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je suis nouveau avec Garmin. j'aimerai avoir sur ma montre la vitess em km/mi et non en chiffre bizarre qui sont transformé dans le rapport. je possède un vivoactive6

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1 month ago

merci à l'avance

  • 0 1 month ago

    You can customize the screens in the way you prefer, and set speed (vitesse) instead of pace (allure). Pace (allure) is the golden standard at running disciplines, used worldwide (probably except of France), but you can change it, if you want. 

    vívoactive 6 Health and Fitness GPS Smartwatch Manuel d'utilisation - Personnalisation des écrans de données 

    And if you mean the stats in Garmin Connect Web, then you can switch between speed and pace there too

  • 0 1 month ago in reply to trux

    Manually customizing data screens is one way to do it. This might be tedious if there are multiple pace/speed-related fields in multiple running-related activities.

    There may be a much easier and more comprehensive way, assuming Vivoactive 6 supports it.

    Change the pace/speed preference for running to speed:

    Settings > System > Advanced > Format > Pace/Speed Preference

    The same menu - if it exists - would also allow you to change walking activities to use speed. (Afaik, only runing and walking activities use pace by default on Garmins. Everything else uses speed.)

    This would have the advantage of automatically changing all the data fields and pace-related lap alerts to speed. It even changes some - not all - of the activity summary information on the watch (only for new activities). 

    Unfortunately it doesn't change the activity stats in the Connect app (which shows average pace/speed and max pace/speed, but everything else - including the laps and the charts - is always in pace only).

    I am just guessing that Pace/Speed Preference exists on Vivoactive 6, though. Unfortunately, none of the manuals I've looked at explicitly mention this menu, even for devices that have it for sure - it's only mentioned in passing. 

    For what it's worth, the VA6 manual also mentions this feature in passing, but that could just be copied and pasted from other manuals.

    https://www8.garmin.com/manuals/webhelp/GUID-8C2C402F-55AC-431F-9CF2-1442B89CE149/FR-FR/GUID-67C130E2-B01F-4253-8810-4762AB9DEB1D.html

    select Settings > System > Advanced .

    Format

    Sets general format preferences, such as the units of measure, pace and speed shown during activities, and the start of the week (Changing the Units of Measure).

    trux said:
    Pace (allure) is the golden standard at running disciplines, used worldwide

    I agree 100%.

    I do think pace is unintuitive for newer runners and non-runners. I think it's objectively better in the sense that certain calculations / estimates can be done very simply in your head [*], but many people may not care about that. (Even 10 years ago I saw the argument from new runners that pace is obsolete due to running watches and smartwatches.)

    [*] as your 1 km / 1 mile split time is identical to your split pace

    I will concede that a large part of why pace is used in running is probably due to tradition. But not everyone wants to run with a smartwatch (even, or especially, elite marathoners), so I think pace will always have its advantages for some people