Nokia Sports Tracker User manual

User Guide
Nokia
Sports Tracker
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User Guide
Nokia Sports Tracker
mobile application
Nokia Sports Tracker overview 2
1. Get started 2
1.1 Download the application to your phone. 2
1.2 Open the application 2
2. Navi ation 3
3. The main menu of Sports Tracker application 3
4. Startin a new workout 4
4.1 While recordin a workout: workout information, pause, keylock, backli ht, lap 4
5. Trainin diary 5
5.1 Scannin the trainin diary: Calendar view 5
5.2 Trainin diary: List view 6
5.3 Workout summaries 6
5.4 Addin a new workout manually to Trainin diary 7
5.5 Deletin a workout 7
5.6 Sendin a workout 7
5.7 Savin a workout as a route 7
5.8 Savin a workout and exportin a workout 7
5.9 Replayin a workout 8
5.10 Lookin and modifyin workout properties 8
6. Upploadin workouts to the web-service 8
7. The routes 9
7.1 Route summaries 9
7.2 Deletin routes 9
7.3 Savin routes 9
7.4 Lookin and modifyin route properties (altitude offset, the name and size in disk of a route) 10
7.5 Viewin the workouts of a route 10
8. Settin s 10
8.1 Modifyin and addin new activities 10
8.2 Choosin the Access Point 11
8.3 Updatin the application 11
8.4 Chan in the measurement unit 11
8.5 Workout backli ht 11
8.6 Autolap si nal 11
8.7 Automatic keylock 11
8.8 GPS filterin 11
8.9 Altitude offset 11
8.10 Step counter 11
9. Frequently Asked Questions 12
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NOKIA SPORTS TRACK R OV RVI W
Nokia Sports Tracker is a GPS based activity tracker. You can monitor, analyze and share your sports
performance. The application automatically stores information such as speed, distance and time to
your trainin diary. You can visualize and replay your existin data and view trends to analyze your
pro ress. You can also share data over 2G/3G and compete a ainst yourself or a friend. The
application supports Nokia N95 with inte rated GPS and other Nokia Nseries devices and S60
device.
1. G T START D
1.1 Download the application to your phone.
You can find the Nokia Sports Tracker application in Internet:
http://research.nokia.com/research/projects/SportsTracker/index.html
There are two options to download the application to phone:
a) use phone browser to access the above-mentioned pa e and click installation link at the
bottom of the pa e or
b) Download the installation packa e to your computer and perform the installation to your
phone usin PC Suite
1.2 Open the application
Open the Sports Tracker application in your phone.
Select Applications > Sports Tracker
Add your name to the Users. Settings > Users > type your name / nickname
This name will be shown in the workout summary view.
To be able to use application, you need Nokia phone with Bluetooth
GPS device or Nokia phone with integrated GPS.

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2. NAVIGATION
3. TH MAIN M NU OF SPORTS TRACK R APPLICATION
In the application main menu there is a list of the features: New Workout, Trainin Diary, Routes and
Settin s. Under the feature name there is information about the current settin s: the last activity,
number of recorded workouts and routes. You can scroll up and down all the menus in application
usin the scroll key. Make selections with Selection key.
Selection
key to
perform action
Scroll key
to move
left, ri ht, up, and
down
Use these keys (5 and 0)
to zoom in and out the
raphs and maps

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4. STARTING A N W WORKOUT
1. Select New Workout on the main menu
2. Choose the type of activity from the activity list
3. Choose the autolap distance from the list
4. Choose route from the list (optional)
5. Choose tar et from the previous workouts (optional)
6. press OK
7. To cancel the workout, press cancel
8. To start the workout, press start
9. To stop the workout select Options > Stop
The application divides a workout automatically into laps. When the lap chan es, you can hear a si nal
sound and a si nal field will appear to the workout screen. You can set the autolap on each 1km or
500m mark, or choose the route based autolap counter.
When you have recorded workouts and saved them as routes, you can compare the new workout
with the old while recordin by choosin the route.
4.1 While recordin a workout: workout information, pause,
keylock, backli ht, lap
On the workout display there is information about the current workout: pace/speed, distance, time
and picture of the track. On the ri ht side of the screen, there is an information box that indicates
the GPS state.
Green: the GPS is on and locked to the si nal
Yellow: the phone is lookin for a si nal
Red: the application can’t find the si nal
On the workout mode, you can et more detailed information (Av . pace, altitude, position etc.) and
raphs by scrollin the screens up and down. To scroll the screens on the workout mode, select
Options > View > Next screen / Prev screen or use the scroll key.

