EasyManua.ls Logo

Garmin FENIX 6S PRO User Manual

Garmin FENIX 6S PRO
132 pages
To Next Page IconTo Next Page
To Next Page IconTo Next Page
Page #1 background imageLoading...
Page #1 background image
FĒNIX
®
6 PRO SERIES
Owner’s Manual

Table of Contents

Question and Answer IconNeed help?

Do you have a question about the Garmin FENIX 6S PRO and is the answer not in the manual?

Garmin FENIX 6S PRO Specifications

General IconGeneral
ShapeRound
Band size-
Band colorWhite
Band materialSilicone
Watch case size42 mm
Watch case colorBlack, Rose gold
Market positioningSmartwatch
Protection featuresWaterproof
Watch case materialStainless steel
Display diagonal1.2 \
Watch glass typeCorning Gorilla Glass 3
Display resolution240 x 240 pixels
Flash memory0.064 GB
Mobile operating systems supportedAndroid, iOS
PedometerYes
USB portNo
Battery capacity- mAh
Battery life (max)216, - h
Battery life (GPS mode)25 h
Weight and Dimensions IconWeight and Dimensions
Weight58 g
Thickness13.8 mm

Summary

Introduction

Getting Started

Explains initial setup tasks for the watch and basic features.

Buttons

Details the function of each button on the watch.

Using the Watch

Viewing the Controls Menu

Describes how to access and use the controls menu.

Enabling Airplane Mode

Explains how to enable airplane mode to disable wireless communications.

Viewing Widgets

Customizing the Watch

Guides on personalizing watch faces, widgets, and controls.

Pairing Your Smartphone

Instructions for pairing the watch with a smartphone via Garmin Connect.

Charging the Watch

Product Updates

Information on updating software and maps via Garmin Express.

Setting Up Garmin Express

Steps to set up Garmin Express on a computer.

Solar Charging

Overview of the watch's solar charging capability.

Viewing the Solar Widget

Tips for Solar Charging

Advice on maximizing battery life through solar charging.

Activities and Apps

Starting an Activity

Guide on how to start an activity and select favorites.

Tips for Recording Activities

Changing the Power Mode

How to change power modes to extend battery life during an activity.

Playing Audio Prompts During an Activity

Steps to enable and configure audio prompts for activities.

Using the Metronome

Stopping an Activity

Instructions on how to stop and save an activity.

Evaluating an Activity

How to evaluate perceived effort and feeling after an activity.

Adding or Removing a Favorite Activity

Creating a Custom Activity

Guide to create a new custom activity or copy existing ones.

Indoor Activities

Information on using the watch for indoor training activities.

Calibrating the Treadmill Distance

Recording a Strength Training Activity

How to record sets and reps for strength training activities.

Using an Indoor Trainer

Outdoor Activities

Overview of preloaded outdoor activities.

Going for a Track Run

Instructions for recording track runs and calibrating distance.

Tips for Recording a Track Run

Recording an Ultra Run Activity

How to record ultra run activities.

Viewing Your Ski Runs

How to view details of downhill ski or snowboard runs.

Recording a Backcountry Skiing or Snowboarding Activity

How to record backcountry ski/snowboard activities.

Cross-Country Skiing Power Data

Going Fishing

Instructions for logging fishing catches and locations.

Jumpmaster

Information about the jumpmaster feature for skydivers.

Multisport

Overview of multisport activities.

Triathlon Training

Creating a Multisport Activity

Steps to create custom multisport activities.

Swimming

Overview of swimming features and notices.

Swim Terminology

Stroke Types

Details on available stroke types for swimming.

Tips for Swimming Activities

Auto Rest and Manual Rest

How auto rest and manual rest features work during swimming.

Training with the Drill Log

Turning Off Wrist-based Heart Rate While Swimming

How to disable wrist-based heart rate during swim activities.

Golfing

Introduction to golf features and preparation.

Playing Golf

Hole Information

Details on the golf hole information screen display.

Big Numbers Mode

Measuring Distance with Button Targeting

How to measure distance to a point on the map using button targeting.

Changing Holes

Manual process to change holes during a golf round.

Changing the Green

Moving the Flag

How to adjust the pin location on the golf course map.

Viewing Measured Shots

How to view recorded shot distances from golf activities.

Manually Measuring a Shot

Viewing Layup and Dogleg Distances

How to view distances to layups and doglegs on the golf course.

Saving Custom Targets

How to save custom targets on the golf course.

Viewing Club Statistics

Keeping Score

Instructions for keeping score during a golf round.

Updating a Score

How to edit or update a score on the scorecard.

Setting the Scoring Method

About Stableford Scoring

Explanation of the Stableford scoring method.

Setting Your Handicap

How to set up handicap scoring for golf.

Enabling Statistics Tracking

Recording Statistics

How to record detailed statistics while playing golf.

TruSwing™

Information about TruSwing sensor compatibility.

Using the Golf Odometer

Viewing PlaysLike Distance

Explanation of the plays like distance feature.

Viewing the Direction to the Pin

How to use the PinPointer feature for directional guidance.

Climbing Sports

Recording an Indoor Climbing Activity

How to record routes and statistics for indoor climbing.

Recording a Bouldering Activity

Starting an Expedition

How to use the Expedition app for long activities.

Changing the Track Point Recording Interval

How to adjust the frequency of GPS track point recording.

Recording a Track Point Manually

Connected Features

Overview of features available when connected to a smartphone.

Enabling Bluetooth Notifications

Steps to enable and configure smartphone notifications.

Viewing Notifications

Receiving an Incoming Phone Call

How the watch displays incoming phone calls.

Replying to a Text Message

How to send quick replies to text messages.

Managing Notifications

Turning Off the Bluetooth Phone Connection

How to disable the Bluetooth connection to a smartphone.

Turning On and Off Smartphone Connection Alerts

Locating a Lost Mobile Device

How to find a lost mobile device using the watch.

Wi‑Fi Connectivity Features

Overview of features available via Wi-Fi connection.

Connecting to a Wi‑Fi Network

Phone Apps and Computer Applications

How to connect the watch to Garmin apps and software.

Garmin Connect

Using the Garmin Connect App

How to use the Garmin Connect app on a smartphone.

Updating the Software Using the Garmin Connect App

How to update watch software via the Garmin Connect app.

Manually Syncing Data with Garmin Connect

Garmin Express

How to use Garmin Express to manage the watch.

Using Garmin Connect on Your Computer

Updating the Software Using Garmin Express

Steps to update software using Garmin Express.

Connect IQ Features

How to add custom features like watch faces and apps.

Downloading Connect IQ Features

Downloading Connect IQ Features Using Your Computer

How to download Connect IQ features via a computer.

Garmin Explore™

Garmin Golf™ App

Information about the Garmin Golf app.

Safety and Tracking Features

Assistance

How to send messages to emergency contacts.

Incident detection

How incident detection works and sends alerts.

LiveTrack

Adding Emergency Contacts

How to add and manage emergency contacts.

Live Event Sharing

How to share live event updates with friends.

GroupTrack

Adding Contacts

How to add contacts for safety features.

Turning Incident Detection On and Off

How to enable or disable incident detection.

Requesting Assistance

Starting a GroupTrack Session

Steps to start a GroupTrack session with friends.

Tips for GroupTrack Sessions

Tips for using the GroupTrack feature effectively.

GroupTrack Settings

Garmin Pay

Overview of the Garmin Pay contactless payment feature.

Setting Up Your Garmin Pay Wallet

Paying for a Purchase Using Your Watch

How to use the watch to pay for purchases.

Adding a Card to Your Garmin Pay Wallet

Managing Your Garmin Pay Cards

How to manage added credit or debit cards for Garmin Pay.

Changing Your Garmin Pay Passcode

How to change or reset the Garmin Pay passcode.

Music

Connecting to a Third-Party Provider

How to connect to music providers like Spotify.

Downloading Audio Content from a Third-Party Provider

Steps to download audio content from providers.

Downloading Audio Content from Spotify®

Changing the Music Provider

How to switch between connected music providers.

Disconnecting from a Third-Party Provider

Downloading Personal Audio Content

How to load personal music files onto the watch.

Listening to Music

How to play music stored on the watch or control phone music.

Music Playback Controls

Connecting Bluetooth Headphones

Steps to pair Bluetooth headphones with the watch.

Changing the Audio Mode

How to switch between stereo and mono audio modes.

Heart Rate Features

Wrist-based Heart Rate

Information about the watch's wrist-based heart rate monitor.

Wearing the Watch

Proper wear instructions for accurate heart rate readings.

Tips for Erratic Heart Rate Data

Viewing the Heart Rate Widget

How to view heart rate data on the watch widget.

Broadcasting Heart Rate Data

How to broadcast heart rate data to other devices.

Broadcasting Heart Rate Data During an Activity

Setting an Abnormal Heart Rate Alert

How to set alerts for abnormal heart rate values.

Turning Off the Wrist-based Heart Rate Monitor

Performance Measurements

Overview of performance metrics like VO2 Max.

VO2 max.

Predicted race times

How the watch predicts race times based on fitness.

HRV status

Explanation of Heart Rate Variability status.

Performance condition

Functional threshold power (FTP)

Explanation of FTP and how the watch estimates it.

Lactate threshold

Information on lactate threshold and its measurement.

Turning Off Performance Notifications

Detecting Performance Measurements Automatically

How the watch automatically detects performance metrics.

Primary Training Device

Syncing Activities and Performance Measurements

How to sync activities between devices.

About VO2 Max. Estimates

Detailed explanation of VO2 Max. estimates.

Getting Your VO2 Max. Estimate for Running

Getting Your VO2 Max. Estimate for Cycling

How to get a VO2 Max. estimate for cycling.

Turning Off VO2 Max. Recording

How to disable VO2 Max. recording for specific activities.

Viewing Your Fitness Age

Viewing Your Predicted Race Times

How to view predicted race times.

About Training Effect

Heart Rate Variability Status

How the watch analyzes HRV status during sleep.

Heart Rate Variability and Stress Level

Viewing Your Heart Rate Variability and Stress Level

How to view HRV and stress level data.

Performance Condition

Explanation of the performance condition metric.

Viewing Your Performance Condition

Lactate Threshold

Information about lactate threshold and its measurement.

Performing a Guided Test to Determine Your Lactate Threshold

Getting Your FTP Estimate

How to get an estimate of your functional threshold power (FTP).

Getting Your FTP Estimate

Conducting an FTP Test

How to conduct a test to determine your FTP.

Training Status

Acute load

Explanation of acute load.

Training load focus

How training load is distributed across categories.

Training load focus

Recovery Time

How to estimate time until full recovery.

Training Status Levels

Tips for Getting Your Training Status

Tips for obtaining accurate training status.

Heat and Altitude Performance Acclimation

Viewing Your Recovery Time

How to view estimated recovery time.

Recovery Heart Rate

How to check recovery heart rate after activities.

Body Battery™

Viewing the Body Battery Widget

How to view the Body Battery level and graph.

Tips for Improved Body Battery Data

Tips for more accurate Body Battery data.

Pulse Oximeter

Getting Pulse Oximeter Readings

How to manually take pulse oximeter readings.

Turning On All-Day Pulse Oximeter Readings

How to enable all-day pulse oximeter readings.

Turning Off Automatic Pulse Oximeter Readings

Turning On Pulse Oximeter Sleep Tracking

How to enable pulse oximeter tracking during sleep.

Tips for Erratic Pulse Oximeter Data

Tips to troubleshoot erratic pulse oximeter data.

Training

Setting Up Your User Profile

How to set up your personal profile for accurate data.

Gender Settings

How to set your gender for fitness algorithms.

Fitness Goals

About Heart Rate Zones

Explanation of heart rate zones and their benefits.

Setting Your Heart Rate Zones

Letting the Watch Set Your Heart Rate Zones

How the watch automatically sets heart rate zones.

Heart Rate Zone Calculations

Setting Your Power Zones

How to set up power zones for cycling.

