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 Specifications

 Moving Map Features 

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Basemap: Built-in Americas Highway, Atlantic Highway or Pacific Highway basemap with oceans, lakes, rivers, cities, interstates or major motorways, principal and major thoroughfares and political boundaries.

MapSource®: Compatible with most Garmin® MapSource products including MapSource BlueChart® marine cartography, MetroGuide® and Fishing Hot Spots®. Accepts up to 24 megabytes of downloaded map detail.

 Navigation Features  

Waypoints/icons: 500 with name and graphic symbol, 10 nearest (automatic), 10 proximity

Routes: 50 reversible routes with up to 125 points each, plus MOB and TracBack® modes

Tracks: Automatic track log; 10 saved tracks let you retrace your path in both directions

Trip computer: Current speed, average speed, resettable max. speed, trip timer and trip distance

Alarms: Anchor drag, approach and arrival, off-course, proximity waypoint, shallow water and deep water

Tables: Built-in celestial tables for best times to fish and hunt, sun and moon rise, set and location

Map datums: More than 100 plus user datum

Position format: Lat/Lon, UTM/UPS, Maidenhead, MGRS, Loran TDs and other grids, including user grid

 

 GPS Performance   

Receiver: WAAS-enabled, 12 parallel channel GPS receiver continuously tracks and uses up to 12 satellites to compute and update your position

Acquisition times:

  • Warm: Approximately 15 seconds
  • Cold: Approximately 45 seconds
  • AutoLocate®: Approximately 5 minutes

Update rate: 1/second, continuous

GPS accuracy:

  • Position: < 15 meters, 95% typical*
  • Velocity: 0.05 meter/sec steady state
WAAS accuracy:
  • Position: < 3 meters, 95% typical*
  • Velocity: 0.05 meter/sec steady state

Dynamics: 6 g's

Interfaces: RS232 with NMEA 0183, RTCM 104 DGPS data format and proprietary Garmin®

Antenna: Built-in quadrifilar, with external antenna connection (MCX)

Differential: DGPS (USCG and WAAS capable)

 

 Electronic Compass Feature  

Accuracy: + 2 degrees with proper calibration (typical); + 5 degrees extreme northern and southern latitudes

Resolution: 1 degree

 

 Barometric Altimeter Feature

Accuracy: 10 feet with proper calibration (user and/or automatic calibration)

Resolution: 1 foot

Range: -2000 to 30,000 feet

Elevation Computer : Current elevation, resettable minimum and maximum elevation , ascent/descent rate, total ascent/descent, average and maximum ascent/descent rate.

Pressure: Local pressure (mbar/inches HG), 12-hour automatic pressure trend recording.

 

 Power

Source: Two "AA" batteries (not included)

Battery Life: Up to 16 hours

 

 Physical  

Size: 2.7"W x 6.2"H x 1.2"D (6.9 x 15.7 x 3.0 cm)

Weight: 7.7 ounces

Display:

  • 1.6"W x 2.2"H (4.1 x 5.6 cm)
  • 180 x 240 pixels, high-contrast
  • FSTN with bright backlighting

Case: Fully gasketed, high-impact plastic alloy, waterproof to IEC 529 IPX7 standards

Temperature range: 5°F to 158°F (-15°C to 70°C)

User data storage: Indefinite, no memory battery required

 

Specifications are subject to change without notice.

* Subject to accuracy degradation to 100m 2DRMS under the United States Department of Defense-imposed Selective Availability Program.

**These units are also able to transfer waypoints, routes, and tracks between the PC and GPS using MapSourceŠ.

 

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