Garmin Vivoactive 4 Slate Stainless Steel Bezel

Introduction

Device Overview

A Action button: Press to turn on the device.

Press to start and stop the activity timer.

Hold for 2 seconds to view the controls menu, including device power.

Hold for 5 seconds to request assistance (Safety and Tracking Features, page 5).

B Back button: Press to return to the previous screen, except during an activity.

During an activity, press to mark a new lap, start a new set or pose, or advance to the next stage of a workout.

Hold to view a menu of device settings and options for the current screen.

C Touchscreen: Swipe up or down to scroll through widgets, features, and menus.

Tap to select.

Swipe right to return to the previous screen.

During an activity, swipe right to view the watch face and widgets.

From the watch face, swipe right to view the shortcut feature.

Touchscreen Tips

• Drag up or down to scroll through lists and menus.
• Swipe up or down to scroll quickly.
• Tap to select an item.
• From the watch face, swipe up or down to scroll through the widgets on the device.
• From a widget, tap to view additional widget screens, if available.
• During an activity, swipe up or down to view the next data screen.
• During an activity, swipe right to view the watch face and widgets, and swipe left to return to the activity data fields.
• Perform each menu selection as a separate action.

Locking and Unlocking the Touchscreen

You can lock the touchscreen to prevent inadvertent screen touches.

1. Hold to view the controls menu.
2. Select . The touchscreen locks and does not respond to touches until you unlock it.
3. Hold any button to unlock the touchscreen.

Using the Controls Menu

The controls menu contains customizable shortcuts, such as locking the touchscreen and turning the device off.

NOTE: You can add, reorder, and remove the shortcuts in the controls menu (Customizing the Controls Menu, page 16).

1. From any screen, hold for 2 seconds.

2. Select an option.

Icons

A flashing icon means the device is searching for a signal. A solid icon means the signal was found or the sensor is connected.

Setting Up Your Watch

To take full advantage of the vívoactive features, complete these tasks.

• Pair your smartphone with the Garmin Connect™ app (Pairing Your Smartphone).
• Set up Wi‑Fi® networks (Connecting to a Wi‑Fi Network).
• Set up music (Music, page 3).
• Set up your Garmin Pay™ wallet (Setting Up Your Garmin Pay Wallet, page 4).
• Set up safety features (Safety and Tracking Features).

Smart Features

Pairing Your Smartphone

To set up the vívoactive device, it must be paired directly through the Garmin Connect app, instead of from the Bluetooth® settings on your smartphone.

1. From the app store on your smartphone, install and open the Garmin Connect app.

2. Select an option to enable pairing mode on your device:

• If this is the first time you are setting up your device, press to turn on the device.
• If you previously skipped the pairing process or paired your device with a different smartphone, hold B , and select > Pair Phone to manually enter pairing mode.

3. Select an option to add your device to your Garmin Connect account:

• If this is the first device you have paired with the Garmin Connect app, follow the on-screen instructions.
• If you have already paired another device with the Garmin Connect app, from the menu, select Garmin Devices > Add Device, and follow the on-screen instructions.

Connected Features

Connected features are available for your vívoactive device when you connect the device to a compatible smartphone using Bluetooth technology. Some features require you to install the Garmin Connect app on the connected smartphone. Go to www.garmin.com/apps for more information. Some features are also available when you connect your device to a wireless network.

Phone notifications: Displays phone notifications and messages on your vívoactive device.

LiveTrack: Allows friends and family to follow your races and training activities in real time. You can invite followers using email or social media, allowing them to view your live data on a Garmin Connect tracking page.

Activity uploads to Garmin Connect: Automatically sends your activity to your Garmin Connect account as soon as you finish recording the activity.

Connect IQ™: Allows you to extend your device features with new watch faces, widgets, apps, and data fields.

Software Updates: Allows you to update your device software.

Weather: Allows you to view current weather conditions and weather forecasts.

Bluetooth sensors: Allows you to connect Bluetooth compatible sensors, such as a heart rate monitor.

Find my phone: Locates your lost smartphone that is paired with your vívoactive device and currently within range.

Find my device: Locates your lost vívoactive device that is paired with your smarphone and currently within range.

Phone Notifications

Phone notifications require a compatible smartphone to be in range and paired with the device. When your phone receives messages, it sends notifications to your device.

Enabling Bluetooth Notifications

Before you can enable notifications, you must pair the vívoactive device with a compatible smartphone (Pairing Your Smartphone).

1. Hold .
2. Select > Phone > Notifications.
3. Select During Activity to set preferences for notifications that appear when recording an activity.
4. Select a notification preference.
5. Select Not During Activity to set preferences for notifications that appear when in watch mode.
6. Select a notification preference.
7. Select Timeout.
8. Select a timeout duration.
9. Select Privacy.
10. Select a privacy preference.

