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  • Page 1 Product Manual Version 1.2...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Using GPS .............................. 10   Using the timer and stopwatch ....................... 11   Using the timer ..........................11   Using the stopwatch ........................11   Autom atic Tracking w ith Fitbit Surge ............13   Viewing all-day stats .......................... 13...
  • Page 3 Tracking a daily activity goal ......................15   Choosing a goal ..........................15   Seeing goal progress ........................15   Tracking Exercise w ith Fitbit Surge ............... 16   Using SmartTrack ..........................16   Using the Exercise menu ........................16  ...
  • Page 4 Troubleshooting your Fitbit Surge ..............31   Heart-rate signal missing ........................31   Unexpected behavior ......................... 31   Fitbit Surge General Info & Specifications ........... 33   Sensors and motors ........................... 33   Battery ..............................33   Memory ..............................33  ...
  • Page 5 South Korea ............................39   Singapore .............................. 40   Taiwan ..............................40   Wireless sync dongle ........................40   Surge ..............................40   Russia ................................ 41   United Arab Emirates ......................... 41   Safety statement ..........................41   Important safety instructions ......................41  ...

  • Page 6: Getting Started

    Getting Started Welcome to Fitbit Surge™, the high-performance Fitness Super Watch that helps you meet your fitness goals. What you’ll find in the box Your Surge box includes: Surge Wireless sync Fitness Super Watch USB charging cable dongle What’s in this document We get you started quickly by creating a Fitbit®...

  • Page 7: Setting Up Your Fitbit Surge

    Setting up your Fitbit Surge To make the most of your Surge, use the free Fitbit app available for iOS®, Android™, and Windows® 10 devices. If you don’t have a compatible mobile device you can use a computer instead, but keep in mind that a mobile device is required for key features such as notifications, music control, and GPS.

  • Page 8: Setting Up Your Tracker On Your Pc (Windows 8.1 And Below)

    Open the app and follow the instructions to create a Fitbit account and set up your Surge. To set up and sync you’ll need to use the wireless sync dongle that came in the box with your Surge. Setting up your tracker on your PC (Windows 8.1 and below) If you don’t have a compatible mobile device, you can set up your tracker with a...

  • Page 9: Syncing Your Tracker Data To Your Fitbit Account

    7. Follow the onscreen instructions to create a Fitbit account and connect your Surge. You should be able to sync wirelessly with your Mac, but if not, plug in the wireless sync dongle that came with your tracker. Note that the personal information you’re asked during setup is used to calculate your basal metabolic rate (BMR), which helps determine your estimated calorie expenditure.

  • Page 10: Getting To Know Your Fitbit Surge

    Review these tips to make sure you’re wearing your tracker correctly. All-day wear and exercise Your Surge should be worn on your wrist. While it may track stats such as steps and floors when placed in a pocket or backpack, it is most accurate on the wrist. For all- day wear, your Surge should usually rest a finger’s width below your wrist bone and...

  • Page 11: Dominant Or Non-Dominant Wrist

    Your Surge has two sets of screens: the Clock, where you can see your all-day stats, and the Menu. To switch between the two sets, press the Home button.
  • Page 12 • When viewing the Clock, swipe left and right to see: Current heart rate Steps taken Distance covered Calories burned Floors climbed When viewing the Menu, swipe left and right to see the different menu items. • To choose a menu option, either press the Select button or just tap the screen. To exit the Run, Exercise, Timer, Alarms, or Settings screens, press the Home button.

  • Page 13: Battery Life And Charging

    In these cases, the battery level shown reflects the last time you synced your Surge. To make sure you are seeing the current battery level, sync your Surge.

  • Page 14: Charging Your Tracker

    Surge. Charging completely takes 1 to 2 hours. Conserving battery life If you won’t be using your Surge for a while, you can conserve battery life by shutting it down. To do so, swipe to the Settings screen and swipe up to find Shutdown.

  • Page 15: Using Gps

    When you select a run or exercise that uses GPS, Surge begins searching for a GPS signal. As with any GPS device, a signal is likely to be discovered more quickly if you are outside in an open area and standing still.

  • Page 16: Using The Timer And Stopwatch

    NOTE: A maximum of 35 hours of GPS data can be stored on your Surge. If you try to track more than 35 hours’ worth of GPS data without syncing, older data will be deleted to make room for new data. To ensure that all your GPS data is saved on fitbit.com, sync your Surge regularly.
  • Page 17 2. Press the Select button or tap the screen to show the timer. 3. Swipe left or right to switch to the stopwatch. 4. To begin the stopwatch, tap the play icon or press the Select button. 5. To pause or stop the timer, tap the pause icon or press the Select button again.

