Navigation Setup and Overview - Garmin Forerunner 245 Tutorial

Does this model not show features such as bodies of water on a trail but other Garmins etc do ? Or was it due to the kind of Route you programmed ? I'm looking for a GPS watch that is going to give me a bit more detail on the trail that I'm running. Cheers

When I go to save my ride or run after completing the course it has been saying 0.0. It has even said course complete as I finish. Help????

Brilliant video thank you so much 👏👏👏

i skimmed through this video and didn't read any long-form text on this device but is it possible (or practical?) to use the GPS in this watch to get from home to work by car, or home to store by car? I'm trying to replace my smart phone with a flip phone and in looking for a dedicated GPS I mainly found ones that go for 100+ which is what I can get this watch for so I'm wondering if I can use this as a dedicated GPS.....Of course it looks cool and has other functions too so let me know if its impractical to use mainly for GPS car travel or not.

Great video, thank you.

anyone know how to use mgrs data field?

Awesome clear video. Without setting up locations how do I know or turn on the GPS? I did a run today and it recorded everything but the trail I did as the GPS wasn't on. I thought it automatically did this.

Very helpful.
I use the Strava routes feature, which ties into this. I constantly get vibration and beeps that I'm off course.. is there any way to disable the beeps and vibration? I've disabled notification beeps/vibration but does not stop the annoying navigation alerts

I have a forerunner 245 music but I don't have the map marker on the rotation dial. How do I get that?

Is there a way to use a course from Alltrail?

Thank you! This was very helpful on figuring out how to turn on my navigation while running a scheduled workout.

Hey, i am trying to get to know following before i buy this:
1. how is the nightmode? i meant doest it switch the screen off during sleep custome time set so that it doesnt hurt on eyes?
2. if yes, can we push the button to see the light in middle of night if required and if that light is suttle enough to not hurt the eyes?

Can you use GPX files with this watch?

Just got my first watch. Kinda overwhelmed with all the stuff these things can do.

great vid i am learning thanks to you but im wondering how do you plot a course without saved locations

really informative video. thanks. I've got a forerunner 945 - I haven't tried the navigation setting yet. I wanted to know if you can listen to the map instructions via AirPods rather than keep checking down on the phone for route instructions?

Can you run a workout and a course at the same time? I want to run intervals but still along a defined course...

This is a useful video in demonstrating that the navigation on this watch looks absolutely useless! 😂

i was about to ask the question on a forum but you answered it by this video.
thanks a lot, need to try that

First point gps, now you have lost me , “if you don’t have it you may need to add it” What? Does every one under 50 have built in tech savvy ness ? My first techs watch and reviews say ‘add it’? How ? This watch comes with limited instructions and a tutorial which doesn’t explain how to do something just frustrates. Ahhh please help, assume we are stupid or post a tutorial for idiots who don’t run their lives from a phone. Please help.

I don't want to save a location and navigate to it. Am I able to just save my starting location as the destination. Then wander around then use back to start?

I can't find any videos showing whether breadcrumb/worm navigation is any good in practice. I used to have the Vivoactive 4 with a third party plugin for this, but it was a hassle to load GPX files (basically all apps on Garmins platform are crap), so I would prefer the FR 245, yet nobody ever seems to have used it in practice on a bike ride. Very often, out in the fields, there aren't so many roads, so worm navigation might be just enough, is what I would think...

Too fast. Slow down on explaining how to use functions.

Hi! I cannot see this "Save Location" icon. It doesnt exist in this screen. Where can i find it? Thank you.

What do the 2 different red arrows mean?

Way too quick on buttons and not actually saying which button you push.

Great video. Just got this watch today and it feels like I was transported back to 2005. Can't believe I dropped $250, I might be taking it back.

Cool video. Does the 245 have the function of adding points by MGRS (by phone or by watch) for navigation or only the path from the previous activity or GPX? I can't find any real information.

Does the watch actually have maps where it tracks your activity as to where you went etc ??

How do you zoom in or out of a map during a run?

Which is better for following a track, this or the vivo 4?

Can new locations be added by entering the coordinates or importing from phone?

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The user interface is a cluster F.

Have you tried the PacePro with courses? I want to set up a 10k course but don't know the area that well. Would it tell me when to turn left/right etc? Or does it only tell you you're on / off course

Is it possible to export saved location from watch to garmin connect?

Your tapping was WAY too fast and didn't SAY what buttons you were pushing. I am confused now.

Can you edit saved locations? Can you use MGRS format?

Thank you for the video...really appreciate it

Hi.. Have you try to upload a GPX files map to it and navigate the map from watch ?

Do you know if the forerunner 45 have this option ?

Does this work with setting up a course on roads? Knowing where and when to turn on the course seems confusing. Can you set up for a mileage amount, and not necessarily a location? ie: Asking it to set up a 5 mile out and back course from your home.

Hello