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eTrex VistaCX - Expandable memory to expand your adventure

   GPS 496 benefits to you
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• Preloaded European Streetlevel Automotive mapping with turn-by-turn voice guidance

• Added - Private Airports/Heliports Glider sites, parachute sites, microlight sites and  VRP’s (visual reference points)

• Smart Airspace™ introduced to give increased situational awareness

 

  • Enhanced terrain and aviation databases

  • Obstacle database and oral warnings now included

  • Faster 5 Hz update rate

 

   Features      What you get
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  • Waypoints:
    Total: 3,000 with 10 characters (name and symbol)
    Nearest: Continuously updated; Airport, city, VOR, NDB, INT,
    user, ARTCC, FSS, airspace,
  • Routes: 50 reversible routes with up to 300 points each, plus
    TracBack® modes, Automatic turn-by-turn along-road
    routes with voice navigation
  • Tracks: 10,000 point automatic track log; 15 saved tracks;
    1,000 points per saved track; lets you retrace your path
    in both directions
  • Trip computer: Trip odometer, stopped time, moving average, moving
    time, total average, total time, maximum speed, odometer
  • Alarms: Airspace, arrival, off-course, proximity waypoint, clock
  • Tables: Built-in celestial tables for best times to fish and hunt,
    sunrise and sunset, sun and moon by date and position
  • 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: EGNOS 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 2 minutes
  • Update rate: 5/second, continuous
  • GPS accuracy:
    Position: < 15 meters, 95% typical*
    Velocity: 0.05 meter/sec steady state
  • Dynamics: 6 g’s
  • Interfaces: RS232 port with NMEA 0183, RTCM 104 DGPS data format and proprietary Garmin USB interface. Accepts aviation input format from panel-mount GPS. Also can connect to Garmin SL30 and SL40 for frequency tuning
  • Antenna: Removable quad-helix
  • Differential: WAAS, marine beacon
  • Moving map features
    Basemap: Built-in routable basemap (Europe) shows roads, services, metro areas and
    surface features
  • Database: Built-in Jeppesen® database with terrain and obstacle data bases. Includes worldwide airports and VOR’s, Atlantic International, NDB’s, intersections, special use and controlled airspace, runway data, plus airport, FSS, and ARTCC frequencies. GPSMAP 496 adds locations for private airports and heliports. For European users VFR Reporting Point data is available for reference on the moving map.
  • Approach waypoints: Jeppesen® data also includes final approach sequence
    waypoints for all published approaches.
  • Car navigation: Internal storage comes preloaded with MapSource®
    City Navigator® NT for Europe.
    Provides street-level detail and addresses, plus listings
    of nearby restaurants, hotels, ATMs, etc.
  • Custom POIs: Supports user-created custom points-of-interest (POI)
    data, using Garmin’s free POI Loader software.
  • Uploadable maps: Accepts optional Garmin data cards for detailed maps.
  • Power Source: Rechargeable lithium battery
    Battery life: 5-15 hours of use (depending on backlight settings)
  • Physical Size: 5.7"W x 3.2"H x 1.9"D
    (14.47 x 8.12 x 4.82 cm)
  • Weight: 14.2 ounces (400 g) with battery
  • Display: 3.8" diagonal (9.65 cm) 320 x 480 pixels, 256 color
    sunlight readable TFT with adjustable backlighting
  • Case: Fully gasketed, high impact plastic alloy, waterproof
    to IEC 60529 IPX7 standards**
  • Temperature range: 5ºF to 158ºF (-15ºC to 70ºC)
  • User data storage: Indefinite
  • GPSMAP 496
  • Preloaded City Navigator® NT Europe (full coverage)
  • Free single Jeppesen update
  • Preloaded European Obstacle database, VRP’s, Microlight, Glider sites
  • Low-profile remote GPS antenna
    Auto mount
  • Yoke mount
  • Friction mount
  • 12-Volt automotive adapter cable with speaker
  • Wall charger
  • USB interface cable
  • Carrying case
  • Owner’s manual
  • Quick reference guide

 

eTrex Vista CX
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