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Page 1: ...NewtonTM Power Cycling Computer Operating Instructions FW 5 00 and higher September 2014 PROTECTED BY ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING US PATENTS 7 387 029 7 377 180 D528 451 1...

Page 2: ...CTIONS REQUIRE THE USE OF FIRMWARE 5 0 OR HIGHER THEY DO NOT APPLY TO NEWTONS WITH OLDER VERSIONS OF FIRMWARE VERSIONS 1 X 4 X To learn how to install your Newton mount and sensors please refer to pri...

Page 3: ...reboot the Newton with a Hard Reset 19 20 How to fine tune the wind sensor performance 20 Send Newton Power to ANT cycling computer GT 21 Lap Marker Feature 21 Auto Hill Feature 21 PART THREE ADVANCED...

Page 4: ...y button To check battery charge click the left arrow of the Newton one time While charging the middle window shows batt and the bottom window will flash chrg charging followed by the percentage charg...

Page 5: ...SHIPPED WITH YOUR NEWTON HAS BEEN PRE PAIRED AT THE FACTORY AND IS READY TO USE A BULLSEYE APPEARS IN THE MAIN WINDOW WHEN THE NEWTON RECEIVES SIGNALS FROM YOUR SENSOR Wake up your Newton by clicking...

Page 6: ...ISAAC on your computer make sure it is the latest version in the ISAAC menu go to Help Check Online for Software Update SETTING DATE AND TIME IN YOUR NEWTON Connect your Newton to your computer awaken...

Page 7: ...eed power cadence Heart Rate if HR strap is used and calories Bike Computer Power Meter Click the center button to toggle between each main screen TIP THE BULLSEYE IS SOLID ON WHEN SPEED CADENCE SIGNA...

Page 8: ...g at any point in your ride you can find out the slope of the hill you re climbing or the amount of head wind or tail wind o Click the down arrow once to see hill slope in the top window o Click the d...

Page 9: ...D INTERVAL TRAINING SCREENS Left Arrow TOTAL SCREENS LAP SCREEN PRO AND POWERSTROKE ONLY You can get summary statistics for the entire ride with the Total screens Total screens are shown by clicking t...

Page 10: ...ou ll see cal and W flash as your Newton automatically calibrates itself After 5 minutes your calibration is finished and watts appear in the main screen For an average sized road cyclist 180 pounds 2...

Page 11: ...hest accuracy and consistency See APPENDIX 4 for a discussion of accuracy and consistency On the final screen of the Set Up Newton procedure click the Best Accuracy button Your Newton will be configur...

Page 12: ...u ride 9 During the Cal Ride you can bike at a leisurely pace and it s OK to stop if needed Your Cal Ride will be unaffected 10 Ride for five minutes until go bac k turn 180 degrees flashes 11 If you...

Page 13: ...ride for example at a stop light or during rest break the Newton s ride recording pauses automatically then resumes automatically when you begin to move ENDING A TRIP TRIP RESET When you re finished r...

Page 14: ...appears 3 Then use the up down left right arrows to set the elevation to your current location 4 Click the center button to accept The Newton returns to the main screen The elevation number you set i...

Page 15: ...TO STORE A PROFILE IN ISAAC AND HOW TO LOAD AN ISAAC STORED PROFILE INTO YOUR NEWTON REFER TO THE ISAAC SOFTWARE INSTRUCTIONS AVAILABLE FROM THE HELP HELP DOCUMENTS MENU IN ISAAC Your Newton is shippe...

Page 16: ...y 2 Pair your ANT sensors to your new profile 3 Start riding or if you chose best accuracy 4 Perform a Cal Ride SETTING UP A NEW BIKE 1 Connect your Newton to your computer and launch ISAAC software s...

Page 17: ...E YOUR NEWTON WITH MULTIPLE BIKES CHANGE PROFILES WITH ISAAC BEFORE PERFORMING THE SCAN SEE CHANGING NEWTON PROFILE SETTING ON PAGE 16 3 To pair your Newton to your ANT sensors press hold the Newton s...

