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Volta

Retrograde Data Dashboard

The future the ’80s promised.

A data-rich retro-futuristic dashboard inspired by the future the ’80s imagined.

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Supported devices58
Approach® S70 42mmAMOLED · 390 × 390
Approach® S70 47mmAMOLED · 454 × 454
D2™ Air X15AMOLED · 454 × 454
D2™ Mach 1AMOLED · 416 × 416
D2™ Mach 1 ProAMOLED · 454 × 454
D2™ Mach 2AMOLED · 454 × 454
D2™ Mach 2 ProAMOLED · 454 × 454
Descent™ Mk3 43mmAMOLED · 390 × 390
Descent™ Mk3i 43mmAMOLED · 390 × 390
Descent™ Mk3i 51mmAMOLED · 454 × 454
epix™ (Gen 2)AMOLED · 416 × 416
epix™ Pro (Gen 2) 42mmAMOLED · 390 × 390
epix™ Pro (Gen 2) 47mmAMOLED · 416 × 416
epix™ Pro (Gen 2) 51mmAMOLED · 454 × 454
fēnix® 8 43mmAMOLED · 416 × 416
fēnix® 8 47mmAMOLED · 454 × 454
fēnix® 8 51mmAMOLED · 454 × 454
fēnix® 8 Pro 47mmAMOLED · 454 × 454
fēnix® 8 Pro 51mmAMOLED · 454 × 454
fēnix® 8 Pro MicroLEDAMOLED · 454 × 454
fēnix® 9 43mmAMOLED · 416 × 416
fēnix® 9 47mmAMOLED · 454 × 454
fēnix® 9 51mmAMOLED · 454 × 454
fēnix® 9 Pro 43mmAMOLED · 416 × 416
fēnix® 9 Pro 47mmAMOLED · 454 × 454
fēnix® 9 Pro 51mmAMOLED · 466 × 466
fēnix® EAMOLED · 416 × 416
Forerunner® 170AMOLED · 390 × 390
Forerunner® 170 MusicAMOLED · 390 × 390
Forerunner® 265AMOLED · 416 × 416
Forerunner® 570 42mmAMOLED · 390 × 390
Forerunner® 570 47mmAMOLED · 454 × 454
Forerunner® 965AMOLED · 454 × 454
Forerunner® 970AMOLED · 454 × 454
Instinct® 3 AMOLED 45mmAMOLED · 390 × 390
Instinct® 3 AMOLED 50mmAMOLED · 416 × 416
MARQ® (Gen 2) AdventurerAMOLED · 390 × 390
MARQ® (Gen 2) AthleteAMOLED · 390 × 390
MARQ® (Gen 2) AviatorAMOLED · 390 × 390
MARQ® (Gen 2) CaptainAMOLED · 390 × 390
MARQ® (Gen 2) Carbon EditionAMOLED · 390 × 390
MARQ® (Gen 2) Commander – Carbon EditionAMOLED · 390 × 390
MARQ® (Gen 2) GolferAMOLED · 390 × 390
quatix® 7 ProAMOLED · 416 × 416
quatix® 7 SapphireAMOLED · 416 × 416
quatix® 8 47mmAMOLED · 454 × 454
quatix® 8 51mmAMOLED · 454 × 454
quatix® 8 Pro 47mmAMOLED · 454 × 454
quatix® 8 Pro 51mmAMOLED · 454 × 454
tactix® 7 – AMOLED EditionAMOLED · 454 × 454
tactix® 8 47mmAMOLED · 454 × 454
tactix® 8 51mmAMOLED · 454 × 454
Venu® 3AMOLED · 454 × 454
Venu® 3SAMOLED · 390 × 390
Venu® 4 41mmAMOLED · 390 × 390
Venu® 4 45mmAMOLED · 454 × 454
Venu® X1AMOLED · 448 × 486
vívoactive® 6AMOLED · 390 × 390
01

Four retro-futuristic themes with five center graphs and two graph styles.

