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Maximizing Battery Life
You can do several things to extend the life of the battery.
• Turn off music.
• Reduce the display brightness, and disable the Always On Display screen setting (Changing the Screen
Settings, page115).
• Set up the battery saver preferences in the power manager (Customizing the Battery Saver Feature, page113).
• Turn off Bluetooth technology when you are not using connected features (Phone Connectivity Features,
page92).
• Reduce the display timeout (Changing the Screen Settings, page115).
• Stop broadcasting heart rate data to paired Garmin devices (Broadcasting Heart Rate Data, page67).
• Turn off wrist-based heart rate monitoring (Turning Off the Wrist-based Heart Rate Monitor, page66).
NOTE: Wrist-based heart rate monitoring is used to calculate vigorous intensity minutes and calories burned.
• Limit the phone notifications the watch displays (Managing Notifications, page93).
• Turn off the pulse oximeter feature (Turning Off the Wrist-based Heart Rate Monitor, page66).
• When pausing your activity for a longer period of time, use the Resume Later option (Stopping an Activity,
page4).
• Select the Smart recording interval (System Settings, page114).
• Use UltraTrac GPS mode for your activity (GPS Settings, page109).
• Use a watch face that is not updated every second.
For example, use a watch face without a second hand (Customizing the Watch Face, page21).
My Device is in the Wrong Language
1 Hold .
2 Scroll down to the last item in the list, and select it.
3 Select the first item in the list.
4 Use UP and DOWN to select your language.
Is my phone compatible with my watch?
The Forerunner watch is compatible with phones using Bluetooth technology.
Go to www.garmin.com/ble for Bluetooth compatibility information.
My phone will not connect to the watch
If your phone will not connect to the watch, you can try these tips.
• Turn off your phone and your watch, and turn them back on again.
• Enable Bluetooth technology on your phone.
• Update the Garmin Connect app to the latest version.
• Remove your watch from the Garmin Connect app and the Bluetooth settings on your phone to retry the
pairing process.
• If you bought a new phone, remove your watch from the Garmin Connect app on the phone you intend to stop
using.
• Bring your phone within 10m (33ft.) of the watch.
• On your phone, open the Garmin Connect app, select or , and select Garmin Devices > Add Device to
enter pairing mode.
• From the watch face, hold , and select Connectivity > Phone > Pair Phone.
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