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GARMIN Forerunner 305

Small wrist top GPS receiver with easy to read display, heart rate monitor and USB interface. Also well suited as bike computer.

As a personal training assistant, the GARMIN Forerunner 305 records the travelled path (track), your heart rate, distance, time and pace/speed, computes the calories burned and helps to achieve your personal workout goals. The device is very easy to use, supports multiple languages and has an extremely sensitive antenna. It is the perfect partner for any outdoor activities. The built-in USB interface supports data exchange with a PC.
The optional speed and cadence sensor plus the mounting kit for handlebar make the Forerunner 305 also well suited as a bike computer.

The Forerunner 305 is especially well suited to provide information about your outdoor activities (track, speed, maximum speed, distance, elevation profile, time a.s.o.). Use the function "mark waypoint" to get the coordinates of the current location. The device also shows the current location in relation to user defined waypoints or a planned route.

Differences between Forerunner 101, 201, 205, 301, 305 and 405:

Model	Power supply	Interface	Heart rate monitor	Navigation	Dimensions in mm	Weight in g	Price
Forerunner 101	batteries (2 x AAA)	-	-	Back to start only	83x43x23	74	discontinued
Forerunner 201	rechargeable battery	SERIAL	-	Back to start only	83x43x18	78	discontinued
Forerunner 205	rechargeable battery	USB	-	Back to start and routes from waypoints	53x69x18	77	CHF 228 / EUR 141
Forerunner 301	rechargeable battery	USB	YES	Back to start and routes from waypoints	83x43x18	78	discontinued
Forerunner 305	rechargeable battery	USB	YES	Back to start and routes from waypoints	53x69x18	77	CHF 308 / EUR 191
Forerunner 310XT	rechargeable battery	USB (wireless)	YES	Back to start only	54x56x19	72	from CHF 548 / EUR 340
Forerunner 405	rechargeable battery	USB (wireless)	YES	Back to start only	48x71x16	60	from CHF 468 / EUR 290

Features: Wrist top device, robust, very handy Easy to read display with background illumination (160x100 pixels) Multilingual user interface in Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish Integrated 12 channel GPS receiver with very sensitive built-in SiRFstarIII antenna. The antenna is positioned behind the bended part of the housing and provides the best possible conditions for receiving the satellites signals regardless of the position of the bearer's wrist. Chest belt with heart rate monitor. The chest belt uses a digitally coded signal, which means, once a heart beat sensor and the GPS have established a connection, the GPS will never receive a conflicting signal from another sensor. So you can exercise in close proximity to other sensors without fear of interference. Powered by built-in, rechargeable battery (lasts about 10 h), battery charger included Short time to first fix (TTFF¹: approx. 15 seconds after a warm start, meaning there are valid coordinates of the satellites available, or approx. 45 seconds after a cold start, meaning there are no valid coordinates of the satellites available) Firmware stored in Flash-Memory, can be updated by the user Operating temperatures -20 .. 60°C (-4° .. 140°F) USB interface (connection cable included) Dimensions: 53x69x18 mm (2.1x2.7x0.7 inches) Weight: 77 g (2.72 ounces); Chest belt 21 g (0.74 ounces) Water resistant up to approx. 3 feet (1 meter) for about 30 minutes (IPX7) ¹) TTFF: Time To First Fix, time until the first information about the local position is acquired. Information about your training: Profile: stores personal information such as gender, weight and date of birth (in order to calculate the calories burned) Stores various settings per sport mode (running, biking, other), such as values to be displayed on the custom page, heart rate zones, limits etc. Stop watch with split times (laps). Records split times either manually by pressing the "lap" key or automatically based on a user defined distance. Auto pause: Stops the watch automatically if the current speed drops below a user defined value, e.g. when waiting at a red light or during a short break. Speed alert: Goes off when the current speed exceeds a user defined upper limit or when the current speed drops below a user defined lower limit. Distance alert: Goes off after you have travelled a user defined distance. The alert can be set to go off only once or repetitive. Time alert Goes off after a user defined time period. The alert can be set to go off only once or repetitive. Heart rate alert: Goes off when the current heart rate exceeds a user defined upper limit or when the current heart rate drops below a user defined lower limit. Virtual Partner: This unique feature helps you to achieve certain goals for your workout. Choose one of the following combinations: Distance & Time: Set the distance for your workout and the time you intend to achieve. Forerunner computes the pace / speed required. Time & Pace / Speed: Set the time and the pace / speed for your workout. Distance & Pace / Speed: Set the distance and the pace / speed for your workout. The virtual partner will keep exactly the pace / speed required to achieve the goal you have set. Forerunner will constantly measure your current pace / speed and compares it to the virtual partner's pace / speed. It will ask you to speed up or slow down as needed and it shows on the display whether you are ahead or behind your virtual partner. History: Forerunner keeps track of your workouts. It stores the date, time, number of laps, duration, distance, average speed, calories burned, average and maximum heart rate on a daily basis. It also provides weekly overviews and running totals for the duration, distance and calories burned. Navigation: Indicates your current location in relation to user defined waypoints. You can create routes with these waypoints. The GPS will guide you from one waypoint to the next indicating current direction and distance. You can save 50 reversible routes. Back to start: This feature helps you to travel all the way back to the starting point of your trip. Stores up to 100 waypoints with name (up to 6 characters), icon (choice of 29 symbols), coordinates and elevation. Stores up to 1'000 laps. Supports metric and U.S. units.

