vнvoactive®‎ 5 Health and Fitness GPS Smartwatch Owner’s Manual (EN)

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Table of Contents Measuring a Shot with Garmin AutoShot™..........................................12 Adding a Shot Manually................ 13 Keeping Score................................... 13 Introduction......................................1 Overview.................................................. 1 Touchscreen Tips....................................2 Setting the Scoring Method.......... 13 Tracking Golf Statistics.................13 Recording Golf Statistics.............. 14 Viewing Your Shot History................ 14 Viewing Your Round Summary......... 14 Ending a Round................................. 14 Customizing Your Golf Club List......

14 Golf Settings...................................... 15 Health Snapshot™................................. 15 Adding a Custom Activity..................... 15 Apps....................................................... 16 Customizing the Activities and Apps List......................................................... 18 Activities and App Settings.................. 19 Locking and Unlocking the Touchscreen........................................ 2 Icons.........................................................2 Setting Up Your Watch............................ 3 Apps and Activities...........................3 Starting an Activity..................................

3 Tips for Recording Activities.............. 3 Stopping an Activity............................ 3 Evaluating an Activity.......................... 4 Indoor Activities...................................... 4 Recording a Strength Training Activity..................................................4 Tips for Recording Strength Training Activities...........................................4 Recording a HIIT Activity.....................5 Recording a Meditation Activity......... 5 Recording a Breathwork Activity........ 5 Calibrating the Treadmill Distance..... 6 Gaming................................................. 6 Customizing the Data Screens.........

20 Activity Alerts.....................................20 Setting an Alert.............................. 21 Auto Lap.............................................21 Marking Laps Using the Auto Lap Feature.................................... 21 Using Auto Pause®........................... 21 Using Auto Scroll............................... 22 Changing the GPS Setting.................22 Using the Garmin GameOn™ App................................................... 6 Recording a Manual Gaming Activity.............................................. 6 Going for a Pool Swim........................ 7 Appearance.................................... 22 Watch Face Settings.............................

22 Setting the Pool Size....................... 7 Swim Terminology........................... 7 Swim Auto Rest and Manual Rest...................................................7 Outdoor Activities....................................7 Creating a Custom Watch Face.... 23 Editing a Watch Face.....................23 Glances.................................................. 24 Changing the Watch Face.................22 Going for a Run.................................... 8 Going for a Ride................................... 8 Swimming in Open Water................... 8 Golfing......................................................9 Viewing Glances................................

26 Customizing the Glance Loop...... 27 Body Battery...................................... 27 Viewing the Body Battery Glance............................................ 27 Tips for Improved Body Battery Data................................................ 27 Heart Rate Variability Status............ 28 Using the Stress Level Glance.......... 28 Recovery Time................................... 29 Playing Golf..........................................9 Golf Menu.......................................... 11 Viewing the Direction to the Pin....... 11 Changing the Pin Location................11 Viewing Layup and Dogleg Distances...........................................

11 Viewing Hazards............................... 12 Viewing Your Recovery Time........ 29 Recovery Heart Rate......................29 Women's Health................................ 29 Table of Contents i

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Menstrual Cycle Tracking............. 29 Pregnancy Tracking.......................30 Hydration Tracking............................ 31 Using Garmin Connect Training Plans.................................................. 41 Adaptive Training Plans................ 42 Starting Today's Workout..............42 Viewing Scheduled Workouts....... 42 Health and Wellness Settings and Alerts...................................................... 42 Using the Hydration Tracking Glance............................................ 31 Updating the Weather Location........31 Changing Temperature and Pressure Units of Measure...............................

31 Adding Alternate Time Zones...........32 Using the Varia Camera Controls..... 32 Controls................................................. 33 History........................................... 42 Using History......................................... 43 Viewing Your Time in Each Heart Rate Zone....................................................... 43 Personal Records.................................. 43 Customizing the Controls Menu.......34 Morning Report..................................... 35 Customizing Your Morning Report... 35 Setting Up a Shortcut............................ 35 Garmin Pay............................................ 35 Viewing Your Personal Records.......

43 Clearing Personal Records............... 44 Viewing Data Totals.............................. 44 Deleting History..................................... 44 Setting Up Your Garmin Pay Wallet..35 Paying for a Purchase Using Your Watch................................................. 36 Adding a Card to Your Garmin Pay Wallet................................................. 36 Heart Rate Features........................44 Wrist-based Heart Rate.........................45 Wearing the Watch............................ 45 Tips for Erratic Heart Rate Data....... 45 Viewing the Heart Rate Glance.........46 Wrist Heart Rate Monitor Settings...

