Uncharted PRO

1.1

Color scheme

Applies a ready-made combination to all eight colors. Options: Select a scheme (default), then 14 named schemes.

Choosing a scheme overwrites all color settings, then the setting returns to Select a scheme. Progress Style and custom HEX values stay unchanged.

Color scheme

1.2

Clock font

Typeface of the large clock. Options: Gridline (default), Orbit, Boulder, Bulkhead, Anvil.

The outline clock in AOD uses the same font.

Clock fontGridlineOrbitBoulderBulkheadAnvil

1.3

Individual colors

Text, Primary, Secondary, Clock gradient top, Clock gradient bottom, Seconds, Date and Date frame each use one shared 49-color palette. Defaults match Mint Ember.

The palette has whites and grays, 12 hues with Dark and Darkest variants, Forest, Khaki and Coyote tones, Black, and Custom HEX color 1 and 2.

Custom HEX color 1 and 2 values are entered in the Connect IQ app.

The background is always black. Yesterday and tomorrow use a dimmed Date color.

1.4

Progress Style

Look of the four circular progress arcs. Options: Simple, Segments, Gradient Segments, Comet (default).

Approach S50, Descent G2, Forerunner 70/165, vívoactive 5 and Instinct 3 have no Comet; their default is Gradient Segments.

Above the goal the arc stays full. Long values are shortened, e.g. 10.2k.

Progress StyleSimpleSegmentsGradient SegmentsComet

1.5

Data font

Font for all text except the clock. Options: Default (default), System.

Data fontDefaultSystem

2.1

Field positions

Nine fields: Upper Left, Upper Right, Lower Left and Lower Right show a progress arc; Top Center, Upper Center 1, Upper Center 2, Lower Center and Bottom Center show icon and value.

Defaults, in that order: Calories, Body Battery, Steps, Heart Rate, Battery Level In Percent, Weather, Upcoming Weather, Distance, Sunrise / Sunset.

Arc positions offer 93 metrics. Goals fill the arc; Blood Oxygen, Humidity, Cloud Cover, Precip Chance and UV fill in tenths; weekday, sun times and temperature move one marker; others show a thin line. Center positions offer all 102.

Open a category (Activity, Health, Time, Training, Weather, System); each press steps to its next metric. Press Back to save.

2.2

Metric reference

All metrics, grouped as in the watch menu. Week = Monday through today; 7 Day = today plus the previous six days; 7-Day Average = 7 Day ÷ 7.

Activity: Steps, Steps To Goal, Step Goal Progress, Calories, Active Calories, Active Cal. %, Distance, Floors Ascended/Descended, Meters Climbed/Descended, Intensity, Moderate and Vigorous Minutes, Move Bar. Most offer Week, 7 Day and 7-Day Average; elevation also offers Yesterday.

Health: Heart Rate, Resting HR, Body Battery, Stress, Blood Oxygen, Respiration, Sleep Score.

Time: Month, Date, Day, Week of the Year, Year, Day of the Year, Calendar, Time, Seconds, Alt Time Zone 1/2, Sunrise / Sunset, Dawn / Dusk, Remaining Sun / Dark, Moon Phase.

Training: Recovery Time, Training Status, Last Round, Run and Bike Distance (Week; Month, Estimated), Run and Bike Time (Week, 7 Day, 7-Day Average), Run and Bike VO2 Max.

Weather: Weather, Upcoming Weather, Smart Weather, Forecast Weather +1/+2/+3 Days, Feels Like, Temperature Min/Max, Precip Chance, Humidity, Wind, UV, Pressure, Barometric Trend, Cloud Cover, Visibility, Dew Point.

System: Battery Level In Percent, Battery Level In Days, Notifications, Alarm Count, Altitude, Solar Input.

Elevation history starts when you install the face. Month, Estimated distances are approximate. Barometric Trend needs about 3 h of pressure history.

2.3

Chart Metric

What the chart below the clock plots. Options: Off, Body Battery, Stress, Heart Rate (default), Steps, Elevation, Pressure.

Chart MetricOffBody BatteryStressHeart RateStepsElevation

2.4

HR Value Below Chart

Value under the Heart Rate chart. Options: Heart Rate, Resting Heart Rate (default).

HR Value Below ChartHeart RateResting Heart Rate

2.5

Pressure Value Below Chart

Value under the Pressure chart. Options: Pressure (default), Barometric Trend.

