Timex Metropolitan R User manual

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TIMEX® Metropolitan R
User Manual
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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.................................................................................................................5
Watch Updates........................................................................................................................................6
Setup, Syncing and Bluetooth..................................................................................................................6
Pairing your watch with your phone.....................................................................................................6
Settings...................................................................................................................................................7
Watch..................................................................................................................................................7
Shortcut menu (swipe down from watch face)..................................................................................7
Settings menu..................................................................................................................................7
Mobile App.........................................................................................................................................8
Dashboard .......................................................................................................................................8
Watch Settings (click on watch name)..............................................................................................8
Profile –Edit (Icon at top right corner of app)..................................................................................8
Profile –My Devices.......................................................................................................................8
Profile –Settings .............................................................................................................................8
Profile –Features.............................................................................................................................8
About –Information and account log out .........................................................................................8
Basic Operations and Function Navigation ............................................................................................10
Basic Operations................................................................................................................................10
Top Button:...................................................................................................................................10
Bottom Button:..............................................................................................................................10
Navigation via the touchscreen ..........................................................................................................10
Control Shortcut Menu......................................................................................................................11
Flashlight.......................................................................................................................................11
Brightness adjustment....................................................................................................................12
DND (Do Not Disturb) mode.........................................................................................................12
Battery saver mode........................................................................................................................13
Screen Lock...................................................................................................................................13
Changing the Watch Face..................................................................................................................14
Activity Status...................................................................................................................................14
Heart Rate .........................................................................................................................................15
Resting Heart Rate.........................................................................................................................15
Main Menu............................................................................................................................................16
Activity Status...................................................................................................................................16
Heart Rate .........................................................................................................................................16
Workout............................................................................................................................................16
Activities Review..............................................................................................................................16
Weather.............................................................................................................................................17
Music................................................................................................................................................17
Notifications......................................................................................................................................17
Alarm................................................................................................................................................18
More .................................................................................................................................................19
Compass / Air Pressure / Altitude......................................................................................................19
Timer ................................................................................................................................................20
Countdown Timer..............................................................................................................................20
Find Mobile (Phone Finder)...............................................................................................................21
Watch Settings ......................................................................................................................................22

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Watch Face........................................................................................................................................22
Screen Auto Off ................................................................................................................................22
Quick Start-up...................................................................................................................................22
Always on display.............................................................................................................................22
System ..............................................................................................................................................23
Workouts ..............................................................................................................................................23
Outdoor Workout modes....................................................................................................................23
Workout Settings...............................................................................................................................24
Workout Goals ..............................................................................................................................24
Workout Reminders (Alerts)..........................................................................................................24
Auto Pause ....................................................................................................................................24
Real-time Graph ............................................................................................................................24
During Your Workout........................................................................................................................25
Pausing or Stopping Your Workout ...................................................................................................26
Workout Summary ............................................................................................................................26
Distance Calibraton for Treadmill workouts.......................................................................................26
Timex Smart App..................................................................................................................................27
Today (Dashboard)................................................................................................................................27
Pull to Sync.......................................................................................................................................27
Activity Tracking ..............................................................................................................................27
Your Watch.......................................................................................................................................28
Last Workout.....................................................................................................................................28
Last Night’s Sleep .............................................................................................................................28
Heart Rate .........................................................................................................................................29
Streaks ..............................................................................................................................................29
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

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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
•Long battery life
•Compatible with iOS and Android smartphones
•GPS for accurate outdoor distance, pace and speed
•Barometer for accurate elevation measurement
•Highly accurate optical heart rate sensor
•Daily activity tracking of steps, distance, calories & sleep
•Supports multiple types of notifications (calls, text messages, inactivity, etc.)
•Workout modes provide time, distance, heart rate, pace, speed, calories and time of day
•Timing features: Alarms, Stopwatch & Timer
•Music control of connected phone
•Many watch faces to choose from
Product Overview
Charging
Your watch should be fully charged before using. Attach the magnetic charging cable to the watch’s
charging port as shown below. Plug the USB end of the cable into any powered USB port or USB charger.
Charging may take as long as two and a half hours if the watch battery is fully depleted. The watch will
display the charging indicator while connected to the charger and will indicate when it is fully charged.
Your watch’s battery can last up to 25 days, but this will vary depending on certain settings (backlight
brightness, heart rate detection, and app notifications) and GPS workout usage.

