Garmin FORERUNNER 255 Series Owner's Manual
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- Page 1 FORERUNNER 255 SERIES Owner’s Manual...
- Page 2 All rights reserved. Under the copyright laws, this manual may not be copied, in whole or in part, without the written consent of Garmin. Garmin reserves the right to change or improve its products and to make changes in the content of this manual without obligation to notify any person or organization of such changes or improvements.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents Watch Face Settings ..........7 Customizing the Watch Face ......7 Introduction ������������������������������������������������� 1 Glances ..............8 Setting Up Your Watch ..........1 Viewing the Glance Loop ........9 Overview ..............1 Customizing the Glance Loop ......9 GPS Status and Status Icons ........1 Body Battery ............9 Using the Watch ............1 Viewing the Body Battery Glance ....9... - Page 4 Starting a PacePro Plan ........23 Paying for a Purchase Using Your Watch ..18 Stopping a PacePro Plan ........23 Adding a Card to Your Garmin Pay Wallet ..18 Creating a PacePro Plan on Your Watch ..23 Managing Your Garmin Pay Cards ....18 Using Virtual Partner ..........24...
- Page 5 Updating the Software Using the Garmin Controlling a VIRB Action Camera ....33 Connect App ...........40 Controlling a VIRB Action Camera During an Using Garmin Connect on Your Computer ...40 Activity ..............34 Updating the Software Using Garmin User Profile ����������������������������������������������� 34 Express ............40...
- Page 6 My daily step count does not appear ....50 My step count does not seem accurate ...50 Activities and App Settings ........42 The step counts on my device and my Garmin Customizing the Data Screens ......43 Connect account don’t match ......50 Adding a Map to an Activity ......44...
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Page 7: Introduction
Features, page 40). Wi-Fi technology status (Forerunner music watches only) y Set up music (Music, page 36). y Set up your Garmin Pay wallet (Setting Up Your Heart rate status Garmin Pay Wallet, page 18). Running Dynamics Pod status Overview... -
Page 8: Activities And Apps
3 Select how you felt during the activity. watch is ready. You can view evaluations in the Garmin Connect app. The watch is ready after it establishes your heart Outdoor Activities rate, acquires GPS signals (if required), and connects to your wireless sensors (if required). -
Page 9: Going For A Track Run
Tips for Recording a Track Run y Wait until the GPS status indicator turns green before starting a track run. y During your first run on an unfamiliar track, run for a minimum of 3 laps to calibrate your track distance. You should run slightly past your starting point to complete the lap. -
Page 10: Using An Ebike
Duplicate activity names include a number. For satellites. example, Triathlon(2). 4 Press START to start the activity timer. 4 Select two or more activities. 5 Start swimming. 5 Select an option: 6 Press UP or DOWN to view additional data pages •... -
Page 11: Stroke Types
GPS. swimming. Your stroke type is identified at the end of TIP: Holding the handrails of the treadmill reduces a length. Stroke types appear in your Garmin Connect accuracy. account. You can also select stroke type as a custom... -
Page 12: Health Snapshot
Save and send your strength training activity to your Garmin Connect account. Recording a Strength Training Activity You can use the tools in your Garmin Connect You can record sets during a strength training activity. A account to view and edit activity details. -
Page 13: Customizing Activities And Apps
3 Press UP. 6 Select an option: • Select an option to customize specific activity 4 Select Smart Trainer Options. settings. For example, you can customize the 5 Select an option: data screens or auto features. • Select Free Ride to go for a ride. •... -
Page 14: Glances
Performance activities and race performances (Performance Measurements, page 10). Displays the race event you designate as the primary race in your Garmin Connect calendar Primary race (Race Calendar and Primary Race, page 19). Allows you to take a manual pulse oximeter reading... -
Page 15: Viewing The Glance Loop
(Customizing the Glance Loop, page You can sync your watch with your Garmin Connect account to view your most up-to-date Body Battery 2 Press START to view your current heart rate in level, long-term trends, and additional details... -
Page 16: Viewing The Weather Glance
Functional threshold power (FTP): The watch uses y Health and nutrition information your user profile information from the initial setup NOTE: You can use the Garmin Connect app to add and to estimate your FTP. For a more accurate rating, remove glances. -
Page 17: Getting Your Vo2 Max. Estimate For Running