Activity Tracking

Overview of how activity tracking works.

Auto Goal

Using the Move Alert

How to use the move alert to stay active.

Sleep Tracking

How the watch tracks sleep patterns.

Using Automated Sleep Tracking

Using Do Not Disturb Mode

How to enable do not disturb mode.

Intensity Minutes

Earning Intensity Minutes

How intensity minutes are calculated.

Garmin Move IQ™

How Move IQ automatically detects activities.

Activity Tracking Settings

Turning Off Activity Tracking

How to disable activity tracking features.

Workouts

Information on creating and following workouts.

Following a Workout From Garmin Connect

Creating a Custom Workout on Garmin Connect

How to create custom workouts in Garmin Connect.

Sending a Custom Workout to Your Watch

How to send custom workouts to the watch.

Starting a Workout

Following a Daily Suggested Workout

How to use daily suggested workouts.

Turning Daily Suggested Workout Prompts On and Off

How to enable or disable daily workout prompts.

Following a Pool Swim Workout

Recording a Critical Swim Speed Test

How to perform a critical swim speed test.

Editing Your Critical Swim Speed Result

How to manually edit critical swim speed results.

About the Training Calendar

Using Garmin Connect Training Plans

How to download and use training plans from Garmin Connect.

Adaptive Training Plans

Information about adaptive training plans.

Starting Today's Workout

Interval Workouts

How to create and manage interval workouts.

Creating an Interval Workout

Steps to create a custom interval workout.

Starting an Interval Workout

Stopping an Interval Workout

How to stop an interval workout.

PacePro Training

Information about the PacePro training feature.

Downloading a PacePro Plan from Garmin Connect

Starting a PacePro Plan

How to start a PacePro plan.

Stopping a PacePro Plan

How to stop a PacePro plan.

Creating a PacePro Plan on Your Watch

Segments

How to send and race segments.

Strava™ Segments

How to download and use Strava segments.

Viewing Segment Details

Racing a Segment

How to race a segment and compare performance.

Setting a Segment to Adjust Automatically

How to set segments to adjust automatically.

Using Virtual Partner®

Setting a Training Target

How to set training targets for activities.

Cancelling a Training Target

How to cancel a training target.

Racing a Previous Activity

Pausing Your Training Status

How to pause training status if injured or sick.

Resuming Your Paused Training Status

Enabling Self Evaluation

How to evaluate perceived effort after an activity.

Clocks

Overview of clock features like alarms.

Setting an Alarm

Editing an Alarm

How to edit existing alarms.

Starting the Countdown Timer

Deleting a Timer

How to delete a countdown timer.

Using the Stopwatch

Adding Alternate Time Zones

How to add and display alternate time zones.

Editing an Alternate Time Zone

Navigation

Overview of navigation features.

Saving Your Location

How to save the current location.

Editing Your Saved Locations

Setting a Reference Point

How to set a reference point for navigation.

Projecting a Waypoint

How to create a new location by projecting distance and bearing.

Navigating to a Destination

Navigating to a Point of Interest

How to navigate to points of interest.

Courses

Overview of sending and navigating courses.

Creating and Following a Course on Your Device

Creating a Round-Trip Course

How to create a round-trip course.

Creating a Course on Garmin Connect

How to create courses using Garmin Connect.

Sending a Course to Your Device

Viewing or Editing Course Details

How to view and edit course details.

Using ClimbPro

How ClimbPro manages effort for upcoming climbs.

Marking and Starting Navigation to a Man Overboard Location

Navigating with Sight 'N Go

How to navigate to an object by pointing the device.

Navigating to Your Starting Point During an Activity

How to navigate back to the starting point of an activity.

Viewing Route Directions

Stopping Navigation

How to stop navigation.

Map

Overview of the map display and features.

Viewing the Map

Saving or Navigating to a Location on the Map

How to save or navigate to a location on the map.

Navigating with the Around Me Feature

How to navigate to nearby points of interest.

Changing the Map Theme

Compass

Overview of the compass feature.

Setting the Compass Heading

How to set the compass heading.

