ELEMNT ACE, BOLT 3, and ROAM 3 GPS cycling computers offer a variety of alerts and notifications to assist you while riding, including:
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Ride status changes
- text + beeps for start, pause, stop, etc
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Turn by turn directions
- text + beeps (or voice for ACE and ROAM 3) for direction of turns
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Sensor alerts
- text + beeps for low battery warnings, etc
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Custom alerts
- customizable text + beeps based on time, distance, or lap triggers
- normally used
- Auto lap alerts
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Planned workouts
- text + beeps for interval change alerts
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Strava Live Segments
- text + beeps for approaching starred segments alerts, as well as
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Summit Segments
- text + beeps for approaching climb segments
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Call, text, and email notifications
- limited text + beeps, forwarded from your phone
Control of visual and audio alert components differ between computer models and by alert feature. Alert/notification controls exist at three different levels:
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on the computer (ELEMNT ACE, BOLT 3, or ROAM 3)
- persistent or temporary override
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in computer device settings in the Wahoo app
- applies to the computer, regardless of workout profile selected
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in workout profile settings in the Wahoo app
- applies only to the workout profile in/for which the setting is selected
- can be set differently between Cycling and Indoor Cycling or a custom cycling profile
- will be the same for that workout profile across all ELEMNT ACE, BOLT 3, or ROAM 3 computers linked to that Wahoo account
- for more details on workout profiles, see Customize workout profiles and pages for ELEMNT ACE, BOLT 3, or ROAM 3
Sound controls
ACE and ROAM 3 have a speaker, which allows for variable volume control for spoken audio components and beeps. BOLT 3 has a fixed volume beeper. This difference is reflected in the Device Settings page of the computer.
Volume control
- on the computer, persistent
ACE and ROAM 3 have a 4-level volume slider + mute status located under Sounds on the Device Settings page. This is the master volume control for the device and will set the volume for all spoken audio and beeps related to alerts and notifications on the computer, except for the bike bell, which remains at a pre-defined volume level, even when the computer is muted. Whatever volume level is set here will remain the same until you change it.
Because BOLT 3 has a fixed volume beeper, there is no volume adjustability.
Alert category override/mute buttons
- on the computer, temporary
Three separate buttons for Notifications, Audio Alerts, and Custom Alerts are present under Sounds on the Device Settings page on ELEMNT ACE, BOLT 3, and ROAM 3. These default to ON each time the computer is turned on (or a ride ended or a new ride started), because they function as a local override/mute button for each of the three categories of alerts that are set either in computer settings or workout profile settings in the Wahoo app. If the relevant category of alerts is turned off in the Wahoo app, this button being set to ON will not turn the sound ON for that alert type, but selecting the button to set it to OFF/Muted will turn the audio component of that alert type off for the current ride.