How To Set Up A Second Hand Fitbit

How exercise I set up my Fitbit device?

Before y'all begin using your Fitbit device, y'all must connect it to your Fitbit account with a phone, tablet, or calculator. Connecting your device allows it to transfer (or sync) data back and along with Fitbit.

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For more data nearly setting up Fitbit Ace, see How do I fix Fitbit Ace devices?

Connect your Fitbit device to the charger earlier you brainstorm the setup process.

Closed Trackers and watches

If yous're adding a second Fitbit device to your business relationship or replacing an quondam i, skip downwards to How do I set up upwardly a replacement device or add a 2nd device to my account?

How do I create a Fitbit account and connect my device?

The latest Fitbit devices crave an iPhone or Android phone. To verify that your telephone is compatible with the Fitbit app, visit fitbit.com/devices.

If your phone or tablet isn't compatible, you lot tin gear up some Fitbit devices on a Mac or Windows viii.ane figurer with a program called Fitbit Connect.

Cull a section below depending on whether yous prefer to ready your device with the Fitbit app or with Fitbit Connect.

If y'all're calculation a second Fitbit device to your account or replacing an old 1, skip downwards to How practise I gear up up a replacement device or add a 2nd device to my business relationship?

Closed Fitbit app

Annotation: If y'all're setting up certain Fitbit devices with an Android phone, a notification appears on your telephone to brainstorm the setup procedure. Tap the notification and follow the on-screen instructions to gear up your device. If you lot don't have the Fitbit app, the notification takes you to the Google Play Store to download the app.

To gear up upwards your Fitbit device with the Fitbit app:

Download and install the Fitbit app from i of the following locations:
- Apple devices—Apple tree tree App Shop
- Android devices—Google Play Store
- Windows ten devices (phones, tablets, and computers)—Microsoft Shop
Open the Fitbit app and tap
Join Fitbit.
Follow the on-screen instructions to create a Fitbit business concern human relationship and connect ("pair") your Fitbit device to your phone or tablet. Pairing makes sure your Fitbit device and phone or tablet tin communicate with one some other (sync their data).
Note that to create a Fitbit business relationship, you're prompted to enter your birthdate, acme, weight, and sex to calculate your stride length and to estimate distance, basal metabolic accuse per unit, and calorie burn. For more information, run into How does my Fitbit device summate my daily activity? After yous set upwards your business relationship, your first name, terminal initial, and profile picture are visible to all other Fitbit users. You accept the option to share other information, only virtually of the information yous provide to create an business relationship is private by default.

For Fitbit Ionic, Fitbit Sense, Fitbit Versa, Fitbit Versa 2, and Fitbit Versa 3, y'all're prompted to connect your sentinel to your Wi-Fi network. These devices use Wi-Fi to set up your lookout, download playlists, download apps from the Fitbit Gallery, and for faster firmware and Fitbit Bone updates. For best results, connect your watch to your dwelling Wi-Fi network. For more than than information, run across How practise I connect my Fitbit watch to Wi-Fi?

For Charge 5, your telephone might share your location with your tracker to reduce the fourth dimension it takes for the built-in GPS sensors to connect to GPS satellites for the beginning fourth dimension. Brand sure the location permission for the Fitbit app is allowed. For instructions, come across the Apple assist commodity or the Google (Android) help commodity.

If you have trouble, see Why tin can't I set upward my Fitbit device?

How exercise I set upward a replacement device or add a 2nd device to my business relationship?

Follow these instructions if you lot already take a Fitbit business relationship and want to replace your existing Fitbit device with a new i, or if yous use more than one device continued to the same business human relationship. If y'all're replacing one device with another of the aforementioned model, you'll be asked to ostend the replacement. For instructions on how to remove a Fitbit device from your account, come across Tin can I utilize more than than one Fitbit device with the same account?

Choose a section beneath depending on whether y'all adopt to employ the Fitbit app or Fitbit Connect to gear up your device.

Closed Aria

If y'all're unsure whether y'all ain an Aria or Fitbit Aria two, turn the calibration over and remove the battery cover to encounter how many batteries it contains. Aria uses four batteries, while Aria 2 uses 3 batteries. Aria ii also has "Aria two" written on the back of the scale.

What router settings do I demand to set upwardly and sync Aria?

Aria connects to your wireless habitation network and works with any Wi-Fi router that uses the post-obit standards:

802.11b frequency setting
WEP / WPA / WPA2 personal security
Automated (DHCP) IP setup (static IP configurations are non supported)

Your SSID and password should comprise simply alphanumeric characters (east.chiliad. A-Z, 0-9). If you experience issues connecting to a network that uses special characters, alter the proper noun of the network to simply use alphanumeric characters, and effort to connect over once more.

Can I use a mobile Wi-Fi hotspot to ready up Aria?

A mobile Wi-Fi hotspot should merely exist used if a wireless router is unavailable. Consider the following information when attempting to ready your scale using a hotspot:

Connecting Aria to a mobile Wi-Fi hotspot requires that the mobile device exist persistently in this mode. The device'southward battery may drain chop-chop.
To consummate the setup procedure with a mobile Wi-Fi hotspot, you volition need a 2nd wireless device to connect to the hotspot. For instance, if y'all are using an iPhone equally a hotspot, y'all lot will demand either another mobile device or a estimator to go along through either of the gear up up methods explained in How exercise I ready Aria?
Your hotspot needs to be configured according to the same specifications as a wireless router. For the specs, see What router settings do I demand to fix up and sync Aria?

How practise I gear up upwards Aria?

