Garmin if you are colour blind.....!?

[scarletnut]

I know this sounds daft but thinking of buying a Garmin GPS for the End to End and unsure if a red dot on green background is any good considering my colour blindness is red/green/brown!! Guy in Halfords told me he can't use them for the same reason and he was trying to sell it!
Can you change the background colour or the dot?

[Bmblbzzz]

Which model? I've tried to change the route colour on eTrex but haven't found how to do it. Talk of a red dot on a green background makes me think that's not the model you're looking at though.

[Cunobelin]

IIRC if you use navigation there is a default colour, but if you download a route and simply follow as oppose to navifgate then there are ocular options in "Settings"

[pwa]

It would be a bit daft if they had chosen red / green combos without any alternative, as that would make it difficult for about 10% of males. Including me.

[cycleruk]

The colour of the route line on my Edge 810 can be changed. It also highlights the route, when approaching junctions, with a white direction arrow.

[Mick F]

Yep.
Get the right Garmin, and the position indicator and the course to follow can be changed.

I love my Garmin Montana and the default position/direction indicator is a blue triangle and the default course is a pink line.
You can download or pick lots of position/direction indicators and there a whole list of different course line colours.
Also, you can have all sorts of different maps and scales, plus a myriad of options for data fields and sizes.

http://www.tramsoft.ch/gps/garmin_montana600_en.html

[Cyril Haearn]

It would be a bit daft if they had chosen red / green combos without any alternative, as that would make it difficult for about 10% of males. Including me.

And me, it is bad enough not being able to work as a pilot
Surely this should be covered by anti-discrimination laws

BTW colour blind does not mean we see in black + white only, I love the brown and grey tones of the fields

[TrevA]

Perhaps consider a Wahoo Element or Bolt as an alternative as the map screen is black and white.

[scottg]

Another Bolt vote, chevrons are easier to follow than the purple line
on my Garmin after it loses turn by turn.

[scarletnut]

Thanks for all the info. I agree, colour blindness should be considered more seriously!!
Was thinking of the Garmin 820 but the Wahoo options sound interesting - I think I'm OK with black and white.....

[Mick F]

Colour blindness is an issue for other people than pilots.

I had to have good colour perception to have been in the electrical/electronic branch in the RN.

[Airsporter1st]

Colour blindness is an issue for other people than pilots.

I had to have good colour perception to have been in the electrical/electronic branch in the RN.

Yep - same for me as a navigator in the Merch.