FĒNIX 8 SERIES Owner’s Manual

Wrist Heart Rate Monitor Settings

From the watch face, hold , and select Watch Settings > Health & Wellness > Wrist Heart Rate.

Status: Enables the wrist heart rate monitor. The default value is Auto, which automatically uses the wrist heart rate monitor unless you pair an external heart rate monitor.

NOTE: Disabling the wrist heart rate monitor also disables the wrist-based pulse oximeter sensor. You can perform a manual reading from the pulse oximeter glance.

Source Switching: Selects the best source of heart rate data when wearing your watch and an external heart rate monitor. For more information, go to www.Garmin.com/dynamicsourceswitching/.

Broadcast Heart Rate: Broadcasts your heart rate data to a paired device (Broadcasting Heart Rate Data).

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 (Activity Settings). For example, you can broadcast your heart rate data to an Edge device while cycling.

NOTE: Broadcasting heart rate data is not available for dive activities.

  1. Select an option:
    • Hold , and select Watch Settings > Health & Wellness > Wrist Heart Rate > Broadcast Heart Rate.
    • Hold to open the controls menu, and select .

    NOTE: You can add options to the controls menu (Customizing the Controls Menu).

  2. Press .

The watch starts broadcasting your heart rate data.

  1. Pair your watch with your compatible device.

NOTE: The pairing instructions differ for each Garmin compatible device. See your owner’s manual.

  1. Press to stop broadcasting your heart rate data.