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Starting a GroupTrack Session, Tips for GroupTrack Sessions, GroupTrack Settings

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Starting a GroupTrack Session NOTICE Your paired phone must be equipped with a data plan and be in an area of network coverage where data is available. Before you can start a GroupTrack session, you must pair the watch with a compatible phone (Pairing Your Phone, page 95). These instructions are for starting a GroupTrack session with a epix watch. If your connections have other compatible devices, you can see them on the map. The other devices may not be able to display GroupTrack riders on the map. 1 On the epix watch, hold MENU, and select Safety & Tracking > GroupTrack > Show on Map to enable viewing connections on the map screen. 2 In the Garmin Connect app, from the settings menu, select Safety & Tracking > LiveTrack > > Settings > GroupTrack. 3 Select All Connections or Invite Only and select your connections. 4 Select Start LiveTrack. 5 On the watch, start an outdoor activity. 6 Scroll to the map to view your connections. TIP: From the map, you can hold MENU and select Nearby Connections to view distance, direction, and pace or speed information for other connections in the GroupTrack session. Tips for GroupTrack Sessions The GroupTrack feature allows you to keep track of other connections in your group using LiveTrack directly on the screen. All members of the group must be your connections in your Garmin Connect account. • Start your activity outside using GPS. • Pair your epix device with your smartphone using Bluetooth technology. • In the Garmin Connect app, from the settings menu, select Connections to update the list of connections for your GroupTrack session. • Make sure all of your connections pair to their smartphones and start a LiveTrack session in the Garmin Connect app. • Make sure all your connections are in range (40 km or 25 mi.). • During a GroupTrack session, scroll to the map to view your connections (Adding a Map to an Activity, page 31). GroupTrack Settings Hold MENU, and select Safety & Tracking > GroupTrack. Show on Map: Enables you to view connections on the map screen during a GroupTrack session. Activity Types: Allows you to select which activity types appear on the map screen during a GroupTrack session. Safety and Tracking Features 105

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Starting a GroupTrack Session
NOTICE
Your paired phone must be equipped with a data plan and be in an area of network coverage where data is
available.
Before you can start a GroupTrack session, you must pair the watch with a compatible phone (
Pairing Your
Phone
, page 95
).
These instructions are for starting a GroupTrack session with a epix watch. If your connections have other
compatible devices, you can see them on the map. The other devices may not be able to display GroupTrack
riders on the map.
1
On the epix watch, hold
MENU
, and select
Safety & Tracking
>
GroupTrack
>
Show on Map
to enable viewing
connections on the map screen.
2
In the Garmin Connect app, from the settings menu, select
Safety & Tracking
>
LiveTrack
>
>
Settings
>
GroupTrack
.
3
Select
All Connections
or
Invite Only
and select your connections.
4
Select
Start LiveTrack
.
5
On the watch, start an outdoor activity.
6
Scroll to the map to view your connections.
TIP:
From the map, you can hold
MENU
and select
Nearby Connections
to view distance, direction, and pace
or speed information for other connections in the GroupTrack session.
Tips for GroupTrack Sessions
The GroupTrack feature allows you to keep track of other connections in your group using LiveTrack directly on
the screen. All members of the group must be your connections in your Garmin Connect account.
•
Start your activity outside using GPS.
•
Pair your epix device with your smartphone using Bluetooth technology.
•
In the Garmin Connect app, from the settings menu, select
Connections
to update the list of connections for
your GroupTrack session.
•
Make sure all of your connections pair to their smartphones and start a LiveTrack session in the Garmin
Connect app.
•
Make sure all your connections are in range (40 km or 25 mi.).
•
During a GroupTrack session, scroll to the map to view your connections (
Adding a Map to an Activity
,
page 31
).
GroupTrack Settings
Hold
MENU
, and select
Safety & Tracking
>
GroupTrack
.
Show on Map
: Enables you to view connections on the map screen during a GroupTrack session.
Activity Types
: Allows you to select which activity types appear on the map screen during a GroupTrack
session.
Safety and Tracking Features
105