Garmin Vivoactive 3 Music: QR and barcode limits
Garmin Vivoactive 3 Music offers 7 card types besides Note, plus Note itself: 8 types in total. The tables show the available types, their limits and QR/vCard behavior.
Models covered by this device profile: vívoactive® 3 Music
Vivoactive 3 Music: Limits by format
| Supported formats | Value limit |
|---|---|
| QR | ≈44–415 ASCII bytes on standard 208–480 px displays; compact ≈44 bytes |
| Code 128 | ≈6–9 text characters or 13–19 digits; compact ≈6/12 |
| Aztec | ≈53 printable ASCII bytes; smaller screens may admit less |
| EAN-13 | 12 data digits, or 13 with a valid check digit |
| Code 39 | Encoder cap: 80 characters; screen usually fits ≈8–12 |
| UPC-A | 11 data digits, or 12 with a valid check digit |
| TOTP / 2FA | Raw Base32, otpauth://totp or a valid single-account migration link; 6–8 digits every 15–120 s. SHA-1 works on all supported devices; SHA-256 on 113. HOTP and SHA-512 are unsupported. |
| Note | Up to 512 characters are stored; standard full screens show at most 6 lines, standard compact screens at most 5. Longer text may be clipped and does not scroll. |
QR data and other card types
| Format and devices | Value limit |
|---|---|
| Display | 240 × 240 px · MIP · Older standard models |
| Card storage | 20 card slots; Name up to 24 characters and Value up to 512. Stored length does not guarantee a renderable code. |
| QR | QR text, URL and Wi-Fi · vCard 3.0 |
| QR / vCard 3.0 | Raw QR text |
| TOTP | SHA-1 |
Types unavailable on this model
EAN-8 · Codabar · Data Matrix · PDF417 · Phone contact · Email contact · Phone + email contact