Garmin

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controversial Jan 2010 11:19am, 5 Jan 2010 8,199 posts	controversial Andy I don't think galileo is operational yet, not before 2013: en.wikipedia.org and as far as compatibility goes, i am sure you will need new devices !
longboat Jan 2010 11:35am, 5 Jan 2010 50 posts	longboat Mine lost contact halfway through a race last week which was incredibly annoying - it stopped recording at 4.48 miles and I had to do the other 5 and a half miles on my own! It was a road race, so there was always a view of the sky - apart from the odd bridge! It also seems to have slowed down in picking up the signal when I am heading out. Is there anything I can do about this, or is it gently dying...?
controversial Jan 2010 12:02pm, 5 Jan 2010 8,203 posts	controversial is the memory of the garmin very full??
longboat Jan 2010 2:50pm, 5 Jan 2010 52 posts	longboat I cleared it down about 3 months ago - when it started playing up - seemed to help for a bit but I am not sure it is that full (had about 18 months worth on there before)
controversial Jan 2010 2:51pm, 5 Jan 2010 8,205 posts	controversial you might want to clear it up a bit again, I have noticed that when it is getting close to be full the GPS becomes more erratic for some unknown reason!
flanker Jan 2010 2:55pm, 5 Jan 2010 11,635 posts	flanker it's the weight of that extra data it's going to have to carry. My 305 wa reasonably OK on forest tracks, far better than the 301 which lost the signal very easily. If you can afford it, the 310 is better still - I've never lost signal in even heavy woods yet. Did you mean Galileo or EGNOS? Either way I'm pretty sure the forerunners don't have WAAS, EGNOS or Galileo capabilities, but for running there really is no need for that degree of accuracy - my 305/310 is generally accurate to within a few inches.
longboat Jan 2010 2:59pm, 5 Jan 2010 53 posts	longboat OK thanks controversial - will try that
controversial Jan 2010 3:07pm, 5 Jan 2010 8,207 posts	controversial in town my 305 seems to be logging more the work of a piss head stumbling through the streets than my athletic efforts
Flos Jan 2010 3:14pm, 5 Jan 2010 204 posts	Flos i have managed 2 runs with my garmin since i got it for christmas and can i just say i don't know how i managed without one and i absolutely it
ndellar Jan 2010 12:24pm, 18 Jan 2010 1,118 posts	ndellar Thought I would share something - apologies if it has been posted before: Sometimes when running I am not overly confident with where I am going, especially off road routes If I want to run a route I have run before, I have turned my route I previously uploaded in to a course on the Garmin Training Centre Software, added in the little "turn left" and "turn right" arrows and successfully followed it at a later date. However recently I've been stuck with a dilema: I want to run a course that I have NOT run before and not get lost. So the other day I: 1. Plotted a route on Gmap-pedometer gmap-pedometer.com (you can get it to follow roads or just map "free style" as you wish and with the satellite view can see fields etc and map across these) 2. Once you have plotted, save it as a book mark just in case and choose to export as a GPX (and follow the instructions on the external link to get it to generate a GPX file from the Gmap-pedometer) 3. Use this site to convert the GPX in to a TCX file gpsies.com 4. I can then load the TCX file in to the Garmin Training Centre, put the arrows left and right turn on this course and upload to my watch to follow the route Simples. Works really well. There is probably an easier way of doing it with less steps but it worked for me. I am not responsible if anyone gets lost