Heart Rate While Swimming; Setting An Abnormal Heart Rate Alert; Broadcasting Heart Rate Data - Garmin FORERUNNER 165 Series Owner's Manual

Heart Rate While Swimming

The device is intended for surface swimming. Scuba diving with the device may damage the product and will
void the warranty.
The watch has wrist-based heart rate enabled for swim activities.

Setting an Abnormal Heart Rate Alert

This feature only alerts you when your heart rate exceeds or drops below a certain number of beats per minute,
as selected by the user, after a period of inactivity. This feature does not notify you when your heart rate drops
below the selected threshold during your chosen sleep window configured in the Garmin Connect app. This
feature does not notify you of any potential heart condition and is not intended to treat or diagnose any medical
condition or disease. Always defer to your health care provider for any heart-related issues.
You can set the heart rate threshold value.
1 From the watch face, hold UP.
2 Select Health & Wellness > Wrist Heart Rate > Abnormal Heart Rate Alerts.
3 Select High Alert or Low Alert.
4 Set the heart rate threshold value.
Each time your heart rate exceeds or drops below the threshold value, a message appears and the watch
vibrates.

Broadcasting Heart Rate Data

You can broadcast your heart rate data from your watch and view it on paired devices. Broadcasting heart rate
data decreases battery life.
TIP: You can customize the activity settings to broadcast your heart rate data automatically when you begin an
activity (Activities and App Settings,
bike computer while cycling.
1 Select an option:
• Hold UP, and select Health & Wellness > Wrist Heart Rate > Broadcast Heart Rate.
• Hold LIGHT to open the controls menu, and select
NOTE: You can add options to the controls menu
2 Press START.
The watch starts broadcasting your heart rate data.
3 Pair your watch with your compatible device.
NOTE: The pairing instructions differ for each Garmin compatible device. See your owner's manual.
4 Press STOP to stop broadcasting your heart rate data.
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NOTICE
CAUTION
page 69). For example, you can broadcast your heart rate data to an Edge
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(Customizing the Controls Menu,
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page 26).
Heart Rate Features