Originally Posted by
atwl77
I don't turn on phone pairing on the 1040 until I want to upload my ride to Garmin Connect, but when I do turn it on, it often fails to pair until after I restart the 1040.
I note that there's another thread here mentioning new firmware, so I'll need to check it out and see if it fixes pairing.
What you describe is what should happen. It takes both devices, the phone as well as the 1040 to be actively searching for BT. When the 1040 starts up it will do a BT search. If it's already on it's not searching for a connection though it will use BT if there is a connection. You can go to the main menu, disable the phone connection and re-enable, it will then search for BT.