HONOR BAND 6 (01) PDF MANUAL

Powering on the band

• Press and hold the button to power on the band.

• The band will power on automatically when you connect it to a charger.

Note: You will be prompted with a message asking you to charge your band when the battery is critically low. The band will power off automatically after 2 seconds and you won’t be able to power it back on again without the charger.

Powering off the band

• On your band, go to Settings > System > Power off.

• Press and hold the button for 3 seconds, then touch Power off.

Note: Your band will automatically power off if it has run out of battery.

Restarting your band

• On your band, go to Settings > System > Restart.

• Press and hold the button for 3 seconds, then touch Restart.

The band is ready for Bluetooth pairing by default when it is powered on.

• Your band can only be paired with phones running Android 5.0 or later, or iOS 9.0 or later. Make sure you have enabled Bluetooth on your phone before starting pairing. Make sure to enable Location Services if you are connecting your band to a phone running Android 6.0 or later.

• When you turn on your band for the first time or pair it with your phone after a factory reset, you will be prompted to select a language before continuing. After the devices are paired, the language on your band will sync to your phone’s language.

1. Make sure you have the latest version of Health before starting. You can scan the QR code in the user guide to download and install the Health app.

2. Open the Health app, go to Devices > ADD > > Smart bands, and select your scale’s name.

3. Touch PAIR and the app will automatically search for nearby available Bluetooth devices. Once your band is found, touch its name to start pairing.

4. Your band will vibrate when it receives a pairing request. Touch the checkmark icon to start pairing.

• Your band screen will display an icon to inform you of the pairing result, and the data from your phone (such as date and time) will be synced to your band after 2 seconds.

• Otherwise, your band screen will display an icon to inform you that pairing has failed and return to the startup screen after 2 seconds.

Connect the metal contacts on the charging cradle to those on the back of the device, without disconnecting them, place them on a flat surface. Then connect the charger to a power supply, the band screen will light up and display the battery level.

• The charger is not water resistant. Make sure the port, metal contacts, and device are all dry before charging.

• Use the dedicated charging cable, charging cradle, rated output voltage of 5 V, and rated output current of 1 A or USB power output to charge your band. Charging the band using a non-Honor charger or a power bank may result in it taking a longer time to charge, the band being unable to charge fully, overheating, or other similar issues.

Charging time

It takes around 65 minutes to fully charge the band.

Viewing the battery level

To view the battery level, swipe down on the band’s home screen or open Health, then go to Devices and check under the connected device’s name.

Low battery alert

When the battery level is lower than 10%, your band will vibrate to remind you.

Your band comes equipped with a touchscreen. You can swipe up, down, or right, as well as touch and hold the screen to perform operations.

• Method 1: Touch and hold anywhere on the home screen until your band vibrates. When the home screen zooms out and shows a frame, swipe left or right on the screen to select your preferred home screen design.

• Method 2: On your band, go to Settings > Display > Watch face, swipe left or right to select your preferred home screen design.

• Method 3: Open the Health app, go to Watch faces > More, and touch INSTALL under your preferred watch face. Your band will automatically switch to the chosen one once it’s finished being installed. Alternatively, touch an installed watch face and touch SET AS DEFAULT to switch to it.

Once the notifications feature is enabled, the band can sync notifications displayed in the phone’s notification panel to your band. The following phone features’ notifications can be synced to the band: SMS messages, Email, Calendar, and certain third-party social media apps including WeChat and QQ.

• Enable notifications: Open the Health app, touch Devices then your device name. Touch Notifications and enable Notifications. Turn on the switch for apps that you want to receive notifications from. At the same time, make sure that the apps you want to receive notifications from are allowed to display notifications in your phone’s notification panel.

• Disable notifications: Open the Health app, touch Devices and then your device name, touch Notifications and disable Notifications.

• Your band will receive notifications but will not notify you during workouts, Do Not Disturb mode, Low battery alert, Sleep mode or not wearing the band. Swipe up on the home screen to view new messages.

• You will not receive any app notifications on your wearable device if the chat is also open on your phone. For example, if you are sending a message to a friend on your phone via WeChat, the message notifications will not be displayed on your wearable device.

• After Bluetooth disconnection reminder is enabled, your band will vibrate when the Bluetooth connection is interrupted. Make sure that your band is properly connected to your phone.

Method 1: Set a smart or event alarm using your band.

1. On your band, enter the device app list, select Alarm and touch the plus icon to add an event alarm.

2. Set the alarm time and repeat cycle, then touch OK. If you don’t set a repeat cycle for your alarm, it will only ring once.

3. Touch set alarm to modify the alarm time, repeat cycle, or delete the alarm. You can only delete event alarms.

Method 2: Set a smart or event alarm using Health.

