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New Garmin Fenix 3 and Epix

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Badger Jan 2017 12:16pm, 4 Jan 2017 7,914 posts	Quote Pin Badger Fenix 5 family announced (no 4 - apparently it sounds like 'death' in Mandarin). The 5X is a 5 with mapping, replacing the (never popular) Epix. dcrainmaker.com
flanker Jan 2017 12:47pm, 4 Jan 2017 16,733 posts	Quote Pin flanker This might be the version I actually don't buy! I can see the smaller version being popular with the ladies though. Still not convinced by mapping on such a small screen. I suppose it might do in an emergency, but usually if I'm in a situation where I need a map I'll have either/both a paper map & a mobile app.
Badger Jan 2017 12:54pm, 4 Jan 2017 7,916 posts	Quote Pin Badger I'm not particularly tempted by the 5X, for the same reason. I might buy a standard 5 - it looks like being the same price the 3HR originally cost, for slightly more features but minus WiFi (which I hardly ever use anyway).
flanker Jan 2017 12:59pm, 4 Jan 2017 16,734 posts	Quote Pin flanker I'm betting hellen buys the 5S to complete her set of Garmin
mbln Jan 2017 1:00pm, 4 Jan 2017 852 posts	Quote Pin mbln No wifi without sapphire glass? And those gouging prices? Not even tempted
mbln Jan 2017 9:09pm, 11 Jan 2017 855 posts	Quote Pin mbln Anyone know if you can enable sound for individual workouts? I normally have them turned off, but would be handy to turn on for just interval workouts, so I don't need to feel the vibration on a cold wrist. I see there's an IQ app called WristGenius which offers this feature, am I wrong to assume there must be a way to set it without shelling out for the app?
flanker Jan 2017 10:34pm, 11 Jan 2017 16,745 posts	Quote Pin flanker I suspect if someone has gone to the bother of writing an app for it that it's not normally available.
mbln Jan 2017 6:02pm, 12 Jan 2017 856 posts	Quote Pin mbln The app effectively re-skins the whole watch. You build workouts on their website which then get sent to the watch. One of the features offered is adding sounds to the workouts. I wondered if the workouts were just xml files with a bunch of settings and the workout spec in them, so could I edit them directly for the same function... In fact, I'll go and have a look
flanker Jan 2017 10:49pm, 12 Jan 2017 16,746 posts	Quote Pin flanker Almost certainly xml files. That's all .FIT and GPX files are. It's always been possible to add extra functions like proximty alerts and turn warnings, although not through Garmin sites/software.
Badger Jan 2017 7:58am, 13 Jan 2017 7,937 posts	Quote Pin Badger FIT files aren't XML. I think you're thinking of tcx.