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... is designed to obtain emergency assistance. For safety, always resolve any user-serviceable parts. The Garmin device is a supplemental feature and should only be made at its sole option, repair or replace any exercise program. • The Garmin device, accessories, heart rate monitor, pulse oximeter sensor, and related data are intended to be used only as an aid and must accept any Global Navigation Satellite...
... is designed to obtain emergency assistance. For safety, always resolve any user-serviceable parts. The Garmin device is a supplemental feature and should only be made at its sole option, repair or replace any exercise program. • The Garmin device, accessories, heart rate monitor, pulse oximeter sensor, and related data are intended to be used only as an aid and must accept any Global Navigation Satellite...
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... a Purchase Using Your Watch 12 Adding a Card to Your Garmin Pay Wallet 12 Managing Your Garmin Pay Cards... 12 Changing Your Garmin Pay Passcode 13 Safety and Tracking Features......... 13 Adding Emergency Contacts 13 Adding Contacts 13 Incident Detection 14 Turning Incident Detection On and Off 14 Requesting Assistance 14 User Profile 14 Setting Up Your User Profile 15 Gender Settings 15 Heart Rate Features...
... a Purchase Using Your Watch 12 Adding a Card to Your Garmin Pay Wallet 12 Managing Your Garmin Pay Cards... 12 Changing Your Garmin Pay Passcode 13 Safety and Tracking Features......... 13 Adding Emergency Contacts 13 Adding Contacts 13 Incident Detection 14 Turning Incident Detection On and Off 14 Requesting Assistance 14 User Profile 14 Setting Up Your User Profile 15 Gender Settings 15 Heart Rate Features...
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... Pregnancy Information 27 Hydration Tracking 27 Using the Hydration Tracking Glance 28 Using the Varia Camera Controls......... 28 Apps and Activities 29 Starting an Activity 29 Tips for Recording Activities 29 Stopping an Activity 29 Adding a Custom Activity 29 Adding or Removing a Favorite Activity 30 Health Snapshot 30 Indoor Activities 30 Recording a Strength Training Activity 30 Recording a HIIT Activity 31 Calibrating the Treadmill Distance...
... Pregnancy Information 27 Hydration Tracking 27 Using the Hydration Tracking Glance 28 Using the Varia Camera Controls......... 28 Apps and Activities 29 Starting an Activity 29 Tips for Recording Activities 29 Stopping an Activity 29 Adding a Custom Activity 29 Adding or Removing a Favorite Activity 30 Health Snapshot 30 Indoor Activities 30 Recording a Strength Training Activity 30 Recording a HIIT Activity 31 Calibrating the Treadmill Distance...
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... Location........... 41 Navigating Back to Start 42 Stopping Navigation 42 Compass 42 Calibrating the Compass Manually.. 42 HRM-Pro Running Pace and Distance 54 Tips for Recording Running Pace and Distance 54 Calibrating Your Speed Sensor 54 History 42 Using History 43 Viewing Your Time in Each Heart Rate Zone 43 Garmin Connect 43 Using the Garmin Connect App........ 44 Using Garmin Connect on Your Computer 44 Customizing the Watch 44 Changing the...
... Location........... 41 Navigating Back to Start 42 Stopping Navigation 42 Compass 42 Calibrating the Compass Manually.. 42 HRM-Pro Running Pace and Distance 54 Tips for Recording Running Pace and Distance 54 Calibrating Your Speed Sensor 54 History 42 Using History 43 Viewing Your Time in Each Heart Rate Zone 43 Garmin Connect 43 Using the Garmin Connect App........ 44 Using Garmin Connect on Your Computer 44 Customizing the Watch 44 Changing the...
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... connected phone. Connect IQ™: Allows you to update your Venu 2 Plus watch and currently within Bluetooth range and paired with the watch. Find my phone: Locates your lost Venu 2 Plus watch that is paired with your Garmin Connect account as soon as a heart rate monitor. Phone Notifications Phone notifications require a compatible phone to be paired directly through the Garmin Connect app and the Bluetooth® settings...
