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  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Setting up your tracker on your PC (Windows 8.1 and below) .......... 3 Setting up your tracker on your Mac ..................4 Syncing your tracker to your Fitbit account ................4 Getting to know your Fitbit Blaze ....................6 Wrist placement ..........................6 All-day wear and exercise ......................6 Dominant or non-dominant wrist ....................
  • Page 3 Using the Exercise menu ........................ 17 GPS requirements ......................... 17 Tracking exercise .......................... 18 Receiving notifications and controlling music..............19 Practicing Guided Breathing with Fitbit Blaze ............... 20 Using Silent Alarms......................... 21 Managing silent alarms ........................21 Dismissing or snoozing silent alarms ..................21 Receiving Notifications .........................
  • Page 4 Enabling music control ........................25 Controlling music with your Fitbit Blaze ................. 25 Customizing your Fitbit Blaze ....................27 Changing the clock face ........................ 27 Adjusting brightness ........................27 Turning Quick View on or off ...................... 28 Adjusting the heart-rate tracker ....................28 Updating your Fitbit Blaze ......................
  • Page 5 European Union (EU) ........................37 Australia and New Zealand ......................38 China ..............................39 Israel ..............................39 Japan..............................39 Mexico ..............................40 Oman ..............................40 Philippines ............................40 Singapore ............................40 South Africa ............................41 South Korea ............................41 Serbia ..............................42 Taiwan ..............................

  • Page 6: Getting Started

    Take a moment to review our complete safety information at http://www.fitbit.com/safety. What you’ll find in the box Your Fitbit Blaze box includes: Fitbit Blaze Charging Cable Additional wristbands are sold separately. The screen detaches from the wristband for charging.

  • Page 7: Setting Up Your Fitbit Blaze

    Setting up your Fitbit Blaze To make the most of your Blaze, use the free Fitbit app available for iOS, Android, and Windows 10 phones and tablets. If you don’t have a compatible phone or tablet, you can use a computer instead, but keep in mind that a phone or tablet is required for key features such as notifications, music control, and connected 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 Blaze. You can set up and sync wirelessly if your computer has Bluetooth, otherwise you’ll need to plug your tracker into your computer directly via the charging cable.

  • Page 9: Setting Up Your Tracker On Your Mac

    Syncing your tracker to your Fitbit account Once you've set up and started using Blaze, you'll need to make sure it regularly transfers (syncs) its data to Fitbit so you can track your progress, see your exercise history, earn badges, analyze your sleep logs, and more on your Fitbit dashboard. A daily sync is recommended but not required;...
  • Page 10 Tip: If you have another Fitbit tracker that came with a wireless sync dongle, you can use that dongle to sync your Blaze with Fitbit Connect rather than putting the Blaze tracker into the charging cable each time. Dongles are available on...

  • Page 11: Getting To Know Your Fitbit Blaze

    Review these tips to make sure you’re wearing your tracker correctly. All-day wear and exercise For all-day wear when you’re not exercising, your Blaze should usually rest a finger’s width below your wrist bone and lay flat, as you would normally wear a watch.

  • Page 12: Dominant Or Non-Dominant Wrist

    2. Do not wear your tracker too tight; a tight band restricts blood flow, potentially affecting the heart rate signal. That being said, the tracker should also be slightly tighter (snug but not constricting) during exercise than during all-day wear. 3.

  • Page 13: Navigation

    LCD and three buttons: Action, Select, and Back. You’ll navigate your Blaze by swiping side to side and up and down. The default or “home” screen is the clock. On the clock you can:  Swipe up to see any notifications.

  • Page 14: Battery Life And Charging

    Note: The functions of the Select and Action buttons depend on the screen. Generally they’re an alternative when you’d rather not tap the nearest action. Battery life and charging Your fully charged Blaze has a battery life of up to five days. Depending on use and settings, actual results will vary.

  • Page 15: Charging Your Tracker

    Charging your tracker To charge your Blaze: 1. Plug the charging cable into the USB port on your computer or a UL-certified USB wall charger. 2. Remove the tracker from the wristband. To do so, turn the wristband over and push the screen gently so that it detaches from the frame.

  • Page 16: Conserving Battery Life

    3. Insert the tracker. Conserving battery life If you won’t be using your Blaze 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. For other tips on maximizing battery life, see help.fitbit.com.

