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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 the various Forerunner models:

All models provide similar functions; these are the main differences:

Model / Feature	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 110	rechargeable battery	USB	YES (included with the models pink and red)	-	45x69x14	52	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	discontinued
Forerunner 210	rechargeable battery	USB	YES (Premium monitor)	-	45x69x14	52	discontinued
Forerunner 220	rechargeable battery	USB	YES (Premium monitor)	-	45x45x13	41	discontinued
Forerunner 225	rechargeable battery	USB	YES (built-in, no belt)	-	48x48x16	54	discontinued
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	discontinued
Forerunner 310XT	rechargeable battery	USB (wireless)	YES (premium monitor included in the pack)	Back to start only	54x56x19	72	discontinued
Forerunner 405	rechargeable battery	USB (wireless)	YES	Back to start only	48x71x16	60	discontinued
Forerunner 410	rechargeable battery	USB (wireless)	YES (included in the pack)	Back to start only	48x71x16	60	discontinued
Forerunner 610	rechargeable battery	USB (wireless)	YES (premium monitor included in the pack)	Back to start only	46x64x14	72	discontinued
Forerunner 620	rechargeable battery	BlueTooth, WLAN, USB	YES (HRM-Run with G-sensor included in the pack)	-	45x45x12.5	44	discontinued
Forerunner 910XT	rechargeable battery	USB (wireless)	YES (premium monitor included in the pack)	Back to start and routes from waypoints	54x61x15	72	discontinued
Forerunner 920XT	rechargeable battery	BlueTooth, WLAN, USB	YES (HRM-Run with G-sensor included in the pack)	Back to start and routes from waypoints	48x55x13	61	discontinued

Please find a table with detailed technical data in our Buyer's guide.

Contents: Features - Overview - Main Pages - Training Center - Price - Options - Downloads - Order

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 been paired, 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:
1. Distance & Time: Set the distance for your workout and the time you intend to achieve. Forerunner computes the pace / speed required.
2. Time & Pace / Speed: Set the time and the pace / speed for your workout.
3. 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:

Buttons and connectors of the GARMIN Forerunner 305

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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:

For each data field, you can choose one from the following 37 values.
You can configure the device to show values in english or metric units.
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).

No	Name	Explanation
1	Cadence	Revolutions of the crank arm per minute (requires speed and cadence sensor which is available as an option)
2	Cadence - Average	Average revolutions of the crank arm per minute for this training unit (requires speed and cadence sensor which is available as an option)
3	Cadence - Lap	Average revolutions of the crank arm per minute for the current lap (requires speed and cadence sensor which is available as an option)
4	Calories	Amount of calories burned during this training unit
5	Distance	Distance traveled during this training unit
6	Distance - Lap	Distance traveled in the current lap
7	Distance - Last Lap	Distance of last completed lap
8	Distance - Paused	Distance covered while timer in auto pause mode
9	Elevation	Distance above sea level
10	GPS Accuracy	Accuracy of current position information
11	Grade	Inclination or declination, calculation based on distance and elevation gain or loss
12	Heading	Current direction of movement
13	Heart Rate	Current heart rate (heart beats per minute, bpm) (requires heart rate monitor which is included, but also available as an option)
14	Heart Rate - Average	Average heart rate during this training unit (requires heart rate monitor which is included, but also available as an option)
15	Heart Rate - Lap	Average heart rate during current lap (requires heart rate monitor which is included, but also available as an option)
16	Heart Rate Zone	Current heart rate zone (the Edge 305 computes 5 heart rate zones based on the user profile) (requires heart rate monitor which is included, but also available as an option)
17	Laps	Number of completed laps during this training unit
18	Pace	Current pace (time per distance)
19	Pace - Average	Average pace over the duration of the current training unit (time per distance)
20	Pace - Best	Best pace achieved during current training unit (time per distance)
21	Pace - Lap	Average pace during current lap (time per distance)
22	Pace - Last Lap	Average pace during last completed lap (time per distance)
23	Pace - Zone	Current range of pace based on your pace zone settings (time per distance)
24	Speed	Current speed (distance per time)
25	Speed - Average	Average speed during current training unit (distance per time)
26	Speed - Lap	Average speed during current lap (distance per time)
27	Speed - Last Lap	Average speed during last completed lap (distance per time)
28	Speed - Maximum	Maximum speed during current training unit (distance per time)
29	Speed Zone	Current speed zone based on your speed zones settings, rsp. on the current training program (distance per time)
30	Sunrise	Time of the theoretical sunrise at the current location
31	Sunset	Time of the theoretical sunset at the current location
32	Time	Elapsed time since the start of the current training unit
33	Time - Average Lap	Average time to complete the laps so far
34	Time - Lap	Elapsed time since the start of the current lap
35	Time - Last Lap	Time to complete the last completed lap
36	Time - Paused	Time elapsed while timer in auto pause mode
37	Time of day	Current time

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Training Center:

You may download this software either from GARMIN's website or from our server, see Downloads below. The software requires a PC with Windows 2000 or later and an USB connector or an Intel-based Mac or PowerPC (G3 or newer) running OS X 10.4 or later with an 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, speed zones etc.	Calendar, logs, track, graphical representation for elevation and pace	Calendar, logs, track, graphical representation for grade and speed

Overview values	Graph speed over time	Detailed map with track

Calendar, logs, totals, graphical representation	Graphical representation speed over time	If you own a map with detailed information (e.g Topo Switzerland), 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:

This model has been discontinued; however, you can still order options for the Forerunner 305.

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Options:

Power supply without USB cable	CHF 17	[Picture and details]
USB cable for data exchange with PC (One such cable comes with the Forerunner 305)	CHF 14	[Picture and details]
Power cord for car cigarette lighter	CHF 43	[Picture and details]
Base (One such base comes with the Forerunner 305)	CHF 21	[Picture and details]
Mounting kit for handlebar	CHF 22	[Picture and details]
Soft case	CHF 23	[Picture and details]

All options for the GARMIN Forerunner 305 in detail.

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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 V3.6.5 (Self-extracting ZIP-file, 40.8 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)
Garmin Communication Plug-in Version 2.6.1 (Self-extracting ZIP-file, 3.4 MB; Windows 2000 or later)
Garmin ANT Agent Version 2.3.4 (Self-extracting ZIP-file, 13.1 MB; Windows 2000 or later)
Training Center Version 3.6.5 with Garmin ANT Agent Version 2.3.3 (Self-extracting ZIP-file, 91.1 MB; Windows 2000 or later)

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