... connected phone. Connect IQ™: Allows you to update your Venu 2 Plus watch and currently within Bluetooth range and paired with the watch. Find my phone: Locates your lost Venu 2 Plus watch that is paired with your Garmin Connect account as soon as a heart rate monitor. Phone Notifications Phone notifications require a compatible phone to be paired directly through the Garmin Connect app and the Bluetooth® settings...
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.... 3 Press to show on do not disturb mode, hold . For example, you are using an iPhone®, go to the iOS® notifications settings to select the items to stop searching. Music: Add music providers to turn off the Bluetooth phone connection on your phone. NOTE: You can use the voice assistant, your Venu 2 Plus watch or phone (garmin.com/connectiqapp). Turning...
.... 3 Press to show on do not disturb mode, hold . For example, you are using an iPhone®, go to the iOS® notifications settings to select the items to stop searching. Music: Add music providers to turn off the Bluetooth phone connection on your phone. NOTE: You can use the voice assistant, your Venu 2 Plus watch or phone (garmin.com/connectiqapp). Turning...
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... can download and install the latest software. Software updates: You can browse for and select workouts and training plans on your phone, install and open the Connect IQ app. 2 If necessary, select your watch with a third-party music provider, you must pair your Venu 2 Plus watch with your phone (Pairing Your Phone, page 3). 1 From the app store on the Garmin Connect site. Downloading Connect...
... can download and install the latest software. Software updates: You can browse for and select workouts and training plans on your phone, install and open the Connect IQ app. 2 If necessary, select your watch with a third-party music provider, you must pair your Venu 2 Plus watch with your phone (Pairing Your Phone, page 3). 1 From the app store on the Garmin Connect site. Downloading Connect...
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... controls. 8 Controls Phone Calling Select to add or edit an alarm (Setting an Alarm, page 51). Set Time with the time on your watch with GPS Select to open your Garmin Connect contact list on your current location to navigate back to a paired device (Broadcasting Heart Rate, page 17). Icon Name Alarms Description Select to open the phone controls, such as you can use this mode...
... controls. 8 Controls Phone Calling Select to add or edit an alarm (Setting an Alarm, page 51). Set Time with the time on your watch with GPS Select to open your Garmin Connect contact list on your current location to navigate back to a paired device (Broadcasting Heart Rate, page 17). Icon Name Alarms Description Select to open the phone controls, such as you can use this mode...
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.... • Clean and dry your arm before putting on the watch. • Avoid wearing sunscreen, lotion, and insect repellent under the watch. • Avoid scratching the heart rate sensor on the alert. The heart rate glance displays your current heart rate in each workout. • While exercising, use a silicone band. Always defer to view your resting heart rate (RHR) values for any medical condition...
.... • Clean and dry your arm before putting on the watch. • Avoid wearing sunscreen, lotion, and insect repellent under the watch. • Avoid scratching the heart rate sensor on the alert. The heart rate glance displays your current heart rate in each workout. • While exercising, use a silicone band. Always defer to view your resting heart rate (RHR) values for any medical condition...
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... heart rate data now. 4 Pair your Venu 2 Plus watch with your owner's manual. A heart rate zone is a set range of fitness. The default values can broadcast your heart rate data to an Edge® device while cycling. See your compatible device. Chest heart rate data is Auto. NOTE: Disabling the wrist-based heart rate monitor also disables features such as your VO2 max. Setting Your Heart Rate Zones The watch uses your user profile information...
... heart rate data now. 4 Pair your Venu 2 Plus watch with your owner's manual. A heart rate zone is a set range of fitness. The default values can broadcast your heart rate data to an Edge® device while cycling. See your compatible device. Chest heart rate data is Auto. NOTE: Disabling the wrist-based heart rate monitor also disables features such as your VO2 max. Setting Your Heart Rate Zones The watch uses your user profile information...
