Broadcasting Heart Rate Data During An Activity; Pulse Oximeter - Garmin FORERUNNER 165 Series Owner's Manual

Broadcasting Heart Rate Data During an Activity

You can set up your Forerunner watch to broadcast your heart rate data automatically when you begin an
activity. For example, you can broadcast your heart rate data to an Edge bike computer while cycling.
NOTE: Broadcasting heart rate data decreases battery life.
1 Press START.
2 Select an activity.
3 Press UP.
4 Select the activity settings.
5 Select Broadcast Heart Rate.
The Forerunner watch starts broadcasting your heart rate data in the background.
NOTE: There is no indication that the watch is broadcasting your heart rate data during an activity.
6 Begin the activity (Starting an Activity,
7 Pair your watch with your compatible device.
NOTE: The pairing instructions differ for each Garmin compatible device. See your owner's manual.
TIP: To stop broadcasting your heart rate data, stop the activity

Pulse Oximeter

Your watch has a wrist-based pulse oximeter to gauge the peripheral saturation of oxygen in your blood (SpO2).
As your altitude increases, the level of oxygen in your blood can decrease.
You can manually begin a pulse oximeter reading by viewing the pulse oximeter glance
Readings, page 44). You can also turn on all-day readings
view the pulse oximeter glance while you are not moving, your watch analyzes your oxygen saturation and your
elevation. The elevation profile helps indicate how your pulse oximeter readings are changing, relative to your to
elevation.
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.
Heart Rate Features
page 3).
(Turning On All-Day Mode,
(Stopping an Activity, page 3).
(Getting Pulse Oximeter
page 44). When you
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