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  • Page 1 Forerunner ® personal trainer owner’s manual...
  • Page 2 Information in this document is subject to change without notice. Garmin reserves the right to change or improve its products and to make changes in the content without obligation to notify any person or organization of such changes or improvements.
  • Page 3 Forerunner 101 wherever you go in the great outdoors. To get the most out of your new Forerunner 101, take the time to read through this Own- ers Manual and the Quick Start Guide to understand the operating features of the unit.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Introduction Table of Contents INTRODUCTION ...I Product Registration ...i Table of Contents ... ii Limited Warranty ...iii FCC Compliance ...iv Software License Agreement ...v Warnings & Cautions ...vi Maintenance ...vii Unit Overview ...viii Wrist Strap ...ix Installing Batteries ...x GETTING STARTED ... 1 What is GPS? ...1 Turning on your Forerunner ...2 Main Modes ...3...

  • Page 5: Introduction

    Garmin retains the exclusive right to repair or replace the unit or software or offer a full refund of the purchase price at its sole discretion. SUCH REM- EDY SHALL BE YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY FOR ANY BREACH OF WARRANTY.

  • Page 6: Fcc Compliance

    Introduction FCC Compliance The Forerunner 101 complies with Part 15 of the FCC interference limits for Class B digital devices FOR HOME OR OFFICE USE. These limits are designed to provide more reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation, and are more stringent than “outdoor”...

  • Page 7: Software License Agreement

    Software are valuable trade secrets of Garmin and that the Software in source code form remains a valuable trade secret of Garmin. You agree not to decompile, disassemble, modify, reverse assemble, reverse engineer or reduce to human readable form the Software of any part thereof or create any derivative works based on the Software.

  • Page 8: Warnings & Cautions

    Forerunner 101 to the exclusion of safe practices. It is unsafe to operate the controls of the Forerunner 101 while you are riding. Failure by the rider of a bicycle equipped with a Forerunner 101 to pay full attention to operation of the bicycle and road conditions while in motion could result in an accident or collision with property damage and personal injury.

  • Page 9: Maintenance

    FORERUNNER AND WRIST STRAP CLEANING The Forerunner 101 is constructed of high quality materials and does not require user maintenance other than cleaning. Clean the unit using a cloth dampened with a mild detergent solution and then wipe dry. Avoid chemical cleaners and solvents that may damage plastic components.

  • Page 10: Unit Overview

    Introduction Unit Overview LCD Display Built-in GPS Back View (without strap) Front View (with Backlight) Antenna enter mode reset start/stop Battery Cover Serial Number Speaker POWER MODE RESET ENTER DOWN UP BACKLIGHT START/STOP viii...

  • Page 11: Wrist Strap

    The Forerunner has been designed to comfortably fit your wrist. For best performance, wear the Forerunner like a watch, with the top face of the unit oriented towards the sky. A strap extension provides additional length and easily attaches to the existing strap. To fasten the Forerunner to your wrist: 1.

  • Page 12: Installing Batteries

    INSTALLING BATTERIES The Forerunner 101 operates on two AAA alkaline batteries (not included), which are placed in the back of the unit. Rechargeable alkaline, NiMH, NiCad, or lithium batteries may be used. See page 30 for instructions on selecting battery type.

  • Page 13: Getting Started

    In a nutshell, the GPS receiver’ s view of the sky generally determines how fast you get a location fix, or if you get a fix at all. GPS signals are relatively weak and do not travel through rocks, buildings, people or metal, so remember to keep a clear view of the sky at all times for best performance.

  • Page 14: Turning On Your Forerunner

    Allow the Forerunner time to track satellites and determine your position the first time you use it. Upon startup, the GPS signal bar appears. As the Forerunner 101 locates more satellites and the signal strength increases, the bar moves to the right. The window disappears after the Forerunner 101 has a satellite lock.

  • Page 15: Main Modes

    MAIN MODES All of the information needed to operate the Forerunner 101 is found on two main modes (or display screens). These modes are the Timer Mode and Menu Mode. Press the MODE Button to cycle through the 2 modes.

  • Page 16: Data Screens

    Timer Mode Data Screens Timer Screen Current Lap Screen Custom Screen Data Screens During your workout there are 3 data screens you can access by pressing the DOWN or UP buttons. These data screens are: • Timer Screen - Time/Pace(Speed)/Distance •...

  • Page 17: Menu Mode

    MENU NAVIGATION Your Forerunner 101 allows you to navigate through menus quickly and efficiently using a combination of the ENTER button, the UP and DOWN buttons, and the MODE button. The diagram gives you a quick glance of all available options. To read more about a particular menu option, turn to the page number indicated to the right in parentheses.

  • Page 18: History: Last Run

    HISTORY The Forerunner 101 stores up to 5000 laps in memory. A run may contain any number of laps. The 10 most recent runs have a basic track log of up to 250 saved points. Your most re- cent run (one you have not reset) contains the most detailed track log with up to 3000 points.

