Garmin vivosmart HD Owner's Manual - History
Connect Alert: Allows you to enable an alert informing you
when your paired smartphone is no longer within Bluetooth
wireless technology range.
Turning Off Bluetooth Wireless Technology
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Press the device key to view the menu.
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Select > Bluetooth > Off to turn off Bluetooth wireless
technology on your vívosmart HR device.
TIP: Refer to the owner's manual for your smartphone to turn
off Bluetooth wireless technology.
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 (
Synchronizing Your Data with the Garmin
).
When the device memory is full, your oldest data is overwritten.
Viewing History
1
Press the device key to view the menu.
2
Select .
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Select an activity.
Garmin Connect
You can connect with your friends on your Garmin Connect
account. Garmin Connect gives you the tools to track, analyze,
share, and encourage each other. Record the events of your
active lifestyle including runs, walks, rides, swims, hikes,
triathlons, and more. To sign up for a free account, go to
Track your progress: You can track your daily steps, join a
friendly competition with your connections, and meet your
goals.
Store your activities: After you complete and save a timed
activity with your device, you can upload that activity to your
Garmin Connect account and keep it as long as you want.
Analyze your data: You can view more detailed information
about your activity, including time, distance, heart rate,
calories burned, and customizable reports.
Share your activities: You can connect with friends to follow
each other's activities or post links to your activities on your
favorite social networking sites.
Manage your settings: You can customize your device and
user settings on your Garmin Connect account.
Customizing Your Device
Garmin Connect Settings
You can customize your device settings, run options, and user
settings on your Garmin Connect account. Some settings can
also be customized on your vívosmart HR device.
• From the settings menu in the Garmin Connect Mobile app,
select Garmin Devices, and select your device.
• From the devices widget in the Garmin Connect application,
select Device Settings.
After customizing settings, synchronize your data to apply the
changes to your device (
Synchronizing Your Data with the
Garmin Connect Mobile App, page 1
).
Device Settings on Your Garmin Connect Account
From your Garmin Connect account, select Device Settings.
Alarm: Sets an alarm clock time and frequency for your device.
Visible Screens: Allows you to customize the screens that
appear on your device.
Default Screen: Sets the screen that appears after a period of
inactivity and when you turn on your device.
Auto Backlight: Allows your device to automatically turn on the
backlight when you rotate your wrist toward your body. You
can customize your device to use this feature at any time, or
only during a timed activity.
NOTE: This setting decreases battery life.
Activity Tracking: Turns activity tracking and the move alert on
and off.
Heart Rate: Turns wrist-based heart rate monitoring on and off.
Wrist Worn On: Allows you to customize which wrist the band is
worn on. You should customize this setting for screen
orientation, and when using the automatic backlight feature.
Screen Orientation: Sets the device to display data in
landscape or portrait format.
NOTE: The device menu and notifications always appear in
landscape format.
Time Format: Sets the device to display time in a 12-hour or 24-
hour format.
Language: Sets the device language.
Units: Sets the device to display the distance traveled in
kilometers or miles.
Run Options on Your Garmin Connect Account
From your Garmin Connect account, select Run Options.
Auto Lap: Allows your device to mark laps automatically at
every kilometer (mile) (
).
Data Fields: Allows you to customize the data screens that
appear during a timed activity.
User Settings on Your Garmin Connect Account
From your Garmin Connect account, select User Settings.
Custom Step Length: Allows your device to more accurately
calculate the distance traveled using your custom step
length. You can enter a known distance and the number of
steps it takes to cover the distance, and Garmin Connect can
calculate your step length.
Daily Steps: Allows you to enter your daily step goal. You can
use the Auto Goal setting to allow your device to determine
your step goal automatically.
Daily Floors Climbed: Allows you to enter a daily goal for the
amount of floors to climb.
Weekly Intensity Minutes: Allows you to enter a weekly goal
for the number of minutes to participate in moderate to
vigorous intensity activities.
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