Maximizing Battery Life; My Device Is In The Wrong Language.117; Is My Phone Compatible With My Watch; My Phone Will Not Connect To The Watch - Garmin FORERUNNER 955 Owner's Manual

Maximizing Battery Life

You can do several things to extend the life of the battery.
• Turn off activity tracking
• Reduce the backlight timeout
• Reduce the backlight brightness.
• Set up the battery saver preferences in the power manager
• Turn off Bluetooth wireless technology when you are not using connected features.
• Stop broadcasting heart rate data to paired Garmin devices
• Turn off wrist-based heart rate monitoring
NOTE: Wrist-based heart rate monitoring is used to calculate vigorous intensity minutes and calories burned.
• Limit the smartphone notifications the device displays
• Turn off the pulse oximeter feature
• When pausing your activity for a longer period of time, use the Resume Later option
page 4).
• Select the Smart recording interval
• Use UltraTrac GPS mode for your activity
• Use a watch face that is not updated every second.
For example, use a watch face without a second hand
My Device is in the Wrong Language
1 Hold .
2 Scroll down to the last item in the list, and select it.
3 Select the first item in the list.
4 Use UP and DOWN to select your language.

Is my phone compatible with my watch?

The Forerunner watch is compatible with phones using Bluetooth technology.
Go to www.garmin.com/ble

My phone will not connect to the watch

If your phone will not connect to the watch, you can try these tips.
• Turn off your phone and your watch, and turn them back on again.
• Enable Bluetooth technology on your phone.
• Update the Garmin Connect app to the latest version.
• Remove your watch from the Garmin Connect app and the Bluetooth settings on your phone to retry the
pairing process.
• If you bought a new phone, remove your watch from the Garmin Connect app on the phone you intend to stop
using.
• Bring your phone within 10 m (33 ft.) of the watch.
• On your phone, open the Garmin Connect app, select
enter pairing mode.
• Press , and select Settings > Phone > Pair Phone.
Troubleshooting
(Activity Tracking, page 43).
(Changing the Screen Settings, page
(Turning Off the Wrist-based Heart Rate Monitor, page
(Turning Off the Wrist-based Heart Rate Monitor, page
(System Settings, page
(GPS Settings, page
for Bluetooth compatibility information.
107).
(Customizing the Battery Saver Feature, page
(Broadcasting Heart Rate Data, page
(Managing Notifications, page
106).
102).
(Customizing the Watch Face, page
or , and select Garmin Devices > Add Device to
106).
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87).
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(Stopping an Activity,
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