Impact 56

A color scheme sets the display mode, the frame and all six colors at once. Change single colors afterwards; choosing another scheme replaces them again.

MIP watches show 64 colors, so their frames are dithered renders and the colors are the nearest panel colors. MIP flat shows the Flat frame with a flat display.

Unlit segments stay faintly visible in both modes, as on a real LCD. With a very dark Display color in Light mode the content switches to a light tone so it stays readable.

Backlight sets the LCD panel in Light mode: Dim and Bright are shaded panels, Flat is one flat color. Options: Dim (default), Bright, Flat; MIP watches start on Flat.

Display shadow (default On) adds a soft shadow under the ink in Light mode, on watches that support it.

Frame offers 18 materials (default Tool steel). Frame tint color colors only the MIP Flat frame, because the materials have their own color.

Display colors the LCD panel (Light) or the segments (Dark). Accent colors the values in Top and Bottom; Text colors their labels. Frame text and Frame accent color everything printed on the frame: the middle fields and the NTF, BT, ALM, L, M, H captions.

Custom HEX Color 1 and 2 (defaults 00FF80, FF8000) are typed in the Connect IQ app or the web configurator and then picked as Custom 1 or Custom 2 for any role. MIP watches show the nearest panel color.

Top left, Top center and Top right take short numeric metrics shown in LCD digits. Top, Middle left and Bottom also offer Custom text; Top, Middle left, Middle right and Bottom offer an external complication. The Progress bar takes metrics with a goal or range. None leaves a position empty.

Custom text 1 and 2 (defaults HELLO and IMPACT 56) are typed in the Connect IQ app or the web configurator, up to 16 characters each. In Top and Bottom the narrower text sits nearer the edge.

Show units (default On) shows or hides the unit after values that have one: distance (KM), elevation and altitude (M), temperature, wind, pressure, minutes, hours, days and percentages, in Top, Middle left, Middle right and Bottom. Counts such as steps, heart rate or calories have no unit, and the LCD digits never show one.

Text font System draws Custom text and Training Status in the watch font when it fits.

Units follow the watch settings; Wind unit in Weather changes wind speed only.

Metrics: steps (STP), distance (DST), calories (CAL), heart rate (HR), resting heart rate (RHR), stress (STR), recovery time (REC), altitude (ALT), temperature (NOW), feels like (FL), today’s high/low (HL), tomorrow’s forecast (FR: 17/12°), wind (WND), pressure (1013 HPA), UV index (UV), dew point (DEW), the next sunrise or sunset (RISE: 6:45, SET: 18:40) and the week number (W45).

Show units adds the unit; a text too wide for the area drops its label. Percent metrics are not offered.

Always-on Full shows the chosen metric; Minimal always shows the date. Touch and hold the date area to open the metric’s Garmin view.

Each segment is a tenth of the goal or range; the checkmark lights when the goal is reached. With Seconds, a segment lights every six seconds.

An arc appears when Top or Bottom shows a metric with a goal or range. The Goals settings set the targets Garmin does not provide.

A lit segment above NTF means unread notifications, above BT a phone connection, above ALM an alarm set. A faint segment means off.

The battery bar runs across L, M and H: a full bar is a full battery, 50% fills L and half of M. Hold the battery bar to open the battery view.

The indicators refresh once a minute and whenever the watch wakes.

While a page is shown the clock reads PG 2 or PG 3 and the seconds count down to the main page. Hold the same half again to return at once.

Each page has its own Top, Progress bar, Top left, Top right, Middle left and Middle right. Same as main page keeps the main metric there.

Page display time: 2 to 10 s (default 5 s). Pages need a touchscreen and Touch shortcuts on.

A field opens its metric’s Garmin app or glance; an external complication opens the app that publishes it. The date opens the calendar, the temperature in front of the date the weather, the L M H battery bar the battery view.

A short tap does nothing. None, Custom text and metrics without a Garmin view do nothing either.

Main time format: 9:05 (default), 09:05, Military. Data time format sets times inside fields. Hide AM/PM removes the AM and PM marks.

Alternate timezone 1 and 2 feed the Alt Time Zone metrics; their labels (up to 5 characters) are set in the Connect IQ app.

Always-On Seconds (MIP, default Off for battery life) keeps seconds ticking in low power.

Date in Top, Middle left, Middle right or Bottom shows the weekday in place of its label: THU over 5.7.; THU 5 NOV shows NOV over THU 5. The temperature formats show no temperature there.

Date field chooses what the date area shows; see Date field under Data fields.

Smart weather shows the next notable change; Upcoming weather looks ahead within the Forecast range.

Current values older than 3 hours show --, usually because the phone has been away. Forecasts, sunrise and sunset keep working.

Mode: Full (default), Minimal. The picture moves once a minute through nine positions to protect the screen; there are no seconds.

AOD clock: Filled (default) shows solid digits, Outlined only their outline. Filled digits are dimmer, so both light the screen about the same. The appearance wizard on the watch asks for it in its own step and shows the always-on picture there.

Colored AOD (default On) keeps the scheme colors; Off uses gray. Day and Night brightness (Low, Medium, High; both Low by default) and the Day/night brightness schedule set the clock brightness; Data brightness (15–100 %, default 60 %) sets everything else.

MIP watches keep the whole face in low power instead; see MIP watches.

Frame lists Flat first, drawn in the Frame tint color; the 18 materials are dithered renders. Backlight: Dim, Bright or Flat (default on MIP). Dark display mode draws no panel, so Backlight has no effect there.

Frame, Frame tint color, Backlight, Display mode and the six colors combine freely; the Flat frame examples below are only a few of the possible looks.

The palette has 64 panel colors. Low power keeps the complete face, updated once a minute; Always-On Seconds keeps the seconds.

User Guide in the watch settings shows a QR code to this page.

The watch settings follow the phone groups in the same order. Up and Down move, Start selects, Back returns; on touch watches tap a row to center it and tap again to open it.