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[Closed] Garmin Instinct GPS going awry

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I know a few have got them on here. Looked at the watch last night to see I was knocking out 3m45/kms. Highly unlikely while jogging with piriformis pain. Looking at the track, it's all over the place, added an extra KM onto what is always a 10k run. It's been fine/consistent for almost a year

Anyone had this? I've changed the data recording from 'smart' to '1sec', haven't tried it yet. Anything else to try, other than a factory reset? I think every Garmin device I've owned in the last 10 years has needed resetting every so often...


 
Posted : 07/11/2019 12:58 pm
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Check if it has the latest firmware.

Also check what GPS mode it is using. eg just GPS, or Glonass or Galileo. They might cause problems.


 
Posted : 07/11/2019 1:08 pm
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FW is the latest - my trail running settings were GPS only, so changed to GPS+Glonass to see if it makes a difference. Have only seen this problem on the last 2 runs though.


 
Posted : 07/11/2019 1:16 pm
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Funny you should say this. Mine similarly has been accurate, except one ride last week when it went all over the shop. Fine since though


 
Posted : 07/11/2019 7:44 pm
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Mine had a bit of a wobble 2 nights ago. Lost 30 minutes before I went to bed, so I resynced it with phone to adjust.

The alarm then didn't go off in the morning.

Its had a recent update to 5.70 but it's never happened before. I'm keeping an eye on it as I really rely on the silent vibrate alarm when I get up at silly o'clock and don't want to wake the g/f.


 
Posted : 07/11/2019 8:22 pm
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Did a factory reset and it seems to be behaving after a run this morning. Bit of a pain as I'll never remember how I had the custom screens. Why do garmins always need resetting to work properly?


 
Posted : 08/11/2019 10:59 am

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