Viewing Notifications

1. From the watch face, swipe up or down to view the notifications widget.
2. Select a notification.
3. Scroll to read the full notification.
4. Swipe up to view the notification options.
5. Select an option:

• To act on the notification, select an action, such as Dismiss or Reply.

The available actions depend on the type of notification and your phone operating system. When you dismiss a notification on your phone or the vívoactive device, it no longer appears in the widget.

• To return to the notification list, swipe right.

Replying to a Text Message

NOTE: This feature is available only for Android™ smartphones.When you receive a text message notification on your vívoactive device, you can send a quick reply by selecting from a list of messages. You can customize messages in the Garmin Connect app.

NOTE: This feature sends text messages using your phone. Regular text message limits and charges may apply. Contact your mobile carrier for more information.

1. Swipe up or down to view the notifications widget.
2. Select a text message notification.
3. Swipe up to view the notification options.
4. Select Reply.
5. Select a message from the list.Your phone sends the selected message as a text message.

Receiving an Incoming Phone Call

When you receive a phone call on your connected smartphone, the vívoactive device displays the name or phone number of the caller.

• To accept the call, select

NOTE: To talk to the caller, you must use your connected smartphone.

• To decline the call, select
• To decline the call and immediately send a text message reply, select , and select a message from the list.

NOTE: This feature is available only if your device is connected to an Android smartphone.

Managing Notifications

You can use your compatible smartphone to manage notifications that appear on your vívoactive device.

Select an option:

• If you are using an iPhone® device, go to the iOS® notifications settings to select the items to show on the device.
• If you are using an Android smartphone, from the Garmin Connect app, select Settings > Smart Notifications.

Turning Off the Bluetooth Smartphone Connection

You can turn off the Bluetooth smartphone connection from the controls menu.

NOTE: You can add options to the controls menu (Customizing the Controls Menu).

1. Hold to view the controls menu.
2. Select to turn off the Bluetooth smartphone connection on your vívoactive device.Refer to the owner's manual for your mobile device to turn off Bluetooth technology on your mobile device.

Using Do Not Disturb Mode

You can use do not disturb mode to turn off vibrations and the display for alerts and notifications. This mode disables the gesture setting (Backlight Settings, page 19). For example, you can use this mode while sleeping or watching a movie.

• To manually turn on or off do not disturb mode, hold , and select .
• To automatically turn on do not disturb mode during your sleep hours, open the device settings in the Garmin Connect app, and select Sounds & Alerts > Do Not Disturb During Sleep.

Finding Your Phone

You can use this feature to help locate a lost smartphone that is paired using Bluetooth wireless technology and currently within range.

1. Hold
2. Select . Signal strength bars appear on the vívoactive screen, and an audible alert sounds on your smartphone. The bars increase as you move closer to your smartphone.
3. Press to stop searching.

Connect IQ Features

You can add Connect IQ features to your watch from Garmin® and other providers using the Connect IQ app. You can customize your device with watch faces, data fields, widgets, and apps.

Watch Faces: Allow you to customize the appearance of the clock.

Data Fields: Allow you to download new data fields that present sensor, activity, and history data in new ways. You can add Connect IQ data fields to built-in features and pages.

Widgets: Provide information at a glance, including sensor data and notifications.

Apps: Add interactive features to your watch, such as new outdoor and fitness activity types.

Downloading Connect IQ Features

Before you can download features from the Connect IQ app, you must pair your vívoactive device with your smartphone (Pairing Your Smartphone, page 1).

1. From the app store on your smartphone, install and open the Connect IQ app.
2. If necessary, select your device.
3. Select a Connect IQ feature.
4. Follow the on-screen instructions.

Downloading Connect IQ Features Using Your Computer

1. Connect the device to your computer using a USB cable.
2. Go to apps.garmin.com, and sign in.
3. Select a Connect IQ feature, and download it.
4. Follow the on-screen instructions.

Wi‑Fi Connected Features

Activity uploads to your Garmin Connect account: Automatically sends your activity to your Garmin Connect account as soon as you finish recording the activity.

Audio content: Allows you to sync audio content from third party providers.

Software updates: Your device downloads and installs the latest software update automatically when a Wi‑Fi connection is available.

Workouts and training plans: You can browse for and select workouts and training plans on the Garmin Connect site. The next time your device has a Wi‑Fi connection, the files are wirelessly sent to your device.

Connecting to a Wi‑Fi Network

You must connect your device to the Garmin Connect app on your smartphone or to the Garmin Express™ application on your computer before you can connect to a Wi‑Fi network.

