Polar cs500 alitimeter reading query?
renrag1967
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I have bought this and tried it out today, great device but the Altimeter reading is confusing me... (im not the sharpest as computers!)
its shows two figures, (1) a number in degrees eg 8degrees and (2) a %age figure eg 14%. The first figure always appears lower than the 2nd (%) figure.
Any ideas how i should interpret this? My previous Blackburn device just had a % figure whiich i correlated to general comments re TdF climbs being say 6, 7 or 9% or in the Giro being 20%! Wtf use is the degrees figure useful for?
its shows two figures, (1) a number in degrees eg 8degrees and (2) a %age figure eg 14%. The first figure always appears lower than the 2nd (%) figure.
Any ideas how i should interpret this? My previous Blackburn device just had a % figure whiich i correlated to general comments re TdF climbs being say 6, 7 or 9% or in the Giro being 20%! Wtf use is the degrees figure useful for?
Don't call me Shirley..
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Think I've seen the same on my CS200 and also been a little confused, according to the manual
http://www.polar.fi/e_manuals/CS500/Pol ... manual.pdf
the altitude/temp display :
Alt./Temp Maximum altitude
Temperature
To display additional information calculated from the altimeter data, press OK.
• Incline (Maximum inclination shown in degrees and in percentage)
• Decline (Maximum declination shown in degrees and in percentage)
• Altitude (Minimum altitude)
• Ascent (Ascended meters / feet)
• Descent (Descended meters / feet)0