To fix upwardly your calibration using the spider spider web-based method, you'll need a Wi-Fi enabled computer, phone, or tablet. Make sure you know your Wi-Fi countersign and that information technology doesn't exceed 31 characters. For help finding your countersign, see How do I observe my Wi-Fi network countersign and security setting?

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If you're trying to set up your Aria again afterwards making changes to your network, see How do I reconnect my Fitbit scale to my wireless network?

To prepare your Aria scale:

Restart the calculator, telephone, or tablet that you're going to utilise to fix your scale.
Brand sure your browser allows cookies.
If yous're using a computer:
1. Identify your scale within 10 anxiety of your router.
2. Ensure that your router is compatible with the 802.11b protocol. For more information, see What router settings do I need to ready and sync Aria?
3. If the router is connected to your figurer with an Ethernet cablevision, unplug it. The router and reckoner must exist continued over Wi-Fi.
Open up a web browser on your estimator, phone, or tablet and go to fitbit.com/scale/setup/showtime.
Tap
Go started, then tap it one time more when you see the pop-up bulletin.
Sign in to your fitbit.com account.
Personalize your Aria by giving it a name and entering the initials you'd like to encounter on the scale when it recognizes you lot.
Put the scale into setup mode by removing a bombardment for 10 seconds and so reinserting it. Tap
Continue
when the scale'due south brandish says "SETUP Agile."
Switch your estimator, phone, or tablet to the scale'south Wi-Fi network (this volition appear every bit the word "Aria" followed past vi characters).
Render to your web browser and tap
I'm Continued. Y'all'll encounter a listing of available wireless networks.
Tap the name of your habitation wireless network. If you lot don't encounter your home wireless network, tap
Refresh Networks
to browse over again. If y'all notwithstanding don't see your network, tap
Bring together Other Network
to enter your network name and password manually.
Enter your network countersign. Retrieve that it'southward case-sensitive.
Tap
Submit, and and then immediately cheque your calibration's screen as it attempts to connect to your network.
- If you lot see a check mark or a smiley face, Aria is continued and you lot can tin stand on the scale to complete a weigh-in.
- If you see an mistake bulletin, see Why isn't my Fitbit scale working?

Closed Aria 2

To prepare upwardly your Fitbit Aria 2, create a Fitbit account and connect your scale through the Fitbit app on your phone, tablet, or Bluetooth-enabled Windows x computer. At this time, Fitbit Connect isn't uniform with Aria ii, so you tin can't set Aria 2 using a Mac.

If you already accept a Fitbit account and the Fitbit app, skip to How do I add a calibration to my existing business relationship?

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If y'all're unsure whether you lot ain an Aria or Aria 2, turn the scale over and remove the battery comprehend to come beyond how many batteries data technology contains. Aria uses iv batteries, while Aria 2 uses 3 batteries. Aria 2 also has "Aria ii" written on the back of the calibration.

What router settings do I need to ready upward and sync Aria ii?

Aria 2 connects to your wireless dwelling network and works with any Wi-Fi router that uses the post-obit standards:

802.11b/1000/north frequency setting
WEP / WPA / WPA2 personal security
Automatic (DHCP) IP setup (static IP configurations are not supported)
Both the network proper name and countersign must be no more than 32 characters long

Tin I apply a mobile Wi-Fi hotspot to fix upward upward Aria 2?

Nosotros do not recommend using a mobile Wi-Fi hotspot to set up Aria two, equally syncing volition exist irksome and your scale may be unable to update. Connecting Aria 2 to a mobile Wi-Fi hotspot requires the device to remain persistently in this way, which may drain the battery apace and use excessive information.

How do I create a Fitbit account and connect Aria ii?

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If y'all're trying to ready upward your Aria two one time once more later making changes to your network, come across How practice I reconnect my Fitbit calibration to my wireless network?

Make sure the Fitbit app is compatible with your device by checking fitbit.com/devices.
Download and install the Fitbit app from i of the post-obit locations:
- Apple devices—Apple tree App Store
- Android Devices—Google Play Shop
- Windows ten devices (phones, tablets, and computers)—Microsoft Store
Open the Fitbit app and tap
Bring together Fitbit
to go started.
Follow the on-screen instructions to create a Fitbit account and connect your scale to the internet. Y'all must know your wireless network password, and the scale must be inside range of the network. If you see an error message, run across Why isn't my Fitbit scale working?
Notation that the personal data y'all provide during setup is used to calculate your basal metabolic charge per unit (BMR), which helps determine your estimated calorie expenditure and your body mass index (BMI). For more than information, see How does my Fitbit device calculate my daily action? This information is private unless you modify your privacy settings and opt to share information technology with your Fitbit friends.

If y'all accept trouble setting upward Aria two, briefly press the button in the battery compartment to restart your scale and render to the get-go of the setup process. If y'all still can't gear up your Aria ii after completing all the steps above, contact Customer Support.

How do I add a calibration to my existing account?

If you lot already take a Fitbit account, use the Fitbit app on your phone, tablet, or Bluetooth-enabled Windows ten reckoner to fix your new calibration.

In the Fitbit app, tap the Today tab

your profile picture.
Tap
Gear up Upwardly a Device.
Choose your device.
Follow the on-screen instructions to create a Fitbit account and connect your calibration to the net. Y'all lot must know your wireless network password, and the scale must be inside range of the network.

If yous have trouble setting upwards Aria 2, briefly press the push in the battery compartment to restart your scale and begin the setup procedure once again.

What is a personalized icon on Aria ii?

When you lot set up your scale, you're asked to choose a personalized icon. This icon appears on the calibration whenever you lot complete a counterbalance-in. Afterwards you counterbalance yourself, you encounter your icon on the screen to ostend the counterbalance-in is assigned to the correct person. Refer to the tabular array for a complete listing of the bachelor icons.