User Manual

The recovery time appears. The maximum time is 4 days.
Recovery Heart Rate
If you are training with a heart rate monitor, you can check your
recovery heart rate value after each activity. Recovery heart rate
is the difference between your exercising heart rate and your
heart rate two minutes after the exercise has stopped. For
example, after a typical training run, you stop the timer. Your
heart rate is 140 bpm. After two minutes of no activity or cool
down, your heart rate is 90 bpm. Your recovery heart rate is 50
bpm (140 minus 90). Some studies have linked recovery heart
rate to cardiac health. Higher numbers generally indicate
healthier hearts.
TIP: For best results, you should stop moving for two minutes
while the device calculates your recovery heart rate value. You
can save or discard the activity after this value appears.
Turning Off the Wrist Heart Rate Monitor
The default setting for the Forerunner 235 is Auto. The device
uses wrist-based heart rate automatically unless there is an
accessory heart rate monitor connected to the device.
Select Menu > Settings > Heart Rate Monitor > Off.
Smart Features
Pairing Your Smartphone
You should connect your Forerunner device to a smartphone to
complete the setup and use the full features of the device.
1
Go to www.garmin.com/intosports/apps, and download the
Garmin Connect Mobile app to your smartphone.
2
From the Forerunner device, select Menu > Settings >
Bluetooth > Pair Mobile Device.
3
Open the Garmin Connect Mobile app.
4
Select an option to add your device to your Garmin Connect
account:
• If this is the first device you have paired with the Garmin
Connect Mobile app, follow the on-screen instructions.
• If you have already paired another device with the Garmin
Connect Mobile app, from the settings, select Garmin
Devices > , and follow the on-screen instructions.
Phone Notifications
Phone notifications require a compatible smartphone to be
paired with the Forerunner device. When your phone receives
messages, it sends notifications to your device.
Enabling Bluetooth Notifications
1
Select Menu > Settings > Bluetooth > Smart Notifications.
2
Select During Activity.
3
Select Off, Show Calls Only, or Show All.
4
Select Not During Activity.
5
Select Off, Show Calls Only, or Show All.
NOTE: You can change the audible sounds for notifications.
Viewing Notifications
• When a notification appears on your Forerunner device,
select to view the notification.
• Select to clear the notification.
• From the time of day screen, select to view all of your
notifications on the notifications widget.
Managing Notifications
You can use your compatible smartphone to manage
notifications that appear on your Forerunner device.
Select an option:
• If you are using an
Apple
®
device, use the notification
center settings on your smartphone to select the items to
show on the device.
• If you are using an
Android
™
device, use the app settings
in the
Garmin Connect Mobile app to select the items to
show on the device.
Opening the Music Controls
Music controls require a compatible smartphone to be paired
with the device.
Hold , and select
Music Controls.
Playing Audio Alerts During Your Run
Before you can set up audio alerts, you must have a
smartphone with the
Garmin Connect Mobile app paired to your
Forerunner device.
You can set the Garmin Connect
Mobile app to play motivational
status announcements on your smartphone during the run.
Audio alerts include the lap number and lap time, pace or speed,
and heart rate data. During an audio alert, the Garmin Connect
mobile app mutes the primary audio of the smartphone to play
the announcement. Volume levels can be customized on the
Garmin Connect Mobile app.
1
From the settings in the
Garmin Connect Mobile app, select
Garmin Devices.
2
Select your device.
3
If necessary, select
Device Settings.
4
Select
Audio Alerts.
Widgets
Your device comes preloaded with widgets that provide at-a-
glance information. Some widgets require a Bluetooth
connection to a compatible smartphone.
Notifications
: Alerts you to incoming calls and texts based on
your smartphone notification settings.
Calendar
: Displays upcoming meetings from your smartphone
calendar.
Weather
: Displays the current temperature and weather
forecast.
Activity Tracking
: Tracks your daily step count, step goal,
distance traveled, calories burned, and sleep statistics.
Heart Rate: Displays your current heart rate in beats per minute
(bpm), lowest resting heart rate for today, and a graph of your
heart rate.
Controls
: Allows you to turn on and off the Bluetooth
connectivity and features including do not disturb, find my
phone, and manual syncing.
VIRB
controls: Provides camera controls when you have a
VIRB device paired with your
Forerunner device.
Bluetooth
Controls Widget
Turns on or off do not disturb mode.
Turns on or off
Bluetooth technology.
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