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GARMIN Forerunner 301

Small wrist top GPS receiver with easy to read display, heart rate monitor and USB interface.

As a personal training assistant, the GARMIN Forerunner 301 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 Forerunner 301 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 198 / EUR 136
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 278 / EUR 191
Forerunner 310XT	rechargeable battery	USB (wireless)	YES	Back to start only	54x56x19	72	from CHF 448 / EUR 308
Forerunner 405	rechargeable battery	USB (wireless)	YES	Back to start only	48x71x16	60	from CHF 398 / EUR 274

Features: Wrist top device, robust, very handy Easy to read display with background illumination (100x64 pixels) Multilingual user interface in Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish Integrated 12 channel GPS receiver with very sensitive built-in antenna 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 excersise in close proximity to other sensors without fear of interference. Powered by built-in, rechargeable battery (lasts about 14 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: 83x43x18 mm (3.26x1.71x0.69 inches) Weight: 78 g (2.75 ounces); Chest belt 44 g (1.55 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 10 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 3'000 trackpoints of the most recent travelled path (tracking) and 5'000 laps. Supports metric and U.S. units.

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GARMIN Forerunner 301 overview:

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Main pages of the GARMIN Forerunner 301:

Satellites	Menu	Settings	Change Sport
Accuracy of current position information Current position of the satellites in the sky 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.)	Time settings (time format, time zone, daylight saving) Units settings (units, pace / speed, heart rate monitoring) Display settings (contrast, backlight) Heart rate monitor settings (on/off, trainings zones) Custom page settings (see "Custom Page") Profil settings System settings (speaker, language) Factory reset (restore factory settings) Show firmware version	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 Next waypoint Direction to the next waypoint Distance to the next waypoint Estimated travel time to the next waypoint	Distance Rest time Repetitions 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	Custom Page	History
Current heart rate Time since workout started (stop watch) Current pace Distance	Current heart rate Pace of the current lap Lap time Lap distance	Shows the current heart rate in the top right corner. Choose your preferred value for each of the three data fields. The list of available values depends on the currently selected sport, see list below.	Daily overview (date, time) Totals (duration, calories, distance) Average heart rate and average pace Maximum heart rate and maximum pace To detailed view per lap

Data fields on custom page:

The available data fields on the custom page depend on the selected sport as shown in the table below.

Value	Running	Biking	Other
Average pace	YES	YES	-
Average heart rate per lap	YES	YES	YES
Average lap time	YES	-	YES
Average speed	-	YES	YES
Best pace	YES	-	-
Calories	YES	YES	YES
Distance	YES	YES	YES
Elevation	YES	YES	YES
Grade	YES	YES	YES
Heart rate	YES	YES	YES
Heart rate zone	YES	YES	YES
Lap distance	YES	YES	YES
Lap pace	YES	-	-
Lap speed	-	YES	YES
Lap time	YES	YES	YES
Laps (number of)	YES	YES	YES
Maximum speed	-	YES	YES
Pace	YES	-	-
Rest distance	YES	YES	YES
Rest time	YES	YES	YES
Speed	-	YES	YES
Speed zone	YES	YES	YES
Time	YES	YES	YES
Time of day	YES	YES	YES
Total distance	YES	YES	YES
Total time	YES	YES	YES

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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 301 devices.
• Data export: Supports data export as XML files.
• Graphical data analysis: Supports graphical data analysis as shown below.

Examples:

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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 301: This model has been discontinued; however, you can still order options for the Forerunner 301.

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Options:

Power supply (One such power supply comes with the Foreruner 301)			CHF 29	/	EUR 20	[Picture and details]
Power cord for car cigarette lighter			CHF 56	/	EUR 39	[Picture and details]
Chest belt with heart rate monitor (One such chest belt comes with the Foreruner 301)			CHF 86	/	EUR 59	[Picture and details]
Mounting kit for handlebar			CHF 27	/	EUR 19	[Picture and details]
Mounting adapter for larger handlebars (25..32 mm)			CHF 17	/	EUR 12	[Picture and details]
Replacement wrist strap			CHF 24	/	EUR 17	[Picture and details]

All options for the GARMIN Forerunner 301 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 301.

• Owner's manual (as PDF in English, 925 kB)
• Quick start guide (as PDF in English, 353 kB)
  
  
• Firmware Upgrade V3.20 (Self-extracting ZIP-file, 788 kB; 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 V2.1.4 (DMG-file, 51.4 MB; Intel-based or PowerPC G3 or later; Mac OS 10.4 or later)

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