02

64 data types across ten independently configurable dashboard positions.

03

AMOLED Always-On display, touch shortcuts, weather providers, battery saver, and custom goals.

User guide

Make it yours

Choose where you want to configure the watch face, then jump directly to any setting.

01

On the watch

Appearance & Graphs

Choose the dashboard palette and the information plotted between the analog scales.

Volta — Volta dashboard overview.
Fig. 5.03 — Volta dashboard overview.

1.1

Theme

Choose Gunmetal Orange, Gold Red, Blue Red, or Green Black.

The same four themes are available on every supported device.

Volta — Four themes on Fenix 8 Pro 47mm.
Fig. 1.01 — Four themes on Fenix 8 Pro 47mm.
Volta — Four themes on Instinct 3 50mm.
Fig. 1.02 — Four themes on Instinct 3 50mm.
Volta — Four themes on Venu X1.
Fig. 1.03 — Four themes on Venu X1.

1.2

Center Graph

Choose Off, Body Battery, Stress, Heart Rate, Steps, or Elevation.

The graph is omitted from the minimal Always-On layout.

Volta — Center graph off and the default heart-rate graph.
Fig. 1.04 — Center graph off and the default heart-rate graph.
Volta — Body Battery, default 24-hour range.
Fig. 1.05 — Body Battery, default 24-hour range.
Volta — Steps, fixed 7-day range.
Fig. 1.08 — Steps, fixed 7-day range.
Volta — Graph area enabled and disabled.
Fig. 5.02 — Graph area enabled and disabled.

1.3

Graph Style

Choose Range Columns or Line.

Style applies to Stress, Heart Rate, and Elevation. Body Battery and Steps use their dedicated presentation.

Volta — Stress, default 8-hour range, shown as columns and a line.
Fig. 1.06 — Stress, default 8-hour range, shown as columns and a line.
Volta — Heart rate, default 1-hour range, shown as columns and a line.
Fig. 1.07 — Heart rate, default 1-hour range, shown as columns and a line.
Volta — Elevation, default 8-hour range, shown as columns and a line.
Fig. 1.09 — Elevation, default 8-hour range, shown as columns and a line.

1.4

Graph Ranges

Body Battery, Stress, Heart Rate, and Elevation each offer 1h, 2h, 4h, 8h, 12h, and 24h.

Defaults shown in the figures: Body Battery 24h, Stress 8h, Heart Rate 1h, and Elevation 8h. Steps always shows 7 days.

The figures intentionally cover only these default time ranges.

1.5

Graph Touch Action

Choose Open Glance, Next graph type, or Next time range.

Touch controls are unavailable on Instinct 3 AMOLED.

02

On the watch

Data Fields & Touch

Configure all ten dashboard positions and their touch behavior.

2.1

Ten Slots

Top left/center/right, left/right progress, Middle 1/2, and bottom left/right/center are configured independently.

Volta — Default ten-field dashboard.
Fig. 2.01 — Default ten-field dashboard.
Volta — Top-left, top-center, and top-right slots.
Fig. 2.14 — Top-left, top-center, and top-right slots.
Volta — Left and right progress slots.
Fig. 2.15 — Left and right progress slots.
Volta — Middle 1 and Middle 2 slots.
Fig. 2.16 — Middle 1 and Middle 2 slots.
Volta — Bottom-left, bottom-right, and bottom-center slots.
Fig. 2.17 — Bottom-left, bottom-right, and bottom-center slots.

2.2

Regular Data Fields

The top, middle, and bottom slots can use any of 64 data fields.

Activity: Steps, Steps To Goal, Step Goal Progress, Calories, Active Calories, Active Cal. %, Distance, Floors ascended, Floors descended, Meters Climbed, Meters Descended, Active Day, Active Week, Move Bar.

