Garmin Forerunner 945 LTE Owners Manual - Page 36

Using Do Not Disturb Mode, Intensity Minutes, Earning Intensity Minutes, Garmin Move IQ™‎ Events

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Using Do Not Disturb Mode You can use do not disturb mode to turn off the backlight, tone alerts, and vibration alerts. For example, you can use this mode while sleeping or watching a movie. NOTE: You can set your normal sleep hours in the user settings on your Garmin Connect account. You can enable the Sleep Time option in the system settings to automatically enter do not disturb mode during your normal sleep hours (System Settings, page 90). 1 Hold LIGHT. 2 Select Do Not Disturb. Intensity Minutes To improve your health, organizations such as the World Health Organization recommend at least 150 minutes per week of moderate intensity activity, such as brisk walking, or 75 minutes per week of vigorous intensity activity, such as running. The device monitors your activity intensity and tracks your time spent participating in moderate to vigorous intensity activities (heart rate data is required to quantify vigorous intensity). The device adds the amount of moderate activity minutes with the amount of vigorous activity minutes. Your total vigorous intensity minutes are doubled when added. Earning Intensity Minutes Your Forerunner device calculates intensity minutes by comparing your heart rate data to your average resting heart rate. If heart rate is turned off, the device calculates moderate intensity minutes by analyzing your steps per minute. • Start a timed activity for the most accurate calculation of intensity minutes. • Wear your device all day and night for the most accurate resting heart rate. Garmin Move IQ™ Events The Move IQ feature automatically detects activity patterns, such as walking, running, biking, swimming, and elliptical training, for at least 10 minutes. You can view the event type and duration on your Garmin Connect timeline, but they do not appear in your activities list, snapshots, or newsfeed. For more detail and accuracy, you can record a timed activity on your device. Activity Tracking Settings Hold , and select Settings > Activity Tracking. Status: Turns off the activity tracking features. Move Alert: Displays a message and the move bar on the digital watch face and steps screen. The device also beeps or vibrates if audible tones are turned on (System Settings, page 90). Goal Alerts: Allows you to turn on and off goal alerts, or turn them off only during activities. Goal alerts appear for your daily steps goal, daily floors climbed goal, and weekly intensity minutes goal. Move IQ: Allows you to turn on and off Move IQ events. Pulse Ox Mode: Sets your device to record pulse oximeter readings while you are inactive during the day or continuously while you sleep. Turning Off Activity Tracking When you turn off activity tracking, your steps, floors climbed, intensity minutes, sleep tracking, and Move IQ events are not recorded. 1 From the watch face, hold UP. 2 Select Settings > Activity Tracking > Status > Off. 28 Activity Tracking

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Using Do Not Disturb Mode
You can use do not disturb mode to turn off the backlight, tone alerts, and vibration alerts. For example, you can
use this mode while sleeping or watching a movie.
NOTE:
You can set your normal sleep hours in the user settings on your Garmin Connect account. You can
enable the Sleep Time option in the system settings to automatically enter do not disturb mode during your
normal sleep hours (
System Settings
, page 90
).
1
Hold
LIGHT
.
2
Select
Do Not Disturb
.
Intensity Minutes
To improve your health, organizations such as the World Health Organization recommend at least 150 minutes
per week of moderate intensity activity, such as brisk walking, or 75 minutes per week of vigorous intensity
activity, such as running.
The device monitors your activity intensity and tracks your time spent participating in moderate to vigorous
intensity activities (heart rate data is required to quantify vigorous intensity). The device adds the amount of
moderate activity minutes with the amount of vigorous activity minutes. Your total vigorous intensity minutes
are doubled when added.
Earning Intensity Minutes
Your Forerunner device calculates intensity minutes by comparing your heart rate data to your average resting
heart rate. If heart rate is turned off, the device calculates moderate intensity minutes by analyzing your steps
per minute.
Start a timed activity for the most accurate calculation of intensity minutes.
Wear your device all day and night for the most accurate resting heart rate.
Garmin Move IQ
Events
The Move IQ feature automatically detects activity patterns, such as walking, running, biking, swimming, and
elliptical training, for at least 10 minutes. You can view the event type and duration on your Garmin Connect
timeline, but they do not appear in your activities list, snapshots, or newsfeed. For more detail and accuracy,
you can record a timed activity on your device.
Activity Tracking Settings
Hold
, and select
Settings
>
Activity Tracking
.
Status
: Turns off the activity tracking features.
Move Alert
: Displays a message and the move bar on the digital watch face and steps screen. The device also
beeps or vibrates if audible tones are turned on (
System Settings
, page 90
).
Goal Alerts
: Allows you to turn on and off goal alerts, or turn them off only during activities. Goal alerts appear
for your daily steps goal, daily floors climbed goal, and weekly intensity minutes goal.
Move IQ
: Allows you to turn on and off Move IQ events.
Pulse Ox Mode
: Sets your device to record pulse oximeter readings while you are inactive during the day or
continuously while you sleep.
Turning Off Activity Tracking
When you turn off activity tracking, your steps, floors climbed, intensity minutes, sleep tracking, and Move IQ
events are not recorded.
1
From the watch face, hold
UP
.
2
Select
Settings
>
Activity Tracking
>
Status
>
Off
.
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Activity Tracking