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Garmin VIVOACTIVE 3 Owner's Manual

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Major bummer for me as I had no idea since it does do swim tracking, and now I have had the watch too long to return it. Update: Well, I just updated to FW 2. Meanwhile, I have a bricked watch. These sports are individually customizable, so you can tweak settings per sport, mostly on the watch itself.

It DID seem to track well on the GPS in trees on the Greenway, better than my FR220 which was far better during my previous run in a more open area. The Vivoactive 3 does indeed record barometric elevation data, so I wanted to throw this plot out there with the elevation data for three devices Apple Watch 3, Garmin FR935, Vivoactive 3 to consider: What you see is that all three devices differ a bit from the starting elevation, and mostly carry that through to the end. Perhaps other conditions impact it.

Garmin vivoactive Owner's Manual - PRESS the KEY BUTTON 2.

This is a low cost GPS general activity watch which includes a wrist heart rate sensor. A nice upgrade for those who had the forerunner 35. This is a small basic device packed with enough features, including Garmin Pay. Here we have a method for each. Note as of Jan 2018 hard reset key sequence was not known. Note that your data could he affected when doing either method. HOW TO RESTORE DEFAULTS Press and HOLD display to get to the menu and select SETTINGS SYSTEM RESTORE DEFAULTS Manage Activity Profile Favorites When you first use the Garmin Vivoactive 3 for the first time, you have the option to set activity favourites or a quick list of preferred activity profile. Simple select your favorites from the list of activities, this screen only shows up on the firs time. Once done, you can press the Key and you will see your favorites at the top. To access the other activities simply tap on the four dots icon. Activities like golf, yoga and other can be found by creating a new activity. You can also remove favorites by going into the activity and selecting REMOVE FAVORITE. Change Data Fields When Running You can change data fields in the running profile on your Garmin Vivoactive 3. Press and hold the key button 2. Tap and hold the display, the device should vibrate and the icons will now have a circle around each of them 3. Tap on an icon From here you can tap another location to move it, you can tap on the garbage can icon in themiddle to delete it. When deleting an icon, it will be replaced by a + symbol. Tap the + and scroll through the list of app you have access it. Swipe right to exit this menu and apply the changes. How to Change Activity Tracking Settings In this video we will go over the activity tracking settings on the garmin vivoactive 3. You can view your daily activity by swiping up or down via the widgets and by default the move bar is turned on. To access the settings, do thefollowing: 1. TAP and HOLD the screen and select SETTINGS ACTIVTY TRACKING From here you can do the following: a. How to Customize Widgets In this video we will look at how to customize the widgets on your garmin vivoactive 3. Widgets are the data screens or functions when you swipe up or down. There are a number of defaults widgets available and this video will show you how to customize, or re-order the loop of the widgets or screens. TAP and HOLD SCREEN to get the MENU 2. Scroll through the list and tap a widget to view its settings. This is where you will be able to enable or disable the widget and adjust some of the settings. You can also rearrange or re-order the position of the widget. SWIPE RIGHT to go back to the widget list. SCROLL all the way to the bottom of the list and SELECT ADD WIDGET. From here you can add a widget or downloaded widgets from the garmin connect. How to Start An Outdoor Activity In this video, we will look at how to start outdoor GPS tracked activities with your Garmin vivoactive 3 like running, walking, golf, bike and rowing. There are more outdoor activities, but the process is the same. PRESS the KEY BUTTON 2. SELECT an outdoor activity profile like RUN WALK BIKE ETC… 3. Go outside and wait for a GPS signal. You can select a workout or adjust the setting for this profile like data screens, auto lap, auto pause, alerts and other settings you can customize. Once you get the GREEN RING to indicate that the GPS is ready, you can PRESS the KEY to start tracking the activity. PRESS the KEY to STOP. You can choose to SAVE or DISCARD the activity. These steps will be the same for the other outdoor profiles. How to Save and Navigate Waypoints In this video we will go over how you can save and navigate to a waypoint or coordinates on your garmin vivoactive 3. This would come in handy to remember your start location when going on a run, or where you parked your car, find a trailhead, and other useful ways while doing outdoor activities. Note that you can see the coordinates. Choose and icon and tap done. Now to navigate to your saved locations or waypoints. Press the key button to get to your activity profiles and if you have set it as a favorite, select from the main activity list NAVIGATE. Go to SAVED location and select a location to navigate. Tap go to to start navigating. Wait for the gps and once ready you will be able to use the navigation data screens to get to your location like any other activity. How to Change Default Watch Face You can change the watch face on your garmin vivoactive 3 with default options or download from the garmin connect IQ store. Note that once you since via garmin connect, any watch faces from connect IQ store will appear afterwards. You can customize or remove watch faces. Selecting ADD NEW will bring back default watch settings if you want to start fresh after customizing. But each watch face allows you to apply it or not, customize the look or remove it from the list. Customize a watch face allows you to adjust these features of the watch face. Simply swipe and tap to apply a change. Swipe all the way to the left will let you discard any changes you make to a watch face. How to Change Run Settings How to setup your vivoactive 3 for your running training plan is pretty easy. What can you change or adjust on the settings? But this is where you go if you happen to delay the update for later. In order to do winter running with the vivoactive 3, you can add an additional heart rate sensor. Any ANT+ garmin heart rate monitor will work. HOW TO ACCESS THE SETTINGS 1. It works best when you are wearing the strap.

This is a small basic device packed with enough features, including Garmin Pay. Unfortunate but ok, I decided to keep my workout for track training. You can also rearrange or re-order the position of the widget. I just receive my VA 3. Too bright for my liking in fact, but the good news is you can turn down the brightness, as well as the automatic gesture activation of said lighthouse. The next week, there was at least one other person in the class and the workout was no way as intense. Any ANT+ garmin heart rate monitor will work. These laps of course then show up on any training platform out there, making it easy to analyze workout segments. Swipe right to exit this menu and apply the changes. I feel really cheated.