Garmin Forerunner 55 Owners Manual - Page 32

Manually Syncing Data with Garmin Connect, Locating a Lost Smartphone, Widgets

Get Garmin Forerunner 55 PDF manuals and user guides View all Garmin Forerunner 55 manuals
Add to My Manuals
Save this manual to your list of manuals

Page 32 highlights

Manually Syncing Data with Garmin Connect 1 Hold LIGHT to view the controls menu. 2 Select . Locating a Lost Smartphone You can use this feature to help locate a lost smartphone that is paired using Bluetooth wireless technology and currently within range. 1 Hold LIGHT to view the controls menu. 2 Select . The Forerunner device begins searching for your paired smartphone. An audible alert sounds on your phone, and the Bluetooth signal strength displays on the Forerunner device screen. The Bluetooth signal strength increases as you move closer to your smartphone. 3 Select BACK to stop searching. Widgets Your device comes preloaded with widgets that provide at-a-glance information. Some widgets require a Bluetooth connection to a compatible smartphone. Some widgets are not visible by default. You can add them to the widget loop manually (Customizing the Widget Loop, page 41). Body Battery: With all day wear, displays your current Body Battery level and a graph of your level for the last several hours. Calendar: Displays upcoming meetings from your smartphone calendar. Calories: Displays your calorie information for the current day. Garmin coach: Displays scheduled workouts when you select a Garmin coach training plan in your Garmin Connect account. Heart rate: Displays your current heart rate in beats per minute (bpm) and a graph of your average resting heart rate (RHR). History: Displays your activity history and a graph of your recorded activities. Intensity minutes: Tracks your time spent participating in moderate to vigorous activities, your weekly intensity minutes goal, and progress toward your goal. Last activity: Displays a brief summary of your last recorded activity, such as your last run, last ride, or last swim. Last Run: Displays a brief summary of your last recorded run. Menstrual cycle tracking: Displays your current cycle. You can view and log your daily symptoms. Music controls: Provides music player controls for your smartphone. Notifications: Alerts you to incoming calls, texts, social network updates, and more, based on your smartphone notification settings. Performance: Displays performance measurements that help you track and understand your training activities and race performances. Respiration: Your current respiration rate in breaths per minute and seven-day average. You can do a breathing activity to help you relax. Steps: Tracks your daily step count, step goal, and data for previous days. Stress: Displays your current stress level and a graph of your stress level. You can do a breathing activity to help you relax. Weather: Displays the current temperature and weather forecast. 26 Smart Features

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21
  • 22
  • 23
  • 24
  • 25
  • 26
  • 27
  • 28
  • 29
  • 30
  • 31
  • 32
  • 33
  • 34
  • 35
  • 36
  • 37
  • 38
  • 39
  • 40
  • 41
  • 42
  • 43
  • 44
  • 45
  • 46
  • 47
  • 48
  • 49
  • 50
  • 51
  • 52
  • 53
  • 54
  • 55
  • 56
  • 57
  • 58
  • 59
  • 60
  • 61
  • 62
  • 63
  • 64
  • 65
  • 66
Manually Syncing Data with Garmin Connect
1
Hold
LIGHT
to view the controls menu.
2
Select
.
Locating a Lost Smartphone
You can use this feature to help locate a lost smartphone that is paired using Bluetooth wireless technology
and currently within range.
1
Hold
LIGHT
to view the controls menu.
2
Select
.
The Forerunner device begins searching for your paired smartphone. An audible alert sounds on your phone,
and the Bluetooth signal strength displays on the Forerunner device screen. The Bluetooth signal strength
increases as you move closer to your smartphone.
3
Select
BACK
to stop searching.
Widgets
Your device comes preloaded with widgets that provide at-a-glance information. Some widgets require a
Bluetooth connection to a compatible smartphone.
Some widgets are not visible by default. You can add them to the widget loop manually (
Customizing the
Widget Loop
, page 41
).
Body Battery
: With all day wear, displays your current Body Battery level and a graph of your level for the last
several hours.
Calendar
: Displays upcoming meetings from your smartphone calendar.
Calories
: Displays your calorie information for the current day.
Garmin coach
: Displays scheduled workouts when you select a Garmin coach training plan in your Garmin
Connect account.
Heart rate
: Displays your current heart rate in beats per minute (bpm) and a graph of your average resting heart
rate (RHR).
History
: Displays your activity history and a graph of your recorded activities.
Intensity minutes
: Tracks your time spent participating in moderate to vigorous activities, your weekly intensity
minutes goal, and progress toward your goal.
Last activity
: Displays a brief summary of your last recorded activity, such as your last run, last ride, or last
swim.
Last Run
: Displays a brief summary of your last recorded run.
Menstrual cycle tracking
: Displays your current cycle. You can view and log your daily symptoms.
Music controls
: Provides music player controls for your smartphone.
Notifications
: Alerts you to incoming calls, texts, social network updates, and more, based on your smartphone
notification settings.
Performance
: Displays performance measurements that help you track and understand your training activities
and race performances.
Respiration
: Your current respiration rate in breaths per minute and seven-day average. You can do a breathing
activity to help you relax.
Steps
: Tracks your daily step count, step goal, and data for previous days.
Stress
: Displays your current stress level and a graph of your stress level. You can do a breathing activity to
help you relax.
Weather
: Displays the current temperature and weather forecast.
26
Smart Features