Garmin Instinct Owners Manual - Page 16

Calendar: Displays upcoming meetings from your smartphone calendar. Calories: Displays your calorie information for the current day. Compass: Displays an electronic compass. Dog tracking: Displays your dog's location information when you have a compatible dog tracking device paired with your Instinct device. Floors climbed: Tracks your floors climbed and progress toward your goal. Heart rate: Displays your current heart rate in beats per minute (bpm) and a graph of your heart rate. Intensity minutes: Tracks your time spent participating in moderate to vigorous activities, your weekly intensity minutes goal, and progress toward your goal. inReach® controls: Allows you to send messages on your paired inReach device. Last activity: Displays a brief summary of your last recorded activity, such as your last run, last ride, or last swim. Last sport: Displays a brief summary of your last recorded sport. Moon Phase: Displays the moonrise and moonset times, along with the moon phase, based on your GPS position. Music controls: Provides music player controls for your smartphone. My day: Displays a dynamic summary of your activity today. The metrics include timed activities, intensity minutes, floors climbed, steps, calories burned, and more. Notifications: Alerts you to incoming calls, texts, social network updates, and more, based on your smartphone notification settings. Sensor information: Displays information from an internal sensor or a connected ANT+ sensor. 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. Sunrise and sunset: Displays sunrise, sunset, and civil twilight times. VIRB® controls: Provides camera controls when you have a VIRB device paired with your Instinct device. Weather: Displays the current temperature and weather forecast. Xero® device: Displays laser location information when you have a compatible Xero device paired with your Instinct device. Customizing the Widget Loop You can change the order of widgets in the widget loop, remove widgets, and add new widgets. 1 From the watch face, hold MENU. 2 Select Settings > Widgets. 3 Select a widget. 4 Select an option: • Select Reorder to change the location of the widget in the widget loop. • Select Remove to remove the widget from the widget loop. 5 Select Add Widgets. 6 Select a widget. The widget is added to the widget loop. inReach Remote The inReach remote function allows you to control your inReach device using your Instinct device. Go to buy.garmin.com to purchase a compatible inReach device. Using the inReach Remote Before you can use the inReach remote function, you must add the inReach widget to the widget loop (Customizing the Widget Loop, page 12). 1 Turn on the inReach device. 2 On your Instinct watch, press UP or DOWN from the watch face to view the inReach widget. 3 Press GPS to search for your inReach device. 4 Press GPS to pair your inReach device. 5 Press GPS, and select an option: • To send an SOS message, select Initiate SOS. NOTE: You should only use the SOS function in a real emergency situation. • To send a text message, select Messages > New Message, select the message contacts, and enter the message text or select a quick text option. • To send a preset message, select Send Preset, and select a message from the list. • To view the timer and distance traveled during an activity, select Tracking. VIRB Remote The VIRB remote function allows you to control your VIRB action camera using your device. Go to www.garmin.com/VIRB to purchase a VIRB action camera. Controlling a VIRB Action Camera Before you can use the VIRB remote function, you must enable the remote setting on your VIRB camera. See the VIRB Series Owner's Manual for more information. 1 Turn on your VIRB camera. 2 Pair your VIRB camera with your Instinct watch (Pairing Your Wireless Sensors, page 17). The VIRB widget is automatically added to the widget loop. 3 Press UP or DOWN from the watch face to view the VIRB widget. 4 If necessary, wait while your watch connects to your camera. 5 Select an option: • To record video, select Start Recording. The video counter appears on the Instinct screen. • To take a photo while recording video, press DOWN. • To stop recording video, press GPS. • To take a photo, select Take Photo. • To take multiple photos in burst mode, select Take Burst. • To send the camera to sleep mode, select Sleep Camera. • To wake the camera from sleep mode, select Wake Camera. • To change video and photo settings, select Settings. Controlling a VIRB Action Camera During an Activity Before you can use the VIRB remote function, you must enable the remote setting on your VIRB camera. See the VIRB Series Owner's Manual for more information. 1 Turn on your VIRB camera. 2 Pair your VIRB camera with your Instinct watch (Pairing Your Wireless Sensors, page 17). When the camera is paired, a VIRB data screen is automatically added to activities. 12 Customizing Your Device