Today we are going to show you how to customize controls and hot keys on your epix™ Gen 2
Controls allow you to quickly access many of the
commonly used tools including battery saver, Garmin Pay™ wallet and timers
To access the controls menu, press and hold the Light button
Here you can view all of the preset controls
You can use the Up and Down buttons to scroll through the options
To add a new control, press and hold the Up button
Now select “Add Controls”
All of the additional controls will be available to choose from
When you have located one that you want to add, press the Start/Stop button
In this video will be adding “Sunrise & Sunset”
Once selected, you can continue to scroll over the available controls to add to the menu
To finish adding controls, scroll down to the bottom and select “Done”
Then, press the Back button to return to the controls menu
Now the new controls will be added to the end of the list in a clockwise rotation
To open or enable the control, press the Start/Stop button
When finished, you can press the Back button to return to the controls menu
Additionally, we can also change the controls list order or remove used controls
To change the list order, press and hold the menu button to open the settings
Scroll down and select “Reorder Controls”
Scroll until you locate the control that you would like to
move and press the Start/Stop button to select it
Now the image will include up and down arrows
Just press either the Up or Down buttons to move the controls placement in the list
When you have found the desired location for the control,
press the Start/Stop button to confirm its new location
You can repeat this process to move around any of the controls in this menu
Once you are finished, press the Back button to return to the menu
Now if you want to remove a control just scroll down and select “Remove Controls”
Locate the control that you would like to remove from the controls menu
Press the Start/Stop button to remove the control
You may repeat this process to remove any other controls
To exit the menu, press and hold the Back button to return to the watch face
Next, we will discuss hot keys
Hot keys allow you to quickly access settings or features that you use
most by holding a certain button combination
To begin customizing your hot keys, start by pressing and holding the Menu button
Using the Up and Down buttons to scroll, locate “System”
and press the Start/Stop button to select it
Now scroll down and then select “Hot Keys”
Here you will see various button combinations available
A few of them are preset to quickly access the main features of the watch,
such as watch face and music controls
For this video we will select “Back + Light”,
but the process will be the same for all the other button combinations
Once selected, scroll through the available hot key options
We will be selecting “Alarm Clock”
Now you can continue to set up other button combinations
or press and hold the Back button to return to the watch face
To access the hot key simply hold on the button combination
To exit, press the Back button
And that’s it!
You can now customize the controls and hot keys on your epix™ Gen 2
To learn more about your epix™ Gen 2, please watch the other videos in this series,
or visit support.garmin.com
Thanks for watching!