Activities and App Settings

These settings allow you to customize each preloaded activity app based on your needs. For example, you can customize data pages and enable alerts and training features. Not all settings are available for all activity types.

Hold MENU, select Activities & Apps, select an activity, and select the activity settings.

3D Distance: Calculates your distance traveled using your elevation change and your horizontal movement over ground.

3D Speed: Calculates your speed using your elevation change and your horizontal movement over ground.

Add Activity: Allows you to customize a multisport activity.

Alerts: Sets the training or navigation alerts for the activity.

Auto Climb: Enables the device to detect elevation changes automatically using the built-in altimeter (Enabling Auto Climb).

Auto Lap: Sets the options for the Auto Lap feature to automatically mark laps at a specific distance. When you complete a lap, a customizable lap alert message appears. This feature is helpful for comparing your performance over different parts of an activity.

Auto Pause: Sets the options for the Auto Pause feature to stop recording data when you stop moving or when you drop below a specified speed. This feature is helpful if your activity includes stop lights or other places where you must stop.

Auto Rest: Enables the device to automatically detect when you are resting during a pool swim and create a rest interval (Auto Rest).

Auto Run: Enables the watch to detect ski or windsurf runs automatically using the built-in accelerometer. For the windsurf activity, you can set speed and distance thresholds for automatically starting a run.

Auto Scroll: Sets the watch to scroll through all of the activity data screens automatically while the activity timer is running.

Background Color: Sets the background color of each activity to black or white.

Broadcast Heart Rate: Enables automatic heart rate data broadcasting when you start the activity (Broadcasting Heart Rate Data).

Countdown Start: Enables a countdown timer for pool swimming intervals.

Data Screens: Enables you to customize data screens and add new data screens for the activity (Customizing the Data Screens).

Golf Distance: Sets the unit of measure used while playing golf.

Grading System: Sets the grading system for rating the route difficulty for a rock climbing activity.

Lap Key: Enables or disables the SET button for recording a lap, set, or rest during the activity.

Lock Device: Locks the buttons during a multisport activity to prevent inadvertent button presses and touchscreen swipes.

Metronome: Plays tones or vibrates at a steady rhythm to help you improve your performance by training at a faster, slower, or more consistent cadence. You can set the beats per minute (bpm) of the cadence you want to maintain, beat frequency, and sound settings.

Mode Tracking: Enables or disables automatic ascent or descent mode tracking for backcountry skiing and snowboarding.

Obstacle Tracking: Enables the watch to detect obstacles automatically when you repeat a loop of the course (Recording an Obstacle Racing Activity).

Penalties: Enables penalty stroke tracking while playing golf (Recording Statistics).

Pool Size: Sets the pool length for pool swimming.

Power Averaging: Controls whether the watch includes zero values for power data that occur when you are not pedaling.

Power Mode: Sets the default power mode for the activity.

Power Save Timeout: Sets the power-save timeout length for how long your watch stays in training mode, for example, when you are waiting for a race to start. The Normal option sets the watch to enter low-power watch mode after 5 minutes of inactivity. The Extended option sets the watch to enter low-power watch mode after 25 minutes of inactivity. The extended mode can result in shorter battery life between charges.

Record Activity: Enables activity FIT file recording for golf activities. FIT files record fitness information that is tailored for Garmin Connect.

Recording Interval: Sets the frequency for recording track points during an expedition. By default, GPS track points are recorded once an hour, and they are not recorded after sunset. Recording track points less frequently maximizes battery life.

Record After Sunset: Sets the device to record track points after sunset during an expedition.

Record VO2 Max.: Enables VO2 max. recording for trail run activities.

Rename: Sets the activity name.

Repeat: Enables the Repeat option for multisport activities. For example, you can use this option for activities that include multiple transitions, such as a swimrun.

Restore Defaults: Allows you to reset the activity settings.

Route Stats: Enables route statistics tracking for indoor climbing activities.

Scoring: Enables or disables scorekeeping automatically when you start a round of golf.

SpeedPro: Enables advanced speed metrics for windsurf activity runs.

Stat Tracking: Enables statistics tracking while playing golf (Recording Statistics).

Stroke Detect.: Enables stroke detection for pool swimming.

Transitions: Enables transitions for multisport activities.

Activity Alerts

You can set alerts for each activity, which can help you to train toward specific goals, to increase your awareness of your environment, and to navigate to your destination. Some alerts are available only for specific activities. There are three types of alerts: event alerts, range alerts, and recurring alerts.

Event alert: An event alert notifies you once. The event is a specific value. For example, you can set the watch to alert you when you burn a specified number of calories.

Range alert: A range alert notifies you each time the watch is above or below a specified range of values. For example, you can set the watch to alert you when your heart rate is below 60 beats per minute (bpm) and over 210 bpm.

Recurring alert: A recurring alert notifies you each time the watch records a specified value or interval. For example, you can set the watch to alert you every 30 minutes.

Setting an Alert

1. Hold MENU.
2. Select Activities & Apps.
3. Select an activity.

NOTE: This feature is not available for all activities.

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

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. Hold MENU.
2. Select Activities & Apps.
3. Select an activity.

NOTE: This feature is not available for all activities.

1. 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 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.sg/about-gps.

Hold MENU, select Activities & Apps, select an activity, 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 system setting for satellites (System Settings).

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.

NOTE: Only available on Instinct 2X Solar watch models.

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 multi-path errors, and fewer atmospheric errors when using the watch in challenging environments.

NOTE: Only available on Instinct 2X Solar watch models.

GPS + GLONASS: Enables the GPS and GLONASS satellite systems for more accurate position information in situations with poor sky visibility. Using GPS and another satellite system together can reduce battery life more quickly than using GPS only.

NOTE: Only available on Instinct 2 watch models.

GPS + GALILEO: Enables the GPS and GALILEO satellite systems for more accurate position information in situations with poor sky visibility. Using GPS and another satellite system together can reduce battery life more quickly than using GPS only.

NOTE: Only available on Instinct 2 watch models.

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.