To sync your device with a third-party music provider, you must connect to Wi‑Fi. Connecting the device to a Wi‑Fi network also helps to increase the transfer speed of larger files.

1. Move within range of a Wi‑Fi network.
2. From the Garmin Connect app, select
3. Select Garmin Devices, and select your device.
4. Select General > Wi-Fi Networks > Add a Network.
5. Select an available Wi‑Fi network, and enter the login details.

Music

NOTE: This section is about three different music playback options.

• Third-party provider music
• Personal audio content
• Music stored on your phone

On a vívoactive device, you can download audio content to your device from your computer or from a third-party provider, so you can listen when your smartphone is not nearby. To listen to audio content stored on your device, you must connect headphones with Bluetooth technology. You can also control music playback on your paired smartphone using your device.

Connecting to a Third-Party Provider

Before you can download music or other audio files to your compatible watch from a supported third-party provider, you must connect to the provider using the Garmin Connect app.

1. From the Garmin Connect app, select
2. Select Garmin Devices, and select your device.
3. Select Music.
4. Select an option:

• To connect to an installed provider, select a provider, and follow the on-screen instructions.
• To connect to a new provider, select Get Music Apps, locate a provider, and follow the on-screen instructions.

Connecting Bluetooth Headphones

To listen to music loaded onto your vívoactive device, you must connect headphones using Bluetooth technology.

1. Bring the headphones within 2 m (6.6 ft.) of your device.
2. Enable pairing mode on the headphones.
3. Hold .
4. Select > Music > Headphones > Add New.
5. Select your headphones to complete the pairing process.

Music Playback Controls

Garmin Pay

The Garmin Pay feature allows you to use your watch to pay for purchases in participating stores using credit or debit cards from a participating financial institution.

Setting Up Your Garmin Pay Wallet

You can add one or more participating credit or debit cards to your Garmin Pay wallet. Go to garmin.com/garminpay/banks to find participating financial institutions.

1. From the Garmin Connect app, select
2. Select Garmin Pay > Get Started.
3. Follow the on-screen instructions.

Paying for a Purchase Using Your Watch

Before you can use your watch to pay for purchases, you must set up at least one payment card.

You can use your watch to pay for purchases in a participating store.

1. Hold
2. Select
3. Enter your four-digit passcode. NOTE: If you enter your passcode incorrectly three times, your wallet locks, and you must reset your passcode in the Garmin Connect app. Your most recently used payment card appears.
4. If you have added multiple cards to your Garmin Pay wallet, swipe to change to another card (optional).
5. Within 60 seconds, hold your watch near the payment reader, with the watch facing the reader. The watch vibrates and displays a check mark when it is finished communicating with the reader.
6. If necessary, follow the instructions on the card reader to complete the transaction.

TIP: After you successfully enter your passcode, you can make payments without a passcode for 24 hours while you continue to wear your watch. If you remove the watch from your wrist or disable heart rate monitoring, you must enter the passcode again before making a payment.

Adding a Card to Your Garmin Pay Wallet

You can add up to 10 credit or debit cards to your Garmin Pay wallet.

1. From the Garmin Connect app, select
2. Select Garmin Pay > > Add Card.
3. Follow the on-screen instructions.

After the card is added, you can select the card on your watch when you make a payment.

Managing Your Garmin Pay Cards

You can temporarily suspend or delete a card.

NOTE: In some countries, participating financial institutions may restrict the Garmin Pay features.

1. From the Garmin Connect app, select
2. Select Garmin Pay.
3. Select a card.
4. Select an option:

• To temporarily suspend or unsuspend the card, select Suspend Card.The card must be active to make purchases using your vívoactive device.
• To delete the card, select

Activity Tracking

The activity tracking feature records your daily step count, distance traveled, intensity minutes, floors climbed, calories burned, and sleep statistics for each recorded day. Your calories burned includes your base metabolism plus activity calories. The number of steps taken during the day appears on the steps widget. The step count is updated periodically.

Auto Goal

Your device creates a daily step goal automatically, based on your previous activity levels. As you move during the day, the device shows your progress toward your daily goal 1.

If you choose not to use the auto goal feature, you can set a personalized step goal on your Garmin Connect account.

Using the Move Alert

Sitting for prolonged periods of time can trigger undesirable metabolic state changes. The move alert reminds you to keep moving. After one hour of inactivity, Move! and the red bar appear. Additional segments appear after every 15 minutes of inactivity. The device also vibrates if vibration is turned on

Go for a short walk (at least a couple of minutes) to reset the move alert.

