Customizing The Battery Saver Feature; System Settings - Garmin FORERUNNER 955 Owner's Manual

Customizing the Battery Saver Feature

The battery saver feature allows you to quickly adjust system settings to extend battery life in watch mode.
You can turn on the battery saver feature from the controls menu
1 Hold .
2 Select Power Manager > Battery Saver.
3 Select Status to turn on the battery saver feature.
4 Select Edit, and select an option:
• Select Watch Face to enable a low-power watch face that updates once per minute.
• Select Music to disable listening to music from your watch.
• Select Phone to disconnect your paired phone.
• Select Wi-Fi to disconnect from a Wi‑Fi network.
• Select Wrist Heart Rate to turn off the wrist heart rate monitor.
• Select Pulse Oximeter to turn off the pulse oximeter sensor.
• Select Backlight to disable the automatic backlight.
• Select Activity Tracking to turn off all-day activity tracking, including steps, floors climbed, intensity
minutes, sleep tracking, and Move IQ events.
The watch displays the hours of battery life gained with each setting change.

System Settings

Hold , and select System.
Language: Sets the language displayed on the watch.
Time: Adjusts the time settings
Backlight: Adjusts the screen settings
Touch: Allows you to enable or disable the touchscreen during general use or activities.
Sound and Vibe: Sets the watch sounds, such as button tones, alerts, and vibrations.
Do Not Disturb: Allows you to enable the Do Not Disturb mode. You can edit your preferences for the screen,
alerts, and wrist gestures.
Hot Keys: Allows you to assign shortcuts to buttons
Auto Lock: Allows you to lock the buttons and touchscreen automatically to prevent accidental button presses
and touchscreen swipes. Use the During Activity option to lock the buttons and touchscreen during a timed
activity. Use the Not During Activity option to lock the buttons and touchscreen when you are not recording a
timed activity.
Format: Sets general format preferences, such as the units of measure, pace and speed shown during activities,
the start of the week, and geographical position format and datum options
page 108).
Physio TrueUp: Enables syncing of activities and performance measurements from your other Garmin devices
(Syncing Activities and Performance Measurements, page
Performance Condition: Enables the performance condition feature during an activity
page 28).
Data Recording: Sets how the watch records activity data. The Smart recording option (default) allows for
longer activity recordings. 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.
Reset: Allows you to reset user data and settings
Software Update: Allows you to install software updates downloaded using Garmin Express. Use the Auto
Update option to enable your watch to download the latest software update from the Garmin Connect app on
your paired phone.
106
(Time Settings, page 107).
(Changing the Screen Settings, page
(Customizing the Hot Keys, page
(Resetting All Default Settings, page
(Controls, page 39).
107).
(Changing the Units of Measure,
32).
107).
(Performance Condition,
116).
Customizing Your Device