Calibrating The Compass Manually; Setting The North Reference; Map; Adding The Map Data Screen - Garmin VIVOACTIVE 6 Owner's Manual

Calibrating the Compass Manually

Calibrate the electronic compass outdoors. To improve heading accuracy, do not stand near objects that
influence magnetic fields, such as vehicles, buildings, and overhead power lines.
Your watch was already calibrated at the factory, and the watch uses automatic calibration by default. If you
experience irregular compass behavior, for example, after moving long distances or after extreme temperature
changes, you can manually calibrate the compass.
1 Press .
2 Select Settings > System > Compass > Calibrate.
3 Move your wrist in a small figure eight motion until a message appears.

Setting the North Reference

You can set the directional reference used in calculating heading information.
1 Press .
2 Select Settings > System > Compass > North Ref..
3 Select an option:
• To set geographic north as the heading reference, select True.
• To set magnetic north as the heading without declination, select Magnetic.
• To set grid north (000º) as the heading reference, select Grid.
• To set the magnetic variation value manually, select User > Mag. Variation, enter the magnetic variation,
and select Done.
represents your location on the map. Location names and symbols appear on the map. When you are
navigating to a destination, your route is marked with a line on the map.
• Map navigation

(Panning and Zooming the Map,

• Map settings (Map Settings,

Adding the Map Data Screen

You can add the map to the data screens loop for a GPS activity.
1 Press .
2 Select Activities, and select a GPS activity.
3 Scroll down, and select the activity settings.
4 Select Data Screens > Add New > Map.
Panning and Zooming the Map
1 While navigating, swipe up or down to view the map.
NOTE: You may need to add the map data screen for the activity
2 Swipe right.
3 Select Map Controls.
4 Select an option:
• To toggle between panning up and down, panning left and right, or zooming, press
• To quit, swipe up or down.
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