Garmin Edge 705 Firmware Update
June 23rd, 2009
I was at 2.5 already, so changes from before that aren’t listed. I hope this will fix a lot of the problems…er…not problems… but … let’s call them niggles that I’ve had with the 705 (even with the 705 vs the 305).
Changes from version 2.70 to version 2.80:
- Restructured activity logging to reduce the number of invalid TCX files.
- Corrected issues from 2.70 that could possibly corrupt the ‘History’ directory.
- Removed potential spikes in the power data after periods of coasting.
- Increased the allowable digits in the ‘vertical to point’ field to 4.
- Increased the allowable digits in the ‘calories’ field to 5.
- Updated translations.
Changes from version 2.60 to version 2.70:
- Improved data recording in once per second mode
- Added ability to set averaging method for power and cadence
- Removed cadence filtering for power meters
- Made improvements to try to prevent spurious Auto Pauses
- Fixed distance and bearing display to work on Saved Rides list
- Fixed issue with trying to read files that start with ‘.’ that caused problems with Mac communication
- Fixed issue where random characters were displayed in list before course names loaded
- Fixed issue with speed targets not working properly in Advanced Workouts
- Fixed occasional issue where a corrupted history file could be created
- Added Venezuela and Australia-Lord Howe Island time zones
- Updated automatic Daylight Saving Time for Auckland, New Zealand, time zone
Changes from version 2.50 to version 2.60:
- Fixed occasional issue with Edge shutting down when scrolling through Saved Rides.
- Fixed occasional issue with Edge shutting down when Mode button was pressed while following a Course.
- Fixed issue where user could not change vertical zoom scale for a Course profile.
- Fixed a problem where indoor rides in History could slow down access to Where To? menu.
- Fixed issue with Advanced Workouts not showing up under Today when the workout is scheduled for the current day.
- Fixed issue where sometimes the most recent History would not be written out to XML until disconnecting and reconnecting USB.
- Corrected the Average Power value shown for Entire Ride in History.
- Removed filtering from power data stored in History files.
- Made some corrections to the Polish and Portuguese languages.
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