Garmin Forerunner 301 Owner's Manual - Page 41

Customizing the Forerunner, Changing General Settings, USTOMIZING, ORERUNNER - battery

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CUSTOMIZING THE FORERUNNER You can customize both general Forerunner settings and settings that apply to individual sports, such as Custom pages, heart rate zones, and speed zones. Changing General Settings Settings such as time zone, units of measure, backlight, contrast, sounds, and language affect all sport modes in the Forerunner. You can also turn off or reset scanning for heart rate. Change these settings from the General Settings page. To open the General Settings page: 1. Press mode to access Menu mode. Then highlight Settings and press enter. 2. Highlight General and press enter. CUSTOMIZING > CHANGING GENERAL SETTINGS To change time settings: 1. From the General Settings page, highlight Set Time and press enter. 2. Select a time format and time zone and enable or disable daylight saving time. To change units of measure 1. From the General Settings page, highlight Set Units and press enter. 2. Select statute or metric units for distance and speed and select units for heart rate. To change backlight and contrast: 1. From the General Settings page, highlight Set Display and press enter. 2. Select the amount of time the backlight stays on and the amount of screen contrast. NOTE: Use a low backlight timeout setting to conserve battery power. Select the General Settings page. Forerunner® 301 Owner's Manual 37

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Forerunner
®
301 Owner’s Manual
37
C
USTOMIZING
>
C
HANGING
G
ENERAL
S
ETTINGS
C
USTOMIZING
THE
F
ORERUNNER
You can customize both general Forerunner settings and
settings that apply to individual sports, such as Custom
pages, heart rate zones, and speed zones.
Changing General Settings
Settings such as time zone, units of measure, backlight,
contrast, sounds, and language affect all sport modes in the
Forerunner. You can also turn off or reset scanning for heart
rate. Change these settings from the
General Settings
page.
To open the General Settings page:
1.
Press
mode
to access Menu mode. Then highlight
Settings
and press
enter
.
2.
Highlight
General
and press
enter
.
Select the General
Settings page.
To change time settings:
1.
From the General
Settings page, highlight
Set Time
and press
enter
.
2.
Select a time format and time zone and enable or
disable daylight saving time.
To change units of measure
1.
From the General
Settings page, highlight
Set Units
and press
enter
.
2.
Select statute or metric units for distance and speed
and select units for heart rate.
To change backlight and contrast:
1.
From the General
Settings page, highlight
Set
Display
and press
enter
.
2.
Select the amount of time the backlight stays on and
the amount of screen contrast.
NOTE:
Use a low backlight timeout setting to conserve
battery power.