I tried the touchscreen Vivo and it was terrible when anywhere near water. It would randomly change screens and do all sorts of things while I was in the shower because the water drops would be acted upon as if they were touches. Buttons are the way to go for anything of any consequence for sure.
this is awesome Chris.. i would like to add another question ^^ i read in the spec that 245 music has workout audio prompt feature.. yet some require garmin connect app via phone. Care to share what audio prompt available on the watch? (without garmin connect app connection). i'm thinking about periodic heart rate, heart rate zone, pace info every one minute or so..
hey, plese share ur views on following questions: howe is the nightmode? i meant doest it switch the screen off during sleep custome time set? if yes, can we push the button to see the light in middle of night if required and if that light is suttle? Also hows does the alarm vibration feel at morning?
Yes you can set a sleep time so it doesn’t light up or receive notifications. You can also do this on your phone settings, which the watch will mirror. Light will turn on when you press it but there is only one brightness setting. Not used the alarm to wake me up but the vibration is fairly strong.
When i hear music with my headphones from my computer its not the Same Rock Sound As from my Phone with Atmos. Do you enjoy the Sound from 245 device ? 😃 🎧
The standard display brightness seems very dim. Can this be adjusted.? Or it is possible to leave the backlight on all the time? When the backlight is activated this is the lighting levels I would assume we be the standard setting.
No brightness settings on this model and I think max timeout is 10 seconds. You can have it come on with gestures though and it lights up when you get notifications or interact with it.
I dont know if you have an answer but here goes- Currently I am using the FR245 and I am loving everything about it but there's something that I can't seem to figure out. When I sync my run to Garmin Connect, the data shows up in the NRC app but it doesn't show elevation gain & cadence. Been looking everywhere for an answer but nothing so far
I feel your pain buddy, I have the same issue. It seems that depending on the service your data is pushed to depends on what you see regardless of what is captured. If I remember correctly some metrics were also missing in the Strava sync also. As far as I am aware there is no fix for this.
Hey. Is it screen bright enough, specialy for night running? Can you adjust brightness to higher level, and how that works? And what do you think about buying 245 music for 200$...is it worth?
The screen is plenty bright enough for me at night although it doesn’t compare to an Apple Watch for instance, but it’s a different type of screen. I’ve never had any issues with it, it’s super clear. There is no brightness adjustment however. $200 seem like a good price for a very capable watch I paid £240 for my music and it’s still going strong two and a half years later. There have been a few newer models out since though (not 245 replacements) so it might be worth also checking them out.
Great Video. Can you please clarify something, if I download music from my computer (mp3's) will it play on the watch? you mention that you need spotifer premium to play back music, is this this case if music comes off my computer or are you just on about music that is downloaded from spotifyer
Thanks. Yes, if you have MP3’s you can load them onto the watch drag and drop style. This is a separate function of the music player to Spotify. Spotify premium is required just for the Spotify player. This work’s differently to the mp3 playback as it checks your account periodically to ensure you have an active subscription and if not the downloaded music will no longer play. Music (MP3’s) moved from your computer, bought and downloaded from iTunes for example, doesn’t need this verification. Once on there it will remain indefinitely. Hope this helps.
When you are listening to music with your headphones can you hear your running info at the same time? Like if you like hearing your mile split times? With the Garmin 645
This is a difficult one, when I first had the watch I got all the audio feedback, the music dipped and you got the pace etc over the top. For some reason that no longer works, I'm not sure if this is something I have changed or a bug, but as far as I can tell I have everything set for it to happen but it no longer does.
I have a question - if you add a custom workout plan/playlist like HIIT, then when you start it, does it do rep counting or only timer based tracking on watch? To explain more, say i want to do 5 curls and then 5 jumps, can i pre-program them as playlist, then start that and let the watch counts reps and move on to next item?
Yes it does, you can have cadence, average cadence, lap cadence and last lap cadence. Or you could have a watch face with all of the above all at the same time!
It's fast to change from One Activity to another (swimming to bike)? Or there Is some options for create like a triathlon mode? Id like a triathlon Watch, the coros pace2 Is perfect but dont have music. Thank you
It's not that fast there are a few button presses to end one activity and another few before you start the next one. I think you would find it a bit frustrating for a triathlon. I don't think it's possible to make a custom activity to fill the gap either. The COROS Pace 2 is an excellent watch but if you must have music that will limit what devices are available, reduce battery life and drive up the cost.
I tried the touchscreen Vivo and it was terrible when anywhere near water. It would randomly change screens and do all sorts of things while I was in the shower because the water drops would be acted upon as if they were touches. Buttons are the way to go for anything of any consequence for sure.
Yep, I’ve had that too super annoying.
In France we also pronounce Nike like you and not « Nikey » ! 😬
At least I’m not on my own.
Big help again with the info about Strava, thanks
No problem 👍
So in the UK & Oz & NZ, do you have to wear your watch on your right wrist?
Do what you like whenever you live, but I am an outlier wearing it on the right.
Polar H10 heartrate strap works like a charm indeed..
Great, I might have to give it a go.
this is awesome Chris.. i would like to add another question ^^ i read in the spec that 245 music has workout audio prompt feature.. yet some require garmin connect app via phone. Care to share what audio prompt available on the watch? (without garmin connect app connection). i'm thinking about periodic heart rate, heart rate zone, pace info every one minute or so..
hey, plese share ur views on following questions:
howe is the nightmode? i meant doest it switch the screen off during sleep custome time set?
if yes, can we push the button to see the light in middle of night if required and if that light is suttle?
