New to S7
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@brad_olwin
Oh that is a problem then, cause I mainly use it for backcountry skiing and have to load gpx track maps in it. On top of this I cant really find the way to interact with the watch through the suunto app from the phone, the layout appearing is not the one I always see in websites. O basically I cant use that on my laptop to check rates and altitudes of a move done but only throught the phoneYou import GPX tracks via the Suunto App. Just create them wherever you normally would and then send them to the app (add waypoints to them in the Suunto App).
To customise screen display, click the watch icon in the app and you’ll see ‘customise sport mode’.
However, if you haven’t found that already, I reckon the likelihood is your watch is provided with an old firmware from pre when this function was available. Check its all up to date as per this version - https://forum.suunto.com/topic/5742/system-update-pxdz-201119-005-a1/169
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@giuliosq
I was also a Ambit3 user now on S7. We are all okay with this
Proposing only Suunto App on mobile phones without give possibility to work on a computer is stupid. It’s not possible to work correctly on a maps on a 5" screen ! Movescount was the good solution… abort… impossible to understand the Suunto marketing strategy ;(I found another important Ambit feature missing on S7:
https://forum.suunto.com/topic/6054/altitude-profile-view-on-suunto-7For me the only advantage of this partnership with Google is the excellent screen quality and the best map precision on a sport watch (comparing to Fenix6). The others features GoogleFit, media control, phone notifications… are only gadgets not usefull for athletic.
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@nigel-taylor-0
thanks! Problem is that I find it difficult to interact with the watch from the phone, and I am missing that feature of customization. I thiught it could depend on the software update but, as you can see, I dont even know how to update the firmware… like connecting that to the laptop but cant find a way to set “update” and its not even going automatically… where could I find that option? thanks! -
@giuliosq updates should happen automatically if you have wifi set up and leave your watch charging.
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@cedric13
Totaly agree that one is missing. It was as simple as that, you JUST LOOK AT IT while climbing up to see how much left and how much done so far… Not in need of fancy notifications, just a simple mountain with the altitude. Cant find, however, the way to update the firmare in the watch. I am at 1.54.1 on MDSP, on suunto wear at 1.54.3 version -
@giuliosq its is connected to the laptop but t is just downloading offline maps now (I see from notifications) so it might be updated but still see no way from the app on the watch to customize sport. on top of this I sent some gpx to the suunto app and it sees them on the phone but there is no way to “use them in the watch” tab.
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@isazi Thanks
tryign to connect to the play store but the wheel on the watch is just spinning with no result…
just cant see these two which would help getting into using the watch
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@giuliosq All you need to do is save the route then you can add it to the watch. Many of your questions are answered here. https://www.suunto.com/Support/Product-support/suunto_7/suunto_7/
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@cedric13 If you bough the S7 expecting to get a pure fitness watch you have brough the wrong suunto model.
Its aim is full smartwatch with good fitness tracking (best compromise currently on the market), but isn’t designed or aimed at any serious athelete - its aimed at the casual fitness enthusiast. -
@jamie-bg You certainly right. The perfect watch doesn’t exist yet : it should be the fiability of a Suunto9 (or Fenix6) with the excellent quality of the navigation map of the Suunto7.
It’s the reason why I cannot switch back on my old Ambit3. When you use the navigation on S7 during a trail running all the possibility of path around you are clearest ! it’s like if you become more free with the S7 than other watchs
I’m just regretting the wrong ascents calculation , some missing functionalities, a SuuntoApp Web site, sometime freeze and reboot and the battery life (if you don’t turn on plane mode).
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@brad_olwin Ok thanks, im slowly getting into it, fianlly could download all the updates, it took forever even with a super stable and fast connection. Now I could customize sports and so on. The only issue is still the GPS location that takes forever and sometimes fail to get connection if not linked to the phone. Like I go for a run without the phone and want the watch to just find the location to track it and it hardly doeas that. While on the Ambit 3 Vertical it was really easy to do and immediate. Thanks everybody… another question… where can I find the compass and the altitude on the watch without having to connect to a sport? is that possible? or simply get coordinates of the actual location. I rememeber on the Ambit 3 there was a clickable option like “find current location”, s well as the compass was an option to call in while doing activity. Even the temperature would be something useful as a voice to check during mountain activities.
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@cedric13 your options miss the full smartwatch features the S7 provides, which is its main purpose.
But yes S7 with battery life of Garmin Fenix/S9b and the same fitness suite, and abilities would be perfect. -
@giuliosq
Compass, altitude - download apps from the playstore for this.
There is also a compass watchface you can use (Suunto one).
Co-Ordinates - you can use google maps on the watch to navigate and to drop a pin (it should then push that to your phone where you can get the co-ordinates); otherwise you will probably have to get a 3rd party app from the store. One of the GPS ones like wear logger might give you that info (but would only be for your current point).
Weather - there is a weather tile that in the UK gets info from weather.com; you can use GA (long press home/menu button - the left side button) and ask for the weather - also from weather.com; and or you can use the various different options on the play store.
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@jamie-bg All clear! thanks.