Sleep Tracking

While you are sleeping, the device automatically detects your sleep and monitors your movement during your normal sleep hours. You can set your normal sleep hours in the user settings on your Garmin Connect account. Sleep statistics include total hours of sleep, sleep levels, and sleep movement. You can view your sleep statistics on your Garmin Connect account.

NOTE: Naps are not added to your sleep statistics. You can use do not disturb mode to turn off notifications and alerts, with the exception of alarms (Using Do Not Disturb Mode, page 2).

Intensity Minutes

To improve your health, organizations such as the World Health Organization recommend at least 150 minutes per week of moderate intensity activity, such as brisk walking, or 75 minutes per week of vigorous intensity activity, such as running.

The device monitors your activity intensity and tracks your time spent participating in moderate to vigorous intensity activities (heart rate data is required to quantify vigorous intensity). You can work toward achieving your weekly intensity minutes goal by participating in at least 10 consecutive minutes of moderate to vigorous intensity activities. The device adds the amount of moderate activity minutes with the amount of vigorous activity minutes. Your total vigorous intensity minutes are doubled when added.

Earning Intensity Minutes

Your vívoactive device calculates intensity minutes by comparing your heart rate data to your average resting heart rate. If heart rate is turned off, the device calculates moderate intensity minutes by analyzing your steps per minute.

• Start a timed activity for the most accurate calculation of intensity minutes.
• Exercise for at least 10 consecutive minutes at a moderate or vigorous intensity level.
• Wear your device all day and night for the most accurate resting heart rate.

Activity Tracking Settings

Hold , and select > Activity Tracking.

Status: Turns off the activity tracking features.

Move Alert: Displays a message and the move bar on the digital watch face and steps screen. The device also vibrates to alert you.

Goal Alerts: Allows you to turn on and off goal alerts, or turn them off only during activities. Goal alerts appear for your daily steps goal, daily floors climbed goal, weekly intensity minutes goal, and hydration goal.

Auto Activity Start: Allows your device to create and save timed activities automatically when the Move IQ feature detects you are walking or running. You can set the minimum time threshold for running and walking.

Intensity Minutes: Allows you to set a heart rate zone for moderate intensity minutes and a higher heart rate zone for vigorous intensity minutes. You can also use the default algorithm.

Turning Off Activity Tracking

When you turn off activity tracking, your steps, floors climbed, intensity minutes, sleep tracking, and Move IQ events are not recorded.

1. Hold .
2. Select > Activity Tracking > Status > Off.

Widgets

Your device comes preloaded with widgets that provide at-aglance information. Some widgets require a Bluetooth connection to a compatible smartphone.

Some widgets are not visible by default. You can add them to the widget loop manually (Customizing the Widget Loop, page 9).

Body Battery™: With all day wear, displays your current Body Battery level and a graph of your level for the last several hours.

Calendar: Displays upcoming meetings from your smartphone calendar.

Calories: Displays your calorie information for the current day.

Floors climbed: Tracks your floors climbed and progress toward your goal.

Garmin coach: Displays scheduled workouts when you select a Garmin coach training plan in your Garmin Connect account.

Golf: Displays golf scores and statistics for your last round.

Health stats: Displays a dynamic summary of your current health statistics. The measurements includes heart rate, Body Battery level, stress, and more.

Heart rate: Displays your current heart rate in beats per minute (bpm) and a graph of your average resting heart rate (RHR).

History: Displays your activity history and a graph of your recorded activities.

Hydration: Allows you to track the amount of water you consume and the progress toward your daily goal.

Intensity minutes: Tracks your time spent participating in moderate to vigorous activities, your weekly intensity minutes goal, and progress toward your goal.

Last sport: Displays a brief summary of your last recorded sport.

Menstrual cycle tracking: Displays your current cycle. You can view and log your daily symptoms.

Music controls: Provides music player controls for your smartphone or on-device music.

My day: Displays a dynamic summary of your activity today. The metrics include timed activities, intensity minutes, floors climbed, steps, calories burned, and more.

Notifications: Alerts you to incoming calls, texts, social network updates, and more, based on your smartphone notification settings.

Pulse oximeter: Allows you to take a manual pulse oximeter reading.

Respiration: Your current respiration rate in breaths per minute and seven-day average. You can do a breathing activity to help you relax.

Steps: Tracks your daily step count, step goal, and data for previous days.

Stress: Displays your current stress level and a graph of your stress level. You can do a breathing activity to help you relax.

Weather: Displays the current temperature and weather forecast.

Viewing Widgets

• From the watch face, swipe up or down

The device scrolls through the widget loop.

• Tap the touchscreen to view additional screens for a widget.
• Hold to view additional options and functions for a widget.

Customizing the Widget Loop

1. Hold .

2. Select > Widgets.

3. Select a widget.

4. Select an option:

• Select Reorder to change the location of the widget in the widget loop.
• Select Remove to remove the widget from the widget loop.