  • Page 17: Attaching A New Wristband

    The bottom band has notches. To attach the band: 1. Place your Blaze face down. When it is face down, two buttons are on the left and a single button is on the right.

  • Page 18: Automatic Tracking With Fitbit Blaze

     Hours slept and sleep sleep stages Your Blaze starts tracking your stats for the next day at midnight based on your time zone. Though your stats reset to zero at midnight, the previous day’s data is not deleted. That data will be captured in your Fitbit account when you next sync your tracker.

  • Page 19: Custom Heart-Rate Zones

    For more details about heart rate tracking, including links to relevant American Heart Association information, see help.fitbit.com. Sleep Tracking Wear your Blaze to bed to automatically track both your time spent asleep and your sleep quality. To see your sleep information, sync your tracker when you wake up and check your dashboard.

  • Page 20: Setting Sleep Goals

    Your Blaze tracks several sleep metrics including how long you’re asleep and time spent in each sleep stage. When used with the Fitbit dashboard, your Blaze can help you understand how your sleep patterns compare to others of the same sex and age range.

  • Page 22: Tracking Exercise With Fitbit Blaze

    Tracking Exercise with Fitbit Blaze Blaze will automatically detect many exercises and record them in your exercise history using our SmartTrack feature. You can also tell your tracker when exercise starts and stops if you want to see real-time stats and a workout summary right on your wrist.

  • Page 23: Tracking Exercise

    To track an exercise: 1. If you’re going to use connected GPS with an Android phone, make sure you’ve enabled notifications which bonds (connects) your Blaze to your phone. You don’t need to receive any notifications; simply enabling this feature completes the bonding process.

  • Page 24: Receiving Notifications And Controlling Music

    6. When you’re done with your workout or want to pause, tap the pause icon or the Select button (lower right). 7. To see a summary of your results, tap the flag icon or press the Action button (upper right). 8.

  • Page 25: Practicing Guided Breathing With Fitbit Blaze

    Practicing Guided Breathing with Fitbit Blaze Blaze provides personalized guided breathing sessions on your tracker to help you find moments of calm throughout the day. You can choose between two-minute and five-minute long sessions. To begin a session: 1. On your tracker, swipe to the Relax screen.

  • Page 26: Using Silent Alarms

    Using Silent Alarms To wake up in the morning or alert you at a certain time of day, you can set up to 8 silent alarms that gently vibrate at the time chosen. Set any alarm to recur every day or on particular days of the week only.

  • Page 27: Receiving Notifications

    Note that if your calendar app does not send notifications to your phone, you won’t receive notifications on your tracker. If you have an iOS or Windows 10 phone, your Blaze shows notifications from all calendars synced to the default Calendar app.

  • Page 28: Seeing Incoming Notifications

    App Notification Managing notifications Blaze can store up to 30 notifications, after which the oldest are replaced as new ones come in. Notifications delete automatically after 24 hours. Your tracker can show up to 32 characters of a subject and up to 160 characters of a text message.

  • Page 29: Disabling Notifications

    Disabling notifications You can disable notifications in the Fitbit app or on your Blaze. To do so on your tracker, swipe down while viewing the clock screen or hold the Action button (upper right) from any other screen. Change the Notifications setting to Off.

  • Page 30: Controlling Music

    Controlling Music With a compatible iOS, Android, or Windows 10 phone nearby, you can use Blaze 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. Note the following about music control: ...
  • Page 31 Select (lower right) buttons. Press the Back button or swipe up to return to the previous screen. NOTE: As with other Bluetooth devices, if you disconnect your “Fitbit Blaze” (iOS users) or “Fitbit Blaze (Classic)” (Android and Windows users) so you can connect another Bluetooth device, the next time you want to use it to control music you’ll need to connect your tracker again in your Bluetooth...

  • Page 32: Customizing Your Fitbit Blaze

    Adjusting brightness This setting controls the brightness of the text and images on your Blaze. The default setting, called Auto, adjusts brightness based on the ambient lighting conditions. If you prefer a persistent brightness level, you can change the default to: ...

  • Page 33: Turning Quick View On Or Off

    Brightness. Turning Quick View on or off Quick View causes your Blaze to wake when you lift or flick your wrist towards you. If Quick View is turned Off, press any button or double tap to wake your tracker.