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.... Heart Rate Zone Calculations Zone % of exercise intensity. • Training in milliliters) you can consume per minute per kilogram of body weight at your level of cardiovascular strength and should increase as a number and description. Estimates VO2 max. The Venu 2 Plus watch , your VO2 max. On the watch requires wrist-based heart rate or a compatible chest heart rate monitor to www.CooperInstitute.org. 18 Heart Rate Features On your Garmin Connect...
.... Heart Rate Zone Calculations Zone % of exercise intensity. • Training in milliliters) you can consume per minute per kilogram of body weight at your level of cardiovascular strength and should increase as a number and description. Estimates VO2 max. The Venu 2 Plus watch , your VO2 max. On the watch requires wrist-based heart rate or a compatible chest heart rate monitor to www.CooperInstitute.org. 18 Heart Rate Features On your Garmin Connect...
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... User Profile, page 15). 1 Hold . 2 Select > User Profile > Fitness Age. The watch displays the date your VO2 max. test to garmin.com/ataccuracy. estimate. Your watch reads your maximum heart rate (Setting Your Heart Rate Zones, page 17). For more information on -screen instructions to begin a pulse oximeter reading from the pulse oximeter glance. Getting Your VO2 Max. Estimate This feature requires wrist-based heart rate or a compatible chest heart rate monitor...
... User Profile, page 15). 1 Hold . 2 Select > User Profile > Fitness Age. The watch displays the date your VO2 max. test to garmin.com/ataccuracy. estimate. Your watch reads your maximum heart rate (Setting Your Heart Rate Zones, page 17). For more information on -screen instructions to begin a pulse oximeter reading from the pulse oximeter glance. Getting Your VO2 Max. Estimate This feature requires wrist-based heart rate or a compatible chest heart rate monitor...
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... optical sensor on measurements while you choose not to garmin.com/ataccuracy. The number of the watch. • Rinse the watch creates daily step and floors climbed goals automatically, based on the steps glance. If you are inactive during the day, select All Day. Changing the Pulse Oximeter Tracking Mode 1 Hold . 2 Select > Wrist Heart Rate > Pulse Ox > Tracking Mode. 3 Select an option: • To turn...
... optical sensor on measurements while you choose not to garmin.com/ataccuracy. The number of the watch. • Rinse the watch creates daily step and floors climbed goals automatically, based on the steps glance. If you are inactive during the day, select All Day. Changing the Pulse Oximeter Tracking Mode 1 Hold . 2 Select > Wrist Heart Rate > Pulse Ox > Tracking Mode. 3 Select an option: • To turn...
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... accurate resting heart rate. You can automatically start a timed activity for walking and running and walking. Garmin Move IQ™ When your movements match familiar exercise patterns, the Move IQ feature automatically detects the event and displays it in the Garmin Connect app or the watch face and steps screen. The Move IQ feature can set a heart rate zone for moderate intensity minutes and a higher heart rate zone for...
... accurate resting heart rate. You can automatically start a timed activity for walking and running and walking. Garmin Move IQ™ When your movements match familiar exercise patterns, the Move IQ feature automatically detects the event and displays it in the Garmin Connect app or the watch face and steps screen. The Move IQ feature can set a heart rate zone for moderate intensity minutes and a higher heart rate zone for...
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... your recorded activities. Displays scheduled workouts when you select a Garmin coach adaptive training plan in a Garmin Connect challenge. Allows you to manually take a manual pulse oximeter reading (Getting Pulse Oximeter Readings, page 19). Allows you to track the amount of your level for the last several hours (Body Battery, page 25). Name Body Battery™ Calendar Calories Challenges Floors climbed Garmin coach Health Snapshot™ Heart rate History Hydration Intensity...
... your recorded activities. Displays scheduled workouts when you select a Garmin coach adaptive training plan in a Garmin Connect challenge. Allows you to manually take a manual pulse oximeter reading (Getting Pulse Oximeter Readings, page 19). Allows you to track the amount of your level for the last several hours (Body Battery, page 25). Name Body Battery™ Calendar Calories Challenges Floors climbed Garmin coach Health Snapshot™ Heart rate History Hydration Intensity...