5. Select Add More.

6. Select a widget.

The widget is added to the widget loop.

Body Battery

Your device analyzes your heart rate variability, stress level, sleep quality, and activity data to determine your overall Body Battery level. Like a gas gauge on a car, it indicates your amount of available reserve energy. The Body Battery level range is from 0 to 100, where 0 to 25 is low reserve energy, 26 to 50 is medium reserve energy, 51 to 75 is high reserve energy, and 76 to 100 is very high reserve energy. You can sync your device with your Garmin Connect account to view your most up-to-date Body Battery level, long-term trends, and additional details (Tips for Improved Body Battery Data, page 10).

Viewing the Body Battery Widget

The Body Battery widget displays your current Body Battery level and a graph of your Body Battery level for the last several hours.

1. Swipe up or down to view the Body Battery widget.

NOTE: You may need to add the widget to your widget loop (Customizing the Widget Loop, page 9).

2. Tap the touchscreen to view a combined graph of your Body Battery and stress level.

3. Swipe up to view your Body Battery data since midnight.

Tips for Improved Body Battery Data

• Your Body Battery level updates when you sync your device with your Garmin Connect account.
• For more accurate results, wear the device while sleeping.
• Rest and good sleep charge your Body Battery.
• Strenuous activity, high stress, and poor sleep can cause your Body Battery to drain.
• Food intake, as well as stimulants like caffeine, has no impact on your Body Battery.

Hydration Tracking

You can track your daily fluid intake, turn on goals and alerts, and enter the container sizes you use most often. If you enable automatic goals, your goal increases on the days when you record an activity. When you exercise, you need more fluid to replace the sweat lost.

Using the Hydration Tracking Widget

The hydration tracking widget displays your fluid intake and your daily hydration goal.

1. Swipe up or down to view the hydration widget.

2. Select for each serving of fluid you consume (1 cup, 8 oz., or 250 mL).

3. Select a container to increase your fluid intake by the volume of the container.

4. Hold to customize the widget.

5. Select an option:

• To change the units of measure, select Units.
• To enable dynamic daily goals that increase after recording an activity, select Auto Goal.
• To turn on hydration reminders, select Alerts.
• To customize your container sizes, select Containers, select a container, select the units of measure, and enter the container size.

Training

Setting Up Your User Profile

You can update your gender, birth year, height, weight, wrist, and heart rate zone (Setting Your Heart Rate Zones, page 6) settings. The device uses this information to calculate accurate training data.

1. Hold .
2. Select > User Profile.
3. Select an option.

Fitness Goals

Knowing your heart rate zones can help you measure and improve your fitness by understanding and applying these principles.

• Your heart rate is a good measure of exercise intensity.
• Training in certain heart rate zones can help you improve cardiovascular capacity and strength.

If you know your maximum heart rate, you can use the table (Heart Rate Zone Calculations, page 7) to determine the best heart rate zone for your fitness objectives.

If you do not know your maximum heart rate, use one of the calculators available on the Internet. Some gyms and health centers can provide a test that measures maximum heart rate. The default maximum heart rate is 220 minus your age.

Workouts

Your device can guide you through multiple-step workouts that include goals for each workout step, such as distance, time, reps, or other metrics. Your device includes several preloaded workouts for multiple activities, including strength, cardio, running, and biking. You can create and find more workouts and training plans using Garmin Connect and transfer them to your device.

You can create a scheduled training plan using the calendar in Garmin Connect and send the scheduled workouts to your device.

Starting a Workout

Your device can guide you through multiple steps in a workout.

1. Press .
2. Select an activity.
3. Swipe up.
4. Select Workouts.
5. Select a workout.NOTE: Only workouts that are compatible with the selected activity appear in the list.
6. Select Do Workout.
7. Press to start the activity timer.

After you begin a workout, the device displays each step of the workout, step notes (optional), the target (optional), and the current workout data. For strength, yoga, or Pilates activities, an instructional animation appears.

Personal Records

When you complete an activity, the device displays any new personal records you achieved during that activity. Personal records include your fastest time over several typical race distances and longest run or ride.

Viewing Your Personal Records

1. From the watch face, hold .
2. Select History > Records.
3. Select a sport.
4. Select a record.
5. Select View Record.

Restoring a Personal Record

You can set each personal record back to the one previously recorded.

1. Hold .
2. Select History > Records.
3. Select a sport.
4. Select a record to restore.
5. Select Previous > .

NOTE: This does not delete any saved activities.

Clearing a Personal Record

1. From the watch face, hold .
2. Select History > Records.
3. Select a sport.
4. Select a record to delete.
5. Select Clear Record > .

