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Garmin 220 on treadmill

  • 14-01-2016 7:00pm
    #1
    Looking for advice 2013
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17 ✭


    Hi

    I've had my Garmin for two years and used it on the treadmill for the first time today and it didn't seem to register. It didn't give a pace or distance just a time and a very slow distance. Any ideas? I thought the Garmin 220 was went to work on treadmills without a foot pod?

    Thanks!


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  • #2
    aquinn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,968 ✭✭✭aquinn


    Looking for advice 2013 wrote:
    I've had my Garmin for two years and used it on the treadmill for the first time today and it didn't seem to register. It didn't give a pace or distance just a time and a very slow distance. Any ideas? I thought the Garmin 220 was went to work on treadmills without a foot pod?


    Does it not need satellite to lock GPS and record? Unless treadmill is outside I wouldn't have thought it would work.


  • #3
    Gael23
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,145 ✭✭✭✭Gael23


    Your static on a treadmill so I doubt it would work.


  • #4
    Murph_D
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,667 ✭✭✭✭Murph_D


    Yeah, the 220 should work on a treadmill - it uses the accelerometer to estimate the distance based on the number of steps. I've used it successfully (to confirm that the treadmill wasn't completely off distance wise!). Don't know why it's not working for you - have you entered your height/weight/ etc on the watch? I assume this is what it uses to estimate your stride length. It's also supposedly able to calibrate itself based on your GPS enabled outdoor runs - have you been doing any?


  • #5
    rom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,148 ✭✭✭rom


    Many tm calibration is way out so you have no idea what distance you are doing.

    Say if I know that 4M easy would be a HR of 144 outside for me I run at that effort for that time and call it 4 miles.


  • #6
    robinph
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,146 Mod ✭✭✭✭robinph


    http://www.dcrainmaker.com/2013/11/garmin-forerunner-depth-review.html#treadmill-running-internal-accelerometer

    I assume that you have run outside with it using the GPS previously, then it should have calibrated itself to your running motion and you should just ensure that you are in the correct run mode. Not certain what it will be called on the 220, but on my Garmin it is just labeled as "Run Indoors" so I'd guess it is the same.


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  • #7
    BeepBeep67
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,089 ✭✭✭BeepBeep67


    My experience is that with only the watch the accuracy can vary quite a bit, wearing the hrmrun improves this, but the addition of the footpod improves the accuracy greatly.


  • #8
    robinph
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,146 Mod ✭✭✭✭robinph


    I've found the 920xt+HRMRun to match the distance the treadmill claims pretty closely, although not when I've turned the incline up significantly.

    Still not able to run at any significant pace on the treadmill though, despite my HR being low the head claims I'm running fast although I'm not.


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