User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Activities and Apps
- Training
- Workouts
- Setting a Training Target
- PacePro Training
- Racing a Previous Activity
- Personal Records
- Using the Metronome
- Setting Up Your User Profile
- Pausing Your Training Status
- Activity Tracking
- Smart Features
- Heart Rate Features
- Wrist-based Heart Rate
- Running Dynamics
- Performance Measurements
- Turning Off Performance Notifications
- Detecting Your Heart Rate Automatically
- Syncing Activities and Performance Measurements
- Training Status
- About VO2 Max. Estimates
- Getting Your VO2 Max. Estimate for Running
- Recovery Time
- Recovery Heart Rate
- Training Load
- Viewing Your Predicted Race Times
- Performance Condition
- About Training Effect
- Pulse Oximeter
- Using the Stress Level Widget
- Body Battery
- Music
- History
- Navigation
- Wireless Sensors
- Customizing Your Device
- Device Information
- Troubleshooting
- Product Updates
- Getting More Information
- Activity Tracking
- Acquiring Satellite Signals
- Restarting the Device
- Resetting All Default Settings
- Updating the Software Using the Garmin Connect App
- Updating the Software Using Garmin Express
- Is my smartphone compatible with my device?
- Maximizing Battery Life
- How can I manually pair ANT+ sensors?
- Can I use my Bluetooth sensor with my watch?
- My music cuts out or my headphones do not stay connected
- Appendix
- Index
Listening to Music
1
Hold DOWN from any screen to open the music controls.
2
Connect your headphones with Bluetooth technology
(Connecting Bluetooth Headphones, page 20).
3
Hold UP.
4
Select Music Providers, and select an option:
• To listen to music downloaded to the watch from your
computer, select My Music (Downloading Personal Audio
Content, page 19).
• To control music playback on your smartphone, select
Control Phone.
• To listen to music from a third-party provider, select the
name of the provider.
5
Select to open the music playback controls.
Music Playback Controls
NOTE: Some music playback controls are available on a
Forerunner 245 Music device only.
Manage Select to manage content from some third-party providers.
Select to browse the audio files and playlists for the selected
source.
Select to adjust the volume.
Select to play and pause the current audio file.
Select to skip to the next audio file in the playlist.
Hold to fast forward through the current audio file.
Select to restart the current audio file.
Select twice to skip to the previous audio file in the playlist.
Hold to rewind through the current audio file.
Select to change the repeat mode.
Select to change the shuffle mode.
Changing the Audio Mode
You can change the music playback mode from stereo to mono.
1
Hold UP.
2
Select Settings > Music > Audio.
3
Select an option.
Controlling Music Playback on a Connected
Smartphone
1
On your smartphone, start playing a song or playlist.
2
Select an option:
• On a Forerunner 245 Music device, hold DOWN from any
screen to open the music controls.
• On a Forerunner 245 device, select DOWN to view the
music control widget.
NOTE: You may need to add the music control widget to
your widget loop (Customizing the Widget Loop,
page 24).
3
Select Music Providers > Control Phone.
Connecting Bluetooth Headphones
To listen to music loaded onto your Forerunner 245 Music
device, you must connect headphones using Bluetooth
technology.
1
Bring the headphones within 2 m (6.6 ft.) of your device.
2
Enable pairing mode on the headphones.
3
Hold UP.
4
Select Settings > Music > Headphones > Add New.
5
Select your headphones to complete the pairing process.
History
History includes time, distance, calories, average pace or speed,
lap data, and optional sensor information.
NOTE: When the device memory is full, your oldest data is
overwritten.
Viewing History
History contains previous activities you have saved on your
device.
1
From the watch face, hold UP.
2
Select History > Activities.
3
Select an activity.
4
Select an option:
• To view additional information about the activity, select All
Stats.
• To view the impact of the activity on your aerobic and
anaerobic fitness, select Training Effect (About Training
Effect, page 17).
• To view your time in each heart rate zone, select Heart
Rate (Viewing Your Time in Each Heart Rate Zone,
page 20).
• To select a lap and view additional information about each
lap, select Laps.
• To view the activity on a map, select Map.
• To view your time and reps for each strength training set,
select Sets.
• To view your time and distance for each swim interval,
select Intervals.
• To delete the selected activity, select Delete.
Viewing Your Time in Each Heart Rate Zone
Before you can view heart rate zone data, you must complete an
activity with heart rate and save the activity.
Viewing your time in each heart rate zone can help you adjust
your training intensity.
1
From the watch face, hold UP.
2
Select History > Activities.
3
Select an activity.
4
Select Heart Rate.
Viewing Data Totals
You can view the accumulated distance and time data saved to
your device.
1
From the watch face, hold UP.
2
Select History > Totals.
3
If necessary, select an activity.
4
Select an option to view weekly or monthly totals.
Deleting History
1
From the watch face, hold UP.
20 History