NOTE: This does not delete any saved activities.

Clearing All Personal Records

1. Hold .
2. Select History > Records. NOTE: This does not delete any saved activities.
3. Select a sport.
4. Select Clear All Records > .

The records are deleted for that sport only.

Navigation

You can use the GPS navigation features on your device to save locations, navigate to locations, and find your way home.

Saving Your Location

Before you can navigate to a saved location, your device must locate satellites.

A location is a point that you record and store in the device. If you want to remember landmarks or return to a certain spot, you can mark a location.

1. Go to the place where you want to mark a location.
2. Press .
3. Select Navigate > Save Location. After the device acquires GPS signals, the location information appears.
4. Select Save.
5. Select an icon.

Deleting a Location

1. Press .
2. Select Navigate > Saved Locations.
3. Select a location.
4. Select Delete > .

Navigating to a Saved Location

Before you can navigate to a saved location, your device must locate satellites.

1. Press .
2. Select Navigate > Saved Locations.
3. Select a location, and select Go To.
4. Press to start the activity timer.
5. Move forward. The compass appears.

The compass arrow points toward the saved location.

TIP: For more accurate navigation, orient the top of the screen toward the direction in which you are moving.

Navigating Back to Start

Before you can navigate back to start, you must locate satellites, start the timer, and start your activity.

At any time during your activity, you can return to your starting location. For example, if you are running in a new city, and you are unsure how to get back to the trail head or hotel, you can navigate back to your starting location. This feature is not available for all activities.

1. Hold .
2. Select Navigation > Back to Start. The compass appears.
3. Move forward. The compass arrow points toward your starting point.

TIP: For more accurate navigation, orient your device toward the direction in which you are navigating.

History

Your device stores up to 14 days of activity tracking and heart rate monitoring data, and up to seven timed activities. You can view your last seven timed activities on your device. You can synchronize your data to view unlimited activities, activity tracking data, and heart rate monitoring data on your Garmin Connect account (Using the Garmin Connect App, page 16) (Using Garmin Connect on Your Computer, page 16). When the device memory is full, your oldest data is overwritten.

Using History

1. Hold .

2. Select History.

3. Select an option:

• To view an activity from this week, select This Week.
• To view an older activity, select Previous Weeks.

4. Select an activity.

5. Select an option:

• Select Details to view additional information about the activity.
• Select Laps to view additional information about each lap.
• Select Sets to view additional information about each weight lifting set.
• Select Intervals to view additional information about each swim interval.
• Select Time in Zone to view your time in each heart rate zone.
• Select Delete to delete the selected activity.

Viewing Your Time in Each Heart Rate Zone

Before you can view heart rate zone data, you must complete an activity with heart rate and save the activity. Viewing your time in each heart rate zone can help you adjust your training intensity.

1. Hold .

2. Select History.

3. Select an option:

• To view an activity from this week, select This Week.
• To view an older activity, select Previous Weeks.

4. Select an activity.

5. Select Time in Zone.

Customizing Your Device

Changing the Watch Face

You can choose from several preloaded watch faces or use a Connect IQ watch face that is downloaded to your device (Connect IQ Features, page 3). You can also edit an existing watch face (Editing a Watch Face, page 16) or create a new one (Creating a Custom Watch Face, page 16).

1. From the watch face, hold .
2. Select Watch Face.
3. Swipe right or left to scroll through the available watch faces.
4. Tap the touchscreen to select the watch face.

Editing a Watch Face

You can customize the style and data fields for the watch face.

1. From the watch face, hold .
2. Select Watch Face.
3. Swipe right or left to scroll through the available watch faces.
4. Swipe up to edit a watch face.
5. Select an option to edit.
6. Swipe up or down to scroll through the options.
7. Select to select the option.
8. Tap the touchscreen to select the watch face.

Creating a Custom Watch Face

You can create a new watch face by selecting the layout, colors, and additional data.

1. From the watch face, hold .
2. Select Watch Face.
3. Swipe left, and select .
4. Swipe up or down to scroll through the background options, and tap the screen to select the displayed background.
5. Swipe up or down to scroll through the analog and digital dials, and tap the screen to select the displayed dial.
6. Swipe up or down to scroll through the accent colors, and tap the screen to select the displayed color.
7. Select each data field you want to customize, and select the data to display in it. A white border indicates the customizable data fields for this dial.
8. Swipe left to customize the time markers.
9. Swipe up or down to scroll through the time markers.
10. Select . The device sets the new watch face as your active watch face.

System Settings

Hold , and select > System.

Auto Lock: Automatically locks the touchscreen to prevent inadvertent screen touches. You can press to unlock the touchscreen.

