I have never, and will never, loaded a course into this garmin 500. It's only been used as a bike "computer". So "working" must have other reasons besides processing a tcx file.
And, yes, don't fix it if it ain't broke. Once started I will leave it on.
Originally Posted by
Drew Eckhardt
It says "working" when it's processing .tcx courses into .fit courses. It can take a _long_ time so you want to do that when you load the routes. There may also be a little cached state which causes courses to load faster the second time. I select all the courses the night before my ride to make sure they work right.