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Garmin 255 takes one or two minutes to read pace on treadmill. Shows zero until then.

jcburney
over 1 year ago

When I start running on the treadmill my Garmin 255 shows zero pace and distance. After about two minutes it starts to read. Eventually it reads accurately, but it sees the first two minutes as zero for pace/distance.

I've seen other posts that say it's a software update issue, but I have the most recent update and no joy.

  • 0 over 1 year ago

    So what happens if you run or walk without the treadmill? The watch does not know that you are on a treadmill, so it should be the same. I have the latest software update, and no lag in sensing steps.

  • 0 over 1 year ago in reply to ovekvam

    It works fine running outside.

    The watch knows when i'm on the treadmill because I select treadmill run. It does eventually pickup the pace, but misses the first two minutes.

  • 0 over 1 year ago in reply to jcburney

    Outdoors with GPS is different, but I mean if you walk or jog without the treadmill in the treadmill activity. It cares only about steps, and they are measured by arm swing. The exception is if you have one of the Garmin chest straps that can measure steps.

  • 0 over 1 year ago
    ovekvam said:
    no lag in sensing steps

    Not really understand what you mean, but it 's true - no pace on indoor runs at first 2-5 mins of activity. Every time you start activity. The bug comes with a running power metrics last year. 

  • 0 over 1 year ago in reply to global_local

    I had a treadmill run today. I was standing and walking for the first 2 minutes, and after two minutes, I have 0.1 km of distance. Seems correct. Pace was zero for around one minute, but I wasn't moving much either. Second minute had correct pace.

  • 0 over 1 year ago in reply to ovekvam

    As for me, Garmin switched the calculation of pace from average step length x step counts (was before) to a power of arm waving? It's funny, but not really useful, i can get a 3.30 and 5.30 pace depending on how hard I swing my arm (on a steady pace). 

    And it is     all     soooooo             slow.

  • 0 over 1 year ago in reply to global_local

    I usually jog or run with the same cadence, around 180 steps per minute, no matter if the pace is 4 or 6 minutes per km. The watch has always been able to indicate different paces at the same cadence, even if was never accurate. Since the arm swing is the only input the watch has for guessing the pace, it makes sense that you can confuse the watch by changing how vigorous you move your arms when running. 

    To get more accurate pace readings indoors, I guess a food pod would work well.

  • 0 over 1 year ago in reply to ovekvam
    ovekvam said:
    a food pod would work well

    Sad but true. :) Have bought one yesterday. But it has works _well enough_ before this "improvement".