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GARMIN Edge 305

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Small GPS receiver, designed as personal training assistant and bike computer with high-sensitive SiRFstar III antenna, large, easy to read gray scale display, heart rate monitor, speed and cadence sensor, barometrical altimeter plus USB interface.

As a personal training assistant, the GARMIN Edge 305 records the travelled path (track), the elevation profile, your heart rate, distance, time, 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 biking activities. Beside the GPS receiver, the Edge 305 has a barometrical altimeter. The built-in USB interface supports data exchange with a PC

This device 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 routes.

Der Edge 305 is available in three different versions:

1. GPS device with heart rate monitor
2. GPS device with speed and cadence sensor
3. GPS device with heart rate monitor and speed and cadence sensor

If you get version 1 or 2, you can always order the missing sensor later as an option.

Differences between the various Edge models:

Features: Best suited to be fixed on a bike, robust, very handy Easy to read display with background illumination (128x160 pixels, 4 level gray scale) Multilingual user interface in Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Slovakian, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish Integrated 12 channel GPS receiver with very sensitive built-in SiRFstar III antenna Chest belt with heart rate monitor. The chest belt uses a wireless, 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. Speed and cadence sensor: Measures the number of revolutions of the back wheel and the crank arm with magnets and a wireless sensor. Like the heart rate monitor, this sensor uses a digitally coded signal. Once paired with the Edge 305, 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. Barometrical altimeter for precise elevation recording¹, accuracy ±3 m (10 feet), resolution ±30 cm (1 foot) Powered by built-in, rechargeable battery (lasts about 12 h), battery charger included Short time to first fix (TTFF²: 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: 44x94x23 mm (1.75x3.7x0.9 inches) Weight: 88 g (3.1 ounces); Chest belt 21 g (0.74 ounces) Water resistant up to approx. 3 feet (1 meter) for about 30 minutes (IPX7) ¹) Even though a GPS provides accurate elevation information, the value slightly varies continuously. A barometrical altimeter is therefore more accurate, especially when summarizing elevation changes. ²) TTFF: Time To First Fix, time until the first information about the current position is acquired. Information about your training: Personal profile: Stores personal information such as gender, weight and date of birth (in order to calculate the calories burned) Bike profile: Stores the weight of three different bikes. Stop watch with split times (laps). Records split times either manually by pressing the "lap" key or automatically based on a user defined distance or position. 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. Requires an Edge 305 with a heart rate monitor. Cadence alert: Goes off when the current cadence exceeds a user defined upper limit or when the current cadence drops below a user defined lower limit. Requires an Edge 305 with a speed and cadence sensor. 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 speed required. Time & Speed: Set the time and the speed for your workout. Distance & Speed: Set the distance and the speed for your workout. The virtual partner will keep exactly the speed required to achieve the goal you have set. The Edge 305 will constantly measure your current speed and compares it to the virtual partner's 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: The Edge 305 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 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 8 characters) and icon (choice of more than 30 symbols). Stores up to 13'000 trackpoints of the most recent travelled path (tracking) and 1'000 laps. Supports metric and U.S. units.

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GARMIN Edge 305 overview:

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Main pages of the GARMIN Edge 305:

Bike Computer 1	Bike Computer 2	Map	Virtual Partner
Choose the number of data fields and your preferred value for each of the data fields for both bike computers. For the available values see list below. In this example, the following values are shown: Duration of this training unit Current speed Travelled distance Current time Calories burned during this training unit Current heart rate Current cadence (number of revolutions per minute of the crank arms) Current elevation	Choose the number of data fields and your preferred value for each of the data fields for both bike computers. For the available values see list below. In this example, the following values are shown: Duration of this training unit Distance to destination Estimated remaining time to travel until destination Distance to the next waypoint Maximum speed	Map with orientation (could be set to either north up or moving direction up) Travelled path as dotted line (track) User defined waypoints ("START", "001") Current position (black triangle) Current scale	Duration of this training unit Current speed Travelled distance Distance between you and your virtual partner

Compass	Navigation	Satellites	Setup Menu
Distance to final destination Estimated travel time to final destination Direction to the next waypoint or the final destination	Save current location as a waypoint Find waypoint Create or activate a route Display informationen about the status of the GPS and the current position of the satellites	Status bar with: Battery indicator, GPS status, status of the sensors (speed and cadence sensor, heart rate monitor) Accuracy of current position information Current position of the satellites in the sky Strength of satellites' signals Number of the visible satellites	Data fields (number and values) System settings (GPS receiver, language, tones etc) 10 user profiles (gender, date of birth, weight; used to compute the calories burned) 3 bike profiles (weight, sensors, size of wheels and tires) 5 heart rate zones Settings for data recording (track und heart rate)

Bike Profile	Alerts	Interval Workout	Heart Rate Zones
Bike Weight in kg Sensor available (yes/no) Wheel size Tire size	Time and distance alerts Speed alerts (lower and upper limit) Heart rate alerts (lower and upper limit) Cadence alerts (lower and upper limit)	Compose simple or complex workouts with the following elements: Distance plus rest time Distance plus rest distance Time plus rest time Time plus rest distance	There are 5 heart rate zones available. The range of each zone is specified either in percent of the maximum heart rate or in absolute values. The effect of the training depends - beside other facts - on what zone your current heart rate is in (from under- to overloading your body).

Data fields on pages with customer selectable values:

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
Speed	Current speed
Speed - Average	Average speed during this training unit
Speed - Lap	Average speed during this lap
Speed - Maximum	Maximum speed during this training unit
Speed Zone	Current speed zone (based on user defined speed zones, rsp. on the current training program)
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
Total Ascent	Total elevation gain during this training unit
Total Descent	Total elevation lost during this training unit

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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 Edge devices.
• Data exchange: Supports archiving of data collected with Edge 305 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 Edge 305:
  This model has been discontinued; however, you can still order options for the Edge 305.

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Options:

Power supply without USB cable			CHF 17	[Picture and details]
USB cable for data exchange and power supply (One such cable comes with the Edge 305)			CHF 14	[Picture and details]
Power cord for car cigarette lighter			CHF 43	[Picture and details]
Additional mounting kit (Such a mounting kit comes with the Edge 305)			CHF 20	[Picture and details]
Soft case			CHF 23	[Picture and details]

All options for the GARMIN Edge 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 Edge 305.

• Owner's manual (as PDF in English, 1.3 MB)
• Quick start guide (as PDF in English, 519 kB)
  
  
• Edge GPS Chipset V2.90 (Self-extracting ZIP-file, requires a PC and a connection cable, 671 kB)
• List of changes made with Edge GPS Chipset Software Upgrades
  
  
• Firmware Upgrade V3.20 (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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