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Gender Settings
When you first set up the device, you must choose a sex. Most fitness and training algorithms are binary. For
the most accurate results, Garmin recommends selecting your sex assigned at birth. After the initial setup, you
can customize the profile settings in your Garmin Connect account.
Profile & Privacy: Enables you to customize the data on your public profile.
User Settings: Sets your sex. If you select Not Specified, the algorithms that require a binary input will use the
sex you specified when you first set up the device.
Training Settings
The following options and settings allow you to customize your device based on your training needs. These
settings are saved to an activity profile. For example, you can set time alerts for your road profile and you can
set an Auto Lap position trigger for your mountain biking profile.
TIP: You can also customize the activity profiles from the device settings in the Garmin Connect app.
Select > Activity Profiles, and select a profile.
Alerts and Prompts: Sets how laps are triggered, and customizes the training or navigation alerts for the activity
(Alerts and Prompts Settings, page55).
Auto Sleep: Enables the device to automatically enter sleep mode after five minutes of inactivity (Using Auto
Sleep, page57).
Climbs: Enables the ClimbPro feature and sets which types of climbs the device detects (Using ClimbPro,
page31).
Data Screens: Enables you to customize data screens and add new data screens for the activity (Adding a Data
Screen, page54).
MTB/CX: Enables grit, flow, and jump recording.
Navigation: Sets navigation messages, and customizes the map and routing settings (Map Settings, page32)
(Route Settings, page33).
Nutrition/Hydration: Enables food and drink consumption tracking.
Satellite Systems: Allows you to turn off GPS (Training Indoors, page10), or set the satellite system to use for
the activity (Changing the Satellite Setting, page58).
Segments: Turns on your enabled segments (Enabling Segments, page9).
Self Evaluation: Sets how often you evaluate your perceived effort for the activity (Evaluating an Activity,
page3).
Timer: Sets timer preferences. The Auto Pause option allows you to set when the activity timer automatically
pauses (Using Auto Pause, page57). The Timer Start Mode option enables you to set how the device
detects the start of a ride and automatically starts the activity timer (Starting the Timer Automatically,
page58).
Updating Your Activity Profile
You can customize your activity profiles. You can customize your settings and data fields for a particular
activity or trip (Training Settings, page53).
TIP: You can also customize the activity profiles from the device settings in the Garmin Connect app.
1Select > Activity Profiles.
2Select an option:
Select a profile.
Select Create New to add or copy a profile.
3If necessary, select to edit the name, color, and default ride type for the profile.
TIP: After a ride that is not typical, you can manually update the ride type. Accurate ride type data is
important for creating bike friendly courses.
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