Customizing Activity Options
You can select activities to display on your watch.
1 From your Garmin Connect watch menu, select Activity Options.
2 Select the activities to display on your watch.
NOTE: The walking and running activities cannot be removed.
3 If necessary, select an activity to customize its settings, such as alerts and data fields.
Marking Laps
You can set your watch to use the Auto Lap
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feature, which marks a lap automatically at every kilometer or mile.
This feature is helpful for comparing your performance over different parts of an activity.
NOTE: The Auto Lap feature is not available for all activities.
1 From your Garmin Connect device menu, select Activity Options.
2 Select an activity.
3 Select Auto Lap.
Customizing Data Fields
You can change the data field combinations for the screens that appear while the activity timer is running.
NOTE: You cannot customize Pool Swim.
1 From the settings menu in the Garmin Connect app, select Garmin Devices.
2 Select your device.
3 Select Activity Options.
4 Select an activity.
5 Select Data Fields.
6 Select a data field to change it.
Activity Tracking Settings
From your Garmin Connect device menu, select Activity Tracking.
NOTE: Some settings appear in a subcategory in the settings menu. App or website updates may change these
settings menus.
Status: Turns activity tracking features on and off.
Auto Activity Start: Allows your watch to create and save timed activities automatically when the Move IQ
feature detects you have been walking or running for a minimum time threshold. You can set the minimum
time threshold for running and walking.
Custom Stride Length: Allows your watch to more accurately calculate the distance traveled using your custom
stride length. You can enter a known distance and the number of steps it takes to cover the distance, and
Garmin Connect can calculate your step length.
Daily Floors Climbed: Allows you to enter a daily goal for the number of floors to climb.
Daily Steps: Allows you to enter your daily step goal. You can use the Auto Goal option to allow your watch to
determine your step goal automatically.
Goal Alerts: Allows you to turn on and off goal alerts, or turn them off only during activities. Goal alerts appear
for your daily steps goal and weekly intensity minutes goal.
Move Alert: Allows you to turn the Move Alert on and off.
Move IQ: Allows you to turn on and off Move IQ events. The Move IQ feature automatically detects activity
patterns, such as walking and running.
Weekly Intensity Minutes: Allows you to enter a weekly goal for the number of minutes to participate in
moderate to vigorous intensity activities. The watch also allows you to set a heart rate zone for moderate
intensity minutes and a higher heart rate zone for vigorous intensity minutes. You can also use the default
algorithm.
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Customizing Your Watch
