Miscellaneous settings

The miscellaneous section of the settings page contains the following items:

Sounds

This option enables sounds at the following times:

• End of a work interval (siren sound)
• End of a work interval, if followed by another work interval (beep sound)
• 15 seconds remaining in a rest interval (beep sound)

Auto start/stop

This setting is designed to enable hands-free, accurate timing of sprint races, or any workout where you start from a stationary position. When you use auto start/stop, your pre-race routine looks like this:

1. Select the appropriate workout (e.g. "1000m", or "2000m") and choose "No Countdown".
2. Approach the start and get locked into position.
3. Press the "Start" button.
   • The top bar on the Row/Paddle screen changes from red to yellow to indicate that the timer is paused.
4. When the race begins, the timer starts automatically as you initiate the first stroke, and the top bar changes from yellow to green.
5. When you complete the race, the timer stops automatically and should be reasonably accurate.

Most CrewNerd users leave auto start/stop enabled at all times so that their elapsed time is a good indicator of their actual moving time.

If auto start/stop is disabled, the timer is controlled only by pressing the start and stop buttons, and the top bar will always be green or red (never yellow).

Lock screen orientation

This setting allows you to lock the CrewNerd display to a specific device orientation. The supported options are:

• Never locked - in this mode, CrewNerd is free to switch the screen orientation in response to changes in the orientation of the phone.
• When timer active - in this mode, the display orientation is locked whenever the timer is running, but free to change otherwise.
• Portrait - locks the screen in portrait mode at all times
• Landscape - locks the screen in landscape mode with the top of the phone on the left
• Reverse landscape - locks the screen in landscape mode with the top of the phone on the right

This setting is sometimes useful when the phone is mounted flat, or nearly flat on your boat. In this orientation, the acceleration and deceleration of the boat on each stroke can sometimes cause the phone's screen to flip back and forth because it looks to the phone like you are tilting it back and forth. By locking the screen orientation appropriately, you can be sure that the display is always oriented correctly.

Coach mode

When used in coach mode, CrewNerd becomes a useful tool in the coaching launch. The only thing that changes in coach mode is that CrewNerd no longer uses the phone's accelerometer to detect strokes. Instead, you can tap anywhere on the Row/Paddle screen in time with the athlete or crew, and the displayed stroke rate will update.

For coaches, CrewNerd can be a great tool for keeping track of total distance, elapsed time, current pace, and so on. By creating a custom interval workout that represents the coach's plan for the day, CrewNerd can help keep the practice on track.

Video sync mode

There are several tools that allow you to overlay video with performance data, but to do that you need to be able to synchronize the performance data with the video, which can be difficult. This feature makes it easy to synchronize a video recording with CSV data exported from CrewNerd.

When this feature is enabled, CrewNerd will display a video synchronization pop-up message whenever you start the app. To synchronize with video, have your videographer start recording and capture you pressing the "Start Practice" button.

The instant that you press the button becomes your reference point. Then, when you export your detailed CSV data from CrewNerd later, the "practice elapsed time" will be relative to your reference point, and you know exactly where in the video it occurred.

Here's an example of what you can do with this: