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FR935 Tips and Tricks

My new FR935 will be here today (coming from a Vivo series of activity trackers). Are there any tips or tricks with regards to setup or general use that any of you would like to share with a newbie?
  • Without sounding too dismissive, read the manual and spend time exploring the menus on the watch first.
  • Also depends what you are wanting to do.
  • Without sounding too dismissive, read the manual and spend time exploring the menus on the watch first.


    I appreciate the feedback. I'm doing just as you suggested.

    I'm not one to right into to changing things until I know what I'm doing.

    I did change the watch face data fields and the Bike Activity to Auto Pause On Lol
  • I've always avoided auto pause as it can be triggered anytime the GPS signal gets a bit weak. I've never been concerned about stopping/starting an activity because I am at traffic lights or similar.
  • Thanks for the advice.

    So far, I'm very impressed. The Bluetooth paired up immediately and I actually like the buttons to scroll through menus rather than the touch screen in Vivo series.

    Menus seem intuitive.

    The only issue I had was the firmware was on version 4.20 and was not updating via Garmin Connect on my phone. I was able to pair with my computer and push the firmware update to the device with no problem.
  • I've never been bothered where the updates come from. When I put mine on charge on the computer I always fire up Garmin Express too and synch through there. I have also left mine in it's natural state, no changes to watch face or added data fields or other stuff. I seem to experience fewer problems that way. Get used to your watch in it's natural state before you add stuff. That way you'll know that it's working properly.
  • Couple of tweaks I like:
    • Assign Widgets to a hot key like Hold Start, so I can access widgets during an unpaused activity
    • Assign Screenshot to a hot key like Hold Back. I can snap my recovery HR and anything else I want
    • Add Timer and Stopwatch to controls menu
    • As far as apps go, I like LapHistory (great data field for interval training), Dozen Run (great single page data field for long runs — you may prefer Dozen Cycle), and My Day Advanced (replaces several activity tracking widgets)
    • As far as watch faces go, I like Rings (for activity tracking) and Alpha, for minimalism.
  • Firmware updates via the mobile app (GCM) can you slow to arrive. It will take 1-2 days until the watch gets them, if you are impatient then Garmin Express is the way to go.
  • No tricks, just tips:
    • GPS Only is good enough 99 out of 100 times and saves some battery (instead of GPS+Glonass)
    • Every second recording doesn't add battery overhead vs smart, just filesize is differnt. Smart is good enough 9 out of 10 times, but if you like to analyze afterwards 1sec is a fine default as well.
    • Turn down backlight brightness, 5% or something is plenty for me for example (again saving battery)
    • Wifi sync is awesome ;)
    • Buy a screenprotector (brotect airglass is awesome), might not be necessary but gives a good feeling and I actually feel it kinda improves the display
    • Enjoy, it's a great watch!