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1 Getting started

Issue 01 (2018-08-25)

1.4 Manipulating your band screen

The Huawei TalkBand B5 features a 1.13-inch AMOLED touchscreen with a resolution of
300 x 160 pixels. You can touch, swipe, and hold on the screen to input a variety of different
commands.

Operation

Function

Remarks

Press the side
button

Return to the home screen

This function is unavailable during calls and
workout.

Press the side
button when
the home
screen is
displayed

Turn off the screen

Press and
hold the side
button

Power on/Power
off/Restart the device or
reset the hardware of the
device

Double-Press
the side
button

Redial the last outgoing
call

This function is unavailable during calls.

Slide right on
the home
screen

Access the message center
to view cached messages

This access is unavailable when there are no
cached messages.

Slide right on
non-home
screens

Return to the previous
screen

Slide up or
down on a
first-level
screen

Switch to another screen

Slide up or
down on the
calling screen

Adjust the volume

Touch the
screen

Choose and confirm

Touch and
hold the home
screen

Change the watch face

Turning on the screen

To turn on the screen, raise your wrist or rotate it inward. The screen will stay on for 5
seconds.

Summary of Contents for TalkBand B5

Page 1: ...Janus Online Help_en_V1 0 Janus Online Help_en_V1 0 Issue 01 Date 2018 08 25 HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO LTD ...

Page 2: ...part of the products services and features described in this document may not be within the purchase scope or the usage scope Unless otherwise specified in the contract all statements information and recommendations in this document are provided AS IS without warranties guarantees or representations of any kind either express or implied The information in this document is subject to change without...

Page 3: ...yles 16 1 10 Use the earphone 17 1 11 Changing the earcaps 18 2 Basic operations 20 2 1 Adjusting the screen brightness 20 2 2 Finding your phone with the band 21 2 3 Remote photo shooting 22 2 4 Weather report 23 3 Fitness and health 24 3 1 Recording your fitness data 24 3 2 Starting a workout 25 3 3 Heart rate monitoring 26 3 4 Sleep monitoring 28 3 5 Syncing and sharing your fitness and health ...

Page 4: ...ting alarms 43 6 1 Setting a Smart alarm 43 6 2 Setting an Event alarm 44 7 Updating and factory reset 46 7 1 Viewing version information 46 7 2 Updating your band and the Huawei Health app 47 7 3 Restoring your band to its factory settings 49 7 4 Hardware reset 49 7 5 Viewing the Bluetooth name and MAC address 50 8 Maintenance and care 52 8 1 Water and dust resistance 52 8 2 Cleaning and care 53 ...

Page 5: ... your band 1 8 Powering your band on and off 1 9 Changing home screen styles 1 10 Use the earphone 1 11 Changing the earcaps 1 1 Using your Huawei TalkBand B5 The Huawei TalkBand B5 is a smart band that serves as a Bluetooth calling device a fitness tracker an exercise monitor a sleep monitor a heart rate monitoring a message notification device It is an ideal companion for your smartphone Once pa...

Page 6: ... Issue 01 2018 08 25 Copyright Huawei Technologies Co Ltd 2 1 2 Icons Home screen styles The above home screen styles are for your reference only More styles will be added in later versions Level 1 menu Activity records Sleep Heart rate monitoring Exercise More Contacts ...

Page 7: ...ologies Co Ltd 3 Call log The percentage displayed in Activity records indicates the completion state of the current target Activity records Steps Calories Distance Moderate high intensity activity Stand up times Exercise mode Outdoor running Treadmill Outdoor walking Outdoor cycling Indoor cycling Free exercises ...

Page 8: ...e must either be an iPhone or an Android phone running Huawei EMUI 5 0 or later If your phone does not support Connect GPS there will be no prompts displayed on your band GPS connection during exercises GPS off GPS connection prompts GPS on Connecting and pairing No Bluetooth connection Please connect Bluetooth Bluetooth connected Pairing successful Bluetooth calling Call End call Missed incoming ...