Pressure uses hPa or inHg from your watch settings.

2.6

Chart Style

Options: Range (default), Line. Applies to Stress, Heart Rate, Elevation and Pressure.

Chart StyleRangeLine

2.7

Chart Range

Time span of the chart. Options: 1h, 2h, 3h, 4h (default), 6h, 8h, 12h, 24h, 7d.

Steps allows only 24h and 7d; choosing Steps with a shorter range switches to 24h. Other metrics show 24h when 7d is set.

Pressure allows 3h to 24h and starts at 6h.

Steps 24h shows steps per hour; 7d shows each day against its step goal. The number below is today’s total.

Chart Range

2.8

Bluetooth status

Options: Connected (default) shows an icon while the phone is connected; Disconnected shows a warning only when it is not; Hidden.

2.9

Alarm, Notifications and Moon status

Show or hide each status icon. All default to On.

The alarm icon appears only with an alarm set, notifications only with a count. Hidden items leave no gap.

2.10

Touch launch

Tap a field, the date or the chart to open the matching Garmin glance. Options: On (default), Off.

The date opens Calendar; Alarm Count opens nothing. Not available on Instinct 3.

3.1

Distance, Elevation, Pressure, Wind speed, Visibility and Duration unit

Adds the unit after values of that group, e.g. 5.2km or 1h 20m. Each: On, Off (default).

Circular fields show the unit only when it fits. Pressure also covers Barometric Trend.

Heart rate, calories, temperature and respiration keep their usual form.

3.2

Wind speed in

Unit for wind values. Options: Auto (default), km/h, m/s, mph, kn.

Auto follows the distance unit of your watch. The choice applies even when the unit text is off.

4.1

Main time format

Leading zero on the large clock. Options: 9:05 (default), 09:05. 12/24-hour follows the watch.

4.2

Data time format

Format of time values in fields, such as Time, time zones and Sunrise / Sunset. Options: 9:05 (default), 09:05, Military (compact 24-hour).

Data time format9:0509:05Military

4.3

Left Date Format

Yesterday, today and tomorrow left of the clock. Options: W 5 (default), 5.7., 05.07., 5/7, 05/07, 7/5, 07/05, 5 JUL, JUL 5, WED 5, 5 WED.

W 5 shows the weekday letter and day in a frame. Other formats drop the frame and may shift the clock right.

4.4

Field Date Format

Format of Date fields and the Minimal AOD date. Options: 5.7., 05.07., 5/7, 05/07, 7/5, 07/05, 5 JUL, JUL 5 (default), WED 5, 5 WED.

Field Date Format

4.5

AM/PM

Suffix on the clock and time fields in 12-hour mode. Options: On (default), Off.

4.6

Main seconds

Seconds beside the clock. Options: On (default), Off. Hidden in AOD.

Main secondsOnOff

4.7

Seconds field format

Format of the Seconds metric. Options: 36, :36 (default).

Seconds field format36:36

4.8

Alt time zone 1 and 2

Offsets for the Alt Time Zone 1/2 metrics, UTC−12:00 to UTC+14:00 in 30-minute steps. Default: UTC.

Offsets are fixed and do not follow daylight saving time.

5.1

AOD Layout

Options: Full (default), Reduced, Minimal.

Full keeps the layout without seconds or animation. Reduced keeps the outline clock, the nine fields and today’s date. Minimal keeps the outline clock, AM/PM and one date.

AOD LayoutFullReducedMinimal

5.2

Colored AOD

Options: On (default), Off (monochrome).

Colored AODOnOff

5.3

Day Brightness and Night Brightness

Options: Low, Medium, High. Defaults: Day High, Night Medium.

This dims the watch-face colors, not the watch backlight.

AOD brightnessLowMediumHigh

5.4

Day/night brightness schedule

When Night Brightness applies. Options: Profile Sleep / Wake, Profile Sleep / Wake -2h, Sunrise / Sunset, Never (default).

-2h starts two hours before your sleep time. If the times are unavailable, Day Brightness is used.

5.5

Pixel Shift

Moves the AOD image slightly over time. Options: On (default), Off.

6.1

Forecast Range and Min. Precipitation Chance

How far ahead Upcoming Weather looks and how likely rain or snow must be. Forecast Range: 1 h, 3 h (default), 6 h. Min. Precipitation Chance: 30%, 40%, 50% (default), 60%.