  • Page 18: Automatic Tracking With Fitbit Surge

    • Hours slept and quality of sleep Your Surge starts tracking your stats for the next day at midnight based on your time zone. Though your stats reset to zero at midnight, this does not delete the previous day’s data; that data will be uploaded to fitbit.com the next time you sync your tracker.

  • Page 19: Custom Heart-Rate Zones

    To track sleep, simply wear your Surge to bed. To help you achieve a healthy sleep cycle, by default you have a sleep goal of 8 hours of sleep per night. You can customize your sleep goal in the Fitbit app or on your fitbit.com dashboard to an amount that better suits the amount of...

  • Page 20: Tracking A Daily Activity Goal

    A progress bar keeps you motivated. For example, the solid portion of the line below shows that you’re more than halfway to a goal of 10,000 steps. When you reach your goal your Fitbit Surge will vibrate and flash to celebrate.

  • Page 21: Tracking Exercise With Fitbit Surge

    For more information about customizing and using SmartTrack, see help.fitbit.com. Using the Exercise menu Your Surge lets you track your activity for a wide variety of exercises, including Hiking, Yoga, Bike, and many others. Some types of exercise automatically use GPS.
  • Page 22 Uses GPS Doesn’t use GPS 3. When you find the exercise you want to track, press the Select button or tap the screen. If you change your mind, press the Home button to exit. If your exercise uses GPS, the GPS searching screen appears. For best results, wait for the signal to be discovered before you start your exercise.

  • Page 23: Customizing The Exercise Menu

    You can track runs on your Surge with or without GPS tracking. You should manually track runs using the run tracking features on your Surge when you want to track your route with GPS, or if you want more detailed run data, including real-time stats and...
  • Page 24 To track a run: Display the Menu on your Surge, then swipe to Run. 2. Press the Select button or tap the screen, then swipe to find the type of run you want to track. If the run supports GPS, a GPS icon appears to the left of the heart rate tracker icon.

  • Page 25: Tracking Your Splits During A Run

    Fitbit app. Tracking your splits during a run You can track your splits when you run so that Fitbit Surge notifies you each time you meet a predetermined time or distance. This run tracking feature, known as “run cues,” helps you better track your progress during a run. Use the Free Run exercise to take advantage of the ability to track splits in real time.

  • Page 26: Viewing Stats During Exercise

    3. Press the Select button or tap the screen, then swipe to Free Run. 4. While you are running, your Surge will notify you when you meet the time or distance you specified. Viewing stats during exercise While exercising you can swipe to display various stats and the time of day. The stats tracked vary depending on the type of exercise.

  • Page 27: Using Silent Alarms

    Use the instructions below to set a silent alarm. You can also set a silent alarm on your fitbit.com dashboard. Just click the gear icon and go to your device settings. Fitbit app for iOS From the Fitbit app dashboard, tap the tracker tile. 2. Tap the Surge tile. 3. Tap Silent Alarms >...

  • Page 28: Enabling Or Disabling Silent Alarms

    Enabling or disabling silent alarms Once an alarm has been set, you can disable or re-enable it directly on your Surge without opening the Fitbit app. Display the Menu on your Surge, then swipe to Alarms. 2. Press the Select button or tap the screen, then swipe until you see the alarm you want to enable or disable.

  • Page 29: Receiving Call And Text Notifications

    2. Make sure Bluetooth is enabled on your mobile device. 3. Make sure your Surge is within 20 feet of your mobile device. 4. Open the Fitbit app on your mobile device and tap the Surge tile at the top of the mobile dashboard.

  • Page 30: Disabling Call And Text Notifications

    • Press the Action button or Home button to exit the notification screen. Surge stores a maximum of 20 notifications. If you receive more than 20 notifications, the oldest notifications are deleted as new ones come in. Each notification is deleted after 24 hours.

  • Page 31: Controlling Music

    Controlling Music With a compatible iOS or Android device you can use Surge to pause and resume music and skip to the next track. To determine whether your device supports this feature, go to http://www.fitbit.com/devices. The Surge uses the AVRCP Bluetooth profile to control music;...

  • Page 32: Controlling Music With Your Surge

    To control music playback on your Surge: Open a music app on your mobile device and begin playback. 2. Double-press the Home button on your Surge to see information about the track currently playing. If the app you’re using does not broadcast track information, it won’t appear on your Surge.

  • Page 33: Customizing Your Fitbit Surge

    Analog Digital Flare You can change your clock face using the Fitbit app or the fitbit.com dashboard. Fitbit app for iOS On the dashboard, tap the Surge tile. Clock Face. 3. Select your clock style. Fitbit app for Android On the dashboard, tap the tracker tile.

  • Page 34: Adjusting The Backlight

    If you remove your Fitbit Surge but it keeps moving, for example if you put it in a pocket or backpack, it may record an erroneous heart rate reading. You can prevent this by changing the setting to Off.

