Shot Scope Users Group

[MIGregB]

18 hours ago, MIgregb said:

Quick observation & a question regarding the X5. I, too, had no issue with either the initial firmware update or syncing courses. In fact, this is the 1st time among the 4 different SS devices that I could sync more than 2 courses without having to do log-outs and/or resets. I did 8 updates, one at a time of course, without a hic-up. Well done Shot Scope!

However, I am frustrated with how difficult it is to get the X5 into the watch mode. When I turn it on, it defaults to the "connect" mode and the only way I can get to any other screen is to go to the shut-down command and swipe up a bunch of times. It eventually goes to the settings screen where I can then hit the return button sending it to the watch face. I initially thought something was wrong because swiping up from the connect screen or the shut-down screen did nothing. I just kept at it until it worked. Anyone figure out an easier method?  

Ok, so it turned out to be an app problem setting up the X5 and not an X5 problem. I could not get the app to move through the tutorial so I would skip through it. I could still update the firmware and courses, so I didn't suspect anything was amiss. Trying the old trick of un-installing/re-installing the app enabled me to get through the tutorial and complete the set-up. Now, once I turn on the X5 and wait 3 seconds, it goes directly to the watch screen.  Problem solved. 

I hope to put the X5 through its paces tomorrow. 

[nupezb]

I’m considering moving on from Arccos and getting the X5. What is the battery life? I have an upcoming golf trip where I will play several 36 hole days. I would plan to charge the phone between the rounds. 
 

[MIGregB]

12 minutes ago, nupezb said:

I’m considering moving on from Arccos and getting the X5. What is the battery life? I have an upcoming golf trip where I will play several 36 hole days. I would plan to charge the phone between the rounds. 
 

I didn't get mine until after I played Monday, but I plan on playing tomorrow so I'll let you know. I'm curious about how the battery holds up as well. 

[MattF]

My understanding is it's good for 2+ rounds, so 36 for a day shouldn't be an issue.

[tony@CIC]

4 hours ago, nupezb said:

I’m considering moving on from Arccos and getting the X5. What is the battery life? I have an upcoming golf trip where I will play several 36 hole days. I would plan to charge the phone between the rounds. 
 

Haven't gotten my X5 yet but published specs say 36 holes. However, I can attest to the V3 being good for 36 holes.  

[fixyurdivot]

Just wanted to give a shoutout to Shotscope's support.  Hole #2 at Granite Falls North course was showing as a par 3.  I sent SS an email and they responded in a couple days that it had been corrected.  That asked if I would confirm the change, I resynced my watch and checked it yesterday - all done.  Pretty cool how quickly they responded and resolved this . 

[JerryB]

Took the X5 on it's maiden voyage today.  Definitely need to read the manual before the next round.  I'm always a little negative regarding change and take a moment or two to warm up to something different, but I'm lukewarm after the first round.  

Not a huge fan of the new charging port.  I liked the clip charger of the V3.  This one seems like it may be easier for me to break it eventually.

I do really like the lock feature for the buttons.  Too many times with the V3 I would accidentally add an extra putt or two because my glove would bunch against the button.  

The touch screen is nice but my fingers are a little fat for the tiny screen.  

The option to see your score is nice although I didn't check it during the round.  Tracking my steps is also a neat add.

I'll likely warm up as I get used to it, but these were my initial thoughts.

[tony@CIC]

Yup it's on it's way - Got the shipping notice last night - one week ahead of schedule. My wife on the other hand is slightly upset as she didn't get the same email. Mine is Blue - her's is white. 

[MattF]

3 hours ago, tony@CIC said:

Mine is Blue - her's is white. 

The white are being shipped later than all the others.

[fozcycle]

Second Round in the books with my X5. Was 5 strokes short of my total probably due to duffing a shot and following up with the same club. I also had a penalty but did not know where to go to record it. Anyway, all else was spot on. The only after round aggravation from the X5 watch was the lack of Green Tees for my club. I have the Green tees on my iPad, but they are not on the X5. This means that it sometimes places my drive on the white tees so I have to edit this.

[tony@CIC]

20 minutes ago, fozcycle said:

Second Round in the books with my X5. Was 5 strokes short of my total probably due to duffing a shot and following up with the same club. I also had a penalty but did not know where to go to record it. Anyway, all else was spot on. The only after round aggravation from the X5 watch was the lack of Green Tees for my club. I have the Green tees on my iPad, but they are not on the X5. This means that it sometimes places my drive on the white tees so I have to edit this.

Did you let support know? I play from the green tees as well and hope it's not a watch issue. 

[cnosil]

6 minutes ago, tony@CIC said:

Did you let support know? I play from the green tees as well and hope it's not a watch issue. 

I wouldn’t think it is a watch issue,  tees and course layout are part of the course database and dashboard.  The X5 uses the same information as all the other devices.   

[tony@CIC]

32 minutes ago, cnosil said:

I wouldn’t think it is a watch issue,  tees and course layout are part of the course database and dashboard.  The X5 uses the same information as all the other devices.   

