section cause the garmin to try and route via the road. I checked the ridewithGPS route and it is definetly correct

3. The unit takes some time to autoscale maps after an off road ( cycle path section )

thanks for the help

[Vince]

I wouldn't let my 800 route for me without confirming what it was doing. It wanted me to do 400 metres down the A120 Wix bypass in the wrong direction last week!