  • Page 19: History: By Week

    The upper half of the display lists weeks that you had workouts. With a week highlighted, the lower half displays total time, total distance, average speed, and total calories burned for that week. Once you select the week you want to review, the Forerunner 101 breaks the week down into individual days.

  • Page 20: History: History Totals & Delete

    Menu Mode History: History Totals and Delete History Totals Selecting this option allows you to see an overview of your total workouts combined. To view the History Totals mode: 1. With ‘HISTORY’ highlighted in the Menu Mode, press ENTER. 2. Highlight ‘HISTORY TOTALS’ and press ENTER. Delete This option allows you to delete some or all of your workouts.

  • Page 21: Training Assistant: Auto Pause/Lap

    The stop watch indicator flashes when the timer is paused. The Auto Lap is useful if you want the Forerunner 101 to keep track of your laps without having to press the LAP button each time you travel a given distance.

  • Page 22: Training Assistant: Virtual Partner

    ‘5K’, ‘1 MILE’, or ‘CUSTOM’. Press ENTER to select the option you want. Virtual Partner This is a unique feature of the Forerunner 101. You have the option to set up a Virtual Partner to help you obtain your workout goals. The Virtual Partner always completes the goal you set.
  • Page 23 To set Distance & Time Goals: 1. Highlight ‘TRAINING ASSISTANT’ in the Menu Mode and press ENTER. 2. Highlight ‘VIRTUAL PARTNER’ and press ENTER. 3. Highlight ‘SET DISTANCE &TIME’ and press ENTER. 4. With ‘DISTANCE’ highlighted, press ENTER. 5. Press the DOWN or UP button to select the distance of your workout and press ENTER to select.
  • Page 24 Menu Mode Training Assistant: Virtual Partner 7. Press the DOWN or UP button to select the pace (speed) of your workout and press ENTER to select. You can choose ‘CUSTOM’ to set your own pace/speed. 8. Highlight ‘DONE’ and press ENTER. 9.

  • Page 25: Training Assistant: Interval Training

    Interval Training Interval Training enables you to improve your workout by alternating time intervals or distances of exercise with rest periods of stopping or slower speeds. You may choose to set an exercise distance & a rest time, set an exercise distance & a rest distance, set an exercise time &...
  • Page 26 Menu Mode Training Assistant: Interval Training Once Interval Training has started, the Forerunner automatically changes to the Timer Mode, showing your Lap Speed, Lap Time, and Lap Distance. An audible alarm sounds when you have reached your rest time or distance period. A Rest Banner displays showing the time or distance of your rest period.

  • Page 27: Training Assistant: Pace/Speed Alert

    Pace/Speed Alert Use the Pace/Speed Alert when you want to know when you have reached either your fastest pace/speed or your slowest pace/speed. When you reach this preset speed during your workout, an alarm sounds. To set Fast Pace/Speed Alert: 1.

  • Page 28: Training Assistant: Time/Dist Alert

    Menu Mode Training Assistant: Time/Distance Alert Time/Distance Alert Like the Pace/Speed Alert, you can set an alarm to sound when you reach a certain time or a certain distance. To set Time Alert: 1. Highlight ‘TRAINING ASSISTANT’ in the Menu Mode and press ENTER. 2.

  • Page 29: Navigation: Add/Remove Map Mode

    (the direction you are moving). Add/Remove Map Mode The Map Mode does not appear on your Forerunner 101 until you activate it from this menu. Once you add the map, you are immediately taken to the Map Mode where you can view your position, workout, or locations.

  • Page 30: Navigation: Mark Location

    The Forerunner 101 can remember a location (latitude/longitude) to which you want to return later by using the ‘Mark Location’ option. The Forerunner 101 saves your location using a default three-digit number beginning with 001 and increases by one thereafter. You may mark and save up to 100 locations.

  • Page 31: Navigation: Find Location

    4. Scroll through the letters holders using the DOWN or UP buttons. (UP button moves the cursor right to left, and the DOWN button moves the cursor left to right). When you reach the position place you want to change, stop, and press ENTER. Using the DOWN or UP button, scroll through the letter, number or symbol choices, highlight the one you want and press ENTER.
  • Page 32 ‘GOTO’. A ‘GOTO’ leads you from your current position to the saved location. The Forerunner 101 creates a straight line (as the crow flies) from your current position to the saved location. It may be necessary to go around obstacles to arrive at the saved location.
  • Page 33 To find and select a location: 1. Highlight ‘NAVIGATION’ in the Menu Mode and press ENTER. 2. Press the DOWN button, highlight the ‘FIND LOCATION’ option, and press ENTER. 3. With ‘LIST ALL’ highlighted, press ENTER. A locations list appears starting with numbers (0-9) and moves into an alphabetical list .
  • Page 34 Menu Mode Navigation: Find Location To view the selected location on the Map Mode: 1. In the Review Location mode, press the DOWN or UP button to highlight ‘MAP’. Press the ENTER button. The selected location is displayed on the map. You can use the DOWN/UP buttons to zoom in and out on the map.

