Garmin Edge Explore Owner's Manual

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Sending Your Ride to Garmin Connect• Sync your Edge device with the Garmin Connect Mobile appon your smartphone.• Use the USB cable that came with your Edge device to sendride data to your Garmin Connect account on your computer.Data ManagementNOTE: The device is not compatible with Windows®95, 98, Me,Windows NT®, and Mac®OS 10.3 and earlier.Connecting the Device to Your ComputerNOTICETo prevent corrosion, thoroughly dry the USB port, the weathercap, and the surrounding area before charging or connecting toa computer.1 Pull up the weather cap from the USB port.2 Plug the small end of the USB cable into the USB port.3 Plug the large end of the USB cable into a computer USBport.Your device appears as a removable drive in My Computeron Windows computers and as a mounted volume on Maccomputers.Transferring Files to Your Device1 Connect the device to your computer.On Windows computers, the device appears as a removabledrive or a portable device. On Mac computers, the deviceappears as a mounted volume.NOTE: Some computers with multiple network drives may notdisplay device drives properly. See your operating systemdocumentation to learn how to map the drive.2 On your computer, open the file browser.3 Select a file.4 Select Edit > Copy.5 Open the portable device, drive, or volume for the device.6 Browse to a folder.7 Select Edit > Paste.The file appears in the list of files in the device memory.Deleting FilesNOTICEIf you do not know the purpose of a file, do not delete it. Yourdevice memory contains important system files that should notbe deleted.1 Open the Garmin drive or volume.2 If necessary, open a folder or volume.3 Select a file.4 Press the Delete key on your keyboard.NOTE: If you are using an Apple®computer, you must emptythe Trash folder to completely remove the files.Disconnecting the USB CableIf your device is connected to your computer as a removabledrive or volume, you must safely disconnect your device fromyour computer to avoid data loss. If your device is connected toyour Windows computer as a portable device, it is not necessaryto safely disconnect the device.1 Complete an action:• For Windows computers, select the Safely RemoveHardware icon in the system tray, and select your device.• For Apple computers, select the device, and select File >Eject.2 Disconnect the cable from your computer.Customizing Your DeviceConnect IQ Downloadable FeaturesYou can add Connect IQ features to your device from Garminand other providers using the Connect IQ Mobile app.Data Fields: Allow you to download new data fields that presentsensor, activity, and history data in new ways. You can addConnect IQ data fields to built-in features and pages.Widgets: Provide information at a glance, including sensor dataand notifications.Apps: Add interactive features to your device, such as newoutdoor and fitness activity types.Downloading Connect IQ Features Using YourComputer1 Connect the device to your computer using a USB cable.2 Go to apps.garmin.com, and sign in.3 Select a Connect IQ feature, and download it.4 Follow the on-screen instructions.Setting Up Your User ProfileYou can update your gender, age, weight, and height settings.The device uses this information to calculate accurate ride data.1 Select > My Stats > User Profile.2 Select an option.Updating Your Ride Settings1 Select > Ride Settings.2 Select an option:• Select Data Screens to customize the data screens anddata fields (Editing a Data Screen, page 9).• Select Alerts to customize your training alerts (Alerts,page 9).• Select Auto Features > Auto Lap to set how laps aretriggered (Marking Laps by Position, page 9).• Select Auto Features > Auto Sleep to automatically entersleep mode after five minutes of inactivity (Using AutoSleep, page 9).• Select Auto Features > Auto Pause to change when thetimer automatically pauses (Using Auto Pause, page 9).• Select Auto Features > Auto Scroll to customize thedisplay of the training data pages when the timer isrunning (Using Auto Scroll, page 10).• Select Timer Start Mode to customize how the devicedetects the start of a ride and automatically starts thetimer (Starting the Timer Automatically, page 10).• Select Navigation Prompts to show turn-by-turnnavigation prompts as text or on the map.• Select Map to customize the map settings (Map Settings,page 4).• Select Routing to customize your route settings (RouteSettings, page 5).All changes are saved to the ride settings.Adding a Data Screen1 Select > Ride Settings.2 Select Data Screens > Add New > Data Screen.3 Select a category, and select one or more data fields.4 Select .8 Customizing Your Device