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    • ? Offline
      A Former User
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      My S9P beeps irregularly, but repeatingly and randomly more at the end of mountaineering days? Display shows nothing, normal training screen. Battery is charged. No messages, alarm… Does anybody know, what it is? Thanks.

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        inkognito Platinum Member @Guest
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        @mountainChris Compass calibration perhaps?

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        • DMytroD Offline
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          @mountainChris do you use a button lock?

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          • ? Offline
            A Former User @inkognito
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            @inkognito hmmm do not know. No message to calibrate. Stays also after navigation turned off.

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              A Former User @DMytro
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              @DMytro no, does it make a difference?

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                @mountainChris
                I noticed random beeps very rarely on my S9B, too… to rare to figure out the reason

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                  inkognito Platinum Member @Guest
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                  @mountainChris That message is shown only when you are on the navigation screen. And I am not completely sure that compass is deactivated when you turn the navigation off.

                  Anyway, I noticed this as well with my S9 (non-baro) and recently more often with my girlfriend’s S9P. And that random beep indeed sounds identical to the one that compass calibration makes.

                  SV: fingers crossed :D
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                  • DMytroD Offline
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                    @mountainChris don’t know. But I’ve used button lock recently and heard the beeps as well. Thought it might indicate me pressing a button multiple times but the action being prevented by a button lock.

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                      A Former User @inkognito
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                      @inkognito thanks. I think there is no way of compass calibration during excerise, if you do not get a message? Or? But I didn’t test the options for that.

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                        inkognito Platinum Member @Guest
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                        @mountainChris There is no way to force it from the menu during excercise. But, if you are on the navigation screen, you don’t move and your watch thinks the calibration might be wrong, it will ask for it.

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                          Richard Thygesen @freeheeler
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                          @freeheeler said in random beeps during activity:

                          @mountainChris
                          I noticed random beeps very rarely on my S9B, too… to rare to figure out the reason

                          I have the same on my S9 Peak.

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                            vietpq Bronze Member @Guest
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                            @mountainChris I have same problem, I set to vibrate only so some time has vibration without anything else.

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                            • PavlasP Offline
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                              @mountainChris It has been discussed here several times. According to @Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos, it’s a compass calibration. If I remember correctly.

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                                A Former User @Pavlas
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                                @Pavlas thanks. But why is there no message to calibrate compass?

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                                  @mountainChris said in random beeps during activity:

                                  My S9P beeps irregularly, but repeatingly and randomly more at the end of mountaineering days? Display shows nothing, normal training screen. Battery is charged. No messages, alarm… Does anybody know, what it is? Thanks.

                                  Same here, with or without locking. Have noticed it only on mountaineering-hiking activities and not on cycling or running. Assumed compass calibration or GPS fix but no info appears.

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                                  • Brad_OlwinB Offline
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                                    @mountainChris One reason for this is the compass has encountered a magnet. I have running vests with pockets that strong magnets to keep them closed and this triggers beeps, often accompanied by a request to calibrate the compass.

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                                      A Former User @Brad_Olwin
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                                      @Brad_Olwin thanks. Interesting! It happend when going downhill by via ferrata.

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                                        @mountainChris metal may obscure the compass readings too.

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                                        • sartoricS Offline
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                                          And rocks can also contain some magnetite or ferrite that is not a friend of compass calibration 😁

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