FORERUNNER 970 Owner’s Manual

Setting an Alert

  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 Alerts.
  4. Select an option:
    • Select Add New to add a new alert for the activity.
    • Select the alert name to edit an existing alert.
  5. If necessary, select the type of alert.
  6. Select a zone, enter the minimum and maximum values, or enter a custom value for the alert.
  7. If necessary, turn on the alert.

For event and recurring alerts, a message appears each time you reach the alert value. For range alerts, a message appears each time you exceed or drop below the specified range (minimum and maximum values).

Playing Voice Alerts During an Activity

Your watch can play motivational status announcements during a run or other activity. During a 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 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 , select the activity settings, and select 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. Press .
  2. Select the activity settings.
  3. Select ClimbPro > Status > When Navigating.
  4. 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.
  5. Review the climbs and course details for the course (Using the Saved App).
  6. 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. Press .
  2. Select the activity settings.
  3. Select Auto Climb > Status.
  4. Select Always or When Not Navigating.
  5. 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 Invert Colors to reverse the display colors when changing modes.
    • 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 satellite settings to customize the satellite systems used for each activity. For more information about satellite systems, go to Garmin.com/aboutGPS.

From the watch face, press , select Activities, select an activity, press , select the activity settings, and select Satellites.

NOTE: This feature is not available for all activities.

Off: Disables satellite systems for the activity.

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

GPS Only: Enables the GPS satellite system.

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

All + Multi-Band: Enables multiple satellite systems on multiple frequency bands. Multi-band systems use multiple frequency bands and allow for more consistent track logs, improved positioning, improved multipath 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 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.