  • Page 35: Updating Your Fitbit Surge

    Note that updating your Surge takes several minutes and may be demanding on the battery. For this reason we recommend putting your charger in the charging cradle...

  • Page 36: Troubleshooting Your Fitbit Surge

    However, occasionally the heart rate tracker may have difficulty getting a strong signal. In those cases, you’ll see this screen: If you don’t see your heart rate on your Surge, first make sure you’re wearing it correctly. Experiment with placing the tracker higher on your wrist; because blood flow in your arm increases the farther up you go, moving the tracker up a couple inches can be helpful.
  • Page 37 3. After your screen turns completely off, wait 10 seconds and then press the Home button to turn your Surge back on. Your Surge should now work normally. For additional troubleshooting or to contact Customer Support, see https://help.fitbit.com.

  • Page 38: Fitbit Surge General Info & Specifications

    Your recorded data consists of steps taken, distance traveled, calories burned, floors climbed, active minutes, heart rate, and sleep tracked. Sync your Surge regularly to have the most detailed data available to view on your fitbit.com dashboard. Display The Surge display is a touch screen, monochrome LCD with backlight for low-light visibility.

  • Page 39: Environmental Conditions

    Water Resistant device. 30,000 feet Maximum Operating Altitude (9,144 m) Help Troubleshooting and assistance for your Surge can be found at http://help.fitbit.com. Return policy and warranty Warranty information and the fitbit.com Store Return Policy can be found online at http://www.fitbit.com/returns.

  • Page 40: Regulatory & Safety Notices

    Regulatory & Safety Notices Model Name: FB501 USA: Federal Communications Commission (FCC) statement This device complies with FCC part 15 FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: This device may not cause harmful interference and 2. This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation FCC Warning Changes or modifications not approved by Fitbit, Inc.

  • Page 41: European Union (Eu)

    European Union (EU) Declaration of Conformity with Regard to the EU Directive 1999/5/EC Fitbit Inc. is authorized to apply the CE Mark on SURGE, Model FB501, thereby declaring conformity to the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of Directive 1999/5/EC and other applicable Directives.

  • Page 42: China

    China Wireless sync dongle...

  • Page 43: Surge

    Surge Mexico IFETEL: RCPFIFB14-1757 Israel 51-­‐45135   ‫  אישו ר   התאמ ה‬ .‫אי ן   לבצ ע   כ ל   שינו י   טכנ י   בחל ק   המודולאר י   ש ל   המוצר‬ Serbia...

  • Page 44: South Africa

    South Africa South Korea 클래스 B 장치 (가정 사용을위한 방송 통신 기기) : EMC 등록 주로 가정용 (B 급)으로하고, 모든 지역에서 사용할 수 있습니다 얻을이 장치. -. 사용 주파수 (Used frequency): 2402 MHz-2480 MHz -. 채널수 (The number of channels): 40 -. 공중선전계강도 (Antenna power): -2.22dBi -. 변조방식 (Type of the modulation): Digital -. 안테나타입 (Antenna type):...

  • Page 45: Singapore

    Singapore Complies with IDA Standards DA00006A Taiwan Wireless sync dongle Surge CCAJ14LP4110T2 注意！   依據 低功率電波輻射性電機管理辦法 第十二條   經 型式認證合格之低功率射頻電機，非經許可，公司、商號或使用者均不得擅自變更頻 率、加大功率或變更原設計之特性及功能   第十四條   低功率射頻電機之使用不得影響飛航安全及干擾合法通信；經發現有干擾現象時，應立即停用， 並改善至無干擾時方得繼續使用。   前項合法通信，指依電信法規定作業之無線電通信。  ...

  • Page 46: Russia

    低功率射頻電機須忍受合法通信或工業、科學及醫療用電波輻射性電機設備之干擾。 Russia CUSTOMS UNION CERTIFICATION United Arab Emirates Safety statement This equipment has been tested to comply with safety certification in accordance with the specifications of EN Standard : EN60950-1:2006 + A11:2009 + A1:2010 + A12: 2011. Important safety instructions Cautions Prolonged contact may contribute to skin irritation or allergies in some users.

  • Page 47: Care And Wearing Tips

    The product contains small components that can be a choking hazard. • Your Surge is sweat-proof, rain-proof, and water-resistant. You can wear it while working out and doing activities such as washing your hands or doing the dishes. Remove your Surge before showering or swimming.

  • Page 48: Built-In Battery Precautions

    Built-in battery precautions Your Fitbit product features a built-in battery, which is not user replaceable. • Tampering with your product or attempting to open it will void the warranty and can result in a safety hazard. Use only the charger cable that shipped with your product to charge the •...

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