Major Sound issues w/ Foot Pod, HRM and Music (while detecting performance condition)

While FW5.10 seemed to fixed many of the sound drops with bluetooth headphones, I have been adding devices to my 5+ over the past week. I paired a HRM and went for a run to find my threshold and everything seemed to work OK. Today I added a Stryd FP to the mix and for the first part of the run it was choppy as heck while the music seem to stay playing at 1.5x speed. Once the watch gave my Performance Condition the music started to play normal with almost no drops in audio.

Has anyone else experienced this problem?

0 bjornhellstrom over 6 years ago

I did a quick test and it seems like my old Soundsport with a cable between the earbuds work much better. Hope the problem with soundsport free is fixed but I’m not sure if the problem is on the Garmin or Bose side - Bose has had its share of firmware problems....

0 mlah74 over 6 years ago

My setup : F5+, POLAR H10 (Bluetooth), Stryd and Kuaifit Headphones (with also cable between earbuds). No issue during the PC computation listening Spotify playlist neither dropouts during all the run. The only drawback is the reliability and the time to connect the headphones (i have to wait 20-30s and sometimes have to retry one or two times) but once connection is established it's quiet stable.

0 JulesHolleboom over 6 years ago

I also experienced this during my first ever run with a F5s+ Stryd + Samsung Gear Iconx (full wireless). It found out that switching my watch to my right arm solved the issue. Luckily, the Samsing app offers the ability to set the '''primary' receiving earpiece. After switching it from right to left I was able to use my earbuds again and wear my watch on the left side without any problems. Perhaps it helps.