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HRM-PRO Autocalibration

kielak
over 2 years ago

I updated the HRM and there is an option for distances and tempos. I'm happy to change  my old Food sensor. But.

I want to switch the distance and pace to the "always" option, but the "autocalibration" option turns off

How to set the distance and pace manually

In food under was the rate, and what to do in HRM-PRO?

I do not understand this Garmin.

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  • +1 over 2 years ago in reply to Fozzee1970

    More information about Calibration can be found here. Calibration starts as soon as you run outdoors in the presence of GPS and continues to improve as you run more. The calibration has generally stabilized after about two hours of running. Since calibration is continuous, 10-20 minutes more or less of outdoor running won’t make a significant difference to the accuracy. Ensuring that you do some calibration across the paces that you typically run is most important.

    Calibration information is stored on the heart rate monitor, so you can reset your watch, switch watches, or update your watch software, and the heart rate monitor calibration is preserved. Calibration is also saved when you replace the battery in your HRM or update its software.

  • 0 over 2 years ago

    Just read Garmin instruction to HRM-Pro and have some questions:
    1. Did you do your calibration runs with food-pod connected to the watch?
    2. DId you do also some runs on treadmill to do manual callibration?

  • 0 over 2 years ago in reply to Garmin-Blake

    Thank you! Does auto-calibration work when running outdoors and having "Use for Pace" set to "Outdoors"? The manual isn't clear on it. It suggests auto-calibration is only disabled if it is set to "Always" while running outdoors. However, it would be difficult to believe that this is the case

  • 0 over 2 years ago in reply to florian__h

    Hi, there is not such setting like „Outdoors”.
    Ypu can select both for pace and distance: Always, Indoors and Disable.

  • 0 over 2 years ago in reply to florian__h

    Yes, this is so stupid it's hard to believe.

    You have to calibrate having "indoors" then switch to "always" to run outside but without autocalibration.

    As I write this I can't believe how much they must have drunk to come up with this hahahaah

  • 0 over 2 years ago in reply to kielak

    Agree.  I tested always and after 5 hours calibration speed or distance is not perfect like stryd , after reset calibration was not help.

    Example after reset  calibration and calibrate again . Always speed was 5-10s different than from gps or stryd. 

    It looks for me fake option or not works yet perfect. 

    I am not sure if 8.8 soft is beta or alpha

  • 0 over 2 years ago in reply to Jan502

    Did you mixed calibration outdoor and indoor like it is described in HRM-Pro manual?
    Did you use at the same time food pod connected to your watch?

  • 0 over 2 years ago in reply to Adam-1972

    Really?
    I have to run 2h outside, then still on the treadmill so I can run on the road? Haha
    No!
    It's just done wrong.
    Foodpod was created many years ago and somehow it works.
    Garmin hasn't thought this through. I don't understand why you are defending it?

  • 0 over 2 years ago in reply to kielak

    I really don’t understand you.
    Are you complaining just to complain or have other issue.
    Garmin constructed it that way, shared best practices but you telling, it is rubish, I know better, other product does it different.
    Who cares about other product, here we are talking about this particular one.
    Nobody is forcing you to use it, just use other manufacturer products and stop complain, or follow producent gaidance and then comment.

    For now I understand you didn’t follow Garmin advice from manual.

  • 0 over 2 years ago in reply to Adam-1972

    You are wrong. No need to run on treadmill to get it calibrated. At least this is not stated in manual: support.garmin.com/.../

    If you want to use the HRM-Pro or HRM-Pro Plus for your pace source all the time, it is recommending that you:

    • Start with setting Use for Pace to Indoors, under the HRM Pace & Dist Settings.

    • Accumulate about 2 hours of running across your typical pace ranges.

      • This does not need to be done all in one session.

    • Then switch the Use for Pace setting to Always.