Upcoming Weather shows the next start, end or change of precipitation, or a storm, with a lead-time badge such as 3h. Storms ignore the threshold.

6.2

When Nothing Is Upcoming

What Upcoming Weather shows with no event. Options: Forecast at End of Range (default), Tomorrow’s Weather, Current Weather.

If that data is missing, the nearest valid forecast is used, then current weather.

6.3

Smart Weather checks

Smart: Weather Changes, Smart: High UV, Smart: Strong Wind, Smart: Pressure Drop and Smart: Extreme Temperature / Feels Like. All default to On.

Smart Weather shows the most important item: storm, pressure drop (4 hPa), wind (17 m/s), temperature (≤ −10 °C or ≥ 35 °C), UV 8+, an upcoming change, then current weather.

Thresholds are fixed; the switches choose which checks run.

7.1

Daily goals

Defaults: Total calories 1500, Active calories 300, Distance 5.0 km, Intensity Minutes (Day) 20 min, Floors down 5, Meters up 50 m, Meters down 50 m.

The step goal comes from your Garmin settings.

7.2

Weekly goals

Defaults: Week run 15.0 km, Week bike 50.0 km, Week run time 120 min, Week bike time 180 min.

8.1

Refresh data

Rereads all field and chart data now. It does not start GPS or create missing Garmin data.

8.2

Version

Shows the installed version.

11.1

What does -- mean?

The value is unavailable, unsupported on your watch, or its history is incomplete. It is not zero.

11.2

Why is weather missing?

Garmin weather needs a recent location and a phone connection. Start an outdoor GPS activity briefly, then return to the face; weather updates every 15 minutes.

11.3

Why is a chart empty after a restart?

Garmin keeps sensor history only since the last watch restart, so the chart fills again over time. Steps history is saved by the face and restored.

11.4

Are all Steps bars measured?

No. Hours the face could not record are estimated from the daily step count, starting at your profile wake time.

11.5

What happens when the Trial ends?

The Trial works fully for 24 hours. Then it shows the time and a QR code to buy the full version.

1.1

★ Color scheme

Applies a ready-made combination to all eight colors. Options: Select a scheme (default), then 14 named schemes.

Choosing a scheme overwrites all color settings, then the setting returns to Select a scheme. Progress Style and custom HEX values stay unchanged.

Color scheme

1.2

Clock Font

Typeface of the large clock. Options: Gridline (default), Orbit, Boulder, Bulkhead, Anvil.

The outline clock in AOD uses the same font.

Clock fontGridlineOrbitBoulderBulkheadAnvil

1.3

Individual colors

Text Color, Primary Color, Secondary Color, Clock Gradient Top, Clock Gradient Bottom, Seconds Color, Date Color and Date Frame Color each use one shared 49-color palette. Defaults match Mint Ember.

The palette has whites and grays, 12 hues with Dark and Darkest variants, Forest, Khaki and Coyote tones, Black, and Custom HEX color 1 and 2.

Enter Custom HEX color 1 (RRGGBB) and 2 as six hex digits, optionally with #, then select that slot in any color. Invalid input uses a fallback color.

The background is always black. Yesterday and tomorrow use a dimmed Date color.

1.4

Progress Style

Look of the four circular progress arcs. Options: Simple, Segments, Gradient Segments, Comet (default).

Approach S50, Descent G2, Forerunner 70/165, vívoactive 5 and Instinct 3 have no Comet; their default is Gradient Segments.

Above the goal the arc stays full. Long values are shortened, e.g. 10.2k.

Progress StyleSimpleSegmentsGradient SegmentsComet

1.5

Data font

Font for all text except the clock. Options: Default (default), System.

Data fontDefaultSystem

2.1

Field positions

Nine fields: Upper Left, Upper Right, Lower Left and Lower Right show a progress arc; Top Center, Upper Center 1, Upper Center 2, Lower Center and Bottom Center show icon and value.

Defaults, in that order: Calories, Body Battery, Steps, Heart Rate, Battery Level In Percent, Weather, Upcoming Weather, Distance, Sunrise / Sunset.

Arc positions offer 93 metrics. Goals fill the arc; Blood Oxygen, Humidity, Cloud Cover, Precip Chance and UV fill in tenths; weekday, sun times and temperature move one marker; others show a thin line. Center positions offer all 102.