  • Page 34: Updating Your Fitbit Blaze

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

  • Page 35: Troubleshooting Your Fitbit Blaze

    For other problems or more details, visit http://help.fitbit.com. Heart-rate signal missing Blaze continuously tracks your heart rate while you’re exercising and throughout the day. Occasionally the heart rate tracker may have difficulty finding a good enough signal to show a heart rate.
  • Page 36 To restart your tracker: 1. Press and hold the Back and Select buttons (left and bottom right) until you see the Fitbit icon on the screen. This should take less than 10 seconds. 2. Let go of the buttons. Your tracker should now work normally. For additional troubleshooting or to contact Customer Support, see http://help.fitbit.com.

  • Page 37: Fitbit Blaze General Info & Specifications

    Ambient light sensor Materials The wristband that comes with Blaze is made of a flexible, durable elastomer material similar to that used in many sports watches. It does not contain latex. Accessory wristbands are available in genuine leather and stainless steel.

  • Page 38: Memory

    30 days of daily summaries. Heart rate data is stored at one-second intervals during exercise tracking and at five-second intervals at all other times. Refer to the following table for information on how long Blaze stores your stats and data in between the times you sync your tracker.

  • Page 39: Size

    -4° to 113° F Non-operating Temperature (-20° to 45° C) Splash proof. Do not shower or swim with the Water Resistant device. 28,000 feet Maximum Operating Altitude (8,535 m) Help Troubleshooting and assistance for your Blaze can be found at http://help.fitbit.com.

  • Page 40: Return Policy And Warranty

    Return policy and warranty Warranty information and the fitbit.com Store Return Policy can be found online at http://www.fitbit.com/returns.

  • Page 41: Regulatory & Safety Notices

    Regulatory & Safety Notices Model Number: FB502 USA: Federal Communications Commission (FCC) statement The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Industry Canada IDs can also be viewed on your device. Instructions to view content: Click the Back button (left) on the tracker. Swipe right to the Settings menu.

  • Page 42: Canada: Industry Canada (Ic) Statement

    This device meets the FCC requirements for RF exposure in public or uncontrolled environments. FCC ID: XRAFB502 Canada: Industry Canada (IC) statement This device meets the IC requirements for RF exposure in public or uncontrolled environments. Cet appareil est conforme aux conditions de la IC en matière de RF dans des environnements publics ou incontrôlée IC Notice to Users in accordance with RSS GEN Issue 3: This device complies with Industry Canada license exempt RSS standard(s).

  • Page 43: Australia And New Zealand

    Déclaration UE de conformité simplifiée Fitbit, Inc. déclare par la présente que les modèles d’appareils radio FB502 sont conformes à la Directive 2014/53/UE. Les déclarations UE de conformité sont disponibles dans leur intégralité sur le site suivant: www.fitbit.com/safety. Dichiarazione di conformità UE semplificata Fitbit, Inc.

  • Page 44: China

    China Israel ‫אישור‬ ‫התאמה‬ 51-51909 ‫אי‬ ‫לבצע‬ ‫כל‬ ‫שינוי‬ ‫טכני‬ ‫בחלק‬ ‫המודולארי‬ ‫של‬ ‫המוצר‬ Japan...

  • Page 45: Mexico

    Mexico IFETEL: RCPFIFB15-1706 Oman Philippines Singapore...

  • Page 46: 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): 2400 MHz-2480 MHz -. 채널수 (The number of channels): 79/40 -.

  • Page 47: Serbia

    Serbia И005 016 Taiwan Article 12 Without permission, any company, firm or user shall not alter the frequency, increase the power, or change the characteristics and functions of the original design of the certified lower power frequency electric machinery.

  • Page 48: United Arab Emirates

    Article 14 The application of low power frequency electric machineries shall not affect the navigation safety nor interfere a legal communication, if an interference is found, the service will be suspended until improvement is made and the interference no longer exists.
  • Page 49 ©2018 Fitbit, Inc. All rights reserved. Fitbit and the Fitbit logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Fitbit in the US and other countries. A more complete list of Fitbit trademarks can be found at http://www.fitbit.com/legal/trademark-list. Third- party trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners.

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