Thanks for these videos, it makes understanding this watch a lot more digestable. However I was curious about this feature, however when I got into activities, navigation does not exist. What am I doing wrong?
Thanks for posting this, very useful. Could I make a suggestion though ? It might be helpful if you could hold the watch in such a way that, when pressing a button, only the finger you are using to press that button is touching the watch. In this video it is not always obvious which button you are pressing as you are navigating through the screens.
I'm thinking about getting one. So before a hike, you would save your location and when you want to go back you're able to trekback to the exact location where you saved your location? Seems a bit confusing since I've never owned a navigation smart watch before but love how technology has advanced!
You could definitely do that with the saved location. I would recommend saving the location of the parking lot or trail head and then using the Track Me feature. This is nearly the same as Navigation but it is just showing you on the map and recording your hike. Once finished just use the Trackback feature. Let me know if you have any questions. Thank you so much for watching and please consider liking and subscribing! 🙏
You don't have to save the gsp coordinates in order to use the track back. Choose an activity, hiking , walking, , hit the pause button. It will bring up the screen on what you want to do. Track back or straight line. Never use the straight line. You have no clue what you are walking into. Use the track back. Follow the arrow. You will be fine.
Can you broadcast your location to others directly from the watch? Or is a smartphone with cellular connection required? I would like others to know where I am in places my smartphone looses cellular connection.
What would be nice for way point navigation would be a basic direction and distance remaining like on their handheld units I grew up with. Anyone know if it is possible and how to set that up on this?
If I saved the trailhead, then go hiking but made several wrong turns. Could I still ‘track back’ bypassing all my mistakes I made? Like, does it show all my dead ends on a breadcrumb map so I can avoid them?
So you saved your current location and then started navigating that location ? i didn't get it so if you are already there then why would you navigate there ? is there any way to navigate somewhere else not the current location sorry i am confused
Glad you like it. Thank you for watching! They're called hot keys and can be configured in the system settings. You can see it here: ua-cam.com/video/RilNcw-wSjA/v-deo.html
Just got this and I am not impressed. Where's the map on my smart phone while I am walking that shows where I have been and where I am going, like Fitbit has? The menu is not intuitive. It's easy to get lost.
I am also having the same problem. I want to have maps and easy measures of my hikes and miles in a day of walking. I am getting confused by the different options.
how many courses can you save on the watch, please? thinking about getting one, use it for navigation instead of my phone. taking it out of my pocket during hikes drives me mad sometimes.
GPS is only used when in an activity, navigating, or saving your location. If the watch isn't doing one of those things the GPS isn't using your battery, so it should be too big of a problem.
I think these videos are going too fast. I keep pausing and going back - it isn't clear which button you're pushing and I am - quite literally - getting lost. I know you know what you're doing, but most of us newbies don't. You're flying through screens with ease and I'm still trying figure out which button you pushed to get there.
@@GaugingGadgets okaay i see, so even when we connect the watch to our phone the watch would still be unable to detect our location sir?? as the Gshock atch can detect our location when we connect to the phone.
Hi mate come across your channel and its very helpful, thanks for the effort you put in to it. I just have some issues on a certain application on the watch which is the Track Me when I try using it the inly thing that works is the timer and distance seems not doing anything? Any suggestions or troubleshooting advice you can give please that would be much appreciated. Thank you in advance and new subbie here by the way. Cheers
Estimated time enroute. It means how long until you reach your destination. Let me know if you have any other questions. Thank you for watching and please consider liking and subscribing!
@@randomamerican3287 Glad to hear that you've found them to be helpful! ETA is when you will arrive ETE is how long until you arrive. Let me know if you have any other questions!
My heart rate just quit displaying yesterday. Went through the setup and everything appears to be set up. No explanation of what's wrong. About to send this POS back.
Thanks for these videos, it makes understanding this watch a lot more digestable. However I was curious about this feature, however when I got into activities, navigation does not exist. What am I doing wrong?
Thanks for posting this, very useful. Could I make a suggestion though ? It might be helpful if you could hold the watch in such a way that, when pressing a button, only the finger you are using to press that button is touching the watch. In this video it is not always obvious which button you are pressing as you are navigating through the screens.
Glad you found it useful. Thanks for the tip! I will keep that in mind.
Thank you! My wife got me this watch and im an avid hunter. This will definitely help me out.
Glad it was helpful! Best of luck out there!
Can I also create a route with the garmin connect app on my phone and load it to the watch?
I'm thinking about getting one. So before a hike, you would save your location and when you want to go back you're able to trekback to the exact location where you saved your location? Seems a bit confusing since I've never owned a navigation smart watch before but love how technology has advanced!
You could definitely do that with the saved location. I would recommend saving the location of the parking lot or trail head and then using the Track Me feature. This is nearly the same as Navigation but it is just showing you on the map and recording your hike. Once finished just use the Trackback feature. Let me know if you have any questions. Thank you so much for watching and please consider liking and subscribing! 🙏
You don't have to save the gsp coordinates in order to use the track back. Choose an activity, hiking , walking, , hit the pause button. It will bring up the screen on what you want to do. Track back or straight line. Never use the straight line. You have no clue what you are walking into. Use the track back. Follow the arrow. You will be fine.
