Tips for Maximizing the Battery Life
To extend the life of the battery, you can try these tips.
- Change the power mode during an activity (Customizing the Power Mode for an Activity).
- Turn on the battery saver feature from the controls menu (Controls).
- Use the battery glance to view usage details and adjust system settings (Glances).
- Reduce the screen timeout (Display and Brightness Settings).
- Decrease the flashlight brightness and edit the strobe settings (Editing the Custom Flashlight Strobe).
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Stop using the
Always On Display screen timeout option, and select a shorter timeout (Display and Brightness Settings).
- Reduce the screen brightness (Display and Brightness Settings).
- On a D2™ Mach 2 Pro watch with an active inReach® service plan, disable the LTE connection or set the LTE mode to Auto (LTE and Satellite Settings).
- Use UltraTrac GNSS satellite mode for your activity (Satellite Settings).
- Turn off Bluetooth® technology when you are not using connected features (Controls).
- When pausing your activity for a longer period of time, use the Resume Later option (Stopping an Activity).
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Use a watch face that is not updated every second.
For example, use a watch face without a second hand (Customizing the Watch Face).
- Limit the phone notifications the watch displays (Enabling Phone Notifications).
- Stop broadcasting heart rate data to paired devices (Broadcasting Heart Rate Data).
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Turn off wrist-based heart rate monitoring (Wrist Heart Rate Monitor Settings).
NOTE: Wrist-based heart rate monitoring is used to calculate vigorous intensity minutes and calories burned.
- Turn on manual pulse oximeter readings (Setting the Pulse Oximeter Mode).