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Hoping for some help with the Garmin Edge 820.

Have had the Edge 800 for a number of years now until recently when I managed to break the screen! I now have the Edge 820 and first impressions are good. The only issue I have so far is not being able to pair the cadence sensor. I still have the old sensor from the edge 800 on the bike as I simply got just the Edge 820 unit with no sensors. Does anyone know if the sensor from the 800 is compatible with the 820 and whether I need to get one of the new ones? I have looked on the Garmin support pages but to no avail.

Many thanks for any help.

In reply to jonathan watt: don't know about cadence sensors (I imagine it should work as it's ANT+), but the screen's a bloody nightmare in the rain - blobs of water hit it and it changes screen or data field. You have to lock the screen if you think it might rain or it drives you bonkers.

I have a 1000 at work (I'm away through the week so have two of most stuff) and it doesn't seem to have the same issue, so maybe they've changed something about the screen.

In reply to andy:

I thought that about the ANT+ but it just will not pair. Haven't tried it in the rain yet - had no problems with the 800.

In reply to jonathan watt:

My best guess is that the new 820 which supports Bluetooth and ant+ is trying to pair with the cadence sensor (which is only ant+) in Bluetooth mode rather than ant+ mode.

In reply to jonathan watt:

Is it the old or new type?

You need to wake it up when pairing..... strap it on and cycle.

In reply to gethin_allen:


Nope, BT will only connect to a phone and you can switch it on and off. Ant+ is invisible to the user.

In reply to jonathan watt:


No - me neither. I think the screens are different.

In reply to jonathan watt:


Mine also has struggled to pick up my power meter when other Edges don't, so it may be a bit less sensitive than other models.

In reply to Indy:

The 820 is the newest one - the cadence sensor will be around 4 or 5 years old.