PSA Garmin 220 Firmware and Treadmills

[Raggedeannie]

PSA 1: There was Firmware released for the 220 on January 23rd.
PSA 2: Don't update your Firmware if you are using your 220 on Treadmill runs and can't do your next run(s) outside.

The accelerometer's memory seems to have been wiped clean and the mileage on my TM run was SO OFF today.  As in I ran 5.01 and the accelerometer registered 4.4.  It's usually been pretty good, only off by .05 max.

[mrsjthompson]

Thanks for letting us know! I didn't notice that and I'll have to update mine.

[bostonmichelle]

Ugh I wonder if that's why mine was off the other day. It registered 0.5 miles for 3 miles but it was too early and I was too tired to deal with it. Sad life I can't run outside for a while due to all this snow and snow predicted again this weekend .

[Raggedeannie]

Luckily you can go in and manually change the overall mileage, but the lap paces and completely wrong.

[bostonmichelle]

So is there a fix? I'm guessing its go outside and run with it. Maybe I'll do a lap around the block on Saturday just to reset it.

[Raggedeannie]

Feb 5, 2014 16:56:07 GMT -5 bostonmichelle said:

So is there a fix? I'm guessing its go outside and run with it. Maybe I'll do a lap around the block on Saturday just to reset it.

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Ironically one of the updates was "Improvements to indoor distance and pace calculations."
I'm hoping that an outdoor run or two will reset the accelerator's "memory." Will report back in a few days.

[brooke77]

Mine has never been very accurate - off by half a mile or so for 5-6 mile TM runs. My last run was more accurate - .10 miles ahead on a 6 mile run. Was the update automatic?

[water*drop]

Oooh, thanks for posting! I haven't used mine on the TM yet. I should probably give that a try considering that all of my runs are TM runs right now...

[Raggedeannie]

Feb 5, 2014 19:45:03 GMT -5 water*drop said:

Oooh, thanks for posting! I haven't used mine on the TM yet. I should probably give that a try considering that all of my runs are TM runs right now...

Make sure you have at least a run or two under your belt so it will auto calibrate. But other than today's curfuffle I have loved this feature!

brooke77 nope there was a little notice when I logged into garmin connect. I had to download a whole new app on my computer to do the update.

[Raggedeannie]

I promised I'd report back! I've run a few outdoor runs since the firmware update, including a 10k on Sunday. Yesterday's treadmill run registered a perfect 4.41 miles on both the TM and the Garmin 220. Woot!