FORERUNNER 170 Owner’s Manual

Glances

Your watch comes preloaded with glances that provide quick information (Viewing Glances). Some glances require a Bluetooth connection to a compatible phone.

Some glances are not visible by default. You can add them to the glances list manually (Customizing the Glances List). Some glances appear in a grouping of related metrics, such as health or activity performance.

TIP: You can also download glances from the Connect IQ Store (Connect IQ Features).

Name	Description
ABC	Displays combined altimeter, barometer, and compass information.
Alternate time zones	Displays the current time of day in additional time zones (Adding Alternate Time Zones).
Body Battery	With all-day wear, displays your current Body Battery level and a graph of your level for the last several hours (Body Battery).
Calendar	Displays upcoming meetings from your phone calendar.
Calories	Displays your calorie information for the current day.
Countdowns	Displays upcoming countdown events.
Cycling performance	Displays cycling performance metrics, such as your VO2 max. and FTP estimates (Performance Measurements).
Floors climbed	Tracks your floors climbed and progress toward your goal.
Garmin coach	Displays scheduled workouts when you select a Garmin coach adaptive training plan in your Garmin Connect account. The plan adjusts to your current level of fitness, coaching and schedule preferences, and race date if applicable.
Health Snapshot	Starts a Health Snapshot session on your watch that records several key health metrics while you hold still for two minutes. It provides a glimpse of your overall cardiovascular status. The watch records metrics such as your average heart rate, stress level, and respiration rate. Displays summaries of your saved Health Snapshot sessions.
Health status	Displays health metrics, such as your respiration and heart rate variability.
Heart rate	Displays your current heart rate in beats per minute (bpm) and a graph of your average resting heart rate (RHR).
History	Displays your activity history and a graph of your recorded activities (Using History).
HRV status	Displays your seven-day average of your overnight heart rate variability (Heart Rate Variability Status).
Last activity	Displays a brief summary of your last recorded activity.
Last ride Last run Last swim	Displays a brief summary of your last recorded activity and history of the specified sport.
Lifestyle logging	Tracks your day-to-day behaviors, and allows you to see how the behaviors affect certain health metrics in the Garmin Connect app (Lifestyle Logging).
Messenger	Displays your Garmin Messenger app conversations and allows you to reply to messages from your watch (Garmin Messenger App).
Moon phase	Displays the moonrise and moonset times, along with the moon phase, based on your GPS position.
Music	Provides music player controls for your phone. You can also control downloaded music on your Forerunner 170 Music watch.
Naps	Displays total nap time and Body Battery level gains. You can start the nap timer and set an alarm to wake you up (Focus Modes).
Notifications	Alerts you to incoming calls, texts, social network updates, and more, based on your phone notification settings (Enabling Phone Notifications).
Nutrition	Displays your daily nutritional overview, including calories and macronutrients. You can also log your food intake. You must have an active Garmin Connect+ subscription to track and view your nutrition (Garmin Connect+ Subscription).
Primary race	Displays the race event you designate as the primary race in your Garmin Connect calendar (Race Calendar and Primary Race).
Pulse oximeter	Allows you to take a manual pulse oximeter reading (Getting Pulse Oximeter Readings). If you are too active for the watch to determine your pulse oximeter reading, the measurements are not recorded.
Race calendar	Displays your upcoming race events set in your Garmin Connect calendar (Race Calendar and Primary Race).
Recovery	Displays your recovery time. The maximum time is four days.
Respiration	Your current respiration rate in breaths per minute and seven-day average. You can do a breathing activity to help you relax.
Running performance	Displays running performance metrics, such as your VO2 max. estimate and lactacte threshold (Performance Measurements).
Sleep coach	Provides recommendations for your sleep need based on sleep and activity history, circadian rhythm, HRV status, and naps. NOTE: You can view sleep insights, enable sleep mode, set alarms, and update sleep settings.
Sleep score	Displays total sleep time, a sleep score, and sleep stage information for the previous night. You can also view any overnight breathing variations (Sleep Tracking).
Sports scores	Tracks college or professional sports teams with scores and live data.
Steps	Tracks your daily step count, step goal, and data for previous days.
Stocks	Displays a customizable list of stocks (Adding a Stock).
Stress	Displays your current stress level and a graph of your stress level. You can do a breathing activity to help you relax. If you are too active for the watch to determine your stress level, stress measurements are not recorded.
Sunrise and sunset	Displays sunrise, sunset, and civil twilight times.
Training readiness	Displays a score and a short message that helps you determine how ready you are for training each day (Training Readiness).
Training status	Displays your current training status and training load, which shows you how your training affects your fitness level and performance (Training Status).
Weather	Displays the current temperature and weather forecast.