Health: Heart Rate, Resting HR, Body Battery, Stress, Pulse Ox, Respiration, Sleep Score.

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

Training: Recovery Time, VO2 Max (Run), VO2 Max (Bike), Training Status, Week Run Dist, Week Bike Dist, Week Run Time, Week Bike Time.

Weather: Weather, Feels Like, Temp. min/max, Precip Chance (Garmin), Humidity, Wind, UV (Garmin), Pressure, Ground Pressure (OWM), Barometric Trend (Garmin), Cloud Cover, Rain (1h) (OWM), Wind Gust (OWM), Visibility, Dew Point (Garmin).

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

Volta — Activity fields.
Fig. 2.02 — Activity fields.
Volta — Health fields.
Fig. 2.03 — Health fields.
Volta — Date and time fields.
Fig. 2.04 — Date and time fields.
Volta — Training fields.
Fig. 2.05 — Training fields.
Volta — Weather fields.
Fig. 2.06 — Weather fields.
Volta — System fields.
Fig. 2.07 — System fields.
Volta — Wind and gust values in km/h without a printed unit.
Fig. 2.12 — Wind and gust values in km/h without a printed unit.
Volta — Mostly cloudy weather and related values.
Fig. 2.13 — Mostly cloudy weather and related values.
Volta — Compact system status indicators.
Fig. 2.18 — Compact system status indicators.

2.3

Progress Fields

The left and right progress positions use a compatible 38-field subset and draw the value against its goal or range.

Progress slots accept Steps, Step Goal Progress, Calories, Active Calories, Active Cal. %, Distance, Floors up/down, Meters up/down, Active Day/Week, Move Bar, Body Battery, Stress, Pulse Ox, Respiration, Sleep Score, Recovery Time, both VO2 Max values, weekly run/bike distance and time, Feels Like, Precip Chance, Humidity, UV, Pressure, Ground Pressure, Barometric Trend, Cloud Cover, Dew Point, Battery, Battery Days, Altitude, and Solar Input.

Some progress fields use custom goals that must be set in the watch face settings in the Connect IQ app.

Volta — Activity values in the progress slots.
Fig. 2.08 — Activity values in the progress slots.
Volta — Health values in the progress slots.
Fig. 2.09 — Health values in the progress slots.
Volta — Weather values in the progress slots.
Fig. 2.10 — Weather values in the progress slots.
Volta — System values in the progress slots.
Fig. 2.11 — System values in the progress slots.

2.4

Touch Launch

Enable Touch launch, then assign a destination independently to every slot.

Auto opens the native Garmin glance associated with the displayed field when available.

Each slot can use Auto, Battery, Steps, Calories, Floors ascended, Intensity Minutes, Date, Weekday & Date, Weather, 1/2/3-day forecast, Calendar, Sunrise, Sunset, Altitude, Sea Level Pressure, Notifications, Heart Rate, weekly run/bike distance, Recovery Time, Stress, Body Battery, both VO2 Max values, Training Status, race predictors and paces for 5K/10K/half/marathon, Pulse Ox, Respiration, Solar Input, Temperature, Temp. min/max, Wheelchair Pushes, Last Golf Round Score, Sleep Score, or an external complication selected on the watch.

Touch launch and slot touch-target settings are unavailable on Instinct 3 AMOLED.

03

On the watch

Date & Time

Control the digital readout, date, analog seconds, hand movement, and alternate zones.

3.1

Time Format

Choose 9:05, 09:05, or Military time (2105).

Show AM/PM can be enabled when the watch uses a 12-hour clock.

Volta — No leading zero, leading zero, and Military time.
Fig. 3.01 — No leading zero, leading zero, and Military time.

3.2

Date Format

Choose 5.7., 05.07., 5/7, 05/07, 7/5, 07/05, 5 JUL, JUL 5, WED 5, or 5 WED.

