Garmin Edge 305 Repair

Hello!

Anyone of you lovely peeps had one of these repaired, if so where! all info appreciated

What's the problem Smithers? I took mine apart and did a bit of a "gunter" ...... and it's worked fine since!

Mine kept turning off on its own so I contacted Garmin even though it was out of warranty. They said it was a faulty batch and sent me out a brand new one pronto. Give them a try.

It wont turn on although when you plug it into the charger it says battery charge complete.

This is the link for Garmin warranty support:
http://www.garmin.com/sites/uk/support/email-support/

Worth a try.

Have a look in the manual, there's a button combination for a system reset. Solved that same problem for me.

Thanks Oisin email sent, Yep RTFM might help cheers Sean

thinking of getting one of these
are they worth it?
which one would you recommend?
do they come with maps etc?

Google says the 'mode' and 'power' button combo does the reset - vaguely remember having to hold it for a few seconds.

Mcnipples,
It's worth it if you like your training data, being able to compare previous sessions and keep track of your workouts. Mapping functionality is only mildly useful - say in the case of marathon races where they make available the file beforehand, you can download to the garmin and follow a breadcrumb trail on the screen (not a proper map)

At the moment, I'd go for the 500, most of the features of the 305, but with much longer battery life, a neater unit and a much improved mounting system. Also powermeter compatible. Only the 605/705 have decent mapping capability - more useful on road spins than mtb spins really, decent digital topographical maps on small screens are are still vastly inferior to a proper hardcopy OS/Harveys map so it'd be hard to recommend the outlay if that's what you're looking for.

So yeah, worth it if it's data you want, I love mine

I've had the 705 for the last two years with the Talky Toaster free maps installed... it comes loaded with a standard base map which has very little detail but still quite useful none-the-less.. You can save points of interest from Google Earth, upload them to the device and it will show up on screen... basically it means you can plan your routes or points of interest on your PC at home and then upload them... very very useful for reccy spins and exploration spins.. I can't emphasise how good it is..

I don't use it specifically for training data or the likes but it does have all the features you could ever possibly need for a serious training type person.. virtual training partner, simple workouts, advanced workout including interval training and the option to create your own personal training programmes etc etc.. an absolutely brilliant piece of kit..

Mapping function is fantastic.. Don't know why it would be more useful on road spins though?? Isn't that what road signs are for?? Personally I think it's at its most useful when offroad.. as I said.. mapping out routes, points of interest and Geocaching make it a very useful little tool indeed.. thats the main reason why I bought it in the first place... for offroad use..!!

Well okay I can agree on that.... but try reading an OS map in the p!ssing rain, on the side of a mountain, in the middle of winter, in a gale force and you'll soon figure out why the Garmin is actually better...

Well okay I can agree on that.... but try reading an OS map in the p!ssing rain, on the side of a mountain, in the middle of winter, in a gale force and you'll soon figure out why the Garmin is actually better...[/QUOTE]

or like me, and you are lost, so u stop some local, produce the map and after much head/chin scratching, he declares"I haven't a clue". or as happened before.you have cycled off the map, and you feel like a complete moron.

All depends on the type of terrain you cycle on. I got in the habit of carrying a Garmin GPS60Cx in my back pack for our open mountain explorations down here in Kerry (real mountain biking ;D). One day cloud moved in suddenly and we decided that we should turn back. How hard could it be, we had only left the road about 2km back. After 10 minutes cycling and not finding the road, I resorted to the GPS only to see we had been paralleling the road!
Michael

Sean, you're a mad yoke !!
in the early pioneering days back when you were crappin in your hands and rubbing it in your hair..i attempted to find routes using a map..not a fancy Harveys job..but one that was craved into a piece of bark and I can tell you it was a joke ( actually it was sheet 56 covered in plastic) ..
Like Gerry says..why would you need one on the road ?
I got one and i love it because people can send me their routes and I can follow them..
I also like knowing how many KMs i've done and how many calories i've used..I wouldn't be arsed with cadence or that HR muck..having trained using both for about 10 years , I thought they held me back and I got some deadly results when I threw the Polar in the bin..
and don't give me the **** about not doing it right..I was tested by scientists and everything !!
A HR monitor is good if you have the fear of overtraining and as i already know I do too much its wasted on me !!
Can you imagine how much time you would waste stopping to look at your map and check your heart rate and then divide it by your cadence and get the square root of your anaerobic threshold !! you'd never leave the house !!

you're missing the point richie it's a heart rate monitor.
you have a V8 whilst most of us have a flat 4 so the thing probably gave you some serious errors.