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Disabling PulseOX

RunGeek over 4 years ago

Hi, does disabling Pulse Oximeter affect other watch functionalities (for example: heat, height acclimations)?

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badbri over 4 years ago in reply to Lorenzo Dicicco +2

If you mean altitude acclimatization then that's not true, it's not based on spo2 but simply on your time at the given altitude/elevation.
RunGeek over 4 years ago in reply to badbri +1

Ok, so I can turn off pulse oximeter and I don't have to worry that this will affect the operation of other functionalities. Generally, the PulseOX accuracy is so small that I do not expect that the data…
Lazybird over 4 years ago in reply to RunGeek +1

Correct heat and height acclimatation do not rely on pulse Ox.

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0 Lorenzo Dicicco over 4 years ago

You won't have height acclimatation if you disable the pulse-ox

0 badbri over 4 years ago in reply to Lorenzo Dicicco

If you mean altitude acclimatization then that's not true, it's not based on spo2 but simply on your time at the given altitude/elevation.

0 RunGeek over 4 years ago in reply to badbri

Ok, so I can turn off pulse oximeter and I don't have to worry that this will affect the operation of other functionalities. Generally, the PulseOX accuracy is so small that I do not expect that the data from this sensor is needed for anything but display in widget.

0 Lazybird over 4 years ago in reply to RunGeek

Correct heat and height acclimatation do not rely on pulse Ox.