Page 9: ... Issue 01 2018 08 25 Copyright Huawei Technologies Co Ltd 5 Battery Charging in progress Low battery alert Ultra low battery alert Power off and restart Restart Power off Others Activity reminders Updating Update failure Alarm Find your phone Unread text messages Camera ...

Page 10: ...as shown in the following figure Please wear your band in a comfortable and tight manner during exercise to ensure that the heart rate data monitored are accurate Your Huawei TalkBand B5 comes in three strap styles each of which is worn differently Sport strap To wear the sport strap insert the strap sideways into the hole of the buckle and then fasten the buckle Leather strap To wear the leather ...

Page 11: ...ress either side of the buckle towards the middle Your Huawei TalkBand B5 is made of safe materials If you experience skin discomfort when using the band stop using it and consult a doctor It is recommended that you wear the sport strap during exercise Do not wear the band too tight or too loose Keep the band and your skin dry and clean to prevent moisture from damaging your band ...

Page 12: ...screen Press and hold the side button Power on Power off Restart the device or reset the hardware of the device Double Press the side button Redial the last outgoing call This function is unavailable during calls Slide right on the home screen Access the message center to view cached messages This access is unavailable when there are no cached messages Slide right on non home screens Return to the...

Page 13: ...nabled in the device details screen in the Huawei Health app Switching between screens To switch between screens when the screen is on rotate your wrist or swipe on the screen The Rotate to switch screen function needs to be enabled in the device details screen in the Huawei Health app You cannot rotate your wrist to switch between screens when you are in the single workout screen ...

Page 14: ...ome screen press the side button to turn off the screen When the screen is on lower your wrist or rotate it outward to turn off the screen Cover the screen to turn off the screen The screen will turn off automatically when the band is idle for 5 seconds If you turn the screen back on within 10 seconds of it turning off the previous screen will be displayed Otherwise the home screen will display ...

Page 15: ...p store If you are using a Huawei phone install the Huawei Health app from the Google Play Store b Open the Huawei Health app touch the icon on the top right corner or device icon if it has been already paired or go to Me My devices Add to access the device details screen and touch Smart Band and select Huawei TalkBand B5 c Touch Pair The Huawei Health app will search for the band automatically Se...

Page 16: ...ist The band will then start pairing with your phone automatically After you have successfully paired your band with your phone you will see two identical Bluetooth names of the band on your phone Go to Settings Bluetooth You can grant call access to the band that is connected through Bluetooth to the phone and configure band features with the other connected to Huawei Health app 1 6 Setting the t...

Page 17: ...charging animation and vibrate Charge your band in a well ventilated environment Before charging your band make sure the band port is clean and dry to prevent short circuits Your band does not come with a charger You can use any 5 V 0 5 A 5 V 1 A 5 V 1 5 A or 5 V 2 A chargers to charge your band It is recommended that you do not use a mobile power bank to charge your band Charging time It takes ab...

Page 18: ...and promptly If the battery level is lower than 5 your band will enter the ultra low battery level mode and the battery icon will change to In ultra low battery level mode only the home screen can be displayed You will receive low battery warnings when using your band and you will be unable to receive notifications and make phone calls 1 8 Powering your band on and off Power on To power on your ba...

Page 19: ...rge your band promptly The band s screen will turn off 2 seconds later and you will be unable to power on the band until you charge it Power off To power off your band press and hold the side button for 5 seconds When the restart power off screen displays touch Power off Your band will automatically power off when the battery is out of power Restart To restart your band press and hold the side but...

Page 20: ...Changing home screen styles Your Huawei TalkBand B5 comes with multiple home screen styles There are two ways to change your home screen style Method 1 Press and hold the home screen until your band vibrates When the home screen zooms out and frames are displayed swipe up and down on the screen to select your desired home screen style ...

