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Using the Nike+iPod Sensor

By Wendy Bumgardner, About.com

Updated July 12, 2008

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Calibrating Your Nike+iPod Sensor

iPod Nano Screen

iPod Nano Screen

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To calibrate your Nike+iPod Sensor, first measure off a distance you can walk or run. If an outdoors track is handy, once around the inside lane is 400 meters, which the top choice on the calibration screen.

If you don't have a track, measure off a known distance near where you usually start your walking or running workout. You can use a car odometer, a bike odometer, or a surveyor's wheel if you don't have any handy mileposts nearby.

  • Attach the sensor to your shoe, start your iPod nano, select Nike+iPod, then Setting, then Calibrate.
  • Select a walk or run calibration.
  • Select the distance you have already measured and are ready to walk or run at your usual pace.
  • Follow the onscreen instructions and begin your walk or run. When you reach the end of the distance, tell the iPod you are at the end. Now your sensor is calibrated.
If you are attaching the sensor to a non-Nike Plus Ready shoe, I suggest calibrating it each time. This is because the angle the sensor is at is likely to be slightly different each time, and that will affect the accuracy unless it is recalibrated.

Step by Step Screen Shots of Calibrating Your Sensor

Now you are ready for your Nike+iPod Workout.
Step by Step for a Nike+iPod Workout

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