Customizing Xert EBC: Recording Screens and Settings – Knowledgebase

Xert EBC for Android is customizable — you can choose which metrics appear during your rides, adjust how the app behaves, and tune it to match your setup. This article covers the main settings and customization options.

New to EBC? Start with Getting Started with Xert EBC for Android first. This article assumes you've recorded at least one ride.

Quick Reference: Where Settings Live

Most customization happens in one of two places:

Settings menu — access from the main navigation. Covers sensors, brightness, recording screens, options, and about.
Activity launch screen — access by tapping Activity at the bottom. Covers pre-ride choices like indoor/outdoor mode, workout selection, and sensor verification.

[Screenshot placeholder: Settings menu overview showing Sensors, Brightness, Recording Screens, Options, and About]

Customizing Your Recording Screens

During a ride, EBC shows two six-panel cells in the bottom half of the screen. Each cell displays a metric of your choosing. By default, they're populated with common metrics like power, cadence, and heart rate — but you can customize any cell to show what you care about most.

How to Customize a Cell

Go to Settings > Recording Screens.
Tap the cell you want to change.
Pick a data category, then pick the specific metric within it.

[Screenshot placeholder: Recording Screens customization view showing the cell picker]

You can customize your indoor and outdoor recording screens independently — EBC stores separate screen layouts for each.

The 10 Data Categories

When you tap a cell, you'll see these categories to choose from. Each category contains several specific metrics:

Xert — MPA, Focus, Difficulty, XSS, XEP
Power — Current, Average, Maximum
Heart Rate — Current, Average, Maximum
Speed — Current, Average, Maximum
Cadence — Current, Average, Maximum
Distance & Elevation — Distance, Current Elevation, Ascent
Energy — Total Calories, estimated Carbs/Fats used (grams), Carb/Fat burn rates (watts)
Weather — Temperature, Wind Speed & Direction, Relative Wind Speed & Direction, Sunrise & Sunset times
System — Battery Percentage, Time of Day
Time — Moving Time, Elapsed Time

Tap a Cell During a Ride for Full-Screen Detail

Once a cell is assigned a metric, tapping that cell during a ride opens a full-screen view of everything in that metric's category — not just the single value in the cell.

For example: tap the MPA cell mid-ride, and you'll see a full Xert screen with MPA, Focus, Difficulty, XSS, XEP, and a live MPA vs. power graph covering the ride so far.

To return to the main recording view, swipe from the left edge of the screen or press the back button on your device.

[Screenshot placeholder: In-ride screen showing customized cells with variety of metrics]

Indoor vs. Outdoor Profiles

EBC maintains separate settings for indoor and outdoor rides. When you toggle between modes on the Activity launch screen, EBC automatically applies the right profile — including:

Your preferred sensors for that mode (EBC remembers which sensors you've paired with each)
Your customized recording screens for that mode
The correct default speed source (see below)

Speed Source: Indoor vs. Outdoor

EBC uses different speed sources depending on ride type:

Indoor rides — Speed from Power is the recommended and default setting. EBC calculates your virtual speed from your power output, which is more accurate than a wheel or GPS sensor on a stationary bike.
Outdoor rides — Speed from GPS is used, which matches what you'd expect from a bike computer.

You can change the speed source from the sensor configuration if needed, but the defaults work well for most users.

Settings Reference

Sensors

Pair, re-pair, and rename your power meter, smart trainer, cadence sensor, and heart rate monitor.

EBC supports Bluetooth sensors and ANT+ sensors (on Android devices that support ANT+)
Renaming sensors is useful if you have multiple similar devices (e.g., two power meters on different bikes)
To re-pair a sensor, remove it from the list and re-scan

For first-time pairing, see Getting Started with Xert EBC for Android.

Brightness

Adjust screen brightness within EBC, and set an auto-dim time to save battery during long rides.

Recording Screens

Covered above.

Options

Auto-pause — automatically pauses recording when you stop moving (indoor: based on cadence/power; outdoor: based on GPS speed)
Interval sounds — plays audio cues during structured workouts when intervals change

About

Shows your EBC version and build numbers. Also contains Send Diagnostics, which emails recording logs directly to Xert support — useful when troubleshooting sensor or recording issues.

Magic Buckets in EBC

If you ride without a structured workout, EBC lets you access Magic Buckets — Xert's system for hitting your daily Low/High/Peak XSS targets without following prescribed intervals.

To access Magic Buckets during a free ride, swipe the top & bottom panels to reveal the Magic Buckets features. Fill each bucket by riding at the appropriate intensity — the app visualizes your progress toward the day's targets.

[Screenshot placeholder: Magic Buckets panel during an EBC free ride]

Magic Buckets works on any free ride — indoor or outdoor — and is especially useful for unstructured rides, group rides, and outdoor training.

For a full explanation of how Magic Buckets works, see Magic Buckets Overview and Using Magic Buckets in Real Time.

Viewing Past Activities in EBC

Your recent activities appear on EBC's Home screen, below the period statistics. Tap any activity to see a quick summary — Fitness Signature at the time, any breakthroughs, activity Focus, XSS, difficulty, peak and average power/heart rate/speed, the GPS map (if outdoor), and a thumbnail of the MPA chart.

For deeper analysis, tap View Activity to open the activity on xertonline.com, where you have access to Xert's full analysis tools.

Trainer Modes

EBC supports multiple trainer modes — AUTO (the default), SLOPE, ERG, RESISTANCE, and OFF. Each mode affects how your smart trainer behaves during a ride, and different modes are better suited to different kinds of workouts.

For details on each mode and when to use them, see Trainer Modes in Xert's Workout Players.

What to Try Next

Magic Buckets Overview — use Xert's adaptive system to hit training targets on any ride
Trainer Modes in Xert's Workout Players — pick the right trainer mode for your workout
How to Analyze an Activity Using MPA — review your completed rides in depth

Need Help?

If something isn't behaving the way you expect, or a setting isn't doing what you thought it would, contact support@xertonline.com. Include:

Your Android device model and OS version
Your EBC app version (from Settings > About)
A description of the issue

You can also send diagnostics directly from Settings > About > Send Diagnostics — this helps support diagnose sensor or recording issues faster.