Can somebody explain "auto-climb" and its sub-settings to me?

[new Fenix purchaser]. The setting "auto-climb" says (manual): "Enables the device to detect elevation changes automatically using the built-in altimeter." For my first walk, it was set to "off" (default apparently) but the walk still gave me stats for total ascent, descent for the walk. So, what does this setting do, exactly? It does not appear to completely turn off the altimeter when set to off, or so it appeared to me.

Also, "auto-climb" has two sub-settings, vertical speed and mode switch.

Vertical speed is defined: "to set the rate of ascent over time". What rate are you setting? What effect does setting this rate have?
Mode-switch is defined: "to set how quickly the device changes modes". What modes? What does this setting mean?

I do not find the manual all that well written! Thanks for your help.

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0 eltorro_si over 6 years ago

Some activities it can make sense to have a separate "climbing" set of fields, and this setting triggers when (and if) the display switches to this "climbing screen" automatically.

For example, your "main" cycling screen could be configured so it shows you your speed, elapsed time and distance. But when climbing, maybe you want to know your altitude, heart rate and climbing rate.
So instead of manually switching to the "climbing" screen, it would switch automatically once you reach a certain climbing rate. When the climbing is over, it switches back.

0 TomCon over 6 years ago

very cool, thanks! I'd have to say "very poorly explained in the manual" but this explanation is perfectly clear. Cool feature, glad its there. Could be useful!

0 knixen over 5 years ago

Check this video for an explanation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuavOSNpVRc