Garmin Edge 500 v. 705

[bluebug32]

Thank you!!! I'll have to check out the Firmware updates. Are they on the Garmin website?

[tattiefritter]

They should be available from the Garmin site or Garmin connect, think you need the Garmin Web Updater to apply it to the unit.

One of the firmware upgrades did reset everything on my unit to factory settings though, scrubbing display choices, bike details, autopause settings etc so it may be worth noting what you have set up in case it does it to you. It did warn of it prior to the upgrade though.

[OakLeaf]

Yes - AFAIK firmware updates on all their devices clear your settings, and they also make the history inaccessible, so make sure you've downloaded all your activities before updating and made a backup (you may as well erase your history at that point, too).

I will say that although I'm really not familiar with the 500 at all, it's generally a good idea to take a look at the Garmin forums before applying any firmware patch. I don't update mine automatically any more. Taking into account that any software/firmware update will cause problems for some people - and taking into account that the internets tend to magnify the scope of problems just because thousands of happy customers don't go around complaining or looking for tech support - still, if I'm not having problems with whatever firmware I'm running, I usually wait a couple-three weeks to find out if a lot of people, especially the experienced users, are having trouble with the patch.

JME...

[tattiefritter]

I agree with Oakleaf so do some research on what the upgrades provide, I had annoying problems with my Edge 500 that were solved with some firmware updates and everything is going swimmingly so far since upgrade. I never really bother updating my forerunner 305 unit as it does everything I want just fine and I probably won't be doing much upgrading of the Edge 500 now unless there is new functionality I want that is provided by upgrade - though can't imagine what.