Page 21: ...lect your desired home screen style 1 10 Use the earphone Take out the headset Press the eject button on both sides of the band and remove the headset when it pops up Wearing the headset Wear the headset from top to bottom Attach the head of the headset to the ear socket Rotate the tail of the headset slightly upwards to ensure that the earcap is fully aligned with the headset The earcaps must be ...

Page 22: ...strap make sure the front end of the earcap is flat and not bent You will hear a click when the headset is attached to the band 1 11 Changing the earcaps Your band comes with three earcap sizes small medium and large The default earcap size is medium You can choose the one that suits you the most To attach an earbud try the following 1 Insert the protruding part of the ear mount into the earbud 2 ...

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Page 24: ...3 Remote photo shooting 2 4 Weather report 2 1 Adjusting the screen brightness In the More screen go to Brightness Brightness to adjust the screen brightness as needed The screen brightness is set to level 2 by default Level 3 is the highest screen brightness level while level 1 is the lowest You can also enable Lower brightness at night to configure the band to lower the screen brightness from 20...

Page 25: ...ies Co Ltd 21 2 2 Finding your phone with the band Forgot where you put your phone You can use your Huawei TalkBand B5 to find it In the More screen touch Find phone An animation will display on the screen If your phone is within Bluetooth range it will play a ringtone even in Silent mode to notify you of its location ...

Page 26: ...e your selfie stick when you are travelling you can use your Huawei TalkBand B5 to take photos on your phone Open the Camera app on the phone and the band displays the photo shooting screen automatically Touch the camera icon on the band to enable the remote photo shooting feature After you finish taking a photo the band returns to the photo shooting screen in 2s The band screen turns off if no op...

Page 27: ... Huawei Health app 2 Ensure that both the phone GPS and the Huawei Health app have permission to acquire location information 3 Select Use GPS WLAN and mobile networks for the positioning mode instead of Use GPS only The weather information displayed on your band is from the Huawei Health app and may differ slightly from that displayed on your phone When you sync the weather information from your ...

Page 28: ...ctive After your band identifies that you are walking or running it will automatically record the steps distance and calories to the daily exercise data Your band will automatically record the duration of the medium and high intensity activities based on your speed and heart rate To view your fitness data after exercising use either of the following two methods Method 1 View your fitness data on y...

Page 29: ...r fitness data is reset every day at midnight 3 2 Starting a workout 1 Swipe up or down on the band s home screen and enter the Workout screen 2 Swipe up or down on the screen to select an exercise type outdoor running treadmill walking indoor cycling outdoor cycling or free exercises You can set an exercise target such as distance duration and calories burnt and a remind interval After that touch...

Page 30: ...l resume once you put the headset back onto the strap To use Outdoor cycling mode your phone must support Connect GPS supported on Huawei phones running EMUI 5 0 or later and iPhones If the workout distance is less than 100 meters the workout will not be recorded The workout will not be recorded if the outdoor cycling indoor cycling and free exercises last less than 1 minute Touch the end button a...

Page 31: ...ate measurement for a single workout Your band will display your heart rate in real time during a single workout After you start a single workout swipe on the band screen to check your heart rate You can check your current heart rate and heart rate interval The heart rate will be updated every 5 seconds You can set a maximum heart rate and heart rate interval on your band During the exercise if yo...

Page 32: ...t rate Resting heart rate measurement Resting heart rate refers to your heart rate measured in a quiet static and non sleep state and is a general indicator of your cardiac health The best time to measure your resting heart rate is right after you wake up in the morning and you are still in bed Because your band s automatically heart rate measurement may not measure your heart rate at the optimal ...

Page 33: ...ations authorized by the Center for Dynamical Biomarkers DBIOM at Beth Israel Deaconess MedicalCenter a major teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School Enabling TruSleep may reduce your band s battery life 3 5 Syncing and sharing your fitness and health data After you finish your exercise you can share your fitness data to third party apps and compare them with your friends To share your fitness...

