Garmin Fenix 6, Owner'S Manual

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Interval: One or more consecutive lengths. A new interval starts
after a rest.
Stroke: A stroke is counted every time your arm wearing the
device comp l etes a full cycle.
Swolf: Your s w o l f score is the sum of the time for one pool
length and the number of strokes for that length. For
example, 30 seconds p l us 15 strokes equals a swolf score of
45. For open water swimming, swolf is ca l culated over 25
meters. Swolf is a measurement of swimming efficiency and ,
like go l f, a lower score is better.
Stroke Types
Stroke type identification is available only for pool swimming.
Your stroke type is identified at the end of a l ength. Stroke types
appear in your swimming history and in your Garmin Connect
account. You can also select stroke type as a custom data fie l d
( Customizing the Data Screens, page 27 ) .
Free Freestyle
Back Backstroke
Breast Breaststroke
Fly Butterfly
Mixed More than one stroke type in an interval
Drill Used with drill logging
( Training with the Drill Log,
page 5 )
Tips for Swimming Activities
• Before starting a pool swimming activity, follow the on-screen
instructions to se l ect your poo l size or enter a custom s i ze.
The next time you start a pool swimming activity, the device
uses this pool size. You can hold MENU, select the activity
settings, and select Poo l Size to change the size.
• Press
LAP to record a rest during pool swimming.
The device automatica ll y records swim intervals and l engt h s
for pool swimming.
• Press
LAP to record an interval during open water s w i mming .
Resting Dur i ng Pool Swimming
The default rest screen displays two rest timers. It a l so displays
time and distance for the l ast comp l eted interva l.
NOTE: Swim data is not recorded during a rest.
1
During your swim activity, press LAP to start a rest.
The disp l ay reverses to white text on a black background,
and the rest screen appears.
2
During a res t , press UP or DOWN to view other data screens
(optiona l ) .
3
Press LAP, and continue swimming.
4
Repeat for additional rest intervals.
Training with the Drill Log
The drill l og feature is available only for pool swimming. You can
use the drill log feature to manually record kick sets, one-arm
swimming, or any type of swimming that is not one of the four
major strokes.
1
During your pool swim activity, press UP or DOWN to view
the drill log screen.
2 Press LAP to start the drill timer.
3
After you comp l ete a drill interval, press LAP.
The drill timer stops, but the activity timer continues to record
the entire swim session.
4
Se l ect a distance for the comp l eted drill.
Distance increments are based on the pool size selected for
the activity profi l e.
5
Se l ect an option:
• To start another drill interval, press
LAP.
Activ i ties and Apps
• To start a swim interval, press
UP or DOWN to return to
the swim training screens.
Turning Off Wrist-based Heart Rate While Swimming
Wrist-based heart rate is turned on by defau l t for swim activities.
The device is a l so compat i b l e with the HRM-Tri- accessory and
the HRM - S wi m - accessory. If both wrist-based heart rate and
chest heart rate data are avai l ab l e, your device uses the chest
heart rate data.
1
From the heart rate widget, hold MENU.
NOTE: You may need to add the wi dget to your widget l oop
( Customizing the Widget Loop, page 30 ) .
2
Se l ect Options > While Swimming > Off.
Golfing
Playing Golf
Before you p l ay a course for the first time, you must do w n l oad it
from the Garmin Connect app ( Garmin Connect, page 8 ).
Courses do w n l oaded from the Garm i n Connect app are updated
automat i ca ll y.
Before you p l ay golf, you should charge the dev i ce ( Charging
the Device, page 2 ) .
1
From the watch face, press@.
2
Select
Golf.
3
Go outside, and wait while the dev i ce locates sate lli tes.
4
Select a course from the li st of ava il ab l e courses.
5
Select Yes to keep score.
6
Select a tee box.
7
Press UP or DOWN to scroll through the ho l es .
The device automatically transitions when you move to the
next hole.
8
After you comp l ete your round, press@, and select End
Round.
Hole Information
The device shows the current ho l e you are p l ay i ng , and
automat i ca ll y transitions when you move to a new ho l e.
NOTE: Because pin locations change, the device ca l culates the
distance to the front , midd l e , and back of the green , but not the
actual pin location.
©
Current hole number
®
Distance to the back of the green
®
Distance to the midd l e of the green
©
Distance to the front of the green
@
Par for the hole
®
Map of the green
Big Numbers Mode
You can change the s i ze of the numbers on the ho l e information
screen.
Hold MENU , se l ect the act i v i ty settings, and select Big
Numbers.
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