Navigation Issues

SergioB

Hi all, I want to report some issues I’ve had with my Race when using navigation features in trekking sport mode:

climb guidance works well until I turn back without having complete the planned route. In that case, after some meters, the planned route reverse (giving me the correct turn-by-turn notifications), the overall climb guidance screen does not reverse, while the zoomed segment does. This results in the general climb guidance overview showings me being e.g. on a red segment, while zooming it appears a green one.
Compass often need manual recalibration, showing me the north position rotated by 90 degrees at the beginning of the hike. After recalibration the north position is immediately correct and stays so for the entire hike.

Anyone else has similar issues?

sky-runner

@SergioB Yes, I have reported the first issue in https://forum.suunto.com/topic/12994/suunto-navigation-tendency-to-auto-reverse-route-when-it-shouldn-t.-bug-or-misguided-feature

I think I’ve also noticed the compass calibration issue. Also, depending on where you live, make sure that you magnetic declination setting is correct. In some places the difference between the magnetic north and the true north can be substantial. For example, in my area it is 16°. Speaking about that, it is 2025 and magnetic declination should be set automatically by the phone app.

surfboomerang

@sky-runner said in Navigation Issues:

Speaking about that, it is 2025 and magnetic declination should be set automatically by the phone app.

+1

SergioB

@sky-runner sorry I’ve missed that thread. I’ve read it now and I can confirm many of the issue you have described!
Thanks also for the magnetic declination tip