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Maximizing Battery Life, Turning On Battery Saver Mode, My phone will not connect to the device

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Maximizing Battery Life • Turn on Battery Saver (Turning On Battery Saver Mode, page 72). • Decrease the backlight brightness or shorten the backlight timeout (Display Settings, page 59). • Turn on the Auto Sleep feature (Using Auto Sleep, page 57). • Turn off the Phone wireless feature (Phone Settings, page 58). • Select the GPS setting (Changing the Satellite Setting, page 58). • Remove wireless sensors that you no longer use. Turning On Battery Saver Mode Battery saver mode allows you to adjust the settings to extend the battery life for longer rides. 1 Select > Battery Saver > Enable. 2 Select an option: • Select Reduce Backlight to reduce the backlight brightness. • Select Hide Map to hide the map screen. NOTE: When this option is enabled, navigation turn prompts still appear. • Select Satellite Systems to change the satellite setting. The estimated battery life remaining appears at the top of the screen. After your ride, you should charge your device and disable battery saver mode to use all the device features. 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 phone and your device, and turn them back on again. • Enable Bluetooth technology on your phone. • Update the Garmin Connect app to the latest version. • Remove your device 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 device from the Garmin Connect app on the phone you intend to stop using. • Bring your phone within 10 m (33 ft.) of the device. • On your phone, open the Garmin Connect app, select enter pairing mode. or , and select Garmin Devices > Add Device to • Swipe down on the home screen to view the settings widget, and select Phone > Pair Smartphone to manually enter pairing mode. 72 Troubleshooting

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Maximizing Battery Life
•
Turn on
Battery Saver
(
Turning On Battery Saver Mode
, page 72
).
•
Decrease the backlight brightness or shorten the backlight timeout (
Display Settings
, page 59
).
•
Turn on the
Auto Sleep
feature (
Using Auto Sleep
, page 57
).
•
Turn off the
Phone
wireless feature (
Phone Settings
, page 58
).
•
Select the
GPS
setting (
Changing the Satellite Setting
, page 58
).
•
Remove wireless sensors that you no longer use.
Turning On Battery Saver Mode
Battery saver mode allows you to adjust the settings to extend the battery life for longer rides.
1
Select
>
Battery Saver
>
Enable
.
2
Select an option:
•
Select
Reduce Backlight
to reduce the backlight brightness.
•
Select
Hide Map
to hide the map screen.
NOTE:
When this option is enabled, navigation turn prompts still appear.
•
Select
Satellite Systems
to change the satellite setting.
The estimated battery life remaining appears at the top of the screen.
After your ride, you should charge your device and disable battery saver mode to use all the device features.
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 phone and your device, and turn them back on again.
•
Enable Bluetooth technology on your phone.
•
Update the Garmin Connect app to the latest version.
•
Remove your device 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 device from the Garmin Connect app on the phone you intend to
stop using.
•
Bring your phone within 10 m (33 ft.) of the device.
•
On your phone, open the Garmin Connect app, select
or
, and select
Garmin Devices
>
Add Device
to
enter pairing mode.
•
Swipe down on the home screen to view the settings widget, and select
Phone
>
Pair Smartphone
to
manually enter pairing mode.
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Troubleshooting