Getting Started

In order to start using Podcast, you need to set it as your device Music Provider.

  1. On your device, access the music player from the music widget or by holding the down key
  2. Press the menu key
  3. Select Manage (gear icon)
  4. Select Music Providers
  5. Select Podcasts

Using a subscription service (optional)

By default, Podcasts manages the subscriptions directly from your Garmin device, but optionally you can download subscriptions from a gpodder.net account.

To enable gpodder as the podcast provider, in the app settings (either in Connect IQ or directly on your watch), set Subscription service to gpodder.net. From Garmin Connect IQ app set your Username, Password and Device ID.


Subscribing to a podcast

First of all, to listen to podcasts, you need podcasts to listen! To subscribe to a podcast navigate to the app main menu:

  1. Select Manage Subscriptions
  2. Select Subscribe
  3. Enter the title of the feed you want to subscribe
  4. Select a podcast from the results

Unsubscribe from a podcast

  1. Select Manage Subscriptions
  2. Select Unsubscribe
  3. Select a podcast

Download episodes

To download episodes, from the main menu:

  1. Select Manage Episodes
  2. Select Download
  3. Select a podcast from the list
  4. Check the episodes you want to download, or uncheck the episodes you want to remove
  5. When you are done, press back or select Done
  6. To start the download, from the podcast menu, press back and select yes when prompted

Delete an episode

To delete an episode, from the main menu:

  1. Select Manage Episodes
  2. Select Delete
  3. Select an episode from the list

Playback queue

To manage the playback queue, from the main menu:

  1. Select Playback queue
  2. Check the episodes you want to add to the queue, uncheck the ones you don’t want to listen now
  3. When you are done, press back

At this point you will be prompted to start the playback immediately, select yes if you are ready, or no if you want to do it later.