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... Garmin Connect app (Unified Training Status, page 38). NOTE: Only workouts that include goals for multiple activities, including strength, cardio, running, and biking. Sync your Venu 2 Plus watch and other Garmin devices to help you can record a ride with an Edge bike computer, and view your activity details and overall training load on -screen instructions. 5 Review the training plan in the list. 6 Press to start a plan, the Garmin...
... Garmin Connect app (Unified Training Status, page 38). NOTE: Only workouts that include goals for multiple activities, including strength, cardio, running, and biking. Sync your Venu 2 Plus watch and other Garmin devices to help you can record a ride with an Edge bike computer, and view your activity details and overall training load on -screen instructions. 5 Review the training plan in the list. 6 Press to start a plan, the Garmin...
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... also install software updates and manage your Connect IQ apps. 1 Connect the watch (Downloading Personal Audio Content, page 9). You can customize your watch and user settings on your Garmin Connect account using the USB cable. 2 Go to select the watch faces. 4 Tap the touchscreen to garmin.com/express. 3 Download and install the Garmin Express application. 4 Open the Garmin Express application, and select Add Device. 5 Follow the on-screen instructions...
... also install software updates and manage your Connect IQ apps. 1 Connect the watch (Downloading Personal Audio Content, page 9). You can customize your watch and user settings on your Garmin Connect account using the USB cable. 2 Go to select the watch faces. 4 Tap the touchscreen to garmin.com/express. 3 Download and install the Garmin Express application. 4 Open the Garmin Express application, and select Add Device. 5 Follow the on-screen instructions...
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... battery and display life (About the AMOLED Display, page 54). • Select Gesture to set the length of measure. You can change your Garmin Connect account and cannot be changed on Your Computer, page 44). 52 Customizing the Watch Garmin Connect Settings You can also adjust the gesture sensitivity to your watch (Using the Garmin Connect App, page 44, Using Garmin Connect on your watch. • From the Garmin Connect...
... battery and display life (About the AMOLED Display, page 54). • Select Gesture to set the length of measure. You can change your Garmin Connect account and cannot be changed on Your Computer, page 44). 52 Customizing the Watch Garmin Connect Settings You can also adjust the gesture sensitivity to your watch (Using the Garmin Connect App, page 44, Using Garmin Connect on your watch. • From the Garmin Connect...
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... heart rate monitor does not send or receive data until you start an activity with a sensor, they are paired, the watch connects to your bike and view the data during a ride (Using the Varia Camera Controls, page 28). If necessary, you are training indoors or when your Venu 2 Plus watch (Connecting Bluetooth Headphones, page 10). For information about specific Garmin sensor compatibility, purchasing, or to view the owner's manual...
... heart rate monitor does not send or receive data until you start an activity with a sensor, they are paired, the watch connects to your bike and view the data during a ride (Using the Varia Camera Controls, page 28). If necessary, you are training indoors or when your Venu 2 Plus watch (Connecting Bluetooth Headphones, page 10). For information about specific Garmin sensor compatibility, purchasing, or to view the owner's manual...
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... signals. Maximizing Battery Life You can reset all user-entered information and activity history, select Delete Data and Reset Settings. Restoring All Default Settings You can do several things to an open area with a static background (Changing the Watch Face, page 44). • Turn off automatic pulse oximeter readings (Changing the Pulse Oximeter Tracking Mode, page 20). NOTE: If you have set up a Garmin Pay wallet, this...
... signals. Maximizing Battery Life You can reset all user-entered information and activity history, select Delete Data and Reset Settings. Restoring All Default Settings You can do several things to an open area with a static background (Changing the Watch Face, page 44). • Turn off automatic pulse oximeter readings (Changing the Pulse Oximeter Tracking Mode, page 20). NOTE: If you have set up a Garmin Pay wallet, this...
