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  • Page 1 FORERUNNER 165 SERIES WATCH ® Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 2 © 2024 Garmin Ltd. or its subsidiaries 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. Go to www.garmin.com...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Activity..........10 Paying for a Purchase Using Your Tips for Recording Strength Training Watch..........27 Activities.........10 Adding a Card to Your Garmin Pay Recording a HIIT Activity....11 Wallet..........27 HIIT Timers........11 Changing Your Garmin Pay Customizing Activities and Apps..11 Passcode........
  • Page 4 Turning Off the Wrist-based Heart Following a Workout From Garmin Rate Monitor........41 Connect..........32 Heart Rate While Swimming....42 Creating a Custom Workout on Garmin Setting an Abnormal Heart Rate Connect..........32 Alert............42 Sending a Custom Workout to Your Broadcasting Heart Rate Data....42...
  • Page 5 Phone Apps and Computer Using the Varia Camera Controls..52 Applications........... 61 tempe............. 53 Garmin Connect.........62 Using the Garmin Connect App..62 User Profile........53 Using Garmin Connect on Your Setting Up Your User Profile....53 Computer........63 Gender Settings......... 53 Manually Syncing Data with Garmin Viewing Your Fitness Age....
  • Page 6 Changing the Bands......77 Specifications........77 Battery Life Information....78 Troubleshooting......78 Product Updates........78 Setting Up Garmin Express....78 Getting More Information..... 78 Activity Tracking........78 My daily step count does not appear..........78 My step count does not seem accurate..........

  • Page 7: Introduction

    Always consult your physician before you begin or modify any exercise program. Setting Up Your Watch To take full advantage of the Forerunner features, complete these tasks. • Pair the Forerunner watch with your phone using the Garmin Connect (Pairing Your Phone, page 59).

  • Page 8: Gps Status And Status Icons

    START · STOP • Press to start and stop the activity timer. • Press to choose an option or to acknowledge a message. BACK • Press to return to the previous screen. • Press to record a lap or rest during an activity, or to advance to the next stage of a workout. GPS Status and Status Icons For outdoor activities, the status bar turns green when GPS is ready.

  • Page 9: Activities And Apps

    Connect IQ app (Connect IQ Features, page 63). For more information about activity tracking and fitness metric accuracy, go to garmin.com/ataccuracy. Starting an Activity When you start an activity, GPS turns on automatically (if required).

  • Page 10: Evaluating An Activity

    3 Select how you felt during the activity. You can view evaluations in the Garmin Connect app. Outdoor Activities The Forerunner device comes preloaded with outdoor activities, such as running and cycling. GPS is turned on for outdoor activities.

  • Page 11: Going For A Run

    Going for a Run The first fitness activity you record on your watch can be a run, ride, or any outdoor activity. You may need to charge the watch before starting the activity (Charging the Watch, page 75). The watch records activity data only while the activity timer is running. 1 Press START, and select an activity.

  • Page 12: Going For A Track Run

    Going for a Track Run Before you go for a track run, make sure you are running on a standard-shape, 400 m track. You can use the track run activity to record your outdoor track data, including distance in meters and lap splits. 1 Stand on the outdoor track.

  • Page 13: Going For A Pool Swim

    Going for a Pool Swim 1 Press START. 2 Select Pool Swim. 3 Select your pool size, or enter a custom size. 4 Press START. The device records swim data only while the activity timer is running. 5 Start your activity. The device automatically records swim intervals and lengths.

  • Page 14: Stroke Types

    Stroke type identification is available only for pool swimming. Your stroke type is identified at the end of a length. Stroke types appear in your swimming history and in your Garmin Connect account. You can also select stroke type as a custom data field (Customizing the Data Screens, page 70).

  • Page 15: Going For A Virtual Run

    Going for a Virtual Run You can pair your watch with a compatible third-party app to transmit pace, heart rate, or cadence data. 1 Press START. 2 Select Virtual Run. 3 On your tablet, laptop, or phone, open the Zwift app or another virtual training app.