Smart alarm:

1. Open the Health app, touch Devices then your device name, and go to Alarm > SMART ALARM.

2. Set the alarm time, smart wakeup time, and repeat cycle.

3. Touch the checkmark (for Android users) or Save (for iOS users) in the upper right corner.

4. Swipe down on the home screen to ensure that the alarm settings are synced to your band.

5. Touch the set alarm time to modify the alarm time, smart wakeup time, and repeat cycle.

Event alarm:

1. Open the Health app, touch Devices then your device name, and go to Alarm > EVENT ALARMS.

2. Touch Add to set the alarm time, tag, and repeat cycle for the Event alarm.

3. Touch the checkmark (for Android users) or Save (for iOS users) in the upper right corner.

4. Swipe down on the home screen to ensure that the alarm settings are synced to your band.

5. Touch set alarm to modify the alarm time, repeat cycle, or delete the alarm.

You can check your band to find out about the weather in your local area. Make sure that GPS and Location are enabled in the notification panel of the phone and that Health has been granted the Location permission. Open areas are better for getting a GPS signal.

• Method 1: View the weather information on the weather screen
Swipe right on the band screen until you find the weather screen, then you can check your location, the latest weather, temperature, air quality, and more.

• Method 2: View the weather information on the weather watch face
Make sure you are using a band design that displays the weather on the home screen. Once this is set up, you will be able to see the latest weather reports on the main screen of your band.

• Method 3: View the weather information in the Weather app
From the band’s home screen press the button to enter the app list, swipe on the screen until you find Weather and select it, then you can view your location, the latest weather, temperature, air quality, and more. Swipe up or down on the screen to view a 6-hour weather cast, as well as the weather yesterday and the next six days.

Note: The weather information displayed on your band may differ slightly from that displayed on your phone, this is because the information is collected from different weather service providers.

When the band is connected to the phone and is being worn properly, the band’s screen will turn on and the band vibrates to notify you of any incoming calls.

• You can reject calls directly on your band.

• If you aren’t wearing the band, it will not light up its screen to notify you when there is an incoming call.

• If the call is missed, the band will vibrate and the screen will turn on to notify you of the missed call.

Starting a workout using your band

1. On your band, enter the app list and touch Workout.

2. Swipe up or down and select the workout you want to do.

3. Touch the icon to start the workout.

• You can touch the settings icon to set a workout goal such as a distance, time, or calorie goal, or set the goal to None. You can also set reminders for intervals or your heart rate.

• When the band screen is on, press and hold the button to stop the workout. Alternatively, press the button to pause the workout, touch the resume icon to resume workout, or touch the stop icon to stop the workout.

Starting a workout using the Health app

1. Select the workout you want to record on the Exercise screen in the Health app.

2. Touch the start icon to start the workout.

• Your band will start the workout at the same time when an outdoor run, indoor run, walk, or cycle workout is started in the Health app.

• During a workout, data such as the workout duration and distance will be displayed both in the Health app and on the band.

Viewing workout records on the band

On your band, enter the app list and touch Workout records. Then select a record to view the details. Your band will display different data types for different workouts, such as speed, cadence, heart rate graph, and pace graph. You can view up to 10 records.

Viewing workout records in Health

You can also view detailed workout data under Exercise records on the Health screen in the Health app.

Viewing your activity data on your band

On your band, enter the app list and touch Activity records. You can then view your data including step count, calories burnt, active distance, activity time, and hours active.

Viewing workout records in Health

You can view your activity data on the home screen of the Health app or on the device settings screen. Make sure that your band is connected to your phone via the Health app. Your activity data resets every night at midnight.

Your band can identify your workout status on its own. This feature is disabled by default. To use it, you need to enable it manually.

After you have enabled Auto-detect workouts under Settings > Workout settings, the wearable will remind you to start the workout if it detects that there is a change in your activity intensity and suggests a workout mode for you. You can select to ignore or start recording the workout session. Currently, this feature can detect walking, running, elliptical, and rowing workouts.

• This feature requires trigger posture and intensity requirements of the exercise type, and stay in this exercise state for a period of time (walking exercise is about 10 minutes, other exercises are about 3 minutes), then the device automatically judges the exercise type and reminds the user to start a single exercise.

• After the reminder is triggered, the vibrating reminder interface lasts for 30 seconds. If the user does not handle it, the reminder disappears. If the user continues to exercise, it will vibrate again after 3 minutes. If the user does not operate after three reminders, the exercise self-recognition will end.

Your band collects sleep data and identifies your sleep status when you wear it while sleeping. It can automatically detect when you fall asleep and wake up and whether you are in a light or deep sleep. Your sleep data for a single day is measured from 8:00 PM the night before to 8:00 PM of that day for a total of 24 hours.

Your band will track your sleep using the traditional method if TruSleep™ has not been enabled. When you wear your band to sleep, your band will identify the different sleep stages including the time you fall asleep, wake up, and enter/exit deep sleep, and light sleep, and sync the corresponding data to the Health app.

To enable TruSleep™, open Health, touch Devices then your band name, go to Health monitoring > TruSleep™. When enabled, the band can accurately recognize when you fall asleep, wake up, wakefulness, and whether you are in deep or REM sleep, and provide you with sleep quality analysis and suggestions.

To view your sleep data, open the Health app, then touch Sleep, to view your daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly sleep data.

When the band screen is on, press the button to enter the app list, swipe on the screen and touch SpO2 to start a SpO2 measurement. The measurement is complete when you see a screen that says Test again near the bottom.

For more accurate results:

• It is recommended that you wait three to five minutes after putting your band on before measuring your SpO2.

• Keep still and make sure your band is fastened tightly during the measurement, but avoid wearing it directly over your wrist joint. Ensure that the heart rate sensor is in contact with your skin and that there are no foreign objects between your skin and the band. The band screen needs to stay facing up too.

• This measurement may also be affected by some external factors such as low ambient temperatures, arm movements, or tattoos on your arm.

• The measurement results are for reference only and are not intended for medical use.

Individual heart rate measurement

1. Open Health, touch Devices then your device name, go to Health monitoring > Continuous heart rate monitoring, and disable Continuous heart rate monitoring.

2. Then, on your band, enter the app list and select Heart rate to measure your heart rate.

Continuous heart rate measurement

1. Open Health, touch Devices then your device name, go to Health monitoring > Continuous heart rate monitoring, and enable Continuous heart rate monitoring.

2. To view your heart rate, either enter the app list on your band and select Heart rate, or in the Health app, go to Me > My data > HEALTH MEASUREMENTS > Heart rate.

Resting heart rate measurement

Resting heart rate refers to your measured heart rate when you are awake and at rest. To measure it, open Health, go to Devices > [your device name] > Health monitoring > Continuous heart rate monitoring, and enable Continuous heart rate monitoring. Then your band will measure your resting heart rate on its own.

Heart rate alerts during workouts

Once you have set an upper limit for your heart rate during workouts, your band will vibrate if your heart rate exceeds the value for over 10 seconds. To set a limit:

• For iOS users: Open the Health app, touch Device. Touch the band icon, go to Heart rate limit interval and warning > Heart rate limit warning, and set a heart rate upper limit that is suitable for you.

• For Android users: Open the Health app, go to Me > Settings > Heart rate limit interval and warning, touch Heart rate limit warning and set an upper limit suitable for you.

High heart rate alert (resting)

If you aren’t resting and your heart rate stays above the set limit for over 10 minutes straight, your band will vibrate. To set this alert:

1. Open Health, touch Devices then your device name, go to Health monitoring > Continuous heart rate monitoring, and enable Continuous heart rate monitoring.

2. Touch High heart rate alert then set your preferred high heart rate (100, 110, 120, 130, 140, or 150 bpm).

Low heart rate alert (resting)

If you haven’t been resting for the past 10 minutes and your heart rate stays below the limit for 10 consecutive minutes, your band will vibrate. To set this alert:

1. Open Health, touch Devices then your device name, go to Health monitoring > Continuous heart rate monitoring, and enable Continuous heart rate monitoring.

2. Touch Low heart rate alert then set a limit (40, 45, or 50 bpm).

Performing a stress test

To perform a stress test, open Health, touch Devices then your device name, go to Health monitoring > Automatic stress test, and enable Automatic stress test. To view stress data, on your band, enter the app list and touch Stress to view your stress level and percentages of time spent at different stress levels. The automatic stress test feature is disabled during workouts.

Using Breathing exercises

1. On your band, enter the app list and select Breathing exercises. You can set the duration (1, 2, or 3 min) and rhythm (Fast, Moderate, or Slow) for your exercises.

2. Touch the breathing icon and follow the onscreen instructions to start the exercise.

After the exercise is finished, the band screen will display the training effects, heart rate before the exercise, training duration, and evaluation.

When Activity reminder is enabled, your band will monitor your activity throughout the day in increments (1 hour by default). Your band will vibrate and the screen will turn on to remind you to take a moment to get up and move around.

To disable Activity reminder, open Health, touch Devices then your device name, touch Health monitoring and disable Activity reminder.

• Your band will not vibrate to remind you to move around if you have enabled Do Not Disturb on your band.

• Your band will not vibrate if it detects that you are asleep.

• Your band will only send reminders between 8:00 AM to noon and from 2:00 to 10:00 PM.

