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The Forerunner device has safety and tracking features that
must be set up with the Garmin Connect app.
NOTICE
To use these features, you must be connected to the Garmin
Connect app using Bluetooth technology. You can enter
emergency contacts in your Garmin Connect account.
For more information about incident detection and assistance,
go to www.garmin.com/safety.
Assistance: Allows you to send an automated message with
your name, LiveTrack link, and GPS location to your
emergency contacts.
Incident detection: When the Forerunner device detects an
incident during an outdoor walk, run, or bike activity, the
device sends an automated message, LiveTrack link, and
GPS location to your emergency contacts.
LiveTrack: Allows friends and family to follow your races and
training activities in real time. You can invite followers using
email or social media, allowing them to view your live data on
a Garmin Connect tracking page.
Live Event Sharing: Allows you to send messages to friends
and family during an event, providing real-time updates.
NOTE: This feature is available only if your device is
connected to an Android smartphone.
GroupTrack: Allows you to keep track of your connections
using LiveTrack directly on screen and in real time.
Adding Emergency Contacts
Emergency contact phone numbers are used for the incident
detection and assistance features.
1
From the Garmin Connect app, select or .
2
Select Safety & Tracking > Incident Detection &
Assistance > Add Emergency Contact.
3
Follow the on-screen instructions.
Requesting Assistance
Before you can request assistance, you must set up emergency
contacts (Adding Emergency Contacts, page 24).
1
Hold the key.
2
When you feel three vibrations, release the key to activate
the assistance feature.
The countdown screen appears.
TIP: You can select Cancel before the countdown is
complete to cancel the message.
Turning Incident Detection On and Off
1
From the watch face, hold .
2
Select Settings > Safety & Tracking > Incident Detection.
3
Select an activity.
NOTE: Incident detection is available only for outdoor walk,
run, and bike activities.
When an incident is detected by your Forerunner device with
GPS enabled, the Garmin Connect app can send an automated
text message and email with your name and GPS location to
your emergency contacts. A message appears indicating your
contacts will be informed after 30 seconds have elapsed. You
can select Cancel before the countdown is complete to cancel
the message.
Starting a GroupTrack Session
Before you can start a GroupTrack session, you must have a
Garmin Connect account, a compatible smartphone, and the
Garmin Connect app.
These instructions are for starting a GroupTrack session with
Forerunner devices. If your connections have other compatible
devices, you can see them on the map. The other devices may
not be able to display GroupTrack riders on the map.
1
Go outside, and turn on the Forerunner device.
2
Pair your smartphone with the Forerunner device (Pairing
Your Smartphone with Your Device, page 21).
3
On the Forerunner device, hold , and select Settings >
Safety & Tracking > GroupTrack > Show on Map to enable
viewing connections on the map screen.
4
In the Garmin Connect app, from the settings menu, select
Safety & Tracking > LiveTrack > GroupTrack.
5
If you have more than one compatible device, select a device
for the GroupTrack session.
6
Select Visible to > All Connections.
7
Select Start LiveTrack.
8
On the Forerunner device, start an activity.
9
Scroll to the map to view your connections.
Tips for GroupTrack Sessions
The GroupTrack feature allows you to keep track of other
connections in your group using LiveTrack directly on the
screen. All members of the group must be your connections in
your Garmin Connect account.
• Start your activity outside using GPS.
• Pair your Forerunner device with your smartphone using
Bluetooth technology.
• In the Garmin Connect app, from the settings menu, select
Connections to update the list of connections for your
GroupTrack session.
• Make sure all of your connections pair to their smartphones
and start a LiveTrack session in the Garmin Connect app.
• Make sure all your connections are in range (40 km or
25 mi.).
• During a GroupTrack session, scroll to the map to view your
connections (Adding a Map to an Activity, page 31).
Music
You can download audio content to your device, so you can
listen when your smartphone is not nearby. The Garmin
Connect app and Garmin Express application allow you to
download audio content from a third-party provider or your
computer.
You can use the music controls to control music playback on
your smartphone or to play music stored on your device. To
listen to audio content stored on your device, you must connect
headphones with Bluetooth technology.
Connecting to a Third-Party Provider
Before you can download music or other audio files to your
compatible watch from a supported third-party provider, you
must connect to the provider using the Garmin Connect app.
1
From the Garmin Connect app, select or .
2
Select Garmin Devices, and select your device.
3
Select Music.
4
Select an option:
• To connect to an installed provider, select a provider, and
follow the on-screen instructions.
• To connect to a new provider, select Get Music Apps,
locate a provider, and follow the on-screen instructions.
Spotify
®
Spotify is a digital music service that gives you access to
millions of songs.
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