  • Page 16: Recording A Strength Training Activity

    You can record sets during a strength training activity. A set is multiple repetitions (reps) of a single move. You can create and find strength workouts in your Garmin Connect account and send them to your watch. 1 Press START.

  • Page 17: Recording A Hiit Activity

    Recording a HIIT Activity You can use specialized timers to record a high-intensity interval training (HIIT) activity. 1 Press START. 2 Select HIIT. 3 Select an option: • Select Free to record an open, unstructured HIIT activity. • Select HIIT Timers (HIIT Timers, page 11).

  • Page 18: Creating A Custom Activity

    Creating a Custom Activity 1 Press START. 2 Select Add. 3 Select an option: • Select Copy Activity to create your custom activity starting from one of your saved activities. • Select Other > Other to create a new custom activity. 4 If necessary, select an activity type.

  • Page 19: Glances

    Glances Your watch comes preloaded with glances that provide quick information (Viewing the Glance Loop, page 15). Some glances require a Bluetooth connection to a compatible phone. ® Some glances are not visible by default. You can add them to the glance loop manually (Customizing the Glance Loop, page 16).
  • Page 20 Performance activities and race performances (Performance Measurements, page 19). Displays the race event you designate as the primary race in your Garmin Connect calendar Primary race (Race Calendar and Primary Race, page 29). Allows you to take a manual pulse oximeter reading...

  • Page 21: Viewing The Glance Loop

    Name Description Recovery Displays your recovery time. The maximum time is four days. Your current respiration rate in breaths per minute and seven-day average. You can do a Respiration breathing activity to help you relax. Sleep score Displays total sleep time, a sleep score, and sleep stage information for the previous night. Steps Tracks your daily step count, step goal, and data for previous days.

  • Page 22: Customizing The Glance Loop

    Body Battery level range is from 5 to 100, where 5 to 25 is very low reserve energy, 26 to 50 is low reserve energy, 51 to 75 is medium reserve energy, and 76 to 100 is high reserve energy. You can sync your watch with your Garmin Connect account to view your most up-to-date Body Battery level, long-term trends, and additional details (Tips for Improved Body Battery Data, page 17).

  • Page 23: Tips For Improved Body Battery Data

    Tips for Improved Body Battery Data • For more accurate results, wear the watch while sleeping. • Good sleep charges your Body Battery. • Strenuous activity and high stress can cause your Body Battery to drain more quickly. • Food intake, as well as stimulants like caffeine, has no impact on your Body Battery. Viewing the Heart Rate Glance 1 From the watch face, press UP or DOWN to view the heart rate glance.

  • Page 24: Using The Hydration Tracking Glance

    The pregnancy tracking feature displays weekly updates on your pregnancy and provides health and nutrition information. You can use your watch to log physical and emotional symptoms, blood glucose readings, and baby movement. You can learn more and set up this feature in the Health Stats settings of the Garmin Connect app.

  • Page 25: Recovery Time

    Recovery Time You can use your Garmin device with wrist-based heart rate or a compatible chest heart rate monitor to display how much time remains before you are fully recovered and ready for the next hard workout. NOTE: The recovery time recommendation uses your VO2 max. estimate and may seem inaccurate at first. The device requires you to complete a few activities to learn about your performance.

  • Page 26: About Vo2 Max. Estimates

    On the device, your VO2 max. estimate appears as a number, description, and position on the color gauge. On your Garmin Connect account, you can view additional details about your VO2 max. estimate, such as where it ranks for your age and sex.

  • Page 27: Viewing Your Predicted Race Times

    Turning Off VO2 Max. Recording You can disable VO2 max. recording for ultra run and trail run activities if you do not want these run types to affect your VO2 max. estimate (About VO2 Max. Estimates, page 20). 1 Hold UP. 2 Select Activities &...

  • Page 28: Heart Rate Variability Status

    Your HRV values are averaging well below the normal range for your age. No status No status means that there is insufficient data to generate a seven-day average. You can sync your watch with your Garmin Connect account to view your current heart rate variability status, trends, and educational feedback. Appearance...

