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Customizing Your Device
•
Select
Music
to disable listening to music from
your watch.
•
Select
Phone
to disconnect your paired phone.
•
Select
Activity Tracking
to turn off all-day
activity tracking, including steps, floors climbed,
intensity minutes, sleep tracking, and Move IQ
events.
•
Select
Wrist Heart Rate
to turn off the wrist
heart rate monitor.
•
Select
Pulse Oximeter
to turn off all-day
acclimation mode.
•
Select
Backlight
to turn off the backlight.
The watch displays the hours of battery life gained
with each setting change.
Customizing Power Modes
Your device comes preloaded with several power
modes, allowing you to quickly adjust system settings,
activity settings, and GPS settings to extend battery
life during an activity. You can customize existing
power modes and create new custom power modes.
1
Hold
MENU
.
2
Select
Power Manager
>
Power Modes
.
3
Select an option:
•
Select a power mode to customize.
•
Select
Add New
to create a custom power mode.
4
If necessary, enter a custom name.
5
Select an option to customize specific power mode
settings.
For example, you can change the GPS setting or
disconnect your paired phone.
The watch displays the hours of battery life gained
with each setting change.
6
If necessary, select
Done
to save and use the
custom power mode.
System Settings
Hold
MENU
, and select
System
.
Language:
Sets the language displayed on the device.
Time:
Adjusts the time settings (
Backlight:
Adjusts the backlight settings (
Sounds:
Sets the device sounds, such as key tones,
alerts, and vibrations.
Do Not Disturb:
Turns on or off do not disturb mode.
Use the During Sleep option to turn on do not
disturb mode automatically during your normal
sleep hours. You can set your normal sleep hours
on your Garmin Connect account.
Hot Keys:
Allows you to assign shortcuts to device
keys (
Customizing the Hot Keys, page 47
Auto Lock:
Allows you to lock the keys automatically
to prevent accidental key presses. Use the During
Activity option to lock the keys during a timed
activity. Use the Not During Activity option to
lock the keys when you are not recording a timed
activity.
Units:
Sets the units of measure used on the device
(
Changing the Units of Measure, page 47
).
Format:
Sets general format preferences, such as the
pace and speed shown during activities, the start
of the week, and geographical position format and
datum options.
Data Recording:
Sets how the device records activity
data. The Smart recording option (default) allows
for longer activity recordings. The Every Second
recording option provides more detailed activity
recordings, but may not record entire activities that
last for longer periods of time.
USB Mode:
Sets the device to use MTP (media transfer
protocol) or Garmin mode when connected to a
computer.
Reset:
Allows you to reset user data and settings
(
Resetting All Default Settings, page 51
Software Update:
Allows you to install software
updates downloaded using Garmin Express.
About:
Displays device, software, license, and
regulatory information.
Time Settings
Hold
MENU
, and select
System
>
Time
.
Time Format:
Sets the device to show time in a 12-
hour, 24-hour, or military format.
Set Time:
Sets the time zone for the device. The Auto
option sets the time zone automatically based on
your GPS position.
Time:
Allows you to adjust the time if it is set to the
Manual option.
Alerts:
Allows you to set hourly alerts, as well as sunrise
and sunset alerts that sound a specific number
of minutes or hours before the actual sunrise or
sunset occurs (
).
Time Sync:
Allows you to manually sync the time when
you change time zones, and to update for daylight
saving time (
Setting Time Alerts
1
Hold
MENU
.
2
Select
System
>
Time
>
Alerts
.
3
Select an option:
• To set an alert to sound a specific number
of minutes or hours before the actual sunset
occurs, select
Til Sunset
>
Status
>
On
, select
Time
, and enter the time.
• To set an alert to sound a specific number of
minutes or hours before the actual sunrise
occurs, select
Til Sunrise
>
Status
>
On
, select
Time
, and enter the time.
• To set an alert to sound every hour, select
Hourly
>
On
.
