Setting Foot Pod Speed And Distance; Using An Optional Bike Speed Or Cadence Sensor; Customizing Your Device; Setting Up Your User Profile - Garmin FORERUNNER 55 Owner's Manual

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2
Start a running activity.
3
Run on a track without stopping for 10 minutes.
4
Stop your activity, and save it.
Based on the recorded data, the foot pod calibration value
changes, if necessary. You should not need to calibrate the
foot pod again unless your running style changes.
Calibrating Your Foot Pod Manually
Before you can calibrate your device, you must pair your device
with the foot pod sensor
(Pairing Your ANT+ Sensors, page
Manual calibration is recommended if you know your calibration
factor. If you have calibrated a foot pod with another Garmin
product, you may know your calibration factor.
1
From the watch face, hold UP.
2
Select
> Sensors & Accessories.
3
Select your foot pod.
4
Select Cal. Factor > Set Value.
5
Adjust the calibration factor:
• Increase the calibration factor if your distance is too low.
• Decrease the calibration factor if your distance is too high.

Setting Foot Pod Speed and Distance

Before you can customize the foot pod speed and distance, you
must pair your device with the foot pod sensor
ANT+ Sensors, page
11).
You can set your device to calculate speed and distance using
your foot pod data instead of GPS data.
1
From the watch face, hold UP.
2
Select
> Sensors & Accessories.
3
Select your foot pod.
4
Select Speed or Distance.
5
Select an option:
• Select Indoor when you are training with GPS turned off,
usually indoors.
• Select Always to use your foot pod data regardless of the
GPS setting.
Using an Optional Bike Speed or Cadence
Sensor
You can use a compatible bike speed or cadence sensor to
send data to your device.
• Pair the sensor with your device
Sensors, page
11).
• Set your wheel size
(Wheel Size and Circumference,
page
18).
• Go for a ride
(Starting an Activity, page

Customizing Your Device

Setting Up Your User Profile

You can update your height, weight, birth year, gender, and
maximum heart rate settings
Rate, page
8). The device uses this information to calculate
training data.
1
From the watch face, hold UP.
2
Select
> User Profile.
3
Select an option.

Activity Options

Activity options are a collection of settings that optimize your
device based on how you are using it. For example, the settings
12
(Pairing Your
(Pairing Your ANT+
2).
(Setting Your Maximum Heart
and data screens are different when you are using the device for
running than for riding your bike.
When you are using an activity and you change settings such as
data fields or alerts, the changes are saved automatically as part
of the activity.

Customizing Your Activity Options

You can customize your settings, data fields, and more for a
particular activity.
1
From the watch face, select START.
11).
2
Select an activity.
3
Select Options.
4
Select an option:
NOTE: Not all options are available for all activities.
• Select Workouts to do, view, or edit a workout
a Workout, page
• Select Data Screens to customize the data screens and
data fields
(Customizing the Data Fields, page
• Select Alerts to customize your training alerts
page
13).
• Select Laps to set how laps are triggered
by Distance, page
• Select Auto Pause to change when the activity timer
automatically pauses
page
13).
• Select GPS to turn off GPS
change the satellite setting
page
13).
All changes are saved to the activity.

Changing Your Displayed Activities

Your device has default activities, such as Run and Bike. You
can select additional activities to display on the device.
1
From the Garmin Connect app, select
2
Select Garmin Devices.
3
Select your device.
4
Select Activity Options > Displayed Activities > Edit.
5
Select the activities to display on your device.
6
Select Done.
Sync your device with the Garmin Connect app to view the
updated activities
(Manually Syncing Data with Garmin Connect,
page
5).

Customizing the Data Fields

You can customize data fields based on your training goals or
optional accessories. For example, you can customize data
fields to display your lap pace and heart rate zone.
1
Select START, and select an activity profile.
2
Select Options > Data Screens.
3
Select a page.
4
Select a data field to change it.

Customizing the Widget Loop

You can change the order of widgets in the widget loop, remove
widgets, and add new widgets.
1
From the watch face, hold UP.
2
Select
> Widgets.
3
Select a widget.
4
Select an option:
• Select Reorder to change the location of the widget in the
widget loop.
• Select Remove to remove the widget from the widget
loop.
2).
(Marking Laps
13).
(Using the Auto Pause
(Training Indoors, page
(Changing the GPS Setting,
or
.
Customizing Your Device
(Following
12).
(Alerts,
®
Feature,
3) or

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