My Apple Watch Series 7 recorded 2.35 miles with a moving time of 43:28 and 4,800 steps. The Garmin Vivoactive 5 recorded a walk of 2.38 miles and 5,100 steps. vivoactive 3 Series Abnormal heart rate detected! 3 times in an hour whilst not exercising. A bit scarey. Have finally managed to download music through ap on computer as couldn't get android phone to establish wi fi.Urgent visit GP am if this is true! Garmin Vivoactive 3 review: Garmin's sports watch has great battery life, excellent tracking and has some smartwatch functionality to sweeten the deal. a heart rate monitor, training features The number that Garmin reports, in my experience, is an estimate made measuring the speed of your run (or runs) and looking at heart rate during that time. Doing a few fast runs, close to as fast as you can, on a flat surface, over times at least 30 min and up to 1h 10min = higher measured VO2 max. To set the alert thrshold on the VA3- Long press on the HR widget/ tap on heart rate settings/ tap on abnormal heart rate (words not switch) & then set alert threshold. FrathosCAN over 4 years ago in reply to rawveeda +3 A dedicated community for Garmin users to ask questions, provide answers, and share feedback. vivoactive 3 Series Heart Rate measurements brutally inaccurate Heart Rate Features..43. Wrist-based Heart Rate..43 Wearing the Watch..43 Tips for Erratic Heart Rate Data..43 Viewing the Heart Rate Glance..44 Setting an Abnormal Heart Rate Alert..44 Broadcasting Heart Rate to Garmin You are correct as I just tested this with my wife's VA3. I know Garmin devices will default to a chest/heart rate strap when one is paired during an activity. I've used my strap outside an activity with my 935 and I assumed other Garmin devices would do the same. My apologies for posting bad information. VivoActive 3 not recording heart rate data. I bought this watch and heart rate monitor last week and got really excited about it. As soon as I connected with Garmin Express last week, it stopped writing heart rate, steps, etc data to my iPhone Garmin Connect! It was recording perfectly. I synched it with Garmin Express because I wanted to The Garmin Vivoactive 3 Music packs all the best features from running watches and fitness trackers into a timepiece you can wear anywhere. Heart Rate Monitors. The Best Heart Rate Monitors l6G0.