I think I have an OHR issue, but not the normal one!
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From what I can tell the OHR LEDs are constantly flashing, like never not off. My assumption would be that when not in activity mode or when in sleep mode the sampling frequency would be less, but you can see it flashing peeking between the wrist and the watch or indeed it appears on just about any surface.
So my question to Suunto has been is this current behaviour normal? As I would expect it to have battery implications. Their first response was to put it in power saving mode when not in an activity - which obviously limits fiunctionality of the watch somewhat. Second they asked for videos, which I’ve sent but not heard back. So asking the community if I’m being paranoid or picky and this is normal, or if I may have a defective unit. Any thoughts welcome.
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@legolikesbeer
Last gen watches should have 24/7 HR sampling always active afair.That’s how Vertical works and I suppose Race too
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@sartoric Thanks, yeah I’m perhaps getting confused between what that actually means, or overthinking the fact it’s always flashing, maybe that is expected behaviour, but can’t seem to get to bottom of it. My assumption is that 24/7 means it will track all day and night but what I’d assumed is that its sample rate would not be constant. Rather, periodic and only constant for activity modes.
This was from Sunnto:
Sports Mode: approx 30% total power consumption when flashing continuously to achieve 4/second
Daily monitoring: Intermittent flashing (apparently once per 10 mins) about 8% total power consumption.
Suggesting that it shouldn’t be continuous when not in activity mode. In fact they say it should reduce to every ten mins when it senses the watch is ‘idle’. But they were quite noncommittal to my issue being an issue.
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@legolikesbeer Normal if you have 24x7 HR on… you can disable it if you prefer.
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@larrybbaker Thanks for this your reponse. I’ve disabled it for now anyway, I switch between two devices and when I place the Suunto down on any surface it starts the LED disco
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@legolikesbeer said in I think I have an OHR issue, but not the normal one!:
when I place the Suunto down on any surface it starts the LED disco
after few seconds it should turn itself off
EDIT: actually only the Race S does stop flashing, The Race doesn’t …
wonder if it is an hardware feature of the new OHR or a software one that could be implemented also in the other models -
@Stefano-M64 for me, it depends on the color of the surface the watch is on
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@legolikesbeer place it face down
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@isazi said in I think I have an OHR issue, but not the normal one!:
@Stefano-M64 for me, it depends on the color of the surface the watch is on
both watches have the same dark gray velcro strap, so both OHRs face a nearly black surface when left face up: the Race S of my wife stop flashing after a while, my Race doesn’t
in fact, I place mine face down as @larrybbaker also suggests
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@Stefano-M64 for me both Rave and Race S stop flashing if I put them face up
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Thanks all, I’m starting get the picture that yes it should always be flashing and noting what Suunto said about sampling rates, maybe flashing doesn’t mean it’s necessarily sampling. Though it doesn’t explain the apparent difference in battery usage between daily mode and activity mode if it’s alway active. I’ll remain perplexed but appeased. And maybe even try and visit a nearby-ish authorised service centre for peace of mind.
Can you tell I’m new to non-Apple wrist watches? They don’t flash constantly when not in recording an activity. Only had the Suunto a week, I’m near enough entirely sold on the device, just this behaviour feel didn’t feel quite right. Appreciate this community already.
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@isazi said in I think I have an OHR issue, but not the normal one!:
@Stefano-M64 for me both Rave and Race S stop flashing if I put them face up
I tried again and you’re right, don’t know what happened before… boh!