Watch displays wrong distance for activity
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I have a Suunto 5 Peak that has started to give the wrong distance and speed for my activies. I think the speed is calculated from the distance and time so not so concerned with that but the distance is wrong. When I export the GPX or FIT data the distance is farther than that shown on the watch, or in the APP.
eg:
16-3-2024 distance 34.84km 2:18’53 15.0km/h.
17-6-2024 distance 12.50km 1:35’57 7.8km/h.
18-6-2024 distance 14.10km 1:13’03 11.6km/h.
Using GPXeditor or GPXSee the distance for the 17th is 21.3km and for the 18th 19.2km.
On the 16th the watch display and data agreed for the distance.
Any ideas as to what is going on here. -
@johnmcr I have tried a soft reset it had no effect. I have used the watch to record a basic walk activity and that seems to give the same distance on the watch and in the GPX file. So the thing being affected is the cycling activity. I checked the settings for this and found that the bike pod was on. Turning it off seems to correct the problem of displayed distance and GPX/Fit file distance.
This leads me to wonder if the Bike Pod can be used at the same time as recording with the GPS? Is there a way of calibrating the Bike Pod to give more accurate distances? Does it give an accurate distance measurement when used on a bike trainer?