Adding Group Ride Tracker

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Question: If someone from Montana travelled north to Canada to go snowmobiling, would the radio and ride tracker features work? Assuming this person purchased the Tread in Montana.
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Once the Tread GPS position indicated the device was in Canada, the Group Ride Feature should stop transmitting. I am unable to verify this, however.
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Ok and thank you for your help, much appreciated.
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I asked Garmin Support if a USA purchased Tread with Group Ride Radio/Tracker would work in Canada and they said yes. If this is true, the USA units must have different firmware and can I update my Canadian purchased Tread to American firmware? Thank you
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DPike wrote: Thu Dec 01, 2022 9:20 pm I asked Garmin Support if a USA purchased Tread with Group Ride Radio/Tracker would work in Canada and they said yes. If this is true, the USA units must have different firmware and can I update my Canadian purchased Tread to American firmware? Thank you
My sources indicate this is not the case.

Please let us all know your results!
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Hey, do you know what the difference between Garmin Tread 5.5" Part Number 010-02406-00 and 010-02406-01? The only option in Canada is the 010-02406-01, hence the lack of Group Ride. Appreciate your help!! Thanks
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You answered your own question.

010-02406-00: 5.5" Tread Kit - with Group Ride Radio

010-02406-01: 5.5" Tread Base Kit - No Radio
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Thanks and understand that, but the radio is an external add on, so are there other hardware components in the actual Tread or is it just firmware?
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The Tread is a stand alone Navigator. The Group Ride Radio and/or Group Ride Tracker add the radio based features when installed.
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Hello, I was searching through the hidden developer screen and came across an option called Suppress GPS Watchdog and was wondering what that feature does? Thank you!

Diagnostics Page -> Configuration and Settings -> GPS Settings -> Suppress GPS Watchdog
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