Welcome ..............................4 TIMEX® Metropolitan R Features ......................4 Product Overview ............................ 4 Charging ..............................4 Turning the Watch ON and OFF ......................5 Important information about your watch ....................5 Water Resistance ..........................5 Wearing............................... 5 GPS ..............................5 Activity and Sleep Tracking.........................
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Reorder ............................. 29 Workouts .............................. 30 Records ............................30 Recording workouts with the app ....................... 31 Workout Details ..........................31 Community ............................32 Profile ..............................32 Adding additional Timex Smart devices ....................33 Switching between Timex Smart devices ....................34...
Welcome Congratulations on the purchase of your TIMEX® Metropolitan R Watch. This User Guide will explain the features and functions of your TIMEX® Metropolitan R Watch and the accompanying TIMEX® Smart mobile app for iOS or Android. TIMEX® Metropolitan R Features •...
Important information about your watch Water Resistance Your TIMEX® Metropolitan R is rated for 30m water resistance. This means that it is safe to exercise and shower with your watch and that it may be submerged in water. Swimming with your watch is not recommended.
Once that is complete you will be brought to the “Select a Device to Pair” Screen. (If you are adding your Metropolitan R to an existing Timex Smart account, go to "Profile, Add device” to get to the “Select a Device to Pair” Screen).
5. After pairing, the watch usually needs to be upgraded. The update can take up to 30 minutes. Please keep the watch close to your phone until the process is complete. If any of the updates fail you may need to move away from other Bluetooth devices and retry the update.
Heart rate zones Profile – Features Change password and manage account data Connect Timex Smart to fitness sites (Strava, Runkeeper etc.) and Apple Health/Google Access Help Feedback – Send Watch and/or App logs for troubleshooting Smart Analysis for sleep quality analysis...
Quick Start Basic Operations and Function Navigation Your TIMEX® Metropolitan R features an AMOLED touch screen and two physical buttons. Basic Operations Top Button: Short press to light up the screen. Short press when on the watch face to turn off the screen.
Swipe left or right from the watch face to enter the Activity status and Heart rate modes Swipe up from the watch face to enter the main menu. Control Shortcut Menu Swipe down from the watch face to enter the shortcut control menu. Flashlight Tapping the flashlight icon opens the flashlight function.
button. Brightness adjustment Tapping on the brightness adjustment icon brings you to the brightness adjustment settings. Auto brightness: The watch will automatically adjust the screen brightness based upon ambient light. Manual brightness: You can adjust the screen brightness as you wish. DND (Do Not Disturb) mode Enable DND: With the DND mode enabled, the watch will not vibrate when receiving any alerts from your mobile phone.
Battery saver mode The battery saver mode can minimize the power consumption of the watch and significantly extend its battery life. With the battery saver mode on, the watch will only record steps and sleep time. All other functions are disabled. To exit the battery saver mode, long press either button on the watch until the circle completes.
To load or replace the third watch face via the App: Select your watch on the dashboard or select "Profile – TIMEX® Metropolitan R – Watch face settings". Press the + button to download new watch faces or select one you have previously download and then tap “Set as active watch face” to load it onto the watch.
If all-day heart rate measurement is enabled, your resting heart rate value for today will be shown beneath the current heart rate measurement. To enable the all-day heart rate measurement, open the Timex Smart App, go to "Profile – TIMEX® Metropolitan R – Heart rate detection", and choose to enable automatic heart rate detection.
Main Menu The main menu provides access to all of the watch’s features. You can customize the order of the menu and hide or unhide menu options via the app, by going to the watch setting and selecting Display Settings. Activity Status The activity status page is explained above.
Weather The weather mode displays the current weather for your selected location. Scrolling up on this page shows the 7 day forecast. Note that the watch needs to be regularly synced with the app to display the weather data. Also, to select the desired city and temperature units, in the app go to watch settings, Weather Settings.
Notifications will appear briefly as a pop-up when they are received and then can be accessed via the notifications center. Click on the notification to view and scroll through its content, or swipe left and tap on the delete icon to remove it from the notifications center. Alarm The alarm mode lets you set or change up to 10 alarms on the watch.
