Calibration helps? does anyone know if Calibrating this thing helps?
1161643
Calibrating does, indeed, help, and it's really easy to do (just follow the on-screen instructions). Out of the box, my kit was about 20% off from reality (on a 10K run, it was only showing 8K traveled). I used the local high school track to calibrate the kit by doing a measured 400m lap around the track, and now I'm within 1.25% of accurate measurement which is good enough for me (it's still showing on the low side). This last weekend's 5 mile race shows up as 4.94 miles on nikeplus.com, but that's good enough for me. Hope this helps you.
1281339
Yes because the device calibrates it to match a standard calibration. So what you see is what other's see when they have also calibrated. Therefore it will calibrate them all to the same standard.
826818
I found nothing in the instructions on how to calibrate. We just installed ours and so far it's accurate. Time will tell.
1476358
I think so but I'm uncertain. It wouldn't surprise me though if it doesn't work properly. It's probably not calibrated to work with it specifically.
233000
Not sure about that Michael. Maybe someone else can respond to your question. I really don't think it would calibrate correctly.....just my opinion.
2168905
Go to AVSforum.com and you'll find calibration info there. Why pay when you can tweak it yourself for free?
1777384
I have never calibrated mine and not sure how you would do it short of sending it back to factory. I have compared mine with several other test sets and also the system at my pool store and found it to be very accurate.
801755
I wish I could sincerely answer your question. This device has not been the best so far. Constant calibration and off results. I would suggest investing a little bit more money on a better scale.
1142641
I used it right out of the box, no adjustment or calibration. This was with Windows 7 and Nvidia GTX 550 Ti.
1777383
I saw no way to calibrate it, and contacted the manufacturer when my chlorine reading was way off. They did not mention calibration. I tried 2 kits and gave up after my chlorine reading was way off on both.
1142642
For me it was ready to rock and roll. However I would suggest you run some basic tests to make sure yours is, and that the calibration is to your personal liking.
1904050
Have you tried calibrating? I bought two and they were just a smidge off, so calibrated and they are perfect. You might try changing surfaces it sits on. I was at a gem show last week and many vendors used this specific scale.
747432
I did not calibrate it except to test against another thermometer. It was right on. No adjusting is possible to the reading.
1034505
I am not sure what you mean by calibrate, but it may require some adjustment to be perfectly sighted in at your desired distance. It includes tools for making the adjustments and some rudimentary instructions.
1160630
I never calibrated and just started using it. I took several packages to the post office and everything checked out perfectly. They explain how to calibrate it in the manual.
587519
Mine was pretty well calibrated (within .02g for the 500g weight). It really depends on how accurate you want it to be. It is not "self calibrating". A set of calibration weights will help keep your scale as accurate as it can be.
35434
At the bare minimum try getting a THX certified DVD (Cars, Finding Nemo, etc...) and using the THX Optimizer included on the disc. This will help some, but won't beat a professional calibration.