  • Page 29: About Training Effect

    Each feedback phrase, for example, "Highly Impacting VO2 Max." has a corresponding description in your Garmin Connect activity details. Aerobic Training Effect uses your heart rate to measure how the accumulated intensity of an exercise affects your aerobic fitness and indicates if the workout had a maintaining or improving effect on your fitness level.

  • Page 30: Controls

    Controls The controls menu lets you quickly access watch features and options. You can add, reorder, and remove the options in the controls menu (Customizing the Controls Menu, page 26). From any screen, hold LIGHT. Appearance...
  • Page 31 Icon Name Description Select to enable or disable airplane mode to turn off all wireless communica­ Airplane Mode tions. Alarm Clock Select to add or edit an alarm (Setting an Alarm, page 66). Select to view the current time of day in additional time zones (Adding Alternate Alt.

  • Page 32: Viewing The Controls Menu

    5 If necessary, select Add New to add an additional shortcut to the controls menu. Garmin Pay The Garmin Pay feature allows you to use your watch to pay for purchases in participating locations using credit or debit cards from a participating financial institution.

  • Page 33: Setting Up Your Garmin Pay Wallet

    Your most recently used payment card appears. 4 If you have added multiple cards to your Garmin Pay wallet, swipe to change to another card (optional). 5 If you have added multiple cards to your Garmin Pay wallet, select DOWN to change to another card (optional).

  • Page 34: Changing Your Garmin Pay Passcode

    • To delete the card, select Changing Your Garmin Pay Passcode You must know your current passcode to change it. If you forget your passcode, you must reset the Garmin Pay feature for your Forerunner watch, create a new passcode, and reenter your card information.

  • Page 35: Race Calendar And Primary Race

    Race Calendar and Primary Race When you add a race event to your Garmin Connect calendar, you can view the event on your watch by adding the primary race glance (Glances, page 13). The event date must be in the next 365 days. The watch displays a countdown to the event, your goal time or predicted finish time (running events only), and weather information.

  • Page 36: Auto Goal

    . Your watch also creates a daily floors climbed goal. If you choose not to use the auto goal feature, you can set personalized goals on your Garmin Connect account. Using the Move Alert Sitting for prolonged periods of time can trigger undesirable metabolic state changes. The move alert reminds you to keep moving.

  • Page 37: Customizing Sleep Mode

    NOTE: You can set your normal sleep hours in the user settings on your Garmin Connect account. You can enable the During Sleep option in the system settings to automatically enter do not disturb mode during your...

  • Page 38: Workouts

    4 Select or Send to Device. 5 Follow the on-screen instructions. Creating a Custom Workout on Garmin Connect Before you can create a workout on the Garmin Connect app, you must have a Garmin Connect account (Garmin Connect, page 62). 1 From the Garmin Connect app, select 2 Select Training &...

  • Page 39: Starting A Workout

    The training calendar on your watch is an extension of the training calendar or schedule you set up in your Garmin Connect account. After you have added a few workouts to the Garmin Connect calendar, you can send them to your device. All scheduled workouts sent to the device appear in the calendar glance. When you select a day in the calendar, you can view or do the workout.

  • Page 40: Using Garmin Connect Training Plans

    Garmin coach glance is added to the glance loop on your Forerunner watch. Starting Today's Workout After you send a Garmin Coach training plan to your watch, the Garmin Coach glance appears in your glance loop (Customizing the Glance Loop, page 16).

  • Page 41: Customizing An Interval Workout

    You can also create a pace band for a known course to optimize your pace effort based on elevation changes. You can create a PacePro plan using the Garmin Connect app. You can preview the splits and elevation plot before you run the course.

  • Page 42: Starting A Pacepro Plan

    Starting a PacePro Plan Before you can start a PacePro plan, you must download a plan from your Garmin Connect account. 1 Press START. 2 Select an outdoor running activity. 3 Hold UP. 4 Select Training > PacePro Plans. 5 Select a plan.

  • Page 43: Creating A Pacepro Plan On Your Watch

    Creating a PacePro Plan on Your Watch Before you can create a PacePro plan on your watch, you must create a course and load it to your watch (Creating a Course on Garmin Connect, page 45). 1 From the watch face, select START.

