FORERUNNER 255 SERIES Owner’s Manual

Garmin Connect

You can connect with your friends on Garmin Connect. Garmin Connect gives you the tools to track, analyze, share, and encourage each other. Record the events of your active lifestyle including runs, walks, rides, swims, hikes, triathlons, and more. To sign up for a free account, you can download the app from the app store on your phone, or go to connect.Garmin.com.

Store your activities: After you complete and save an activity with your watch, you can upload that activity to your Garmin Connect account and keep it as long as you want.

Analyze your data: You can view more detailed information about your activity, including time, distance, elevation, heart rate, calories burned, cadence, running dynamics, an overhead map view, pace and speed charts, and customizable reports.

NOTE: Some data requires an optional accessory such as a heart rate monitor.

Plan your training: You can choose a fitness goal and load one of the day-by-day training plans.

Track your progress: You can track your daily steps, join a friendly competition with your connections, and meet your goals.

Share your activities: You can connect with friends to follow each other’s activities or post links to your activities on your favorite social networking sites.

Manage your settings: You can customize your watch and user settings on your Garmin Connect account.

Using the Garmin Connect App

After you pair your watch with your phone (Pairing Your Phone), you can use the Garmin Connect app to upload all of your activity data to your Garmin Connect account.

  1. Verify the Garmin Connect app is running on your phone.
  2. Bring your watch within 10 m (30 ft.) of your phone.

Your watch automatically syncs your data with the Garmin Connect app and your Garmin Connect account.

Updating the Software Using the Garmin Connect App

Before you can update your watch software using the Garmin Connect app, you must have a Garmin Connect account, and you must pair the watch with a compatible phone (Pairing Your Phone).

Sync your watch with the Garmin Connect app (Manually Syncing Data with Garmin Connect).

When new software is available, the Garmin Connect app automatically sends the update to your watch.

Using Garmin Connect on Your Computer

The Garmin Express application connects your watch to your Garmin Connect account using a computer. You can use the Garmin Express application to upload your activity data to your Garmin Connect account and to send data, such as workouts or training plans, from the Garmin Connect website to your watch. You can also add music to your watch (Downloading Personal Audio Content). You can also install software updates and manage your Connect IQ apps.

  1. Connect the watch to your computer using the USB cable.
  2. Go to Garmin.com.sg/express.
  3. Download and install the Garmin Express application.
  4. Open the Garmin Express application, and select Add Device.
  5. Follow the on-screen instructions.

Updating the Software Using Garmin Express

Before you can update your device software, you must have a Garmin Connect account, and you must download the Garmin Express application.

  1. Connect the device to your computer using the USB cable.

When new software is available, Garmin Express sends it to your device.

  1. Follow the on-screen instructions.
  2. Do not disconnect your device from the computer during the update process.

NOTE: If you have already set up your device with Wi-Fi connectivity, Garmin Connect can automatically download available software updates to your device when it connects using Wi-Fi.

Manually Syncing Data with Garmin Connect

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

  1. Hold LIGHT to view the controls menu.
  2. Select Sync.