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Maybe try and speak to Reetesh at Avnic in Mount Edgecombe Telno 031 539-6020.He quit helpfull and has just gone trough the hole process with me. Don't waste time or the warranty is gonna go ...

OK what you do is take the replacement 305 and when it switches of again (which it will) then you can insist on an upgrade to either a 500 or a 705. That what avnic in mount edgecombe did for me anyway.I actually took several printouts from the web to them about people complaining about the abvious design flaw.I agree that they should replace it regardless - I mean it's a design flaw!! but a brick wall is a brick wall ...

For those of you with a Edge 305 , You can upgrade to a 705 for as little as R1500+VAT if your 305 is still under warranty - if not add another 850+VAT. It's worth it consedering the flaw and the added features ...

I also use my Edge 705 for dirtbiking after upgrading from the edge 305 which had a design flaw ( It kept on switching itself of due to contact loss with the battery ) and it works in every way - trust me if it works on a dirt bike it will work on a MTB. I also discovered something amazing : You can desgin your own route using Google Maps with Satelite arial maps and then save the route on your Garmin.Go to http://www.mapmyrun.com/create_new ( After registering for the Free membership) desgin your route , save the route - then goto to myruns , re-open the route THEN save it again but this time choose Save to GPS , when done transfer the tcx file to your Garmin 705's Courses Sub-directory and you're done! Now you can goand ride it.You can also UPLOAD existing courses from your 705 and display them on Google Maps!