Rolling out 3.19.18
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A minor update but everything counts
Improved the accuracy of sleep monitoring
Fixed the issue of excessive battery power consumption in some special scenarios
The stability of the system has been enhanced -
@Hari-Seldon said in Rolling out 3.19.18:
Fixed the issue of excessive battery power consumption in some special scenarios
it seems that the daily battery consumption is lower
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Hi,
after the update I am facing a lot of chest strap disconnection/connection messages while running. However when I sync with SA the HR data is all there.I forgot to mention that this happens when listening to music, sorry!
Anybody else?
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@Hari-Seldon, I have a Polar H9 chest strap connected to my Run, and I havenât had a single disconnection during several exercises.
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@Oskari-Forsblom yes, sorry I forgot to mention this happens when listening to music at the same time
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@Hari-Seldon said in Rolling out 3.19.18:
However when I sync with SA the HR data is all there
I apologize again for returning to this topic, but I think I understand what happened. I knew that when using a chest strap, it takes precedence over the oHR, but (to my surprise) if, for whatever reason, it stops working, the oHR is reused. In addition, a flashing heart icon appears to alert me to this. This explains why I still had data even when the chest strap kept disconnecting. I was not aware of this feature (always wondered why the oHR continued to function even when the chest strap was used)
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@Hari-Seldon yes, on Suunto Run, even when youâre using an external hr belt, if you look under the watch during the workout, youâd notice OHR is always on, as you already know, Suunto Run does switch automatically to OHR if belt stops recording, this is done to avoid losing hr data, this behavior happens only on Suunto Run by design at the moment.
Coming back your issue, I donât listen to music while running, at least not stored directly on the watch.
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Hi @herlas thanks for the confirmation. Regarding the connection problem, yes, I listen to music from the watch and the problem is exacerbated when using a chest strap (Suunto Smart Sensor, if that matters)
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@Hari-Seldon okay Iâll try to reproduce the issue on my side.
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@herlas while we are on the subject (I assume you are a field tester) I would also like to point out that I sometimes have to do a soft reset because the music player will not start (as the stored tracks were not recognized. I use flac since I read on the forum itâs a supported format)
TIA
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@Hari-Seldon said in Rolling out 3.19.18:
I use flac since I read on the forum itâs a supported format
I was already having problems with FLAC before the update; some songs just didnât seem to be there in the watch. MP3 always worked, but I havenât tested it extensively since the last update.
@Hari-Seldon said in Rolling out 3.19.18:
always wondered why the oHR continued to function even when the chest strap was used
Iâve had problems connecting the Smart Sensor from the beginning (for a month now). Itâs been interrupting once or twice a day. The âdisconnectâ message appears, sometimes immediately followed by a second âconnectâ message; sometimes I have to manually reconnect in the options.
But this problem seems to have disappeared, or at least the messages about it. However, the problems with HR recording have become more severe. @herlas thinks it seems to be a defect in the sensor/strap. But at least the first part of my problem also has something to do with the watch: Details here: https://forum.suunto.com/post/171315
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@Yves-Jenni said in Rolling out 3.19.18:
some songs just didnât seem to be there in the watch. MP3 always worked,
I havenât tried it with MP3s yet, but if it happens to you with FLAC files too, there may be a potential issue with this format. Thanks for poininting that out.
Iâve had problems connecting the Smart Sensor from the beginning (for a month now). Itâs been interrupting once or twice a day. The âdisconnectâ message appears, sometimes immediately followed by a second âconnectâ message; sometimes I have to manually reconnect in the options
After contacting support because the watch had restarted and lost activity, I was advised to perform a factory reset, and since then I have had no further issues with any chest strap. It reappeared after the last update but only when I listen to music. So there could be something weird with multiple BT connectionsâŚ
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@Hari-Seldon said in Rolling out 3.19.18:
So there could be something weird with multiple BT connectionsâŚ
This is a potential weak point. I couldnât say if Iâve connected both at the same time. Recently, Iâve been listening more Audible on my smartphone than music. But Iâll test it out to see if it works for me.
The factory reset is the standard advice from every support team. But it rarely helps, unless youâre lucky
One more note on the audio format: Iâve come to the conclusion that FLAC doesnât make sense for such devices.
- The format requires more resources than MP3 (maybe not much).
- The better sound wonât be heard with open-ear headphones.
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@Yves-Jenni @Hari-Seldon
Afaik the BLE connection from watch to ear phones is not using a lossless codec but something on a AAC level. So it would not make sense to use FLAC unless you only have the music in this format only. -
@Gunnar said in Rolling out 3.19.18:
it would not make sense to use FLAC unless you only have the music in this format only.
Being an audiophile and a bit lazy⌠I am already converting tracks via ffmpeg to see if that solves my problem. I will try it out in the next few days.
