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How to know if the watch is connected to an external HR belt?

Former Member over 7 years ago

hi,

is there a way of knowing whether my FR935 is showing OHR from the wrist or the HR of an external belt when starting an activity? i was doing a workout yesterday and after some minutes i noticed that the HR was way off (HR clearly coming from the OHR) and the watch had not connected to my external bluetooth HR belt. i did successfully pair the belt earlier with the watch. i'm new to Garmin devices.

thanks!

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0 Darre80 over 7 years ago

Mine is telling me... External HR Connected

0 Former Member over 7 years ago

As already mentioned, the watch will tell you which external sensors are connected upon starting an activity. To make really sure, you can peek at the underside of the watch to see if the OHR LEDs are off.

0 Former Member over 7 years ago

ok, thanks guys. must be something funny going on with my HR belt then.

0 timgrose over 7 years ago

You also access Settings, Sensors & Accessories mid run and check that your HR strap is still "Connected"

0 PatrickNSF over 7 years ago

You can go to Sensors & Accessories and turn off the Wrist Heart Rate sensor whenever you want to use an external sensor.

0 timgrose over 7 years ago

You can go to Sensors & Accessories and turn off the Wrist Heart Rate sensor whenever you want to use an external sensor.

No need to do that as a connected HR strap will always take predence over OHR.

0 PatrickNSF over 7 years ago

Right, but if you're looking to make sure your reading is coming from the external sensor, and you're not getting or missed the message that it's been connected, this seems like an easy way to guarantee that the external is the source.

0 timgrose over 7 years ago

True if you want to be 100% sure I guess but it's just that in now over a year of use of the 735 and 935 with OHR never needed to do this.