  • Page 44: Using Run And Walk Alerts

    Enabling Self Evaluation When you save an activity, you can evaluate your perceived effort and how you felt during the activity. Your self evaluation information can be viewed in your Garmin Connect account. 1 Hold UP. 2 Select Activities & Apps.

  • Page 45: Using History

    Using History History contains previous activities you have saved on your watch. The watch has a history glance for quick access to your activity data (Glances, page 13). 1 From the watch face, hold UP. 2 Select History. 3 Select an option: •...

  • Page 46: Clearing Personal Records

    4 Press the Delete key on your keyboard. NOTE: Mac operating systems provide limited support for MTP file transfer mode. You must open the Garmin drive on a Windows operating system. You should use the Garmin Express application to remove ™...

  • Page 47: Heart Rate Features

    Heart Rate Features The watch has a wrist-based heart rate monitor and is also compatible with chest heart rate monitors. You can view heart rate data on the heart rate glance. If both wrist-based heart rate and chest heart rate data are available, your watch uses the chest heart rate data.

  • Page 48: Heart Rate While Swimming

    This feature does not notify you when your heart rate drops below the selected threshold during your chosen sleep window configured in the Garmin Connect app. This feature does not notify you of any potential heart condition and is not intended to treat or diagnose any medical condition or disease.

  • Page 49: Broadcasting Heart Rate Data During An Activity

    On the watch, your pulse oximeter reading appears as an oxygen saturation percentage and color on the graph. On your Garmin Connect account, you can view additional details about your pulse oximeter readings, including trends over multiple days. For more information about pulse oximeter accuracy, go to garmin.com/ataccuracy.

  • Page 50: Getting Pulse Oximeter Readings

    The elevation scale. A graph of your average oxygen saturation readings for the last 24 hours. Your most recent oxygen saturation reading. The oxygen saturation percentage scale. A graph of your elevation readings for the last 24 hours. Getting Pulse Oximeter Readings You can manually begin a pulse oximeter reading by viewing the pulse oximeter glance.

  • Page 51: Navigation

    You can send a course from your Garmin Connect account to your device. After it is saved to your device, you can navigate the course on your device.

  • Page 52: Viewing Course Details

    Viewing Course Details You can view course details before you navigate a course. 1 Press START. 2 Select an activity. 3 Hold UP. 4 Select Navigation > Courses. 5 Press START to select a course. 6 Select an option: • To begin navigation, select Do Course. •...

  • Page 53: Navigating To Your Starting Point During An Activity

    Navigating to Your Starting Point During an Activity You can navigate back to the starting point of your current activity in a straight line or along the path you traveled. This feature is available only for activities that use GPS. 1 During an activity, press STOP.

  • Page 54: Panning And Zooming The Map

    Panning and Zooming the Map 1 While navigating, press UP or DOWN to view the map. 2 Hold UP. 3 Select Pan/Zoom. 4 Select an option: • To toggle between panning up and down, panning left and right, or zooming, press START. •...

  • Page 55: Wireless Sensors

    The first time you connect a wireless sensor to your watch using ANT+ or Bluetooth technology, you must pair the watch and sensor. If the sensor has both ANT+ and Bluetooth technology, Garmin recommends that you pair using ANT+ technology. After they are paired, the watch connects to the sensor automatically when you start an activity and the sensor is active and within range.

  • Page 56: Heart Rate Accessory Running Pace And Distance

    Running Power Garmin running power is calculated using measured running dynamics information, user mass, environmental data, and other sensor data. The power measurement estimates the amount of power a runner applies to the road surface, and it is displayed in watts. Using running power as a gauge of effort may suit some runners better than using either pace or heart rate.

  • Page 57: Running Dynamics

    Running Dynamics Running dynamics is feedback about your running form. Your Forerunner watch has an accelerometer to calculate five running form metrics. You can view your running dynamics data in the Garmin Connect app. Metric Description Cadence is the number of steps per minute. It displays the total steps (right and left Run cadence combined).

