EDGE 540 Owner’s Manual

Auto Lap

Marking Laps by Position

You can use the Auto Lap feature to mark the lap at a specific position automatically. This feature is helpful for comparing your performance over different parts of a ride (for example, a long climb or training sprints). During courses, you can use the By Position option to trigger laps at all of the lap positions saved in the course.

  1. Select > Activity Profiles.
  2. Select a profile.
  3. Select Alerts and Prompts > Lap.
  4. Turn on the Auto Lap alert.
  5. Select Auto Lap Trigger > By Position.
  6. Select Lap At.
  7. Select an option:
    • Select Lap Press Only to trigger the lap counter each time you press and each time you pass any of those locations again.
    • Select Start and Lap to trigger the lap counter at the GPS location where you press and at any location during the ride where you press .
    • Select Mark and Lap to trigger the lap counter at a specific GPS location marked before the ride and at any location during the ride where you press .
  8. If necessary, customize the lap data fields (Adding a Data Screen).

Marking Laps by Distance

You can use the Auto Lap feature to mark the lap at a specific distance automatically. This feature is helpful for comparing your performance over different parts of a ride (for example, every 10 miles or 40 kilometers).

  1. Select > Activity Profiles.
  2. Select a profile.
  3. Select Alerts and Prompts > Lap.
  4. Turn on the Auto Lap alert.
  5. Select Auto Lap Trigger > By Distance.
  6. Select Lap At.
  7. Enter a value.
  8. Select .
  9. If necessary, customize the lap data fields (Adding a Data Screen).

Marking Laps by Time

You can use the Auto Lap feature to mark the lap at a specific time automatically. This feature is helpful for comparing your performance over different parts of a ride (for example, every 20 minutes).

  1. Select > Activity Profiles.
  2. Select a profile.
  3. Select Alerts and Prompts > Lap.
  4. Turn on the Auto Lap alert.
  5. Select Auto Lap Trigger > By Time.
  6. Select Lap At.
  7. Select the hours, minutes, or seconds value.
  8. Select or to enter a value.
  9. Select .
  10. If necessary, customize the lap data fields (Adding a Data Screen).

Customizing the Lap Banner

You can customize the data fields that appear in the lap banner.

  1. Select > Activity Profiles.
  2. Select a profile.
  3. Select Alerts and Prompts > Lap.
  4. Turn on the Auto Lap alert.
  5. Select Custom Lap Banner.
  6. Select a data field to change it.