Controls
The controls menu lets you quickly access watch features and options. You can add, reorder, and remove the options in the controls menu (Customizing the Controls Menu).
From any screen, hold LIGHT.
![Controls menu](../Shared/GUID-2FD9A527-645E-4B61-9C1F-19A36DDA688E-high.jpg)
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Name |
Description |
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ABC |
Select to open the altimeter, barometer, and compass app. |
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Airplane Mode |
Select to enable or disable airplane mode to turn off all wireless communications. |
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Alarm Clock |
Select to add or edit an alarm (Setting an Alarm). |
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Altimeter |
Select to open the altimeter screen. |
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Alt. Time Zones |
Select to view the current time of day in additional time zones (Adding Alternate Time Zones). |
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Applied Ballistics |
Select to open the Applied Ballistics app (Applied Ballistics). |
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Assistance |
Select to send an assistance request (Requesting Assistance). |
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Barometer |
Select to open the barometer screen. |
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Battery Saver |
Select to enable or disable the battery saver feature (Customizing the Battery Saver Feature). |
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Brightness |
Select to adjust the screen brightness (Changing the Screen Settings). |
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Broadcast Heart Rate |
Select to turn on heart rate broadcasting to a paired device (Broadcasting Heart Rate Data). |
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Calendar |
Select to view upcoming events from your phone calendar. |
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Clocks |
Select to open the Clocks app to set an alarm, timer, stopwatch, or view alternate time zones (Clocks). |
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Compass |
Select to open the compass screen. |
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Display |
Turns off the screen for alerts, gestures, and Always On Display mode (Changing the Screen Settings). |
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Do Not Disturb |
Select to enable or disable do not disturb mode to dim the screen and disable alerts and notifications. For example, you can use this mode while watching a movie. |
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Find My Phone |
Select to play an audible alert on your paired phone, if it is within Bluetooth® range. The Bluetooth signal strength appears on the Descent™ watch screen, and it increases as you move closer to your phone. |
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Flashlight |
Select to turn on the screen to use your watch as a flashlight. On the Descent Mk3i - 51 mm watch, the LED flashlight turns on. |
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History |
Select to view your activity history, records, and totals. |
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Kill Switch |
Select to quickly remove all saved user data and reset all settings to the factory default values. |
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Lock Device |
Select to lock the buttons and the touchscreen to prevent inadvertent presses and swipes. |
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Moon Phase |
Select to view moonrise and moonset times, along with the moon phase, based on your GPS position. |
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Music Controls |
Select to control music playback on your watch or phone. |
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Night Vision |
Select to adjust the screen for compatibility with night vision goggles and disable the wrist heart rate monitor. |
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Notifications |
Select to view calls, texts, social network updates, and more, based on your phone notification settings (Enabling Bluetooth Notifications). |
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Phone |
Select to enable or disable Bluetooth technology and your connection to your paired phone. |
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Pool Mode |
Select to enable or disable the pool mode for diving. When the watch is in pool dive mode, the tissue load and decompression lockout features function normally, but dives are not saved to the dive log. The pool dive mode turns off automatically at midnight. |
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Power Off |
Select to turn off the watch. |
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Pulse Ox |
Select to open the pulse oximeter app (Pulse Oximeter). |
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Red Shift |
Select to turn the screen to shades of red to use the watch in low light conditions. |
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Reference Point |
Select to set a reference point for navigation (Setting a Reference Point). |
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Save Location |
Select to save your current location to navigate back to it later. |
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Settings |
Select to open the settings menu. |
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Sleep Mode |
Select to enable or disable Sleep Mode (Customizing Sleep Mode). |
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Stealth Mode |
Select to enable or disable stealth mode to turn off wireless communications and prevent the storage and sharing of your GPS position. |
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Stopwatch |
Select to start the stopwatch (Using the Stopwatch). |
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Strobe |
Select to turn on the LED flashlight strobe. You can create a custom strobe mode (Editing the Custom Flashlight Strobe). NOTE:
This feature is not available for all product models.
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Sunrise & Sunset |
Select to view sunrise, sunset, and twilight times. |
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Sync |
Select to sync your watch with your paired phone. |
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Time Sync |
Select to sync your watch with the time on your phone or using satellites. |
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Timers |
Select to set a countdown timer (Starting the Countdown Timer). |
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Touch |
Select to enable or disable touchscreen controls. |
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Wallet |
Select to open your Garmin Pay™ wallet and pay for purchases with your watch (Garmin Pay). |
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Weather |
Select to view the current weather forecast and current conditions. |
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Wi-Fi |
Select to enable or disable Wi‑Fi® communications. |