2.2

Metric reference

All metrics, grouped as in the watch menu. Week = Monday through today; 7 Day = today plus the previous six days; 7-Day Average = 7 Day ÷ 7.

Activity: Steps, Steps To Goal, Step Goal Progress, Calories, Active Calories, Active Cal. %, Distance, Floors Ascended/Descended, Meters Climbed/Descended, Intensity, Moderate and Vigorous Minutes, Move Bar. Most offer Week, 7 Day and 7-Day Average; elevation also offers Yesterday.

Health: Heart Rate, Resting HR, Body Battery, Stress, Blood Oxygen, Respiration, Sleep Score.

Time: Month, Date, Day, Week of the Year, Year, Day of the Year, Calendar, Time, Seconds, Alt Time Zone 1/2, Sunrise / Sunset, Dawn / Dusk, Remaining Sun / Dark, Moon Phase.

Training: Recovery Time, Training Status, Last Round, Run and Bike Distance (Week; Month, Estimated), Run and Bike Time (Week, 7 Day, 7-Day Average), Run and Bike VO2 Max.

Weather: Weather, Upcoming Weather, Smart Weather, Forecast Weather +1/+2/+3 Days, Feels Like, Temperature Min/Max, Precip Chance, Humidity, Wind, UV, Pressure, Barometric Trend, Cloud Cover, Visibility, Dew Point.

System: Battery Level In Percent, Battery Level In Days, Notifications, Alarm Count, Altitude, Solar Input.

Elevation history starts when you install the face. Month, Estimated distances are approximate. Barometric Trend needs about 3 h of pressure history.

2.3

Touch launch

Tap a field, the date or the chart to open the matching Garmin glance. Options: On (default), Off.

The date opens Calendar; Alarm Count opens nothing. Not available on Instinct 3.

3.1

Show Unit: Distance, Elevation, Pressure, Wind Speed, Visibility, Duration

Adds the unit after values of that group, e.g. 5.2km or 1h 20m. Each: On, Off (default).

Circular fields show the unit only when it fits. Pressure also covers Barometric Trend.

Heart rate, calories, temperature and respiration keep their usual form.

3.2

Wind Speed Unit

Unit for wind values. Options: Auto (default), km/h, m/s, mph, kn.

Auto follows the distance unit of your watch. The choice applies even when the unit text is off.

4.1

Chart Metric

What the chart below the clock plots. Options: Off, Body Battery, Stress, Heart Rate (default), Steps, Elevation, Pressure.

Chart MetricOffBody BatteryStressHeart RateStepsElevation

4.2

HR Value Below Chart

Value under the Heart Rate chart. Options: Heart Rate, Resting Heart Rate (default).

HR Value Below ChartHeart RateResting Heart Rate

4.3

Pressure Value Below Chart

Value under the Pressure chart. Options: Pressure (default), Barometric Trend.

Pressure uses hPa or inHg from your watch settings.

4.4

Chart Style

Options: Range (default), Line. Applies to Stress, Heart Rate, Elevation and Pressure.

Chart StyleRangeLine

4.5

Chart Range

Time span of the chart. Options: 1h, 2h, 3h, 4h (default), 6h, 8h, 12h, 24h, 7d.

Steps allows only 24h and 7d; choosing Steps with a shorter range switches to 24h. Other metrics show 24h when 7d is set.

Pressure allows 3h to 24h and starts at 6h.

Steps 24h shows steps per hour; 7d shows each day against its step goal. The number below is today’s total.

Chart Range

5.1

Bluetooth Status

Options: Connected (default) shows an icon while the phone is connected; Disconnected shows a warning only when it is not; Hidden.

5.2

Alarm, Notifications and Moon Status

Show or hide each status icon. All default to On.

The alarm icon appears only with an alarm set, notifications only with a count. Hidden items leave no gap.

6.1

Main Time Format

Leading zero on the large clock. Options: 9:05 (default), 09:05. 12/24-hour follows the watch.

6.2

Data Time Format

Format of time values in fields, such as Time, time zones and Sunrise / Sunset. Options: 9:05 (default), 09:05, Military (compact 24-hour).

Data time format9:0509:05Military

6.3

Left Date Format

Yesterday, today and tomorrow left of the clock. Options: W 5 (default), 5.7., 05.07., 5/7, 05/07, 7/5, 07/05, 5 JUL, JUL 5, WED 5, 5 WED.

