Adding Contacts; Turning Incident Detection On And Off; Requesting Assistance; Starting A Grouptrack Session - Garmin MARQ AVIATOR Owner's Manual

Your emergency contacts receive a notification when you
add them as an emergency contact, and can accept or
decline your request. If a contact declines, you must
choose another emergency contact.

Adding Contacts

You can add up to 50 contacts to the Garmin
Connect app. Contact emails can be used with the
LiveTrack feature. Three of these contacts can be used
as emergency contacts (Adding Emergency Contacts,
page 18).
1 From the Garmin Connect app, select
2 Select Contacts.
3 Follow the on-screen instructions.
After you add contacts, you must sync your data to apply
the changes to your MARQ device
with Garmin Connect, page 17).

Turning Incident Detection On and Off

Incident detection is a supplemental feature available only
for certain outdoor activities. Incident detection should
not be relied on as a primary method to obtain emergency
assistance. The Garmin Connect app does not contact
emergency services on your behalf.
Before you can enable incident detection on your watch,
you must set up emergency contacts in the Garmin
Connect app (Adding Emergency Contacts,
paired phone must be equipped with a data plan and be in
an area of network coverage where data is available. Your
emergency contacts must be able to receive emails or text
messages (standard text messaging rates may apply).
1 From the watch face, hold MENU.
2 Select Safety & Tracking > Incident Detection.
3 Select a GPS activity.
NOTE: Incident detection is available only for certain
outdoor activities.
When an incident is detected by your MARQ watch and
your phone is connected, the Garmin Connect app can
send an automated text message and email with your
name and GPS location (if available) to your emergency
contacts. A message appears on your device and paired
phone indicating your contacts will be informed after 15
seconds have elapsed. If assistance is not needed, you
can cancel the automated emergency message.

Requesting Assistance

Assistance is a supplemental feature and should not be
relied upon as a primary method to obtain emergency
assistance. The Garmin Connect app does not contact
emergency services on your behalf.
Safety and Tracking Features
or
(Manually Syncing Data
CAUTION
NOTICE
page 18). Your
CAUTION
Before you can request assistance, you must set up
emergency contacts in the Garmin Connect app
Emergency Contacts,
equipped with a data plan and be in an area of network
coverage where data is available. Your emergency
contacts must be able to receive emails or text messages
(standard text messaging rates may apply).
1 Hold LIGHT.
2 When you feel three vibrations, release the button to
activate the assistance feature.
.
The countdown screen appears.
TIP: You can select Cancel before the countdown is
complete to cancel the message.

Starting a GroupTrack Session

Before you can start a GroupTrack session, you must
pair the watch with a compatible phone
Smartphone with Your Device,
NOTE: Your paired phone must be equipped with a data
plan and be in an area of network coverage where data is
available.
These instructions are for starting a GroupTrack session
with a MARQ watch. If your connections have other
compatible devices, you can see them on the map. The
other devices may not be able to display GroupTrack
riders on the map.
1 On the MARQ watch, hold MENU, and select Safety
& Tracking > GroupTrack > Show on Map to enable
viewing connections on the map screen.
2 In the Garmin Connect app, from the settings menu,
select Safety & Tracking > LiveTrack > > Settings >
GroupTrack.
3 Select All Connections or Invite Only and select your
connections.
4 Select Start LiveTrack.
5 On the watch, start an outdoor activity.
6 Scroll to the map to view your connections.
TIP: From the map, you can hold MENU and select
Nearby Connections to view distance, direction, and
pace or speed information for other connections in the
GroupTrack session.

Tips for GroupTrack Sessions

The GroupTrack feature allows you to keep track of
other connections in your group using LiveTrack directly
on the screen. All members of the group must be your
connections in your Garmin Connect account.
• Start your activity outside using GPS.
• Pair your MARQ device with your smartphone using
Bluetooth technology.
• In the Garmin Connect app, from the settings menu,
select Connections to update the list of connections for
your GroupTrack session.
NOTICE
page 18). Your paired phone must be
(Pairing Your
page 2).
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