Keep the battery away from children.
Never put batteries in mouth. If swallowed, contact your
physician or local poison control center.
Replaceable coin cell batteries may contain perchlorate
material. Special handling may apply. See
.
CAUTION
Contact your local waste disposal department to properly
recycle the batteries.
Replacing the Heart Rate Monitor Battery
1
Locate the circular battery cover on the back of the heart rate
monitor.
2
Use a coin to twist the cover counter-clockwise until it is
loose enough to remove (the arrow points to
OPEN
).
3
Remove the cover and the battery.
4
Wait 30 seconds.
5
Insert the new battery with the positive side facing up.
NOTE:
Do not damage or lose the O-ring gasket.
6
Use a coin to twist the cover clockwise back into place (the
arrow points to
CLOSE
).
After you replace the heart rate monitor battery, you may need
to pair the heart rate monitor with the device again.
Troubleshooting
My daily step count does not appear
The daily step count is reset every night at midnight.
If dashes appear instead of your step count, allow the device
to acquire satellite signals and set the time automatically.
Getting More Information
• Go to
• Go to
• Go to
, or contact your Garmin dealer
for information about optional accessories and replacement
parts.
Resetting the Device
If the device stops responding, you may need to reset it. This
does not erase any of your data or settings.
1
Hold for 15 seconds.
The device turns off.
2
Hold for one second to turn on the device.
Updating the Software
Before you can update your device software, you must have a
Garmin Connect account, and you must download the Garmin
Express™ application.
1
Connect the device to your computer using the USB cable.
When new software is available, the Garmin Express
application sends it to your device.
2
Follow the on-screen instructions.
3
Do not disconnect your device from the computer while the
Garmin Express application downloads the software.
TIP:
If you are having trouble updating the software with the
Garmin Express application, you may need to upload your
activity history to the Garmin Connect application and delete
your activity history from the device. This should provide
sufficient memory space for the update.
Appendix
Heart Rate Zone Calculations
Zone % of
Maximum
Heart Rate
Perceived Exertion
Benefits
1
50–60%
Relaxed, easy pace,
rhythmic breathing
Beginning-level
aerobic training,
reduces stress
2
60–70%
Comfortable pace,
slightly deeper
breathing, conversation
possible
Basic cardiovascular
training, good
recovery pace
3
70–80%
Moderate pace, more
difficult to hold
conversation
Improved aerobic
capacity, optimal
cardiovascular training
4
80–90%
Fast pace and a bit
uncomfortable,
breathing forceful
Improved anaerobic
capacity and
threshold, improved
speed
5
90–100%
Sprinting pace,
unsustainable for long
period of time, labored
breathing
Anaerobic and
muscular endurance,
increased power
Software License Agreement
BY USING THE DEVICE, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY
THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE FOLLOWING
SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT. PLEASE READ THIS
AGREEMENT CAREFULLY.
Garmin Ltd. and its subsidiaries (“Garmin”) grant you a limited
license to use the software embedded in this device (the
“Software”) in binary executable form in the normal operation of
the product. Title, ownership rights, and intellectual property
rights in and to the Software remain in Garmin and/or its third-
party providers.
You acknowledge that the Software is the property of Garmin
and/or its third-party providers and is protected under the United
States of America copyright laws and international copyright
treaties. You further acknowledge that the structure,
organization, and code of the Software, for which source code is
not provided, are valuable trade secrets of Garmin and/or its
third-party providers and that the Software in source code form
remains a valuable trade secret of Garmin and/or its third-party
providers. You agree not to decompile, disassemble, modify,
reverse assemble, reverse engineer, or reduce to human
readable form the Software or any part thereof or create any
derivative works based on the Software. You agree not to
export or re-export the Software to any country in violation of
the export control laws of the United States of America or the
export control laws of any other applicable country.
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