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To pause the trackin on the workout mode, select Options > pause. To start the trackin a ain,
select continue.
To lock the keypad while havin a workout select Options > lock keypad.
To switch on (and off) the backli ht, select Options > set backlight or press 9.
To see the current lap information (the lap number, the pace and the lap time) press lap.
5. TRAINING DIARY
In the Trainin diary you can scan recorded workouts in calendar and list view, send screenshots of
your workouts via multimedia or upload them to web, replay workouts and et workouts summaries
etc.
5.1 Scannin the trainin diary: Calendar view
Scroll Training diary
You can see now the Trainin diary calendar. In the calendar each workout appears as a small bar.
The different workouts of same day appear in different colors.
To scroll the calendar, use scroll key.
When you et on a day with workout bar, the workout details appear automatically in the top of the
screen.
To et more detailed information, enter the list view of the Trainin diary. Press the selection key or
select Options > List view

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5.2 Trainin diary: List view
Scroll Training diary > Options > List View.
To see the workout details scroll the wanted workout and press selection key. Scroll up and down to
see the workout summary, the statistics of the workout laps, Speed vs. time dia ram, Speed vs.
distance dia ram, Altitude vs. distance dia ram and the raph of the track.
5.3 Workout summaries
Scroll Training diary > options > summary > and select the time period
Application collects summaries about the workouts you have recorded. You are able to see the
statistics of all activities or watch each activity separately. You can et the weekly, monthly, annual or
total summaries.
In summary view you are able to scroll up and down to see the summaries of different activities. To
see the previous or next time period, scroll left or ri ht with the scroll key.
You can move quickly from a workout to another b
y
scrolling left and right in Training diary list view
statistics
Shortcut to list view is to press the
selection key once on the calendar view.

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5.4 Addin a new workout manually to Trainin diary
To add a new workout to the Trainin diary, scroll Training diary > Options > Add workout and
input the workout information. The application will name and time a new workout automatically by
the present date and time but you are able to chan e these settin s.
5.5 Deletin a workout
Scroll Training diary > Options > List view > select the workout you want to delete > Options
> delete
5.6 Sendin a workout
You can take screenshots of your workout screens and send them as multimedia messa es, via
Bluetooth or upload the pictures directly to web.
Scroll Training diary > Options > List view > select the workout you want to send > select the
screen you want to screenshot > Options > send > select the sendin channel
5.7 Savin a workout as a route
You can save the workouts you have tracked as routes to be later able to track the same paths and
compare them.
Scroll Trainin diary > Options > List view > select a workout > options > save workout > as
route
Type a name for your route and press OK. Now the new route is available in the list of routes.
5.8 Savin a workout and exportin a workout
You can export your recorded track to Goo le Earth and other 3
rd
party applications.
To export the track to Goo le Earth scroll Training diary > Options > List view > select a
workout > options > save workout > xport to Google arth
Choose the altitude mode (Clamp to round, relative to round, absolute) and altitude data (altitude,
speed). You can create a file only and send it later or you can directly send the created file. Choose
the savin location and sendin mode.
To export the track to other 3
rd
party applications and devices scroll Training diary > Options >
List view > select a workout > options > save workout > xport as GPX / xport as XML /
xport as CSV