Compass / Air Pressure / Altitude Your TIMEX® Metropolitan R has a compass and an air pressure sensor. When you select this mode you will enter the compass page. If calibration is necessary the watch will prompt you to walk in a figure 8 to perform the calibration.
Timer The Timer mode provides a stopwatch function with 1/100 second resolution and 99 laps. Tap the start button (play symbol) to start the timer. Tap the stop button (pause symbol) to pause or stop the timer. Tap the Lap button to record a lap (and you can scroll up or down on the display to see the list of laps) Once stopped, tap the reset button to clear the timer.
This function allows you to locate the phone which your watch is connected to. This function requires that the Timex Smart app be running one the phone. Tap the Find Mobile option to begin and the watch will attempt to connect to your phone. If it is in Bluetooth range (~30 feet) and can connect your phone will ring if the volume is on and will vibrate.
This setting lets you switch between the 3 loaded watch faces. Two are programmed into the watch and can’t be changed, but the third can be loaded and changed via the watch settings option of the Timex Smart app. Swipe left or right to move between the watch face choices and then tap on one to select it.
Workouts Your TIMEX® Metropolitan R supports 6 workout modes (Outdoor running, Outdoor Walking/Hiking, Outdoor Cycling, Treadmill, Indoor Cycling and Freestyle (Other sports). The outdoor workout modes use GPS for tracking distance and generating the plot of the workout course.
Workout Settings When you enter one of the workout modes, beneath the GO button you will see the settings icon. Tap on this icon to configure workout goal, workout reminder (alerts), auto pause, and real time graphs. Settings available vary based on workout type. Workout Goals This setting allows you to configure target goals for your workout, of which the watch will alert you once reached.
During Your Workout Once the workout is started you will see the primary training page. This page shows the elapsed time, distance, pace or speed heart rate, and heart rate zone. Swipe up or down to move between the other training page(s). Some workout types, such as indoor cycling and freestyle only have one training page, and others such as the outdoor workout types have a second page.
Pausing or Stopping Your Workout To pause or stop the workout, hold the top button until the circle around the pause button fills. To resume the workout, tap the start/play button To stop the workout, tap the stop button Workout Summary After the workout is stopped you will be presented with your workout summary.
Timex Smart App Today (Dashboard) The Today Dashboard displays daily activity summary as well as links to detailed sleep, heart rate, workouts and streaks. The most recent saved workout will always appear on the dashboard. The Dashboard also shows your currently paired watch and its battery level. Tapping on the panel for your watch provides quick access to the settings for it.
to share a snapshot of your daily activity to Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. Tap the history icon at the bottom of the screen to see daily, weekly or monthly totals for your activity data. Your Watch Your currently active watch is displayed below the activity section and if it is in communication with your phone its battery level is shown.
Heart Rate This panel shows a graph of your heart rate data through the day (if automatic heart rate detection is enabled in the device settings) and shows your last heart rate measurement. Clicking on this band brings you to the detailed heart rate screen.
Workouts When a workout is saved on the watch, it will appear here. This feature stores all your workouts and keeps track of your Records. Review a specific workout by tapping the workout (icon/date/name of the workout) Filter options include by sport (Running, Cycling, etc) or by date (Last 7 days, last month, etc). Records Tap the Records (trophy icon top right) to view your most recent achievements.
Recording workouts with the app You can also do a workout with the app. This option can be used for things like treadmill or bike workouts where you may wish to have the larger phone screen, but still have the workout recorded and visible within your workout feed on the app.
Community This feature allows for sharing of activity and workout data between users who own a Timex watch. Users need to add another user as a “Friend”, and can do this by tapping the plus icon at the bottom of the screen, or once you have added friends, by tapping on the icon on the top left and using the following mechanisms: •...
Adding additional Timex Smart devices Click on “Add device” below your current Timex Smart device on the My Devices section of the profile page to add additional devices. Select the device type and follow the pairing instructions for your device.
Switching between Timex Smart devices If you own multiple Timex Smart devices you can switch between devices without having to unpair and repair. To do so, via Profile-My Devices select the device you wish to make active and click on “Activate device”.
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detection frequency can also be adjusted with the following options: 1, 5, 10, or 30 minute. 1 minute is required for accurate measurement of resting heart rate, but will reduce battery life. • Display settings - This feature allows you to customize the watch main menu. Options include hiding and ordering of the menu items.
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