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Scuse me for not combing the manual - is there a setting somewhere for the default activity? Mine has somehow changed from "Running" to "Other" and I'm getting sick of changing it before every run.
I've been using a 305 for a long time now, but I've also done a little XC skiing with it recently, and also have uploaded a RW heartrate training programme that adds a series of calendar-based workouts to the 305. Normally, one switches between activity-type by holding down the bottom-left button. It used to default to Running anyway, which suited me, but now it seems to be "Other". I can't remember if I changed a setting somewhere, or if maybe the training programmes are programmed wrong, or what. Any hints gratefully received!
Thanks Steve. I might try that instead.
I'm afraid i've not come across your problem.
Two hours 45 mins into the Seville marathon my 305 did something very weird. Despite being fully charged it said that the battery was low, there were black lines all over the screen and messages on it I've never seen before, something about saving or rejecting.
The battery should last 10 hours I think, and as for what came up on the screen I have no idea what it was or why it happened. Can anyone help? Should I send it back to Garmin? It's already my third 305 in 2 years. I love using it when it works but they are not at all reliable.
Hi guys,
Had my forerunner 305 for about 6 weeks now and its brill..... I have even used it to navigate cross country and had no problems at all (planned route with memory map) and about half the run was through wooded areas, awesome. However one quick question on Garmin Training Centre. When runs are downloaded from the 305 they are put into a 'default' week starting on a sunday, finishing on a saturday. Is it possible to change this, other than creating a new folder for each week.
Wishing everyone good fortune who is training for the FLM, see you on the startline on the 13th.....
The nightmare with that is I will delete the whole last lap as pressing stop/start doesn't create a new lap only carries the last lap on...... not to worry I'll just have to be more careful in future......doh!
Thanks for the help.
I've only just got mine today- haven't set it up yet. Hope it is easy to set up.
Hi Corel, assuming you haven't customised your windows, you should still see in the top right of the screen a tiny heart symbol.
Also, if yo press the up and down buttons on the right of the garmin you will see different screens, including dedicated screens for heart rate and pace. If you can't see heart rate after that, there must be something wrong with it.
Err...you are wearing the chest strap aren't you?
Sorry Corel I didn't read your post properly...but again if you use the up down buttons you get the heart rate screen and on the bottom right it shows the zone.
This is dependent on setting the correct min and max heart rate in your profile though.
http://67.18.145.131/image.php?type=T&id=18669&ts=1195375899
This picture clearly shows it...
PC is playing up.. just click the link...
This picture!Ah, now I'm getting somewhere. Have fields all set up for working with HR zones. Are you saying you can set a field to show a percentage rather than the zone? Haven't quite sussed that one yet. Thank you both so much for your help, I actually feel a bit stupid as I've had the Garmin since Christmas and obviously not used it anywhere near to its potential. Thanks again.
Help!
Have tried to find the answer, but so many pages of posts..... Don't know why, but I'm still persevering with Training Centre. It keeps losing data though whenever I close it, and I have to re load it from the back up, or the watch. What am I doing wrong? Is TC really as crap as it first appears??
CF x
Hi,
I have been using TC for about 8 weeks now in my prep for FLM with no probs at all. Just a quick question... Are you using the lastest version from the Garmin website or the version that came with your forerunner on CD ROM? I have some mates who have used the version on the CD and had nothing but problems with TC. Hope that helps...
Hi Mark - Thanks for the speedy response. I've downloaded the website version, which solved many of the glitches, but not this one. I'm sure it's a cunningt ploy to make you pay to upgrade to one of their other software packages! Have also tried Sporttacks, but it's not very user friendly.
CF x
If updating TC didn't solve your problem you could also try Motionbased at http://www.motionbased.com/ and give that a try. All you have to do is signup and in its basic form it's FREE.... but if you want all the bells n whistles it will cost you.... The only thing I have found is it can take time to download runs and pages take an age to load.
The other bonus of motionbased is when you download your runs you can make them visible to other users so they can see your routes and can even download them to their forerunner. Which means you can search your local area (or users) to see if there are runs that you might have missed.
I have used it to download runs so friends can make sure that I am doing the training that I say I am.....LOL
EEeeeek - not sure I like other people knowing how lazy I am! But like the idea of finding new routes - I'll try that - thanks Mike
CFx