Resetting All Default Settings; Maximizing Battery Life; My Device Is In The Wrong Language; Is My Phone Compatible With My Watch - Garmin FORERUNNER 265 Series Owner's Manual

Resetting All Default Settings

Before you reset all default settings, you should sync the watch with the Garmin Connect app to upload your
activity data.
You can reset all of the watch settings to the factory default values.
1 From the watch face, hold UP.
2 Select System > Reset.
3 Select an option:
• To reset all of the watch settings to the factory default values and save all user-entered information and
activity history, select Reset Default Settings.
• To delete all activities from the history, select Delete All Activities.
• To reset all distance and time totals, select Reset Totals.
• To reset all of the watch settings to the factory default values and delete all user-entered information and
activity history, select Delete Data and Reset Settings.
NOTE: If you have set up a Garmin Pay wallet, this option deletes the wallet from your watch. If you have
music stored on your watch, this option deletes your stored music.

Maximizing Battery Life

You can do several things to extend the life of the battery.
• Turn off music.
• Reduce the display brightness, and disable the Always On Display screen setting
Settings, page 92).
• Set up the battery saver preferences in the power manager
• Turn off Bluetooth technology when you are not using connected features
page 74).
• Reduce the display timeout
• 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 phone notifications the watch 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 UP.
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
Troubleshooting
(Changing the Screen Settings,
(Turning Off the Wrist-based Heart Rate Monitor,
(Managing Notifications,
(Turning Off the Wrist-based Heart Rate Monitor,
(System Settings,
(GPS Settings,
for Bluetooth compatibility information.
(Power Manager Settings,
(Phone Connectivity Features,
page 92).
(Broadcasting Heart Rate Data,
page 75).
page 91).
page 88).
(Customizing the Watch Face,
(Changing the Screen
page 90).
page 54).
page 53).
page 53).
(Stopping an Activity,
page 14).
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