  • Page 58: Color Gauges And Running Dynamic Data

    Color Gauges and Running Dynamic Data Garmin has researched many runners of all different levels. The data values in the red or orange zones are typical for less experienced or slower runners. The data values in the green, blue, or purple zones are typical for more experienced or faster runners.

  • Page 59: Tempe

    When you first set up the watch, you must choose a sex. Most fitness and training algorithms are binary. For the most accurate results, Garmin recommends selecting your sex assigned at birth. After the initial setup, you can customize the profile settings in your Garmin Connect account.

  • Page 60: Setting Your Heart Rate Zones

    • Run often with the wrist or chest heart rate monitor. • Try a few heart rate training plans, available from your Garmin Connect account. • View your heart rate trends and time in zones using your Garmin Connect account. Heart Rate Zone Calculations...

  • Page 61: Setting Your Power Zones

    Bluetooth headphones. Downloading Personal Audio Content Before you can send your personal music to your watch, you must install the Garmin Express application on your computer (www.garmin.com/express). You can load your personal audio files, such as .mp3 and .m4a files, to a Forerunner music watch from your computer.

  • Page 62: Connecting To A Third-Party Provider

    Disconnecting from a Third-Party Provider 1 From the Garmin Connect app, select 2 Select Garmin Devices, and select your watch. 3 Select Music. 4 Select an installed third-party provider, and follow the on-screen instructions to disconnect the third-party provider from your watch.

  • Page 63: Listening To Music

    Listening to Music 1 Hold DOWN from any screen to open the music controls. 2 Hold UP. 3 Select an option: • If this is your first time listening to music, select Music > Music Providers. • If this is not your first time listening to music, select Music Providers. 4 Select an option: •...

  • Page 64: Music Playback Controls

    Music Playback Controls NOTE: Some music playback controls are available on a Forerunner music watch only. NOTE: Music playback controls may look different, depending on the selected music source. Select to view more music playback controls. Select to browse the audio files and playlists for the selected source. Select to adjust the volume.

  • Page 65: Changing The Audio Mode

    Pairing Your Phone To use the connected features on your watch, you must pair it directly through the Garmin Connect app, instead of from the Bluetooth settings on your phone. 1 During the initial setup on your watch, select when you are prompted to pair with your phone.

  • Page 66: Viewing Notifications

    , go to the iOS ® notifications settings to select the items to show on the watch. • If you are using an Android phone, from the Garmin Connect app, select > Settings > Notifications. Turning Off the Bluetooth Phone Connection You can turn off the Bluetooth phone connection from the controls menu.

  • Page 67: Playing Audio Prompts During An Activity

    Audio prompts play on your connected Bluetooth headphones, if available. Otherwise, audio prompts play on your phone paired through the Garmin Connect app. During an audio prompt, the watch or phone mutes the primary audio to play the announcement.

  • Page 68: Garmin Connect

    Garmin Connect You can connect with your friends on Garmin Connect. Garmin Connect gives you the tools to track, analyze, share, and encourage each other. Record the events of your active lifestyle including runs, walks, rides, swims, hikes, triathlons, and more. To sign up for a free account, you can download the app from the app store on your phone , or go to connect.garmin.com.

  • Page 69: Using Garmin Connect On Your Computer

    Garmin Express application to upload your activity data to your Garmin Connect account and to send data, such as workouts or training plans, from the Garmin Connect website to your watch. You can also add music to your watch (Downloading Personal Audio Content, page 55).

  • Page 70: Downloading Connect Iq Features Using Your Computer

    If a contact declines, you must choose another emergency contact. Adding Contacts You can add up to 50 contacts to the Garmin Connect app. Contact emails can be used with the LiveTrack feature. Three of these contacts can be used as emergency contacts (Adding Emergency Contacts, page 64).

  • Page 71: Turning Incident Detection On And Off

    CAUTION Incident detection is a supplemental feature available only for certain outdoor activities. Incident detection should not be relied on as a primary method to obtain emergency assistance. The Garmin Connect app does not contact emergency services on your behalf.

  • Page 72: Turning On Live Event Sharing

    Turning On Live Event Sharing Before you can use live event sharing, you must set up the LiveTrack feature in the Garmin Connect app. NOTE: LiveTrack features are available when your Forerunner watch is connected to the Garmin Connect app using Bluetooth technology, with a compatible Android phone.

