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Adding Emergency Contacts
Emergency contact phone numbers are used for the incident detection and assistance features.
1 From the Garmin Connect app, select or .
2 Select Safety & Tracking > Incident Detection & Assistance > Add Emergency Contact.
3 Follow the on-screen instructions.
Turning Incident Detection On and Off
1 From the watch face, hold UP.
2 Select > Safety > Incident Detection.
3 Select an activity.
NOTE: Incident detection is available only for outdoor walk, run, and bike activities.
When an incident is detected by your Forerunner device with GPS enabled, the Garmin Connect app can send
an automated text message and email with your name and GPS location to your emergency contacts. A
message appears indicating your contacts will be informed after 30 seconds have elapsed. You can select
Cancel before the countdown is complete to cancel the message.
Requesting Assistance
Before you can request assistance, you must set up emergency contacts (Adding Emergency Contacts,
page 30).
1 Hold the LIGHT key.
2 When you feel three vibrations, release the key to activate the assistance feature.
The countdown screen appears.
TIP: You can select Cancel before the countdown is complete to cancel the message.
Heart Rate Features
The Forerunner device has a wrist-based heart rate monitor and is also compatible with ANT+
®
chest heart rate
monitors. You can view wrist-based heart rate data on the heart rate widget. When both wrist-based heart rate
and ANT+ heart rate data are available, your device uses the ANT+ heart rate data.
Wrist-based Heart Rate
Wearing the Device
• Wear the device above your wrist bone.
NOTE: The device should be snug but comfortable. For more accurate heart rate readings, the device should
not move while running or exercising. For pulse oximeter readings, you should remain motionless.
NOTE: The optical sensor is located on the back of the device.
• See
Tips for Erratic Heart Rate Data, page 31 for more information about wrist-based heart rate.
• See Tips for Erratic Pulse Oximeter Data, page 43 for more information about the pulse oximeter sensor.
• For more information about accuracy, go to garmin.com/ataccuracy.
30 Heart Rate Features
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