What Hot Keys are you using actually?

The great thing about the Fenix are the hotkeys and the shortcuts they provide.
Compared to a Samsung Galaxy Watch which offers only one hotkey (and two buttons)
the shortcuts on the Fenix 6 is like customizing your own experience to a very high confortable level.

Mine:
Hold START: Clocks (I need to have it ready all the time)
Hold BACK: Watchface (back to main screen)
Hold DOWN: Music Controls (being able to stop or adjust the volume without to look at the watch)
START + DOWN: Flashlight (Oh, it is so handy for navigation to the loo or the fridge ...)
START + UP: MOB
BACK + LIGHT: Save location
BACK+UP: None

What are your hot keys ? (->System/hotkeys)

Edit: It really reflects how people are using their Fenix.
I have adjusted mine as Stopwatch use BACK for laps. So a long press on BACK needs to be used primarily for going back to the main watchface.

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0 Volker over 5 years ago

Hold START: Phone
Hold BACK: Screenshot
Hold DOWN: WiFi
START + DOWN: Flashlight
START + UP: Change Sport
BACK + LIGHT: Save location
BACK+UP: None

0 thejr over 5 years ago

Thanks for posting this thread - I didn’t know about hotkeys!

0 Sam201176 over 5 years ago

Hold down n start.....screenshot

Hold up n start ...... Flashlight

Hold start( in activity ).... change activity type.

I don't have any more.. . as more would impede operation of some IQ prg's I've have installed.

: - )

0 Former Member over 5 years ago in reply to Sam201176

hold down - screenshot

hold back - watch face

start+down - MOB

0 Odie21 over 5 years ago

Mine:

Hold START: Stopwatch
Hold BACK: Timers
Hold DOWN: Watchface
START + DOWN: Save Location
START + UP: Time Sync (used to be MOB but I have issues with it showing -:- a lot)
BACK + LIGHT: Flashlight
BACK+UP: Lock/Unlock Keys

0 crt_hun over 5 years ago

Hold START: Change Sport mode during activity.
The rest are the default.

0 NemoSandman over 5 years ago in reply to Odie21

Odie, I had done the same configuration but once the Stopwatch was triggered, I was not able to go back to the watchface anymore as the BACK button was making a "lap" and a long press was bringing me to the timers too... I was stuck in stopwatch !
Have you found a workaround to get out of Stopwatch and go back to the watchface without using Back ?

0 Thomas Chan over 5 years ago in reply to NemoSandman

Hi, just set another hotkey for 'widget' - mine is back + up (Widget brings you to home screen)

0 C.sco over 5 years ago in reply to thejr

thejr said:
Thanks for posting this thread - I didn’t know about hotkeys!

I didn't know there was a flashlight function!

Other than the default hotkeys, I added:

Hold Start = Wallet

Down+Start = flashlight

Question for everyone: How does changing the Activity type during an activity affect the recording of the activity(s)? Does it record it as a multisport activity? I guess I'll have to play with it tonight and see.

0 Former Member over 5 years ago

Mine:
Hold START: Timer (egg timer)
Hold BACK: Watch Face (standard)
Hold DOWN: Music Controls (standard)
START + DOWN: lock/unlock keys
START + UP: x
BACK + LIGHT: x
BACK+UP: Screenshot

happy & safe sporting