  • Page 73: Using The Stopwatch

    Using the Stopwatch 1 From the watch face, hold UP. 2 Select Clocks > Stopwatch. 3 Press START to start the timer. 4 Press BACK to restart the lap timer The total stopwatch time continues running. 5 Press STOP to stop both timers. 6 Select an option: •...

  • Page 74: Deleting A Timer

    Deleting a Timer 1 From the watch face, hold UP. 2 Select Clocks > Timers. 3 Select a timer. 4 Press UP, and select Delete. 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.

  • Page 75: Customizing Your Watch

    Customizing Your Watch 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. Hold UP, select Activities &...

  • Page 76: Customizing The Data Screens

    Customizing the Data Screens You can show, hide, and change the layout and content of data screens for each activity. 1 Hold UP. 2 Select Activities & Apps. 3 Select the activity to customize. 4 Select the activity settings. 5 Select Data Screens. 6 Select a data screen to customize.

  • Page 77: Activity Alerts

    Activity Alerts You can set alerts for each activity, which can help you to train toward specific goals, to increase your awareness of your environment, and to navigate to your destination. Some alerts are available only for specific activities. There are three types of alerts: event alerts, range alerts, and recurring alerts. Event alert: An event alert notifies you one time.

  • Page 78: Setting An Alert

    (minimum and maximum values). Satellite Settings You can change the satellite settings to customize the satellite systems used for each activity. For more information about satellite systems, go to www.garmin.com/aboutGPS. TIP: The satellite settings can impact battery life (Battery Life Information, page 78).

  • Page 79: Map Settings

    The Every Second recording option provides more detailed activity recordings, but may not record entire activities that last for longer periods of time. USB Mode: Sets the watch to use MTP (media transfer protocol) or Garmin mode when connected to a computer.

  • Page 80: Time Settings

    Time Settings Hold UP, and select System > Time. Time Format: Sets the watch to show time in a 12-hour, 24-hour, or military format. Date Format: Sets the display order for the day, month, and year for dates. Set Time: Sets the time zone for the watch. The Auto option sets the time zone automatically based on your GPS position.

  • Page 81: Device Information

    Device Information Viewing Device Information You can view device information, such as the unit ID, software version, regulatory information, and license agreement. 1 Hold UP. 2 Select System > About. Viewing E-label Regulatory and Compliance Information The label for this device is provided electronically. The e-label may provide regulatory information, such as identification numbers provided by the FCC or regional compliance markings, as well as applicable product and licensing information.

  • Page 82: Tips For Charging The Watch

    (Charging the Watch, page 75). You can charge the watch by plugging the USB cable into a Garmin approved AC adapter with a standard wall outlet or a USB port on your computer. Charging a fully depleted battery takes up to two hours.

  • Page 83: Cleaning The Watch

    From 0º to 45ºC (from 32º to 113ºF) European Union (EU) wireless frequency (power) 2.4 GHz @ 15.94 dBm maximum EU SAR values 1.04 W/kg torso, 0.41 W/kg limb The device withstands pressure equivalent to a depth of 50 m. For more information, go to www.garmin.com/waterrating. Device Information...

  • Page 84: Battery Life Information

    • Go to support.garmin.com for additional manuals, articles, and software updates. • Go to buy.garmin.com, or contact your Garmin dealer for information about optional accessories and replacement parts. • Go to www.garmin.com/ataccuracy. This is not a medical device. The pulse oximeter feature is not available in all countries.

  • Page 85: My Step Count Does Not Seem Accurate

    2 Wait while your data syncs. Syncing can take several minutes. NOTE: Refreshing the Garmin Connect app or the Garmin Express application does not sync your data or update your step count. The floors climbed amount does not seem accurate Your watch uses an internal barometer to measure elevation changes as you climb floors.

  • Page 86: Improving Gps Satellite Reception

    • To reset all of the watch settings to the factory default values and delete all user-entered information and activity history, select Delete Data and Reset Settings. NOTE: If you have set up a Garmin Pay wallet, this option deletes the wallet from your watch. If you have music stored on your watch, this option deletes your stored music.