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GARMIN Forerunner 305 overview:

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Main pages of the GARMIN Forerunner 305:

Note: You may configure the main pages through options. The screenshots below are just examples, the actual appearance may vary from the pages shown below depending on the current settings. Especially the content of the data fields is user configurable. You can choose from 37 different values, see the table below.

Satellites	Menu	Settings	Change Sport
Current position of the satellites in the sky (upper figure) Accuracy of current position information Strength of satellites' signals Number of the visible satellites	History (per day, per week, running totals) Training assistant (auto pause, virtual partner, speed alert, distance alert) Navigation (waypoints, goto, routes) Settings (time settings, language, units etc.)	General settings (system, units, time format etc.) Settings for the sport "running" Settings for the sport "biking" Settings for other sport	Running Biking Other sports Some settings, the way the Forerunner calculates the calories and sorting of the results are based on the sport chosen.

Map	Workout	Virtual Partner	Heart Rate
Map with waypoints and planned route Current position (black triangle) Current scale	Distance Duration Required pace (time per kilometer) Compose different workouts and training plans for different sports.	Your position (bottom) in relation to the virtual partner (top) Distance between you and your virtual partner	Heart rate (in beats per minute or in percentage of your maximum heart rate) Average heart rate for this lap Current heart rate zone (set values for 5 zones from "relaxed" to "very strenuous")

Timer	Lap	User Profile	History
Current heart rate Time since workout started (stop watch) Current pace (time per kilometer) Distance	Current heart rate Pace of the current lap (time per kilometer) Lap time Lap distance	Gender Birth date Weight (This information is used to compute the calories burned and the heart rate zones)	Daily overview (time, calories burned, distance) Average pace (time per kilometer) Maximum pace (time per kilometer) Continue to detailed information per lap.

Data fields on pages with user selectable data fields:

The starred (*) values require the optional speed and cadence sensor.

Hints:
- Speed is meassured in distance per time, usually kilometers per hour (km/h)
- Pace is meassured in time per distance, usually minutes and seconds per kilometer (/km)

Value	Explanation
Cadence*	Revolutions of the crank arm per minute
Cadence - Average*	Average revolutions of the crank arm per minute for this training unit
Cadence - Lap*	Average revolutions of the crank arm per minute for the current lap
Calories	Amount of calories burned during this training unit
Distance	Distance traveled during this training unit
Distance - Lap	Distance traveled in the current lap
Distance - Last Lap	Distance of last completed lap
Distance - Paused	Distance covered while timer in auto pause mode
Elevation	Distance above sea level
GPS Accuracy	Accuracy of current position information
Grade	Inclination or declination, calculation based on distance and elevation gain or loss
Heading	Current direction of movement
Heart Rate	Current heart rate (heart beats per minute, bpm)
Heart Rate - Average	Average heart rate during this training unit
Heart Rate - Lap	Average heart rate during current lap
Heart Rate Zone	Current heart rate zone (the Edge 305 computes 5 heart rate zones based on the user profile)
Laps	Number of completed laps during this training unit
Pace	Current pace (time per distance)
Pace - Average	Average pace over the duration of the current training unit (time per distance)
Pace - Best	Best pace achieved during current training unit (time per distance)
Pace - Lap	Average pace during current lap (time per distance)
Pace - Last Lap	Average pace during last completed lap (time per distance)
Pace - Zone	Current range of pace based on your pace zone settings (time per distance)
Speed	Current speed (distance per time)
Speed - Average	Average speed during current training unit (distance per time)
Speed - Lap	Average speed during current lap (distance per time)
Speed - Last Lap	Average speed during last completed lap (distance per time)
Speed - Maximum	Maximum speed during current training unit (distance per time)
Speed Zone	Current speed zone based on your speed zones settings, rsp. on the current training program (distance per time)
Sunrise	Time of the theoretical sunrise at the current location
Sunset	Time of the theoretical sunset at the current location
Time	Elapsed time since the start of the current training unit
Time - Average Lap	Average time to complete the laps so far
Time - Lap	Elapsed time since the start of the current lap
Time - Last Lap	Time to complete the last completed lap
Time - Paused	Time elapsed while timer in auto pause mode
Time of day	Current time