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Glances

Your watch comes preloaded with glances that provide quick information (Viewing Glances). Some glances require a Bluetooth connection to a compatible phone.

Some glances are not visible by default. You can add them to the glances list manually (Customizing the Glances List). Some glances appear in a grouping of related metrics, such as health or activity performance.

TIP: You can also download glances from the Connect IQ Store (Connect IQ Features).

Name	Description
ABC	Displays combined altimeter, barometer, and compass information.
Alternate time zones	Displays the current time of day in additional time zones (Adding Alternate Time Zones).
Body Battery	With all-day wear, displays your current Body Battery level and a graph of your level for the last several hours (Body Battery).
Calendar	Displays upcoming meetings from your phone calendar.
Calories	Displays your calorie information for the current day.
Countdowns	Displays upcoming countdown events.
Cycling performance	Displays cycling performance metrics, such as your VO2 max. and FTP estimates (Performance Measurements).
Floors climbed	Tracks your floors climbed and progress toward your goal.
Garmin coach	Displays scheduled workouts when you select a Garmin coach adaptive training plan in your Garmin Connect account. The plan adjusts to your current level of fitness, coaching and schedule preferences, and race date if applicable.
Health Snapshot	Starts a Health Snapshot session on your watch that records several key health metrics while you hold still for two minutes. It provides a glimpse of your overall cardiovascular status. The watch records metrics such as your average heart rate, stress level, and respiration rate. Displays summaries of your saved Health Snapshot sessions.
Health status	Displays health metrics, such as your respiration and heart rate variability.
Heart rate	Displays your current heart rate in beats per minute (bpm) and a graph of your average resting heart rate (RHR).
History	Displays your activity history and a graph of your recorded activities (Using History).
HRV status	Displays your seven-day average of your overnight heart rate variability (Heart Rate Variability Status).
Last activity	Displays a brief summary of your last recorded activity.
Last ride Last run Last swim	Displays a brief summary of your last recorded activity and history of the specified sport.
Lifestyle logging	Tracks your day-to-day behaviors, and allows you to see how the behaviors affect certain health metrics in the Garmin Connect app (Lifestyle Logging).
Messenger	Displays your Garmin Messenger app conversations and allows you to reply to messages from your watch (Garmin Messenger App).
Moon phase	Displays the moonrise and moonset times, along with the moon phase, based on your GPS position.
Music	Provides music player controls for your phone. You can also control downloaded music on your Forerunner 170 Music watch.
Naps	Displays total nap time and Body Battery level gains. You can start the nap timer and set an alarm to wake you up (Focus Modes).
Notifications	Alerts you to incoming calls, texts, social network updates, and more, based on your phone notification settings (Enabling Phone Notifications).
Nutrition	Displays your daily nutritional overview, including calories and macronutrients. You can also log your food intake. You must have an active Garmin Connect+ subscription to track and view your nutrition (Garmin Connect+ Subscription).
Primary race	Displays the race event you designate as the primary race in your Garmin Connect calendar (Race Calendar and Primary Race).
Pulse oximeter	Allows you to take a manual pulse oximeter reading (Getting Pulse Oximeter Readings). If you are too active for the watch to determine your pulse oximeter reading, the measurements are not recorded.
Race calendar	Displays your upcoming race events set in your Garmin Connect calendar (Race Calendar and Primary Race).
Recovery	Displays your recovery time. The maximum time is four days.
Respiration	Your current respiration rate in breaths per minute and seven-day average. You can do a breathing activity to help you relax.
Running performance	Displays running performance metrics, such as your VO2 max. estimate and lactacte threshold (Performance Measurements).
Sleep coach	Provides recommendations for your sleep need based on sleep and activity history, circadian rhythm, HRV status, and naps. NOTE: You can view sleep insights, enable sleep mode, set alarms, and update sleep settings.
Sleep score	Displays total sleep time, a sleep score, and sleep stage information for the previous night. You can also view any overnight breathing variations (Sleep Tracking).
Sports scores	Tracks college or professional sports teams with scores and live data.
Steps	Tracks your daily step count, step goal, and data for previous days.
Stocks	Displays a customizable list of stocks (Adding a Stock).
Stress	Displays your current stress level and a graph of your stress level. You can do a breathing activity to help you relax. If you are too active for the watch to determine your stress level, stress measurements are not recorded.
Sunrise and sunset	Displays sunrise, sunset, and civil twilight times.
Training readiness	Displays a score and a short message that helps you determine how ready you are for training each day (Training Readiness).
Training status	Displays your current training status and training load, which shows you how your training affects your fitness level and performance (Training Status).
Weather	Displays the current temperature and weather forecast.