Why doesn’t my instinct have navigation in the activities list?
Have you saved any locations yet?
WOW!! I'm sure you get this plenty, but I just got this watch and your videos are absolutely AWESOME!! THANK YOU!!
Are there any apps or anything we can use to program in numerous waypoints?
Can you broadcast your location to others directly from the watch? Or is a smartphone with cellular connection required? I would like others to know where I am in places my smartphone looses cellular connection.
Is there anyway that you could give a simple instructional video on how to use the Surfline app. Thank you
What would be nice for way point navigation would be a basic direction and distance remaining like on their handheld units I grew up with. Anyone know if it is possible and how to set that up on this?
If I saved the trailhead, then go hiking but made several wrong turns. Could I still ‘track back’ bypassing all my mistakes I made? Like, does it show all my dead ends on a breadcrumb map so I can avoid them?
Hi ,does it show an arrow pointing to my destination?
So you saved your current location and then started navigating that location ? i didn't get it so if you are already there then why would you navigate there ? is there any way to navigate somewhere else not the current location sorry i am confused
Hello, thanks for your video
How do I get that display when you press and hold the GPS button. Mine is showing two types of grid references.
Glad you like it. Thank you for watching! They're called hot keys and can be configured in the system settings. You can see it here: ua-cam.com/video/RilNcw-wSjA/v-deo.html
Can i use it for stand up paddle ?
Pretty sure it has paddleboarding as one of the activities
Do these watches give speed in MPH or Knots??? I never see it in videos.
Thanks for the video. Can you use this navigation on the water ?
And on the moon?
Killed my battery later in the day. How do you turn off navigation when your done ?
Exit or stop the activity.
How can I change the MGRS from 10 digit to 8?
Just don't read the last digits 😂
You can change the format for the display of gps coordinates in options
Hallo dear, my queation is, how can i set up gps+galileo on my instinct
Do I need a satellite subscription to utilize the maps and GPS of this watch? Like on the Garmin inReach.
Everything is free 😊
Is it 810g? It has a night vision and stealth mode?
The tactile version has those features
Just got this and I am not impressed. Where's the map on my smart phone while I am walking that shows where I have been and where I am going, like Fitbit has? The menu is not intuitive. It's easy to get lost.
I am also having the same problem. I want to have maps and easy measures of my hikes and miles in a day of walking. I am getting confused by the different options.
how many courses can you save on the watch, please? thinking about getting one, use it for navigation instead of my phone. taking it out of my pocket during hikes drives me mad sometimes.
I'm not sure about this. I recommend contacting Garmin support. They are usually very helpful. Thanks
@@GaugingGadgets okay, will do that then. Thanks for your reply!
How can you make sure the navigation is turned off as it drains the battery, I’m struggling
Tks
GPS is only used when in an activity, navigating, or saving your location. If the watch isn't doing one of those things the GPS isn't using your battery, so it should be too big of a problem.
I think these videos are going too fast. I keep pausing and going back - it isn't clear which button you're pushing and I am - quite literally - getting lost. I know you know what you're doing, but most of us newbies don't. You're flying through screens with ease and I'm still trying figure out which button you pushed to get there.
I am at the office, and how come it cannot catch my location??
the watch cannot detect my location when im in a room, why is that?
It must be able to receive a signal from multiple satellites to know you location.
@@GaugingGadgets okaay i see, so even when we connect the watch to our phone the watch would still be unable to detect our location sir?? as the Gshock atch can detect our location when we connect to the phone.
Hi mate come across your channel and its very helpful, thanks for the effort you put in to it. I just have some issues on a certain application on the watch which is the Track Me when I try using it the inly thing that works is the timer and distance seems not doing anything? Any suggestions or troubleshooting advice you can give please that would be much appreciated. Thank you in advance and new subbie here by the way. Cheers
What is ETE?
Estimated time enroute. It means how long until you reach your destination. Let me know if you have any other questions. Thank you for watching and please consider liking and subscribing!
Gauging Gadgets Oh, okay. Thank you! Your videos are very helpful! I haven’t read any of the manual. Haha.
What is the difference between ETA and ETE?
@@randomamerican3287 Glad to hear that you've found them to be helpful! ETA is when you will arrive ETE is how long until you arrive. Let me know if you have any other questions!
Gauging Gadgets Last question...I think.. Any tips on getting accurate ABC calibration?
This is great, just the speech is a little too fast to follow, needed to rewind many many times to go along👍👍
Glad you liked it. You can also change the speed of the video by selecting the gear.
My heart rate just quit displaying yesterday. Went through the setup and everything appears to be set up. No explanation of what's wrong. About to send this POS back.
This watch sucks. Dont bother with it, way too confusing to use.