Volta — Date formats 1–5.
Fig. 3.02 — Date formats 1–5.
Volta — Date formats 6–10.
Fig. 3.03 — Date formats 6–10.

3.3

Analog Seconds

Show or hide the analog second hand in active mode.

Look at the seconds indicator in the upper-right corner of the watch face.

Volta — Analog seconds on and off.
Fig. 3.04 — Analog seconds on and off.

3.4

Minute Hand Movement

Choose Smooth or Exact minute. Smooth includes seconds in the minute-hand angle; Exact minute moves the hand in one-minute steps.

Volta — Smooth and exact-minute hand movement.
Fig. 3.05 — Smooth and exact-minute hand movement.

3.5

Alternate Time Zones

Set two independent UTC offsets from UTC−12:00 through UTC+14:00 in 30-minute steps, then assign either zone to a field.

Volta — Two alternate time-zone fields.
Fig. 3.06 — Two alternate time-zone fields.
04

On the watch

Display & Battery

Tune AMOLED Always-On visibility and low-battery behavior.

4.1

AOD Brightness

Choose Very Low, Low, Medium, High, or Very High.

Volta — Five AMOLED Always-On brightness levels.
Fig. 4.01 — Five AMOLED Always-On brightness levels.

4.2

Always-On Layout

AOD keeps a low-power monochrome dashboard and omits the center graph.

The same behavior is shown on all three screenshot devices.

Volta — Fenix 8 Pro 47mm Always-On display.
Fig. 4.02 — Fenix 8 Pro 47mm Always-On display.
Volta — Instinct 3 50mm Always-On display.
Fig. 4.03 — Instinct 3 50mm Always-On display.
Volta — Venu X1 Always-On display.
Fig. 4.04 — Venu X1 Always-On display.

4.3

AOD Night Dimming

Choose Profile Sleep/Wake, Profile Sleep/Wake − 2 hours, Sunrise/Sunset, or Off.

4.4

Battery Saver Trigger

Choose Off, 5%, 10%, 15%, or 20%.

Minimal AOD Below Trigger can force the reduced AOD layout when the battery reaches the selected threshold.

05

On the watch

Weather

Choose a provider and manage cached observations from the watch.

5.1

Source

Choose Garmin or OpenWeatherMap.

The OWM API key is entered in Connect IQ. The watch shows OWM status.

5.2

Refresh & Clear

Refresh data requests current values. Clear OWM cache removes cached observations and retry state.

06

On the watch

Custom Goals

Review the current custom progress goals on the watch.

6.1

Read-only on Watch

All eleven goal values are shown in the watch menu but edited in Connect IQ.

Total calories: default 1500; range 1–10000. Active calories: default 300; range 1–5000.

Distance: default 5.0 km; range 0.1–500 km. Active day: default 20 min; range 1–1440 min.

Floors down: default 5; range 1–1000. Meters up/down: default 50 m each; range 1–10000 m.

Week run: default 15.0 km; range 0.1–1000 km. Week bike: default 50.0 km; range 0.1–3000 km.

Week run time: default 120 min. Week bike time: default 180 min. Both ranges are 1–10080 min.

07

On the watch

System & Reset

Refresh displayed data, check the version, or restore defaults.

7.1

System

Refresh data invalidates displayed values and requests a redraw. Version is read-only.

7.2

Reset to Defaults

Open Reset to Defaults, then choose Confirm Reset or Cancel.

08

On the watch

Screenshot Devices

The manual uses deterministic captures from Fenix 8 Pro 47mm, Instinct 3 50mm, and Venu X1.

8.1

Layout Comparison

Round and rectangular displays keep the same information hierarchy while adapting their geometry.

Volta — Default layout across the three screenshot devices.
Fig. 5.01 — Default layout across the three screenshot devices.

Configure Volta from Garmin Connect IQ or directly on a compatible watch. The watch menu provides fast access to appearance, fields, date and time, display, battery, weather, goals, system actions, and reset.