No information from Suunto Vertical watch when changing direction during navigation
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@Redbird : many times discussed. Almost everybody agree that the way it actually works is not the best.
For now it has not evolved.
I also use navigation a lot, for biking, hiking.
Since I use maps with the vertical, I don’t use turn by turn alerts anymore, but I also would be please to see improvements with the way it works.
the most annoying thing to me is especially the fact that the second alert (which tells the next point) is precisely « hiding map » at the turning point.
I’d rather have a first alert « y » meters before the turn, and a second « x » seconds (based on speed, so distance would be different depending on which activity you’re practicing) before the turning point, and then have the map displayed when arriving to turn.
The next turn alert could also be displayed few meter after turning point.
Or, like you said, having indications as an overlay on map would be awesome. -
Thank you for your answers.
I’ve only used car navigation so far and it’s probably habits I need to get rid of.I have one more question. When I create a route in the Suunto app on my watch, I don’t get any notifications. Is there something I need to do?
Fortunately, I use plotaroute and then I have notifications, but it is annoying that the Suunto app does not export notifications after synchronising the route with the watch. -
@neverhood
The problem is not really the syncing of turns from outside sources to Suuntoapp and the watch, it is the way the watch is managing the notifications : at a turn, there is a special point with indication that there is something to notify. And the watch is warning 100m before it, and nothing else, and then it is focused on the next turn.
Whatever you can do with plotaroute or komoot or any other routes, if the watch mechanisms are not changed, it will stay the same. -
@neverhood You need to turn on turn by turn, it is not on by default, when creating a route.
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@Brad_Olwin said in No information from Suunto Vertical watch when changing direction during navigation:
@neverhood You need to turn on turn by turn, it is not on by default, when creating a route.
I’ve never created a route on Suunto App but via Kamoot turn by turn is the default. Strange it is the opposite
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@Audaxjoe you should try native route creation with SA !
I’ve tried komoot a few times. SA is so much easy to me ! (Except maybe if you are using existing routes in komoot). -
@Tieutieu said in No information from Suunto Vertical watch when changing direction during navigation:
@Audaxjoe you should try native route creation with SA !
I’ve tried komoot a few times. SA is so much easy to me ! (Except maybe if you are using existing routes in komoot).I think the issue is activity. My main need for a route is cycling, normally in the range of 150-200k. SA isn’t the easiest on a phone for these distances! Or not in my experience anyway
It could be user error…Suunto Vertical
Suunto 9 BARO
Garmin Fenix 3, 5
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@Audaxjoe so for you need I can understand why you use komoot ! (Even if SA works well also for cycling to me
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@Audaxjoe Use a tablet or computer.
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@Brad_Olwin said in No information from Suunto Vertical watch when changing direction during navigation:
@Audaxjoe Use a tablet or computer.
How do you get the SA on your computer? Probably a stupid question but oh well
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@MiniForklift On my Mac SA runs great. On Windows 11 I believe Android apps also run.
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@Brad_Olwin I do the same as you, I also turn off turn-by-turn, but I understand that this is not a solution to what the colleague is asking.
In the end, as the turn-by-turn works in such an unhelpful way, it ends up being a useless feature. It’s a pity.
Suunto 9 Peak Pro (all black version)
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@enriqueescoms when I had no maps (with A3p, S9b…), first there was no turn by turn. When it arrived on S9B, I used it but with the same limitation than now.
With the SV and maps, If find it less usefull.
When I still use it, I often remove most turning points, only to keep the key ones on my way (complex crossings for examples…). But I only use it as a warning for map looking ! -
@Tieutieu Yes, I do much the same. Maybe if the turn-by-turn worked differently I would use it more. Maybe, I don’t know.
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@enriqueescoms there is a trade off using on a bike vs. Run. But, I agree it needs improvement.
