Yes, most Garmins will show bars on connection status similar to how a phone does for phone towers or at least some kind of status. It will also beep when it ha

Yes, most Garmins will show bars on connection status similar to how a phone does for phone towers or at least some kind of status. It will also beep when it has a good enough connection. Usually (because of the cache) that's only like a second so one doesn't care/notice and may easily skip waiting for it in the cases the gps lock isn't ready.