31). estimates. For the most accurate estimate, complete the user TIP: If you have more than one Garmin device, you profile setup (Setting Up Your User Profile, page 34), can enable the Physio TrueUp™ feature, which allows... -
Page 18: Heart Rate Variability Status
Status Purple Superior normal range for your age. Blue Excellent You can sync your watch with your Garmin Connect account to view your current heart rate variability Green Good status, trends, and educational feedback. Orange Fair... -
Page 19: Conducting An Ftp Test
Performing a Guided Test to Determine Your Lactate notifications. Threshold 1 Hold UP. This feature requires a Garmin chest heart rate monitor. 2 Select System > Performance Condition. Before you can perform the guided test, you must put Training Status... -
Page 20: Training Status Levels
These estimates are provided and supported by or more. Detraining means that you are unable to Firstbeat Analytics. For more information, go to Garmin. maintain your fitness level. You can try increasing com.sg/minisite/garmin-technology/running/. your training load to see improvement. -
Page 21: Acute Load
Impacting VO2 Max.” has a corresponding description several days. The gauge indicates whether your current in your Garmin Connect activity details. load is low, optimal, high, or very high. The optimal Aerobic Training Effect uses your heart rate to measure... -
Page 22: Recovery Time
Recovery Time Pausing and Resuming Your Training Status You can use your Garmin device with wrist-based heart If you are injured or sick, you can pause your training rate or a compatible chest heart rate monitor to display status. You can continue to record fitness activities,... -
Page 23: Viewing The Controls Menu
Select to sync your watch with your paired phone. Timer Select to set a countdown timer (Starting the Countdown Timer, page 42). Select to open your Garmin Pay wallet and pay for purchases with your watch (Garmin Wallet Pay, page 18). -
Page 24: Customizing The Controls Menu
2 Select Garmin Pay > > Add Card. 3 Follow the on-screen instructions. The Garmin Pay feature allows you to use your watch to pay for purchases in participating locations using credit After the card is added, you can select the card on your or debit cards from a participating financial institution. -
Page 25: Customizing Your Morning Report
VO2 max. estimate (About VO2 Max. Estimates, page 10). Activity Tracking 1 On your phone or computer, go to your Garmin The activity tracking feature records your daily step Connect calendar. count, distance traveled, intensity minutes, floors 2 Select the day of the event, and add the race event. -
Page 26: Turning On The Move Alert
You can set your normal sleep hours in the user settings on your Garmin Connect y Wear your watch all day and night for the most account. Sleep statistics include total hours of sleep, accurate resting heart rate. -
Page 27: Following A Workout From Garmin Connect
3 Press DOWN to view details about the workout, Creating a Custom Workout on Garmin Connect such as steps and estimated benefit (optional). Before you can create a workout on the Garmin 4 Select START, and select an option: Connect app, you must have a Garmin Connect account •... -
Page 28: Recording A Critical Swim Speed Test
Your Garmin Connect account has an adaptive training 4 Select Training > Critical Swim Speed > Do Critical plan and Garmin coach to fit your training goals. For Swim Speed Test. example, you can answer a few questions and find a 5 Press DOWN to preview the workout steps plan to help you complete a 5 km race. -
Page 29: Starting An Interval Workout
Stopping a PacePro Plan pace effort based on elevation changes. 1 Hold UP. You can create a PacePro plan using the Garmin Connect app. You can preview the splits and elevation 2 Select Stop PacePro > plot before you run the course. -
Page 30: Using Virtual Partner
1 Hold UP. recorded activity from your device. 2 Select Activities & Apps. • Select Downloaded to select an activity you downloaded from your Garmin Connect account. 3 Select an activity. 6 Select the activity. 4 Select the activity settings. -
Page 31: Enabling Self Evaluation
Laps. Your self evaluation information can be viewed in your • To select a ski or snowboard run and view Garmin Connect account. additional information about each run, select Runs. 1 Hold UP. -
Page 32: Clearing Personal Records
2 Select History > Records. support for MTP file transfer mode. You must open 3 Select a sport. the Garmin drive on a Windows operating system. 4 Select an option: You should use the Garmin Express application to • To delete one record, select a record, and select remove music files from your device. -
Page 33: Turning Off The Wrist-Based Heart Rate Monitor
On your Garmin Connect account, you can view or diagnose any medical condition or disease. Always additional details about your pulse oximeter readings, defer to your health care provider for any heart-related including trends over multiple days. -
