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TomTom Runner & Multi-Sport Reference Manual

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  • Page 1 TomTom Runner & Multi-Sport Reference Guide...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Contents Welcome What's new What's new in this release ........................5 Getting started Your watch About your watch ..........................7 Wearing your watch ..........................7 Cleaning your watch ..........................8 The heart rate monitor ......................... 8 Using the desk dock ..........................9 Using the bike mount ...........................
  • Page 3 Adding sensors About sensors............................ 33 External Heart Rate Monitor ......................33 Cadence or Speed Sensor ........................ 34 TomTom MySports account TomTom MySports Connect TomTom MySports mobile app Addendum Copyright notices...
  • Page 4 This covers downloading TomTom MySports Connect and using the desk dock. After that, if you have a smartphone, you will probably want to download the TomTom MySports app for free from your usual app store or by going to tomtom.com/app.

  • Page 5: What's New

    What's new in this release New Freestyle activity type For TomTom Multi-Sport owners, you can select a freestyle, GPS enabled activity type for any non-running, cycling or swimming activities, so you keep a clean history/totals for the main activity types.

  • Page 6: Getting Started

    Important: Before using the MySports app on your smartphone, you need to link your watch to your MySports account using a computer. This needs to be done only once. You can download the TomTom MySports app for free from your usual app store or by going to tomtom.com/app.

  • Page 7: Your Watch

    Wearing your watch Built-in Heart Rate Monitor The built-in Heart Rate Monitor in the TomTom Runner Cardio and the TomTom Multi-Sport Cardio uses the reflection of light through the skin to pick up your heartbeat. The way you wear your watch is...

  • Page 8: Cleaning Your Watch

     Wear the watch in the normal way, with the watch face on top of your wrist and the bottom of the watch touching your skin, away from the wrist bone.  Do the strap up so that it is tight to your wrist without being uncomfortable. ...

  • Page 9: Using The Desk Dock

     Wear the watch in the normal way, with the watch face on top of your wrist and the bottom of the watch touching your skin, away from the wrist bone.  Do the strap up so that it is tight to your wrist without being uncomfortable. ...
  • Page 10 2. Place the strap on your handlebar and wrap it around the bar. 3. Use the clip on the bottom of the holder to attach the handlebar strap to it. The strap should now be attached securely around the handlebar. 4.

  • Page 11: Watch Status

    Storage - the amount of free space available on your watch. If you are running out of space, connect your watch to your computer. TomTom MySports Connect transfers the workouts or activities to your computer. You can choose to have activities uploaded automatically to your account on the TomTom MySports website, or another website you have chosen.

  • Page 12: Soft Reset

    3. Disconnect the USB cable from your computer.* 4. Keep pressing the button until your watch shows a watch connected with a computer and tomtom.com/reset. 5. Release the button and connect the USB cable to your computer. 6. Click Update in MySports Connect.
  • Page 13 MySports Connect installs the software on your watch. 5. Keep your watch connected when the window for MySports Connect opens again. 6. Follow the instructions in MySports Connect to setup your watch. Note: The settings for exportin and uploading activities in MySports Connect are stored on your watch.

  • Page 14: Activities

    Activities About activities In the activities menu, you can start one of the activities available on your watch:   Cycle  Swim  Treadmill  Freestyle  Stopwatch Note: Not all activities are available on all watches. When you select Run, Cycle or Freestyle, your watch uses its internal GPS receiver to measure your speed, and to record the route you have taken.

  • Page 15: Pausing And Stopping An Activity

    For Cycle activities, if you are using a cadence sensor, once your watch is connected to the sensor, your watch shows the message GO. The cadence sensor is then used to provide speed and distance information about your activity. Your watch may not have a GPS fix at this point. If you would like to track the route of your activity, wait until the GPS icon stops flashing before starting your activity.
  • Page 16 2. Select Metrics, then move right. 3. Select Display, then move right. 4. Select Left or Right to set the metric shown on the left or the right. 5. Select the metric to be displayed from the list. The metrics that are available depend on your current activity. Some examples of metrics available: ...

  • Page 17: Settings For Running Activities

    Settings for Swimming activities Note: TomTom Runner Cardio and TomTom Multi-Sport Cardio are water-resistant. You can swim with these watches. However, the built-in Heart Rate Monitor does not work under water. Before you start a swimming activity, you should check two settings: ...

  • Page 18: Settings For Treadmill Activities

    You can do this in your TomTom MySports account or on your watch. As you run on a treadmill, your watch registers the number of times you swing your arm back and forward and how quickly.
  • Page 19 Calibrating your watch at the end of a Treadmill activity Every time you finish a Treadmill activity, your watch asks you if you want to calibrate the distance measurement your watch has made with the distance measurement shown by the treadmill. Select Yes to calibrate the distances.

  • Page 20: Training Programs

    Training programs About training programs For each type of activity, the following training programs are available:  None  Goals  Intervals  Laps  Zones  Race From the clock screen, do the following to see the list of training programs: 1.

  • Page 21: Intervals

    This screen shows the percentage of your target you have reached and the remaining distance, time or number of calories. Tip: When running, you can head away from home until your progress reads 50% and then turn and come back again. Progress alerts When training to a goal, your watch alerts you at these stages: ...

  • Page 22: Laps

    You see the name of what you are doing, and how long this part of the set is in either time or distance. You are also warned with beeps and buzzes when you need to switch to the next stage in your interval training.
  • Page 23 Setting a zone for Heart and Pace If you want to set up a custom heart rate zone or a pace zone, choose a minimum and maximum as shown below: Setting a zone for Speed and Cadence If you want to set up a speed or cadence zone, choose a target value and allowed percentage to deviate as shown below: Monitoring your progress From the activity progress screen, move right to see a graphical overview of how close your training is...

