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.
Accent Color: Sets the accent color of each activity to help identify which activity is active.
Add Activity: Allows you to customize a multisport activity.
Alerts: Sets the training or navigation alerts for the activity ().
Auto Climb: Enables the watch to detect elevation changes automatically using the built-in altimeter ().
Auto Lap: Sets the options for the Auto Lap feature to automatically mark laps. The Auto Distance option marks laps at a specific distance. The Auto Position option marks laps at a location where you previously pressed LAP. 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 watch to automatically create a rest interval when you stop moving ().
Auto Run: Enables the watch to detect ski or water sport runs automatically using the built-in accelerometer (, ).
Auto Scroll: Sets the watch to scroll through all of the activity data screens automatically while the activity timer is running.
Auto Set: Enables the watch to start and stop exercise sets automatically during a strength training activity.
Auto Start: Sets the watch to automatically start a motocross or BMX activity when you start moving.
Big Numbers: Changes the size of the numbers on the golf hole information screen ().
Broadcast Heart Rate: Enables automatic heart rate data broadcasting when you start the activity ().
Broadcast to GameOn: Enables automatic biometrics data broadcasting to the Garmin GameOn app when you start a gaming activity ().
ClimbPro: Displays ascent planning and monitoring screens while navigating ().
Club Prompt: Displays a prompt to enter which golf club you used after each detected shot to record your club statistics ().
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 ().
Driver Distance: Sets the average distance the ball travels on your drive while playing golf.
Edit Weight: Allows you to add the weight used for an exercise set during a strength training or cardio activity.
Golf Distance: Sets the unit of measure for distance while playing golf.
Golf Wind Speed: Sets the unit of measure for wind speed while playing golf.
Grading System: Sets the grading system for rating the route difficulty for a rock climbing activity.
Lane Number: Sets your lane number for track running.
Lap Key: Enables or disables the LAP button for recording a lap or rest during an activity.
Lock Device: Locks the touchscreen and buttons during a multisport activity to prevent inadvertent button presses and touchscreen swipes.
Map: Sets the display preferences for the map data screen for the activity ().
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 save obstacle locations from your first loop of the course. On repeat loops of the course, the watch uses the saved locations to switch between obstacle and running intervals ().
PlaysLike: Configures the “plays like” distance feature, which shows adjusted distances to the green while playing golf ().
Pool Size: Sets the pool length for pool swimming.
Power Averaging: Controls whether the watch includes zero values for bike 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.
Record After Sunset: Sets the watch to record track points after sunset during an expedition.
Record Temperature: Records the ambient temperature around the watch during certain activities.
Record VO2 Max.: Enables VO2 max. recording for trail run and ultra run activities.
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.
Rename: Sets the activity name.
Rep Counting: Enables or disables rep counting during a workout. The Workouts Only option enables rep counting during guided workouts only.
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.
Routing: Sets the preferences for calculating routes for the activity ().
Running Power: Allows you to record running power data and customize the settings ().
Satellites: Sets the satellite system to use for the activity ().
Scoring: Enables or disables scorekeeping automatically when you start a round of golf. The Always Ask option prompts you when you begin a round.
Segments: Allows you to view your saved segments for the activity (). The Auto Effort option automatically adjusts the target race time of a segment based on your performance during the segment.
Segment Alerts: Enables prompts that alert you to approaching segments ().
Self Evaluation: Sets how often you evaluate your perceived effort for the activity ().
SpeedPro: Enables advanced speed metrics for windsurf activity runs.
Stroke Detect.: Enables stroke detection for pool swimming.
Swimrun Auto Sport Change: Allows you to automatically transition between the swim portion and the run portion of a swimrun multisport activity.
Touch: Enables or disables the touchscreen during an activity.
Tournament Mode: Disables features that are not allowed during sanctioned tournaments.
Transitions: Enables transitions for multisport activities.
Units: Sets the units of measure for the activity.
Vibration Alerts: Enables alerts that notify you to inhale or exhale during a breathwork activity.
Virtual Caddie: Allows you to select automatic or manual virtual caddie club recommendations. Appears after you play five rounds of golf, track your clubs, and upload your scorecards to the Garmin Golf app.
Workout Videos: Enables instructive workout animations for a strength, cardio, yoga, or Pilates activity. Animations are available for pre-installed workouts and workouts downloaded from your Garmin Connect account.
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 one time. 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 when your heart rate is below 60 beats per minute (bpm) andover 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 every 30 minutes.
- Hold MENU.
- Select Activities & Apps.
- Select an activity.
NOTE: This feature is not available for all activities.
- Select the activity settings.
- Select Alerts.
- Select an option:
- Select Add New to add a new alert for the activity.
- Select the alert name to edit an existing alert.
- If necessary, select the type of alert.
- Select a zone, enter the minimum and maximum values, or enter a custom value for the alert.
- 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).
You can customize the appearance of the map data screen for each activity.
Hold MENU, select Activities & Apps, select an activity, select the activity settings, and select Map.
Configure Maps: Shows or hides data from installed map products.
Map Theme: Sets the map to display data optimized for your activity type. The System option uses the preferences from the system map settings ().
Use Sys. Settings: Enables the watch to use the preferences from the map system settings (). When this setting is disabled, you can customize the map settings for the activity.
Color Mode: Sets the map colors to either a white or black background for daytime or nighttime visibility. The Auto option adjusts the map colors based on the time of day.
Restore Theme: Allows you to restore default map theme settings or themes that have been deleted from the watch.