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Garmin Swim not on list?!

Hi there,
I just received a Garmin Swim yesterday and have been trying to link it to Garmin connect as per manual all day. So far nothing works as state. The ANT stick installed, but nothing appeared on my screen - not that matters right now as the Swim is not in the device list for Connect for me either on the android app or the web version.

Any help gratefully received. So far its a let down. I wore it in the pool this morning and the buttons were hard to push and it was not as intuitive as I was led to believe =/

Thanks,
Cat

0 tmk2 over 8 years ago

Hi there,
I just received a Garmin Swim yesterday and have been trying to link it to Garmin connect as per manual all day. So far nothing works as state. The ANT stick installed, but nothing appeared on my screen - not that matters right now as the Swim is not in the device list for Connect for me either on the android app or the web version.

Yeah, the manual redirects to a website which is misleading at best. Here's how to do it:

Download and install Garmin Express to your PC.
Start Garmin Express.
Plug in the ANT stick.
Make sure the watch is not in sleep mode (if the display is blank just shake it slightly to wake it up).
Make sure computer pairing is enabled in the watch settings.
Add a new device in Garmin Express. The computer will start to search for ANT+ devices. This may take a couple of seconds and hopefuly will result in your watch appearing on the list.

Any help gratefully received. So far its a let down. I wore it in the pool this morning and the buttons were hard to push and it was not as intuitive as I was led to believe =/

Thanks,
Cat

The buttons are indeed a little bit hard to press especially with wet fingers, but this is something that one can get used to and that was the only serious complaint I had about this otherwise useful toy.