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).

Time Sync: Allows you to manually sync the time when you change time zones, and to update for daylight saving time (Syncing the Time).

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.

Syncing the Time

Each time you turn on the device and acquire satellites or open the Garmin Connect app on your paired phone, the device automatically detects your time zones and the current time of day. You can also manually sync the time when you change time zones, and to update for daylight saving time.

  1. Hold MENU.
  2. Select System > Time > Time Sync.
  3. Wait while the device connects to your paired phone or locates satellites (Acquiring Satellite Signals).

TIP: You can press DOWN to switch the source.