  • Page 35: Navigation: Back To Start

    This option allows you to return to your start point along a traveled path without marking any locations. The Forerunner 101 draws a ‘track log’ or ‘electronic breadcrumb trail’ as you travel during your workout. When you are ready to return to where you started, the Forerun- ner 101 takes you back by following the ‘electronic breadcrumb trail’...

  • Page 36: Settings: Set Time

    The ‘SETTINGS’ menu allows you to customize your Forerunner 101. You can set the time, set the units, set the custom page, set your profile, set the display, set the system, restore settings to the manufacturer’ s default, and check the software version of the Forerunner 101. SET TIME: Time Format The ‘SET TIME’...
  • Page 37 To change the Time Zone: 1. Highlight ‘SETTINGS’ in the Menu Mode and press ENTER. 2. Press the DOWN or UP button to highlight ‘SET TIME’. Press ENTER. 3. Press the DOWN or UP button to highlight the ‘TIME ZONE’ field and press ENTER. 4.

  • Page 38: Settings: Set Units

    (pg. 6). Set Units The Forerunner 101 allows you to select statute (feet, miles, and miles per hour) or metric (meters, kilometers, and kilometers per hour) units of measure for all speed and distance readouts. It also allows you to choose either your pace (running) or speed (biking) mode. Pace Smoothing averages your pace over a certain amount of time to avoid errors in GPS position and speed.

  • Page 39: Settings: Set Custom Page

    3. Press the DOWN or UP button to highlight the ‘PACE SMOOTHING’ field. Press ENTER. 4. Press the DOWN or UP button, highlight ‘MOST’, ‘MORE’, ’LESS’, or ‘LEAST’ and press ENTER. ’MOST’ produces the maximum amount of smoothing. Press the MODE Button to return to the mode of your choice.

  • Page 40: Settings: Set Profile

    Menu Mode Settings: Set Profile To customize the data screens: 1. Highlight ‘SETTINGS’ in the Menu Mode and press ENTER. 2. Press the DOWN or UP button to highlight ‘SET CUSTOM PAGE’. Press ENTER. 3. Press the DOWN or UP button to highlight the data field to change. Press ENTER. 4.

  • Page 41: Settings: Set Display

    Set Display This option allows you to change the backlight setting and the contrast of the screen. To change the backlight setting: 1. From the Menu Mode press the DOWN or UP button to highlight ‘SETTINGS’. Press ENTER. 2. Press the DOWN or UP button to highlight the ‘SET DISPLAY’ field and press ENTER. 3.

  • Page 42: Settings: Set System

    Menu Mode Settings: Set System Set System This option allows you to change the beeper setting, select the language of your choice, and select battery type. To change the beeper setting: 1. From the Menu Mode press the DOWN or UP button to highlight ‘SETTINGS’. Press ENTER. 2.

  • Page 43: Settings: Restore Settings

    Restore Settings This option allows you to restore the factory settings to options in the SETTINGS menu ONLY. Data and settings in other menus, such as HISTORY and TRAINING ASSISTANT, are not affected. To restore factory settings: 1. From the Menu Mode press the DOWN or UP button to highlight ‘SETTINGS’. Press ENTER. 2.

  • Page 44: Specifications

    The temperature rating for the Forerunner 101 may exceed the usable range of some batteries. Alkaline batteries can rupture at high temperatatures. Alkaline batteries lose a significant amount of their capacity as temperature increases. Use Lithium batteries when operating the Forerunner 101 in below-freezing conditions. Extensive use of screen backlighting significantly reduces battery life.

  • Page 45: Index

    About Forerunner 31 Add/remove map mode 17 Auto Lap 10, 14 Auto Pause 4, 9, 14 Backlight 29 Back to Start 23 Batteries x, 30 Beeper 30 Calories 6, 7, 27, 28 Caution vi Cleaning vii Contrast 29 Current Lap Screen 4 Custom Page 27 Custom Screen 4 Data Screens 4, 28...
  • Page 46 Index Location 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 Main Modes 3 Map Mode 17, 22, 23 Mark Location 18, 19 Memory 6, x Menu Mode 5 Navigation 17 Nearest Location 20, 21 Orient Map Ahead 23, 24 Orient Map North 23 Pace/Speed Alert 15 Pace Mode 26 Pace Smoothing 26...
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  • Page 52 For the latest free software updates (excluding map data) throughout the life of your Garmin products, visit the Garmin Web site at www.garmin.com. © Copyright 2004–2006 Garmin Ltd. or its subsidiaries Garmin International, Inc. 1200 East 151 Street, Olathe, Kansas 66062, U.S.A.

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