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Turning the Watch ON and OFF
Press and Hold the top button on the watch for 3 seconds to turn the watch ON. To turn the watch OFF, in
the menu on the watch select Settings, System, Shutdown.
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.
Wearing
Your watch has a built in optical Heart rate sensor (the 2 LED lights on the case back). Wearing the watch
too loosely may impact the data collection by the heart rate sensor.
Comfortably, but snugly, tighten the watch around your wrist, at least one finger width above your wrist bone.
Note: When wearing the watch during workouts, which involve a great deal of wrist motion (such as
weightlifting), wearing the watch as far above the wrist as possible will provide the most accurate heart rate
measurement.
GPS
Your watch also has a GPS which requires periodic software updates (A-GPS) to perform optimally. Note
that for proper recording of outdoor workouts you must wait for the GPS to obtain your initial
location (the GO button will change from grey to orange on the start workout display) before
starting your workout. Note as well that the GPS antenna in this watch has been optimized for
performance on the left wrist, so the watch will provide best GPS accuracy when worn on the left wrist.
The watch can be worn on either wrist for all other activities.
Activity and Sleep Tracking
Your watch also has a built-in accelerometer used to track activity (steps and distance). The accelerometer
is used for computing distance for non-GPS running and walking workouts and may be calibrated using
“Treadmill” workout mode for best accuracy.
Your watch uses a combination of the accelerometer and the heart rate sensor for tracking your sleep.
Note that the sleep algorithm will only track sleep events, which occur overnight. It will not track naps or
daytime sleep events.
Your watch also has a barometer (pressure sensor) for measuring changes in elevation during outdoor
workouts.

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Watch Updates
Periodically your watch will require updates. These updates may be software related, or for updating the
satellite A-GPS data. A-GPS updates occur every couple of days to insure best GPS performance for your
outdoor workouts.
Note that updates such as A-GPS take less than a minute, but major software updates could take as long as 15-
30 minutes to complete. While an update is in process both the app and watch will display the progress
towards completion.
Most updates will start automatically when you sync the watch to the mobile app, but at any time you can
check for available updates on the app by clicking on the watch, on the dashboard screen and scrolling down to
“check for updates”.
You can verify the version of software on your watch by looking at “Firmware version” just below “Check for
updates” on the mobile app or by going to settings, system, about on the watch.
You can verify when the A-GPS was last updated on the watch from the settings, system, about screen on the
watch. If it has been seven days or more since it was updated, it is best to sync the watch with the mobile app
prior to performing an outdoor workout for quickest GPS sync and best GPS accuracy.
Setup, Syncing and Bluetooth
Pairing your watch with your phone
1. Please download the Timex Smart from Apple Store or Google play store, and register or login to your
account.
2. Open the app. If you have created a new account you will be prompted to setup your user profile (enter your
gender, height, weight and age for configuring the activity tracking algorithms). 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).
3. Select “TIMEX® Metropolitan R” from the list and when instructed, scan the QR code on the watch with
your phone’s camera.
4. Tap the check mark on your watch to accept the pairing request and complete the process.

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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.
Settings
Below is a quick reference for where to find various settings for the watch and mobile app:
Watch
Shortcut menu (swipe down from watch face)
Flashlight mode
Do not disturb mode
Display brightness
Display lock –Temporarily lock touchscreen to prevent accidental activation
Settings menu
Watch Face –Switch between 3 loaded watch faces
Screen Auto Off –Adjust timeout for turning display off
Quick Start-up –Choose shortcut for the bottom button
Always on display –Enable or disable always on time display
System About –Information about watch software
Regulation –Regulatory information
Reboot –Restart watch
Shutdown –Power off watch
Factory Reset –Clear all settings and reset watch

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Mobile App
Dashboard
Dashboard panel order (icon at bottom of dashboard)
Watch Settings (click on watch name)
Watch face selection (download to watch from app)
Notification settings
Idle alert
Activity goal alert
Find Watch
Broadcast Heart Rate Setting (Broadcast HR to other fitness equipment)
Wrist location
Lift wrist to view info settings
Language
Heart rate detection
Display Settings - Watch menu order and items visible/hidden
Vibration Settings
Weather settings
Check for watch software updates
Unpair device (Disconnect watch from account)
Profile –Edit (Icon at top right corner of app)
User name
Gender
Date of birth
Measurement units
Weight
Height
Profile –My Devices
Add or remove a watch
Activate a different watch (switch between watches)
Profile –Settings
Activity goals
Heart rate zones
Profile –Features
Change password and manage account data
Connect Timex Smart to fitness sites (Strava, Runkeeper etc.) and Apple Health/Google
Fit
Access Help
Feedback –Send Watch and/or App logs for troubleshooting
Smart Analysis for sleep quality analysis
About –Information and account log out

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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.
Short press on other pages to quickly return to the watch face.
Long press for 10s to shutdown the watch
Bottom Button:
Short press to light up the screen.
Short press when on the watch face to quickly enter the workout mode list. (This function can be
changed to other functions via “settings, quick start-up” on the watch)
You can long press either of the two buttons to exit the battery saver mode, pause an active workout, or
stop the alarm alert.
Wake the watch –Press the top button to turn on the display or if “Lift wrist to view info” is enabled via
the watch settings in the app, rotate your wrist towards you to turn the display on.
Swipe left, right, up, or down to switch between different function pages.
Tap to enter into a function page
Swipe right to return to the prior menu level after tapping to enter a function page.
Navigation via the touchscreen
Swipe down from the watch face to enter the shortcut control menu, which allows you to quickly open the
flashlight, set brightness, control the do not disturb mode, enter the battery saver mode, and lock the
screen.

