On the swim side with the H7 - if you're still experiencing issues after the last firmware update, give us a ring. 800-227-1314 in the US.. polar.com > select your country if you're outside US for contact deets.
Ray actually headed over to our HQ early this week, we also shared some timelines with him on updates. Definitely worth the read:
http://www.dcrainmaker.com/...nd-scenes-polar.html & in the interest of time I've copied his post on our updates.
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V800 Firmware 1.1 Release – End of September/1st Week of October - Adds power meter support for Bluetooth Smart power meters (see
this for full details)
- Adds stride sensor improvements, including improvements in auto calibration and tweaks for manual calibration
- Adds ability to set pace/distance source as the internal GPS, or an attached footpod (a huge and welcomed change)
- Adds Interval Timer on watch for time and distance based intervals, including ability to set warm-up/cool-down – all from wrist, no computer required
- Touch TAP usability improvements, including ability to set as ‘off’ from the wrist (no computer required), as well as ability to set/change sensitivities
- Significant improvements in 3rd party sensor support
- Minor bug and usability tweaks
V800 Firmware 1.2 Release – End of October - Add Indoor Swim Metric Support (stroke recognition for free, breast, butterfly, back, other), distance based on pool length, pace while swimming, stroke count, SWOLF.
- Add Daily activity user interface in wrist: Will show steps, active time, distance from steps, and active calories. Will also allow steps to scale beyond 100% (bar graph). Note, the time/home screen will show your percentage of goal, but not steps.
- Add Speed/Pace Zones for workout targets. Heart rate was already there, and power would be added in previous 1.1 release.
- Add Inactivity alerts on V800. On-watch notification at 50-minutes, then inactivity marker recorded at 60-minutes.
- Add activity goals to V800 (similar to Polar Loop). Flow will also enable this for V800-only users (today requires Polar Loop)
- Minor bug and usability fixes
The big focus here is really on swim metrics and activity monitoring. They decided to split up the swim pieces and get the indoor features out sooner, and then follow-up with the openwater swim support in the next update, knowing that with the exception of the folks Down Under, most would appreciate indoor that time of year over openwater.
V800 Firmware 1.3 Release – TBD Q4 (by end of year) - Add Openwater Swim Metric support
- Add Android V800 Flow App support (specifically December 2014)
- Additional TBD & TBA fixes/tweaks/features
September Flow Release: - Add Power Meter Analysis Components
- Add Power based targets for workout creator
- Add Data Export (GPX/TCX)
- Add RR recording (including out of activity testing) analysis on Flow, and export of raw unfiltered data