Garmin vivofit 3 Owner's Manual

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Garmin ConnectYou can connect with your friends on your Garmin Connectaccount. Garmin Connect gives you the tools to track, analyze,share, and encourage each other. Record the events of youractive lifestyle including runs, walks, rides, swims, hikes,triathlons, and more. To sign up for a free account, go towww.garminconnect.com/start.Track your progress: You can track your daily steps, join afriendly competition with your connections, and meet yourgoals.Store your activities: After you complete and save a timedactivity with your device, you can upload that activity to yourGarmin Connect account and keep it as long as you want.Analyze your data: You can view more detailed informationabout your activity, including time, distance, heart rate,calories burned, and customizable reports.NOTE: Some data requires an optional accessory such as aheart rate monitor.Share your activities: You can connect with friends to followeach other's activities or post links to your activities on yourfavorite social networking sites.Manage your settings: You can customize your device anduser settings on your Garmin Connect account.Customizing Your DeviceGarmin Connect SettingsYou can customize your device settings and user settings onyour Garmin Connect account.• From the settings menu in the Garmin Connect Mobile app,select Garmin Devices, and select your device.• From the devices widget in the Garmin Connect application,select Device Settings.After customizing settings, sync your data to apply the changesto your device (Syncing Your Data with the Garmin ConnectMobile App, page 1, Syncing Your Data with Your Computer,page 1).Device SettingsFrom your Garmin Connect account, select Device Settings.Alarm: Sets an alarm clock time and frequency for your device.Move IQ: Allows your device to automatically detect activitypatterns, such as biking or running, and display details onyour Garmin Connect account.Move Alert: Allows you to turn the move bar on and off.Alert Tones: Allows you to turn alert tones on and off. Thedevice beeps when alert tones are turned on.Visible Screens: Allows you to customize the data screens thatappear on your device during normal use, and during a timedactivity.Home Screen: Sets the default screen that appears after aperiod of inactivity. You can also set the default screen thatappears during a timed activity.Screen Mode: Allows you to select split screen or full screenmode. You can use the Split Screen option to view two datascreens at a time, including your home screen and yourselected visible screens.Watch Face: Allows you to customize the watch face.NOTE: Watch faces are available only in full screen mode.Time Format: Sets the device to display time in a 12-hour or 24-hour format.Units: Sets the device to display the distance traveled inkilometers or miles.Auto-Sync: Allows you to customize how frequently your deviceautomatically syncs data with your Garmin Connect account.NOTE: Syncing more frequently decreases battery life.User SettingsFrom your Garmin Connect account, select User Settings.Personal Information: Allows you to enter your user profileinformation, including gender, birth date, height, weight,normal sleep hours, and activity class. The device uses thisinformation to improve activity tracking accuracy.Daily Steps: Allows you to enter your daily step goal. You canuse the Auto Goal option to allow your device to set your stepgoal automatically.Weekly Intensity Minutes: Allows you to enter your weeklyintensity minutes goal.Custom Step Length: Allows your device to more accuratelycalculate the distance traveled using your custom steplength. You can enter a known distance and the number ofsteps it takes to cover the distance, and Garmin Connect cancalculate your step length.Heart Rate Zones: Allows you to estimate your maximum heartrate and determine custom heart rate zones.ANT+ Heart Rate MonitorYour device can be used with wireless ANT+ sensors. For moreinformation about compatibility and purchasing optional sensors,go to http://buy.garmin.com.Pairing Your ANT+ Heart Rate MonitorBefore you can pair your heart rate monitor, you must enablethe heart rate data screen on your vívofit 3 device. For moreinformation about customizing the visible screens, see DeviceSettings, page 3.Pairing is the connecting of ANT+ wireless sensors, like yourheart rate monitor, with a Garmin compatible product. After youpair the first time, your Garmin product automatically recognizesyour heart rate monitor each time it is activated.NOTE: Using a heart rate monitor decreases battery life.1 Put on the heart rate monitor.2 Bring the device within 3 m (10 ft.) of the sensor.NOTE: Stay 10 m (33 ft.) away from other ANT+ sensorswhile pairing.3 Press the device key to scroll to the heart rate data screen.The icon flashes at the top of the screen.4 Wait while the device connects to your heart rate monitor.When the sensor is paired with your device, your heart rateand heart rate zone appear.About Heart Rate ZonesMany athletes use heart rate zones to measure and increasetheir cardiovascular strength and improve their level of fitness. Aheart rate zone is a set range of heartbeats per minute. The fivecommonly accepted heart rate zones are numbered from 1 to 5Customizing Your Device 3