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Edge 830 + Vivosmart 4

When activating both devices, it's recording 2 different bike rides. The Vivosmart 4 is giving me heart rate, the Edge 830 ambient temperature. So after the ride, I'm manually deleting 1 of the entries (usually the Vivosmart so I'm giving up the HR recording).

Is there a trick to getting them both to record the same event and merge data?

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EyessOnlyy over 5 years ago +1 suggested

You can go to Settings - WHR - Broadcast WHR and set it to ON during activity.

In this way you can pair like an external HR sensor the Vivosamart 4 to Edge. And you will have the HR data also in the recording…

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0 EyessOnlyy over 5 years ago

You can go to Settings - WHR - Broadcast WHR and set it to ON during activity.

In this way you can pair like an external HR sensor the Vivosamart 4 to Edge. And you will have the HR data also in the recording of the Edge.

This comes with a toll on battery life(you have to judge how much and if it helps you)

Merging data is a very good joke :). Garmin is having some issues to put the data together onto the training status and details for more activities recorded each with a different device

0 6094593 over 5 years ago in reply to EyessOnlyy

I'm sorry, I don't see a WHR under Settings...

0 EyessOnlyy over 5 years ago in reply to 6094593

https://www8.garmin.com/manuals/webhelp/vivoactivehr/EN-US/GUID-8EC8B7FE-2AC2-46E9-94FC-06416FF1E2ED.html

0 EyessOnlyy over 5 years ago in reply to EyessOnlyy

And now i realized I made a confusion to Vivoactive 4. When, in fact you have a Vivosmart. Mea culpa!

Can't help you with this device

0 6094593 over 5 years ago in reply to EyessOnlyy

That helps. I was looking through the Edge 830 settings. I found it under the Vivosmart, so I'll give it a try this weekend.

I assume instead of choosing the "bicycle" setting on the Vivosmart, I just broadcast the HR and let the Edge 830 record the ride.

0 EyessOnlyy over 5 years ago in reply to 6094593

On the Vivoactive(and Fenix6 and assume other) - you can broadcast the HR during activity while also recording the "cycling" activity on it.

There are some reasons to record with both devices - Vivoactive gives you intensity minutes while Edge not. So someone who cares about this records it with both.

Some just want to see the HR on the Edge while riiding, so record with both but delete the Edge activity ...and so on.

Play with them and find the best usage way for your needs ;-)