Clocks; Setting An Alarm; Deleting An Alarm; Using The Stopwatch - Garmin FORERUNNER 255 Series Owner's Manual

NOTE: This feature is not available for all activities.
3 Select > Live Event Sharing > Sharing.
Live event sharing is enabled for 24 hours.
4 Select Recipients to add people from your contacts.

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Setting an Alarm

You can set multiple alarms. You can set each alarm to
sound once or to repeat regularly.
1 From the watch face, hold UP.
2 Select Alarm Clock > Add Alarm.
3 Follow the on-screen instructions to set the time.
4 Select the alarm for more options:
• Select Status to turn the alarm on or off.
• Select Time to edit the time.
• Select Repeat, and select when the alarm should
repeat.
• Select Sound and Vibe, and select a type of
notification.
• Select Backlight to turn on the backlight with the
alarm.
• Select Label, and select a description for the
alarm.

Deleting an Alarm

1 From the watch face, hold UP.
2 Select Alarm Clock.
3 Select an alarm.
4 Select Delete.

Using the Stopwatch

1 From any screen, hold LIGHT.
2 Select Stopwatch.
NOTE: You may need to add this item to the
controls menu (Customizing the Controls Menu,
page 18).
3 Press START to start the timer.
4 Press to restart the lap timer
The total stopwatch time
5 Press START to stop both timers.
6 Select an option:
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• To reset both timers, press DOWN.
• To save the stopwatch time as an activity, press
UP, and select Save Activity.
• To reset the timers and exit the stopwatch, press
UP, and select Done.
• To review the lap timers, press UP, and select
Review.
NOTE: The Review option appears only after you
have completed multiple laps.
• To return to the watch face without resetting the
timers, press UP, and select Go To Watchface.
• To enable or disable lap recording, press UP, and
select Lap Key.

Starting the Countdown Timer

1 From any screen, hold LIGHT.
2 Select Timer.
NOTE: You may need to add this item to the
controls menu (Customizing the Controls Menu,
page 18).
3 Enter the time.
4 If necessary, select an option:
• Select > Save Timer to save the countdown
timer.
• Select > Restart > On to automatically restart
the timer after it expires.
• Select > Sound and Vibe, and select a type of
notification.
5 Select .

Syncing the Time with GPS

Each time you turn on the watch and acquire satellites,
the watch automatically detects your time zones and
the current time of day. You can also manually sync
the time with GPS when you change time zones, and to
update for daylight saving time.
1 Hold UP.
2 Select System > Time > Sync With GPS.
3 Wait while the device locates satellites
Satellite Signals, page

Setting the Time Manually

1 From the watch face, hold UP.
2 Select System > Time > Set Time > Manual.
3 Select Time, and enter the time of day.

Customizing Your Device

Activities and App Settings

These settings allow you to customize each preloaded
activity app based on your needs. For example, you can
customize data pages and enable alerts and training
features. Not all settings are available for all activity
types.
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