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• Select Music to disable listening to music from
your watch.
• Select Phone to disconnect your paired phone.
• Select Activity Tracking to turn off all-day
activity tracking, including steps, floors climbed,
intensity minutes, sleep tracking, and Move IQ
events.
• Select Wrist Heart Rate to turn off the wrist
heart rate monitor.
• Select Pulse Oximeter to turn off all-day
acclimation mode.
• Select Backlight to turn off the backlight.
The watch displays the hours of battery life gained
with each setting change.
Customizing Power Modes
Your device comes preloaded with several power
modes, allowing you to quickly adjust system settings,
activity settings, and GPS settings to extend battery
life during an activity. You can customize existing
power modes and create new custom power modes.
1 Hold MENU.
2 Select Power Manager > Power Modes.
3 Select an option:
• Select a power mode to customize.
• Select Add New to create a custom power mode.
4 If necessary, enter a custom name.
5 Select an option to customize specific power mode
settings.
For example, you can change the GPS setting or
disconnect your paired phone.
The watch displays the hours of battery life gained
with each setting change.
6 If necessary, select Done to save and use the
custom power mode.
System Settings
Hold MENU, and select System.
Language: Sets the language displayed on the device.
Time: Adjusts the time settings
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Backlight: Adjusts the backlight settings
Backlight Settings, page
Sounds: Sets the device sounds, such as key tones,
alerts, and vibrations.
Do Not Disturb: Turns on or off do not disturb mode.
Use the During Sleep option to turn on do not
disturb mode automatically during your normal
sleep hours. You can set your normal sleep hours
on your Garmin Connect account.
Hot Keys: Allows you to assign shortcuts to device
keys
(Customizing the Hot Keys, page
Auto Lock: Allows you to lock the keys automatically
to prevent accidental key presses. Use the During
Activity option to lock the keys during a timed
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(Time Settings, page
(Changing the
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activity. Use the Not During Activity option to
lock the keys when you are not recording a timed
activity.
Units: Sets the units of measure used on the device
(Changing the Units of Measure, page
Format: Sets general format preferences, such as the
pace and speed shown during activities, the start
of the week, and geographical position format and
datum options.
Data Recording: Sets how the device 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 device to use MTP (media transfer
protocol) or Garmin mode when connected to a
computer.
Reset: Allows you to reset user data and settings
(Resetting All Default Settings, page
Software Update: Allows you to install software
updates downloaded using Garmin Express.
About: Displays device, software, license, and
regulatory information.
Time Settings
Hold MENU, and select System > Time.
Time Format: Sets the device to show time in a 12-
hour, 24-hour, or military format.
Set Time: Sets the time zone for the device. The Auto
option sets the time zone automatically based on
your GPS position.
Time: Allows you to adjust the time if it is set to the
Manual option.
Alerts: Allows you to set hourly alerts, as well as sunrise
and sunset alerts that sound a specific number
of minutes or hours before the actual sunrise or
sunset occurs
(Setting Time Alerts, page
Time Sync: Allows you to manually sync the time when
you change time zones, and to update for daylight
saving time
(Syncing the Time, page
Setting Time Alerts
1 Hold MENU.
2 Select System > Time > Alerts.
3 Select an option:
• To set an alert to sound a specific number
of minutes or hours before the actual sunset
occurs, select Til Sunset > Status > On, select
Time, and enter the time.
• To set an alert to sound a specific number of
minutes or hours before the actual sunrise
occurs, select Til Sunrise > Status > On, select
Time, and enter the time.
• To set an alert to sound every hour, select Hourly
> On.
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Customizing Your Device
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