Also hows does the alarm vibration feel at morning?
Yes you can set a sleep time so it doesn’t light up or receive notifications. You can also do this on your phone settings, which the watch will mirror. Light will turn on when you press it but there is only one brightness setting.
Not used the alarm to wake me up but the vibration is fairly strong.
When i hear music with my headphones from my computer its not the Same Rock Sound As from my Phone with Atmos.
Do you enjoy the Sound from 245 device ? 😃 🎧
It’s fine but not going to impress an audiophile, which I’m not.
Currently I m using Garmin 245 music and i want to know how to get name if some is calling me ...there is showing only mobile no ....not the name
Have you tried importing your contacts into Garmin Connect?
This is awesome 👍🏼
Thanks.
can you bluetooth the watch to a wireless speaker to listen to music?
Yes 👍🏻
The standard display brightness seems very dim. Can this be adjusted.? Or it is possible to leave the backlight on all the time? When the backlight is activated this is the lighting levels I would assume we be the standard setting.
No brightness settings on this model and I think max timeout is 10 seconds. You can have it come on with gestures though and it lights up when you get notifications or interact with it.
I dont know if you have an answer but here goes-
Currently I am using the FR245 and I am loving everything about it but there's something that I can't seem to figure out.
When I sync my run to Garmin Connect, the data shows up in the NRC app but it doesn't show elevation gain & cadence.
Been looking everywhere for an answer but nothing so far
I feel your pain buddy, I have the same issue. It seems that depending on the service your data is pushed to depends on what you see regardless of what is captured. If I remember correctly some metrics were also missing in the Strava sync also. As far as I am aware there is no fix for this.
Hey. Is it screen bright enough, specialy for night running? Can you adjust brightness to higher level, and how that works? And what do you think about buying 245 music for 200$...is it worth?
The screen is plenty bright enough for me at night although it doesn’t compare to an Apple Watch for instance, but it’s a different type of screen. I’ve never had any issues with it, it’s super clear. There is no brightness adjustment however. $200 seem like a good price for a very capable watch I paid £240 for my music and it’s still going strong two and a half years later. There have been a few newer models out since though (not 245 replacements) so it might be worth also checking them out.
Great Video. Can you please clarify something, if I download music from my computer (mp3's) will it play on the watch? you mention that you need spotifer premium to play back music, is this this case if music comes off my computer or are you just on about music that is downloaded from spotifyer
Thanks. Yes, if you have MP3’s you can load them onto the watch drag and drop style. This is a separate function of the music player to Spotify. Spotify premium is required just for the Spotify player. This work’s differently to the mp3 playback as it checks your account periodically to ensure you have an active subscription and if not the downloaded music will no longer play. Music (MP3’s) moved from your computer, bought and downloaded from iTunes for example, doesn’t need this verification. Once on there it will remain indefinitely. Hope this helps.
@@chrisguess Yes that is great thank you
When you are listening to music with your headphones can you hear your running info at the same time? Like if you like hearing your mile split times? With the Garmin 645
This is a difficult one, when I first had the watch I got all the audio feedback, the music dipped and you got the pace etc over the top. For some reason that no longer works, I'm not sure if this is something I have changed or a bug, but as far as I can tell I have everything set for it to happen but it no longer does.
Will an alert be heard on your headphones while listening to music ?
can Garmin Forerunner 245 Music display different time zones at once?
Yes it can
I have a question - if you add a custom workout plan/playlist like HIIT, then when you start it, does it do rep counting or only timer based tracking on watch?
To explain more, say i want to do 5 curls and then 5 jumps, can i pre-program them as playlist, then start that and let the watch counts reps and move on to next item?
The custom workout will take the attributes of the workout its based on.
I haven't tried it but my guess is that would be asking too much of it.
Hi, will I have any problems using the Jaybird vistas with the Garmin 245 music?
I haven’t tried them, but I’ve been able to connect all the Bluetooth headphones I have tried without much issue.
does the forerunner 245 music count the cadence during running?
Yes it does, you can have cadence, average cadence, lap cadence and last lap cadence. Or you could have a watch face with all of the above all at the same time!
It's fast to change from One Activity to another (swimming to bike)? Or there Is some options for create like a triathlon mode? Id like a triathlon Watch, the coros pace2 Is perfect but dont have music. Thank you
It's not that fast there are a few button presses to end one activity and another few before you start the next one. I think you would find it a bit frustrating for a triathlon. I don't think it's possible to make a custom activity to fill the gap either. The COROS Pace 2 is an excellent watch but if you must have music that will limit what devices are available, reduce battery life and drive up the cost.
@@chrisguess thanks for the reply, i Will definitly go with the pace 2, music Is not a must have, thank you very much
Any way to add brightness? No backligth option on mine :( Thanks!
No brightness adjustment sorry. What happened to your backlight?
Deal Breaker: Backlight brightness can't not be adjusted.
Hey mate, is that the watch band it comes with?
Yes it is
Just bought mine from amazon £170 non music, i noticed the screen is blueish background seems blury 🙄
When backlit it will have a slight blue hue and of course it won't be as clear as an OLED screen. Depending on how bad it is it could be faulty.
Does it support Garmin pay
No it doesn’t
This is worth to buy garmin forerunner 245 music in mid 2021?
If it suits your needs yes, I still use mine everyday 👍🏻
Deal Breaker: Backlight brightness can't not be adjusted.
Of the running focused watches I've tested none of them seem to. That tends to be more of a full smart watch feature.