5 Tips to Increase Battery Life - Garmin Forerunner 45 Tutorial
258Looking to increase the battery life of your Garmin Forerunner 45? In this tutorial, I show you 5 easy tips that will save your battery and increase the time between charges. This is also great if you notice that your battery is getting low, but want to make sure you watch remains on while you finish an activity or have access to your charger. The settings are limited on the Garmin Forerunner 45, so most of these tips involve turning of specific features on your smart watch. Following these steps is very simple and can really extend the battery life of your Garmin Forerunner 45.
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Increase the battery life of your Garmin Forerunner 45 with the helpful tips below (detailed specific steps below):
β’ (00:31) - Change Backlight Timeout
β’ (01:19) - Turn off notifications from your phone
β’ (01:43) - Turn off Bluetooth on your smart watch
β’ (02:15) - Turn off the heart rate monitor
β’ (02:32) - Turn off Activity Tracking
Note: use the Up and Down buttons to scroll and the Start/Stop button to select
How to adjust your Backlight Timeout settings on your Garmin Forerunner 45:
1. Long-press the Up button to open the Menu.
2. Select System.
3. Scroll down and select Backlight.
4. Select between During and Not During Activity (I recommend repeating this so you adjust your settings for both).
5. Adjust the Backlight settings for Keys, Gesture, and also Timeout. I suggest setting your Timeout to 8 seconds.
How to turn off notifications from your phone:
1. Long-press the Up button to open the Menu.
2. Scroll down and select Phone.
3. Select Notifications.
4. Change the Status to Off (this will disable all notifications from your phone).
How to turn off Bluetooth on your Garmin Forerunner 45:
1. Long-press the Up button to open the Menu.
2. Scroll down and select Phone.
3. You should see Status Connected. Select Status to turn it off. You should see Status Off. This indicates that you have turned off Bluetooth.
How to turn off the heart rate monitor on your Garmin Forerunner 45:
1. Long-press the Up button to open the Menu.
2. Scroll down and select Wrist Heart Rate.
3. Change the Status to Off.
How to turn off Activity Tracking on your Garmin Forerunner 45:
1. Long-press the Up button to open the Menu.
2. Scroll and select Activity Tracking.
3. Select the Status to turn it Off.
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