  • Page 87: Maximizing Battery Life

    • Reduce the display timeout (Changing the Screen Settings, page 74). • Stop broadcasting heart rate data to paired Garmin devices (Broadcasting Heart Rate Data, page 42). • Turn off wrist-based heart rate monitoring (Turning Off the Wrist-based Heart Rate Monitor, page 41).

  • Page 88: My Phone Will Not Connect To The Watch

    • Remove your watch from the Garmin Connect app and the Bluetooth settings on your phone to retry the pairing process. • If you bought a new phone, remove your watch from the Garmin Connect app on the phone you intend to stop using.

  • Page 89: Can I Use My Bluetooth Sensor With My Watch

    Can I use my Bluetooth sensor with my watch? The watch is compatible with some Bluetooth sensors. The first time you connect a sensor to your Garmin watch, you must pair the watch and sensor. After they are paired, the watch connects to the sensor automatically when you start an activity and the sensor is active and within range.

  • Page 90: Appendix

    Appendix Activities List These activities are available on your Forerunner 165 Series watch. NOTE: Make sure to update your watch software to get the latest activities (Updating the Software Using the Garmin Connect App, page 62, Updating the Software Using Garmin Express, page 63).
  • Page 91 Bike Bike Indoor Breathwork Cardio Elliptical Floor Climb HIIT Hike Indoor Track Open Water Other Padel Pickleball Pilates Pool Swim Stair Stepper Strength Tennis Track Run Trail Run Treadmill Ultra Run Appendix...

  • Page 92: Data Fields

    NOTE: Not all data fields are available for all activity types. Some data fields require compatible 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 93 Distance Fields Name Description Distance The distance traveled for the current track or activity. Int. Distance The distance traveled for the current interval. Lap Distance The distance traveled for the current lap. Last Lap Dist. The distance traveled for the last completed lap. Last Move Dist.
  • Page 94 Heart Rate Fields Name Description The percentage of heart rate reserve (maximum heart rate minus resting heart % Heart Rate Reserve rate). Aerobic Training Effect The impact of the current activity on your aerobic fitness level. Anaerobic Training Effect The impact of the current activity on your anaerobic fitness level. Average HR The average heart rate for the current activity.
  • Page 95 Name Description Move HR %Max. The average percentage of maximum heart rate for the current move. Time in Zone The time elapsed in each heart rate zone. Lengths Fields Name Description Interval Lengths The number of pool lengths completed during the current interval. Lengths The number of pool lengths completed during the current activity.
  • Page 96 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. Split Distance Running. The total distance of the current split. Split Distance Remaining Running.
  • Page 97 Run Dynamics Name Description Average Ground Contact The average amount of ground contact time for the current activity. Time Average Stride Length The average stride length for the current session. Average Vertical Oscilla­ The average amount of vertical oscillation for the current activity. tion Average Vertical Ratio The average ratio of vertical oscillation to stride length for the current session.
  • Page 98 Stroke Fields Name Description Average Distance Per Stroke Swimming. The average distance traveled per stroke during the current activity. Average Stroke Rate The average number of strokes per minute (spm) during the current activity. Average Strokes Per Length The average number of strokes per pool length during the current activity. Interval Strokes Per Length The average number of strokes per pool length during the current interval.
  • Page 99 Temperature Fields Name Description The maximum temperature recorded in the last 24 hours from a compatible temperature 24-Hour Maximum sensor. The minimum temperature recorded in the last 24 hours from a compatible temperature 24-Hour Minimum sensor. The temperature of the air. Your body temperature affects the temperature sensor. You Temperature can pair a tempe sensor with your device to provide a consistent source of accurate temperature data.

  • Page 100: Vo2 Max. Standard Ratings

    Workout Fields Name Description Reps to Go During a workout, the remaining repetitions. Step Duration The time or distance remaining for the workout step. Step Pace The current pace during the workout step. Step Speed The current speed during the workout step. Step Time The time elapsed for the workout step.
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