I've had this HR monitor maybe 3 months. seems to work fine and more comfortable than chest strap. I wear it just above the elbow. But today I did have an issue with it. I ran just over an hour. At the beginning my HR was normal for the effort. I just keep avg HR displayed. But at about 40 minutes the avg started dropping to a level that I knew was not right based on the effort. After uploading the data I noticed for about 20 minutes starting around minute 40 my bpm dropped to 90 then went back to a more normal 140-ish based on my effort. I don't know if this is a dropped connection or issue with the sensor. This is the first time it's happened so maybe an anomaly. any body come across this? how can I tell if my garmin lost the connection? I assumed it would just read zero if I lost the connection.
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Re: issue with scosche rhythm sync 24 HR monitor [mickison]
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I have never seen that symptom with a Scosche on an outside run. It sounds a little like cadence lock, but that would be crazy unlikely unless it was really loose. I have had it glitch out and send a dummy reading once, but I think that was something like 76-- it is some known number that Scosche referenced on a post I read on DCR, I think.
Now, on an indoor workout, where I have bad signal interference, I have had my Rhythm+ drop and glitch a lot. However, I have never seen that type of glitching with a Rhythm24 or TICKR FIT.
Maybe it was a one-off glitch. Any chance you were in an environment with potential 2.4GHz signal interference (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, microwave in use)?
Now, on an indoor workout, where I have bad signal interference, I have had my Rhythm+ drop and glitch a lot. However, I have never seen that type of glitching with a Rhythm24 or TICKR FIT.
Maybe it was a one-off glitch. Any chance you were in an environment with potential 2.4GHz signal interference (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, microwave in use)?
Re: issue with scosche rhythm sync 24 HR monitor [exxxviii]
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just an outside normal run. I wouldn't think there will be any interference. maybe just a one off. I have a few more runs between now and sunday so I will see what happens.
red line is HR you can see where it is lower for like 20 minutes then shoots up to a normal reading.
red line is HR you can see where it is lower for like 20 minutes then shoots up to a normal reading.
Re: issue with scosche rhythm sync 24 HR monitor [mickison]
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I've had this happen a few times over the year that I've had it. Pretty sure it's cadence lock. It seems to happen when I'm running faster intervals/when my HR is highest. It's frustrating but hasn't happened enough to get rid of it.
Re: issue with scosche rhythm sync 24 HR monitor [flyinryan]
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so what does that mean "cadence lock"?
Re: issue with scosche rhythm sync 24 HR monitor [mickison]
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mickison wrote:
so what does that mean "cadence lock"?
Re: issue with scosche rhythm sync 24 HR monitor [exxxviii]
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It'll usually happen when I'm really sweating so it's probably sliding around a bit. It happened at my first tri last year. Half the run showed 90bpm. At least I was keeping my cadence nice and quick.
Yeah. That’s what mine read. About 90bpm