velocomp PowerPod Reference guide

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PowerPod®!Best!Accuracy!Out-and-Back!Calibration!Procedure!
February!2017!
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1: You!must!have!ANT+!or!“Dual!Band”!ANT+/BLE!speed!sensors!(not!supplied)!installed!on!
your!bike.!!N0R5#>-%!9$,,8!?>8!.?8,>.,!9,>9#&9!JS00!A@;!J@TU!7'*)!?>%!CC!$#7,&!/,*,&:!
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Customize!PowerPod!Settings!and!Enable!Out-and-Back!Calibration!!
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F: I#--#7!*),!9,*=$!9*,$9Z!AND!SELECT!“BEST!ACCURACY”!IN!THE!FINAL!SETUP!STEP:!!
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“Best!Accuracy”!out-and-back!(“O&B”)!calibration!ride!
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%-.'"+"$5Z!the!light!changes!to!flashing!red/green:!
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6: J),>!%#=b^,!&,?.),8!9*?&*'>(!$#'>*!#E!%#=&!@QN!&'8,Z!<;@C:!!!
d: ;#!9*?&*!@QN!.?-'L&?*'#>!&'8,Z!.-'.O!*),!C#7,&C#8!L=**#>:!!The!light!will!change!from!
flashing!red/green!to!flashing!yellow:!
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E-?9)!%,--#7!?>8!%#=&!L'O,!.#/$=*,&!watts!will!start!to!climb!slowly,!from!1!to!50:!;),!
7?**?(,!>=/L,&!'>8'.?*,9!*),!f!.#/$-,*'#>!#E!*),!.?-'L&?*'#>!&'8,!G':,:!14J!/,?>9!*),!
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%#=&!L'O,!.#/$=*,&HZ!the!status!light!changes!to!solid!red!and!watts!no!longer!increase!
beyond!50W,!(watts!“stick”!at!50W):!
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3V: XE*,&!.#/'>(!*#!?!.#/$-,*,!9*#$,!.&#99!*),!&#?8Z!*=&>!?&#=>8!?>8!*),>!ride!back!to!your!
starting!point!along!the!same!route.!
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G322f!.#/$-,*,H!#>!%#=&!L'O,!.#/$=*,&:!!The!flashing!yellow!light!will!go!out:!!!
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O&B!Ride!Troubleshooting!
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3: !I!never!see!PP!flashing!red/green!light:!!!X>97,&_!3H!W?O,!9=&,!%#=b^,!'>9*?--,8!IJ!F:13!
#&!?L#^,:!!1H!g9,!S9??.!9#E*7?&,!M\,^'.,Y<,*=$!A,7*#>YN,9*!X..=&?.%P!*#!,>?L-,!*),!
@QN!&'8,!/#8,:!!VH!A,a*Z!%#=!/=9*!9=..,99E=--%!$?'&!%#=&!XA;K!9$,,8Y.?8,>.,!9,>9#&!*#!
CC:!!]H!;),>Z!/-&('.3*44(33-*#.3($3%'.;/"'"$5Z!%#=&!CC!-'()*!7'--!9)#7!9#-'8!%,--#7!E#&!12!
/'>=*,9:!4H!J)'-,!*),!-'()*!'9!9#-'8!%,--#7Z!3&/'&.'"+"$5:!!XE*,&!?!E,7!9,.#>89!#E!&'8'>(!*),!
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1: My!PP!is!flashing!red/green!and!I!don’t!know!why:!!X>97,&_!%#=&!C#7,&C#8!)?9!L,,>!
$=*!'>*#!@QN!.?-'L&?*'#>!/#8,Z!?>8!#>.,!%#=!9*?&*!&'8'>(!%#=&!CC!7'--!E-?9)!&,8Y(&,,>:!!
C,&E#&/!*),!@QN!.?-'L&?*'#>!&'8,!G9,,!'--=9*&?*'#>!#>!$?(,!VH:!!<*?&*!?*!9*,$!4h.-'.O!*),!