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5.9 Replayin a workout
Select Training diary > Options > List view > Select a workout > Options > Replay
You can replay workouts in Trainin diary. Press # to start replayin . You can speed up the replay
pressin 3 and slow it down pressin 1. To see the GPS-points on the map view, press 7. Scroll up
and down with the scroll key, to see the replayed information about: Speed vs. time, Speed vs.
distance, Altitude vs. distance and replay the track raph. You can also scroll left and ri ht, to browse
between different workouts.
5.10 Lookin and modifyin workout properties
If you want to look or modify the workout information, select Training diary > Options > List
view > Select a workout > Options > Properties
You can input workout name, choose activity from the list, choose route, chan e the date and start
time, duration, distance, offset the altitude. You can also see the size of the workout in disk.
6. UPPLOADING WORKOUTS TO TH W B-S RVIC
Diary > browse to workout > Options > Upload to Service
Press 5 to zoom
in the maps and graphs.
Press 0 to zoom out the maps and graphs.

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7. TH ROUT S
In the Routes you can see a list of all recorded and saved routes, see the route summaries, compare
different routes, export routes to Goo le Earth and save them in GPX, XML and CSV formats.
7.1 Route summaries
Select Routes > select a workout
In Route summary you can see the statistics of a route (e. . total distance and avera e speed) see a
bar raph of the workout results, see the route profile and the raph of the track. To see all the
screens, scroll up and down.
In the bar raph, press selection key or *, to see the details of a workout (activity type, time,
distance) and scroll left and ri ht to move from a bar to another. To quit the viewin of the details,
press selection key or *.
7.2 Deletin routes
Select Routes > scroll the route you want to delete > Options > Delete
7.3 Savin routes
You can export your recorded route to Goo le Earth and other 3
rd
party applications.
You can move quickly from a route summary to
another scrolling left and right with navigation key.

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To export the route to Goo le Earth scroll Training diary > Options > List view > select a
workout > options > save workout > xport to Google arth
Choose the altitude mode (Clamp to round, relative to round, absolute). You can create a file only
and send it later or you can directly send the created file. Choose the savin location and sendin
mode (multimedia messa e, Bluetooth, infrared, web upload).
To export the route to other 3
rd
party applications and devices scroll Training diary > Options >
List view > select a workout > options > save workout > xport as GPX / xport as XML /
xport as CSV
7.4 Lookin and modifyin route properties
(altitude offset, the name and size in disk of a route)
If you want to rename or offset the altitude of a route select Routes > scroll a route > Options >
Properties
7.5 Viewin the workouts of a route
Select Routes > scroll a route > Options > view workouts
You can see all the information of the workouts in a route. Scroll up and down to see the Workout
summary, the Workout laps information, Speed vs. time dia ram, Speed vs. distance dia ram, Altitude
vs. distance dia ram and the raph of the track. To see other workouts of the same route, scroll left
and ri ht.
8. S TTINGS
In Settin s you can control eneral settin s of the application concernin Access point, updatin ,
measurement units, workout backli ht, autolap, keylock, GPS filterin and altitude offset. You can also
input users and new activities to the application.
8.1 Modifyin and addin new activities
If you want to modify the settin s of an activity or if you can’t find the ri ht activity type in the
application and want to add your own type in Sports Tracker, you are able to do that in Settin s.
Select Settings > Activities > choose the activity that you want to chan e or scroll down to fill and
empty spot (other 1 and 2) with a new activity.
a) Input the name of the activity
b) Choose how you want the velocity to be shown in the monitor: speed as km/h or pace as
min/km
c) Set the autopause options. The application will pause automatically when the speed is less
than 1, 2, or 5 km/h. To switch of the autopause, choose disabled.
d) Set the speed avera e options.

