HRM question

Former Member over 8 years ago

How do I set the heart rate monitor so it only works during an activity rather than every time I wag my arm?

Why are you asking? If you want to save battery then it will make very little difference as it's low power. A majority of your battery will go during activities so just don't worry about turning it off. If you have another reason let us know

CW

0 jim_m_58 over 8 years ago

As CW said, the battery drain is minimal (I've got a couple devices with WHR). When I first got one, I was a bit concerned about the battery, but that was a year ago now, and I found it's not an issue.

0 Former Member over 8 years ago

That's a no then.

It just irritates me slightly at night when I can see the light escaping , and I'm not interested in the data.. no biggy, just wondered.

0 eiwill over 8 years ago

According to the manual you can turn off the wrist HRM by doing the following:
-From the heart rate widget, hold MENU.
-Select Options > Status > Off.

Could possibly be hot key'ed as well to save on the number of buttons pushed.

Not sure if you have to turn it ON again in order to get signal from your ANT+ HRM during an activity.