Altimeter and Barometer

History

Overview of activity history.

Using History

How to view and manage saved activities.

Multisport History

Personal Records

How personal records are displayed after activities.

Viewing Your Personal Records

How to view personal records.

Restoring a Personal Record

Clearing Personal Records

How to clear personal records.

Viewing Data Totals

How to view accumulated distance and time totals.

Using the Odometer

Deleting History

How to delete activities and reset totals.

Customizing Your Device

Overview of device customization options.

Activities and App Settings

3D Distance

How 3D distance is calculated.

3D Speed

How 3D speed is calculated.

Accent Color

Add Activity

How to customize multisport activities.

Alerts

How to set training or navigation alerts.

Auto Climb

Auto Lap

How to use the Auto Lap feature.

Auto Pause

How to enable Auto Pause.

Auto Scroll

Changing the GPS Setting

How to change GPS settings.

GPS and Other Satellite Systems

Information on using different satellite systems.

Power Save Timeout Settings

Customizing the Battery Saver Feature

How to customize battery saver settings.

Customizing Power Modes

How to customize power modes for battery life.

Restoring a Power Mode

System Settings

Overview of system settings.

Time Settings

How to adjust time settings.

Setting Time Alerts

Syncing the Time

How to sync the watch time.

Changing the Backlight Settings

How to adjust backlight settings.

Customizing the Hot Keys

Changing the Units of Measure

How to change units of measure.

Viewing Device Information

How to view device information.

Viewing E-label Regulatory and Compliance Information

Wireless Sensors

Overview of wireless sensor compatibility.

Pairing Your Wireless Sensors

How to pair wireless sensors with the watch.

HRM-Pro Running Pace and Distance

Tips for Recording Running Pace and Distance

Tips for accurate running pace and distance recording.

Running Dynamics

Overview of running dynamics metrics.

Training with Running Dynamics

Color Gauges and Running Dynamics Data

How to interpret running dynamics data using color gauges.

Ground Contact Time Balance Data

Explanation of ground contact time balance.

Vertical Oscillation and Vertical Ratio Data

Tips for Missing Running Dynamics Data

Tips to troubleshoot missing running dynamics data.

Using the Varia Camera Controls

How to use Varia camera controls.

inReach Remote

Using the inReach Remote

How to use the inReach remote function.

VIRB Remote

How to control a VIRB action camera.

Controlling a VIRB Action Camera

Controlling a VIRB Action Camera During an Activity

How to control a VIRB camera during an activity.

Device Information

Specifications

Detailed specifications of the device.

Battery Information

Device Maintenance

Information on maintaining the device.

Device Care

General advice for device care and cleaning.

Cleaning the Watch

Cleaning the Leather Bands

How to clean leather watch bands.

Changing the QuickFit® Bands

How to change QuickFit watch bands.

Metal Watch Band Adjustment

Data Management

Information on managing device data.

Deleting Files

How to delete files from the device.

Troubleshooting

My device is in the wrong language

How to change the device language.

Is my phone compatible with my watch?

Information on phone compatibility.

My phone will not connect to the watch

Can I use my Bluetooth sensor with my watch?

Information on using Bluetooth sensors.

My headphones will not connect to the watch

Troubleshooting steps for headphone connectivity.

My music cuts out or my headphones won't stay connected

Restarting Your Watch

How to restart the watch.

Resetting All Default Settings

How to reset the watch to factory default settings.

Acquiring Satellite Signals

Improving GPS Satellite Reception

Tips for improving GPS signal reception.

The temperature reading is not accurate

Troubleshooting steps for inaccurate temperature readings.

Maximizing the Battery Life

Activity Tracking

Information on activity tracking accuracy.

My daily step count does not appear

Troubleshooting steps for missing step counts.

My step count does not seem accurate

The step counts on my watch and my Garmin Connect account don't match

How to sync step counts between watch and account.

The floors climbed amount does not seem accurate

Getting More Information

Where to find more product information.

Appendix

Additional reference information.

Data Fields

% Functional Threshold Power

Definition of % Functional Threshold Power data field.

Related product manuals