GPS Training Podcast–number 68 - a podcast by Jon Monks, GPS Training and reviews

We look and review the new Garmin inReach 2 and the Garmin Instinct 2 GPS watch, plus Andy's Top Tips.



In this month’s podcastWe look at the new Garmin inReach Mini2We then look at the new Garmin Instinct 2 series of GPS WatchesAndy’s top tips



1. The first thing on this month's Podcast is a look at the Garmin inReach mini 2What is a Garmin inReach mini?



Contract needed for it to work – like a mobile phone contractWe have had the Garmin inReach mini (1) for a number of years,now we have the inReach mini 2



The key differences –Battery Life Trackbacks 



Navigational experience on the Garmin inReach mini 2Digital Compass 



Multi-GNSS Garmin Explore App 



Compatible with other Garmin devicesTo find out more about the new Garmin inReach mini 2 go to our website – gpstraining.co.uk>GPS Store>Two-Way Satellite Communication



2. The next thing on this month’s podcast is another new product from Garmin – the Garmin Instinct 2 watchWhat is a Garmin Instinct GPS Watch?



Four modelsBattery Life



Garmin PayConnect IQ Store



Built-in Sports AppsVO2 Max



Recovery TimeMTB Dynamics



Sleep monitoringRespiration tracking



Fitness AgeIntensity minutes



Women's health tracking



The Instinct 2&2s ranges are still packed with all the great original features of the 1st Generation Instinct watches.Multi-GNSS support



Follow a CourseABC Sensors



Trackback RoutingMark a Waypoint



Safety and tracking FeaturesSmart notificationsWrist-based heart rate



Stress TrackingTo find out more about the range of Garmin Instinct Watches please go to our website – GPSTraining.co.uk>GPS Store and then GPS Watches



3. The next thing on this month’s GPS Training Podcast is Andy’s top tipsFenix Watches not displaying in Finder on Macs -Garmins watches that now use MTP  (Media Transfer Protocol) this tends to be the watches that can have music stored on them such as the Fenix 6 range are not being detected in Finder by Macs, this is due to Apple being compatible with MTP transfer protocol, whether apple will change this in the future we don’t know but from MAC forums a free to use programme that lets you see the Fenix watch on your Mac to manually copy and paste files to can be downloaded from  - www.android.com/filetransfer



InReach mini 2 – Battery safe TipsBrightness lower to save battery – Pwr button once – scroll down to Brightness Ok, up down arrows lower or increase 25% normally fineSettings – System – Display – also has brightness + Timeout 15, 30 secs, 1 min etc



Settings – Tracking - Activity Recording Standard better battery, high detail better for more accurate track back but more batterySettings – tracking – Send interval – Off - 10, 20, 30 mins, 1hr , 2hr, 4hrSettings – System – GPS , GPS Better battery , Multi GNSS more accurate , quicker fix but more batteryTo find more top tips please do sign up for the GPS Training online resource, this is packed full of video top tips. Go to our website – gpstraining.co.uk and click on the – Online resource – on the top menu bar



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