Page 34: Getting Pulse Oximeter Readings
1 From the pulse oximeter glance, hold UP. Creating a Course on Garmin Connect 2 Select Pulse Ox Options > All Day. Before you can create a course on the Garmin Connect The device automatically analyzes your oxygen app, you must have a Garmin Connect account... -
Page 35: Viewing Or Editing Course Details
5 Select your compatible device. 8 Press START to begin navigation. 6 Follow the on-screen instructions. Navigating to Your Starting Point During an Viewing or Editing Course Details Activity You can view or edit course details before you navigate You can navigate back to the starting point of your a course. -
Page 36: Map Settings
Compass with a sensor, they are already paired. The watch has a 3-axis compass with automatic For information about specific Garmin sensor calibration. The compass features and appearance compatibility, purchasing, or to view the owner’s change depending on your activity, whether GPS manual, go to Garmin.com.sg/buy... -
Page 37: Pairing Your Wireless Sensors
The values for the zones are default values based on gender, weight, and average ability, and may not match your personal abilities. You can manually adjust your zones on the watch or using your Garmin Connect account (Setting Your Power Zones, page 35). -
Page 38: Color Gauges And Running Dynamics Data
You can watch the gauge or data field during your run or view the summary on your Garmin Connect account after your run. As with the other running dynamics data, ground contact time balance is a quantitative measurement to help you learn about your running form. -
Page 39: Tips For Missing Running Dynamics Data
Garmin Connect account. 3 Press UP or DOWN from the watch face to view the If both wrist-based heart rate and chest heart rate data VIRB glance. -
Page 40: Controlling A Virb Action Camera During An Activity
Controlling a VIRB Action Camera During an activity history to provide a fitness age. If you have a Garmin Index scale, your watch uses the body fat Activity percentage metric instead of BMI to determine your Before you can use the VIRB remote function, you must fitness age. -
Page 41: Letting The Watch Set Your Heart Rate Zones
7 Select a zone, and enter a value for each zone. zones automatically. You can manually adjust your zones on the watch or using your Garmin Connect 8 If necessary, select Minimum, and enter a minimum account. -
Page 42: Music
Provider internet every 7 days (via Wi-Fi or Garmin Connect) so that you can continue to make use of third-party offline Before you can download audio content from a third- music services. -
Page 43: Listening To Music
(Connecting to a Wi-Fi Network, page 39). Phone Connectivity Features Phone connectivity features are available for your Forerunner watch when you pair it using the Garmin Connect app (Pairing Your Phone, page 37). y App features from the Garmin Connect app,... -
Page 44: Enabling Bluetooth Notifications
When you receive a text message notification on your Garmin Connect app. During an audio prompt, the watch, you can send a quick reply by selecting from a watch or phone mutes the primary audio to play the list of messages. -
Page 45: Wi-Fi Connectivity Features
Store your activities: After you complete and save an activity with your watch, you can upload that activity Connecting to a Wi-Fi Network to your Garmin Connect account and keep it as long You must connect your watch to the Garmin Connect as you want. -
Page 46: Using The Garmin Connect App
Phone, page 37), you can use the Garmin Connect (Customizing the Controls Menu, page 18). app to upload all of your activity data to your Garmin 1 Hold LIGHT to view the controls menu. Connect account. 2 Select Sync. 1 Verify the Garmin Connect app is running on your Connect IQ Features phone. -
Page 47: Adding Emergency Contacts
Adding Contacts recipients and the message content in the Garmin Connect app. You can add up to 50 contacts to the Garmin Connect app. Contact emails can be used with the LiveTrack Turning On Live Event Sharing feature. Three of these contacts can be used as... -
Page 48: Clocks
NOTE: This feature is not available for all activities. • To reset both timers, press DOWN. • To save the stopwatch time as an activity, press 3 Select > Live Event Sharing > Sharing. UP, and select Save Activity. Live event sharing is enabled for 24 hours. •... -
Page 49: Customizing The Data Screens
Animations are available for pre-installed workouts (Customizing the Data Screens, page 43). and workouts downloaded from your Garmin Connect account. Edit Weight: Allows you to add the weight used for an exercise set during a strength training or cardio Customizing the Data Screens activity. -
Page 50: Adding A Map To An Activity