Page 18: ...nsor active on your bike and automatically select the correct profile to work with it The bullseye lights in the main window of the Newton signaling that speed cadence information is being received To...

Page 19: ...measurements displayed can be jumpy EXCLUSIVE ALL NEWTON MODELS INCLUDE THE DYNAMIC POWER SMOOTHINGTM DISPLAY WHICH PROVIDES SMOOTH EVEN WATTS WHEN YOU RE PEDALING AT A CONSTANT PACE AND NEARLY INSTA...

Page 20: ...r if you ride both in very cold and very hot conditions Here is what to do 1 Let your Newton acclimate to the temperature where you will be riding 2 CRITICAL find a place where there is absolutely no...

Page 21: ...of your lap results Press hold the left arrow for 5 seconds and your lap results will be presented Simply click the up arrow to see the results of each prior lap When you download your rides into ISAA...

Page 22: ...ed features available in your Newton with FW 5 0 depends on your Newton s serial number as well as optional keys you may have previously purchased for it Following each serial number series is a list...

Page 23: ...description of advanced features and their operation INDOOR TRAINER MODE The Indoor Trainer mode allows you to measure indoor power with over 100 different models of indoor trainers and rollers Consu...

Page 24: ...ELS THIS COMMAND WON T WORK IF YOUR NEWTON DOES NOT HAVE THE INDOOR TRAINER FEATURE INSTALLED 3 OR select Newton models only Enter Setup click arrow to find trnr off click the center button off flashe...

Page 25: ...your body weight in KG This Watts per kilogram ratio is a simple and critical measure of cycling fitness Simply put the higher your watts per kilogram the more fit you are and the faster you ll go esp...

Page 26: ...atio and as your fitness level HOW TO DO THE FITNESS TEST Press hold the right arrow until you see the message Fit Train Then as necessary click the left right arrow repeatedly to find the Fit Test sc...

Page 27: ...lights and traffic is best depending on how fast you can pedal you should try to find a course that is 5 to 8 miles long Another good alternative is a long uphill grade Before beginning the test ride...

Page 28: ...s aggressively as you can and try to keep those watts up TIP 20 minutes is a long time You ll see that both average and current watts are displayed on the Newton Both of these numbers will help you ke...

Page 29: ...W KG fitness test result by selecting Fit Test and clicking the center button Your W KG number is shown multiplying this number by your body weight in KG will give you your FTP number MEASURING YOUR F...

Page 30: ...rement by one and the target watts and time for the next interval will appear Continue with the workout until the set is finished 9 To exit the interval workout press hold the right arrow End Train fl...

Page 31: ...a pre programmed workout To do this simply 1 Press hold the right arrow to enter FIT TRAIN 2 With the left right arrow select USER 3 To start the workout click the center button 4 To end the workout p...

Page 32: ...ED TT WORKOUTS Suppose you don t want to do a pre programmed workout in your Newton but you d like to do some interval training anyhow The Newton gives you a simple way to ride so you can see average...

Page 33: ...ou may review the results of all prior TT intervals by clicking the up arrow You ll see the interval number in the top window average watts for the interval in the center window and elapsed time for t...

Page 34: ...SCREENS Once entering the Setup mode press hold up arrow for two seconds scroll to any setup screen by clicking the up or down arrows located on the red button Click the up arrow advance to the NEXT s...

Page 35: ...off click center button select off then click the center button to accept TIP WHEN YOU AWAKEN THE NEWTON FROM SLEEP IF POWERSTROKE RECORDING IS ENABLED THE MESSAGE ON FAST REC WILL APPEAR CLICK THE CE...

Page 36: ...riding a 3 or 5 second filtering is a good choice but watts will tend to be jumpy For long endurance and TT rides at a constant pace 10 or 30 second filtering will give you very smooth readings but p...

Page 37: ...on s Totals screen TSS OFF If you d like to see them then do click the center button the bottom screen flashes Use the up arrow to select YES then click the center button to accept done flashes CDA ON...

