Suunto Race 2 – Display stays on during activity + excessive battery drain

stefanstraeter

Hi everyone,
I’m a trail runner and I’m having an issue with the display on my Suunto Race 2. During an activity, I have the following display settings:

Brightness: Low
Always-on display: Off
Raise to wake: Off

However, the display does not turn off during the activity. It stays on continuously.

I usually have navigation running in the background because I’m following a route, but I’m not on the map screen. I’m on the standard data screen.

Could the navigation be causing the display to stay on, even though Always-on Display is disabled? I’ve already tried resetting the watch, but the problem still occurs.

I’m currently running the latest software version, 2.56.18.
I’m also using an external heart rate sensor, so the watch is not using wrist-based heart rate measurement during my activities.

I’m also concerned about the battery life. A while ago, I started a long trail run on the Karwendel Höhenweg in Austria with 79% battery. After around 9 hours on the trails, the watch was completely dead.

That seems way too much battery consumption for the Race 2. I would expect significantly more than 9 hours of recording time, especially with the display set to Always-on Off.

Has anyone else experienced the same issue with the display staying on when navigation is active? And is this kind of battery drain normal for the Race 2, or could there be a software/firmware issue?
Thanks!

larrybbaker

@stefanstraeter with Raise to Wake = OFF wouldn’t that keep the screen on continuously?

I have Race 2 and do not see this issue.

Squirrel

@larrybbaker said:

with Raise to Wake = OFF wouldn’t that keep the screen on continuously?

It shouldn’t. Display would only turn on with button press, ignoring the gesture.

Gunnar

@stefanstraeter please check your display settings in the trainings options. They can be different to the general settings.

stefanstraeter

@Gunnar

Hi Gunnar,
both display settings (general & training options) are:

Brightness: Low
Always-on display: Off
Raise to wake: Off

So weird how my Suunto acts.

stefanstraeter

@Squirrel

Yes, I turned “Raise to Wake” to OFF. The Display didn’t turn off.

johann.fuehrer

@stefanstraeter You need to turn raise to wake “ON”, then the display turns off and “wakes when raised”. That’s the meaning of this option.

Egika

@johann.fuehrer erm. Yes, with raise to wake = on, it will turn on with raising your watch.
I understood the TO wanted the display to be fully off until he presses a button.
So AOD=off and RTW=off are the correct settings for this.
My watch goes dimmed after 5s and switches the screen off after a few more seconds.
Regardless of any navigation settings.

@stefanstraeter: please try a soft reset and then again - it should work as you want it

johann.fuehrer

@Egika ah - I understand, my misunderstanding as I use it a bit different. For me raise to wake on configuration uses 6-7% battery a day (Vertical 2). This was the best I could get (OX measurement off, 24h HR on). That gives me without training about two weeks. Then after each charging I need to do the soft reset, otherwise battery-drain is awful.