Suunto Race Display brightness in Performance Mode

[GiPFELKiND]

Hey,
Ist there a Option to switch the Display off in Performance mode when i run night? It is very much light when i look on the Display in night run… Would be great when the arm is down the Display goes Off, and if i take my arm up to look then it turn on. Is there a option for this in training Performance mode? The Display must not shine bright when i dont Look at IT, its bad for my battery and in running and other sport modes not necessary to light one when not looking on the Display.
Second question: If i navigate with maps the map goes away when put my arm down, only my red line is shown in the Display if i put my arm up to have a Look the map is shown… Bug?

[David l]

@GiPFELKiND another one who would like the display to turn off when running unless I turn my wrist! It seems to be an AOD during exercise.

[Brad_Olwin]

@GiPFELKiND For the map not a bug, this is to enhance battery life. Performance mode and battery life estimates are provided with the screen behavior. The ambient light sensor should adjust display brightness. I have mine set in General to raise to wake.
The manual has information on how to adjust the Display Brightness:
https://www.suunto.com/en-us/Support/Product-support/suunto_race/suunto_race/settings/automatic-display-brightness/

[GiPFELKiND]

@Brad_Olwin hey Brad this settings are only for daily use, i want to switch off the Display while doing an exercise

[Brad_Olwin]

@GiPFELKiND Changing battery modes will change the display. There is no way to change the display except through the General Settings. I ran all day and all night in Performance mode and did not find the display an issue. After a 35h 27 min race my battery estimate was ~42h.

[GiPFELKiND]

@Brad_Olwin yes i saw but this Race you run with Vertical not with the RACE model.and my Display turn off while training question was for the Suunto Race model

[Egika]

Maybe a dedicated night mode with different and either dulled or red colors to be selectable in the workout options would be a good idea…

[SuuntoR]

@Egika said in Suunto Race Display brightness in Performance Mode:

Maybe a dedicated night mode with different and either dulled or red colors to be selectable in the workout options would be a good idea…

This would sound great! But if doing so, please do not take out the possibility to keep the screen on all the time (in workouts). For my opinnion it’s one of the best things in this watch that the display won’t go off during exercise! E.g. on Garmin watches, there is no possibility to have screen always on (without dimming the screen) and constant wrist turns are very annoying. Like if I ride a bike, don’t want to raise my hand off the handlebar just to wake up the screen.

[lessthanmore]

@SuuntoR said in Suunto Race Display brightness in Performance Mode:

@Egika said in Suunto Race Display brightness in Performance Mode:

Maybe a dedicated night mode with different and either dulled or red colors to be selectable in the workout options would be a good idea…

This would sound great! But if doing so, please do not take out the possibility to keep the screen on all the time (in workouts). For my opinnion it’s one of the best things in this watch that the display won’t go off during exercise! E.g. on Garmin watches, there is no possibility to have screen always on (without dimming the screen) and constant wrist turns are very annoying. Like if I ride a bike, don’t want to raise my hand off the handlebar just to wake up the screen.

I have a FR965 and always on for activities. No need to turn the wrist at all.
What garmin are you referring to?

[A Former User]

@lessthanmore Yea, I have the Epix Pro, you can choose to turn the display off (on with gesture), or always on. No problem at all.

[SuuntoR]

@lessthanmore said in Suunto Race Display brightness in Performance Mode:

@SuuntoR said in Suunto Race Display brightness in Performance Mode:

@Egika said in Suunto Race Display brightness in Performance Mode:

Maybe a dedicated night mode with different and either dulled or red colors to be selectable in the workout options would be a good idea…

This would sound great! But if doing so, please do not take out the possibility to keep the screen on all the time (in workouts). For my opinnion it’s one of the best things in this watch that the display won’t go off during exercise! E.g. on Garmin watches, there is no possibility to have screen always on (without dimming the screen) and constant wrist turns are very annoying. Like if I ride a bike, don’t want to raise my hand off the handlebar just to wake up the screen.

I have a FR965 and always on for activities. No need to turn the wrist at all.
What garmin are you referring to?

On all garmin amoled watches, yes you can set always on for sports BUT the display dims after max 15 sec, right? And at least for what i have tested (fr965 and marq2), I can’t see those exercise numbers etc. clearly without raising the wrist and activating the screen for full brightness.

[Brad_Olwin]

@GiPFELKiND said in Suunto Race Display brightness in Performance Mode:

@Brad_Olwin yes i saw but this Race you run with Vertical not with the RACE model.and my Display turn off while training question was for the Suunto Race model

I have been testing the Race since July and have over 60 exercises recorded. I understand which model you are asking about.

[stromdiddily]

@Brad_Olwin said in Suunto Race Display brightness in Performance Mode:

@GiPFELKiND Changing battery modes will change the display. There is no way to change the display except through the General Settings. I ran all day and all night in Performance mode and did not find the display an issue. After a 35h 27 min race my battery estimate was ~42h.

Sorry you mean, you had 42 hours estimate before your activity then ran a 35.5 hour race with no problem? Surely you didn’t still have 42 hours left after the race?

[Brad_Olwin]

@stromdiddily sorry if that wasn’t clear as I determine battery estimates after an exercise. So, during the 35h and 27 min the battery depletion rate predicts ~42h so I had 6h 30 min of GPS runtime left. Not long enough for the hardest 100 mile races but good for most.

[stromdiddily]

@Brad_Olwin said in Suunto Race Display brightness in Performance Mode:

@stromdiddily sorry if that wasn’t clear as I determine battery estimates after an exercise. So, during the 35h and 27 min the battery depletion rate predicts ~42h so I had 6h 30 min of GPS runtime left. Not long enough for the hardest 100 mile races but good for most.

Oh that makes sense now. Thank you!

[A Former User]

@SuuntoR Sorry, you are correct. It dims, but in my case it’s still easily readible, unless I’m in bright sun (which is rare where I live this time of the year, I didn’t have Amoled in the summer). The Suunto Race AOD is proper AOD.

[SuuntoR]

@Shuhite said in Suunto Race Display brightness in Performance Mode:

@SuuntoR Sorry, you are correct. It dims, but in my case it’s still easily readible, unless I’m in bright sun (which is rare where I live this time of the year, I didn’t have Amoled in the summer). The Suunto Race AOD is proper AOD.

…and I was also wrong. This “true always on display” seems only to work when it’s dark enough. I hadn’t ran in the day time until today. So it seems to use ambient sensor or something. In the day on workout mode, the display also on SR dims. But I think the numbers are clear also when it dims (where I live also not that sunny anymore) and little wrist turn works quickly. Its been couple of months since I had an amoled Garmin watch, so it was more sunny. But still I would say Garmin watches dim more than SR, or maybe I remember wrong and being too harsh on Garmin about this feature pictures with SR on full brightness and “dim mode” attached.