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My phone will not connect to the device
If your phone will not connect to the device, you can try these tips.
Turn off your smartphone and your device, and turn them back on again.
Enable Bluetooth
®
technology on your smartphone.
Update the Garmin Connect™ app to the latest version.
Remove your device from the Garmin Connect app and the Bluetooth settings on your
smartphone to retry the pairing process.
If you bought a new smartphone, remove your device from the Garmin Connect app on
the smartphone you intend to stop using.
Bring your smartphone within 10 m (33 ft.) of the device.
On your smartphone, open the Garmin Connect app, select
or
, and select
Garmin Devices > Add Device to enter pairing mode.
Select UP >
> Phone > Pair Phone.
Maximizing Battery Life
You can do several things to extend the life of the battery.
Reduce the backlight timeout (
Changing the Backlight Settings
Turn off Bluetooth
®
wireless technology when you are not using connected features
Turning Off the Bluetooth Smartphone Connection
Turn off activity tracking (
Use a watch face that is not updated every second.
For example, use a watch face without a second hand (
).
Limit the smartphone notifications the device displays (
Stop broadcasting heart rate data to paired Garmin
®
devices (
).
Turn off wrist-based heart rate monitoring (
Turning Off the Wrist-based Heart Rate
NOTE: Wrist-based heart rate monitoring is used to calculate vigorous intensity minutes
and calories burned.
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