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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. The white background on the watch screen helps
light up a small area at night. You can stop the flashlight function by swiping right or pressing the top

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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.
Time DND: You can select the time period during which the DND mode is enabled.
Smart DND: After you fall asleep with the watch, the watch will automatically enable the DND mode.
Disable DND: The DND mode is disabled, so the watch will vibrate when receiving notifications.

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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.
Screen Lock
Select the screen lock mode to disable the touch screen, preventing accidental activation of it while
showering, etc. Press either button to turn off the screen lock mode.

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Changing the Watch Face
Two watch faces are on-board the watch and a third can be loaded and swapped out via the app.
To change the watch face on the watch: Long press the watch face for 2s, or go to "Settings –Watch face
settings". Swipe left and right to view the on-board watch faces, and tap one to select.
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.
Note that detailed watch faces may take a minute or more to load.
Activity Status
Swiping left on the watch face brings you to the activity status page which displays the current steps,
distance and calories (active and basal calories burned) and the progress towards your daily step goal.
Tapping the activity status page details page which shows you your steps (and a graph of steps per day of
the week), distance, calories and idle time data.

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Note that you can also get to the Activity Status page by swiping up from the watch face to enter the
menu and selecting Activity Status from the menu.
Heart Rate
Swiping right on the watch face brings you to the heart rate page. When you enter this page the watch
automatically starts to measure the heart rate.
Resting Heart Rate
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.
Also, if all-day heart rate measurement is enabled, tapping on the heart rate page brings you to the heart
rate detail page, which shows the current, maximum and minimum heart rate values for today as well as a
graph of your heart rate through the day (if all day heart rate measurement is enabled). Swiping up on the
details page shows the percentage of time spent in each of the heart rate zones through the day. Note that
heart rate zones can be viewed or modified via the app by going to “Profile – Heart Rate Zones”.
Note that you can also get to the heart rate page by swiping up from the watch face to enter the menu and
selecting Heart Rate from the menu.

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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. You can also access this page via the main menu.
Heart Rate
The heart rate page is explained above. You can also access this page via the main menu.
Workout
The workout modes are explained in the workouts section below, but this menu option brings you to the
workout type selection to begin your workout.
Activities Review
The activities review mode allows you to see the list of prior workouts stored on your watch and to see
the details of them.
Workouts not yet synced to the app will have a red dot between the workout icon and the distance.
You can tap a workout to select it and view the details of it. Details displayed will depend on the type of
workout, but can include a plot for GPS based workouts, graphs of heart rate and heart rate zones and
many metrics for the workout.
To delete a workout from the watch, scroll down to the bottom of the details page and select the delete
icon. Note that workouts already synced to the app will only be deleted from the watch.

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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.
Music
The music control feature lets you control your music app on your mobile phone. Your music app must be
started on your phone before entering this mode.
Music control lets you see the current song info, adjust the volume, play/pause and skip forward or
backwards.
Notifications
The notification Center mode lets you view stored notifications from your phone. You must enable the
desired types of notifications via the app by going to watch settings and selecting the notification types
(incoming call, app alerts, idle alerts, activity goal alert, incoming SMS and incoming email).

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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.
Click on the + button to add a new alarm or tap on an existing one to edit it. Select AM/PM and the hour
and minutes and then click the arrow to select whether the alarm will trigger once or repeat on specific
days of the week. To save it, click on the check mark.
To arm or disarm the alarm, click on the circle before the time and a green check mark will indicate that it
is armed.
To delete an alarm, swipe left and tap on the delete icon.
When the alarm triggers press either button for 2 seconds to stop the alarm or tap the Z icon at the bottom

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of the screen to snooze the alarm for 10 minutes.
More
More brings you to a submenu of 4 additional items –Compass, Timer, Countdown and Find Mobile
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. Once it finishes calibrating it will vibrate and then will show you the compass
display with your current heading and a pointer to north.
Swiping up on the compass page brings you to the air pressure page. Swiping up a second time brings you
to the altitude page. Both of these modes require initial calibration using the GPS. To perform the GPS
calibration for the pressure sensor, swipe to the altitude screen and go outdoors where there is a clear
view of the sky. The GPS animation at the bottom of the screen will change from incrementing orange
bars to stationary green bars when the GPS calibration is complete. Once complete your altitude and
coordinates will be shown and you can swipe down to move to the air pressure page.