W 5 shows the weekday letter and day in a frame. Other formats drop the frame and may shift the clock right.

6.4

Field Date Format

Format of Date fields and the Minimal AOD date. Options: 5.7., 05.07., 5/7, 05/07, 7/5, 07/05, 5 JUL, JUL 5 (default), WED 5, 5 WED.

Field Date Format

6.5

AM/PM

Suffix on the clock and time fields in 12-hour mode. Options: On (default), Off.

6.6

Main Seconds

Seconds beside the clock. Options: On (default), Off. Hidden in AOD.

Main secondsOnOff

6.7

Seconds Field Format

Format of the Seconds metric. Options: 36, :36 (default).

Seconds field format36:36

6.8

Alt Time Zone 1 and 2

Offsets for the Alt Time Zone 1/2 metrics, UTC−12:00 to UTC+14:00 in 30-minute steps. Default: UTC.

Offsets are fixed and do not follow daylight saving time.

7.1

AOD Layout

Options: Full (default), Reduced, Minimal.

Full keeps the layout without seconds or animation. Reduced keeps the outline clock, the nine fields and today’s date. Minimal keeps the outline clock, AM/PM and one date.

AOD LayoutFullReducedMinimal

7.2

Colored AOD

Options: On (default), Off (monochrome).

Colored AODOnOff

7.3

Day Brightness and Night Brightness

Options: Low, Medium, High. Defaults: Day High, Night Medium.

This dims the watch-face colors, not the watch backlight.

AOD brightnessLowMediumHigh

7.4

Day/night brightness schedule

When Night Brightness applies. Options: Profile Sleep / Wake, Profile Sleep / Wake -2h, Sunrise / Sunset, Never (default).

-2h starts two hours before your sleep time. If the times are unavailable, Day Brightness is used.

7.5

Pixel Shift

Moves the AOD image slightly over time. Options: On (default), Off.

8.1

Forecast Range and Min. Precipitation Chance

How far ahead Upcoming Weather looks and how likely rain or snow must be. Forecast Range: 1 h, 3 h (default), 6 h. Min. Precipitation Chance: 30%, 40%, 50% (default), 60%.

Upcoming Weather shows the next start, end or change of precipitation, or a storm, with a lead-time badge such as 3h. Storms ignore the threshold.

8.2

When Nothing Is Upcoming

What Upcoming Weather shows with no event. Options: Forecast at End of Range (default), Tomorrow’s Weather, Current Weather.

If that data is missing, the nearest valid forecast is used, then current weather.

8.3

Smart Weather checks

Smart: Weather Changes, Smart: High UV, Smart: Strong Wind, Smart: Pressure Drop and Smart: Extreme Temperature / Feels Like. All default to On.

Smart Weather shows the most important item: storm, pressure drop (4 hPa), wind (17 m/s), temperature (≤ −10 °C or ≥ 35 °C), UV 8+, an upcoming change, then current weather.

Thresholds are fixed; the switches choose which checks run.

9.1

Daily goals

Defaults: Goal: Total Calories 1500, Goal: Active Calories 300, Goal: Distance (km) 5.0, Goal: Intensity Minutes (Day) 20, Goal: Floors Down 5, Goal: Meters Up 50, Goal: Meters Down 50.

The step goal comes from your Garmin settings.

9.2

Weekly goals

Defaults: Goal: Weekly Run Distance (km) 15.0, Goal: Weekly Bike Distance (km) 50.0, Goal: Weekly Run Time (min) 120, Goal: Weekly Bike Time (min) 180.

10.1

Version

Shows the installed version.

10.2

Factory reset - all changes will be lost

Turn on and save to restore all defaults. The switch turns itself off again.

11.1

What does -- mean?

The value is unavailable, unsupported on your watch, or its history is incomplete. It is not zero.

11.2

Why is weather missing?

Garmin weather needs a recent location and a phone connection. Start an outdoor GPS activity briefly, then return to the face; weather updates every 15 minutes.

11.3

Why is a chart empty after a restart?

Garmin keeps sensor history only since the last watch restart, so the chart fills again over time. Steps history is saved by the face and restored.

11.4

Are all Steps bars measured?

No. Hours the face could not record are estimated from the daily step count, starting at your profile wake time.

11.5

What happens when the Trial ends?

The Trial works fully for 24 hours. Then it shows the time and a QR code to buy the full version.