46 Setting an Abnormal Heart Rate Alert.................................................... 46 Broadcasting Heart Rate to Garmin Devices...............................................47 Turning Off the Wrist-based Heart Rate Monitor...................................... 47 About Heart Rate Zones....................... 47 Managing Your Garmin Pay Cards.............................................. 36 Changing Your Garmin Pay Passcode........................................... 37 Training..........................................37 Unified Training Status......................... 37 Syncing Activities and Performance Measurements..................................

37 Activity Tracking....................................37 Auto Goal........................................... 38 Using the Move Alert......................... 38 Setting Your Heart Rate Zones......... 47 Fitness Goals..................................... 48 Heart Rate Zone Calculations...........48 About VO2 Max. Estimates.................. 49 Turning on the Move Alert............ 38 Sleep Tracking................................... 38 Using Automated Sleep Tracking......................................... 38 Breathing Variations......................39 Intensity Minutes............................... 39 Getting Your VO2 Max.

Estimate......50 Viewing Your Fitness Age.....................50 Pulse Oximeter...................................... 50 Getting Pulse Oximeter Readings.... 50 Changing the Pulse Oximeter Tracking Mode.................................................. 51 Tips for Erratic Pulse Oximeter Data.................................................... 51 Earning Intensity Minutes............. 39 Move IQ®........................................... 39 Enabling Self Evaluation................... 39 Activity Tracking Settings................. 40 Turning Off Activity Tracking........ 40 Workouts............................................... 40 Navigation......................................

51 Starting a Workout............................ 41 Following a Workout From Garmin Connect.............................................. 41 Saving Your Location............................ 51 Deleting a Location........................... 51 ii Table of Contents

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Navigating to a Saved Location........... 52 Navigating Back to Start....................... 52 Stopping Navigation............................. 52 Compass................................................52 Turning Off the Bluetooth Phone Connection.........................................60 Turning On and Off Phone Connection Alerts.................................................. 61 Finding Your Phone........................... 61 Locating a Phone Lost During a GPS Activity............................................... 61 Calibrating the Compass Manually.. 52 Wireless Sensors............................53 Pairing Your Wireless Sensors.............

53 Heart Rate Accessory Running Pace and Distance................................................. 54 Turning Off Find My Phone Alerts.............................................. 61 Using Do Not Disturb Mode.............. 61 Wi‑Fi Connectivity Features.................. 61 Tips for Recording Running Pace and Distance............................................. 54 Using an Optional Bike Speed or Cadence Sensor.................................... 54 Connecting to a Wi‑Fi Network.........

62 Phone and Bluetooth Settings..............62 Phone Apps and Computer Applications...........................................62 Calibrating Your Speed Sensor.........54 Situational Awareness.......................... 54 tempe..................................................... 55 Garmin Connect.................................62 Using the Garmin Connect App.... 63 Using Garmin Connect on Your Computer....................................... 63 Manually Syncing Data with Garmin Connect.......................................... 64 Garmin Connect+ Subscription.... 64 Connect IQ Features......................... 64 User Profile....................................

55 Setting Up Your User Profile................. 55 Gender Settings.....................................55 Wheelchair Mode.................................. 55 Music............................................. 55 Downloading Connect IQ Features......................................... 64 Downloading Connect IQ Features Using Your Computer.................... 64 Garmin Messenger App.................... 65 Downloading Personal Audio Content.................................................. 56 Connecting to a Third-Party Provider...56 Downloading Audio Content from a Third-Party Provider..........................

56 Disconnecting from a Third-Party Provider.............................................. 56 Connecting Bluetooth Headphones..... 57 Listening to Music.................................57 Music Playback Controls...................... 58 Using the Messenger Feature.......65 Garmin Golf App................................ 66 Safety and Tracking Features......... 66 Adding Emergency Contacts................ 66 Incident Detection................................. 66 Turning Incident Detection On and Off.......................................................67 Requesting Assistance......................... 67 Turning On LiveTrack............................

67 Adding Contacts....................................67 Connectivity................................... 58 Phone Connectivity Features............... 58 Pairing Your Phone............................59 Viewing Notifications........................ 59 Replying with a Customized Text Message............................................ 59 Receiving an Incoming Phone Call...59 Playing Audio Prompts During an Activity............................................... 60 Managing Notifications.................... 60 Enabling Bluetooth Notifications..... 60 Clocks............................................

68 Setting an Alarm....................................68 Deleting an Alarm..................................68 Using the Stopwatch............................. 68 Starting the Countdown Timer............. 68 Syncing the Time with GPS.................. 68 Setting the Time Manually.................... 69 Table of Contents iii

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