CC!L=**#>!*#!L,('>!*),!@QN!&'8,:!
V: I!do!not!want!to!do!an!O&B!ride,!but!I!clicked!the!button!while!PP!light!was!flashing!
red/green,!and!now!the!light!flashes!yellow:!!X>97,&_!B#=&!CC!)?9!?..'8,>*?--%!L,,>!
$=*!'>*#!@QN!.?-'L&?*'#>!/#8,Z!GL%!.-'.O'>(!*),!CC!L=**#>!7)'-,!'*9!-'()*!7?9!E-?9)'>(!
&,8Y(&,,>H:!XL#&*!*),!.?-'L&?*'#>!/#8,!7'*)!?!$&,995)#-8!*),!L=**#>!E#&!?L#=*!]!
9,.#>89Z!=>*'-!*),!-'()*!.)?>(,9!*#!9#-'8!%,--#7:!!T,-,?9,!*),!L=**#>:!!B#=&!-'()*!7'--!9)#7!
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]: I!want!to!do!an!O&B!ride.!!My!PP!light!is!solid!yellow!but!it!does!not!change!to!flashing!
red/green!when!I!start!riding.!!X>97,&_!3H!W?O,!9=&,!%#=b^,!.#/$-,*,-%!E#--#7,8!
*&#=L-,9)##*'>(!$#'>*!3!?L#^,:!!!B#=&!CC!7'--!'>!*#!@QN!/#8,!#>-%!?E*,&!%#=!)?^,!=9,8!
S9??.!9#E*7?&,!*#!9,*!=$!*),!@QN!/#8,Z!#&!%#=!)?^,!9=..,99E=--%!$?'&,8!%#=&!CC!*#!?!
\ICW:!!!1H!J)'-,!9*?>8'>(!9*'--!9$'>!*),!7),,-!#E!%#=&!L'O,i!/?O,!9=&,!*)?*!%#=!9,,!L'O,!
9$,,8!'>!%#=&!L'O,!.#/$=*,&!7'>8#7:!!SE!%#=!8#>b*!9,,!L'O,!9$,,8Z!,/?'-!
*,.)>'.?-9=$$#&*j^,-#.#/$:.#/!E#&!>,a*!9*,$9:!
4: I!started!my!O&B!calibration!ride.!!The!light!flashes!yellow!but!my!watts!don’t!climb!to!
50W!after!five!minutes!of!riding.!!X>97,&_!%#=&!9$,,8!9,>9#&!'9!#$,&?*'>(!
'>*,&/'**,>*-%:!!R/?'-!*,.)>'.?-9=$$#&*j^,-#.#/$:.#/!E#&!>,a*!9*,$9:!
F: On!my!O&B!ride!my!watts!climbed!to!50W,!and!I!then!started!riding!back,!but!my!
watts!reading!remained!“stuck”!at!50W:!!X>97,&_!?*!*),!42J!$#'>*!%#=!MUST!<;@CZ!
(,*!#EE!*),!L'O,Z!*=&>!?&#=>8Z!?>8!;kRA!&'8,!L?.O:!!SI!B@g!\@Ab;!<;@CZ!;kR!JX;;<!
JS00!A@;!SA"TRX<R!XN@+R!42J:!!SE!*)'9!,&&#&!)?$$,>9!*#!%#=!*),>!7'--!>,,8!*#!?L#&*!
*),!.?-!&'8,!G9,,!$#'>*!1!?L#^,H!?>8!$,&E#&/!?!>,7!@QN!&'8,:!J),>!%#=!8#!%#=&!@QN!.?-!
&'8,!?(?'>Z!/?O,!9=&,!?*!*),!42J!/?&O!G7),&,!CC!-'()*!*=&>9!9#-'8!&,8H!%#=!STOP,!turn!
around,!and!then!ride!back:!
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