Since I don't have mine yet I wasn't sure since Foz brought it up. With the V3, of course you set up the edit function in the app by the tees. Sounds like there's a function on the watch. 

[fozcycle]

1 hour ago, tony@CIC said:

Did you let support know? I play from the green tees as well and hope it's not a watch issue. 

Thanks Tony, I just did. My club has 5 tees but X5 only has two.

[CudaKota66]

My season was supposed to start yesterday (took a 'me day' from work) but allergies dictated I stay home to nap on/off throughout the day    As fate would have it, my X5 arrived in the afternoon 

I keep reading references to 'a rotating bezel'  Does anyone's X5 bezel actually rotate, or is that just a capacitive-touch function? I ask because my Samsung Gear bezel does rotate & I don't want to break the X5 the first day of toying with it.

Speaking of design...I think I know where the inspiration came from (my Gear on the left; X5 on the right)

 

[cksurfdude]

*FIRMWARE UPDATE AVAILABLE*

Played the first round with the X5 .. GPS, hazards, etc worked great .. but .. got home, went to Shutdown and the crazy thing (Jetsons reference ) just kept buzzing .....

.. tried again but this time instead of touching Shutdown I used the main function/menu scroll button on the side to scroll down then back up .. then pushed it in .. and then it did do a shutdown.....

Saw an email from ShotScope about download the latest firmware.

Maybe that's addressed in the latest update..? TBD...

[CudaKota66]

4 hours ago, CudaKota66 said:

I keep reading references to 'a rotating bezel'  Does anyone's X5 bezel actually rotate, or is that just a capacitive-touch function? I ask because my Samsung Gear bezel does rotate & I don't want to break the X5 the first day of toying with it.

Well...it helps watching the tutorials, after all. The top button is referred to as 'the crown' (aka bezel) & rotates to progress through options. Also, multiple swipes left/right encompass all of the scoring options....including penalty shots 

Glad I pulled-the-trigger on this purchase. Excited to see the improvements in dashboard software/stats that are rumored.....nice work, ShotScope!!

 

 

[CudaKota66]

6 hours ago, fozcycle said:

Thanks Tony, I just did. My club has 5 tees but X5 only has two.

@fozcycle one of the tutorials says that if your tee isn't listed on the watch, select one that is & edit it on the dashboard post-round.

[nupezb]

My season was supposed to start yesterday (took a 'me day' from work) but allergies dictated I stay home to nap on/off throughout the day [emoji53] [emoji1784]  As fate would have it, my X5 arrived in the afternoon [emoji3060]
I keep reading references to 'a rotating bezel' [emoji848] Does anyone's X5 bezel actually rotate, or is that just a capacitive-touch function? I ask because my Samsung Gear bezel does rotate & I don't want to break the X5 the first day of toying with it.
Speaking of design...I think I know where the inspiration came from (my Gear on the left; X5 on the right)
 

Looking forward to reading your observations.


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[PhilM75072]

My X5 arrived yesterday. I never received advance notice. It arrived with 6% charge. I waited until it was 100% before connecting to the app. Firmware update and synching all the courses that needed to be (7 in my case) went flawlessly. I went through all the settings to get it the way I want to use it (no scoring, auto putting, preferred clock face).

I notice no "GPS" setting, unlike the V3. Since with the V3 I always used the L1 + L5 setting, it will be interesting to see how GPS yardages compare at my home course. I may take along my Ve, put it in GPS mode only and put it in the cart for comparison.

Looking forward to my 1st round with the 5 on Monday!

[MattF]

12 hours ago, cksurfdude said:

*FIRMWARE UPDATE AVAILABLE*

Played the first round with the X5 .. GPS, hazards, etc worked great .. but .. got home, went to Shutdown and the crazy thing (Jetsons reference ) just kept buzzing .....

.. tried again but this time instead of touching Shutdown I used the main function/menu scroll button on the side to scroll down then back up .. then pushed it in .. and then it did do a shutdown.....

Saw an email from ShotScope about download the latest firmware.

Maybe that's addressed in the latest update..? TBD...

I believe it is addressed.

[MIGregB]

I got my 1st (9 hole) round in the books, and I'm very pleased with the X5. It took a couple of holes to get familiar with the manual putting routine and learn the unlock procedure, which is changed a bit with yesterday's firmware update. But the X5 captured all shots and seemed to place them in the right places (i.e., bunker shots were in the bunker, tee shots were on the tee boxes, etc.). The course was awfully busy (an 80 deg April Friday in Michigan, go figure!!) so it took almost 2-1/2 hours to play the 9, but it had 78% battery life when completed. The instructions said to turn on the GPS/Track function 5 mins ahead of time and it took every bit of that if not more. I hope that was an initial time needed to locate satellites for my geographical location and not something needed every time, but I very pleased with the X5.