Page 38: ...asures the aerodynamic and optionally friction drag coefficients that are particular to each cyclist riding position bike type tires and road type The measured drag coefficients are then stored in you...

Page 39: ...these steps were performed more than 30 minutes prior to the start of your Coast Downs you will be required to do them again 8 After completing the above steps click the center button to start the Co...

Page 40: ...AT ARE LEVEL TO UPHILL TIP IF YOU ACCIDENTALLY INITIATE THE COAST DOWN CALIBRATION PROCESS YOU MAY STOP ABORT IT BY PRESS HOLDING THE CENTER BUTTON THE SCREEN WILL SAY Abrt COASt abort coast THE COAST...

Page 41: ...e pages 10 12 Problem Power readings seem to be off for first five minutes only then become normal Possible causes 1 Mount has been rotated Keep riding for 8 minutes after which watts will become norm...

Page 42: ...features don t work Cause Your unit does not have one or more of the above optional features enabled 1 Go to http store ibikesports com performance feature upgrades sort priceasc to purchase optional...

Page 43: ...Recording PowerStroke Ride Files Once the PowerStroke key is installed your Newton settings will be changed so that PowerStroke recording Fast Recording is normally ON NOTICE THE FAST RECORDING USED...

Page 44: ...me To estimate your FTP from the Newton fitness test take the watts per kilogram number shown in your FIT TEST screen multiply that number by your weight in kilograms then multiply that number by 0 95...

Page 45: ...workouts work and rest periods combined longer 2 5 h road races 0 95 1 05 lactate threshold intervals work period only shorter 2 5 h road races criteriums circuit races longer e g 40 km TTs 1 05 1 15...

Page 46: ...uts and even prescribe rest days If you can normally ride two hours at an IF of 9 but today you really struggled it might be time for a couple of easy recovery rides IF of under 7 Using this informati...

Page 47: ...expend power opposing wind hill climbs bike acceleration and rolling friction of the bike and tires A powerful microprocessor programmed with proprietary DSP filters and real time solutions to the dyn...

Page 48: ...ably on the details of bike type rider position and rider size The drops position is not as aerodynamically efficient Values between 0 32 and 0 38 are typical The hoods position hands grasping the bra...

Page 49: ...istent results right out of the box but you can fine tune its accuracy using ISAAC and by performing a Cal Ride HOW DOES THE NEWTON MEASURE TEMPERATURE The Newton measures the temperature at the wind...

Page 50: ...HASING THE OPTIONAL REMOTE WIND SENSOR RWS THE RWS WILL KEEP RAIN FROM FILLING THE NEWTON S WIND PORT AND WILL IMPROVE WATTS ACCURACY DURING RAINY RIDES HOW DO I HARD RESET THE NEWTON Your Newton cont...

Page 51: ...orted is nearly the same each time that same level of effort is achieved Accuracy for any level of cycling the power number reported is nearly correct as compared to an absolute standard To illustrate...

Page 52: ...each other even though accuracy is not yet its best Good consistency and good accuracy For anyone who wants to use a power meter to become a better cyclist the most critical step is to get consistent...

Page 53: ...prove accuracy and consistency from good to better use the simple Device Set Up Newton procedure available in ISAAC software and click on the Better Accuracy button in the final window To get best acc...

Page 54: ...Copyright Velocomp LLP 2005 2014 54 APPENDIX 5 FEATURES BY MODEL AND SERIAL NUMBER 54...

Page 55: ...15 36 49 End Train 30 33 42 ENVIRO NMENT screens 9I10 Eras e Data 10 37 Exit SetUp 34 F FAST START SETUP 4I5 Fat burning workouts 29 42 Filt er Display Setting 36 FIT TRAIN 9 26 30I32 40 FITNESS TEST...

Page 56: ...eep Mode 4 6 13 Steer Tube Mount 5 Strength Interval Workout 26 30 T Target watts 30 Temperature 9 20 49 Terminate Cal Ride 12 Time of day 6 9 Total ride time 10 Total Vertical Climbed 9 49 Total weig...

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