FĒNIX 8 SERIES Owner’s Manual

Playing Voice Alerts During an Activity

Your watch can play motivational status announcements during a run or other activity. During an voice alert, the watch or phone lowers the volume of the primary audio to play the announcement.

NOTE: This feature is not available for all activities.

  1. From the watch face, hold .
  2. Select Watch Settings > Focus Modes > Activity > Voice Alerts.
  3. Select an option:
    • To set voice alerts to play through the watch speaker, select Audio Output > Watch.
    • To set voice alerts to play through your phone or connected Bluetooth® headphones, if available, select Audio Output > Connected Devices.
    • To hear turn-by-turn alerts during navigation, select Guidance Alerts.
    • To hear an alert for each lap, select Lap Alert.
    • To customize alerts with your pace and speed information, select Pace/Speed Alert.
    • To customize alerts with your heart rate information, select Heart Rate Alert.
    • To customize alerts with power data, select Power Alert.
    • To hear alerts when you start and stop the activity timer, including the Auto Pause feature, select Timer Events.
    • To hear workout alerts play as a voice alert, select Workout Alerts.
    • To hear activity alerts play as a voice alert, select Activity Alerts (Activity Alerts).

Routing Settings

You can change the routing settings to customize the way the watch calculates routes for each activity.

NOTE: Not all settings are available for all activity types.

From the watch face, press , select Activities, select an activity, press , and select Activity Options > Routing.

Popularity Routing: Calculates routes based on the most popular runs and rides from Garmin Connect.

Courses: Sets how you navigate courses using the watch. Use the Follow Course option to navigate a course exactly as it appears, without recalculating. Use the Use Map option to navigate a course using routable maps, and recalculate the route if you stray from the course.

Calculation Method: Sets the calculation method to minimize the time, distance, or ascent in routes.

Avoidances: Sets the road or transportation types to avoid in routes.

Type: Sets the behavior of the pointer that appears during direct routing.

Using ClimbPro

The ClimbPro feature helps you manage your effort for the upcoming climbs on a course. You can view climb details, including gradient, distance, and elevation gain, before or in real time while following a course. Cycling climb categories, based on length and gradient, are indicated by color.

  1. From the watch face, press .
  2. Select Activities, and select an activity.

NOTE: This feature is not available for all activities.

  1. Scroll down, and select the activity settings.
  2. Select ClimbPro > Status > When Navigating.
  3. Select an option:
    • Select Data Field to customize the data field that appears on the ClimbPro screen.
    • Select Alert to set alerts at the start of a climb or at a certain distance from the climb.
    • Select Descents to turn descents on or off for running activities.
    • Select Climb Detection to choose the types of climbs detected during cycling activities.
  4. Review the climbs and course details for the course (Using the Saved App).
  5. Start following a saved course (Navigating to a Destination).

Enabling Auto Climb

You can use the auto climb feature to detect elevation changes automatically. You can use it during activities such as climbing, hiking, running, or biking.

  1. From the watch face, press .
  2. Select Activities, and select an activity.

NOTE: This feature is not available for all activities.

  1. Scroll down, and select the activity settings.
  2. Select Auto Climb > Status.
  3. Select Always or When Not Navigating.
  4. Select an option:
    • Select Run Screen to identify which data screen appears while running.
    • Select Climb Screen to identify which data screen appears while climbing.
    • Select Vertical Speed to set the rate of ascent over time.
    • Select Mode Switch to set how quickly the device changes modes.

NOTE: The Current Screen option allows you to automatically switch to the last screen you were viewing before the auto climb transition occurred.

Satellite Settings

You can change the GNSS satellite settings to customize the satellite systems used for each activity. For more information about GNSS satellite systems, go to Garmin.com/aboutGPS.

From the watch face, press , select Activities, select an activity, press , and select Activity Options > Satellites.

NOTE: This feature is not available for all activities.

Off: Disables GNSS satellite systems for the activity.

Use Default: Enables the watch to use the default activity focus mode setting for GNSS satellites (Customizing a Default Focus Mode).

GPS Only: Enables the GPS satellite system.

All Systems: Enables multiple GNSS satellite systems. Using multiple GNSS satellite systems together offers increased performance in challenging environments and faster position acquisition than using GPS only. However, using multiple GNSS systems can reduce battery life more quickly than using GPS only.

All + Multi-Band: Enables multiple GNSS satellite systems on multiple frequency bands. Multi-band GNSS systems use multiple frequency bands and allow for more consistent track logs, improved positioning, improved multi-path errors, and fewer atmospheric errors when using the watch in challenging environments.

Auto Select: Enables the watch to use SatIQ technology to dynamically select the best multi-band GNSS system based on your environment. The Auto Select setting offers the best positioning accuracy while still prioritizing battery life.

UltraTrac: Records track points and sensor data less frequently. Enabling the UltraTrac feature increases battery life but decreases the quality of recorded activities. You should use the UltraTrac feature for activities that demand longer battery life and for which frequent sensor data updates are less important.

Segments

You can send running or cycling segments from your Garmin Connect account to your device. After a segment is saved to your device, you can race a segment, trying to match or exceed your personal record or other participants who have raced the segment.

NOTE: When you download a course from your Garmin Connect account, you can download all of the available segments in the course.

Strava™ Segments

You can download Strava segments to your fēnix device. Follow Strava segments to compare your performance with your past rides, friends, and pros who have ridden the same segment.

To sign up for a Strava membership, go to the segments menu in your Garmin Connect account. For more information, go to www.strava.com.

The information in this manual applies to both Garmin Connect segments and Strava segments.

Viewing Segment Details

  1. From the watch face, press .
  2. Select Activities, and select an activity.

NOTE: This feature is not available for all activities.

  1. Press .
  2. Select the activity settings.
  3. Select Segments.
  4. Select a segment.
  5. Select an option:
    • Select Race Times to view the time and average speed or pace for the segment leader.
    • Select Map to view the segment on the map.
    • Select Elevation Plot to view an elevation plot of the segment.

Racing a Segment

Segments are virtual race courses. You can race a segment, and compare your performance to past activities, others’ performance, connections in your Garmin Connect account, or other members of the running or cycling communities. You can upload your activity data to your Garmin Connect account to view your segment position.

NOTE: If your Garmin Connect account and Strava account are linked, your activity is automatically sent to your Strava account so you can review the segment position.

  1. From the watch face, press .
  2. Select an activity.
  3. Go for a run or ride.

When you approach a segment, a message appears, and you can race the segment.

  1. Start racing the segment.

A message appears when the segment is complete.