To ensure your strap is connected, you'll have a flashing heart icon on the top of the watch face when you select the run app. This heart icon will go solid once the strap is connected. If there no heart icon, the watch isn't detecting the strap and is using the oHRM by default. I hope this helps. Heart rate all of sudden not working on Fenix 6 pro. 2 yr old Fenix, never missed a beat with newest firmware installed. However last night went to bed with 30% battery and woke up to it dead, which has never happened. Charged it up but now he sensor won’t work and it’s sluggish as hell! Today it does not register above 166bpm (Zone 4 148-166bpm). Regardless of the level of training, in real time or registered in Connect. I need help, I perform specific workouts in association with Heart Rate. Likewise - noticed my "time in zones" since the update to 7.60 is all over the place on my Fenix 5. 3 days ago · I have an ageing Garmin Fenix, and while I love the look of the newer Garmin Fenix 7 (which is one of the best GPS watches ), I think I’ll be getting the recently announced G-Shock GPR-H1000 to replace it. The new GPR-H1000 belongs to G-Shock’s Rangeman series and features an optical heart rate sensor and GPS functionality, making it a true Status. Enables or disables the wrist heart rate monitor. The default value is Auto, which automatically uses the wrist heart rate monitor unless you pair an external heart rate monitor. NOTE: Disabling the wrist heart rate monitor also disables the wrist-based pulse oximeter sensor. You can perform a manual reading from the pulse oximeter glance. My zone 5 heart rate is lower than my threshold Vanay27 7 days ago I don’t understand why if I’m wearing an external hr monitorand I get a new threshold value how my heart rate on come 5 Garmin zones is lower than the value? Get 24/7 health and wellness monitoring with wrist-based heart rate, Pulse Ox (not available in all countries), stress and enhanced sleep tracking (this device is intended to give an estimation of your activity and metrics; it is not a medical device). Multi-bane GNSS support and ABC sensors You can set the heart rate threshold value. Hold MENU. Select Sensors & Accessories > Wrist Heart Rate > Abnormal Heart Rate Alerts. Select High Alert or Low Alert. Set the heart rate threshold value. Each time your heart rate exceeds or drops below the threshold value, a message appears and the watch vibrates. Wrist Heart Rate Monitor Settings. Bring the watch within 3 m (10 ft.) of the sensor. NOTE: Stay 10 m (33 ft.) away from other wireless sensors while pairing. Hold MENU. Select Sensors & Accessories > Add New. TIP: When you start an activity with the Auto Discover option enabled, the watch automatically searches for nearby sensors and asks if you want to pair them. During the workout, the average measured HR with the Polar sensor was 120bpm, whereas Fenix 7X never displayed on the watch face anything above 95bpm. It was like "if you don't use me for this workout, I'll ignore the fact that you're having an workout and I'm resting " kAUn.