Activ8rlives BuddyBand2, Manual

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How Does the Activ8rlives BuddyBand2 Work?
Now to use your Activ8rlives BuddyBand2 ! Attach your Activ8rlives BuddyBand2 to your wrist, or attach the
Beltclip to your waistband or other clothing, or wear the Beltclip attached to the inside of your sock when
cycling. Pockets are not great for step counters—we forget about them and they end-up in washing
machines and dryers. For this reason and also the
Button gets pressed and reset, it is recommended that you
DO NOT wear your Activ8rlives BuddyBand2 in your pocket.
The Activ8rlives BuddyBand2 has a 3-axis accelerometer chip and a microprocessor, which measures how
you move (accelerate) in three dimensions and it uses this information to calculate the number of steps you
take.
You will notice that the display does not always update as you move. It has a 6 step filter to eliminate
inaccuracies due to non-activity related movement and bumps and the screen may even go blank. It has an
eco-friendly sleep mode to make the battery last longer but will wake up and update from time-to-time or if
you continue moving. It also records how much time you spend exercising. Useful as part of a rehabilitation
programme and it is very accurate.
If you attach the Activ8rlives BuddyBand2 t o your wrist as you walk, you will see just how accurately it can
“sense” your steps and starts counting these after you have taken 10 consecutive steps.
Another ability of the Activ8rlives BuddyBand2 is that it will count and store your steps for your last 7 days so
that you can upload these at a later time in the week.
Energy expenditure is calculated based on your stride length and your weight and is shown in calories
(Kcal). The values are approximate but gives you a useful indication of how much effort it takes to burn off
the food you have eaten. You will be able to measure how much physical effort it takes to burn-off even 200-
300 Kcal—talk about an incentive to reduce your intake of “junk” calories (a chocolate muffin at Starbucks is
500 calories—that takes a lot of walking to burn this snack off!)
Again, an approximate Total Distance value is calculated for you based on your steps and your average stride
length. This is useful for estimating how far you walk at work or at school, for example.
Steps, distance, calories and activity time are all saved to your Activ8rlives BuddyBand2 and can be uploaded
to your personal Activ8rlives account. This is covered in later sections.