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8.2 Choosin the Access Point
Select Settings > General > Access Point > select the access point type
If you want to set the access point off, select none.
8.3 Updatin the application
The application will check automatically for available updates. To set the automatic set off (and on)
select Settings > General > Check for updates.
8.4 Chan in the measurement unit
Settin s > General > Measurement unit
8.5 Workout backli ht
The application will automatically switch the workout backli ht off after 10 seconds of pressin a key.
To adjust the workout backli ht select Settings > General > Workout backlight
In the workout mode the hot key to adjust backli ht is 9.
8.6 Autolap si nal
In the workout mode the application will inform the chan in lap with a sound or li ht or both. You
can adjust the settin s or switch the si nal off: Select Settings > General > Autolap signal
8.7 Automatic keylock
The application will keylock itself automatically in 10, 20, 30 seconds. You can adjust the settin s or
switch the keylock off: Select Settings > General > Use Automatic keylock
8.8 GPS filterin
GPS filterin trackes the chan es in speed and course and filters erroreus si nals and makes the
tracked data more reliable.
If you want to adjust the GPS filterin , select Settings > General > GPS filtering
Hi h > hi h level of filterin , Low > loosest filterin level
8.9 Altitude offset
Settings > General > Altitude offset
You can set a eneral altitude offset for your workouts. To set the altitude offset for each route
separately, look the chapter 7.4.
8.10 Step counter
Settings > General > Stepcounter

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9. FR QU NTLY ASK D QU STIONS
Q: What are the first steps?
A: 1. Download the application to your phone in
http://research.nokia.com/research/projects/SportsTracker/index.html
2. Open the application (Applications > Sports Tracker)
3. Add your name to the Users. Settings > Users > type your name / nickname
4. Start new workout
(See the chapter 2 and 5.)
Q: How do I install the application in my phone?
A: You can find the Nokia Sports Tracker application in Internet:
http://research.nokia.com/research/projects/SportsTracker/index.html
There are two options to download the application to phone:
a) use phone browser to access the above-mentioned pa e and click installation link at the
bottom of the pa e or
b) Download the installation packa e to your computer and perform the installation to your
phone usin PC Suite
Q: Do I have to put the GPS on before startin new workout?
A: If the GPS is embedded to the device you don’t have to put it on. The application will switch the
GPS on automatically. If you are usin device with external GPS, you have to put it on separately.
Q: What can I do to quick the GPS to lock on to a si nal?
A: To make the startin quicker, don’t move while the phone is lookin for a si nal and make sure
the phone has clear view to the sky.
Q: How do I know when the GPS is on?
A: When the GPS-box is reen on the workout mode, the GPS is locked to a si nal.
Q: What does the GPS filterin do?
A: GPS filterin trackes the chan es in speed and course and filters erroreus si nals and makes the
tracked data more reliable.
Q: What does the altitude offset do?
A: Altitude offset can be used to zero the altitude readin to a known value (e. . sea level).
Displayed altitude = measured altitude + altitude offset.
Q: What does the feature routes do?
A: In the Routes you can see a list of all recorded and saved routes, see the route summaries,
compare different routes, export routes to Goo le Earth and save them in GPX, XML and CSV
formats.
Q: Can I use Sports Tracker with not Nokia certificated phones?
A: At the moment Sports Tracker is available only in Nokia phones.
Q: Why does the ST stops collectin data sometimes durin workout?
A: If you have set on autopause the application stops collectin data when the speed ets low.
Q: Can I use the phone while trackin a workout?
A: Yes you can. You can use any other application or feature while recordin a workout.
Q: How to navi ate the map on the phone?

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A: At the moment navi atin the map is not possible.
Q: The speed measure jumps a lot, can I smooth that?
A: You can adjust the speed settin s in Settings > Activities > choose activity type >
Speed averaging
Q: The altitude seems to be wron . What can I do about that?
A: You can set an altitude offset for calibration. Offset the altitude of a route select Routes > scroll
a route > Options > Properties > altitude offset.
Q: Why do I see only a black back round instead of maps?
A: Currently the application does not contain any map content; stay tuned for an update. You can
upload your routes for example to Goo le Earth to see them on a map.
Q: Can I add and name other activities to the application?
A: Yes you can. Select Settings > Activities.
Q: Can I switch the autolock off?
A: Yes, you can. Settings > General > Use automatic keylock
Q: Can I switch on the backli ht while trackin rapidly?
A: Yes, you can switch on and off backli ht pressin 9.
Q: How to upload my workouts to the web service?
A: Diary > browse to workout > Options > Upload to Service
Q: I switched on ‘live trackin ’ but the workout is not visible on the web service?
A: You still need to upload the workout to service.