Lost instruction – Omron Hj 720ITC Advanced Pocket Pedometer

Press and hold the reset button on the left side of the unit under the display. Depressions longer than 1.5 seconds will delete all information about the current session, including steps taken, time walked, distance traveled and calories burned. The pedometer will retain information about previous sessions.

1 Press for two seconds. rotates when using the Action mode. 2 Start walking. The display changes with each press of to display the step count, distance, calories burned, and aerobic (brisk) steps, in that order.

The Battery Is Dead

As the battery runs down, you may see flaky readings—counting too few or too many steps. If you have been using the pedometer for a few months without a problem, this may cause newly inaccurate readings. If it is a new pedometer, try changing the battery to see if that corrects the problem.

OMRON machines should be calibrated at least once per year and/or at the start/end of a study if deemed necessary. Allow plenty of time for calibration, this is completed out of house by OMRON and takes approximately 5-7 working days.

A simple way to calibrate the device, that is to determine if it is accurately counting all the steps, is by walking and counting. Simply walk for some time and manually count the number of steps you take, and compare this to the number that is displayed on the pedometer.

Pedometers tend to be less accurate in patients who are extremely obese, primarily because it is worn on the waist and it needs to be perpendicular to the ground in order to accurately count steps.

Turn on physical activity tracking

On your Android phone, open the Settings app. Allow. At the bottom, tap Profile. Under “Tracking preferences,” turn Track your activities on or off.

(To view great examples of raw accelerometer data for several activities, visit Unfit Bits: Research.) If you wear a fitness tracker on your wrist and you move your arms around (even if you aren`t taking any steps) the sensor detects accelerations, which may be counted as steps.

A simple way to calibrate the device, that is to determine if it is accurately counting all the steps, is by walking and counting. Simply walk for some time and manually count the number of steps you take, and compare this to the number that is displayed on the pedometer.