Language: Sets the language of the device interface.

Time: Sets the time format and source for local time (Time Settings, page 19).

Date: Allows you to manually set the date and date format.

Backlight: Sets the backlight mode, timeout, and brightness (Backlight Settings, page 19).

Physio TrueUp: Allows your device to sync activities, history, and data from other Garmin devices.

Vibration: Turns vibration on or off and sets the vibration intensity.

Do Not Disturb: Turns on or off do not disturb mode.

Units: Sets the measurement units used to display data (Changing the Units of Measure, page 19).

Data Recording: 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.

USB Mode: Sets the device to use media transfer mode or Garmin mode when connected to a computer.

Reset: Allows you to reset the default settings or delete personal data and reset the settings (Restoring All Default Settings, page 22).

NOTE: If you have set up a Garmin Pay wallet, restoring default settings also deletes the wallet from your device.

Software Update: Allows you to check for software updates.

About: Displays the unit ID, software version, regulatory information, and license agreement.

Time Settings

Hold , and select > System > Time.

Time Format: Sets the device to show time in a 12-hour or a 24-hour format.

Time Source: Allows you to set the time manually or automatically based on your paired mobile device.

Time Zones

Each time you turn on the device and acquire satellites or sync with your smartphone, the device automatically detects your time zone and the current time of day.

Setting the Time Manually

By default, the time is set automatically when the vívoactive device is paired with a mobile device.

1. Hold .
2. Select > System > Time > Time Source > Manual.
3. Select Time, and enter the time of day.

Setting an Alarm

You can set multiple alarms. You can set each alarm to occur once or to repeat regularly.

1. Hold .
2. Select Clocks > Alarms > Add Alarm.
3. Select Time, and enter a time.
4. Select Repeat, and select an option.
5. Select Label, and select a description for the alarm.

Deleting an Alarm

1. Hold .
2. Select Clocks > Alarms.
3. Select an alarm, and select Delete.

Starting the Countdown Timer

1. Hold .
2. Select Clocks > Timer.
3. Enter the time, and select .
4. Select .

Using the Stopwatch

1. Hold .
2. Select Clocks > Stopwatch.
3. Press to start the timer.
4. Press to restart the lap timer. The total stopwatch time continues running.
5. Select to stop the timer.
6. Select an option:

• To reset the timer, swipe down.
• To save the stopwatch time as an activity, press , and select .
• To exit the stopwatch, press , and select .

Backlight Settings

Hold , and select > System > Backlight.

Mode: Sets the backlight to turn on when you interact with the device, which includes receiving a notification or using the buttons or touchscreen.

Brightness: Sets the brightness level of the backlight.

Timeout: Sets the length of time before the backlight turns off.

Gesture: Sets the backlight to turn on when you rotate your wrist toward your body to view the device. You can use the Only During Activity option to use this feature only during timed activities. You can also adjust the gesture sensitivity to turn on the backlight more or less often.

Changing the Units of Measure

You can customize units of measure for distance, pace and speed, elevation, weight, height, and temperature.

1. Hold .
2. Select > System > Units.
3. Select a measurement type.
4. Select a unit of measure.

Troubleshooting

Is my smartphone compatible with my device?

The vívoactive device is compatible with smartphones using Bluetooth technology.

Go to www.garmin.com/ble for compatibility information.

My phone will not connect to the device

If your phone will not connect to the device, you can try these tips.

• Turn off your smartphone and your device, and turn them back on again.
• Enable Bluetooth technology on your smartphone.
• Update the Garmin Connect app to the latest version.
• Remove your device from the Garmin Connect app and the Bluetooth settings on your smartphone to retry the pairing process.
• If you bought a new smartphone, remove your device from the Garmin Connect app on the smartphone you intend to stop using.
• Bring your smartphone within 10 m (33 ft.) of the device.
• On your smartphone, open the Garmin Connect app, select , and select Garmin Devices > Add Device to enter pairing mode.
• From the watch face, hold , and select > Phone > Pair Phone.

My headphones will not connect to the device

If your headphones were previously connected to your smartphone using Bluetooth technology, they may connect to your smartphone before connecting to your device. You can try these tips.

• Turn off Bluetooth technology on your smartphone.Refer to the owner's manual for your smartphone for more information.
• Stay 10 m (33 ft.) away from your smartphone while connecting headphones to your device.
• Pair your headphones with your device (Connecting Bluetooth Headphones, page 4).

My music cuts out or my headphones do not stay connected

When using a vívoactive device connected to headphones using Bluetooth technology, the signal is strongest when there is a direct line of sight between the device and the antenna on the headphones.