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Training Center:

A CDrom with the program "Training Center" is included with the Edge 205. The software requires a PC with Windows 2000, XP or Vista, a CDrom drive and a USB connector or an Intel-based Mac or PowerPC (G3 or newer) running OS X 10.4 or later with a CDrom drive and a USB connector. Training Center provides the following features:

• Multi-lingual user interface: The software supports the languages English, French, German, Italian and Spanish.
• User management: Supports multiple Forerunner devices.
• Data exchange: Supports archiving of data collected with Forerunner 305 devices.
• Data export: Supports data export as XML files.
• Graphical data analysis: Supports graphical data analysis as shown below.

Examples:

Hint: Click on the images for an enlargement

User profile	Overview graphics	Overview graphics
Username, gender, weight, date of birth, heart rate, heart rate zones, speed zones etc.	Calendar, logs, track, graphical representation for heart rate, elevation and pace	Calendar, logs, track, graphical representation for heart rate, grade and speed
Overview values	Graph heart rate over distance	Graph speed over time
Calendar, logs, totals, graphical representation	Graphical representation heart rate over distance	Graphical representation speed over time
Graph heart rate and pace over distance	Graph heart rate and elevation over distance	Detailed map with track
Graphical representation heart rate and pace over distance	Graphical representation heart rate and elevation over distance (heart rate in precent of the maximum heart rate)	If you own a map with detailed information (e.g MapSource MetroGuide or Swiss Topo), you can display the track on these maps as well
Training schedule	Workout (example 1)	Workout (example 2)
The Training Center helps you to manage work outs and training schedules.

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Price:

• GARMIN Forerunner 305:     CHF 308 / EUR 191
  the package includes the following items:
  • GARMIN Forerunner 305
  • Chest belt with heart rate monitor
  • Expander strap with tool to remove wrist strap
  • Docking cradle to connect power cord and data cable
  • Battery charger (100..240 V)
  • USB cable for data exchange with and power supply from PC
  • Training Center - program for data exchange between a Forerunner 305 and a Windows PC on CDrom (see "Training Center")
  • Operating instructions in German and English
  • We will install the most recent version of the firmware available at the time of shipment

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Options:

Power supply (One such power supply comes with the Forerunner 305)			CHF 29	/	EUR 18	[Picture and details]
Power cord for car cigarette lighter			CHF 56	/	EUR 35	[Picture and details]
Base (One such base comes with the Forerunner 305)			CHF 29	/	EUR 18	[Picture and details]
Chest belt with heart rate monitor (Such a heart rate monitor comes with the Forerunner 305)			CHF 86	/	EUR 53	[Picture and details]
Bike speed and cadence sensor			CHF 79	/	EUR 49	[Picture and details]
GARMIN mounting kit for handlebar			CHF 24	/	EUR 15	[Picture and details]
SUUNTO mounting kit for handlebar			CHF 15	/	EUR 9	[Picture and details]
Wrist strap with hook and loop fastener			CHF 24	/	EUR 15	[Picture and details]
Case			CHF 45	/	EUR 28	[Picture and details]

All options for the GARMIN Forerunner 305 in detail.

MapSource, various CDroms with world or country map (requires a Windows PC and a cable for data exchange)

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Downloads:

Here we provide additional documentation and software updates related to the Forerunner 305.

• Owner's manual (as PDF in English, 920 kB)
• Quick start guide (as PDF in English, 280 kB)
  
  
• Forerunner GPS Chipset V2.90 (Self-extracting ZIP-file, requires a PC and a connection cable, 668 kB)
• List of changes made with Forerunner GPS Chipset Software Upgrades
  
  
• Firmware Upgrade V2.90 (Self-extracting ZIP-file, 1.4 MB; requires a PC and a connection cable)
• List of changes made with Firmware Upgrades
  
  
• Training Center for Windows V3.4.1 (Self-extracting ZIP-file, 16.1 MB; Windows 2000 or later)
• Training Center for Mac V2.1.5 (DMG-file, 51.4 MB; Intel-based or PowerPC G3 or later; Mac OS 10.4 or later)

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