Karoo 1 - Varia Radar integration

Karoo users can connect to a Garmin Varia radar via ANT+. Once connected and in-ride, users will be made aware of the threat level of approaching traffic while riding, and be able to mute/unmute the radar indicator in-ride to have control over on-screen visuals for cars approaching (i.e. on busy city streets).

Audio Cues are available if you connect a pair of Bluetooth headphones or a speaker. Click here to see how.

Basis of in-ride visual representation:

• Connection of a Radar triggers the Radar icon in the action bar.
• The Car Track Sidebar appears and overlays on the left side of the data page accordingly.
• When a car approaches, there’s a dynamic visual representation of the distance between rider and car in realtime
• Multiple cars: Radar in-ride experience will reliably handle up to 8 cars approaching.

The distance of each car will be represented independently within the Car Track Sidebar.

Threat Levels:

• Yellow - “Low threat” : Car approaching at normal speed.
• Red - “High threat” : Car approaching at high speed.
• Green - “Threat passed” : Clear after high/low threat

Toggle Mute:

• You can mute the Radar when needed.
  
• In the muted state, Radar remains connected. Only the in-ride, on-screen experience changes. Audio Cues are muted.
• Control for this is an in-ride only feature and doesn’t need to be toggle-able anywhere else.
• When muted, the sidebar is turned off and the radar icon on the status bar shows the Radar threats.

Note:  Do not turn on the head unit until it's within 3 m of the Radar
and also more than 10m away from other ANT devices.

Battery Status:

This is how the "Low Battery" notification from the Varia Radar will look like:

Note: The low battery notification remains on the screen for 5 seconds.