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Thank you for choosing the GolfBuddy WTX
The WTX is the first-ever GolfBuddy GPS
smart watch with full touch screen and
color IPS LCD screen, which brings high
luminance, low reflection, and wide
viewing angles. The WTX combines the
great features found on all GolfBuddy
GPS wearables with advanced features such as drag-and-drop of the
pin, smartphone notifications and full-color course views for over
38,000 courses preloaded in 130 countries around the world, making
it a great addition to your game. In addition, you'll be able to
download free course updates via your smartphone whenever
available.

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  • Page 1 Thank you for choosing the GolfBuddy WTX The WTX is the first-ever GolfBuddy GPS smart watch with full touch screen and color IPS LCD screen, which brings high luminance, low reflection, and wide viewing angles. The WTX combines the great features found on all GolfBuddy...
  • Page 2 PACKAGE INCLUDES 1 - WTX Smart Watch 1 – Charging Cradle 1 - Micro USB cable 1 – User Manual...
  • Page 3 1. DEVICE OVERVIEW Button Overview Power / ESC Screen Overview Time/Date Screen Menu (Style #1) Menu (Style #2) Menu (Style #3) Default Golf Screen Big Number Mode Hole Layout Pin Placement Settings Calendar Alarm Find Phone...
  • Page 4 The screen turns off if the WTX is not used within a specified period which is set at •...
  • Page 5 WTX on. • When the battery is charged in a high temperature room such as inside a car during the summer, the WTX may heat up and it can cause the battery to explode or deform the WTX.
  • Page 6 • After connecting the WTX to the computer, “Data sync” will appear as well as the charging indicator on the screen. • Press the “Data sync” button so that the WTX can be recognized by a computer. The icon “Connected” will appear on the screen after normal recognition.
  • Page 7 Before enabling notifications, you must connect your WTX to a compatible smartphone. The WTX currently supports events, notifications, and messages from your smartphone. When you receive a notification, the WTX will vibrate and the pop-up about the notification will appear on the screen. Viewing Notifications Tap “View”...
  • Page 8 • for example, you can only see “Delete” in the specific app notification. Managing Notification You can use your smartphone to manage notifications that appear on your WTX. • Apple Smartphone Use the notification center settings on your smartphone to select which notifications will appear on your WTX •...
  • Page 9 How to use the Demo Mode To view GOLF mode while away from the golf course, you can put the WTX into “Demo mode”. To enter the “Demo mode”, tap the area indicated in red in numerical order on the Searching For...
  • Page 10 3.2 Play Golf Screen ⑥ Distance to the Center of ① Hole Number the Green ② Satellite indicator ⑦ Target/Hazards View ③ Battery indicator ⑧ Distance to the Front of the ④ Par information Green ⑤ Distance to the back of ⑨...
  • Page 11 A layup arc is very useful when a golfer intends to hit the ball a shorter distance for a better position or to avoid a hazard or target. For example, if the WTX shows the white number of 264 at the left side of a 100 yard Layup and the current unit setting is set to yards, it means you are standing at 264 yards from the 100 yard layup arc, and the 100 yard layup arc is 100 yards from the hole.
  • Page 12 Hazards Icon Definitions Pin Placement You can access the Dynamic Green View and Pin Placement Mode by tapping anywhere around the green . After pin placement, you can come back to the golf screen by tapping anywhere outside the green. From the Dynamic Green View screen, you may also change the placement of the pin on the green...
  • Page 13 Automatic Hole Recognition The WTX will automatically advance to the next hole as you play through a course. Please note that in rare instances it may be necessary to manually advance to the next hole. Manual Hole Selection To change from the current hole to the next hole during Play Golf Mode, swipe the screen twice from top to bottom, and to change from current hole to previous hole at the Play Golf Mode, swipe the screen twice from bottom to top.
  • Page 14 In Play Golf Mode, tap the indicated area on top of the screen (outlined in red on the image below) to switch to Quick Watch Mode for the current time, sunrise, and senset time. The Quick Watch Mode will be displayed for 5 seconds and will automatically return to Play Golf Mode. Or, instead of waiting, tap the screen and it will return to Play Golf Mode immediately.
  • Page 15 3. APPLICATIONS 4.1 Pedometer The function will record walking steps for the whole day so that the user can know total ste ps, calories burned, and distance walked that day. The data collected is only for that day, all data will be cleared each night at 23:59. To disable this function, swipe the screen from right to left and select “disable pedometer”.
  • Page 16 In BT settings, turn bluetooth on or off. After turning on bluetooth, the status bar will display the bluetooth indication icon at the top left side of the screen. The visiblity can be set to “Off”, when you want your WTX watch to be indiscoverable by other bluetooth devices.
  • Page 17 Select a display language for the WTX Supported Languages English, French, Spanish, Korean, Italian, German, Chinese 4.2.6 Motion Set the WTX screen to turn on when you raise your arm, and turn off when you lower your arm. 4.2.6 Style...
  • Page 18 4.2.8 Notifier View the dismissed notifications from your smartphone which is connected to the WTX. When you run the Notifier, a list of notifications dismissed earlier will be shown on the screen. Tap the specific notification in the list to view its detail, and it will automatically be removed from the list.
  • Page 19 “Tr ack Back”. Along the way, the WTX will record the route from e starting place during running. On the “Track Back” screen, e round red dot shows your position and the line shows the utes you passed.
  • Page 20 While you are in cycling mode, swipe the screen from left to right and press “Track Back”. Along the way, the WTX will record the route from the starting place during cycling. On the “Track Back” screen, the round red dot shows your position and the line shows the routes you passed.
  • Page 21 4.5.1 Turning on the sedentary reminder. Open the “Sedentary” application by touching the icon and then press button to turn on the sedentary reminder. Once turned on, the status bar will display the sedentary icon has started If the user has not stood up and move around within the set time, the watch will switch the screen to the image below and vibrate to remind the user to stand up for better health.
  • Page 22 Your smartphone has been connected with the WTX via Bluetooth before using “Find Phone”. If not, you can’t use this function until you connect the WTX with your mobile phone using the GolfBuddy Smartwatch application 4.7 Alarm 4.7.1 Set Alarm...
  • Page 23 “Yes” to confirm deleting the alarm. 4. SOFTWARE UPDATES Your GolfBuddy WTX unit has been pre-loaded with the latest firmware and world-wide course maps available at the time of manufacturing, so it’s ready to play right out of the box. For optimum performance and longer product life, we do recommend you register your unit and keep it updated with the latest versions of firmware.
  • Page 24 After a short time, you will see “Connection Established”. At this stage, your unit is successfully registered to the account that you created and you will not be able to register your unit under a different account. 4. Updating your GolfBuddy WTX in three Steps...
  • Page 25 Step #1 Once you get the “Connection Established” message, please click “Next” to proceed to Step #2: Firmware Update. Step #2: Firmware Update At step 2, click “Next” to install the latest firmware. If the firmware is already up-to-date, click “Next” to proceed to step 3 Step #3: Course Download...
  • Page 26 Step #4: Completion of Firmware Update in WTX To finish the firmware update on the WTX, the WTX watch will need to be disconnected from the computer after the message “Update Complete” is shown. Soon after, the firmware update will start automatically, and it will take about 2 mins to finish the update.
  • Page 27 Profile Info System Information for user’s WTX can be found under the profile tab.

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