Page 34: ...d to your phone s address book You can add 10 contacts to your band Before adding a contact to the app check whether the permission to access the address book has been enabled To do this taking Huawei EMUI8 0 as an example go to Settings Apps notifications Apps Health Permissions Contacts Some phones may not be able to recognize contacts saved in the SIM card Please save the contacts to the phone ...

Page 35: ...display in a fixed position while the number will display in rolling mode If the incoming call is a yellow page number the yellow page name will display The volume of the incoming call ringtone is quite low Please remove the headset from the strap and wear the headset When your band is connected to your phone over Bluetooth and there is a missed incoming call on your phone If there is only one mis...

Page 36: ...otification for missed calls on your phone the missed call notification on your band will disappear at the same time If the band battery level is ultra low there will be notification for incoming calls 4 3 Answering phone calls When the band is connected to your phone over Bluetooth you can use the band s Bluetooth headset to answer an incoming call When the Bluetooth headset is on the band or is ...

Page 37: ...call The screen will turn off after 2 seconds If you are charging the headset during a call the call will be switched to the phone automatically 4 4 Muting an incoming call When the band is connected to your phone over Bluetooth you can use the band s Bluetooth headset to mute an incoming call When the Bluetooth headset is on the band or is being charged touch the screen or press the side button t...

Page 38: ... Ltd 34 When the Bluetooth headset is not on the band touch the screen to mute the incoming call Your band will stop vibrating after you mute an incoming call If your phone is a Huawei phone running EMUI 4 1 or later your phone will be muted as well After the other party ends the call a missed call notification will display ...

Page 39: ...thod 1 Make phone calls using Contacts Select a contact and take out the headset to make the phone call If there are no contacts on your band You can add contacts in the Huawei Health app will display You can add a maximum 10 contacts to your band Method 2 Make phone calls using Calls Select the contact or phone number from the call log If the headset is not on the band the phone call will be made...

Page 40: ...lls alarms and ongoing calls The band screen will remain on during the dialing and turn off 2 seconds after the call is answered The contact name will display in rolling mode if it is too long during the dialing Your band will not display the calling screen if you use your phone to make a phone call When you are making a call if you put the headset back on the band or press the side button the cal...

Page 41: ...o your phone over Bluetooth normally press and hold the side button for 2 seconds or swipe on the screen to reject a phone call The icon will blink twice and the band will return to the screen before the call 4 8 Multi party calls When the band is connected with your phone over Bluetooth if there is an incoming call when you are already in a call your band will notify you You can ...

Page 42: ...2 seconds to reject the incoming call Press the side button to end the current call and answer the new call Press the side button twice to hold the current call and answer the new call Press the side button twice again to hold the new call and switch back to the previous call or press the side button again to end the current call and switch back to the previous call ...

Page 43: ... 08 25 Copyright Huawei Technologies Co Ltd 39 Place the headset back onto the strap to end both calls 4 9 Adjusting the volume During a call swipe up on the band screen to increase the volume and swipe down to decrease the volume To mute the call swipe down to the bottom of the screen ...

Page 44: ...s Online Help_en_V1 0 Janus Online Help_en_V1 0 4 Bluetooth calling Issue 01 2018 08 25 Copyright Huawei Technologies Co Ltd 40 After you adjust the volume the volume will remain the same for the next call ...

Page 45: ...your phone You are able to receive alerts on your band when new app notifications are displayed on your phone status bar When the headset is on your band your band will vibrate to inform you of new notifications Your band s screen will not turn on in this case When the headset is taken out your band will remind you of new notifications by sending you a beep sound You are able to hear the sound onl...

Page 46: ... previous messages will be overwritten The content of one message can be displayed on at most two screens View the rest of the content on your phone You are unable to swipe right on the band home screen when there are no cached messages as the unread message center is automatically hidden 5 2 Deleting messages You are able to swipe right on the band home screen to access the message center and vie...