• If the signal passes through your body, you may experience signal loss or your headphones may become disconnected.
• It is recommended to wear your headphones with the antenna on the same side of your body as your vívoactive device.
• Since headphones vary by model, you can try moving the watch to your other wrist.

My device is in the wrong language

You can change the device language selection if you have accidently selected the wrong language on the device.

1. Hold .
2. Select .
3. Scroll down to the last item in the list, and select it.
4. Scroll down to the second item in the list, and select it.
5. Select your language.

My device does not display the correct time

The device updates the time and date when it syncs with your smartphone or when the device acquires GPS signals. You should sync your device to receive the correct time when you change time zones, and to update for daylight saving time.

1. Hold , and select > System > Time.
2. Verify the Auto option is enabled.
3. Select an option:

• Confirm that your smartphone displays the correct local time, and sync your device to the smartphone (Using the Garmin Connect App, page 16).
• Start an outdoor activity, go outdoors to an open area with a clear view of the sky, and wait while the device acquires satellite signals.

The time and date are updated automatically.

Maximizing Battery Life

You can do several things to extend the life of the battery.

• Reduce the display timeout (Backlight Settings, page 19).
• Reduce the display brightness (Backlight Settings, page 19).
• Turn off Bluetooth technology when you are not using connected features (Turning Off the Bluetooth Smartphone Connection, page 2).
• Turn off activity tracking (Activity Tracking Settings, page 8).
• Limit the smartphone notifications the device displays (Managing Notifications, page 2).
• Stop broadcasting heart rate data to paired Garmin devices (Broadcasting Heart Rate to Garmin Devices, page 6).
• Turn off wrist-based heart rate monitoring (Turning Off the Wrist-based Heart Rate Monitor, page 6).
• Turn off automatic pulse oximeter readings (Changing the Pulse Oximeter Tracking Mode, page 7).

Restarting the Device

If the device stops responding, you may need to restart it.

NOTE: Restarting the device may erase your data or settings.

1. Hold for 15 seconds.The device turns off.
2. Hold for one second to turn on the device.

Restoring All Default Settings

You can reset all of the device settings to the factory default values. You should sync your device with the Garmin Connect app to upload your activity data before you reset the device.

1. Hold .
2. Select > System > Reset.
3. Select an option:

• To reset all of the device settings to the factory default values and delete all user-entered information and activity history, select Delete Data and Reset Settings.

NOTE: If you have set up a Garmin Pay wallet, this option deletes the wallet from your device. If you have music stored on your device, this option deletes your stored music.

• To reset all of the device settings to the factory default values and save all user-entered information and activity history, select Reset Default Settings.

Acquiring Satellite Signals

The device may need a clear view of the sky to acquire satellite signals.

1. Go outdoors to an open area.The front of the device should be oriented toward the sky.
2. Wait while the device locates satellites.It may take 30–60 seconds to locate satellite signals.

Improving GPS Satellite Reception

• Frequently sync the device to your Garmin Connect account:
  • Connect your device to a computer using the USB cable and the Garmin Express application.
  • Sync your device to the Garmin Connect app using your Bluetooth enabled smartphone.
  • Connect your device to your Garmin Connect account using a Wi‑Fi wireless network.

While connected to your Garmin Connect account, the device downloads several days of satellite data, allowing it to quickly locate satellite signals.

• Take your device outside to an open area away from tall buildings and trees.
• Remain stationary for a few minutes.

Activity Tracking

My step count does not seem accurate

If your step count does not seem accurate, you can try these tips.

• Wear the device on your non-dominant wrist.
• Carry the device in your pocket when pushing a stroller or lawn mower.
• Carry the device in your pocket when actively using your hands or arms only.

NOTE: The device may interpret some repetitive motions, such as washing dishes, folding laundry, or clapping your hands, as steps.

The floors climbed amount does not seem accurate

Your device uses an internal barometer to measure elevation changes as you climb floors. A floor climbed is equal to 3 m (10 ft.).

• Avoid holding handrails or skipping steps while climbing stairs.
• In windy environments, cover the device with your sleeve or jacket as strong gusts can cause erratic readings.

Improving the Accuracy of Intensity Minutes and Calories

You can improve the accuracy of these estimates by walking or running outside with GPS for 15 minutes.

NOTE: After you calibrate the device for the first time, ! no longer appears in the My Day widget.

1. From the watch face, swipe to view the My Day widget.
2. Select !.
3. Follow the on-screen instructions.

Getting More Information

• Go to support.garmin.com for additional manuals, articles, and software updates.
• Go to buy.garmin.com, or contact your Garmin dealer for information about optional accessories and replacement parts.
• Go to garmin.com/ataccuracy.

This is not a medical device. The pulse oximeter feature is not available in all countries.

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