This is the 1st wearable I've owned that tracked steps so I was curious how many the nearly 3000 yard 9 holes would be; 8174 for anyone curious 

[PhilM75072]

13 minutes ago, MIgregb said:

The instructions said to turn on the GPS/Track function 5 mins ahead of time and it took every bit of that if not more.

Even with the V3, when I haven't played in a while, even though it is at the same course, it takes much longer to synch the satellites and find the course. If I play the next day or so, it only takes a couple of minutes, if that. I am assuming the X5 will probably be the same way.

[CudaKota66]

9 minutes ago, MIgregb said:

I got my 1st (9 hole) round in the books, and I'm very pleased with the X5. It took a couple of holes to get familiar with the manual putting routine and learn the unlock procedure, which is changed a bit with yesterday's firmware update. But the X5 captured all shots and seemed to place them in the right places (i.e., bunker shots were in the bunker, tee shots were on the tee boxes, etc.). The course was awfully busy (an 80 deg April Friday in Michigan, go figure!!) so it took almost 2-1/2 hours to play the 9, but it had 78% battery life when completed. The instructions said to turn on the GPS/Track function 5 mins ahead of time and it took every bit of that if not more. I hope that was an initial time needed to locate satellites for my geographical location and not something needed every time, but I very pleased with the X5.

This is the 1st wearable I've owned that tracked steps so I was curious how many the nearly 3000 yard 9 holes would be; 8174 for anyone curious 

Yes, it seems like we have gone from winter season to monsoon season to summer season in a couple of weeks....must be Spring-time in the upper Midwest. A shot of sleet/snow predicted for Monday, then back to the 70s Tuesday 

SS videos state that the X5 will take 5+ minutes for the first GPS acquisition but will be less-time subsequently. I always powered-up the V3 when I was warming-up so there were no issues.

Lots of positive reviews so far 

[Paul Hedrick]

22 hours ago, cksurfdude said:

*FIRMWARE UPDATE AVAILABLE*

Played the first round with the X5 .. GPS, hazards, etc worked great .. but .. got home, went to Shutdown and the crazy thing (Jetsons reference ) just kept buzzing .....

.. tried again but this time instead of touching Shutdown I used the main function/menu scroll button on the side to scroll down then back up .. then pushed it in .. and then it did do a shutdown.....

Saw an email from ShotScope about download the latest firmware.

Maybe that's addressed in the latest update..? TBD...

 I find this more than a little annoying, in that you have to update the firmware for the device to work correctly.  Did they Beta test this device at all, or was their thinking let's just push it out as soon as possible and let the users find the issues? NOT GREAT in my opinion.

[fozcycle]

19 hours ago, CudaKota66 said:

@fozcycle one of the tutorials says that if your tee isn't listed on the watch, select one that is & edit it on the dashboard post-round.

Been doing that…..but when it misses a driver, it assumesthe tee you selected

[tony@CIC]

42 minutes ago, Paul Hedrick said:

 I find this more than a little annoying, in that you have to update the firmware for the device to work correctly.  Did they Beta test this device at all, or was their thinking let's just push it out as soon as possible and let the users find the issues? NOT GREAT in my opinion.

Yes it is a bit irritating, but it's not a surprise that updates are needed. The watches are made and programmed well ahead of launch and while in the ideal world all the glitches are identified and resolved before launch that just doesn't happen. It's no different than updating software on your phone. 

I would be more concerned if they didn't fix the glitches/provide updates.   

[Paul Hedrick]

2 hours ago, tony@CIC said:

Yes it is a bit irritating, but it's not a surprise that updates are needed. The watches are made and programmed well ahead of launch and while in the ideal world all the glitches are identified and resolved before launch that just doesn't happen. It's no different than updating software on your phone. 

I would be more concerned if they didn't fix the glitches/provide updates.   

Maybe.  My point was, that IF they had beta tested the device, these issues would have been known and addressed.  That they had to 'fix' the issues with an update tells me that either they were not aware of the problem, meaning that no testing was done, or they did know about the issues and decided to sell something at that was, in my opinion, not ready to sell.

[Ambo9838]

My X5 watch arrived after my pre order. The GPS will not connect. Contacted Shot Scope, later that evening received an email with a Firmware Update. Uploaded this to the watch... still unable to connect to GPS. Anyone else had a similar issue, or have a solution? Otherwise it will be returned for a working replacement.

[MIGregB]

4 hours ago, Ambo9838 said:

My X5 watch arrived after my pre order. The GPS will not connect. Contacted Shot Scope, later that evening received an email with a Firmware Update. Uploaded this to the watch... still unable to connect to GPS. Anyone else had a similar issue, or have a solution? Otherwise it will be returned for a working replacement.

Crap, that's too bad! It took mine quite a long time to connect the 1st time, but I just went outdoors at my house to see if it would find satellites even being 2 miles from the closest course, and it did. It took less than a minute to determine that there weren't any courses close by meaning it connected to a satellite. As long as you are at least outdoors, it should be finding a satellite. Sorry for your troubles. So far I like the X5 much better than either the V3 or H4.