Page 47: ...h app to set a Smart alarm which wakes you up in advance when the band detects that you are in light sleep in order to help you feel more alert when you wake up Android users 1 Open the Huawei Health app In the band s device details screen go to Alarm Smart alarm 2 Set the alarm time Smart wake up and repeat cycle 3 Touch in the upper right corner to save the settings 4 Swipe down on the app s hom...

Page 48: ...n or swipe right on the screen to turn off the alarm If you perform no operations when the alarm rings it will automatically be turned off if you select snooze three times After your band restarts or re pairs with your phone to ensure the alarm rings at the preset time it is recommended that you open the Huawei Health app turn off the alarm switch and turn it on again 6 2 Setting an Event alarm Yo...

Page 49: ...el and time for the Event alarm the band will display the label Otherwise only the time will be displayed When the band s alarm sounds press the side button on the band cover the screen or perform no operations within 15 seconds to snooze for another 10 minutes When the band s alarm sounds press and hold the side button or swipe right on the screen to turn off the alarm If you perform no operation...

Page 50: ...Updating and factory reset 7 1 Viewing version information 7 2 Updating your band and the Huawei Health app 7 3 Restoring your band to its factory settings 7 4 Hardware reset 7 5 Viewing the Bluetooth name and MAC address 7 1 Viewing version information To view your band s version information go to the More screen on your band and touch About ...

Page 51: ...leased from time to time When a new update is available perform the following steps to update your Huawei TalkBand B5 and the Huawei Health app Updating your Huawei TalkBand B5 Method 1 When your band is connected to the Huawei Health app over Bluetooth touch the device icon on the upper right corner of the app home screen to enter the device details screen and touch Firmware update Follow the ons...

Page 52: ...ailable a notification will pop up on your band You can follow the onscreen instructions to update your band iOS users Open the Huawei Health app touch the profile picture on the upper left corner to enter the level 2 menu Touch Settings and enable Auto update device over Wi Fi If an update is available a notification will pop up on your band You can follow the onscreen instructions to update your...

Page 53: ...actory settings To restore your band to its factory settings go to the More screen touch Reset and then touch Restoring your band to its factory settings will clear all data in the band Please perform with caution 7 4 Hardware reset To perform a hardware rest press and hold the side button for 18 seconds until the time disappears Please pair the band with your phone again ...

Page 54: ... reset the hardware of your band only when your band is not charged 7 5 Viewing the Bluetooth name and MAC address To view the Bluetooth name and MAC address of your band use any of the following methods Method 1 Go to the More screen on your band and touch Pairing Your band will then display its Bluetooth name Touch About The 12 alphanumeric characters next to MAC are your band s MAC address ...

Page 55: ...r band is HUAWEI B5 XXX while the 12 alphanumeric characters next to MAC are your band s MAC address Method 3 View your band s MAC address in the Huawei Health app Open the Huawei Health app In the device details screen the information next to Restore factory settings is the MAC address Touch the device icon on the upper right corner of the Huawei Health app s home screen In the My devices screen ...

Page 56: ... water and dust resistance This means that you can wear the band when you are washing your hands and in the rain If your band comes into contact with water wipe it dry promptly to prevent the microphone from being blocked Do not wear your band when washing your car swimming diving scuba diving or taking a shower Submerging your band in water is not recommended as it may damage your band If your ba...

Page 57: ...use a clean soft cotton cloth to wipe the water or dirt off the strap and then place the strap in a well ventilated cool place When the strap becomes dry again apply a layer of leather polish to the surface Do not dry the strap by placing it in direct sunlight or by using heating appliances such as microwaves or hairdryers otherwise it may shrink or expand Avoid contact with rough or sharp objects...

Page 58: ...placement Move the pin on the underside of the strap sideways to release the strap Attach the new strap and move the pin on the underside of the strap sideways to lock the new strap in place Metal strap replacement Move the pin at both sides of the strap sideways to release the strap Perform the preceding operation in the reverse sequence to install a new strap ...

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