Stopwatch

On the band, enter the app list, swipe on the screen, and touch Stopwatch. Touch the play icon to start counting time. Touch the clock icon to split the workout and record a lap, touch the pause icon to stop counting, and touch the refresh icon to clear the stopwatch. Swipe right or press the button to move Stopwatch to the background. The stopwatch can only count up to “99:59:59”.

Timer

On your band, enter the app list and touch Timer. Select or set your preferred time. There are eight presets to choose from (1 min, 3 min, 5 min, 10 min, 15 min, 30 min, 1 h, and 2 h). Alternatively, touch Custom to set a custom length of time. Touch the play icon to start, the pause icon to pause, or the X icon to exit.

Flashlight

On your band, enter the app list, touch Flashlight the band’s screen will then light up. Touch the screen to turn off the flashlight, then touch the screen again to turn it back on. Swipe right or press the side button to exit.

Find Phone

Swipe down on the band’s screen and touch the Find Phone icon or enter the app list and touch Find Phone. If your phone is within the Bluetooth range, it will play a ringtone to notify you of its whereabouts. Tap the Find Phone screen on your band again to stop it from ringing. Ensure that the band is connected to your phone, your phone is powered on, and the Health app is running in the background.

Controlling music playback

This is only available with Android 5.0 or later.

1. Open Health, touch Devices and then your device name, touch Music and then enable Control phone music.

2. After you play a song on your phone and swipe on the watch face screen, you can find the music playback control screen. You can use your band to control the volume, pause or play, and switch songs on your phone.

Remote shutter

Requires Honor phones that run Magic UI 2.0 or later.

1. Connect your band with your phone and make sure that the Health app is running in the background.

2. On your band, enter the app list and select Remote shutter. This will open Camera on your phone at the same time.

3. Touch the camera icon on the band to take photos. Swipe right on the screen or press the button on the band to close Camera and exit Remote shutter. Touch the timer icon to switch between a 2-second and 5-second timer.

Do Not Disturb mode

Swipe on the band screen to display the menu, touch the moon icon to enable Do Not Disturb. Alternatively, enter the app list, go to Settings > Do Not Disturb, and schedule a period for this mode. When enabled, the band will not vibrate for calls or notifications, and Raise to wake will be disabled.

Vibration strength

On the band, go to Settings > Strength, then select your preferred vibration strength level, such as Strong, Soft, or None, then touch OK.

Adding favorites

1. On your band, press the button to enter the app list, go to Settings > Display > Favorites, select your favorite apps such as Sleep, Stress, Heart rate, Music, Weather, and Activity records.

2. On the Favorites screen, touch the up arrow to move an app up the list.

3. On the Favorites screen, touch the minus icon to remove an app from the list.

4. Then, swipe left or right on the home screen of the band to view your favorites. A maximum of five cards can be displayed.

Turning the screen on and off

• To use Raise to wake, open the Health app, touch Devices and then your device name. Touch Device settings and enable Raise to wake.

• To adjust brightness, on your band, go to Settings > Display > Brightness.

• To set screen on time, on your band, go to Settings > Display > Advanced and set the time to 5, 10, 15, or 20 min.

• To set screen sleep time, on your band, go to Settings > Display > Advanced and set the time to 10, 15, 20 sec, or Auto.

Restoring the band to its factory settings

• Method 1: Press the button, go to Settings > System > Reset.

• Method 2: Open the Health app, touch Devices and then your device name, touch Restore factory settings.

Updating your band

• Method 1: Open the Health app, Devices and your device name. Touch Firmware update. Your phone will check for any available updates.

• Method 2: Open the Health app, go to Devices, touch your device’s name, then touch Firmware update. Touch the settings icon in the upper-right corner and enable Auto-download update packages over Wi-Fi.

Viewing the Bluetooth name, MAC address, serial number, model, and version number

• Bluetooth name: Go to Settings > About on the band, or open the Health app, touch Devices and the name of the connected device is the Bluetooth name.

• MAC address: Go to Settings > About on the band.

• SN (Serial Number): Go to Settings > About on the band.

• Model: Go to Settings > About on the band. The model name is also laser-engraved on the back of the band.

• Version number: Go to Settings > About on the band, or check via Firmware update in the Health app.

The wearable device features 5ATM water resistance, but this protection is not permanent and may reduce over time.

You can wear your wearable device when you are washing your hands, in the rain, or swimming in shallow water. Do not wear your wearable device when you are showering, diving, scuba diving, or surfing.

The following may affect the water resistance of your wearable device:

• The wearable device is dropped, bumped, or encounters other impacts.

• The wearable device comes into contact with liquids including soap, shower gel, detergent, perfume, lotion, and oil.

• The wearable device is used in high-temperature and high-humidity environments including hot baths and saunas.