Owner's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Solar Charging
- Activities and Apps- Starting an Activity
- Stopping an Activity
- Adding or Removing a Favorite Activity
- Creating a Custom Activity
- Indoor Activities
- Outdoor Activities
- Multisport
- Swimming
- Golfing
- Climbing Sports
- Starting an Expedition
 
- Connected Features
- Safety and Tracking Features
- Connect IQ Features
- Garmin Pay
- Heart Rate Features- Wrist-based Heart Rate
- Running Dynamics
- Performance Measurements- Turning Off Performance Notifications
- Detecting Performance Measurements Automatically
- Syncing Activities and Performance Measurements
- About VO2 Max. Estimates
- Viewing Your Predicted Race Times
- About Training Effect
- Heart Rate Variability and Stress Level
- Performance Condition
- Lactate Threshold
- Getting Your FTP Estimate
 
- Training Status
- Body Battery™
 
- Pulse Oximeter
- Training- Setting Up Your User Profile
- Activity Tracking
- Workouts
- Interval Workouts
- PacePro Training
- Segments
- Using Virtual Partner®
- Setting a Training Target
- Racing a Previous Activity
- Personal Records
- Pausing Your Training Status
- Enabling Self Evaluation
 
- Clocks
- Navigation- Saving Your Location
- Projecting a Waypoint
- Navigating to a Destination
- Courses
- Using ClimbPro
- Marking and Starting Navigation to a Man Overboard Location
- Navigating with Sight 'N Go
- Navigating to Your Starting Point During an Activity
- Navigating to the Starting Point of a Saved Activity
- Stopping Navigation
- Map
- Compass
- Altimeter and Barometer
 
- History
- Customizing Your Device- Activities and App Settings
- Changing the Order of an Activity in the Apps List
- Widgets
- Customizing the Controls Menu
- Watch Face Settings
- Sensors Settings
- Map Settings
- Navigation Settings
- Power Manager Settings
- System Settings
- Viewing Device Information
 
- Wireless Sensors
- Device Information
- Device Maintenance
- Troubleshooting- My device is in the wrong language
- Is my smartphone compatible with my device?
- My phone will not connect to the device
- Can I use my Bluetooth sensor with my watch?
- Restarting Your Device
- Resetting All Default Settings
- Acquiring Satellite Signals
- The temperature reading is not accurate
- Maximizing the Battery Life
- Activity Tracking
- Getting More Information
 
- Appendix
- Index
Blue bars indicate periods of rest. Yellow bars indicate 
periods of stress. Gray bars indicate times when you were 
too active to determine your stress level.
3
Press DOWN to view additional details about your stress 
level and a graph of your average stress level for the last 
seven days.
4
To start a breathing activity, press  , and follow the on-
screen instructions.
Customizing the My Day Widget
You can customize the list of metrics displayed on the My Day 
widget.
1
From the watch face, press UP or DOWN to view the My Day 
widget.
2
Hold MENU.
3
Select My Day Options.
4
Select the toggle switches to show or hide each metric.
Customizing the Controls Menu
You can add, remove, and change the order of the shortcut 
menu options in the controls menu (Viewing the Controls Menu, 
page 1).
1
Hold MENU.
2
Select Controls.
3
Select a shortcut to customize.
4
Select an option:
• Select Reorder to change the location of the shortcut in 
the controls menu.
• Select Remove to remove the shortcut from the controls 
menu.
5
If necessary, select Add New to add an additional shortcut to 
the controls menu.
Watch Face Settings
You can customize the appearance of the watch face by 
selecting the layout, colors, and additional data. You can also 
download custom watch faces from the Connect IQ store.
Customizing the Watch Face
Before you can activate a Connect IQ watch face, you must 
install a watch face from the Connect IQ store (Connect IQ 
Features, page 13).
You can customize the watch face information and appearance, 
or activate an installed Connect IQ watch face.
1
From the watch face, hold MENU.
2
Select Watch Face.
3
Press UP or DOWN to preview the watch face options.
4
Select Add New to scroll through additional pre-loaded watch 
faces.
5
Select   > Apply to activate a pre-loaded watch face or an 
installed Connect IQ watch face.
6
If using a pre-loaded watch face, select   > Customize.
7
Select an option:
• To change the style of the numbers for the analog watch 
face, select Dial.
• To change the sport for the gauges on the performance 
watch face, select Select Sport.
• To change the style of the hands for the analog watch 
face, select Hands.
• To change the style of the numbers for the digital watch 
face, select Layout.
• To change the style of the seconds for the digital watch 
face, select Seconds.
• To change the data that appears on the watch face, select 
Data.
• To add or change an accent color for the watch face, 
select Accent Color.
• To change the background color, select Bkgd. Color.
• To save the changes, select Done.
Sensors Settings
Compass Settings
Hold MENU, and select Sensors & Accessories > Compass.
Calibrate: Allows you to manually calibrate the compass sensor 
(Calibrating the Compass Manually, page 36).
Display: Sets the directional heading on the compass to letters, 
degrees, or milliradians.
North Ref.: Sets the north reference of the compass (Setting the 
North Reference, page 36).
Mode: Sets the compass to use electronic-sensor data only 
(On), a combination of GPS and electronic-sensor data when 
moving (Auto), or GPS data only (Off).
Calibrating the Compass Manually
NOTICE
Calibrate the electronic compass outdoors. To improve heading 
accuracy, do not stand near objects that influence magnetic 
fields, such as vehicles, buildings, and overhead power lines.
Your device was already calibrated at the factory, and the 
device uses automatic calibration by default. If you experience 
irregular compass behavior, for example, after moving long 
distances or after extreme temperature changes, you can 
manually calibrate the compass.
1
Hold MENU.
2
Select Sensors & Accessories > Compass > Calibrate > 
Start.
3
Follow the on-screen instructions.
TIP: Move your wrist in a small figure eight motion until a 
message appears.
Setting the North Reference
You can set the directional reference used in calculating 
heading information.
1
Hold MENU.
2
Select Sensors & Accessories > Compass > North Ref..
3
Select an option:
• To set geographic north as the heading reference, select 
True.
• To set the magnetic declination for your location 
automatically, select Magnetic.
• To set grid north (000º) as the heading reference, select 
Grid.
• To set the magnetic variation value manually, select User, 
enter the magnetic variance, and select Done.
Altimeter Settings
Hold MENU, and select Sensors & Accessories > Altimeter.
Calibrate: Allows you to manually calibrate the altimeter sensor.
Auto Cal.: Allows the altimeter to self-calibrate each time you 
turn on GPS tracking.
Elevation: Sets the units of measure for elevation.
Calibrating the Barometric Altimeter
Your device was already calibrated at the factory, and the 
device uses automatic calibration at your GPS starting point by 
default. You can manually calibrate the barometric altimeter if 
you know the correct elevation.
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