User manual
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Diving
- Activities and Apps
- Starting an Activity
- Stopping an Activity
- Adding or Removing a Favorite Activity
- Creating a Custom Activity
- Indoor Activities
- Outdoor Activities
- Multisport
- Swimming
- Golfing
- Climbing Sports
- Starting an Expedition
- Connected Features
- Safety and Tracking Features
- Wi‑Fi® Connected Features
- Connect IQ Features
- Garmin Pay
- Music
- Heart Rate Features
- Wrist-based Heart Rate
- Running Dynamics
- Performance Measurements
- Turning Off Performance Notifications
- Detecting Performance Measurements Automatically
- Syncing Activities and Performance Measurements
- About VO2 Max. Estimates
- Viewing Your Predicted Race Times
- About Training Effect
- Heart Rate Variability and Stress Level
- Performance Condition
- Lactate Threshold
- Getting Your FTP Estimate
- Training Status
- Body Battery™
- Pulse Oximeter
- Training
- Setting Up Your User Profile
- Activity Tracking
- Workouts
- Interval Workouts
- PacePro Training
- Segments
- Using Virtual Partner®
- Setting a Training Target
- Racing a Previous Activity
- Personal Records
- Pausing Your Training Status
- Clocks
- Navigation
- Saving Your Location
- Projecting a Waypoint
- Navigating to a Destination
- Navigating to a Point of Interest
- Courses
- Using ClimbPro
- Marking and Starting Navigation to a Man Overboard Location
- Navigating with Sight 'N Go
- Navigating to Your Starting Point During an Activity
- Navigating to the Starting Point of a Saved Activity
- Stopping Navigation
- Map
- Compass
- Altimeter and Barometer
- History
- Customizing Your Device
- Activities and App Settings
- Changing the Order of an Activity in the Apps List
- Widgets
- Customizing the Controls Menu
- Watch Face Settings
- Sensors Settings
- Map Settings
- Navigation Settings
- Power Manager Settings
- System Settings
- Viewing Device Information
- Wireless Sensors
- Device Information
- Device Maintenance
- Troubleshooting
- My device is in the wrong language
- Is my smartphone compatible with my device?
- My phone will not connect to the device
- Can I use my Bluetooth sensor with my watch?
- My headphones will not connect to the device
- My music cuts out or my headphones do not stay connected
- Restarting Your Device
- Resetting All Default Settings
- Diving
- Acquiring Satellite Signals
- The temperature reading is not accurate
- Maximizing the Battery Life
- Activity Tracking
- Getting More Information
- Appendix
- Index
Managing Notifications
You can use your compatible smartphone to manage notifications that appear on your Descent device.
Select an option:
• If you are using an iPhone
®
device, go to the iOS
®
notifications settings to select the items to show on the
device.
• If you are using an Android smartphone, from the Garmin Connect app, select Settings > Notifications.
Turning Off the Bluetooth Smartphone Connection
You can turn off the Bluetooth smartphone connection from the controls menu.
NOTE: You can add options to the controls menu (Customizing the Controls Menu, page 108).
1 Hold LIGHT to view the controls menu.
2 Select to turn off the Bluetooth smartphone connection on your Descent device.
Refer to the owner's manual for your mobile device to turn off Bluetooth technology on your mobile device.
Turning On and Off Smartphone Connection Alerts
You can set the Descent device to alert you when your paired smartphone connects and disconnects using
Bluetooth technology.
NOTE: Smartphone connection alerts are turned off by default.
1 Hold MENU.
2 Select Phone > Alerts.
Locating a Lost Mobile Device
You can use this feature to help locate a lost mobile device that is paired using Bluetooth technology and
currently within range.
NOTE: You can add options to the controls menu (Customizing the Controls Menu, page 108).
1 Hold LIGHT to view the controls menu.
2 Select .
The Descent device begins searching for your paired mobile device. An audible alert sounds on your mobile
device, and the Bluetooth signal strength appears on the Descent device screen. The Bluetooth signal
strength increases as you move closer to your mobile device.
3 Press BACK to stop searching.
Garmin Dive App
The Garmin Dive app allows you to upload your dive logs from your compatible Garmin device. You can add
more detailed information about your dives, including environmental conditions, photos, notes, and dive
buddies. You can use the map to browse for new dive locations, and view the location details and photos
shared by other users.
The Garmin Dive app syncs your data with your Garmin Connect account. You can download the Garmin Dive
app from the app store on your smartphone.
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