Device Settings on Your Garmin Connect Account
From your Garmin Connect™ account, select your device to view the device settings.
- Activity Tracking
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Turns activity tracking features on and off.
- Appearance
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Allows you to change the watch face, widgets, and shortcuts that appear in the controls menu (Customizing the Controls Menu).
- Auto Activity Start
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Allows your device to create and save timed activities automatically when the Move IQ feature detects you have been walking or running for a minimum time threshold. You can set the minimum time threshold for running and walking.
- Automatic App Updates
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Allows your device to receive Connect IQ™ app updates automatically.
- Data Recording
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Sets how the device records activity data. The Smart recording option (default) allows for longer activity recordings. The Every Second recording option provides more detailed activity recordings, but may require you to charge the battery more frequently.
- Date Format
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Sets the month and day format.
- Distance
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Sets the device to display the distance traveled in kilometers or miles.
- Goals
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Allows you to set a custom goal for daily steps and floors climbed. You can use the Auto Goal setting to allow your device to determine your step goal automatically. You can also set the weekly intensity minutes goal.
- Goal Animations
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Allows you to turn on and off goal animations, or turn them off only during activities. Goal animations appear for your daily steps goal, daily floors climbed goal, and weekly intensity minutes goal.
- Heart Rate Zones
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Allows you to estimate your maximum heart rate and determine custom heart rate zones.
- Language
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Sets the language of the device interface.
- Move Alert
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Displays a message and the move bar on the digital watch face and steps screen. The device also vibrates if vibrations are turned on.
- Move IQ
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Allows you to turn on and off Move IQ events. The Move IQ feature automatically detects activity patterns, such as walking, running, cycling, swimming, and elliptical training.
- Preferred Activity Tracker
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Sets this device to be your primary activity tracking device when more than one device is connected to the app.
- Sounds & Alerts
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Allows you to customize alarms and phone notifications. You can also turn on and off the Do Not Disturb During Sleep feature.
- Text Responses
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Allows you to customize the list of automatic text message responses. Based on your messaging setup, this feature may not be available (Messaging Options and Behavior).
- Time Format
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Sets the device to display time in a 12-hour or 24-hour format.
- Wrist Worn On
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Allows you to customize which wrist the device is worn on.
NOTE: This setting is used for strength training and gestures.