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Within the last 2 weeks, my heart rate monitor will drop out during a workout.

2088843 over 1 year ago

This NEVER happened before, I've had the 530 and sensor strap since May 2021.

I've cleaned the sensors, changed the battery and stopped wearing anything over it than a cotton shirt. My heart rate still dropped off 2x this morning during the workout when I was sweaty enough to feel sweat on my shirt (i.e. the sensor should have good contact with my skin).

What else can I do to have a steady heart rate?

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El_Dorado_Mike over 1 year ago +1 verified

How long is it dropping out for? I've had mine "glitch" a couple of times where it stopped working but a quick readjustment (while riding) and it was back up and recording properly.
Garmin-Blake over 1 year ago +1 verified

2088843 Do you have any other sensors connected to your Edge? If so, do these also drop out, or is it just your HRM?

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+1 El_Dorado_Mike over 1 year ago

How long is it dropping out for? I've had mine "glitch" a couple of times where it stopped working but a quick readjustment (while riding) and it was back up and recording properly.

+1 Garmin-Blake over 1 year ago

2088843 Do you have any other sensors connected to your Edge? If so, do these also drop out, or is it just your HRM?

0 2088843 over 1 year ago in reply to Garmin-Blake

I also have a speed sensor and a cadence sensor. These do not drop out ever. Just the heart rate sensor.

0 2088843 over 1 year ago in reply to El_Dorado_Mike

It's dropped out for a few seconds up to 10-15 minutes. It depends but I'm usually in the middle of the workout so I've got a good sweat going. I'd think this means that the sensor connection should be ok.

0 El_Dorado_Mike over 1 year ago in reply to 2088843

Are you seeing this glitches while riding i.e. viewing HR info on the 530 and not able to correct it during the ride or is this something you find once you've completed the ride. The reason I ask, as said above, I've had mine "glitch" every so often but if I just grab it and move it slightly on my chest it will usually (always) reconnect.

0 Patryk over 1 year ago

Try downgrading Firmware. I also started having ANT+ glitches after update to 9.4 firmware.

https://www8.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=14953 inside the beta zip there is 9.1 Firmware. Be aware that downgrading restes all the settings.