  • Page 24: Heart Rate Zones

    Heart Rate Monitor. Your watch uses heart rate zone boundaries based on your age. Using TomTom MySports, you can adapt these heart rate zone boundaries and they are then synchronised with your watch. To train using a heart rate zone, do the following : 1.

  • Page 25: Race

    This graph, shown above, is a heart rate zone summary. It shows the percentage of time spent in each zone with your current zone highlighted in white. This graph shows your heart rate over the last 2.5 minutes of activity. Tip: You can view your progress in a heart rate zone even when you are using a Graphical Training Partner like Race or Goal.

  • Page 26: Using The Stopwatch

    23 metres behind your previous activity and you have a remaining distance to race of 2.3 kilometres. Tip: To get information on adding previous activities to your watch, go to tomtom.com/support read the FAQ. Using the stopwatch To use the stopwatch, do the following.

  • Page 27: Tracking Your Activities

    Some basic information about the activity is shown. The information available depends on the activity. Transferring your activities to TomTom MySports Connect your watch to your computer to transfer details of your activities to TomTom MySports or another sports website that you choose, using TomTom MySports Connect. You can also transfer...

  • Page 28: Settings

    Settings About settings From the clock screen, move down to open the Settings menu. These settings determine the overall behaviour of your watch. For each activity, there are also settings related to that activity. The following settings are available for your watch: ...

  • Page 29: Testing A Heart Rate Sensor

    Phone For information as to why you should want to pair your watch with your phone or mobile device, see TomTom MySports app. To pair your watch with a phone or mobile device, do the following: 1.

  • Page 30: Airplane Mode

    Synchronising your activities You can automatically upload your activities to your TomTom MySports account by using this setting. From the clock screen on your watch, move down to open the Settings screen, then select Phone and move right.

  • Page 31: Options

    To work out the number of calories you burn during an activity.  To set the target heart rates for you in the heart rate training zones. The zones are worked out by your TomTom MySports account.  To work out your stride length if you are training on a treadmill.

  • Page 32: Standards

    Standards To see certification information on your watch, move down from the clock screen to open the Settings menu. Select Standards and then move right to scroll through the certification information.

  • Page 33: Adding Sensors

    2. Attach the strap around your chest, so the monitor sits just above the base of your chest bone. Make sure the monitor is the right way up so that the word 'TomTom' is the right way up for someone standing in front of you.

  • Page 34: Cadence Or Speed Sensor

    3. Chainstay sensor 4. Cable ties To use the TomTom Cadence/Speed Sensor with your watch, do the following: 1. Attach the chainstay sensor to the chainstay on your bike, using three of the cable ties provided. Use two ties for the main body of the sensor and one tie for the smaller part of the sensor. You...
  • Page 35 Important: The smaller part of the sensor needs to face the crankarms and should not be attached to the top of the chainstay. You may have to tilt the main body of the sensor towards the wheel depending on your bike. You should make this adjustment after you have attached the spoke magnet.
  • Page 36 4. Attach the crankarm magnet to one of the crankarms on your bike. The magnet should face the chainstay where you attached the chainstay sensor. Tip: Make sure the different parts of the Cadence/Speed Sensor are lined up correctly on your bike.
  • Page 37 When you have connected to your sensor once, your watch always reconnects to your sensor. When the chainring icon has stopped flashing, your watch is ready to measure your speed and cadence. For proper GPS tracking, wait until the GPS icon has also stopped flashing before you start your cycle activity.

  • Page 38: Tomtom Mysports Account

    Your TomTom MySports account is a central storage location for all your training and fitness information. To create an account, click the button in TomTom MySports Connect, or go directly to the website: mysports.tomtom.com As you can see from the diagram below, you can transfer your activities to your MySports account using either TomTom MySports Connect or the TomTom MySports app.

  • Page 39: Tomtom Mysports Connect

    Transfers your activity information to your TomTom MySports account or another sports website that you choose. We can currently transfer activity information to Endomondo, Strava, MapMyFit- ness and RunKeeper. TomTom MySports Connect can also transfer activity information to your computer in a number of file formats. ...

  • Page 40: Tomtom Mysports Mobile App

    Important: Before using the MySports app on your smartphone, you need to link your watch to your MySports account using a computer. This needs to be done only once. You can download the TomTom MySports app for free from your usual app store or by going to tomtom.com/app.

  • Page 41: Addendum

    Operating temperatures: -20°C (-4°F) to 60°C (140°F). Do not expose to temperatures beyond this. R&TTE directive Hereby, TomTom declares that TomTom products and accessories are in compliance with the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of the EU Directive 1999/5/EC. The declaration of...
  • Page 42 IC RF exposure compliance requirements please follow operation instruction as documented in this manual. Responsible party in North America TomTom, Inc., 24 New England Executive Park, Burlington, MA 01803 Tel: 866 486-6866 option 1 (1-866-4-TomTom) Emissions information for Canada Operation is subject to the following two conditions: ...
  • Page 43 Operation is subject to the condition that this device does not cause harmful interference. This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003. The Country Code Selection feature is disabled for products marketed in the US or Canada. Equipment is certified to the requirements of RSS-210 for 2.4-GHz. IMPORTANT NOTE IC Radiation Exposure Statement: ...

  • Page 44: Copyright Notices

    Copyright notices © 2014 TomTom. All rights reserved. TomTom and the "two hands" logo are registered trademarks of TomTom N.V. or one of its subsidiaries. Please see tomtom.com/legal for limited warranty and end user licence agreements applying to this product.

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