Quote Originally Posted by zoom-zoom View Post
I seem to recall that there is a feature that will walk you back the way you came, but there is no way to upload a route or anything like that.
No, you can upload plenty of pre-planned routes and follow a "cookie trail". I have done that many times for both road and trails. You create the route on either your PC and upload to the device, or create a route from a previous activity so that you can just follow the cookie trail of that activity (in essense just duplicating a previous ride/run).

You can sort of use it to go back to the start of your activity. You can mark waypoints so you can tell if you are headed toward them but . . .

This gadget is not a mapping GPS. In other words, while you are out on your ride, you cannot enter a waypoint or address and have map out a route to that destination.

There is no map in the device nor can you load one (so that you can see streets). If you want a mapping device, you'll need a far more sophisticated and expensive mapping version like an Edge 705 (?) or the Oregon, etc.

The focus of the FR205/305 is to record your activities and provide a training tool, NOT a navigational tool.