Garmin 305 Tips - Article Updated and Group Created

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Jan 2008
10:03pm, 4 Jan 2008
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So I can be a bit more effective in sharing any information on use of this device I have created a group and updated the article which is here:<br><br>http://www.fetcheveryone.com/article-view.php?id=142<br><br>Feel free to join and you will be kept informed when I have updated teh article or learned something new that will enrich your experience of this lovely gadget.
Jan 2008
10:59pm, 4 Jan 2008
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Badger
Good article Ian. Do you have the latest version of Training Center? Big big improvement - it's still fairly awful and crashes and wrecks your database all the time, but it will back your database up and restore it when it ruins the current one, and it will let you look at your runs in Google Earth.
Jan 2008
11:08pm, 4 Jan 2008
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I don't ABdger. Is it compatible with Vista? *poddles off to look*
Jan 2008
11:11pm, 4 Jan 2008
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It doesn't specify Vista so I'm guessing it's still only w2000 and XP... :-(
Jan 2008
11:21pm, 4 Jan 2008
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DrBob
I'm still getting to grips with my 305's basic functions, like its autostop feature, which seems to get confused when I manually stop it.
Jan 2008
11:25pm, 4 Jan 2008
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DrBob, when you stop it I believe the autolap starts another lap. Not sure if auropause has the same effect?
Jan 2008
11:45pm, 4 Jan 2008
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Somebody
I'm still at the "playing with it" stage, but who knows - in a few years I might be able to pass on some wisdom!!!
Jan 2008
12:41am, 5 Jan 2008
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DeeGee
Autopause doesn't start another lap, but it does stop in the underpass at the beginning of the GNR and totally mess up your timings:-(

Stopping the thing while waiting for level crossings etc hasn't resulted in a new lap either. Mine's set up only to lap at each KM, though.

What I did like the one time I used it was the "little man racing against you" pace function. Kept having to press the button, though, to bring the diagram up.
Jan 2008
10:01am, 5 Jan 2008
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Badger
Ian: I suppose it's vaguely reassuring to know that Garmin aren't much more interested in the PC crowd than the Mac crowd :(
Bob: I stopped using autopause fairly quickly, it just seemed more hassle than it was worth. Maybe you have a lot more roads to cross than me...
Jan 2008
10:12pm, 8 Jan 2008
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DrBob
Hi Badger, I turned my autopause thing off too, it's annoying and I prefer to hit a button when I want it to stop counting.
Had a good interval session with it tonight, it worked really well for half mile repeats, again doing the manual lap thing rather than relying on anything automatic.

I haven't worked out how to make it tell the time of day yet, not that it's a problem!

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So I can be a bit more effective in sharing any information on use of this device I have created a group and updated the article which is here: http://www.fetcheveryone.com/article-view.php?id=142 Feel free to join and you will be kept informed when I have updated the article or learned something new that will enrich your experience of this lovely gadget.

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