7 Select an option: Alert Name Alert Type Description • Select Layout to adjust the number of data fields You can set a distance on the data screen. Distance Recurring interval. • Select Data Fields, and select a field to change You can set minimum and the data that appears in the field. -
Page 51: Gps Settings
For more If you experience irregular compass behavior, for information about satellite systems, go to Garmin.com. example, after moving long distances or after extreme sg/about-gps. temperature changes, you can manually calibrate the compass. -
Page 52: Calibrating The Barometric Altimeter
altimeter sensor. • To calibrate automatically from your GPS starting point, select Use GPS. Auto Cal�: Allows the altimeter to self-calibrate each time you use satellite systems. Map Settings Sensor Mode: Sets the mode for the sensor. The Auto You can customize how the map appears in the map option uses both the altimeter and barometer app and data screens. -
Page 53: Power Manager Settings
4 If necessary, select Status to turn on the alert. USB Mode: Sets the watch to use MTP (media transfer 5 If necessary, enter a distance or time value, and protocol) or Garmin mode when connected to a select computer. -
Page 54: Changing The Units Of Measure
3 Select a measurement type. You can charge the watch by plugging the USB 4 Select a unit of measure. cable into a Garmin approved AC adapter with a standard wall outlet or a USB port on your Device Information computer. -
Page 55: Device Care
The watch is compatible with standard quick-release bands. Forerunner 255S series has 18 mm wide bands, and Forerunner 255 series has 22 mm wide bands. 1 Slide the quick-release pin on the spring bar to remove the band. Device Information... -
Page 56: Troubleshooting
Express (Garmin.com.sg/express). On your phone, install the Garmin Connect app. NOTE: The watch may interpret some repetitive motions, such as washing dishes, folding laundry, This provides easy access to these services for Garmin or clapping your hands, as steps. devices: y Software updates The step counts on my device and my Garmin Connect account don’t match... -
Page 57: Acquiring Satellite Signals
Delete Acquiring Satellite Signals Data and Reset Settings. NOTE: If you have set up a Garmin Pay wallet, The device may need a clear view of the sky to this option deletes the wallet from your watch. If acquire satellite signals. -
Page 58: My Phone Will Not Connect To The Watch
The watch is compatible with some Bluetooth sensors. If your phone will not connect to the watch, you can try The first time you connect a sensor to your Garmin these tips. watch, you must pair the watch and sensor. After... -
Page 59: Appendix
NOTE: Not all data fields are available for all activity types. Some data fields require ANT+ or Bluetooth accessories to display data. Some data fields appear in more than one category on the watch. TIP: You can also customize the data fields from the watch settings in the Garmin Connect app. Cadence Fields... - Page 60 Name Description Minimum Elevation The lowest elevation reached since the last reset. Total Ascent The total elevation distance ascended since the last reset. Total Descent The total elevation distance descended since the last reset. Floors Fields Name Description Floors Climbed The total number of floors climbed up for the day.
- Page 61 Name Description Lap Heart Rate The average heart rate for the current lap. Lap Heart Rate %Max. The average percentage of maximum heart rate for the current lap. The average percentage of heart rate reserve (maximum heart rate minus resting Last Lap %HRR heart rate) for the last completed lap.
- Page 62 PacePro Fields Name Description Next Split Distance Running. The total distance of the next split. Next Split Target Pace Running. The target pace for the next split. Overall Ahead/Behind Running. The overall time ahead or behind of the target pace. Split Distance Running.
- Page 63 Speed Fields Name Description Average Moving Speed The average speed when moving for the current activity. The average speed for the current activity, including both moving and stopped Average Overall Speed speeds. Average Speed The average speed for the current activity. Average Nautical Speed The average speed in knots for the current activity.
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Page 64: Vo2 Max. Standard Ratings
Swolf Fields Name Description The average swolf score for the current activity. Your swolf score is the sum of the time for Average Swolf one length plus the number of strokes for that length (Swim Terminology, page 4). In open water swimming, 25 meters is used to calculate your swolf score. -
Page 65: Ftp Ratings
Data reprinted with permission from The Cooper Tire Size Wheel Circumference (mm) Institute. For more information, go to www. 26 × 1.75 2023 CooperInstitute.org. 26 × 1.95 2050 FTP Ratings 26 × 2.00 2055 26 × 1-3/8 2068 These tables include classifications for functional 26 ×... - Page 66 July 2022...