Time Settings; Setting Time Alerts; Changing The Screen Settings; Changing The Units Of Measure - Garmin FORERUNNER 165 Series Owner's Manual

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.
Time: Allows you to adjust the time if the Set Time option is set to Manual.
Alerts: Allows you to set hourly alerts, as well as sunrise and sunset alerts that sound a specific number of
minutes or hours before the actual sunrise or sunset occurs
Sync With GPS: Allows you to manually sync the time when you change time zones, and to update for daylight
saving time (Syncing the Time with GPS,

Setting Time Alerts

1 Hold UP.
2 Select System > Time > Alerts.
3 Select an option:
• To set an alert to sound a specific number of minutes or hours before the actual sunset occurs, select Til
Sunset > Status > On, select Time, and enter the time.
• To set an alert to sound a specific number of minutes or hours before the actual sunrise occurs, select Til
Sunrise > Status > On, select Time, and enter the time.
• To set an alert to sound every hour, select Hourly > On.

Changing the Screen Settings

1 Hold UP.
2 Select System > Display.
3 Select Large Fonts to increase the size of the text on the screen.
4 Select an option:
• Select During Activity.
• Select General Use.
• Select During Sleep.
5 Select an option:
• Select Always On Display to keep the watch face data visible and turn down the brightness and
background. This option impacts the battery and display life
• Select Brightness to set the brightness level of the screen.
• Select Gesture to turn on the screen by raising and turning your arm to look at your wrist.
• Select Timeout to set the length of time before the screen turns off.

Changing the Units of Measure

You can customize units of measure for distance, pace and speed, elevation, and more.
1 Hold UP.
2 Select System > Format > Units.
3 Select a measurement type.
4 Select a unit of measure.
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(Setting Time Alerts,
page 68).
(About the AMOLED Display,
page 74).
page 75).
Customizing Your Watch