I am battling to change from miles to Km's on Garmin connect, I click on the drop down box to change but it is not saving my option. What am I doing wrong? It shows Km's on my watch Forerunner 10) but not on connect.
Garmin, this is so simple! Please fix it. We should be able to choose all units here at connect. Miles to Km and also Weight (kg) and Height (m).
Had the same issue when I got my Vivosmart. Many of us set up the device and then play around with the device and Garmin Connect settings then finally attempt to change the Miles to KM. (various ways depending the device. or software). I changed mine on my Connect app on my phone and it was no good. VivoSmart still read Miles. Even a sync did not make it change on the device. I checked the forum and saw a few threads on the topic. I tried a few things myself then final got it.
The solution is to disconnect (UnPair) your device from your phone thru the app. Almost the same as removing a wireless network or other Bluetooth device with your standard phone features. You tell your to forgot and remove it totally. Except you need to do it thru the connect App itself. In the Connect menu there is an option for Devices. You will see the device in question. A long tap will bring up a dialog that shows the device product name, MAC ID, Unit ID, and last connect date and time. Plus an option to Cancel and one to Remove Device. Select Remove Device so the paring memory is gone.
Then follow the original steps to pair the device again to your phone just like when you first got it. You can also use the Bluetooth feature in the device to pair to the phone. go thru the steps, entering the code and such and when the device pairs it resets the settings on the device to your current app settings. You'll see once it pairs it shows setting up the device. (Even though you set it up the firs time you paired)
So Voila. Metric! (Just make sure you've changed your setting to Metric before pairing it back to your phone.)
I am not having any problems changing and saving the Metric setting on my ipad and iphone in Garmin Connect. However when I sync my device the change does not take place on the wrist band. Still showing miles. Any suggestions?
This is a well-known bug and this is amazing Garmin has not been able to fix it yet. Not able to set the only international system of measurement is a huge facepalm, hopefully we have a christian calendar for the date, at least they were able to have that right. One day they might discover the metric system.
The workaround is to set it on your watch and never change it on GC.
